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1939), Lord - Adonai (see discussion of this name), the Lord or the master. Life Application Commentary - Simon (Peter) had seen people cured and had heard Jesus teachings, but this miracle reached directly into his life and grabbed him. 29:9,10; 42:18; 43:8; Deut. In a vision, Isaiah saw God's holiness and glory, and he was utterly overwhelmed. A verification email has been sent to the address you provided. For the first time he really worships God. ; Is. We would re-emphasize the fact that it was from the altar of burnt offering the coal was taken, not from the golden altar, where only incense was burned. Praise God. For example, hired servants could quit if they did not like the orders of their master. There is a wonderful word of encouragement here: God quickly answers prayer and cleanses us (1John 1:9). Hezekiah began his reign over Judah in 715 B.C. Sinners are transformed into servants of God. 37:38). Smoke is sometimes the mere sign of the presence of God, as in Isa 4:5; but more often it indicates his presence in anger or judgment (see Ex 19:18; 20:18; Rev 15:8). Paraphrasing God's call to Isaiah in Isaiah Chapter 6, MacArthur said, "Go tell them it's too late. He has served as pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in. (This picture of the exalted Lord brings to mind Michael W Smith's song - Above All), The train - This describes the hem or fringe (cf Ex 28:33, 34) of His robe which appropriately filled the temple. Although some of Isaiah's responsibilities might not seem very inviting, personal preferences and fear fade into the background when a person has had the privilege of seeing the glory of the Holy King. But in God's presence, even the seraphs covered themselves in humility (Isa 6:2). Page183. FIRST ISAIAH SAW THEN HE WAS CLEANSED 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. 2 Kings This comparison prepares the reader for an understanding of the truth that even after the tenth has been subjected to burning, a stump will remain and be available to "regrowth". What an august revelation of the glory of Christ's Godhead was this which broke upon the view of the lowly prophet! IVP Commentary - The size of the catch tells Simon and his companions that this event has been no accident. ", Seraph - 7 OT uses - Nu 21:6, 8; Dt 8:15; Is 6:2, 6; 14:29; 30:6, In Numbers seraph is used of the fiery serpents, And the LORD sent fiery serpents (seraphim) among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. For example, the high priest took live coals into the Holy of Holies on the Day of Atonement (Lev 16:12). Today, we want to step back and take in the incredible scene the prophet describes. Given the solemnity and "heaviness" of the message, Isaiah would need all the divine enablement he could get, especially in view of the fact that the prophet is forewarned that his mission would be (in one sense) an abysmal "failure"! This happened when a small number of godly exiles under the leadership of Zerubbabel, Nehemiah, and Ezra returned to the land and reestablished the nation. The Old Testament Minor Prophets Isaiah has been cleansed and is now ready to hear and heed the call of Adonai. (Zech 14:8, 9+), is a man with unclean lips. 17 "For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. Girdlestone in his classic work "Synonyms of the OT" says that Adonai, indicates the truth that God is the owner of each member of the human family, and that He consequently claims the unrestricted obedience of all The claim upon man's service which is set forth in the title Adonai is well illustrated by Mal 1:6, where Jehovah says, "A son honors his father, and a servant his master (or masters); if, then, I be a father, where is mine honour? And I will bring the third part through the fire, refine them as silver is refined, and test them as gold is tested. Send me! Isaiah was ready and willing to do the bidding of his Master. In the OT the terms for smoke appear chiefly in three contexts: theophanic portrayals (Ex 4:5, 19:18, 40:38, Ps 104:32, Ps 144:5), descriptions of mundane events whether actual or prophesied, and comparisons or figurative descriptions (eg, anger of God, Ps 74:1, 80:4). Isaiah 9:6. 12 "For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him. General Epistles The IVP New Testament Commentary Series (Lk 5:1). Lam 3:22, 23). All rights reserved. The nation is on the palms of His hands, and Jerusalems walls are ever before His eyes (49:16). Beloved, is there not a powerful principle here? Lev 16:12). This living coal represents the cleansing blood of Christ that keeps on cleansing us from all sin. Their mouths were not filled with seraphic worship but with flippant repetitions and self-justifying excuses. The representative of the grace of GOD to needy men flew swiftly to tell of His saving favor, based upon the atoning sacrifice. Forgiven (KJV = purged) (03722)(kapar related to koper = to cover as in Ge 6:14, ransom, as in Ex 21:30, Nu 35:31, Ps 49:7, an atonement by blood - Lev 17:11) means to atone by offering a substitute. (Jamieson, R., Fausset, A. R., & Brown, D. A