The OT uses ruwm with positive meaning most frequently of God's being high as in rank (cf 2Sa 22:47; Ps 18:46; Ps 113:4). Long before Cyrus, king of Persia appeared on the scene, Isaiah named him as Judahs deliverer from the Babylonian captivity (44:28; 45:1). The prophet Habakkuk says of God, Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrong (Hab. 2Above him stood the seraphim. Lets also remember that God made us holy in Jesus Christ not just to prepare us for heaven in the sweet by-and-by, but so we can live above the pull of sin in the mixed-up here-and-now. 6; that God is sovereign; that He is holy; the first provides comfort, the second, terror As with Moses, the Lord of life and service enables His servants to carry out His commands when they yield themselves to Him and obey. The Gospels The nearer we are to the Lord the greater the sense of our utter unworthiness. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. This was true in the nations around Israel, as well. The problem with many of us today is that we don't walk in the light of the Word of God. In this heavenly environment of pure holiness, holy people are the only ones who will be at home. (Enduring Word Bible Commentary Isaiah Chapter 6), When the nation was thoroughly cut down and burned, there would be a little spiritual life in it that would eventually sprout. 16:1016; 2 Chr. Isaiah 53:10-12. "Many are called but few are chosen," (Mt 22:14) that is, few prove themselves the chosen ones. Isaiah We may safely say at once that God never harden [sic] hearts that would otherwise be soft, and that owe their hardness to His interposition. 2 Chronicles Isaiah 6:11 THEN I SAID, "LORD, HOW LONG?" Adonai - 52v in Isaiah - Isa 1:24; 3:1, 15, 17, 18; 4:4; 6:1, 8, 11; 7:7, 14, 20; 8:7; 9:8, 17; 10:12, 16, 23, 24; 11:11; 19:4; 21:6, 8, 16; 22:5, 12, 14, 15; 25:8; 28:2, 16, 22; 29:13; 30:15, 20; 37:24; 38:16; 40:10; 48:16; 49:14, 22; 50:4, 5, 7, 9; 51:22; 52:4; 56:8; 61:1, 11; 65:13, 15, C I Scofield writes on Adon/Adonai that there are two principles that evolve from the relation of master and servant. What filled him with this self-abasement? Vine explains that the stump remains and "has life in it after the cutting off of the branches; it can shoot out into verdure again. Although some action heroes show sensitivity, the message of our society is that success demands toughness. More from John MacArthur The Home of a Godly Shepherd John MacArthur, 3 days ago His hesitation to obey the call of God eventually ended when he acknowledged God as Adonai, or Lord (Ex 4:10, 11-18). Job 14:7ff. That live coal told of the fire of judgment having burned itself out upon the offering. But now power is in question, and it is not the Lord (Adonai) but Jehovah (Lord) who answers (referring to creation power)and Jehovah said unto him, Who hath made mans mouth? Lam 3:22, 23). John MacArthur shows you why Isaiah 53 is rightly called the first gospel, foreshadowing the writings of the New Testament. Page183. They are likely to stare, take pictures, buy postcards, and go home with another vacation memory. And the Empty Tomb sings His glories: Justice is assuaged by Grace! Isaiah 58 - Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Bible In the next chapter we will see the prediction of the birth of Christ, but it is not the incarnation of Christ that saves us, it is His death upon the Cross. As Kistemaker says (in his comments on Luke 5:8+) -When one is confronted with Jesus, it is impossible to remain neutral. The fishing expedition has brought in its first catch. It can also be represented as a consuming fire (Ex 24:17). God gave them up. He cut them off from further light. For my eyes have seen the King! Jer 26:18,19 with Mic 3:12). Six wings had they, these messengers of Him. How did God show mercy to Isaiah? (Bolding added), The glory of God that Isaiah saw in his vision (Isa 6:1-4) is identified with the glory of the Logos-Son, in accordance with John 1:18 and 17:5. 2 "Speak [ a]kindly to Jerusalem; And call out to her, that her [ b]warfare has ended, That her [ c]guilt has been removed, That she has received of the Lord's hand. And with the other twain aloft they soared, Yet Ro 1:18-32 (notes) speaks of a similar situation in which people knew the truth of God's revelation but refused to follow it. For this, the northern neighbors threatened to dethrone him, and war resulted (734 B.C.). (Mt 13:10-17). Play & praise as you ponder one day seeing Holy Holy Holy They were the initial holy seed (cf. Pauline Epistles How this could be is not indicated. Today, we want to step back and take in the incredible scene the prophet describes. 7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the Light, so that all might believe through him. In Old Testament times, slaves were the absolute possession of their master and had no rights of their own. (See context in Be Comforted (Isaiah): Feeling Secure in the Arms of God) (Bolding added), Chapter 6 also serves a literary function as the conclusion to Isaiah 2-5 and the introduction to Isaiah. Isaiah 6 is a good representative because it captures the majesty of God's Person, His perfect holiness and overwhelming presence. The MacArthur Bible Studies provide intriguing examinations of the entire Bible. At this we need not wonder. THE GOSPEL IN ISAIAH Confronted with a vision of Gods holiness, the future prophet felt crushed with the knowledge of his own sinfulness. He longs to equip us to serve Him. 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. He was judged with leprosy, from which he never recovered (2 Kin. Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea; Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth. The same distinction appears in Josh 7:8, 9, 10, 11. A holy minister is an awful weapon in the hand of God. The early church father Jerome likened him to Demosthenes, the legendary Greek orator. Caution is also advisable when one attempts to associate theological significance to the number three (eg, E W Bullinger says that "three denotes divine perfection" but again a "Berean-like" [Acts 17:11] mindset is advisable when evaluating such comments. It was Jesus Who Moses experienced in the burning bush. The conception is sublime: but it makes us feel how altogether inconceivable the personal glory of the Lord must be; if light itself is but His garment and veil, what must be the blazing splendour of His own essential being! We are lost in astonishment, and dare not pry into the mystery lest we be blinded by its insufferable glory. Forgiven (03722) (kaphar/kapar) means to cover, to make atonement (to effect a kopher or ransom price, the price that God's justice required), make amends, to pardon, to release. Ahazs alliance with Assyria led to his introduction of a heathen altar, which he set up in Solomons temple (2 Kin. Lord God Almighty! It calls from your heart to the heart of God with greater effect than all your uttered pleas. April 25, 2013. . He condemned the empty ritualism of his day and the idolatry into which the people had fallen. Isaiah 6:1-13 - Spurgeon's Bible Commentary - BibliaPlus Because Sin continually chases after us, seeking to drag us into the miry clay!) Jesus calls those who know they need to be humble before his power and presence. 1944 Moody Publishers), These things (Jn 12:37-40) Isaiah said (Is 53:1, Isa 6:10, cp Ro 10:16), because he saw His glory (Isa 6:1), and he spoke of Him. (2Ti 2:21-note, 2Ti 2:22-note). Too many Christians want to hold on to a "spiritual experience" with the Lord, rather than be prepared to go out to share the Lord with others. Sin carries with it its own consequences so that rejection of God itself produces insensitivity to God. Acts Isaiah - Grace to You Isa 41:8; 43:5; 53:10; 59:21; 65:9; 66:22; 1Ki 19:18; Ro 11:5), but Messiah would be the ultimate holy seed (Heb. Comment: God considers Isaiah 6:9, 10 so significant that they are quoted no less than six times in the NT (Mt 13:14, 15; Mk 4:12; Lk 8:10; Jn 12:40; Acts 28:25, 26, 27, 28; Ro11:8)! 0:12. (The God of the Bible and Other Gods: Is the Christian God Unique among World Religions?. Through a literary device called prophetic foreshortening, Isaiah predicted future events without delineating exact sequences of the events or time intervals separating them. The Prophesy Of The King Sermon by John Hamby, Isaiah 9:1-6 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. Isaiah 53:4-6. In other words, it is the displaying of God to the world. He is still calling for consecrated men and women to carry the offer of salvation and the warning of judgment to a lost world. This was Isaiah's response to a vision of the Thrice Holy God! Campbell Graham 5. in the light of the Lord's infinite holiness. Lev 16:12). Vol. Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see; This living coal represents the cleansing blood of Christ that keeps on cleansing us from all sin. His writing style has no rival in its versatility of expression, brilliance of imagery, and richness of vocabulary. Latrell Mitchell 2. 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. Send me! (Isa 6:8). The glory of the Lord reveals His person and dignity, and the proper response to such a revelation is to give God honor or glory (cf Ex 33:18). It becomes clear that the nation has hardened itself so that they have passed the point of repentance and response to God. Holy, Holy, Holy! While besieging Lachish, he sent a contingent of forces to besiege Jerusalem (2 Kin 18:1719:8; Is. Joshua Beloved, let this truth be ever present to your mind that as we increasingly see glory in Christ, we shall increasingly see that there is no glory in ourselves. The stars vanish when the sun appears. The servant of GOD is responsible to the Lord Himself. The temple - What Temple? Harry Bultema in Bibliotheca Sacra writes that Jesus, is the Jehovah of the Old Testament as appears from the quotation of Isa 40:3: Prepare ye the way of Jehovah. John the Baptist prepared the way of Jehovah-Jesus, Jehovah is Jesus manifested in the flesh as a real man. when the Assyrians devastated the land (a situation presupposed by Isa 1:2-20; see especially Isa 6:4-9). But the topic of forgiveness is also front and center here and deserves our consideration. They are already rebellious and hostile to God. 1Co15:9 (55AD) For I am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. That fits His role as Judge (see Jn 5:22, 23, 27, 30; 9:39)." Isaiah 3:9 (note) declares that the people of Judah "have brought disaster upon themselves," but Isa 29:9, 10 indicates that the Lord was involved to some degree in desensitizing the people. Their own perfections and beauty were not to be seen in the presence of the glory of the Lord. Then after the prophet's confession and cleansing in preparation for his service, he hears a voice saying: "Whom shall I send and who will go for us?". (2 Kin. vision, conversion, self-judgment, cleansing, self-surrender, communion, commission, intercession. Some commentators see this as a prophecy that will ultimately be fulfilled in the time of the Great Tribulation, the time of Jacob's distress, when "Many will be purged, purified