3 And there will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His slaves will serve Him;

4 and they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.

— Revelation 22:3-4

20 But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”

22 and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.

23 Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back; but My face must not be
seen.”

— Exodus 33:20, 22-23

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

— Matthew 5:8

The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

— Hebrews 1:3

Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

— 1 John 3:2

Thoughts on Today’s Reading

Grace, mercy and love from Christ to you.

God the Father and the Lamb, who is His Son, equally share in the glory of this amazing scene. They sit on the same throne and are, in themselves, the same temple. All praise and glory and honor to God and to the Lamb forever and ever! Though sin’s curse brought the devastating loss of idyllic communion with God that Adam and Eve first experienced, in the Holy City, God’s redeemed and recovered people will serve Him personally and in His very presence. Sin has been annihilated and God reigns in righteousness.

Moses and Israel’s high priests could not see God’s face, or they would die. Despite Moses’s request, God allowed him to see only His back on Mount Sinai. Now, the redeemed view God’s full glory-they see His face. Jesus said only the pure in heart will see God; therefore, He purified His people for intimate communion with His Father. Hallelujah! When Jesus returns a second time, “we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.” God’s glory will radiate everywhere, overwhelm everything, and utterly transform His people.