OL 3:11{Perhaps we have dwelt more upon the promise, "Thine eyes shall see the King in His beauty," than upon the command, "Go forth and behold" Him. We are not to be content with languidly saying, "We would see Jesus." If our eyes are too dim, let us pray, "Open Thou mine eyes"; if there is a veil upon our hearts, let us turn to the Lord, the Spirit, and it shall be taken away; if we are standing too far off to see, let us utter the cry and resolve, "Draw me, we will run after Thee"; if we are sitting still in the house, let us arise quickly and go to meet Jesus. This is neither an impossible nor a delusive command. The eye that looks away up to Jesus will behold Him now. And what shall we behold? The vision is all of beauty and glory and coronation now. The sorrow and the marred visage are past; and even when we behold Him as the Lamb of God, it is the Lamb in the midst of the throne now. O daughters of Zion, who gaze by faith upon Jesus our King, what do you see? Oh, the music of the answers!—"We see Jesus crowned with glory and honor!" "Fairer than the children of men!" "Beautiful and glorious!" "How great is His beauty!" "His countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars," and "as the sun shineth in his strength!" "Yea, He is altogether lovely.”
Thine eyes shall see! Not in a swift glance cast,
Gleaning one ray to brighten memory,
But while a glad eternity shall last.
Thine eyes shall see!
Thine eyes shall see the King! The very same
Whose love shone forth upon the curseful tree.
Who bore thy guilt, who calleth thee by name;
Thine eyes shall see!