Exodus 33:11 Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.

Exodus 34:35 the 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.

Being in the presence of God’s glory transforms man’s image.

Not closely the issue of the veil.

2 Corinthians 3:12-14 English Standard Version

¹² Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, ¹³ not 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. ¹⁴ But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away.

Matthew 27:51 And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split.

No one was allowed behind the veil of the temple except the High Priest to smear the sacrificial blood upon the horns of the mercy seat of the Ark of the Covenant. But the Ark was no longer behind the veil so the veil no longer served the purpose for being in God’s presence.

Hebrews 10:20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,

Flesh is no longer an obstacle in seeing God’s glory.

Genesis 3:8-9 English Standard Version

⁸ And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. ⁹ But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”

Job 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.

Note that God came to Adam and Eve and sought them out but God did not seek out His angels.

The biblical definition of glory according to Vine’s Definition is the nature and acts of God in self-manifestation, i.e., what He essentially is and does, as exhibited in whatever way he reveals Himself in these respects, and particularly in the person of Christ, in whom essentially His “glory” has ever shone forth and ever will do.

Adam and Eve got to see God’s glory unfiltered. Being in the presence of God’s glory makes the viewer want to be like God. How do I know this?

Genesis 3:5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.

Satan tempted Eve with what he knew to be true about being in God’s presence but lied to her about how to go about being godlike.

We will talk about God’s glory unfiltered tomorrow.