Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!

 Isaiah 6:1-7

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“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.” Isaiah 6:1

King Uzziah did what was right in the sight of the Lord, until he decided he could enter the temple to burn incense. Only the priests were allowed to enter the temple to burn incense, “And they withstood King Uzziah, and said to him, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed! You will have no honor from the Lord God.” 2 Chronicles 26:18

After the death of Uzziah, Isaiah saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. That symbolizes when we die to ourselves and allow the Lord Jesus to be the Priest of our heart, mind, and soul. We are the temple of God, the temple of the Holy Spirit, and Jesus is the only mediator between us and God, “For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus…” 1 Timothy 2:5

We will never see the Lord sitting on His throne if we serve the beast that sits within the temple [our body] by giving us what to speak, do, think, and feel. His Holiness is seen by those of a pure heart, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” Matthew 5:8 The beast sets itself up as God, within the temple of God [our body], as if it is God, and is the one “…who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4 The “he” in that verse is the “man of sin”. Click here for a post on the “man of sin”.

“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. And one cried to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!” And the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who cried out, and the house was filled with smoke.” Isaiah 6:2-4

Above the thrown of God stands seraphim. The name alone means burning or fiery, which refers to the fire of the Holy Spirit, or rather the fire of the Spirit of God. They proclaim, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!” Seraphim are known for their proclamation of praise to God and His Son Jesus Christ. As followers of Jesus Christ, the burning fire of the Holy Spirit touches our lips to cause praise to be spoken for God and His Son Jesus. We can think of saying “Holy” three times to symbolize the Trinity: Holy God, Holy Son, Holy Spirit.

Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Praise Him all creatures here below
Praise Him above, you heavenly host
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
[Church Song]

When we proclaim, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!” the posts of the door will shake and His house [our body as the temple of the Holy Spirit] will fill with the smoke of His glory. The door is the door between us and God, and Jesus is the Door who opens or shuts to His presence. When Jesus gave His life on the Cross to atone for sin, the curtain [door] between us and God was torn from top to bottom so that whoever believes in Him will be reconciled to God, “And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked…” Matthew 27:50-51

The seraphim had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. One thing for sure, without seeing the face or the feet, the nature of those seraphim cannot really be known. Did they have a human face and feet? Some sort of animal face and feet? Or something we have never seen before? We do know they were able to fly and were filled with praise for the Holiness of God. Really, does it matter what the face and feet of God’s creation looks like if they proclaim praise for His Holiness?

Also, covering the face and feet in the presence of God is to show reverence, humility, and modesty. As well as covering their faces to shield them from the overwhelming, blinding glory of God, while covering their feet symbolizes their status as God’s creation and unworthiness before the Creator [feet being the lowest place to the ground]. 

“So I said: “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.” Isaiah 6:5

Isaiah saw the Lord sitting on a throne and the seraphim who proclaimed, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!” In the presence of that Holiness, Isaiah realized how much of a sinner he was compared to the glory at the throne of God. Isaiah would have wanted to cover his face and feet at that moment in an act of humility, reverence, and modesty. At that moment, Isaiah realized he was a man whose words were not perfect and he lived among people whose words were not perfect. His eyes were opened to see who he was in comparison to the glory in Heaven. Isaiah saw the King, the Lord of lords.

As we live in the presence of the Holy Spirit, desiring to be made more and more like Jesus, we realize how we fall short. The words we speak are not always what they should be and the words of those around us are not either. In the knowledge of our shortcomings, and in presence of God’s Holiness, we realize we have seen the King of kings, our Lord Jesus.

“Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the altar. And he touched my mouth with it, and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; Your iniquity is taken away, and your sin purged.” Isaiah 6:6-7

A seraphim touched the mouth of Isaiah with a live coal from the altar and said, “Your iniquity is taken away, and your sin purged.”

We can consider the altar of God to be the Cross where our Lord Jesus gave His Life as the Lamb of God to atone for our sin. At the altar of the Cross is where we give our life to God through Jesus Christ. By the remission of sin, we go through a purging by the live coal of the Holy Spirit that does the work of sanctification within us. We begin our walk in Holiness as we proclaim, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!”

A live coal is placed to our lips to purge out ugly words and to give us a mouth flowing with praise for the Holiness of God and His Son Jesus Christ. “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.” Matthew 6:45

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1