Thinking about how many biblical figures covered their faces and looked away from God while being in His presence..
reminds me of this quote by C.S Lewis:
"We cannot do without it, and we cannot do with it. God is the only comfort, He is also the supreme terror: the thing we most need and the thing we most want to hide from. He is our only possible ally, and we have made ourselves His enemies. Some people talk as if meeting the gaze of absolute goodness would be fun. They need to think again. They are still only playing with religion."
Yes exactly