Commentary, Critical and Explanatory, on the Old and New Testaments) (Bolding added), Isaiah had seen the Lord of glory, Who is none other than Jesus HimselfJesus is God, yet He is also a distinct part of the mysterious Trinity, and He is also Jesus the Son. The Apostle Paul entered into this when he spoke of being a sweet savor of CHRIST unto GOD both in them that are saved and in them that perish (2Co 2:15). His ministry of expository preaching is unparalleled in its breadth and influence. Shamen/saman - NAS = fat(1), grew fat(2), grown fat(1), insensitive(1), render(1). Temple (01004) (bayith) describes a fixed, established structure made from some kind of material and in many context (such as the present passage ) bayith refers to the place of worship, the dwelling place (house as it were) of God. Like Israel beneath Mount Sinai, the words of his heart are, Do not have God speak with us or we will die (Ex 20:19). Malachi Zechariah Leviticus Historical Books Despite her best efforts to find help, her terrible condition worsened and she desperately sought Jesus (Mk 5:26, 27). Just as Pharaoh's rejection of Yahweh's ultimatum ignited judgment and foreclosed, at least temporarily, any opportunity for repentance, so the LORD may have come to the point where He has decreed to bring judgment before opening the door for repentance once more. 5:8). Glory also involves honor or position of power. They want to drive up to church, grab an hour of worship, and drive off--what Dr. Evans calls "drive-through worship." For example in Ex 21:4 (Ge 24:9, 10), adon is used of the slave owner who was the master of the slave. The Astonishing Servant of Jehovah (Isaiah 53) John MacArthur Published on Apr 16, 2012 by JohnMacArthurGTY Now for this morning, I finally want you to open your Bible to the fifty-third chapter of The primary function of pen at the beginning of a clause is to express precaution. Isaiah 60 - The Glorious Light of God's Kingdom A. What the hardening is. (About 100 pages of commentary) James Rosscup - Martin briefly defends unity by Isaiah, then provides a succinct, carefully-studied and clear commentary following a good outline. Hits like "Hot Stuff" (1979), "Bad Girls" (1979), and "Macarthur Park" (1977) were ubiquitous in the music scene then. Since John declares that Isaiah saw the glory of Jesus, it is certain that this vision was a Christophany, i.e., a preincarnate appearance of the living Lord. Holy is God, the Lord of Sabaoth! Or to my knees will I fall? He condemned the empty ritualism of his day and the idolatry into which the people had fallen. If you walk in the light of the Word of God, you will see yourself, and you will know that even as a child of God you need the blood of Jesus Christ to cleanse you from all sin. What we must see, in the context of the whole Bible, is that this burning coal symbolizes the finished work of Christ on the cross. But none is more extraordinary than (and few are equal to) the verse to which we come now. Make sure this day includes some time alone with the Lord to thank Him for His holiness, and consider what it means to be holy the way He is holy. Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. A tribe or village prone to violence invariably creates gods whom they believe delight in violence and blood. But too many of our schedules allow too little time for reflection and meditation on God and His Word. At the same time his holiness encompasses His moral authority, which derives from His royal position. 11 Jesus answered them, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted. The effect of beholding GOD is to make one realize his own unworthiness and the corruption of his own heart. 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. 6:1). Ge 32:20; Ex 29:33, 36, 37; 30:10, 15f; 32:30; Lev 1:4; 4:20, 26, 31, 35; 5:6, 10, 13, 16, 18; 6:7, 30; 7:7; 8:15, 34; 9:7; 10:17; 12:7f; 14:18, 19, 20, 21, 29, 31, 53; 15:15, 30; 16:6, 10f, 16, 17, 18, 20, 24, 27, 30, 32, 33, 34; 17:11; 19:22; 23:28; Nu 5:8; 6:11; 8:12, 19, 21; 15:25, 28; 16:46f; 25:13; 28:22, 30; 29:5; 31:50; 35:33; Dt 21:8; 32:43; 1Sa 3:14; 2Sa 21:3; 1Chr 6:49; 2Chr 29:24; 30:18; Neh 10:33; Ps 65:3; 78:38; 79:9; Prov 16:6, 14; Isa 6:7; 22:14; 27:9; 28:18; 47:11; Jer 18:23; Ezek 16:63; 43:20, 26; 45:15, 17, 20; Da 9:24. 4:8), and we can almost feel the ""doorposts and thresholds"" of the temple shaking. Ex. The beaming forth of Christ's glory in the soul reveals its hidden evil; the knowledge of this evil lays the believer low before God with the confession, "I abhor myself. Today in the Word - How did Isaiah respond to this vision? No doubt visitors to Mount St. Helens will gasp as they look into a crater almost two miles wide. TODAY IN THE WORD - Have you ever accidentally burned yourself? (This ironic command is comparable to saying to a particularly recalcitrant individual, "Go ahead, be stubborn!"). when the Assyrians devastated the land (a situation presupposed by Isa 1:2-20; see especially Isa 6:4-9). By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. The immutable principle is that persistent unbelief will eventually produce a hardened