Dict: easton - Face

Face @ means simply presence, as when it is recorded that Adam and Eve hid themselves from the "face [R.V., 'presence'] of the Lord God" kjv@Genesis:3:8; comp. kjv@Exodus:33:14-15, where the same Hebrew word is rendered "presence"). The "light of God's countenance" is his favour kjv@Psalms:44:3; kjv@Daniel:9:17). "Face" signifies also anger, justice, severity kjv@Genesis:16:6-8; kjv@Exodus:2:15; kjv@Psalms:68:1; kjv@Revelation:6:16). To "provoke God to his face" kjv@Isaiah:65:3) is to sin against him openly. The Jews prayed with their faces toward the temple and Jerusalem (kjvKings:8:38,44, 48; kjv@Daniel:6:10). To "see God's face" is to have access to him and to enjoy his favour kjv@Psalms:17:15 kjv@Psalms:27:8). This is the privilege of holy angels kjv@Matthew:18:10; kjv@Luke:1:19). The "face of Jesus Christ" ( kjv@2Corinthians:4:6) is the office and person of Christ, the revealer of the glory of God kjv@John:1:14 kjv@John:1:18).