Thus, they are utterly estranged. Isaiah mentions the robes, temple, and seraphim, but not the form of God Himself. Likewise, no high priest in Israel could enter his full calling until the previous high priest had diedeven if he served as a substitute while his father was old. (a) God does not show himself to man in his majesty but according as man's capacity to comprehend him, that is, by visible signs as John the Baptist saw the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove. Isaiah's lofty view of our Lord gives us a sense of God's greatness, mystery, and power. How can we be in the presence of the Lord? It does not follow that it was written at that time, and we may even believe that, if the prophet were the editor of his own discourses, he may have designedly placed the narrative in this position that men might see what he himself saw, that all that was found in the preceding chapters was but the development of what he had then heard, and yet, at the same time, a representation of the evils which made the judgments he was commissioned to declare necessary. 3 And one cried to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of . Whatever it was, it was different from the usual Shekinah: that was on the mercy seat, this on a throne; that a cloud and fire, of this no form is specified: over that were the cherubim, over this the seraphim; that had no clothing, this had a flowing robe and train.The glory of the Lord, Isaiah 6:1-4. Where was God when you got pregnant out of wedlock? No one can see and approach Him. If you want to receive updates from us, signup below. He also built infrastructure and promoted agriculture. 21For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they obecame futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. To be in the presence of the holy God is the safest place to be. We, as believers, have been forced to look at our personal level of faith and our daily testimony: how we are lining up with the word of God in our lives. The first thing we need to do is to find out who Uzziah was. Scriptures: In response, Isaiah can only acknowledge that he is unclean. Within the ceremonial life of the nations covenant with the Lord, this means that he is impaired, polluted, defective, and so unfit to be used in any way connected with God. Rev 4:1-3). Subscribe to a study package to unlock the ESV Study Bible, the interactive Knowing the Bible study series, the Preaching the Word commentary series, and more. 1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. The Lord; either, 1. So are your relationships. On the relation of the call to the prophets previous life, see Introduction. What will the future look like, now that Judahs throne is empty? Sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up. To be moved by who He is banishes every trace of fear. If Isaiahs prophecies are recorded chronologically, it appears that the first five chapters were written during the early part of his ministry. August 18, 2021 Will He still bless? All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was 16 years old, and made him king. A remnant shall be saved, Isaiah 6:13. Various traditions, however, declare Isaiah died a martyr's death. Required fields are marked *. Each had u six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. The answer is that Isaiah saw Jesus enthroned in glory as the Savior from sin! conferencebased on her book by the same name. So God called Isaiah, whose name is derived from yasha, to save, and is thus a type of Yeshua (salvation). A bad king in Jerusalem. In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the lord high and exalted, seated on a throne, and the train of his robe filled the temple. He had a vision of God. Will things be as good as they have been before? The words in Isa 6:10 are attributed by Paul (Ac 28:25, 26) to the Holy Ghost. Yet, he didnt see the Lord until Uzziah died. From the book of 2 Chronicles 26 vs. 1 - 15, it talked about King Uzziah. Perhaps you were brought here by a search engine or by a link to one of the posts. In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Sitting upon a throne - God is thus often represented as a king, sitting on a throne; 1 Kings 22:19; Ezekiel 43:7; Jeremiah 17:12. Can God get things done? It follows. We thought we didnt need God anymore. As such (and as true for every writer of Scripture), Isaiah penned what the Lord God inspired him to. Obviously, Isaiah had prophesied for some time during the reign of Uzziah, but only when the king was dead did God move Isaiah into the fulness of his calling. The Year That King Uzziah Died by Carter Conlon Watch The Video Below The Year That King Uzziah Died by Carter Conlon Watch on But Uzziah was dead, and it felt like it would be all downhill from there. Will God really give us anything we ask for if we ask in Jesus name? He was on board the four planes that were used as weapons of destruction. He attempted to burn incense in the Temple, an act restricted to priests. Son of Jotham (above). All divine hindrances, whether implemented directly by God or through men, merely delay things to the proper time. The Book of Isaiah uses "the year that king Uzziah died" as a reference point for describing the vision in which Isaiah sees the Lord of Hosts . Recall that Isaiahs ministry began in the reign of King Uzziah of Judah (Isaiah 1:1). He lived to see the fall of Israel and the deportation of the Israelites to Assyria, and he prophesied of their "return" to God (through repentance). Isaiah could only have "seen" the Son, not the divine essence (Joh 1:18). 