In the earlier part of his kingship, under the influence of his advisor Zechariah, Uzziah was faithful to God and did right in the Lord's eyes. It was because Isaiah at one point in his life depended on king Uzziah. He saw the Lord, and what more he saw was the all-filling robe of the indescribable One. How ironic that Isaiah saw a vision of the pure, immortal, divine King in His house/temple in the very year the impure human king died! In Rev 5:2, we read of a scroll and the problem is that no one knows if the scroll can be opened. Do you want to be where God is? (2 Kings 15:1 calls him Azariah.) and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land. This term of reference for God draws attention to his power and honour and seeks to exalt him. They lived lives of conflict and calculation and sought what was best for themselves only. Uzziah started out knowing the fear of the Lord but as he grew older, though he didnt turn to other gods and idols, he approached God with carelessness and a lack of fear. So they are without excuse. The Rev. King Uzziah had prospered them greatly during his fifty-two year reign. The Book of Isaiah uses "the year that king Uzziah died" as a reference point for describing the vision in which Isaiah sees his vision of the Lord of Hosts (Isaiah 6:1). And this was the truth embodied for Isaiah in the long robe and train. A God-centred life is one where He flavours every part of our being. The Targum is, "and the temple was filled with the splendour of his glory;''. This cleansing of Isaiah's mouth symbolically cleansed the source of iniquity. I saw - That is, he saw in a "vision;" see the Introduction, Section 7. Even though the account in which Isaiah has a vision of the Lord in the temple does not come right at the beginning of the book of Isaiah, it actually relates the earliest event recorded in the book: Isaiahs call from God to be a prophet. Sign up for an account to try it FREE for 30 days. 1. His coronation marked a new era in the history of Davids lineage, which had been interrupted for 76 years. He grew proud (2 Chron 26:16a) and he thought that since Gods favour was on him, he could disregard the roles and offices established, to be a priest. 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influence of like surroundings (Acts 22:17), into a state of ecstatic trance, and as though the veil of the Temple was withdrawn, he saw the vision of the glory of the Lord, as Moses (Exodus 24:10) and Micaiah of old had seen it (1Kings 22:19), as in more recent times it had appeared to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). (Isaiah 6:1 ESV) This was a big day for Judah, and the southern kingdom. God's anger burned against Uzzah and He struck him down and he died. 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). ( Isaiah 6:1)KJV. While some may chafe at these delays, understanding the sovereignty of God gives us the patience to know that Gods timing is perfect and that there is no man or evil spirit that can prevent us from entering into our calling. The word "train" shulayv, properly signifies the skirt of a garment, or a robe; Exodus 28:33-34. Will things be as good as they have been before? They didnt just abandon him, but also despised and disowned him. It follows. The thing that makes everything find its proper place is if we encounter God. Many of the preachers after reading this verse will ask their congregation to start praying against every Uzziah in their lives to die so that they will see the glory of God. (Part 1). 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. He recognises that God is the King who sits on the throne. Who saw the Lord when King Uzziah died? 2. In his long career spanning the late eighth and early seventh century B.C.E., he advised several of the kings of Judah. 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. He is expressly so called in Isaiah 6:5-8, Isaiah 6:11. [Calmet] 758 (Common Chronology). There was the show of outward material prosperity. Isaiah mentions the robes, temple, and seraphim, but not the form of God Himself. Clearly, there is something important about King Uzziahs reign and therefore, his death. There are many examples of such hindrances. 1In 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. King Uzziah was the only king Isaiah had known, having reigned well in Jerusalem for 52 years. The Lord; either, 1. Required fields are marked *. 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. He had lived through the last twenty years or so of Uzziahs reign. 26:4 ). (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. 25because they exchanged the truth about God for ua lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, vwho is blessed forever! I. "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. (Isa 3:1-5). It is a good thing to be told that there are things you cannot do! Isaiah's name means "The Lord is salvation . Years later, John saw a vision of a throne in heaven, with One seated on the throne (c.f. He "ordered his ways before the Lord". As far as the eye of the seer could look at first, the ground was covered by this splendid robe. 1. 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. But this moment is a subjective experience of an objective reality. "But He was pierced for our transgressions . This is not the first beginning of Isaiah's prophecies, but his inauguration to a higher degree of the prophetic office: Isa 6:9, &c., implies the tone of one who had already experience of the people's obstinacy. 