The Prophetic Word - Day 170: The veil has been lifted.
- araratchurch
- Oct 27, 2023
- 4 min read
“Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech— unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away. But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ. But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.”
II Corinthians 3:12-18 NKJV
Earlier this week we discussed how Jesus told His disciples that they could have perfect union with the Father through Him (and only through Him).
“Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.”
John 15:4-6 NKJV
In that same discourse, the Lord shared with the disciples that He was now dealing with them as friends. Now He was clearly telling them what He was going to do.
“No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.”
John 15:15 NKJV
Yet, as we discussed yesterday, there were still things that they would not be able to understand until the Holy Spirit was given.
“There is so much more I want to tell you, but you can’t bear it now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future.”
John 16:12-13 NLT
Imagine, not only can we understand the things of God (by way of the Holy Spirit), we can delve deeply into His thoughts and purposes.
“But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets. No one can know a person’s thoughts except that person’s own spirit, and no one can know God’s thoughts except God’s own Spirit. And we have received God’s Spirit (not the world’s spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us. For, “Who can know the Lord’s thoughts? Who knows enough to teach him?” But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ.”
1 Corinthians 2:10-12, 16 NLT
We are no longer alienated from the Lord’s heart; we can now share His very thoughts! We have His mind!
Look at the way the Amplified Bible puts 1 Corinthians 2:16.
“For who has known the mind and purposes of the Lord, so as to instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ [to be guided by His thoughts and purposes].”
1 Corinthians 2:16 AMP
As well, we can pray in alignment with the will of God.
“Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.”
Romans 8:26-27 NKJV
In our opening scripture we see the apostle Paul likening having the Holy Spirit in us, to a veil being removed.
As you may remember, we have discussed the fact that the children of Israel were afraid to look at Moses after he had been with the Lord because of the glow coming from his face.
We now have no need to fear harm from the glory of God. He has redeemed us and given us His very Spirit. And, His Spirit affirms to us that we are His children.
“For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children. And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory.”
Romans 8:16-17a NLT
As His own children, we no longer need to have a veil separating us from Him.
Since ancient times, wedding traditions of many cultures have included the lifting of the veil off the bride’s face as she entered into the union of marriage with her groom. The removing of her veil indicated that she is now entering into an intimate relationship in which she will have perfect union with her groom.
Child of God, the work of Jesus Christ made a way for us to have a perfect union with our Lord. The veil has been lifted. We no longer can just know ABOUT Him; we can truly know Him. Yes, we can truly know His heart!
Peace to you.
Jesus coming! Get ready for Him!
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