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They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.
Revelation 22:4 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
  • KJV And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
  • NKJV They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads.
  • NASB they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.
  • NLT And they will see his face, and his name will be written on their foreheads.

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Quick answer

God's servants will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. Believers enjoy the intimate, face-to-face presence of God they were created for.

Overview

Seeing God's face is the long-awaited beatific vision, denied to Moses (Exodus 33:20) but promised to the pure in heart (Matthew 5:8; 1 John 3:2). The name on their foreheads marks them as wholly belonging to God, in contrast to the mark of the beast. This consummates the deepest hope of the redeemed: unhindered fellowship with God.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 17

  • Matt 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
  • Rev 14:1Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
  • Rev 3:12The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.
  • 1 Jn 3:2–3Beloved, 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.
  • Job 33:26He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.
  • Heb 12:14Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
  • 1 Cor 13:12Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
  • John 17:24Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
  • Rev 7:3“Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have sealed the foreheads of the servants of our God.”
  • Ps 17:15As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
  • Isa 33:17Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.
  • Ps 4:6Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
  • John 12:26If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
  • Isa 40:5And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
  • Ezek 33:18–20If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.
  • Isa 35:2It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.
  • Ezek 33:23Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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Christ at the center

Revelation ends the story with the slain-yet-standing Lamb who is worthy, the Lion of Judah, the Alpha and Omega, the returning King who makes all things new and dwells with his people forever.

How Revelation 22:4 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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