Charles Spurgeon Commentary Revelation 22:4

"and they shall see his face; and his name [shall be] on their foreheads." — Revelation 22:4 (ASV)

And they shall see his face;

Oh, that is glorious service—to serve the Lord and to see his face at the same time. Communion and service are ever best when they are blended. There can be no fellowship better than the first, which serves, and no service sweeter than that of those who continue to see the face of their Master while they are serving him.

And his name shall be in their foreheads.

There will be no mistaking them: they shall bear in their foreheads the glorious name of God, just as the high priest of old had the words, Holiness unto the Lord upon his brow.

And you shall see his face;

Not through a glass darkly, but face to face shall they behold their God. Surely that will be the very heaven of heaven.

And his name shall be in their foreheads.

Aaron was to wear upon his forehead a plate of pure gold, with HOLINESS TO THE LORD engraved upon it, that the children of Israel might be accepted before the Lord, but the saints in glory are to have the name of their God in their foreheads. In the very forefront of their glorified personalities there shall be the marks to signify that they are the children of God.

And they shall see his face:

What a happy blending – service and communion – the hands busy, but the eyes ravished with the wondrous sight of the face of God! You shall see his face. If any of us could see the face of God on earth, no doubt we should die. The vision would be too bright for us.

When one of the greatest saints heard this, he said, "Then let me see it and die," and I do not wonder that he said so, for the sight of God, even should we die here, must still be perpetual, and it would make us live again. They shall see his face.

And his name shall be in their foreheads.

Their faces made like God's face, then – His name, His character, reflected on their brows – is this not worth having?

And they shall see his face;

Oh, to keep up communion with the Lord while you are at work for him, to serve him and to see his face! This is a double joy; this is to be like Martha and Mary in one person: his servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face.

And his name shall be in their foreheads.

They will acknowledge him, and he will acknowledge them.

They are glad to wear his name in their foreheads; but who wrote it there? He himself engraved it, as the seal and token that they were his. Happy, happy people, thus to be owned by God as his peculiar people while they acknowledge him as their only Lord!