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Filled with His Glory
Isaiah 6:1-13
March 15-16, 2025

Isaiah was a prophet to the southern kingdom of Judah. The kingdom of Israel that was once glorious and powerful under King David was divided, 10 tribes to the north, Judah and Benjamin to the South. The book of Isaiah, and all the books of the prophets have one great theme – revival. God is calling His people to come back to Him.

Their hearts had wandered away from God, they were drawn to the gods of the world, gods that appealed to their fleshly nature. Yet God loved them and called them His treasured possession. He would not relent; he pursued them by sending His prophets. He knew that it would not end well for them if they continued pursuing the gods of the world. The flesh makes a terrible master. Anyone who’s ever done the world thing can add their own testimony. It never ends well.

In the early chapters of Isaiah, God brought the indictment. They are filled with influences from the east and had wandered away from the Lord who had saved them and blessed them. Of course, in that day influences from the east meant influences from the gods of Ashtoreth, and Chemosh, Molech, and Baal. In recent times, in the 60s, it was the Beatles who brought Hare Krishna and the influences of eastern religions into the main culture of the west.

Like for example, the song by the Beatles, I Am the Walrus… Listen to these marvelously insightful and deep words… “I am he as you are he, as you are me and we are altogether. See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly, I’m crying… I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the walrus, goo-goo g’joob.” When you’re high on LSD, that makes perfect sense. After that came the Jesus movement.

“Sons I have reared and brought up, but they have turned against Me. Even an ox knows its owner, even a donkey knows its master’s manger. But Israel does not know. My people do not understand… Your whole head is sick, your whole heart is faint. Why will you continue in your rebellion and be stricken again and again?”

Then, later in chapter 1, He says, “It’s not too late. Learn to do good, seek justice, defend the orphan, plead for the widow. Come now, let us reason together, though your sins are scarlet, they will be white as snow.”

In chapter 2, He holds out a vision of hope. He gives them a vision of the glory of the latter days, “It will come about that in the last days, the mountain of the house of the Lord will be established as the chief of the mountains, and all the nations will stream to it. And many peoples will come and say, ‘Come, let us go to the mountain of the Lord, let us go to the house of the God of Jacob, that He may teach us His ways, that we may walk in His paths… And in those days, they will hammer their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, and never again will they learn war.”

Last week we read in chapter 5 that God compared Israel to a vineyard. “What more could I have done for my people that I did not do? I removed its stones; I removed its briars and thorns and built a hedge around it and planted it with the choicest vines. I expected it to produce good grapes, but it produced only worthless ones.”

That brings us to chapter 6. Isaiah was given a new vision that was glorious beyond words and one of the most famous chapters in the Bible.

I. God is Always on the Throne

Verse 1 – In the year of King Uzziah’s death…
King Uzziah reigned as king in Jerusalem for 52 years. He became king at the young age of 16. Can you imagine becoming king at 16? He was barely old enough to get a driver’s license to drive a chariot, let alone drive the nation of God’s people.
History tells us that for the most part, however, Uzziah was a good king.
History records that he did right in the sight of the Lord and continued to seek God, and as long as he sought the Lord, God prospered him — which is a great life lesson unto itself.
He finally defeated the Philistines who had been such trouble against Israel. His fame extended even to the border of Egypt, for he became very strong. Uzziah had a massive army ready for battle.
Under his leadership, skillful men invented engines of war to be on the towers and on the corners for the purpose of shooting arrows and great stones – perhaps one of the first inventions of the trebuchet. His fame spread far and wide, for he was marvelously helped until he was strong.
And therein lies the trouble. When he became strong, his heart became proud. He was so proud that he presumed that he could enter the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar – that which only the priests were allowed to do.
Azariah the priest entered after him, along with 80 priests of the Lord, all valiant men, who opposed Uzziah the king…

1 Chronicles 26:18, The said to him, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful and you will have no honor from the Lord God.”

But Uzziah, still holding the censer in his hand for burning incense, became enraged; and while he was enraged with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead.
Azariah and the chief priest hurried him out of there, and he himself also hastened to get out because he had been smitten by the Lord.
Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death; and he lived in a separate house for seven years. Being a leper, he was quarantined.
Uzziah reigned for 52 years, and for 45 of those years he was a good king, greatly blessed by the Lord. The nation was strong, he was well loved. You might say everything was running smoothly for Israel when Uzziah was king.
But when King Uzziah died, it struck fear in the people and unsettled the nation greatly. For many of the people, he was the only king they had ever known.
When it says in Isaiah 6, “In the year of King Uzziah’s death…” It’s not just a way to mark the timeline of history, it sets the stage for this great vision.
In other words, it’s a way of saying, though the throne sits empty in Jerusalem, God still sits on the throne of heaven… And He always will.

A. Let faith arise when the earth shakes

God is still on the throne and God will always be on the throne.
The world is changing before our very eyes. Many are unsettled. What will happen in the Middle East? What will happen in Europe? Will Ukraine and Russia sign a cease-fire? Will China take over the earth?
There’s not a leader on earth who will still reign in 100 years, but God will still be on the throne, high and lifted up, and His glory will still fill the temple.
It’s easy to become unsettled and disturbed when you look around and don’t know what will happen, and everything seems to be shaken.
That’s why this verse is so important… In the year King Uzziah died… I saw the Lord, seated on the throne, high and lifted up… With the train of his robe filling the temple.
This verse is meant to be applied personally. — In the year I went through a divorce. In the year my husband died. In the year my company went bankrupt, in the year my daughter was tragically killed… In the year of great fear, or great anxiety… I saw the Lord, seated on the throne, and His glory filled the temple.
God is still on the throne and God reigns over all the matters of your life…

Isaiah 41:10, “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely, I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.”

B. Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty

Verse 2-3 – Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings, and one called out to another and said, “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts, the whole earth is filled with his glory.” And the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called, while the temple was filling with smoke.
This is a picture of the throne room of our God. Isaiah is given a glimpse into heaven itself. There is a throne room in heaven where God sits in glory. This is the most beautiful place. There is nothing more glorious, there is nothing more beautiful, there is nothing more holy.
Revelation 4:8-11, And the four living creatures, each of them having six wings… Day and night they do not cease to say, “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.” And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, the twenty four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, “Worthy art Thou, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created.”
The greatest and highest privilege and honor for any living creature, angel or man, is to dwell there in the presence of the glory of the Almighty. There is nothing more beautiful, there is nothing more glorious. And as the temple was filled with His glory, you are the temple of the Holy Spirit of the living God and He gives to you the honor and privilege of being filled with his glory even now on the earth to prepare you for the great day when you will stand before the throne room of your God in all of His splendor and glory and you can declare with all the saints, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God, the Almighty, the whole earth is filled with His glory.”
Before Moses came to know the fullness of God’s glory, he wrote …
Exodus 15:11, 13, “Who is like You, O Lord? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in praises, working wonders?… In Your lovingkindness You have led the people whom You have redeemed; in Your strength You have guided them to Your holy habitation.”
Later, Moses would dwell in the glory of God for 40 continuous days. So much did Moses know of God’s glory that later, when he was interceding in behalf of Israel, he had opportunity to ask for something personal, something just for himself. And for what did he ask? “Show me your glory.”
Moses had already seen more glory than any living person, why did he ask to see more of God’s glory? That’s why. He knew that God’s glory was beautiful on the soul, and he wanted more. It says that Moses then set up a tent of meeting outside the camp and anyone who desired could go out to the tent of meeting could meet with God.
God is inviting you into His throne room – – because He has made a way for sinners to draw near to the glory.
II. God Has Made a Way for Sinners
Verse 5 – Then I said, “Woe is me, I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.”
Seeing the Lord God, the Almighty sitting on the throne, high and lifted up, His glory filling the temple; Isaiah was immediately aware of his own sin. In the light of God’s glory, every stain of every sin will be revealed.
You would do the same. If God revealed himself in all his glory in this very room, I submit that every single person would fall on their face and humble themselves and would immediately become aware of their own sin and shame.
But you cannot miss what God does; God has made a way for sinners to dwell in the presence of the glory of the Almighty. God did that; for no one else could.
A person trying to make themselves righteous would be like a person trying to wipe a stain from their white shirt with hands covered with mud. All your efforts only make it worse.

A. God touches your sin and it will be clean

One day a leper approached Jesus and bowing down before Him, he declared, “Sir, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” Jesus replied, “I am willing, be cleansed.” Jesus then touched the leper, and the leper was immediately cleansed.
Verse 6 – One of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand which he had taken from the altar with tongs. And he touched my mouth with it and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; your iniquity is taken away, and your sins forgiven.”
In Leviticus it describes the fire on the altar as the place where the lamb was slain and offered to God in their place. They laid their hands on the head of the lamb and the lamb became a substitute for them and for the sons of Israel. Their sins were transferred to the lamb and the animal died in their place. The lamb was then laid on the altar where the fire of God consumed it as an offering for sin.
The fire from the altar touched his lips. There was a death on that altar and that death was given as payment for sin and payment in full.
To any sinner who asks, God is willing to touch your sin and will give you the gift of a death. He gives a death as a gift? Yes, the very thing you needed most.
Romans 6:23, The wages of sin is death.
Hebrews 9:22, And according to the Law, one may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sin.
But when God gives death as a gift, it is the death of His Son applied to your sin. In other words, it’s not just any death that God gives, it’s a death that comes with a resurrection.
Romans 6:2-5, How shall we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore, we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead to the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of his resurrection…
This is why baptism in water is so significant. It represents a sinner being baptized into the death of the Lord Jesus Christ. You might say, “Isn’t that a bit morbid, that we are baptized into a death?”
Well, it would be morbid if we left them there. But we don’t. We raised them up out of the water to represent that once a sinner has been baptized into the death of Christ, he is raised into newness of a resurrected life by the glory of the Almighty.
Galatians 2:20, I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh and live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

B. “Here am I, Lord, send me”

Verse 8 – Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here am I, Send me!”
This is Isaiah’s call to ministry.
God still uses people to reach people. Isaiah is so amazed at the holiness and the glory of God, the Almighty, that he wants to be used of the King. “Here am I, Lord, send me!”
God is making Isaiah an ambassador and Isaiah knew it was the greatest privilege and honor of his life to be used by God as an ambassador.
Matthew 9:36-38, Seeing the people, Jesus felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore, beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”

2 Corinthians 5:18, 20, Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; therefore, we beg you on behalf of Christ to be reconciled to God.
If God has done something wonderful and amazing in your life, be a light that shows the light of God’s glory. “Let your light so shine that they may see good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.”
Not everyone has ears to hear. They didn’t in Isaiah’s day… ”Go and tell this people to keep on listening, but they will not understand.”
Yet there will always be some, however, there will always be a remnant of those who have ears to hear, who delight in the Almighty, who see God’s holiness as beautiful and want to dwell in the nearness of God and in the fullness of His glory!
Who would say to the Lord today, “Here am I, Lord, send me! I want to be used of the Lord.”

Filled with His Glory
Isaiah 6:1-13
March 15-16, 2025

All right, Isaiah is a prophet in the Southern Kingdom of Judah. You might remember that the once glorious and powerful days of Israel under David are no longer. Now, the nation is divided. There's 10 tribes in the north, they go by Israel. Two tribes in the South, Judah and Benjamin. Isaiah is serving there in the Southern Kingdom. The Book of Isaiah, and really, all of the books of the prophets have one great theme, revival. God is calling His people to come back because their hearts had wandered away from God. They were drawn to the gods of the world around them.

