Lessons                                                                       Bread of Life                                                        13 February 2021

Exodus 34:29–35

         ₂₉When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. ₃₀Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him. ₃₁But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses talked with them. ₃₂Afterward all the people of Israel came near, and he commanded them all that the Lord had spoken with him in Mount Sinai. ₃₃And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.

         ₃₄Whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he would remove the veil, until he came out. And when he came out and told the people of Israel what he was commanded, ₃₅the people of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face was shining. And Moses would put the veil over his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

Psalm 50:1–6

₁The Mighty One, God the Lord,

speaks and sum- | mons the earth*

from the rising of the sun to its | setting.

₂Out of Zion, the perfection of | beauty,*

         God | shines forth.

₃Our God comes; he does not keep | silence;*

         before him is a devouring fire,

         around him a mighty | tempest.

₄He calls to the heav- | ens above*

and to the earth, that he may judge his | people:

₅“Gather to me my | faithful ones,*

who made a covenant with me by | sacrifice!”

₆The heavens declare his | righteousness,*

         for God him- | self is judge!

2 Corinthians 3:12–13; 4:1–6

         ₁₂Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, ₁₃not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end. . . .

         ₁Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. ₂But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. ₃And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing. ₄In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. ₅For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. ₆For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Mark 9:2–9

         ₂After six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, ₃and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one on earth could bleach them. ₄And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. ₅And Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” ₆For he did not know what to say, for they were terrified. ₇And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son; listen to him.” ₈And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them but Jesus only.

         ₉And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.