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Isaiah 6:1-5
Excerpted from: Holiness (Part 2)Here is a man who is confronted by holiness of an awesome power, and lived to tell about it.
"Holy, holy, holy" the seraphim said. In English, when we want to emphasize something, we underline it, or we "bold" it, or we put an exclamation point after it, or we write it in italics. In Hebrew, what they did was repeat it. Here "holy" is repeated three times, and that raises it to the superlative. That attaches to it a super importance. Only one characteristic of God, in the entirety of the Bible, is elevated to this transcendent level—and that is His holiness. Never is God called in the Bible, "Love, love, love." Or, "peace, peace, peace." Or, "justice, justice, justice." Only one characteristic is raised to the superlative. God is holy, holy, holy.
When Isaiah was confronted, what did he do? He pronounced a plague upon himself. "Woe!" You are familiar enough with the prophecies to know that is the word the prophets used to indicate that a plague from God was coming upon a city, or upon a people. "Woe unto Bethsaida! Woe unto Chorazin!" Jesus said. Isaiah said, "Woe is me, for I am undone!" He knew that he was in the presence of something [or, Someone] that was so distinctively different from what he was, he unraveled. He became unglued. He came apart at the seams. Isaiah caught a glimpse of the Holy One of Israel, and immediately his self-esteem was shattered. In a brief second, he was made to feel naked, exposed before the absolute Standard of holiness.
So, Isaiah said, "Woe is me, for I am undone!" He immediately recognized his filthiness and said, "I am a man of unclean lips." You know, out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. And Isaiah knew his heart was not like God's.
Isaiah 6:2-5
Excerpted from: The Fear of GodIsaiah was given a vision of God. And unlike the people that we just read about in Hebrews 12, he was a more godly man. He was a man very much like Moses in his relationship with God. Moses was frightened by the appearance of God - as was Isaiah.
Isaiah, like Moses, became unglued in God's presence. I think we may conclude from just these two examples that we are better off the way things are. Facing God in person, face-to-face in His presence, should not be something we feel the need to experience. What we do have of the revelation of God is sufficient to produce the right mix of fear - if it is given half a chance.
ArticlesPrepare to Meet Your God (Part Five): Religion and Holiness
Sovereignty and Its Fruit: Part Ten
BookletsPrepare to Meet Your God! (The Book of Amos) (Part Two)
EssaysSpiritual Gifts, an Overview
What Do You Fear? (Part Two)
What Is the Prophesied 'Pure Language'? (Part Two)
SermonsSanctification and Holiness (Part 4)
Wilderness Wanderings (Part Three) - Handpicked Children
Living By Faith: Humility
Marriage and the Bride of Christ (Part 7)
The Priesthood of God (Part 3)
Pure Language Restored
God's Sea of Glass (Part 1)
God's Sea of Glass (Part 1)
A Contrite Heart
God Is Still on His Throne
The Great White Throne
The Fear of God (Part 1)
Poor in Spirit
Image and Likeness of God (Part Two)
Glory Be
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