You might say, "Why? What happened? Why were they so drawn to these gods of the world?" Was there something wrong with God? Was there something wrong with Jehovah? What was it that they were so drawn to?" Well, I'm glad you asked. The gods of the world were gods that appealed to their flesh, their fleshly nature. "Oh, me want woman." "Oh, you want Ashtoreth then." "Oh, me want power." "Oh, you want Moloch then." "Oh, me want the fertility and the rain." "Oh, you want Baal then."

It appealed to every base nature, but God would not relent. He loved them and called them His treasured possession. He pursued them by sending the prophets. Because He knew that it would not end well for them if they continue pursuing the gods of this world because the flesh makes the terrible master. Now, anyone who's done the world thing can have their own testimony. It never ends well. Anybody done the world thing and understand what I'm saying? It doesn't end well. It makes a terrible master.

In the early chapters of Isaiah, God brings the indictment. "I call heaven and earth as witness against them," He says. He begins to lay forth the case. For example, He says, "They're filled with influences from the East and have wandered away from the Lord who saved them and who blessed them." Now, of course, in that day, influences from the East meant influences from the gods of Ashtoreth, or Chemosh, or Moloch, or Baal.

In modern times or more recent times, there, I think, could be an equivalent idea of influences from the East. In other words, in more recent time, let's say in the '60s, it was the Beatles who brought the Hinduism and influences of Easter religions into the main culture of the West. Some of you might know that back in the '60s, the Beatles were a thing.

I read about this and I know that they were a thing, and they brought the Eastern influences there into the main culture. For example, this song by The Beatles, I Am the Walrus. Listen to these marvelously insightful and deep words. "I am he as you are he, and you are me, and we are all together. See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly, I'm crying. I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the walrus goo-goo g'joob

Now, when you're high on LSD, that makes perfect sense.

Then interestingly, what happened next is that the hippie culture really turned to Jesus, and the Jesus movement followed, where the hippie movement was saying, "No, we want something of truth and deeper truth." In fact, you might remember in the history books that Calvary Chapel was baptizing more than 500 people a week. There was such a turning to truth and revival in those days.

Back to our story in Isaiah 6. He's bringing the indictment, and He says, "Sons, I have reared and brought up, but they turned against me. Even an ox knows its owner. Even a donkey knows its master's manger, but Israel does not know. My people do not understand," and He says, "Your whole head is sick. Your heart is faint. Why would you continue with this rebellion and be stricken again and again?"

In other words, they already encountered all of the troubles that come with going into the world. Why are you going to continue down this path of destruction? Then interestingly, in Chapter 2, He holds out this great vision of hope. He wants him to see, God is not going to be done with Israel. In the latter days, there will be days of tremendous glory for nation of Israel. He's not done.

For example, it says in Chapter 2, "It will come about in the last days that the mountain of the house of the Lord will be established as the chief of all the mountains, and all nations will stream to it, and many peoples will come and they'll say, come, let's go to the mountain of the Lord. Let's go to the house of the God of Jacob, that He may teach us His ways, that we may walk in His paths."

You'll recognize these words. "In those days, they will hammer their swords in the plowshares and their spears in the pruning hooks, nation will not lift up sword against nation, and never again will they learn war." All the latter days, and the glory that God will be revealed, to which we say, "Oh Lord Jesus, come quickly because this is a messed up world."

We're building up to Chapter 6. Last week, we read in Chapter 5 that God compared Israel to avenger, where He said, "What more could I have done for my people that I did not do? I removed their stones. I removed the briers and the thorns. I built a hedge around it. I planted it with the choicest vines. Why then when I expected it to produce good grapes, did it produce only worthless ones?"

That brings us to Chapter 6, where Isaiah here is given a vision that is glorious beyond words. One of the most famous chapters in all of the Bible and in capstone chapter in Isaiah. Let's read. We'll begin reading Isaiah 6:1. "In the year of King Uzziah's death, I saw the Lord seated on the throne high and lifted up, and the train of His robe was filling the temple. Seraphim stood above him." Now, a seraph is an angel, particularly powerful angel. A fiery angel described. A seraphim means there's more than one.

"Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings. With two He covered His face, with two He covered His feet, and with two He flew. One called out to another and said, 'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts, Jehovah Sabaoth. The whole earth is full of His glory.' Then the other angel, would call back in return, 'Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts and the whole earth is filled with His glory.' The foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the temple was filling with smoke."

"Then I said, 'Woe is me. I am undone, I'm ruined for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live amongst the people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the king, the Lord of hosts.' Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs. He touched my mouth with it and he said, 'Behold, this has touched your lips. Your iniquity is taken away and your sin is forgiven.' Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 'Whom shall I send and who will go for us?'

I. God is Always on the Throne

"Then I said, 'Here, my Lord, send me.' He said, 'Go and tell these people, keep on listening, but you will not perceive. Keep on looking, but you will not understand'." Of course, these are the verses we want to look at. We look at the other verses around it during the Wednesday verse-by-verse service, but I want us to understand what God would have for us in these verses to take hold and apply, starting with this in Verse 1. "God is always on the throne." Notice in this vision in Verse 1, in the year of King Uzziah's death.

Now, this is very important. This is not just a way of marking the time of history. King Uzziah reigned as king in Jerusalem there for 52 years. He became king at the young age of 16 years old. Can you imagine becoming king at 16? He was barely old enough to get his driver's license to drive a chariot, and now he's driving the nation of God's people. History tells us that for the most part, Uzziah was a good king. It tells us that he did right in the sight of the Lord and continue to seek God. As long as he sought the Lord, God prospered him. Now, that right there is a life lesson. As long as he sought the Lord, God prospered him.

He did so much for Israel. He finally defeated the Philistines that had been such trouble against Israel. His fame extended to the border of Egypt. He became very strong. Uzziah had a massive army ready for battle. Under his leadership, skillful men invented engines of war that were on the towers and on the corners of the Great Wall of Jerusalem for the purpose of shooting arrows and great stones, inventions of war. Perhaps one of the first inventions of the trebuchet.

