It is clear that the cure for the ailment called laodiceanism is to have the “mind of Christ” as we are told in scripture here: Philippians 2:5 “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.” And here: 1 Corinthians 2:15 “For who has known the mind of ADONAI? Who will counsel him? But we have the mind of the Messiah!”
It is also clear that this cure is not easy because of the epidemic proportions of its extent. Remember the old song that says, “A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down”? Throughout the ages, much more than a spoonful has been added to the medicine that cures (and prevents) Laodiceanism.
I looked in the Strong’s Concordance for where we are told to model ourselves after Christ and found where it says we are changed (supposed to be anyway!) into Christ’s very image. “So all of us, with faces unveiled, see as in a mirror the glory of the Lord; and we are being changed into his very image, from one degree of glory to the next, by ADONAI the Spirit.” 2 Corinthians 3:18
I had never noticed the mention of the veil in that scripture before so I had to follow that line. There is something very interesting about the veil over Moses face that I have never heard preached or taught. I can see great relevance to having the mind of Christ and doing what he has required us, His followers, to do. Moses covered his face with a veil, not only so the people would not be blinded by the brightness of his having been in the presence of God, but also so that the people of Israel would not see the fading brightness coming to an end. They would not have understood the fullness of the old fading away so the new could take its place at center stage, so to speak. They probably would have lost confidence in Moses thinking God’s glory had faded and possibly thought that maybe Moses wasn’t someone they should listen to anymore.
The last paragraph of the chapter, beginning with verse 14, talks about how the veil is taken away when a person turns to Adonai. Of course, that means the genuine turning to the Lord beginning with repentance and continuing with becoming like Him, abiding in Him, obeying His commands. It does not include those who have experienced a false conversion, who reject any part of the Word of God, who like to call themselves “Christian” but live any way they choose try Taking advantage of God's mercy saying He will forgive their sin, when the Word says there is no forgiveness for willful sin. So much for a simplistic, historical explanation.
2 Corinthians 13-18
13 and are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not look intently at the end of what was fading away.
14 But their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifted, because it is removed in Christ.
15 But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart;
16 but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 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 from the Lord, the Spirit.
It is also clear that this cure is not easy because of the epidemic proportions of its extent. Remember the old song that says, “A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down”? Throughout the ages, much more than a spoonful has been added to the medicine that cures (and prevents) Laodiceanism.
I looked in the Strong’s Concordance for where we are told to model ourselves after Christ and found where it says we are changed (supposed to be anyway!) into Christ’s very image. “So all of us, with faces unveiled, see as in a mirror the glory of the Lord; and we are being changed into his very image, from one degree of glory to the next, by ADONAI the Spirit.” 2 Corinthians 3:18
I had never noticed the mention of the veil in that scripture before so I had to follow that line. There is something very interesting about the veil over Moses face that I have never heard preached or taught. I can see great relevance to having the mind of Christ and doing what he has required us, His followers, to do. Moses covered his face with a veil, not only so the people would not be blinded by the brightness of his having been in the presence of God, but also so that the people of Israel would not see the fading brightness coming to an end. They would not have understood the fullness of the old fading away so the new could take its place at center stage, so to speak. They probably would have lost confidence in Moses thinking God’s glory had faded and possibly thought that maybe Moses wasn’t someone they should listen to anymore.
The last paragraph of the chapter, beginning with verse 14, talks about how the veil is taken away when a person turns to Adonai. Of course, that means the genuine turning to the Lord beginning with repentance and continuing with becoming like Him, abiding in Him, obeying His commands. It does not include those who have experienced a false conversion, who reject any part of the Word of God, who like to call themselves “Christian” but live any way they choose try Taking advantage of God's mercy saying He will forgive their sin, when the Word says there is no forgiveness for willful sin. So much for a simplistic, historical explanation.
2 Corinthians 13-18
13 and are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not look intently at the end of what was fading away.
14 But their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifted, because it is removed in Christ.
15 But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart;
16 but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 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 from the Lord, the Spirit.