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.
2Above 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.
3And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
4And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
5¶Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
6Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
7And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
8Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
9¶And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
INTRODUCTION:
Isaiah saw the wickedness of God’s people and the entire nation of Israel....
Isaiah 1:4
“Ah, sinful nation, a people loaded with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, sons who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised and shown contempt and provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger, they have become utterly estranged (alienated).”
He was pointing his prophetic fingers on almost all of the people and the entire nation. In fact, in Chapter 5, there are 6 woes I have seen that Isaiah had mentioned:
1. Woe to the covetous (Isa. 5:8)
2. Woe to the drunkards (Isa. 5:11)
3. Woe to those that multiply sin (Isa. 5:18-19)
4. Isaiah 5:20
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! (Liars and compromisers)
5. Woe to those who are proud and wise in their own eyes (Isa. 5:21)
6. Woe to drunkards who justify the wicked and condemn the righteous (Isa. 5:22-23)
And so, in Chapter 6 verse1 Isaiah mentions the death of King Uzziah.
He was the 10th king of Judah and he started a very godly man and was highly influenced by the prophet Zechariah. Unlike many of the other kings, he never totally departed from the worship of the true God.
Under his influence, the southern kingdom attained power, wealth and success unlike any it had enjoyed since the days of Solomon.
Until he was blundered by his success as king and by his blessings from the Lord, Uzziah made the mistake of offering incense in the Temple, in which only a Priest could do.(2Chron. 26).
He trespassed the Anointing!
He was stricken with leprosy by the Lord for his disobedience to the Lord. He died in that leprous condition! Disobedience to the Lord is a serious thing!
Isaiah is disturbed by the death of the great king.
After all, he had reigned for 52 years. His death signaled the end of a time of great prosperity and consistency.
At this juncture, Isaiah ushered for him a time of uncertainty, loneliness, discouragement, change and doubt.
Yet, for Isaiah, this is to be a time of rediscovery for him.
A message for all of us who might be encountering the same predicament...
We need an Isaiah 6 moment.
Let us also consider Isaiah’s situation our condition.
Let us have a rediscovery, our own transformation and a revival for us and our family and our nation as well.
This might be it.
1- THE VISION: (vv.1,2)
“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. Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.”
The vision was; “...saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings:”
(Acts7:48-50)
Everything Isaiah saw were the sins of the people and the nation of Israel until King Uzziah died...
It’s good for us to come to a point of discouragement! Of Trials. And loneliness that we might have the Vision of who God is and who we really are! We need men and women today who needs vision for our family and nation.... We need a King Uzziah moment today in our midst to die. Something or someone we relied for so many years that we might have this vision of who we really are in the presence of God and receive such powerful commission and mission like that of Isaiah.
This is also the cry of my heart for this message!
2- THE CONVICTION:
The vision of what Isaiah saw was so convicting that he forgot the “woe are you!” of chapters 1-5. Whoooaaaahhh.... we really need this moment in our life.
We need to see a vision that we might look at our inner state of being!
A vision that there might be a conviction...
“Woe is me, for I am undone!
Because 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 King,
The LORD of hosts.” (v5)
What made Isaiah feel like he was coming apart?
Two things. First, the sight and sound of the seraphim.
Second, the vision of the Lord GOD.
When Isaiah saw the angels, in all their holy humility, obedience, and praise to God, he realized not only that he was unlike the Lord GOD, he was also unlike the angels. They could cry out Holy, holy, holy and praise God so beautifully, but he could not because he was a man of unclean lips. “I am a man of unclean lips; I cannot say, Holy, holy, holy! which the seraphs exclaim. They are holy; I am not so: they see God and live; I have seen him, and must die, because I am unholy.”
When Isaiah saw the LORD, he knew what kind of man he was.
As poorly as he compared to the seraphim, that was nothing in relation to how he compared to the LORD. This vision (or actual experience) of the throne of God did not immediately make Isaiah feel good. The more clearly he saw the LORD, the more clearly he saw how bad his state was. (ClarkeCommentary)
Isaiah’s deep sense of depravity is consistent with the experience of other godly men in the presence of the LORD.
Job (Job 42:5-6)
Daniel (Daniel 10:15-17)
Peter (Luke 5:8)
and John (Revelation 1:7) each had similar experiences.
Isaiah probably thought all was well in his life until he saw the Lord in His glory and holiness. When he did, he was made aware of his own shortcomings! Until we see God and are confronted with our own condition before Him, we will remain haughty and proud, but when we come face to face with Who He is and what we are,
it will produce humility and confession!
Isaiah no longer cried out “Woe is my neighbor!”.
He cried out “Woe is me!
3- THE COMPASSION:
“You didn’t think, did you, that just by pointing your finger at others you would distract God from seeing all your misdoings and from coming down on you hard? Or did you think that because he’s such a nice God, He’d let you off the hook? Better think this one through from the beginning. God is kind, but He’s not soft. In kindness He takes us firmly by the hand and leads us into a radical life-change.”
Romans 2:3-4MSG
ISAIAH SAW GOD’S LOVE AND GRACE.
Thank God, for us, the Lord does not just point out our sins,
He also provides a means for our cleansing!
With Isaiah, it was an angel with a live coal from the altar.
With us, it is the precious blood of Jesus, 1 John 1:7-9!
If we ever see Him as He is and we see ourselves as we are,
then we will come before Him in humility and confess our sins.
The closer we get to Him, the worse we look!
But, when that realization comes, and we deal with it in repentance before the Lord, we will experience His cleansing and we will be able to stand in His presence and receive all He has for us!
He will invite us to accept the desire of His heart...
Souls for Him.
4- THE COMMISSION: vv8-10
vv 8Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
9¶And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Isaiah had a heart that had been in the presence of God.
He had a heart that knew its own sinfulness.
He had a heart that knew the need among the people, the need for God’s word. He had a heart that had been touched by God’s cleansing fire. And he had a heart that heard God’s heart to reach the nations.
How strange it is for God to ask a question!
The All knowing God asking a question?
Is there anything that God does not know?
God was asking for a person because God wants to reach the world, and He wants to reach it through willing people.
It isn’t that God doesn’t know who these people are.
It is that God is waiting for ready hearts to reveal themselves.
Are we willing to accept His question.
I said yes!
It will only happen if we have an audience with our King.
It can only happen if we can see the train of His robe and His throne in our hearts. And the trihagion of holiness heard in our spirits.
He wants to show His goodness toward us who’s lonely today.
Discourage
Indebt
Would you accept the coal of fire in your lips?
And accept His invitation of “who would go for Us?”
Then let us all say “Here I Am, Lord....
Send me”
In conclusion....
Truly, we have an Audience with The King!
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