and refined" (Da 12:10-note), which will result in 1/3 of the nation of Israel receiving the Messiah as Savior (Zech 13:8, 9). It is a verse in which John refers to one of the most glorious visions of God ever given to a human beingthe vision received by Isaiah at the beginning of his ministry as a prophet, in which he saw Jehovah sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, with his train filling the templesaying quite naturally, it would seem, that this applies to Jesus. ), Assyria captured Samaria, capital of the northern kingdom, and carried many of Israels most capable people into captivity (2 Kin. Could the Lord Who is not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance (2Pe 3:9-note) keep men and women from salvation by preventing them from understanding the message of the Gospel?, It is a people immersed in sin. Isaiah: The Promise of the Messiah by John F. MacArthur Jr. - Goodreads Hebrew sometimes uses repetition for emphasis By repeating the word "holy," the seraphs emphasize the degree of the Lord's holiness. Thus, things which glorify God are things which show the characteristics of His being to the world. High on a lofty throne, in splendor bright, (Listen free online - Isaiah 6:1.mp3 Isaiah 6:2.mp3 Isaiah 6:3-5.mp3 Isaiah 6:6-8.mp3 Isaiah 6:9-13.mp3)(See context in Thru the Bible), Ironside feels that the altar ultimately pictures. 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. ; Is. (See context in The Bible Exposition Commentary), Isaiah's prompt response and surrender to Adonai's call reminds us of two fishermen in the NT men who also heard and surrendered to the Lord's call, And walking by the Sea of Galilee, He (Jesus) saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. Also known as the evangelical Prophet, Isaiah spoke much about the grace of God toward Israel, particularly in his last 27 chapters. Criswell explains that "God in His omniscience knew in advance that the nation would not respond but would remain indifferent and unrepentant, and thus would become hardened. 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"! Isaiah 5-6 "The Man for a National Crisis" - Dr. John MacArthur 157,598 views Mar 15, 2021 3.9K Dislike Share Save Trinity Bible 6.8K subscribers Show more The Kingdom of God - John. But the effect of this view of our Lord's divine glory upon the mind of the prophet is still more impressive: "Then said I, Woe is me! (Rev 15:8-note). If the constellation of human gifts and attainments, distinctions and usefulness, on which unsanctified and unmortified self so delights to gaze, have not retired into oblivion, the Sun of Righteousness has yet to rise upon our souls with healing in His wings. This proposal has no linguistic or contextual basis and should be dismissed as allegorical. Isaiah was God's man before he had this experience, but it still had a tremendous effect on him. To argue over how he saw Him is to miss the splendor of this scene. Revelation, Search Wikipedia using spiritual discretion, hough the people would not pay attention, Isaiah was to continue to prophesy of the Babylonian deportation. He cried out that he was ruined or undone. Prophets God sometimes, in righteous judgment, gives men up to blindness of mind, because they will not receive the truth in the love of it (see 2Thes above). For each occasion we must come to the Throne by way of the Cross. When he saw what Jesus did in supplying such a huge haul of fish, he recognized Jesus as the Messiah. Isaiah 6 Commentary - John Gill's Exposition of the Bible It would also deliver some folk from this easy familiarity that they seem to have with Jesus. On the other it is the execution of Gods righteous judgment. Hezekiah began his reign over Judah in 715 B.C. The Lord healed Hezekiahs critical illness, as Isaiah had predicted (38:5; 2 Kin. Isaiah 5-6 "The Man for a National Crisis" - Dr. John MacArthur The whole earth is full of His glory - More literally this reads "The fulness of all the earth is His glory". The chambers of abomination are all closed until Christ shines in upon the soul. John MacArthur 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. TODAY ALONG THE WAY -Is your worship being offered to God on His terms and timetable, or has it become a "drive-through experience"? Though Isaiah may have been at the earthly temple, this describes a vision which transcends the earthly. 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). He makes himself as we have said, visible to men, and God in him. MacArthur New Testament Commentary Ser. 1 Samuel I don't dare mention any names, but I have known certain ministers who for awhile enjoyed the blessing of God. Cody Walker 7. Nor is He obligated to offer salvation to everyone forever. Poetical Books John MacArthur is pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California and president of The Master's College and Seminary. Praise God for godly music which lifts our souls to the throne room of God in Heaven! (Dallas Theological Seminary. 735715 B.C.). John MacArthur Not one single word of lament for the lives affected by this disease in their community. They also speak on the call of Isaiah and his response to God. In short, tame' describes whatever does not suit the presence of the holiness of God. General Epistles (cp Job 42:5, 6), - When Simon recognized in JESUS the Creator of the fish of the sea, he fell at His feet and cried, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord." Tradition has it that he met his death under King Manasseh (ca.
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