The Israelites tried Moses tremendously. They were always in trouble. But as he went up onto the mountain and God unfolded to him the Ten Commandments, the glory fell. he rejoiced to bring those two tablets of stone down from the mountain, and his very face shown with glory. He was bringing to Israel that which, if obeyed, would bring life.
I think of our Lord coming from heaven. I think all heaven was moved by the sight. The letter of the law was brought by Moses, and it was made glorious, but all it's glory was dimmed before the excelling glory that Jesus brought to us in the Spirit of Life. The glory of Sinai paled before the glory of Pentecost.
Jeremiah 31:31-33 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the hosue of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband to them says the Lord:
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, says the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
The Lord has brought in a new covenant, putting his law in our minds and writting it upon our hearts, this new law of the Spirit of Life. As the Holy Spirit comes in, He fills us with love and liberty, and we shout for joy "Done away with! Done away!" 2 Corinthians3:7-11.
We have a new cry in our hearts: "I delight to do Your will, O my God" Psalms 40:8. "He takes away the first that He may establish the second" Hebrews10:9.
In other words, He takes away "the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones" 2 Corinthians 3:7, so that He may establish "the ministry of righteousness" 2 Corinthians 3:9, this life we live in the Spirit.
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