It is this journey that will get you to this place of “here I am Lord" as stated in Isaiah 6:8 Here I am Lord. We have much … His remarkable statement in Isaiah 6:1, “In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord,” is more than a chronological date on the ancient calendar; it is a designation of political and spiritual circumstances in Isaiah’s homeland at the time. Question: "Why did God strike Uzzah dead for touching the Ark of the Covenant?" However, it is true that Isaiah probably loved King Uzziah. I. Isaiah’s journey incorporated four stages of surrender. Minister in Transition, prophetic and a ordinarily extraordinary believer But Uzziah went to church one day and the priest was late so he took it upon himself to offer the sacrifice—and God smote him with leprosy. (Isaiah 6:1) Uzziah was a popular young king. Isaiah 6 – Isaiah’s Conviction, Cleansing and Call A. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. It is noticeable (1) that the versions (LXX., Targum, Vulg.) No ministry truly birthed of God can spring forth without a vision of God and the invitation to be sent forth. That same seed would birth the new tree and new fruit. Isaiah was a prophet that lived in the days of Uzziah His life and ministry was long-it spanned the reign of four kings Uzziah was the king in his youth and so was Hezekiah in his dotage. And the vision of the seraphim is in accordance with this. Isaiah, the evangelical prophet of the Old Testament, was one of the most renowned citizens of Israel. For Isaiah the vision was to open the higher throne of heaven that is not affected by death. The “train” answers to the skirts of the glory of the Lord, who clothes Himself with light as with a garment (Exodus 33:22-23). 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. But Uzziah was dead, and it felt like it would be all downhill from there. 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. 1. High and lifted up - That is, the "throne;" an indication of state and majesty. Learn how your comment data is processed. It will be a invitation ” who will go for us, who shall we send?”. Jesus, to them a prophet was now dead, subject to betrayal and a cruel death. As the ark was being transported, the oxen pulling the cart stumbled, and a man named Uzzah took hold of the ark. Perhaps we need to take a walk with Isaiah to see how he was called, and through his calling we can see a picture of how God is also calling you and me. In Exodus 33:20, God says, 'Thou canst not see my face, for there shall no man see me and live;' see also 1 Timothy 6:16. As the Lord revealed Himself at the Table, he revealed covenant but also in revealing Himself as Lord and Christ their calling came also with it. Largely, and so it includes the courts as well as the house, as that word is oft used; or, 2. There is enough mentioned to fill the mind with awe; there is enough concealed to impress as deeply with a sense of the divine majesty. The heavenly temple is that super-terrestrial place, which Jehovah transforms into heaven and a temple, by manifesting Himself there to angels and saints. The Lord - In the original here the word is not יהוה yehovâh but אדני 'ădonāy; see the notes at Isaiah 1:24. "in a trance," or ἐν πνεὐματι, "in the spirit"). Above him stood the seraphim; each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. That was the "Shekinah," or visible symbol of God. 1. But in the year of King Uzziah’s death, Isaiah saw the Lord! Isaiah 6:5 (see also Revelation 1:12-17a) c) Why do you think the LORD gave Isaiah this revelation of Himself sitting on a throne, high and lifted up? suppress the train, apparently as being too anthropomorphic, and (2) that to the mind of St. John this was a vision of the glory of the Christ (John 12:41). But Azariah and eighty priests who were men of valor went in after him and they resi… In John 1:18, it is said, 'No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.' It wasn’t until that which he had … But the expression here evidently implies, that it was seen in the "temple" at Jerusalem. Unfortunately, after Zechariah died, Uzziah made some mistakes later in his life. In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple. a) What significant event occurred the year King Uzziah died? I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne.—Isaiah had found himself in ‘the court of the Temple, probably in that of the priests. There is coming to many a sense of deep loss because there is going to be for many situations in their lives of great loss. “In the year that Uzziah died I saw the Lord”. 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.Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. The Messiah was seen seated on a throne as a king; clothed in a large, loose, flowing robe, in the manner of oriental monarchs, and surrounded by his ministers. But when Uzziah died, ungodly rulers succeeded him, such as Ahaz. Is 6:1-4 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. He is high above us and beyond us. There was the reality of much inward corruption. the "train" is the skirts, borders, or lower parts of the garments, in allusion to those of a king, or rather of the high priest, a type of Christ. God is OUR king. Come Lord Jesus, View all posts by TheSpiritandtheBrideSayCome, Support us with Paypal: russelldurose@yahoo.com, russell.durose@thespiritandthebridesaycome.com. Isaiah was a man of God. Strictly, for the house itself, or for that part of the temple in which this vision was exhibited, which may seem to have been the porch, for that was much higher than the other parts. King dead, but Isa reminded, “Our God He is Alive!” To accomplish tasks, challenges b4 us – we too need to see God as Isa did: Alive, exalted, high, lifted up! Isaiah was affected by Uzziah, leaving the throne, in death, and Isaiah’s open vision of an Eternal Throne , and what came with it was his calling to ministry in the prophetic visionary ministry. Understand that in your moment of vulnerability is your greatest moment of vision and ultimately your call. We can parallel Isaiah 6 with Luke 24. King Uzziah was a good king. One day King Uzziah entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense. The temple may be here taken either, 1. King Uzziah was the only king Isaiah had known, having reigned well in Jerusalem for 52 years. There was the show of outward material prosperity. Jerome says, that this vision was designed to represent the doctrine of the Trinity. But in the midst of the pain comes our receptivity to see the Lord. But even with unclean lips, Sam Kinison may well have seen the Lord. Some, as Aben Ezra, would have this to be the beginning of the prophecy of Isaiah, because of the mission of the prophet in it; but others rightly observe, that this mission respects not the prophecy in general, but the particular reproof the prophet was sent to give to the Jews herein mentioned. I saw in a vision or ecstasy. Isaiah is outside, near the altar in front of the temple. (1) In the year that king Uzziah died.—Probably before his death. 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. Or rather, 2. Isaiah was a young preacher who lived in the southern kingdom of Judah in the 8 th century BC. Filled the temple; his glorious robes reached down to the bottom of the temple, and were spread abroad in the temple, which was an evidence of a more than ordinary majesty. Let me suggest how our text shows us the compensation that is given for all losses. Is never empty for the Ancient of Days never dies. Enter your e-mail address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by e-mail. Geneva Presbyterian Church, Laguna Hills, CAhttp://www.genevapres.orgAnthem, 2015-5-31Chancel Choir; Eileen O'Hern, dirCharlotte Hsieh, pipe organ In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. And this was the truth embodied for Isaiah in the long robe and train. In this there is great sublimity. The Call of Isaiah . In some MSS., however, of Kennicott and DeRossi, the word Yahweh is found. The words of Isaiah 43 sum up this season; “See I do a new thing. Suddenly he passes, as St. Paul afterwards passed, under the influence of like surroundings (Acts 22:17), into a state of ecstatic trance, and as though the veil of the Temple was withdrawn, he saw the vision of the glory of the Lord, as Moses (Exodus 24:10) and Micaiah of old had seen it (1Kings 22:19), as in more recent times it had appeared to Amos (9:1). The conviction of the prophet. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Uzziah was a great king and Isaiah apparently looked up to him. Let me say a word or two about the ministration of loss and sorrow in preparing for the vision. He is the one that recorded all of the acts of King Uzziah. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.” Isaiah 6:1. The large, full, magnificent robe seemed to fill up the entire holy of holies. (2) It was the manifestation of Yahweh in the person of the Messiah, of the 'only begotten Son who hath revealed or declared him,' that he saw Such manifestations of God have been made often, and all that the declaration of Isaiah implies, of necessity, is, that he had a vision of God incarnate seated in glory, from whom he now received a new commission to go out and proclaim the truth to that wicked and rebellious generation.