In light of the hope that we have, we act with great confidence and speak with great courage. [not like Moses and the Israelites who could not face the truth of God's glory presented...] Now all of us, with our faces unveiled, reflect the glory of the Lord as if we are mirrors. We are being transformed into his same image from one radiance of glory to another, just as the Spirit of the Lord reveals it. 2 Corinthians 3:12, 18
Oh, to reflect the glory of the Lord! That is what we are called to do now that the "veil is lifted." What is the image of the Lord we will reflect? Paul says in verse 16, that this veil is lifted by the Spirit, which becomes present in such a way that there is liberty: freedom to be. Maybe freedom to be fully human and divine?
How often Christians have been challenged to be like Jesus, to seek his way! While we have looked intently at Jesus' divinity in that call, we sometimes fail to look at the breadth (fullness) of his humanity. It is hard to reconcile the divine Jesus with the human Jesus, who spent time with children, women and notorious sinners. We forget to look at him as a person with daily, physical, emotional and spiritual needs. We forget to look at his relationships with others. Our Jesus - as the suffering servant, facing accusers or praying into the night - can seem far from our human capability and experience, such that we don't even try.
We, also, forget to look at the passion which drove him. Yet, to properly understand ourselves, it seems necessary to look more closely at Jesus' humanity, for, like him, we are a reconciliation of the spiritual and the human, especially now that the "veil is lifted." We may be surprised to find that in our search to relate and identify with our Lord, the solution may be found at our own fingertips: our humanity. What if to be more like Jesus might be for us to be more fully human: a Spirit-revealed and Jesus-modeled human?
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