1 In the year of King Uzziahs death I saw the Lord [Adonay, my Lord] sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. He had assumed leadership at the young age of sixteen after his . God was not willing to destroy the temple at that time (2 Chron. Note: If you'd like to continue shopping, you can always access your cart from the icon at the upper-right of every page. "In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Isaiah was born in 760 B.C. Jorams desecration of the temple resulted in the need for a 76-year time of cleansing, because 76 is the biblical number of cleansing. We will have to know something about his reign and also what he meant for Israel, and his death also marks another section in the book of Isaiah. What is important is what we do on Monday to Friday, not just on Sunday. In Isa 6:1, we see that Isaiah was doing his regular, weekly duty when he encountered God. IN THE YEAR THAT KING UZZIAH DIED We may wonder whats the big deal or problem if we are still blessed. b. So they are without excuse. What is the effect of Isaiah seeing what he saw? Of all the prophets, Isaiah had the . Isaiah will never forget this vital truth throughout his career, as he continually calls the people to trust in their God rather than in the strategies they might devise or the alliances they might form. In our day, will we have 81 who can stand up against a leader and point out how he has disobeyed Gods word? In this blog, the author of the Understanding the Books of the Bible study guide series, the Rev. Why? If you feel led to support this ministry, we deeply appreciate it. - Isaiah tells us that the vision and calling . He died near 740 BC. These 6 groups were the wild grapes that were produced. "But He was pierced for our transgressions . It may be because the lips express, and thus make evident, a person's innermost thoughts and intentions. These verses help us to see the invisible hand of God at work in Uzziahs life and reign. He Our God is a consuming fire. He was sixteen years old when his father Amaziah died. In the year that Uzziah died, Isaiah saw his vision of the temple and received his calling. Your email address will not be published. What we had been trusting in has been revealed to be flawed. Moses was hindered until he was 80 years of age and was sent only when those seeking his life had died (Exodus 4:19). This is important because he was a young man when he took the throne (only 16) and Zechariah taught him to fear the LORD. No one would dare attack such a strong and powerful nation. 2 Kings 16:20. The doors are supposed to open, and the veil hiding the Holy of Holies to be withdrawn, unfolding to his view a vision of God represented as an Eastern monarch, attended by seraphim as His ministers of state (1Ki 22:19), and with a robe and flowing train (a badge of dignity in the East), which filled the temple. The Targum is, "and the temple was filled with the splendour of his glory;''. Isaiah 6 King James Version 6 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. This qualifies Him! When the Bible speaks about God it speaks about the living God. His mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. We should have known that this day was coming. He died in 740 BC and was credited with longevity in his reign due to his 'doing right in the sight of the LORD' ( 2 Chron. This was a total of 76 years, but their names were omitted from the registry given in the first chapter of Matthew. Having King Uzziah on the throne meant peace and prosperity for the people. Is this your desire? 16 But when he became strong, his heart was so proud that he acted corruptly, and he was unfaithful to the Lord his God, for he entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense. The date is obviously given as important, and we are led to connect it with the crisis in the prophets life of which it tells. In Isa 1:12-15, we also see how Gods people werent all turning to foreign religions. Azariah the priest (interestingly, he has the same name as Uzziah) came in as the king was burning incense and courageously confronted him with 80 priests (2 Chron 26:17). Heath worked in radio and theater for thirty-five years, including voicing characters for computer games and television, narrating a radio program for kids, and working as a senior member of the acting ensemble of the Lambs Players Theatre. Lifted up towards the roof of the temple. It is a good thing to be told that there are things you cannot do! He was in the World Trade Center towers. Weve forsaken the principle this country was founded on: In God, we trust. Years later, John saw a vision of a throne in heaven, with One seated on the throne (c.f. Denomination: People Listen In Different Wayscan You Reach All Of Them? Isaiah's Vision of the LORD. But whilst He manifests His glory there, He is obliged also to veil it, because created beings are unable to bear it. Joram himself was the cause of this disruption. The world is changing and everything is changing. Each had usix wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. They told him what he could and could not do (2 Chron 26:18). document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Uzziah was made a king by the people at the age of sixteen after his father was murdered. He recognises that God is the King who sits on the throne. 6 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. They were not performing new forms of worship, but were doing the old forms with hearts that were far from him. What will our life look like? God helped him in war against the Philistines and his 'fame spread for he became exceedingly strong'. Americas confidence has been shaken. Isaiah's name means "The Lord is salvation . John quotes the words in this chapter, Isaiah 6:10, as applicable to Jesus Christ, and then adds John 12:41, 'these things said Esaias when he saw his glory, and spake of him.'