His fame spread far and wide. It says, "He was marvelously helped until he was strong." The nation was strong. He was strong. Therein lies the trouble. When he became strong, his heart became proud. He was so proud that he presumed that he could enter the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar, which was not for kings to do. Only for priests to do.

As a riot, the priest entered after him, along with 80 other priests of the Lord, thou he a man who opposed Uzziah to his face. This is 1st Chronicles 26:18. They said to him, "It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary for you have been unfaithful and you'll have no honor from the Lord God."

Uzziah, still holding the incense censer in his hand, became angry, enraged at the priest, like, "Who do you think you are telling me I cannot burn incense? I am the great king. Who's going to stop me?" Well, God. For as he was enraged, as he was holding the incense in his hand, as he was saying those words, leprosy broke out on his forehead. Azariah the priest saw and hurried him out of there. He himself also hastened to get out because he had been smitten by the Lord. Uzziah was a leper till the day of his death. He lived in a separate house being quarantined as a leper for the last seven years of his life.

Now, while that was a sad mark, the wonderful majority of his time was greatly blessed of the Lord. The nation was strong and he was well loved. Everything was strong. Everything was going so smoothly, you might say. When King Uzziah died, it struck fear in the people and unsettled the nation greatly. For many people in Israel, he was the only king they ever knew.

Can you imagine having a, let's say, in our day, let's say, a really, really good president for 52 years and the nation is strong. Everyone loves this president and the nation is going well. Everything is going well. 52 years with one really good president.

You remember 52 years ago, Richard Nixon was president in the United States? Can you imagine having one president since that time, all the way to modern times, and he's a really good president, and everyone loves him, and everything is going really well. The nation is strong and the finances are good. All the nations all around who are around us are at peace? It's gloriously great. Then he dies. It sent shockwaves to the people. "Oh no, what will we do?"

A. Let faith arise when the earth shakes

When it says in Isaiah 6, "In the year of King Uzziah's death, it's not just a way to mark the timeline of history, it sets the stage for the great vision." In other words, it's a way of saying, though the throne says empty on the earth, God still sits on the throne of heaven, and He always will. That's the strength of it because it's meant to strengthen our faith. In other words, let faith arise when the earth shakes, when things become unsettled, for God is still on the throne and God will always be on the throne high and lifted up, and His glory will always fill the temple. Amen. Amen.

See, we need this understanding because the world is changing before our very eyes. Many are unsettled when they see what's happening in the world today. What will happen? What will happen in the Middle East? What will happen in Europe? What will happen in Ukraine and Russia? Will China take over the earth? What will happen in the financial markets? Gold is hitting all the time highs. There's something happening in financial markets. There are things happening. There's a storm on the horizon. Everything is shaken to its very foundations. What's going to happen? We don't know. It's very unsettling.

There's not a leader on earth today who will still be reigning in a hundred years. In the hundred years, God will still be on the throne high lifted up, and His glory will still fill the temple. Not only in a hundred years, but in a thousand years, God will sit on the throne of heaven and amen. Amen. Amen.

It's easy to become unsettled and disturb when you look around and you don't know what's going to happen. Everything seems to be shaken. That's why this verse is so important. "In the year the King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on the throne high and lifted up." It's meant to be applied personally.

In the year I went through the divorce, I saw the Lord seated on the throne, and His glory filled the temple. Even though I was going through that great tragedy, I know my God was still in the throne. In the year that my husband died or the year that my wife died, I saw the Lord seated on the throne. He was still high and lifted up and His glory still filled the temple. In the year my company went bankrupt, in the year I lost my job, in the year that it was a financial disaster, I saw the Lord high and lifted up, seated on the throne, and His glory filled the temple.

Whatever it was. In the year of fear, in the year of great anxiety, I saw the Lord. God is still on the throne and God still reigns over all the matters of life. For example, in Isaiah 41:10, "Do not fear," God says, "Do not fear for I am with you. Do not anxiously look about you. For I am your God, I will surely help you. Surely, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

B. Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty

Then the vision turns. "I saw Seraphim stood above Him. One calling out to the other, 'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts. The whole earth is filled with His glory.' Then the other angel would call back to Him, 'Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah Sabaoth, and the whole earth is filled with His glory'." This is a picture of the throne room of our God. Isaiah is given a glimpse into heaven itself. For there is a throne room in heaven where God sits in all of His glory. This is the most beautiful place. There is nothing more glorious. There is nothing more beautiful. There is nothing more holy than that place, and you are invited to come.

We know in other places in Scripture that we're given this amazing vision of the throne room of our God in heaven. Ezekiel has one. Revelation 4. Notice Revelation 4:8-11, "The four living creatures, each of them having six wings," it says, "day and night, they do not cease to say. They call out day and night, 'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God the Almighty who was and who is and who is to come.'

When the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, the 24 elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and they worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne saying, 'Worthy art thou, oh our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things. Because of your will, they existed and were created'."

I submit to you that the highest and greatest privilege and honor for any living creature, angel, or man is to dwell there in the glory of the Almighty. There is nothing more beautiful, there is nothing more glorious than that place. As the temple was filled with glory, there's an interesting revelation that we need to understand. Is there a temple to God anywhere today on the earth? There is no temple of God in Jerusalem. That's long gone, but there is.

Yes, there is a temple of God today on the earth, and it is in this very room. For anyone who has received the Lord Jesus Christ, He says, "You are now the temple of the Living God now. The Holy Spirit resides in the soul of all those who name Jesus and who delight in the Almighty. You are the temple of the living God, and the desire of God is to fill His temple with glory."

That's what He wants to do in your life. If you have received Jesus Christ says Lord and Savior, His desire is to fill His temple with glory. For there is nothing more beautiful, nothing more glorious. You are the temple of the living God now. He gives you the honor and privilege of being filled with His glory, even now on the earth to prepare you for that great day when you'll stand before the throne room of our God in all of His splendor and in all of His glory.

