The Beatific Vision!
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"I shall behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with Your likeness." Psalm 17:15
"Your eyes will behold the King in His beauty!" Isaiah 33:17
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Matthew 5:8
"For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face." 1 Corinthians 13:12
The sight of Jesus is the very essence of Heaven. To behold the King in His beauty, is the highest joy that can ever fill the human soul.
Our eyes shall see the King; and that will be the culmination of every desire, the completion of every joy, and the perfection of every hope.
The pure in heart shall see God--not in shadow, not in symbol--but face to face, as a man speaks with his Friend.
The Heaven of Heaven is to see Jesus! All else is but the outflow of that beatific sight.
What must it be to see Him as He is! It will be Heaven to see the Lamb who was slain, standing in the midst of the throne!
The sight of Jesus will be transforming. It is the beatific vision that will make the saints perfect in holiness.
The glory that now lies veiled from our eyes, will one day shine without obstruction. The Lord Jesus Christ, Who once wore the garment of our flesh, will appear in the majesty that was His before the world began. The saints will behold that glory, and in that beholding, will rejoice forever.
The joy of Heaven lies chiefly in this, that we shall see Jesus. That sight will be the Heaven of our hearts.
When we shall see Jesus, then shall we know what glory means, for all perfection dwells in Him.
We shall see Him, not as the Man of Sorrows, but as the King in His beauty, crowned with glory and honor!
To see Him as He is, is the desire of all who are born of God; nothing else can content the regenerate heart.
The sight of Jesus, is the believer's eternal rest, joy, and worship, all mingled in one unending gaze!
We shall see the scars of His hands and feet, and they will be more glorious to us than all the gems of Heaven.
Every glimpse of Jesus we have on earth, is a pledge of that full vision which awaits us above.
Heaven is to be forever with the Lord Jesus; but the brightness of that Heaven is to behold His glorious face.
The beatific vision is the final end of our salvation. Every sorrow, trial, and prayer finds its fulfillment in seeing the Lord face to face. That sight will never fade, for eternity itself will not exhaust the beauty of the Lamb.
To see His face, will be to forget all the darkness through which we came.
Heaven's joy is not transient, for the vision of Jesus will never be withdrawn. We shall see Him forever!
The first moment of that vision, will outshine all the glory of earth's centuries.
Then the eyes of faith shall be exchanged for the eyes of sight; then shall the redeemed know what bliss truly means.
There will be no veil, no shadow, no distance--only the full blaze of His countenance upon His redeemed.
The redeemed shall never tire of seeing Jesus. Each glance will awaken a fresh wonder that eternity cannot exhaust.
Heaven will be an everlasting beholding and adoring. Sight will kindle song, and song will swell into endless praise.
Our eternity will be spent in the same blessed occupation that begins now--to behold and adore the Lord Jesus.
"Father, I want those you have given Me to be with Me where I am, and to see my glory." John 17:24
"Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is!" 1 John 3:2
"They will see His face!" Revelation 22:4