Isaiah’s Glimpse of God’s Throne
Exposition: Verse by Verse THE DISPLAY OF GOD’S SUPREMACY ISA. 6:1 In 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. 2 Above 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. 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. 4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. Isaiah sets the historical scene with some crushing words in verse 1: “in the year that King Uzziah died.” While he was not a great king by any stretch of the imagination, Uzziah was about the only good thing happening in a country that was a spiritual disaster. He ruled for over fifty years (cf. 2 Chr. 26:3). {His death meant the loss of hope, stability, and national security.}Q1 The death of Uzziah, however,...