Also, it is a symbol of our natural, typical response to the Law - to try to obey it, either to the point of convincing ourselves that we have achieved it, or to the point of giving up and rebelling against it. The 'mask,' or veil, which Moses wore is a symbol of the old covenant, that is, the Law, the Ten Commandments, with their demand upon us for a certain standard of behavior. His favorite teaching method is to use a visual aid, a kind of symbol of truth which he holds up before us to instruct us. It is obvious that the apostle is dealing here with this veil as a symbol. Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, not like Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not see the end of the fading splendor. The Lone Ranger cannot wear it anymore! But in Verse 12 of Second Corinthians, Chapter 3, Paul tells us who 'The Masked Man' of the Bible is. In the radio program, The Lone Ranger (who was known as 'The Masked Man'), some of us who are older remember how thrilled we were when we heard that call of, 'Hi-ho, Silver!' to the beat of the William Tell Overture, and the invariable question, 'Who was that Masked Man anyway?' And, we were distressed a couple of weeks ago to learn that the Supreme Court has ordered that The Masked Man has to take his mask off. We are nearing the season of mask-wearing, Halloween, and some of our children, at least, will be putting them on.

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