Bible Strands
Revelation 22:4
They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — John, the seer, describes the permanent condition of God's servants in the New Jerusalem, the final state after the curse is removed (v. 3) and night ends (v. 5).
The words — ὄψονται (opsontai) is a future active indicative: a definitive, completed act of beholding, not a vague possibility. πρόσωπον (prosōpon) is the face, the personal presence of God, not a generic appearance.
The thread — Matthew 5:8 promises the same sight to the pure in heart; Revelation 14:1 and 3:12 both pair the name of God written on the forehead with a defined group set apart for Him.
Why it lands — The grammar is unconditional future indicative: this is what will happen, not what might happen. The distinguishing mark is not a ritual act but a name on the forehead — an identity claim that separates these servants from all others in the final state.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
Cross-references
- Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
- Revelation 14:1 Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
- Revelation 3:12 The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.
- 1 John 3:2 Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
- Job 33:26 He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.
- Hebrews 12:14 Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 13:12 Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
- John 17:24 Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
- Revelation 7:3 “Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have placed a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”
- Psalms 17:15 As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.