Job said that even "the heavens are not pure in His sight" (Job 15:15). In Isaiah 6, the curtain is pulled back on the never-ending worship of God that fills heaven. Fish adds that "Symbolically the fire had a purifying effect, but the cleansing came not from the fire, but from the initiative of the Lord and the fact that a sacrifice for sin had been offered. As of July 27, there have been 173,995 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 4,360 deaths in Los Angeles alone. The sarcastic statement in Isaiah 6:10b would be an emphatic way of making this clear. 6, he sought the Lord for understanding and instruction When he saw Him in the temple, he pronounced a woe on himself: Isaiah realized two things in ch. The IVP New Testament Commentary Series (Lk 5:1). Isaiah 6:10b reflects the people's attitude and might be paraphrased accordingly: "Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their mind, repent, and be restored, and they certainly wouldn't want that, would they?". (Isa 37:31), Grogan -How astounding that God should use the word holy (qadosh) of the remnant of His people when it has been used already in Is 6:3 in relation to His own transcendent being! These numbers are on the rise and account for half the deaths in the state. The triplicate is the strongest way the Hebrew language can express the superlative (cf Ezek 21:27, Jer 22:29, cf NT triplicates - Re 8:13, ). McGee -Isaiah heard God's call for the first time and responded to it, as a cleansed individual will do. The nation, consisting of the remnant, will, under the hand of their Messiah-Deliverer, revive and be glorified (see Isa 11:1-note). It can also be represented as a consuming fire (Ex 24:17). The effect of beholding GOD is to make one realize his own unworthiness and the corruption of his own heart. (The Commission of Isaiah - Emmaus Journal V4:1, Summer, 95). (The Commission of Isaiah - Emmaus Journal V4:1, Summer, 95). Yet Isaiahs eager response, Here I am! (Isaiah 6:8) reveals how he was actively ready to respond to God. 7-11. Each one had six wings. Sin carries with it its own consequences so that rejection of God itself produces insensitivity to God. That's another way of saying that theology matters. It is not exhaustive because no one can see God and live. At a later time in his life he would doubtless have said, Stay with me and do not leave me. Peters words exactly express the first feelings a person has when he is brought into close contact with God. Seraphim contrary to popular opinion is not a class of angels but a separate class of created beings. Holy, holy, holy! We see this strikingly illustrated by Peters words when the miraculous catch of fish convinced him that One greater than man was in his boat In weighing these words of Peter, we must, of course, remember when they were spoken. Another purpose was to reveal God's holiness and worthiness to be worshiped. Peter also felt overwhelmed and sinful in God's presence after Jesus performed a miracle one day in Galilee (Lk 5:8). To do what God purposed will be glory. Interactive Bible study with John Piper. It is not a question of God singling out a man and saying, "Now, you go." I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point ; Is. When Daniel saw the Lord, he said, "Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength" (Da 10:8-note). Thus this "emphatic Semitic triplet" underscores God's extreme/unsurpassed level of holiness, an infinite degree of holiness. When we are willing to depend on Him, He will not put us out of the fishing business, and He will not throw us overboard. (See context in Wiersbe's Expository Outlines on the Old Testamentor borrow Wiersbe's expository outlines on the Old Testament). As a result "their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened" (Ro 1:21-note). GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point The voice of the Lord - The voice of Adonai, the supreme, sovereign God, the owner of everything, the Master and here Isaiah's Master. You might have a vivid childhood memory of reaching out to touch that hot stove Mom warned you against. Psalms The response is instantaneous and total. 26:1619). "With twain they covered their faces, and with twain they covered their feet." Maybe at your last backyard barbecue, the wind blew a bit of hot ash from your charcoal grill and singed your skin. Heb. Send me (verse 8). Having been reared in Jerusalem, he was an appropriate choice as a political and religious counselor to the nation. (Ed: Truth be said if we went and told exactly what Isaiah was to go and tell, keep listening but do not perceive, etc, that message would not be well received! Song of Solomon Comment: The prophet Zechariah is speaking of the last days, in that day, Day of the Lord, specifically that segment thatis known asthe Great Tribulation(Begins -Mt 24:15-note, named -Mt 24:21-note), AKAtheTime of Jacob's Distress(Jeremiah 30:7-note) or AKA "a time of distress" (Da 12:1-note). Some commentators feel this verb is better translated "I am silenced, still, cannot reply" and thus Young's Literal renders it "I have been silent". Then - After Isaiah had received the specifics regarding his "difficult" mission. (Lk 5:8) (Isaiah 6 - The Prophet's Cleansing and Commission). Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness. For this, the northern neighbors threatened to dethrone him, and war resulted (734 B.C.). In the OT, God revealed His glory at Sinai (Ex 24:16, 17), in the tabernacle (Ex 40:34, 35, 36, 37, 38), in the Jerusalem temple (1Ki 8:10, 11) and here in Isaiah 6 to the prophet. (See context in The Wiersbe Bible Commentary: Old Testament), It is interesting to see the meaning of this same fraction of a "tenth" in Leviticus where Moses records that, every tenth part of herd or flock, whatever passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to Jehovah. Error: Passwords should have at least 6 characters, Error: Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. Sin (02403)(chattat/chattath) like it's NT counterpart (hamartia [word study]) means to miss the mark or to fall short of the divine standard. 2 Peter All veiling their sight, With two they covered their feet, in acknowledgment of the lowliness of their glorious service. (Beasley-Murray, G. R. (2002). While God Himself did not literally do this to Judah, He did use King Nebuchadnezzar to carry out this end of carrying Judah off into exile in Babylon. We suggest that you use a physical object to help yourself grasp spiritual truth more vividly. This is the only way He can be approached. Are these the very "gates of heaven" which are caused to shake at the sound of the seraphim? The early church father Jerome likened him to Demosthenes, the legendary Greek orator. The Lord healed Hezekiahs critical illness, as Isaiah had predicted (38:5; 2 Kin. A holy minister is an awful weapon in the hand of God. Numbers Prophets In the midst of wrath, God remembers mercy. The Government on His Shoulders - Grace to You And He said to them, "Follow (command) Me, and I will make you fishers of men." A genuine meeting with Jesus alters ones perspective. ), And it will come about in that day that living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea; it will be in summer as well as in winter. God's command to preach the truth was in effect His command to harden and blind Judah! God sometimes, in righteous judgment, gives men up to blindness of mind, because they will not receive the truth in the love of it (see 2Thes above). Don't just flee, but fill that "spiritual vacuum" with persistent proper pious pursuit of ) righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart (Ed: Select your "spiritual running companions" prayerfully and carefully). They are not "originally mythically conceived with serpents' bodies" as one popular Hebrew lexicon suggests, for they clearly are described with feet, face and wings (no hands described). God sometimes, in righteous judgment, gives men up to blindness of mind, because they will not receive the truth in the love of it. His humility and awareness of his sin do not disqualify him from service; they are the prerequisite for service. God then took the initiative to spiritually cleanse Isaiah. (Is 57:15), One of the seraphim - The worshipping one became a ministering one, reminiscent of the writer of Hebrews rhetorical question concerning angelic beings, Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation? Pauline Epistles For each occasion we must come to the Throne by way of the Cross. 6:1-8). Man cannot see God in His essence. 22:1, 3). Oh, we are yet strangers to the vision of Christ's glory, if we have not. AND HE ANSWERED, "UNTIL CITIES ARE DEVASTATED AND WITHOUT INHABITANT, HOUSES ARE WITHOUT PEOPLE AND THE LAND IS UTTERLY DESOLATE. (Isaiah 6 Net Bible Comments) (Paragraph indentations, bolding and italics added), Robert Murray McCheyne who himself died at a young age gave this advice to a young ministerial student. This proposal has no linguistic or contextual basis and should be dismissed as allegorical. Questions and answers with John Piper. Despite her best efforts to find help, her terrible condition worsened and she desperately sought Jesus (Mk 5:26, 27). For the first time his mouth speaks with "the highest sort of simplicity, of naivet, the intuition of a soul which has seen itself in the light of the divine holiness." Forgiveness follows repentance, but confessing and rooting out sin can be a painful