heart that becomes progressively more impenetrable over time! Acknowledge your "ruined" state and cry out for God's cleansing. Capitol Hill Baptist . Go and tell - Beloved, these two commands should greatly encourage us because they show that although we, like Isaiah, are men and women of unclean lips, the thrice Holy God is ever willing to use vessels who are willing to be used for His holy purposes (cp 2Ti 2:21-note, Jer 15:19). Oh, then it is these deep-seated and long-veiled deformities are revealed; and we, no longer gazing with a complacent eye upon self, sink in the dust before God, overwhelmed with shame, and covered with confusion of face. 745727 B.C.) Men's Acappella. Remembering that the best commentary on Scripture is Scripture, it behooves the sincere student of God's Word to try and discern a similar action elsewhere in the Scriptures. Calloused means to make insensitive or to deaden feelings or morals. Go. He is bound by His own Word to fulfill the promises He has made to bring them back to Himself and bless them in that future day (55:1012). Cody Walker 7. For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. 0:36. The chosen ones are those who have come into a relationship with God through Jesus Christ whereby their disposition has been altered and their ears unstopped, and they hear the still small voice (1Ki 19:12KJV) questioning all the time, "Who will go for us?" from youthful lusts, and pursue (present imperative - Continually. Still one of my favorite hymns of all time, and one which has special memories for me. That fits His role as Judge (see Jn 5:22, 23, 27, 30; 9:39)." Wrestling: Results for D'Agnese, Shoreline, RCK Mat Wars tournaments and Jan. 2-8 meets. 18:1, 2). In fact Paul says that God dwells in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen or can see (1 Tim. He is so unlike us, so exalted over His creation, that we can't control Him or make Him simply a reflection of ourselves. Grogan notes that Kabod "is used of God in his manifestation to his creatures. (The Bookends of the Christian Life-recommended read - I have read this one 3-4 times. He does not blind the eyes of those that would fain see, and apart from His interposition, would see. Tradition has it that he met his death under King Manasseh (ca. If conscious ignorance shrinks from great learning, poverty from great wealth, obscurity from high rank, human guilt from human purity, well may the consciously sinful soul of man shrink from the near presence of the thrice-holy God. Questions and answers with John Piper. Although, one should avoid dogmatic interpretation, it seems to predict that the remnant will pass through another "fire", which could refer to further chastisement. Haggai God starts out graciously revealing his will and offering repentance, but if people repeatedly reject God, eventually the day of hardening and judgment will come. (Ibid), We make calls out of our own spiritual consecration, but when we get right with God He brushes all these aside, and rivets us with a pain that is terrific to one thing we never dreamed of, and for one radiant flashing moment we see what He is after, and we say - "Here am I, send me." Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. (See context in John notes)(Bolding added), Isaiahs sight of Gods glory is described, Isaiah 6:1, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, etc. The evangelist expounds this of Christ, which is an evident proof of the Deity of Christ, that He is Jehovah; for it was Jehovah Whom the prophet there saw (Matthew Poole's Commentary on the New Testament) (Bolding added), Believer's Study Bible (Criswell) writes that, The passage undoubtedly refers to the magnificent vision of Isaiah (cf. Therefore, we need to have the redemption of Christ applied to our lives again and again and again. The Hebrew imperatival forms (Commands) are employed rhetorically and anticipate the response Isaiah will receive. Glory is the sparkling of the Deity We may see God's glory blazing in the sun and twinkling in the stars (Ps 19:1) A sight of God's glory humbles. They need to have their lips touched with a living coal. Bareness/Productivity- Isaiah 54, Genesis 1, . His name was Paul, and he cried out, "O wretched man that I am! What will my heart feel? Hearts insensitive understand - So they cannot understand God's message. Some see this threefold repetition of holy as an OT allusion to the Trinity, with which while compatible would not be dogmatic proof of the Trinity (eg, it would probably be inappropriate to use Isa 6:3 as strong substantiation of the Trinity in the OT). Matthew Henry (concise commentary) has a balanced comment noting that "God sends Isaiah to foretell the ruin of His people. He sees himself as he really is in the presence of God -- undone. As Kistemaker says (in his comments on Luke 5:8+) -When one is confronted with Jesus, it is impossible to remain neutral. It is true that God does bless His Word even when it is given out by those who are playing around with sin, but in time God judges them severely. 