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PAUL's methods
of interpretation enact a reading of the Torah
which enables the view beyond the letter into the glory of the Spirit,
while the Jews who insist only on the historicality of Moshe's veil
and not its figurative, hermeneutical sense
remain unable to perceive
the true meaning
of Moshe.

ANOTHER way
of saying this is that the assertion
of the concreteness of Moshe's mask, its literality,
renders it opaque and thus a veil which prevents seeing the truth,
while believing in its translucence renders it
transparent and the true message
lucid.

THOSE people
{Jews & gentiles} who manage to set aside the veil that prevents them from perceiving that the glory of the letter is transient
and only a pointer to the glory of the Spirit, which is forever,
perceive that greater glory indeed,
while the Jews who persist in looking only at the letter and not through it remain trapped behind the veil
which that letter is.

ON THIS INTERPRETATION
the issue is hermeneutics:

Once again,
we see how Paul makes a statement about Judaism
which certainly would not have been accepted by his Jewish contemporaries -
namely, that the true meaning of the old covenant
is hidden from them.

WHEN someone turns to the Lord,
as Moshe himself turned to the Lord,
then the veil is removed and they can see the glory directly,
just as Moshe did.

THE LORD is,
however, the TELOS of the Law,
that is, Mashiach:

BUT just as it seems
as if the veil is being lifted from our minds, too,
and we think that we begin to grasp Paul's meaning,
he confounds us all by declaring:
"NOW THE LORD IS
THE SPIRIT."

PAUL is not,
of course, concerned here with the niceties
of trinitarian theology.

Rather,
he is returning to the contrast with which he began -
the contrast between letter
& Spirit.

The Lord
IS The Spirit
who writes directly
on men's
hearts.

In turning to the Lord,
Israel not only experiences the removal of the veil,
but moves from a relationship with "G*D" which is based on letter to one
which is based on Spirit.

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