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. God detested it because they practiced a false religion. Why did Jesus tell the women of Jerusalem, "Weep for yourselves, not for me," when he was going to the cross? Thus the Trinity in unity is implied; as also by the thrice "Holy" (Isa 6:3). As such (and as true for every writer of Scripture), Isaiah penned what the Lord God inspired him to. The earthquake that had terrified Jerusalem had left on his mind a vague sense of impending judgment. Rev 4:1-3). 754 B.C. Thank you for visiting my blog Good Question. 3And one called to another and said: 4And wthe foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and xthe house was filled with smoke. 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. Why were some books removed from the Bible and is it a sin to read them? God helped him in war against the Philistines and his 'fame spread for he became exceedingly strong'. "I am ruined! And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again: "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, Lest they should see with their eyes, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them." To start saving items to a SermonFolder, please create an account. 2 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. I have listened to so many preachers and people leading prayers misuse this particular verse of the bible. So are your relationships. In the case of Isaiah, his call did not come until the death of Uzziah. Hence, it was only after Uzziahs death that Isaiah had his vision of God and heard His voice from the temple calling him to his ministry (Isaiah 6:8). As a result, he was smitten with leprosy and he was a leper until he died. It let me know who and what my king Uzziahs were. Uzziahs name means Strength of Yah, but as time passed, and as he built up his military strength, he relied upon his own strength (2 Chron. According to the biblical record, Uzziah's strength caused him to become proud, which led to his destruction. Try. In verse 1, we see that Isaiah saw the Lord the year King Uzziah died. |, Isaiah 6: The Vision and Call: Isaiah: Prophet of Salvation Book 2, 6201 University Avenue, NE Fridley, MN 55432. Within a half a decade or so of the year when King Uzziah died, God's people were in the middle of a major war, gaining protection from the superpower but at . People Listen In Different Wayscan You Reach All Of Them? 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. 23and qexchanged the glory of rthe immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. Yet, he didnt see the Lord until Uzziah died. Enter your email address and we will send you a link to reset your password. 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. Thus, as we read in Isa 5:4, 8-23, Israel produced horrible fruit that was worthless. But Isaiah received a vision. Everything in our life and in this world is in the hands of the one who was slain. In moments of great uncertainty, we are to continue doing what God has called us to do faithfully. And truly so, for the incarnation of God is the truth embodied in all the scriptural anthropomorphisms, and the name of Jesus is the manifested mystery of the name Jehovah. Victorious in war, he was also successful in the arts of peaceful industry. Oh the spectacle! They sought the Lord by listening to the prophets, however they did not eradicate the idolatry in Judah for the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the . . Isaiah is here carried up into heaven; for although in other instances it was undoubtedly the earthly temple which was presented to a prophet's view in an ecstatic vision (Amos 9:1; Ezekiel 8:3; Ezekiel 10:4-5; cf., Acts 22:17), yet here, as the description which follows clearly proves, the "high and exalted throne", (Note: It is to this, and not to Adonai, as the Targum and apparently the accents imply, that the words "high and exalted" refer.). King Uzziah had a wide range of achievements, and his fame spread far, for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong (2 Chron 2:15b). 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. This qualifies Him! As a result of this incident, Uzziah ends up being excluded and Jotham had to rule. King Uzziah reigned for 52 years as King of Judah. Hezekiah was one of Judah's good kings and reigned for 29 years . He was also a consultant to Tyndale House for the Immerse Bible, an edition of the New Living Translation (NLT) that similarly presents the Scriptures in their natural literary forms, without chapters and verses or section headings. God did not delight in what we do alone, but also in how we do it. Recall that Isaiahs ministry began in the reign of King Uzziah of Judah (Isaiah 1:1). Isaiah was a man of God. 3 And one cried to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of . We thought no one could touch us. Conquered the Ammonites. America will never be the same way it was prior to September 11th. This is the Uzziahs life that also forms the context of Isa 1-5 that we have read in the previous weeks studies. But Isaiah did not only, "see the Lord. No one would dare attack such a strong and powerful nation. They were going to worship and still did what they had to do. Why didn't God give Esau back the blessing that Jacob stole? In this year of Uzziahs death, Isaiah saw God. Somewhere in the WTC towers, a believer had just arrived to begin what they thought would be a normal workday. What did Uzziah do wrong? We, however, must live with the consequences. It is significant that Isaiahs first work as a writer was to write the history of Uzziahs reign (2Chronicles 26:22). 