1. Free as a Bird 2 Corinthians 3:7-18

3. Free as a Bird…  Alcatraz: pelican/gull In Spanish  Stark contrast of the freedom the birds (workers, women, and children) experienced on this Rock compared to the convicts (including the “Birdman”)

5. Free as a Bird  New Years Eve- could hear the San Francisco Bay Parties  Christmas- children would carol at the Warden’s home and even the jail

10. Halacha  Freedom inside a fence  Quite unique from the Alcatraz experience  Exodus 18:20; Matthew 28:19-20  Jeremiah 6:16 Psalms 1:1

11. Psalm 18:30 (NKJV) 30 As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the L ORD is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.

12. Romans 14:17 (NKJV) 17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

13. 2 Corinthians 3:17 (NKJV) 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

14. Exodus 34:34 (NKJV) 34 But whenever Moses went in before the L ORD to speak with Him, he would take the veil off until he came out; and he would come out and speak to the children of Israel whatever he had been commanded.

15. Exodus 34:35 (NKJV) 35 And whenever the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone, then Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with Him.

16. Veil  מַסְוֶה  Only use in the entire Scriptures is in Ex 34:33, 34, and 35  Κάλυμμα Septuagint used 20 times in the old testament;  Κάλυμμα in New Testament only in 2 Corinthians 3: 13, 14, 15, 16

17. 2 Corinthians 3:18 (NKJV) 18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

18. the people is to be protected against the glory of Yahweh which can bring death even in its reflection, or the glory of Yahweh is to be protected against profanation by spectators.  Kittel, G., Bromiley, G. W., & Friedrich, G. (Eds.). (1964). Theological dictionary of the New Testament (electronic ed., Vol. 3, pp. 559560). Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.

19. The proper response to His unveiling to us 2 Peter 1:3–10 (NKJV) 3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust… 10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;

20. Galatians 5:1 (NKJV) Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.