Then on that great day, you will declare with all the saints, Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God the Almighty. The whole earth is filled with His glory. You will shout on that day with all the saints. Amen.

Yes, let's give the Lord praise. Amen. Notice that before Moses came to know the fullness of God's glory, he wrote this, Exodus 15:11-13. "Who is like you, O Lord, who is like you, majestic and holiness, awesome in praises, working wonders? In your loving kindness, you have led your people whom you have redeemed. In your strength, you have guided them to your holy habitation." There it is. "In your loving kindness, in your strength, you have brought them, you have guided them, you've drawn them to your place where your holiness dwells."

There is no more beautiful place. There is nothing more glorious. There is nothing more holy. There's nothing more wonderful. Now later, Moses would dwell in the glory of God for 40 continuous days. Remember when he was on Mount Sinai receiving the word of God, the law of God, that he dwelt there in the glory, in the presence of God. So much that Moses know of God's glory that later, when he was interceding and praying in behalf of Israel because they had sinned greatly, that while he's praying, while he's interceding, he takes the opportunity to ask for something for himself. Something personal.

Like while I'm praying, while I'm interceding something for me? Now what would you ask, if you could ask God for anything, what is your highest ask, your greatest desire? If he said to you, "What is it that you would have me do for you? What is the one thing, the highest thing that you would ask for from God?" I submit to you that most people would ask for things that are too small.

Moses says, "While I'm interceding, while I am praying, something for me? Show me your glory." Why did Moses ask for glory? He had already seen more glory than any living person. That's why he asked because he had seen the glory. He knew that it was beautiful on the soul, and he wanted more. "Show me your glory." Then it says that Moses then set up a tent of meeting outside the camp. Anyone who wished, anyone who wanted could leave the camp, go out to that tent, and meet with God.

What a glorious opportunity. Anyone. It's not required, it's not in the law. It's not a law thing. No, go if you want to go. Don't go if you don't. It's there. Attend the meeting. Anyone who wishes can go out and meet with God. How many would take advantage of that opportunity? You know what, I think that is such a glorious invitation, that I would go out there, and we meet with God, and then I come back to the back of the line, and I'd do it again. Then I'd meet with God and I'll come back to the back of the line, I'm going to do it again.

Meeting with God, is that there is nothing more glorious. In fact, it says that when Moses would go out to meet with God, he would leave his tent, leave the camp. Everyone says would stand on their feet and watch. He would give honor to Moses as he walked. They would stand on their feet. Then it says that, "When Moses entered into the 10th meeting, that they could see glory descending on the 10th of meeting, and that God would speak to Moses like a man speaks to his friend."

That's glorious. God is inviting you. There's a place where glory dwells. God says, "I'm inviting you into the throne room of God." Many would say, "I can't go. I can't go." 'Why? Why can't you go?" "You don't understand, Pastor, you don't understand. I have sinned. He's holy, and righteous, and glorious, and I'm ashamed. I can't go." "He's inviting you." "I can't go. I'm not worthy. I have sinned. I have hidden sins. I can't go."

II. God Has Made a Way for Sinners

To which God would say, "I know that you have sins. You think I don't know? You think there's such a thing as secrets from God? You think I don't know. Of course, I know, but I've made a way." This is the glorious part of the story. God has made a way for sinners to come into the glory. Notice what happens next in the story, Verse 5 where Isaiah sees the glory, he sees the holiness, and he says, "Woe. Woe is me. I'm undone. I'm ruined. I'm a man of unclean lips."

He's immediately aware of his own sin. "I'm undone. I'm ruined. My eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. I have sin in my lips. I live amongst the people of uncleaned lips. You won't believe what comes out of their mouth, but I've spoken things. I'm undone." See, Isaiah is immediately aware of his sin. In the light of God's glory, every stain of sin is revealed. There's nothing hidden.

I submit that you would do the same. If God revealed himself in all of his glory in this very room, I submit that every single person would fall on their face. Every person would fall on their face. Even the prideful ones would get on their face, and they would humble themselves, and they would be immediately aware of their own sin and their shame.

You cannot miss what God does. God has made a way for sinners to dwell in the presence of the glory of the Almighty. God is inviting sinners into the glory. How? God makes them worthy. God does that and only God could. No one else can. No one can make themselves worthy. No one can make themselves righteous.

A person trying to make themselves righteous would only make it worse.

A. God touches your sin and it will be clean

Here's an illustration. Imagine a person is wearing a white shirt. There's a stain on the white shirt, and you think, "Oh, I got to wipe that up," but your hands are all muddied. You think, "Oh there's a stain on my shirt." You go, "Oh that's not good. Oh. Oh, that's worse. Oh no, what--?" Then pretty soon, you're just a mess. All your efforts are just making it worse. No man can do it, but God can. God touches your sin, and He will make it clean.

There's a story in the gospels where a leper, when they approached Jesus, and bowing down before him, which is the right thing, the leper approached Jesus and he said, "Sir, if you are willing, I know you can make me clean." Now a leper, which there's many ways a leper sees a picture of sin. A leper in those days was considered unclean, so much so that as a leper going down the street, he had to call out, "Leper, leper," and everyone would part ways. No one would touch a leper. He's make him instantly unclean.

The leper comes, bows down and he says, "Sir, I know that if you would be willing, you can make me clean." Jesus says, "I am willing. Be cleansed." He reached out with his holy righteous right hand and lay hold of that leper. Immediately, the leper was cleansed of his leprosy, and Jesus says, "Hurry, say nothing to no one. Rush, go to the priest and show yourself to them, and bring the offering prescribed by Moses as a witness and testimony against them, that the King and the Messiah is here."

What a great story is that? "Sir, I know that if you are willing, you can make me clean." God is willing. For anyone who asks, God is willing. It says in Verse 6, "One of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs. He touched my mouth with it, and he said, 'Behold, this has touched your lips. Your iniquity is taken away, your sins are forgiven'."

