Isaiah Six (Part One)

In the first part of chapter six Isaiah writes “...I saw the Lord...”.

I thought about this for a while. Do you remember when Moses asked to see God’s Glory? God responded in Exodus 33:20 “you cannot see My Face, for no man can see Me and live.” God explains He will allow Moses to see His back.

The result was Moses’ face shone. His shinning face freaked out the people of Israel, even his brother-in-law Aaron. The people were afraid to come near him (Exodus 34:30). Later on we read Moses put a veil on his face to cover up.

So I now have a problem with the Isaiah passage! Was this the case for Isaiah? Did his face shine too? If not is the Bible contradicting?

I came up with a few possible solutions. One, either Isaiah’s face did shine, but we don’t hear about it. Two the Lord was covered (possible by one of the seraphim). Three, Isaiah saw the Lord, but it was God in the flesh, Jesus Christ.

I embarked on a quest!

My quest led me to John 12. “But although He [Christ] had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him, that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: "Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again: "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they should see with their eyes, lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, so that I should heal them." These things Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke of Him.” (John 12:37-41).

Did you catch it? The last line of the passage from John? “These things Isaiah said when he saw His [Christ’s] glory”. In Chapter six Isaiah is standing in the presence of God the Son, beholding His Glory.

What does Isaiah do when he’s confronted with the Glory of Christ? He confesses. “Woe is me for I am ruined” (NASB). The NKJV says it better “Woe is me for I am undone”.

There are days when I feel undone!

So here’s my thought. Isaiah was a “new man”, or at least a repentant man, just by being in the presence of Christ. When he saw Him he was instantly changed. Isaiah was instantly humbled.

I think I have the secret formula for change!!! Are you ready for it?

The formula is this; being in the presence of Christ equals change of person. Or P.O.C. = C.O.P.!

You see I believe the more I get to know Christ, the more I become like Him. The more He gets of my life, the more my life gets like His. But the first step has to be stepping into the presence of Christ.

We step into Christ’s presence by getting into His word.

One of the things I started doing a year or so ago was making one chapter of the Gospels part of my daily reading. I read a chapter from the Old Testament, one chapter from the Gospels, and one from one of the New Testament books (apart from any thing else I am studying, or preparing for). My hope is by reading through the Gospels continually I will begin to see Christ is an ever fresh perspective.

One of my best friends told me he is reading through the Gospels, and trying to picture Christ as his very own brother. He told me this was shedding a new light on the Gospels for him.

Do you want to be a new person? Do you want to be transformed? Do you want to be the person God intends you to be? It starts by coming into the presence of God through His Word.

Get your nose in The Book!

Find out who Christ is. Don't settle for someone else's perspective, views, or opinions. Get into it yourself. Get into The Word, and let the Word get into you!








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