In the year that King Uzziah died, that is, in the last year of this king's successful reign, 2 Kings 15:1; 2 Chronicles 26, in the year 758 B. C. I SAW ALSO THE LORD, the All-powerful, SITTING UPON A THRONE, HIGH AND LIFTED UP, the prophetic vision, beyond the range of the normal ability of human s... [ Continue Reading ]
JEHOVAH REVEALED IN HIS GLORY... [ Continue Reading ]
Above it stood the seraphim, heavenly spirits of the highest rank, ministers of the Lord serving as guardians of the throne. EACH ONE HAD SIX WINGS, in accordance with their nature as heavenly beings; WITH TWAIN HE COVERED HIS FACE, for even the seraphim cannot endure the sight of the essential holi... [ Continue Reading ]
And one cried unto another, in a wonderful antiphonal chorus, AND SAID, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, IS THE LORD OF HOSTS, thrice holy not only on account of the supreme excellence of His essential holiness, but also on account of the Trinity of persons, each of which is the possessor of the divine holiness in... [ Continue Reading ]
And the posts of the door, the foundations of the sills, or thresholds, the heavenly temple with its portals down to the lowest foundation, MOVED AT THE VOICE OF HIM THAT CRIED, the powerful sound of the entire chorus, AND THE HOUSE WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE, as from the incense of all the prayers of th... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said I, overcome with awe and terror at the tremendous impressiveness of the scene, WOE IS ME! FOR I AM UNDONE, lost, threatened with death and destruction, BECAUSE I AM A MAN OF UNCLEAN LIPS, the feeling of his own sinfulness coming over him all the more strongly in view of the perfect holines... [ Continue Reading ]
Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar, the altar of incense evidently being referred to;... [ Continue Reading ]
and he laid it upon my mouth, he caused the glowing coal to come into contact with the prophet's lips, AND SAID, LO, THIS HATH TOUCHED THY LIPS; AND THINE INIQUITY IS TAKEN AWAY AND THY SIN PURGED, atoned for. The act of the angel evidently had a symbolical meaning, first of all with reference to th... [ Continue Reading ]
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, of the All-powerful, the great Ruler of the universe, SAYING, WHOM SHALL I SEND? the call being for volunteers to proclaim the atonement set forth in the vision just vouchsafed the prophet. AND WHO WILL GO FOR US? the persons of the Trinity here consulting togethe... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MISSION OF THE PROPHET... [ Continue Reading ]
And He said, Go and tell this people, to which He no longer refers as His people, but as strangers, in the third person, HEAR YE INDEED, constantly within reach of the Word of God, BUT UNDERSTAND NOT, the words making no impression upon mind and heart; AND SEE YE INDEED, namely, the great works of G... [ Continue Reading ]
Make the heart of this people fat, insensitive to impressions for good, so that feeling, reason, and will would become callous, AND MAKE THEIR EARS HEAVY, the hearing of the mind becoming impaired beyond the possibility of understanding, AND SHUT THEIR EYES, namely, those of the spirit, LEST THEY SE... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said I, Lord, how long? that is, how long would this hardening continue? AND HE ANSWERED, UNTIL THE CITIES BE WASTED, altogether desolate, WITHOUT INHABITANT, AND THE HOUSES WITHOUT MAN, without a protector, AND THE LAND BE UTTERLY DESOLATE, literally, "made desolate a desert,... [ Continue Reading ]
and the Lord have removed men far away, by having them led away into exile, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.... [ Continue Reading ]
But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return and shall be eaten, literally, "And if there is yet in it a tenth, it will once more become subject to devouring"; AS A TEIL-TREE, a terebinth, AND AS AN OAK, WHOSE SUBSTANCE IS IN THEM, a mere stump being left, WHEN THEY CAST THEIR LEAVES, when th... [ Continue Reading ]