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| 1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw My Lord, sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and, his skirts, did fill the temple. |
The Lord – Adonai, Christ.
Sitting upon a throne – He has come to reign.
Train – This word (Strong's 7757) in every other case is used as Hem or skirt. The thought here seems to be that the full number of the body of Christ has been completed. In other words, we are looking from 1881 forward.
Filled the temple – "Ye are the temple of the living God." (2 Cor. 6:16) This seems to support the use of the word hem (train) in this verse as indicating 1881. |
| 2 Seraphim, were standing above him; six wings severally, had each one,–With twain, he covered his face, And, with twain, he covered his feet, And, with twain, he did fly. |
Seraphims – The four attributes of God. This becomes evident both by their description and by what they say.
Each one had six wings – The same as the four "beasts" or "living creatures" of Rev. 4:8 which picture the four attributes of God.
Apparently in the original Hebrew text the phrase "six wings" is actually doubled, i.e., "six wings six wings."
With twain he covered – Covering with wings reminds us of the protection from the Father and the Son indicated in scripture. See Ruth 2:12; Psa. 17:8; 36:7; 91:4; Matt. 23:37; Luke 13:34.
His face – His favor. This is hidden from man (covered) to such an extent that many look at Jehovah as being a cruel God and they look to His Son as being the one who is on their side, intervening with God and assuaging His wrath against man. These do not see the true loving God that the Lord's people are privileged to see, thus His face is hidden from them.
With twain he covered his feet – Two possibilities here (both could be true).1) The feet members of the body of Christ are protected. 2) All the members are protected, as new creatures, in order to walk the narrow way (indicated by the 'feet').
This could also indicate that the 'feet' members are hidden (covered) from man.
Another possibility is that the feet is representative of the fact that God has, through His son, opened a new and living way in which the followers of Jesus can walk the narrow way - indicated by the feet. As these feet are covered by two wings it indicates these are hidden from sight. Even so the New Creation walking the narrow way are hidden from the sight of the world.
With twain he did fly – (Possibly) Old and New Testaments. God's word. |
| 3 And they continued crying out one to another, and said, Holy–holy–holy, is Yahweh of hosts,–the fulness of the whole earth, is his glory. |
One cried unto another – This would seem to be two of God's attributes. We may not be to sure here but one logical conclusion seems to be that these are the attributes of love and power. This is arrived at by the fact that the attributes shown in the ark of the covenant that are represented by the two cherubim (who also have wings) are love and power.
Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts – This is exactly what the 4 living creatures of Rev. 4:6-8 say. This confirms that the seraphim here represent the 4 attributes of God.
This three-fold expression gives extreme force to their declaration of the true character of God's holiness. This holiness is manifest by the complete cooperative work of His 4 attributes of justice, wisdom, love and power.
The whole earth – Organized society under religious restraint. See R498
Is full of his glory – It is full of his glory because Christ has returned. There is nothing here that says the whole earth recognizes this fact. The glory of the Lord is (primarily) The Truth, i.e., that which gives God the glory, or that which reveals His glory. Nothing does this like Present Truth. |
| 4 And the foundations of the porch, were moved, at the voice of him that cried,–and, the house, was filled with smoke. |
The posts of the door moved – This indicates the entrance into the temple has moved. St. Paul declares that when something is so shaken it signifies the removal of that thing (Heb. 12:27). The door to the (nominal) temple, that which had been up to that time, the "gateway to God" has been be moved.
Prior to this time one could come to God through the nominal temple, but no more. For one to come to God they must go to where He has put His spirit. The Truth (power of spirit-begettal - James 1:18) no longer eminates from the nominal temple.
The voice of him that cried – Note here it is the voice of him, not them. In this context, who cried? It was one seraphim crying to another.
The house – The nominal temple, the nominal church.
Filled with smoke – From the Glory of God, the truth. The old saying is a good fit here, "Where there's smoke there's fire." The old order of things (and especially the religious element) is being burned up. The resulting smoke causes much confusion. This is easily understood when we realize that it is the spread of Present Truth that causes the keepers of the old doctrinal errors to have to try to come up with new ways to keep their patrons from leaving. As they attempt to combat the truth, the confusion (smoke) of error becomes more and more manifest. |
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| 5 Then said I–Woe to me!–for I am undone, Because, a man of unclean lips, am, I, And, in the midst of a people of unclean lips, do, I, dwell,–For, the King, Yahweh of hosts, have mine eyes seen! |
Then said I – Isaiah here pictures the Lord's people. When the saints see what is going on (as described in vs. 1-4) they realize the magnificance of the plan of God. What follows is the characteristic reaction of all the Lord's people when they come to this realization.
Mine eyes – Which are able to see with the eye of faith.
Have seen the king – Our Lord at His Second Advent. |
| 6 Then flew unto me, one of the seraphim, And, in his hand, a live coal,–With tongs, had he taken it from off the altar. |
One of the seraphims – One of the Four attributes of God (see Additional Comments vs. 3), i.e., Justice (as in Rev. 15:7,8; Eze. 10:14.) |
| 7 Then touched he my mouth, and said–Lo! this hath touched thy lips,–Thus shall be taken away, thine iniquity, And, thy sin, by propitiation be covered. |
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| 8 Then heard I the voice of My Lord, saying, Whom, shall I send? And who, will go for us? And I said–Here am I,–send me. |
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| 9 Then said he–Go and say unto this people,–Hear on, but do not discern, See on, but do not perceive: |
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| 10 Stupefy thou the heart of this people, And, their ears, make thou heavy, And, their eyes, overspread,–Lest they see with their eyes, And, with their ears, should hear, And, their heart, should discern and come back. And they be healed. |
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| 11 Then said I–How long, My Lord? And he said–Until the time that, Cities be wasted, through, having no inhabitant, And houses–through having no men, And, the ground, be laid waste unto desolation; |
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| 12 And Yahweh have far removed, men,–And great, be the abandonment in the midst of the land. |
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| 13 Yet still, shall there be in it a tenth, Though it again, be consumed,–Like an oak and like a terebinth, Which, when felled, have a stock in them, A holy seed, shall be the stock thereof. |
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