CHAPTER 6 ISAIAH'S VISION OF GOD AND HIS GOD-GIVEN COMMISSION. Having learned in Chapter s 1-5 of the doom approaching for Judah and Jerusalem we now learn of the credentials of the one who had declared that doom. And yet they are not just credentials, they rather explain how this man was able to se... [ Continue Reading ]
THE VISION OF GOD (ISAIAH 6:1). At the heart of Isaiah's ministry lies this vision of God. In it he sees the glory of God, and yet he makes no attempt to describe God Himself, probably because what he saw was indescribable. So instead he is satisfied with describing all that surrounded Him, leaving... [ Continue Reading ]
YAHWEH'S CALL TO ISAIAH (ISAIAH 6:5). As Isaiah stood, or possibly prostrated himself, before the wonderful vision of resplendent holiness, it was all too much for him as he was made aware of his own sinfulness. But God arranged for his cleansing preparatory to calling him to the task that he has i... [ Continue Reading ]