The Face of Jesus

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Who is this One before whose face earth and heaven flee (Rev. 20:11)?
The same One who fell on His face in the garden of Gethsemane (Matt. 26:39).
The same One in whose face man, in his awful hatred, dared to spit (Isa. 50:6; Matt. 26:67).
The same One whose face was marred more than any man’s (Isa. 52:14), but who is for us fairer than the children of men (Psa. 45:2).
The same One from whom God hid His face in His time of deep need (Matt. 27:46).
The same One we are called to contemplate and in whose face shines the knowledge of the glory of God (2 Cor. 3:18; 2 Cor. 4:6).
The same One whose face we shall soon see (Rev. 22:4) when we will be face to face with Him (1 Cor. 13:12).
“The glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (2 Cor. 4:6).
M. Payette