24:7 says of Joram and his brothers. The Talmud [Yevamot 49b] says that he suffered martyrdom by being sawn in two under the orders of Manasseh. (Clicking on a category will display all of the posts it, in a continuous scroll with the most recent at the top.). yFor I am lost; zfor I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the aKing, the Lord of hosts!, 6Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. Isaiah's Vision of the Lord. 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. "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. If we go back to Isa 6:1, with his death, it will introduce a lot of uncertainty. Isa 6:1-13. Uzziahs calling was to restore and rededicate the temple that had been desecrated by his forefather, Joram. He had prophesied about ten years before this, in the reign of Uzziah; and only this vision was in the reign of Jotham; the next prophecy was delivered out in the reign of Ahaz, Isaiah 7:1 and others in the time of Hezekiah; and the date of this vision is only mentioned, to observe the order of the visions, agreeably to Isaiah 1:1 and moreover it may be observed from hence, that kings must die as well as others; but the King of kings ever lives, he is the living God, and the everlasting King, as follows: I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; not God essentially considered, whose essence is not to be seen; but personally, Father, Son, and Spirit, for all the three Persons appear in this vision, Isaiah 6:3 particularly Christ, as, is clear from John 12:41 who is the "Adonai", or Lord; he is Lord of all, of all men, even of the greatest among them, and of all the angels in heaven, and of the church of God, by his Father's gift, by his own purchase, in right of marriage, and through the conquest of his grace. In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. He is also known as the truly "Universalist" prophet, by which is meant that He makes it clear that salvation is extended equally to all nations and not just to Israel. The core content is about who God is, evident from the Law. 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. See 2Chronicles 26:23, 2Chronicles 27:1-9, 2Kings 15:32-38. 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. With this removal, they turned to life of mutual oppression. The word does not itself denote essential divinity; but it is often applied to God. We may wonder whats the big deal or problem if we are still blessed. Is your Christian identity put on hold from Monday to Saturday? Its time for Uzziah to die. (I explained this in detail in chapter 8 of Secrets of Time.). Isaiah is terrified, Isaiah 6:5; is confirmed for his message, Isaiah 6:6-8. Its time for the church to rise up and take its place in the world. In other words, he tried to be a king-priest when he was not called as such. King Uzziah's death: After 52 years of reigning, leprosy caused the death of king Uzziah, and Isaiah began his prophetic ministry that year. He depended on Uzziah more than he depended on God. Everything in history and time is in His hands. 5And I said: Woe is me! They told him what he could and could not do (2 Chron 26:18). Lifted up towards the roof of the temple. He seemed to be a great engineer too (2 Chron 26:15a). Many of us have lost possessions and loved ones because they became god to us and God had to get them out of the way so we could see Him. Her voice is synonymous with hymns, having founded, along with her husband, Keith, the Getty Music Organization, which helps people learn the Bible through hymns to carry for life. Each had u six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. The Bible has been warning us for thousands of years. He mentions his robes; the throne; the seraphim; but mentions no form or appearance of God himself. The king who had profaned the holiness of the Temple had either just died or was dragging out the dregs of his leprous life in seclusion (2Chronicles 26:21). The world is changing and everything is changing. The question, What was to be the future of his people? Somehow, Uzziahs reign delayed Isaiahs full entry into his calling. It is in this setting that God meets His people. 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. A remnant shall be saved, Isaiah 6:13. 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. Where was God when you got pregnant out of wedlock? The One on the throne planned for this Lamb to come to be slain. He prayed for the Lord's help in defending his country from its enemies, and he followed the counsel of the prophet Isaiah. So the Old Testament tells us that after Joram's blasphemy, Ahaziah ruled for 1 year (2 Kings 8:26), Athaliah ruled for six years (2 Kings 11:1-3), Jehoash ruled for 40 years (2 Kings 12:1), and Amaziah ruled for 29 years (2 Kings 14:2). Obviously, the "Lord" is God. First, you must know that weve become our own Uzziah. 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