That is not what the scripture says, we Presbyterians believe in scripture not in any additional discoveries. What you are saying, if I read it correctly is not in scripture. How can people see the face of God and come back to earth and live?
I don’t think he saw the face of God as we think of seeing the face of God.
He may have seen the area or in front of the area where God’s face would be, so to speak.
I forget precisely what he saw in that area . . . but there was no focused clearly discernable facial features of God’s face seen, IIRC.