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radiance upon the face of Moses. That divine illumination symbolized
the glory of the dispensation of which Moses was the visible mediator,
a representative of the one true Intercessor.
The glory reflected in the countenance of Moses illustrates the
blessings to be received by God’s commandment-keeping people
through the mediation of Christ. It testifies that the closer our commu-
nion with God, and the clearer our knowledge of His requirements, the
more fully shall we be conformed to the divine image, and the more
readily do we become partakers of the divine nature.
Moses was a type of Christ. As Israel’s intercessor veiled his
countenance, because the people could not endure to look upon its
glory, so Christ, the divine Mediator, veiled His divinity with humanity
when He came to earth. Had He come clothed with the brightness of
heaven, He could not have found access to men in their sinful state.
They could not have endured the glory of His presence. Therefore
He humbled Himself, and was made “in the likeness of sinful flesh”
(
Romans 8:3
), that He might reach the fallen race, and lift them up.
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