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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther: "A mediator," says Paul, "is not a mediator of one." He is necessarily a
mediator of two: The offender and the offended. Moses was such a
mediator between the Law and the people who were offended at the Law.
They were offended at the Law because they did not understand its
purpose. That was the veil which Moses put over his face. The people
were also offended at the Law because they could not look at the bare face
of Moses. It shone with the glory of God. When Moses addressed the
people he had to cover his face with that veil of his. They could not listen
to their mediator Moses without another mediator, the veil. The Law had
to change its face and voice. In other words, the Law had to be made
tolerable to the people.
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