In the Year That King Uzziah Died - John Lomacang of 3ABN

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TEXT: Isaiah 6 W. Max Alderman

INTRODUCTION: The phrase, "In the year that king Uzziah died" shows the climate and the atmosphere which surrounded Isaiah and his contemporaries at the time of his writings. By describing it this way, Isaiah was indicating when the described event took place in history. Uzziah had ruled for fifty-two years and had done so for the most part very well. He started well, but sadly, he did not finish well. He was a victim of his own pride. Isaiah may have referred to Uzziah because of the sad way that his life ended because of his pride. Our Text will show that Isaiah also had some issues that involved pride. In the first five chapters, Isaiah only sees the problems and the needs of others. In chapter 6, Isaiah saw his own sinful ways and his own needs. He knew that Uzziah had been judged for intruding upon the Priestly office because of pride and now the Lord is appearing before him so that he can judge his own sinful pride. This all began when Isaiah saw the Lord "high and lifted up". Let's notice what Isaiah saw:


I. ISAIAH SAW THE HOLY ONE (Vv. 1-3)

A. He Saw the Holy One's Place. (V. 1) "upon a throne"

The throne was the seat of God's sovereignty. Isaiah was given the opportunity of seeing God upon His throne, as did others, because as he wrote, Isaiah needed to sense the importance of what he was writing about and also to recognize who it was that had commissioned him to write.

"Isaiah was not alone in seeing God's throne. Almost everyone in the Bible who had a vision of heaven, was taken to heaven, or wrote about heaven spoke of God's throne. The prophet Michaiah saw God's throne (1 Kings 22:19), Job saw God's throne (Job 26:9), David saw God's throne (Psalm 9:4 and 7, 11:4), the Sons of Korah saw God's throne (Psalm 45:6, 47:8), Ethan the Ezrahite saw God's throne (Psalm 89:14), Jeremiah saw God's throne (Lamentations 5:19), Ezekiel saw God's throne (Ezekiel 1:26, 10:1), Daniel saw God's throne (Daniel 7:9), and the Apostle John saw God's throne (Revelation 4:1-11). In fact, the book of Revelation may as well be called "the book of God's throne," because God's throne is specifically mentioned more than 35 times in that book!" (Guzik).