experience. There is no task laid upon us by the Lord which we shall not have power from Him to fulfill, when everything that would hinder our communion with Him has been removed. Holy, holy, holy! A final question which needs to be answered is why Isaiah was to preach and call the nation to repentance which was already judicially blind. This sovereign act of God, designed to make His power known (Ro 9:17-note) might seem cruel except that Pharaoh volitionally hardened his own heart against God (Ex 8:15), and so fully merited God's judgment. My nothingness is my highest blessing, because You are the Vine, which gives and works all, so be it, Lord! Andrew Murray, The True Vine. Hits like "Hot Stuff" (1979), "Bad Girls" (1979), and "Macarthur Park" (1977) were ubiquitous in the music scene then. No man can see Me and live! (Exod. Hymns Project (See context in The Bible Exposition Commentary), Isaiah's prompt response and surrender to Adonai's call reminds us of two fishermen in the NT men who also heard and surrendered to the Lord's call, And walking by the Sea of Galilee, He (Jesus) saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. Habakkuk Humility is the elevator to spiritual greatness. The IVP New Testament Commentary Series (Lk 5:1). Covered his face his feet - Notice how the Seraphim acknowledge the person of Jehovah by their actions (and then in Isa 6:3 with their words), even covering their face undoubtedly because of the overwhelming glory of God's holy presence. God will not forever offer the pearls of His grace and salvation to those spiritual swine who continually trample them in the dust. Isaiah 6:1. The prophet Daniel spoke about these days of future national purging, purifying and refiningwriting Now at that timeMichael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. In heaven? All rights reserved. The main thought is that of the hardness and blindness of the nation. 7:6). For the next few days, well consider attitudes of our hearts that open us to prayer. ", Oswald Chambers -God did not address the call to Isaiah; Isaiah overheard God saying, "Who will go for us?" Isaiah 5-6 "The Man for a National Crisis" - Dr. John MacArthur The throne of God is in the heavenly temple (Rev. And thus will it ever be. (Isaiah - Expository Notes). Sermons from the Book of Isaiah | Grace to You - SermonAudio Minor Prophets The essence of deity is inscrutable, but something of his glory can be seen if God is pleased to disclose it (Exod 33:17=23; Ezek 1:28). Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee; In addition Isaiah is the agent in achieving this effect. Note that it was more important for the seraph to equip Isaiah to be a soul-winner than to praise God. You will see the gospel detailed in God's own words as He reveals His Messiah, His love for Israel, and His promises for you. "Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, 'Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?' Do we take this commission at face value? Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. This is condescending grace indeed! That happened to Israel in Isaiahs day and to many of the individuals in it. This was Isaiah's response to a vision of the Thrice Holy God! Paul uses this as an example of the inscrutable will of God and of His mercy toward men (Ro 9:14, 15, 16, 17, 18-note). They dare not gaze at the glory of Jehovah! It is true because God has accommodated Himself to the weakness of man so that there was a sense in which Isaiah was able to see God. Holy is God, the Lord of Sabaoth! The text is silent. The Blue Letter Bible ministry and the BLB Institute hold to the historical, Such must know for themselves the cleansing power of the blood of CHRIST if they would give effective testimony to those still in their sins. (January 14th Called Of God). Reginald Heber, 1826 They stoop and worship. Nothing could be more opposed to this mentality than the awe-inspiring heavenly scene before us today. List of people from Los Angeles - Wikipedia Isaiah - Grace to You (The Commission of Isaiah - Emmaus Journal V4:1, Summer, 95), Regarding the trembling of the foundations Harry Ironside makes a piercing comment. (cp Nu 21:5, 6, 7, 8, 9, cp Jesus' teaching Jn 3:14, 15 , 2Co 5:21, cp destruction of the idol Israel had made from the bronze serpent 2Ki 18:4). He is waiting for us to reply, "Here am I; send me." Job had an experience similar to Isaiah's, and his reaction was, "I abhor myself." When Moses admitted his position as a slave and Gods position as the Lordthe Masterthere was only one viable optionto obey. As Kistemaker says (in his comments on Luke 5:8+) -When one is confronted with Jesus, it is impossible to remain neutral. 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