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And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
Revelation 22:4 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
  • BSB They will see His face, and His name will be on 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 shall see God.
  • Rev 14:1And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.
  • Rev 3:12Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
  • 1 Jn 3:2–3Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
  • Job 33:26He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
  • Heb 12:14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
  • 1 Cor 13:12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
  • John 17:24Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
  • Rev 7:3Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
  • Ps 17:15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
  • Isa 33:17Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
  • Ps 4:6There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
  • John 12:26If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
  • Isa 40:5And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
  • Ezek 33:18–20When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
  • Isa 35:2It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
  • Ezek 33:23Then the word of the LORD came unto 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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