. This means reverence on his part, but this reverence is a response. Will His purposes come true? Do you think of yourself as a success at school or work? The church has also changed. The year was around 740 b.c., when a young priest named Isaiah went into the temple. God is always reigning. This tells us that the word being used here is Adonai, which describes authority and power. 1. You can either continue shopping, or checkout now if you'd like. They were going to worship and still did what they had to do. Will God still be faithful? The temple may be here taken either, 1. And the vision of the seraphim is in accordance with this. The seraph announces, Your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for. Isaiah has admitted his need for cleansing and forgiveness, and these are applied to the very place he used to symbolize that need. . 1. My Uzziah may not be the same as your Uzziah. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. 26:15). There is an Uzziah in each of our lives, and he needs to die if were going to see the Lord as we need to see Him. b. God's people had also lost every level of responsible leadership. I, too, have seen such divine hindrances in my own ministry and have come to understand the mind of God in this. His reign was not all rosy and good. Isaiah is dumbstruck by this vision (Isa 6:5) and refers to God as the LORD (the covenantal name, YHWH here). Uzziah takes on many forms. Isaiah 6:1-7 (cf. Clearly, there is something important about King Uzziahs reign and therefore, his death. The word "train" shulayv, properly signifies the skirt of a garment, or a robe; Exodus 28:33-34. In Rev 5:2, we read of a scroll and the problem is that no one knows if the scroll can be opened. 6 In the year that s King Uzziah died I t saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train 1 of his robe filled the temple. I saw - That is, he saw in a "vision;" see the Introduction, Section 7. Fulcrum Shift. Under his leadership, Israel flourished and his fame spread, until he was strong (2 Chron 26:15b). There may be intermittent downtime over this duration. At that point, God inflicted the king with leprosy, and he then spent the rest of his reign in a separate house, that is, a house of separation (2 Chron. Try. Isaiah's vision was situated in real time. We are performing security updates on the GKM Website over the next couple days. The Bible has been warning us for thousands of years. This attitude of knowing the favour of God and being careless doesnt seem like a problem to most of us. A God-centred life is one where He flavours every part of our being. Isaiah 6:7 "And he laid [it] upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.". Dr. Christopher R. Smith is an an ordained minister, a writer, and a biblical scholar. He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 52 years in Jerusalem. 1:17). A vision of the Lord in which he realized that the throne is not empty. 1. King Uzziah reigned for 52 years as King of Judah. But Uzziah became prideful and sinned against God by burning incense in the temple, which was the duty of the priests. God had received them unto Himself in glory. He will have to learn about who God is and what He has done. Saul was in rebellion and was thus replaced by David and his lineage. Pride led to his downfall. When the priests attempted to send him from the Temple, the king became angry and was immediately stricken with leprosy. Isaiah describes himself specifically as a man of unclean lips. Interpreters have different ideas about why he chooses this particular part of the body (rather than, for example, his heart or mind) to represent his spiritual state. See 2Chronicles 26:1, 2Kings 14:21. "In the year king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting on the throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple." So God having removed his idol, Isaiah got his eyes now upon the Lord, and he sees that the throne is not vacated. a. He lived in a separate house and was excluded from all people. He is worthy to make all of Gods plan come true because He was slain. There is a lot of content on this site, and that can be overwhelming, so we've written up a guide to help get you started! It appears also that as long as Uzziah reigned, Isaiah was hindered from entering into his real calling. He is further identified as the son of Amoz (Isaiah 1:1). "In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. In his long career spanning the late eighth and early seventh century B.C.E., he advised several of the kings of Judah. It was the year when military might was failing, the economy was in tatters, and enemies were laughing. 2023 God's Kingdom Ministries. 24Therefore sGod gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to tthe dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, The core content is about who God is, evident from the Law. As we begin studying Isaiah 6:1-7, we initially see that God is eternally . 5 "Woe to me!" I cried. The King of kings was seated on His throne, and on the right hand and on the left were the angel-armies of the host of heaven, chanting their hymns of praise. a. Uzziah was a great king, he made king at the age of sixteen in (2 Chronicles 26 verse 4) it was seen that he did what was right in the sight of God, and also . Isaiah speaks of a fourfold "filling" of the land - with. He "did what was right in the eyes of the Lord" as his father Amaziah had done ( 2 Chronicles 26:4 ). King Uzziah was the only king Isaiah had known, having reigned well in Jerusalem for 52 years. He was watching over His word to perform it. Somewhere in the WTC towers, a believer had just arrived to begin what they thought would be a normal workday. Copyright 2003-2023 | Outreach, Inc., All rights reserved. What disease was leprosy in the Bible? Did Adam lie before sin entered the world? 