The people perceive that it is the voice of Moses; that, although he is transformed and glorified, he is Moses yet. They tell him that they cannot look into his face, for the radiant light in his countenance is exceedingly painful to them. His face is like the sun; they cannot look upon it. When Moses finds out the difficulty, he covers his face with a veil. He does not plead that the light and glory upon his face is the reflection of God’s glory that He placed upon him, and that the people must bear it; but he covers his glory. The sinfulness of the people make it painful to behold his glorified face. So will it be when the saints of God are glorified just previous to the second appearing of our Lord. The wicked will retire and shrink away from the sight, for the glory in the countenances of the saints will pain them. But all this glory upon Moses, all this divine stamp seen upon God’s humble servant, is forgotten. {3T 354.3}

[De frelste forstår, at det er Mose’ stemme; at (355) skønt han er forvandlet og herliggjort, er han stadig Moses. De siger til ham, at de ikke kan se ham i øjnene, fordi hans ansigts strålende lys smerter dem meget. Hans ansigt er som solen; de kan ikke tåle at se på det. Da Moses forstår dette, dækker han ansigtet med et slør. Han nævner ikke, at lyset på hans ansigt er et genskin af Guds herlighed, som er skænket ham og at de må udholde det; nej, han dækker sit ansigt. Folkets syndighed gør det smerteligt at se hans herliggjorte ansigt. Sådan vil det blive, når Guds folk bliver herliggjort lige før Herrens andet komme. De fortabte vil vige tilbage for synet. Den herlighed, som stråler fra de frelstes ansigter, vil smerte dem. Men hele denne herlighed på Mose ansigt, det guddommelige præg på Guds ydmyge tjener, er glemt. Tank o åb side 206]