It was seeing the object of that which was to be done away, seeing Christ as revealed in the law, that illumined the face of Moses. The ministration of the law, written and engraved in stone, was a ministration of death. Without Christ, the transgressor was left under its curse, with no hope of pardon. The ministration had of itself no glory, but the promised Saviour, revealed in the types and shadows of the ceremonial law, made the moral law glorious (The Review and Herald, April 22, 1902).{6BC 1096.2}

Det var da Moses fik at se hvem den midlertidige tjeneste pegede frem imod, og fik at se Jesus som han blev åbenbaret i loven, at hans ansigt fik sin glans. Lovens tjeneste, skrevet og hugget i sten, var en dødens tjeneste. Uden Kristus var overtræderen under dens fordømmelse og uden håb om nåde eller tilgivelse. Tjenesten i sig selv havde ingen herlighed, men den lovede frelser åbenbaret i ceremonilovens symboler og forbilleder, gjorde moralloven herlig (RH 22. april, 1902).