I suggest that this is not just any fire, not just any coal. In Leviticus, it describes the fire on the altar as the place where the lamb, which was a offering for sin, was slain there in their place. The book of Leviticus describes that the priest would take his hands and lay it on the head of the lamb. The image there is that the sins of the priest and the sins of the people would be transferred to that lamb. Then that lamb would be offered as a sacrifice for sin and laid upon the altar, which will be consumed before the Almighty as an offering for sin.

That was the fire from that altar that touched his lips. There was death on that altar, and that death was given as payment for sin and payment in full, so that any sinner who asks, God is willing to touch your sin and to give you the gift of a death. You might say, "Oh, Pastor, did I hear that right? I thought you were going to say, He gives you the gift of life, but I thought I heard you say, He gives you the gift of a death. Did you say that?" I did say that.

"Wait, why would He give me the gift of a death?" Because it's the very thing a sinner needs. What does the Scripture say? Romans 6:23, "The wages of sin is death." That's what a sinner needs. I will give you this as a gift. For example, Hebrews 9:22. "According to the law, when they almost say all things are cleansed by blood, for without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sin."

When God gives death as a gift, it's the death of a Son applied to your sin. In other words, it's not just any fire. It's not just any coal. It's not just any death. It's the death of His Son. For when He gives that death, that death comes with the resurrection. For Jesus did not remain in the grave. He died on the cross as payment for our sin. Then, when he was placed in the grave, he rose from the dead in three days. Jesus defeated death and rose again to newness of life. He defeated death in our behalf, so that when God gives you that gift of that death, with it comes resurrected life. Amen. Just give the Lord praise. Exactly right.

Notice Romans 6:2-5. "How shall we who died to sin still live in it?" Have you died to sin? Pretty much. I look around, and I think most people are living here. Have you died to sin? You might say, "I didn't, but Jesus did, and he gave that to me as a gift." Exactly right. Do you not know? In other words, you must know this. Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? You don't know. That's in the Bible.

Do you not know this? This you must know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death. Therefore, we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead to the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of his death, certainly, we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection. He didn't give you any fire, just any fire, not just any coal, not just any death, He gave you that death. For with it comes a resurrection.

That's why baptism in water is so significant. It represents a sinner being baptized into the death of Jesus Christ. In fact, when we lower them down into the waters of baptism, it's like we do that as if we were lowering them down into a coffin. Even the image of that is like they're lowering them down. You say, "Isn't that a bit morbid that we're baptizing them into death?" It would be morbid if we left them down there, but we don't leave them down there. We bring them up out of the water. Every time we do this, we bring them up out of the water.

We do that because it represents that once a sinner has been baptized into the death of Christ, he is raised to the newness of a resurrected life by the glory of the Almighty. That's what it means. Amen. Let's give the Lord praise.

Amen. Notice Galatians 2:20. "I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ now lives in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me." A couple of Wednesdays ago, I mentioned that I had the privilege of baptizing my father with my own hands. If you know my story, my father was an alcoholic, and angry, and abusive, and we lived in dysfunction all those years. When he was 75 years old, he was moved away to another state, but my brother had died. He came up for the funeral.

We sat together one day, and he said, "I don't know how much time I got left." He was 75. "I don't know how much time I got left, but whatever I got, I want to change. I want to do something about this." He said, "Is it too late? Is it too late for me? Can I come back? Can I come back to your family?" He didn't come to my wedding. He never met my kids. Is it too late? I said, "It's not too late. It's not. We would love to have you come back. It's not too late." We moved him from that other state where he lived and settled them.

Then sometime later, "Hey, do you want to go to church?" "Yes. Yes, I want to go to church." He came. Then he came again. One day, I'm giving an invitation for anyone who would receive Christ. Then I saw his hand. I brought him up, and we worshiped. "This is my dad." Then we were having a baptism service shortly after, and I got to baptize him.

I'll never forget when we lowered him down in the water, that gray hair swirling in the water was so beautiful. I thought of all of those years. I thought of all of the anger, and the alcohol, and the abuse, and all of the dysfunction, all of it being washed away. It was just so beautiful. I just wanted to stare at this, and just what a scene. What a scene. The look in his eyes said, "Okay. Okay."

How beautiful. God can touch. Sir, I know. Sir, I know that if you're willing, you can make me clean. I'm willing. When God touches and cleans, cleanses, it's a beautiful thing. He makes it possible for sinners to come. You are invited to come there. You are invited into the throne room of God. He's touched you now. He's cleansed you now. Now, you have been invited to dwell. There is no more beautiful place. There is nothing more glorious. There is nothing more wondrous. There is nothing more holy, and you're invited.

You should declare with all the saints, "Holy, holy, holy." It's the honor and privilege to declare it. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty. The whole earth is filled with his glory. Then lastly, I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send?" Who will go for us? Isaiah says, "Here, my Lord, send me." This is Isaiah's holy ministry.

B. “Here am I, Lord, send me”

What we see and understand is that God still uses people to reach people. He's so amazed at the holiness, so amazed at the glory, that when the King says, "Whom shall I send?" He says,, "Here, my Lord send me." He's making Isaiah an ambassador. Isaiah knew it was the greatest privilege and honor of his life to be used as an ambassador.

Every single person who has come to faith in Jesus Christ came because somebody invited them. Somebody spoke to them, someone told them, and they heard and they received that invitation to come. God is still reaching people, and God is still using people to reach people. It's an honor and a privilege. "Whom shall I send?" "Send me, Lord. Send me. I want to be used of the King. Send me."

There's a New Testament verse that's very powerful and interesting. Very much like it. 2nd Corinthians 5:18-20, where he says, "Now all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation. Namely that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself." That's what God is doing. Not counting their trespasses against them. God will touch them, and that he has committed to us this word of reconciliation.

