2 Corinthians 3:14

But their minds were hardened: for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant, the same veil remaineth, it not being revealed to them that it is done away in Christ. But unto this day, whensoever Moses is read, a veil lieth upon their heart.

Paul got a lot out of every metaphor he used. As Cline suggested: "Paul rang all the changes on veil here."[26] In these verses, it stands for the hardening of Israel; but the most significant thing is the fact of the veil's being done away in Christ! An immense body of truth is related to CHRIST AND THE VEIL, as the word is used in scripture. The rending of the veil of the temple during our Lord's crucifixion, for example, compels the linking of many of the most significant truths in the Bible under the subject of Christ and the Veil. See my Commentary on Matthew, pp. 486-489. Without Christ, the Old Testament is an impenetrable mystery. Paul pointed out here that the Jews who did not believe in Jesus were blinded to many of the most significant things in the Old Testament. "Few passages in the New Testament emphasize more strongly that the Old Testament Scriptures are fully intelligible only when Christ is seen to be their fulfillment."[27]

[26] Ibid.

[27] R. V. G. Tasker, op. cit., p. 67.