The Psalmist cried out to see the face of God. “My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God?” Psalm 42:2 (NRSV). Moses wanted to see the face of God but could not (Exodus 33:20-23). The face of God that the Psalmist and Moses did not see, we have seen in the the face of Jesus. He is the visible face of the invisible God. Prophets, priests, kings and the righteous who have gone before us have longed to see what we see (Matthew 13:17). To look into the face of this Glory is to be changed to be like Him (2 Corinthians 3:18). Oh, the face of Christ our God!
“For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.’” 2 Corinthians 4:6 (NIV)
