The Israelites could not bear looking at the face of Moses
Although it was a brightness that faded.
We who live now cannot ask for less.
Even if our faith is so jaded.
How much greater will be the brightness.
That surrounds the administering of the spirit.
This is the test of our fitness.
Even if we have no merit.
Our faith is spirit embedded.
Not some dry thing just from a book.
A radiance is encountered.
We don’t even need to look.
Compared with this greater splendour.
What used to have much now seems to have no splendour.
……….
The spirit’s brightness
Is then so overwhelming
And encompassing
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See 2 Corinthians 3, 4-11