These right here, are some of the most powerful words in the New Testament. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ. It is as though in treating God, we're making an appeal through us. Therefore, we beg you on behalf of Christ to be reconciled to God. You say, "Wait, God is asking? God is entreating? God comes to us and asks?" That's the heart of the gospel here. God loves so much that He does say, "Why would you perish? I love you." I'm asking you, please be reconciled to God.

Jesus pursued sinners to seek out, to save that which was lost. I'm asking you, therefore, we beg you. Why would you perish? We're begging you to be reconciled to God. For do you not see? Open your eyes to see, that he is inviting the broken, the lost, the weak, the sinners to come to be cleansed. Anyone who's willing. "Sir, I know that if you are willing, you would touch me." I'm willing. Ask. I'm willing.

He'll make a sinner worthy to stand before the glorious throne of the Almighty. You are invited. There is no more beautiful place. There is nothing more glorious. There is nothing more beautiful. There is nothing more wondrous. There is nothing more holy than that place, and you are invited to come.

Let's pray. Lord, we are so thankful. What can we say? How beautiful is your glory, the throne room of our God. Nothing more beautiful. Nothing more glorious, nothing more wondrous, nothing more holy, and you're invited. It's all about the soul being right with God. How are you with your soul? How are you in God on this? Says, "I love you." I'm asking you, I'm entreating you be reconciled to God. Have your heart right. I'm asking you, God says, "I love you so much, I'm going to ask you to come. I'm knocking, I'm seeking, I'm calling your name. Come. you come."

If your company would say that to the Lord today, I come. You've made a way, I come. If you would say to the Lord today, "I want my soul right. I want my heart right with God. You said that if you would touch, that it would all be cleansed. Sir, I know that if you would be willing, you would touch and make me whole. God says, "Oh, I am willing. I'm asking you." Would you say to the Lord today, "Then here am I, Lord, Touch me. Touch my heart, touch my life, make me whole. Forgive and cleanse it all. I want it all washed away. I want it all cleansed by your hand, touching all of it."

Is that you? Would you just raise your hand as a way of saying to the Lord today, "Touch my life. You say you would. I'm asking." God says, "Oh, I would love to touch." Oh, many hands. Anyone else? I want you to know that God says yes to you. I am willing. I am willing. Would you be right with God? I'm willing. He says He's inviting you. Anyone else? I want to give you this opportunity. I want to pray for you.

Anyone else? I want to pray for everyone who's raised their hand as a way of saying, "I want your hand to touch. You said that you are willing. God, I'm opening my heart. Touch me now. Cleanse it all, forgive it all. Make it all right, God. Cleanse it all. Forgive it all that I would be made welcomed into that place where your glory and your love and your holiness dwells. Do that in me."

God, I pray for everyone who's raised their hand. Everyone who said yes and amen, and even those who didn't raise their hand, but in their hearts they said it. I'm asking God, do that in me, touch. God, I pray for everyone who says that to the Lord and church. How many would also say to the Lord today? When you say, "Who shall I send?" I say to you, "God, here am I. Send me. It would be the honor and the privilege of my life to be used of the King of glory. Here am I, Lord. Send me."

Is that you? Would you say that to the Lord? "Here am I, send me. It's the honor of my life to be used as the king"? You just raise your hand to the Lord and say that by raising your hand, "God, I want to just declare it. It's the honor of my life. Here am I, Lord, use me for your glory. Send me for your purpose. Here I am, Lord." I pray for everyone God who has raised their hand. Lord, show them what it means to walk in your purpose and your calling. To send them with great purpose, to make a difference in this world because God still uses people to reach people. Use us Lord, to your glory. In Jesus' name, and everyone said amen.

Isaiah 6:1-13 NASB

6 ¹In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. ²Seraphim were standing above Him, each having six wings: with two each covered his face, and with two each covered his feet, and with two each flew. ³And one called out to another and said,

“Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of armies.
The whole earth is full of His glory.”

⁴And the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the temple was filling with smoke. ⁵Then I said,

“Woe to me, for I am ruined!
Because I am a man of unclean lips,
And I live among a people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.”

⁶Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs. ⁷He touched my mouth with it and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your guilt is taken away and atonement is made for your sin.”

⁸Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!” ⁹And He said, “Go, and tell this people:

‘Keep on listening, but do not understand;
And keep on looking, but do not gain knowledge.’
¹⁰Make the hearts of this people insensitive,
Their ears dull,
And their eyes blind,
So that they will not see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
Understand with their hearts,
And return and be healed.”

¹¹Then I said, “Lord, how long?” And He answered,

“Until cities are devastated and without inhabitant,
Houses are without people
And the land is utterly desolate,
¹²The Lord has completely removed people,
And there are many forsaken places in the midst of the land.
¹³Yet there will still be a tenth portion in it,
And it will again be subject to burning,
Like a terebinth or an oak
Whose stump remains when it is cut down.
The holy seed is its stump.”

Lleno de Su Gloria
Isaías 6:1-13
15 y 16 de marzo de 2025

Isaías fue un profeta para el reino del sur de Judá. El reino de Israel, que una vez fue glorioso y poderoso bajo el rey David, se dividió, 10 tribus al norte, Judá y Benjamín al sur. El libro de Isaías y todos los libros de los profetas tienen un gran tema: el avivamiento. Dios está llamando a su pueblo a volver a Él.

Sus corazones se habían alejado de Dios, se sentían atraídos por los dioses del mundo, dioses que apelaban a su naturaleza carnal. Sin embargo, Dios los amaba y los llamaba Su posesión atesorada. No cedió; los persiguió enviando a sus profetas. Sabía que no terminaría bien para ellos si seguían persiguiendo a los dioses del mundo. La carne es un amo terrible. Cualquiera que haya hecho las cosas del mundo puede añadir su propio testimonio. Nunca termina bien.

