Face

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Face sometimes 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. Ex 33:14f, where the same Hebrew word is rendered "presence"). The "light of God's countenance" is his favour (Ps 44³; Dan 9:17).

"Face" signifies also anger, justice, severity (Gen 16:6, Gen 16:8; Ex 2:15; Ps 68¹; 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 Kg 8:38, 1 Kg 8:44, 1 Kg 8:48; Dan 6:10).

To "see God's face" is to have access to him and to enjoy his favour (Ps 17¹⁵; Ps 27⁸). This is the privilege of holy angels (Mt 18:10; Lk 1:19).

The "face of Jesus Christ" (2Cor 4:6) is the office and person of Christ, the revealer of the glory of God (Jn 1:14, Jn 1:18).

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