God wants you to see Him in the face of Jesus and fellowship with Him.

God wants you to see Him in the face of Jesus and fellowship with Him.

“I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You.” (Job 42:5)

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see [optanomai] God.” (Matt 5:8)

“For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” (2Cor 4:6)

“truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.” (1Jn 1:3)

“God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” (1Cor 1:9)

“And he said, Please, show me Your glory. Then He said, I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.” (Ex 33:18,19)

“The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you” (Num 6:25)

“Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face evermore!” (1Chr 16:11)

“Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord” (Heb 12:14)

“He has no form or comeliness; and when we see Him, there is no beauty [mareh] that we should desire [chamad] Him.” (Isa 53:2)

“But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God” (Acts 7:55)

“God be merciful to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us” (Ps 67:1)

“Seek the LORD and His strength; seek His face evermore!” (Ps 105:4)

“But Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep; and when they were fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men who stood with Him.” (Lk 9:32)

“These things Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke of Him.” (Jn 12:41)

“it happened as the flame went up toward heaven from the altar—the Angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar! When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell on their faces to the ground. When the Angel of the LORD appeared no more to Manoah and his wife, then Manoah knew that He was the Angel of the LORD. And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God!” (Judg 13:20-22)

“And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face. But whenever Moses went in before the LORD 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. 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.” (Ex 34:33-35)

“I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.” (Isa 6:1)

“And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last.” (Rev 1:17)

Reading: Job 40-42; Acts 25