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We Shall See His Face, December 24
And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
Revelation 22:4
.
We cannot now see the glory of God, but it is only by receiving Him
here that we shall be able by and by to see Him face to face. God would
have us keep our eyes fixed on Him, that we may lose sight of the things
of this world. We have ... no time for any of us to delay that preparation
which will enable us to see the face of God....
Only by looking to Jesus, the Lamb of God, and following in His steps,
can you prepare to meet God. Follow Him, and you will one day walk
the golden streets of the city of God. You will see Him who laid aside
His royal garments and His kingly crown, and disguising Himself with
humanity, came to our world and bore our sins, that He might lift us up
and give us a revelation of His glory and majesty. We shall see Him face to
face if we now give ourselves up to be molded and fashioned by Him and
prepared for a place in the kingdom of God.
Those who consecrate their lives to the service of God will live with
Him through the ceaseless ages of eternity. “God himself shall be with
them, and be their God” (
Revelation 21:3
)....
Their minds were given to God in this world; they served Him with
their heart and intellect, and now He can put His name in their foreheads.
“And there shall no night there; ... for the Lord God giveth them light: and
they shall reign for ever and ever” (
Revelation 22:5
). They do not go in as
those that beg a place there, for Christ says to them, “Come, ye blessed of
my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of
the world” (
Matthew 25:34
). He takes them as His children, saying, Enter
ye into the joy of your Lord. The crown of immortality is placed on the
brow of the overcomers. They take their crowns and cast them at the feet of
Jesus, and touching their golden harps, they fill all heaven with rich music
in songs of praise to the Lamb. Then “they shall see his face; and his name
shall be in their foreheads.
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