Isaiah 6-10

CHAPTER 6

VIEW OF HEAVEN

· In the year 739BC, the year that King Uzziah died.

· I (Isaiah) saw the Lord (no man has seen God at any time…but here Isaiah does see the Lord)

· … sitting on a throne (God the Father sits on the throne, Jesus is at His right hand)…this is the seat of authority, power, words of the King of the universe.

· … high and lifted up (God is not on our level … we must look UP to Him)

· … and the train of His robe filled the temple (He is not only royal, but must be big if the tail of his robe is that long.)

· Above it stood seraphim (angelic creatures)

· … each had 6 wings

o With 2 he covered his face

o With 2 he covered his feet

o With 2 he flew

· And one (of these seraphim) cried out to another …

o HOLY, HOLY, HOLY is the Lord of hosts

o The whole earth is full of His glory. (Is this ever something to look forward to?…today?…the earth is filled with rebellion, cynicism, sarcasm, coldness, aloofness distance … but here we see what God intended for His creation to display…His glory…order, freedom, worship, unity … all the things that make a man great .. but only because and if he is doing what God created him to be.)

· … And the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who cried out, and the house was filled with smoke.

o As these seraphim called out, their voices shook the doorposts of the temple … this is tremendous power in their voices…stronger than any ‘boom-box’ you’ve ever heard.

· Now we have Isaiah’s resonse:

· WOE IS ME, for I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips (lips without integrity) , and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips.

· WHY WOE? For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. (again, no man has seen God at any time…but Isaiah did!! Wow!!!)

· In Isaiah’s humility, one of the seraphim flew over to him and carrying a handful of live coals with tongs from the altar, he touched Isaiah’s mouth, saying:

o Behold your iniquity is taken away and your sin purged.

· THEN THE LORD SAID…

o “Whom will I send, and who will go for Us (note: the Godhead is plural!)”

· Isaiah then, with his lips loosed, said, “Here am I, send me”

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CHAPTER 7

· Isaiah was sent to Ahaz, with the following message:

· Don’t worry about Syria and Rezin

· Now a principle of interpretation:

o Head of Syria = Damascus

o Head of Damascus = Rezin

o Head of Ephraim is Samaria

o Head of Samaria = Remaliah’s son

o From this we can determine that “head” means the leader, the prominent one, the one who sets the pace or tone.

o Thus, the head of a country is it’s capital, the head of a city is it’s king/mayor.

· Then God tells Isaiah to tell Ahaz to ask for a sign that this is going to happen.

· Ahaz refuses to ask for a sign or test the Lord…so the Lord gives him a sign anyway…

o NOTE: you can only do this if you are in total control of the future.

· The sign from God:

o “Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel.”

§ NOTE: This sign came to pass WAY after the time of Ahaz…so how could this be s sign to Ahaz?

§ A. It wasn’t a sign to Ahaz…it was a sign to the “house of David”

o Note the fulfillment:

§ Matthew 1:23 (NASB) ²³“Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call his name Immanuel,” which translated means, “God with us.”

o But God says that BEFORE that Child can discerne good from evil, the land of Syria will be abandoned by both her kings…then used by God to come upon Israel and bring judgment on her.

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CHAPTER 8

· God predicts Assyria will invade the land.

· Why? Because the people refused “the waters of Shiloah that flow softly

· Fear God … nothing else.

o Isaiah 8:13 (NASB) ¹³ “It is the LORD of hosts whom you should regard as holy. And He shall be your fear, And He shall be your dread.