The Veil and The Glory

The Veil and the Glory
2 CORINTHIANS 3.12-18

The story is told of a time when there was to be a total eclipse of the sun. The newspapers and the radio and television stations repeatedly put out warnings, reminding people that they should not attempt to look directly at the sun. Even ordinary sunglasses would not protect you if you tried to do that. You should always look through thick, darkened glass. Shops that sold the right protective glass did a brisk trade. The warnings kept coming. Finally a lady wrote to one of the national newspapers about it. If this eclipse was so dangerous, she said, why were we having one in the first place?...