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FACE
means simply presence, as when it is recorded that Adam and Eve hid themselves from the "face [R.V., 'presence'] of the Lord God" (Gen. 3:8; comp. Exo 33:14, Exo 33: 15, where the same Hebrew word is rendered "presence"). The "light of God's countenance" is his favour (Psa 44:3; Dan. 9:17). "Face" signifies also anger, justice, severity (Gen. 16:6, Gen. 16: 8; Exo 2:15; Psa 68:1; Rev. 6:16). To "provoke God to his face" (Isa. 65:3) is to sin against him openly. The Jews prayed with their faces toward the temple and Jerusalem (1-Kings 8:38, 1-Kings 8: 44, 48; Dan. 6:10). To "see God's face" is to have access to him and to enjoy his favour (Psa 17:15;27:8). This is the privilege of holy angels (Matt. 18:10; Luke 1:19). The "face of Jesus Christ" (2-Cor 4:6) is the office and person of Christ, the revealer of the glory of God (John 1:14, John 1: 18).
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