Face to face

Palm Sunday.  The beginning of Holy Week - the week that saw a fickle crowd shout, "Hosanna!" on Day 1, and 5 days later, "Crucify!" At St. Andrew's on Sunday one of the hymns we sang was "There is a Redeemer" which sources alternately say is by Melody Green, or Keith Green or both.  The third verse of this beautiful hymn begins:

"When I stand in glory, I will see His face..."

For some reason, I questioned that phrase.  Will we see Christ face to face?  In the Old Testament there are many instances where people (Moses comes to mind) could not see the face of God.  God's glory is too wonderful for human view.  "I'll have to check on that when I get home", I thought.  [All this went through my head in a few seconds or less, as I continued to play the song.]  Since then, I've thought of other familiar hymns and songs which articulate this thought.

After I got home and had some lunch, I took out my Bible and began to search the concordance for references that might shed some light on my dilemma.  I want to know if what the congregation and I are singing is theologically sound.  There may be other verses that support the hymn text, but the one I found was Revelation 22:4  "They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads."  [The 'his' referred to is 'the Lamb' - Christ.]  I'd be happy to hear from my readers if any of you know of other scripture which either supports or doesn't support the idea that we will see Christ face to face someday.  As for the song, you can hear Keith Green singing it by clicking here.