Isaiah 6:1-8 the Passion Translation (TPT) I CLEARLY SAW THE LORD
The Throne Room
Isaiah 6 verse 1 In the year that King Uzziah died,[a] I clearly saw the Lord.[b] He was seated on his exalted throne, towering high above me.[c] His long, flowing robe of splendor spread throughout the templet.[d]
2 Standing above him were the angels of flaming fire,[e] each with six wings: with two wings they covered their faces in reverence, with two wings they covered their feet, and with two wings they flew.[f]
3 And one called out to another, saying:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God,
Commander of Angel Armies![g]
The whole earth is filled with his glory!”[h]
4 The thunderous voice of the fiery angels caused the foundations of the thresholds to tremble[i] as the cloud of glory[j] filled the temple!
5 Then I stammered and said, “Woe is me! I’m destroyed[k]—doomed as a sinful man! For my words are tainted and I live among people who talk the same way.[l] King Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies! My eyes have gazed upon him!”
6 Then out of the smoke, one of the angels of fire flew to me. He had in his hands a burning coal he had taken from the altar with tongs.
7 He touched my lips with it and said, “See? The burning coal from the altar has touched your lips. Your guilt is taken away; your sin is blotted out.”[m]
8 Then I heard the Lord saying, “Whom should I send to my people?
Who will go to represent us?”
I spoke up and said, “I will be the one. Send me.”
Footnotes:
a. Isaiah 6:1 King Uzziah died a leper (2 Chron. 26:23). The prophecies of Isaiah chs. 1–5 were given before Uzziah’s death in 740 BC. Isaiah saw God's holiness and knew that if his leprous uncle Uzziah would be judged, he would be too.
b. Isaiah 6:1 Although the word for “Lord” here is Adonai (“Sovereign or Master”), we see from vv. 3 and 5 that it was “the Lord God, Commander of hosts.” Long before Jesus was born, Isaiah saw his glory (John 12:41).
c. Isaiah 6:1 Isaiah mentions this throne seven times (6:1; 9:7; 14:13; 16:5; 22:23; 47:1; 66:1). In the throne room, Isaiah overheard the solemn chanting of the seraphim, felt the temple foundations tremble, and witnessed the rainbow glory robe of almighty God.
d. Isaiah 6:1 This robe of glory has touched us in Christ, for we are his temple. When we “put on Christ,” we are robed in his splendor.
e. Isaiah 6:2 Or “seraphim (burning ones),” the fiery custodians of the holiness of God. The seraphs were a class of angels stationed around the throne of God. Seraph comes from the Hebrew word for “burn.” Some have equated the seraphim with the living creatures mentioned in Rev. 4:6-9.
f. Isaiah 6:2 With wings folded upward and wings folded downward, they appeared to Isaiah as huge flames of fire.
g. Isaiah 6:3 Almost every Jewish commentator speaks of the threefold repetition of the word holy as a reference to the way God manifests his holiness (1) in heaven, (2) in this world, and (3) in the ages to come. Today we can see the triune God being praised: Holy (Father), Holy (Son), Holy (Spirit). Throughout church history this sacred chant has been heard in liturgy, worship, and song. Fifty times Isaiah calls him “the Holy One of Israel.”
h. Isaiah 6:3 Isaiah saw the sinfulness of man; the seraphim saw the glory of God. Isaiah had to see what the angels see. Without this vision, we are only seeing part of the truth. What fills the earth is his glory, not our sinfulness.
i. Isaiah 6:4 The celestial praises of God, sung to their highest, caused the foundations to shake.
j. Isaiah 6:4 Or “(holy) smoke.” This cloud (smoke) is mentioned seven times in Isaiah: 4:5; 6:4; 9:18; 14:31; 34:10; 51:6; 65:5.
k. Isaiah 6:5 The Hebrew word nidmêti can be translated “finished, cut off, pierced through, devastated, destroyed, doomed, undone, silenced, ruined.” See also Judg. 13:22; Job 42:5-6.
l. Isaiah 6:5 Isaiah declares himself a sinner who has offended the holiness of God. Polluted with sin, his words (and ours) are “unclean” (foul, defiled, polluted, contaminated).
m. Isaiah 6:7 Or “Your sin is atoned for.” The seraph brought God’s cleansing coal. The word for “coal” is ritzpah and means “ceremonial stone.” In the temple, incense was poured upon the ritzpah stone. Then the stone was placed in the fire, creating the fragrance of the burning sacrifice of the Lamb of God. This white-hot stone that was placed on Isaiah’s lips is perhaps the “shining white stone” given to the overcomers (Rev. 2:17).
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