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We shall see Christ

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“And they shall see his face, and his name shall be in their foreheads.” ( Revelation 22:4 )   This is the last reference in the Bible to the face of the Lord Jesus Christ , and a glorious promise it is, with its assurance that all His servants will finally see Him face to face! Although they give us no specific description of His physical appearance (the only description of His appearance is in Revelation 1:13-16 ), the gospel writers do frequently mention His face.   On the Mount of Transfiguration , Peter , James, and John saw how “his face did shine as the sun” ( Matthew 17:2 ) as He spoke of His forthcoming death. Shortly after this, “he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem ” ( Luke  9:51 ) to meet His death.   A few days after His entrance into Jerusalem, He was delivered into the hands of wicked men who took delight in desecrating that face which, in loving grief, had just wept over the city and its indifference to God. But first, in the garden just before H