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Question 8
Leo uses the sun/moon analogy from Genesis 1 and 2 Corinthians 3 to argue the Old Covenant’s light is reflected and must be eclipsed by Christ’s glory—where do Christians today (in preaching, ethics, or identity markers like the Sabbath/Lord’s Day) subtly try to make Moses “the sun” and Jesus “the moon”?
Another way to ask: Where do Christians today act like Moses is the main light and Jesus is the lesser one? Where might that show up in preaching, morality, or things like Sabbath vs. Lord’s Day?
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The transcript suggests this happens whenever Christians treat Mosaic law as the primary defining light—identity, righteousness, or security—while treating Jesus’ teaching and Spirit as secondary or merely supplemental. Leo highlights Sabbath/Lord’s Day debates as one obvious arena, but his bigger concern is any approach that tries to make Moses and Jesus “share the glory.”
- Leo’s creation analogy: the moon “has no light of its own… reflects the light from the sun,” like the Old Covenant reflecting Christ.
- He applies 2 Corinthians 3: the “ministration of the Spirit” has an “exceeding glory” that causes the former glory to be eclipsed.
- He explicitly says people want “Moses and his kingdom… to be the sun” and “Jesus… the moon,” or at least “share the glory together,” but “it cannot happen.”
- He answers Glenn’s practical question by citing “my keen interest… Sabbath Day and the Lord’s Day” as an obvious example.
- He warns Christians “defend the righteousness of Moses… defending our own rights,” which clashes with Luke 14 discipleship.
- He summarizes the reversal: people want to “live by… Moses and die by… Jesus,” instead of the opposite.