1 In the year of King Uzziahs death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. The first commandment says, I am the Lord, thy God; thou shalt have no other gods before Me. Isaiah was a prophet of God. Sitting upon a throne, in the posture of a judge, to hear causes, and give sentence. They went to all they had to, but God said that their attendance was abominable. The four kings prior to Uzziah were blotted out from the divine registry on account of the blasphemy of Joram. His passing contributed to the call of the prophet Isaiah: In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the LORD sitting on a throne (Isaiah 6:1). What will happen to Israel now, surrounded by many hostile nations? I saw in a vision or ecstasy. Our confidence: our faith in ourselves, in our military, in our power, in our wealth, in our goodness has been called into question. 7 For the sons of the wicked Athaliah had broken into the house of God, and even used the holy things of the house of the Lord for the Baals. Isaiah 6:1. But one comes forward who is found worthy. And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. Let me say a word or two about the ministration of loss and sorrow in preparing for the vision. Or Isaiah may be saying that he can tell he isnt pure because his lips, unlike those of the seraphs, arent continually praising God for his holiness and glory. from Harvard in English and American Literature and Language, a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from Gordon-Conwell, and a Ph.D. in the History of Christian Life and Thought, with a minor concentration in Bible, from Boston College, in the joint program with Andover Newton Theological School. (2 Kings 15:1 calls him Azariah.) Isaiah or Yeshayhu ( "Salvation is the Lord) is one of the greatest prophets of the Hebrew Bible. This itself is worth for us to stop. At that point, Isaiah became the prophet of the restored temple. In this vision Isaiah saw the reality of the whole invisible, spiritual world. Here He is called Adonay, which suggests that this is Jesus Christ, rather than the Father Himself. An inspired man has thus settled this as referring to the Messiah, and thus had established the propriety of applying to him the name Yahweh, that is, has affirmed that the Lord Jesus is divine. Isaiah lived this name well, insisting that Judah's kings and people trust only in God, make no alliances with foreign nations, and refuse to fear anyone but God. Because God wants Isaiah to be available for his service, one of the seraphs flies to him with a live coal from the altar (where sacrifices for sin were offered) and touches his lips with it. This served also to list just 14 generations from David to the deportation to Babylon (Matt. (Part 1). Uzziah was a good king for many years (2 Chronicles 26:1-5). Jesus could not fully enter His ministry until John died (John 2:4). " He saw Him in the context of His true posture - seated on the throne of God, in His true position - high and constantly being lifted up, and with His true procession - the skirts of His train actually filling the temple. Isaiah saw, and that not when asleep and dreaming; but God gave him, when awake, an insight into the invisible world, by opening an inner sense for the supersensuous, whilst the action of the outer senses was suspended, and by condensing the supersensuous into a sensuous form, on account of the composite nature of man and the limits of his present state. But the expression here evidently implies, that it was seen in the "temple" at Jerusalem. Hence, Isaiah was seeing the exalted Christ, to whom the world was to be subjected, as Paul tells us in 1 Cor. We need to live in a way that reflects the fear of the Lord. Why were some books removed from the Bible and is it a sin to read them? "in the year in which King Uzziah was smitten;''. He "ordered his ways before the Lord". King Uzziah had ruled the country for fifty-two years. Isaiah's Vision of the Lord. VS 6:1-2 - "1 In the year of King Uzziah's death, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple.2 Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew .". We thought no one could touch us. I have listened to so many preachers and people leading prayers misuse this particular verse of the bible. The Lord gave Isaiah a vision calling him to the prophetic office in the year that king Uzziah ended his long reign of 52 years around 740/739 B.C. Isaiah 6:2 Above it stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 1 King Hezekiah of Judah was a righteous leader. when Quirinius was governor of Syria When we have remarkable experiences, our minds tend to connect them to other things He mentions his robes; the throne; the seraphim; but mentions no form or appearance of God himself. Obviously, the "Lord" is God. In 2 Chron 26:1-5, we read of how his reign started well, for he sought the Lord did what was right (2 Chron 26:4). The earthquake that had terrified Jerusalem had left on his mind a vague sense of impending judgment. In this there is great sublimity. Why did Jesus tell the women of Jerusalem, "Weep for yourselves, not for me," when he was going to the cross? How did the shepherds know where to find baby Jesus? 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