Veils and Masks

Exodus 34:29-35; 2 Cor 3:12-4:2; Luke 9:28-36 I'm tempted to quote the intro to the Reel World here... After the golden calf episode, after the sin in Eden, after the relationship fell apart, after we saw who Jesus really was, after the veil slips or the mask comes off, it can be difficult to know what to do next or where to go. It's temping to try to put the veil right back, or find a new mask. But that's not what God wants. If intimacy is the goal, than the things that disguise or deceive and not really the protection that they can seem to be, but more of a betrayal of truth. Moses covers the impact that God is having on him - whether for himself or for other people. Peter wants to get some tents going to cover up what he is seeing - this cannot be happening out in the open! The true goal then, as now, is to see - and be seen - with unveiled faces.