We Will See His Face at Last!

Revelation 22:1-5 

1 And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him. 4 They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. 5 There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.

The City of God has the throne of God and the Lamb as the center and the source of the water of life flowing out of them as a river.  This brings true peace like a river to our souls which will finally and forever be at rest in our Lord, as we are then before Him as is not possible in this life.  The clarity of the life eternal with our Father and His Christ will be seen in this paradise that makes Eden pale in comparison, for there will be healing from the Tree of Life which our ancestors were barred from by sinfully rebelling in not taking God at His word and living accordingly.  Our new life is based on a righteousness in the Lamb, and a new uncorrupted body will accompany our regenerated souls there.  The tree will continue to bear fruit of healing, life constantly provided by our Lord with the assurance that the evil has been forever cast out and kept out of this place.  There we can serve Him without fear of the future or past.  There we will see His face at last (Job 19:25-27)!   We will see our mark of ownership clearly upon each of us there.  Ah, and there will be no more darkness and we will not need a light of our own effort to see anymore in it, for God illuminates as well as keeps us all warm in His love and very presence there.  The amazing part of this grace is that we will reign with Him forever (2 Timothy 2:12), we who formerly were His rebellious enemies.  He rescued and restores us to and through His great grace.  We who are called now may endure much before His return in this present darkness of this evil age (Galatians 1:4), yet the hope set before us (Colossians 1:5) keeps us in the race and about our Father’s business.  Amen.