6; that God is sovereign; that He is holy; the first provides comfort, the second, terror Beloved, we all do well to ponder the truth that the Lord always fulfills His Word, even though the fulfillment may be long in coming. Hymns Project Centuries later, Jesus parables were to do the same (Matt. And clouds of smoke enwrapped the throne on high. The temple - What Temple? Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications), Nathan Stone comments on use of Adonai in Isaiah 6 noting that. 2 Peter The usual title found in Scriptures for the Shechinah Glory is the glory of Jehovah, or the glory of the Lord. This people (same phrase Isa 6:10, 8:11, 12, 9:16, 28:11, 14, 29:13, 14) - The phrase "this people" rather than "My people" seems to convey a sense of contempt with a clear implication that God sees Judah's unbelief and unclean lips (Read Je 7:4, 5,6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11)! 15:3, 4; 2 Chr. Passwords should have at least 6 characters. 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. Johannine Writings and if I be a master (Adonim), where is my reverential fear?". Isaiah contributes nothing; all is of GodThis touched your lips and your iniquity went. 739686 B.C. Living for God can only be accomplished by divine grace. ), Judah developed into a strong commercial and military state with a port for commerce on the Red Sea and the construction of walls, towers, and fortifications (2 Chr. "With twain they covered their faces, and with twain they covered their feet." Moody Publishers, The Commission of Isaiah - Emmaus Journal V4:1, Summer, 95, Be Comforted (Isaiah): Feeling Secure in the Arms of God, New American Commentary: Volume 15a: Isaiah 1-39. It is the vision of God as Adonai which started him out on his prophetical career. They are listed to help give the reader have a general idea of the relationship of historical events in Isaiah's time. The related word kapporet describes the mercy seat, an "atonement cover", the gold cover on the ark of the covenant where atonement is made. (Vine, W. Collected writings of W. E. Vine. 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The answer is in this chapter: Isaiahs account of his call to ministry. They are likely to stare, take pictures, buy postcards, and go home with another vacation memory. His writing features a range of 2,186 different words, compared to 1,535 in Ezekiel, 1,653 in Jeremiah, and 2,170 in the Psalms. Through that sacrifice alone could iniquity be purged and sin be put away (He 9:13, 14-notes). (See context inNew American Commentary- Isaiah 1-39). When all is said and done, Isaiah might as well preface and conclude every message with these ironic words, which, though imperatival in form, might be paraphrased as follows: "You continually hear, but don't understand; you continually see, but don't perceive. How did God show mercy to Isaiah? I saw the Lord sitting on a throne - How? 6 There was a man having been sent from God, whose name was John. What the Master commands of His bond-servants, He always enables. Woe is me, for I am ruined! 1. (Mt 4:17, 18, 19), Paul like Peter and Andrew manifested a similar complete surrender to Adonai (Kurios) declaring, I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself (death to self, surrender to the Lord, not one's own but bought with a price), in order that I may finish (teleioo = accomplish, bring to an end or to the intended goal. Eugene Rapay. ', 16 "But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear. (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! Luke The kingdom promised to David belongs to Israel, not the church. 19:9ff. He details numerous aspects of Israels future kingdom on earth not found elsewhere in the OT or NT, including changes in nature, the animal world, Jerusalems status among the nations, the Suffering Servants leadership, and others. When Job really saw who he was, he said. 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). The results must be left with GOD. Ironside-The divinely-sent messenger proclaimed the good news of redemption and purification from sin through Him whose one offering was pictured in the sacrifice of the altar. The seraphim Isaiah saw are magnificent beings. The shrinking Jeremiah, ordained from before his birth to be a prophet, answers the call to service by saying, somewhat like Moses: "Ah, Adonai Jehovah! For example, at the completion of Solomons Temple (note) in Jerusalem, It happened that when the priests came from the holy place, the cloud filled the house of the Lord, so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord. 4:10, 11, 12. God is not going to use a dirty vessel, I can assure you of that. D. Bock - What Peter does not realize is that admitting ones inability and sin is the best prerequisite for service, since then one can depend on God. 2 Samuel (The Commission of Isaiah - Emmaus Journal V4:1, Summer, 95). But, as the surrounding chapters clearly reveal, the people were hardly ready or willing to repent. But the servant is to proclaim the Word no matter how people respond, for the test of ministry is not outward success but faithfulness to the Lord. 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