En los primeros capítulos de Isaías, Dios presentó la acusación. Están llenos de influencias del oriente y se habían alejado del Señor que los había salvado y bendecido. Por supuesto, en ese día las influencias del oriente significaban influencias de los dioses de Astarté, y Quemós, Moloc y Baal. En los últimos tiempos, en los años 60, fueron los Beatles quienes llevaron el Hare Krishna y las influencias de las religiones orientales a la cultura principal de Occidente.

Como por ejemplo, la canción de los Beatles, “I Am the Walrus”… Escuchen estas palabras maravillosamente perspicaces y profundas… “Yo soy él como tú eres él, como tú eres yo y nosotros estamos juntos. Mira cómo corren como cerdos de una pistola, mira cómo vuelan, estoy llorando… Yo soy el hombre huevo, ellos son los hombres huevo, yo soy la morsa, goo-goo g’joob”. Cuando estás drogado con LSD, eso tiene mucho sentido. Después de eso vino el movimiento de Jesús.

“Hijos he criado y enseñado, pero se han vuelto contra mí. Hasta un buey conoce a su dueño, hasta un burro conoce el pesebre de su amo. Pero Israel no lo sabe. Mi pueblo no entiende… Toda tu cabeza está enferma, todo tu corazón está desfalleciendo. ¿Por qué vas a continuar en tu rebelión y ser golpeado una y otra vez?”

Luego, más adelante en el capítulo 1, Él dice en:

Isaías 1:17-19 – Nueva Biblia de las Américas

17 Aprendan a hacer el bien, Busquen la justicia, reprendan al opresor, defiendan al huérfano, aboguen por la viuda.
18 “Vengan ahora, y razonemos”, dice el Señor, aunque sus pecados sean como la grana, como la nieve serán emblanquecidos. Aunque sean rojos como el carmesí, como blanca lana quedarán.

En el capítulo 2, Él ofrece una visión de esperanza. Él les da una visión de la gloria de los últimos días: “Y sucederá que, en los últimos días, el monte de la casa de Jehová será establecido como el jefe de los montes, y todas las naciones afluirán a él. Y vendrán muchos pueblos y dirán: “Venid, vayamos al monte del Señor, vayamos a la casa del Dios de Jacob, para que nos enseñe sus caminos, para que andemos por sus sendas… Y en aquellos días, convertirán sus espadas en rejas de arado, y sus lanzas en hoces. No alzará espada nación contra nación, y nunca más aprenderán la guerra”.

La semana pasada leímos en el capítulo 5 que Dios comparó a Israel con una viña. “¿Qué más podría haber hecho por mi pueblo que no hice? Le quité las piedras; Le quité las zarzas y las espinas, construí un seto a su alrededor y lo planté con las vides más selectas. Esperaba que produjera buenas uvas, pero sólo produjo uvas que no valían nada”.

Eso nos lleva al capítulo 6. A Isaías se le dio una nueva visión que fue gloriosa más allá de las palabras y uno de los capítulos más famosos de la Biblia.

I. Dios siempre está en el trono

⮚ Versículo 1 – En el año de la muerte del rey Uzías…

⮚ El rey Uzías reinó como rey en Jerusalén durante 52 años. Se convirtió en rey a la temprana edad de 16 años. ¿Te imaginas convertirte en rey a los 16 años? Apenas tenía la edad suficiente para obtener una licencia de conducir para conducir un carro, y mucho menos para conducir la nación del pueblo de Dios.

⮚ Sin embargo, la historia nos dice que, en su mayor parte, Uzías fue un buen rey.

⮚ La historia registra que hizo lo correcto a los ojos del Señor y continuó buscando a Dios, y mientras buscó al Señor, Dios lo prosperó, lo cual es una gran lección de vida en sí misma.

⮚ Finalmente derrotó a los filisteos que habían sido tan problemáticos contra Israel. Su fama se extendió hasta la frontera de Egipto, porque se hizo muy fuerte. Uzías tenía un ejército masivo listo para la batalla.

⮚ Bajo su liderazgo, hombres hábiles inventaron máquinas de guerra para estar en las torres y en las esquinas con el propósito de disparar flechas y grandes piedras, quizás uno de los primeros inventos del trabuquete [un trabuquete es una máquina de guerra medieval que se usaba para lanzar proyectiles sobre murallas]. Su fama se extendió por todas partes, pues fue maravillosamente ayudado hasta que se hizo fuerte.

⮚ Y ahí está el problema. Cuando se hizo fuerte, su corazón se enorgulleció. Estaba tan orgulloso que presumió que podía entrar en el templo del Señor para quemar incienso en el altar, lo que solo los sacerdotes podían hacer.

⮚ El sacerdote Azarías entró tras él y 80 sacerdotes del Señor, todos hombres valientes, que se oponían al rey Uzías…

1 Crónicas 26:18, Le dijeron: “No te toca a ti, Uzías, quemar incienso a Jehová, sino a los sacerdotes, los hijos de Aarón, que están consagrados para quemar incienso. Sal del santuario, porque has sido infiel y no tendrás honra del Señor Dios”.

⮚ Pero Uzías, que todavía tenía en la mano el incensario para quemar incienso, se enfureció; Y mientras se enfurecía con los sacerdotes, le brotó lepra en la frente.

⮚ Azarías y el sumo sacerdote lo sacaron de allí, y él también se apresuró a salir, porque había sido herido por el Señor.

⮚ Uzías fue leproso hasta el día de su muerte; Y vivió en una casa separada durante siete años. Al ser leproso, fue puesto en cuarentena.

⮚ Uzías reinó durante 52 años, y durante 45 de esos años fue un buen rey, grandemente bendecido por el Señor. La nación era fuerte, él era muy querido. Se podría decir que todo iba bien para Israel cuando Uzías era rey.

⮚ Pero cuando el rey Uzías murió, infundió temor en el pueblo y perturbó enormemente a la nación. Para muchos de la gente, él era el único rey que habían conocido.

⮚ Cuando dice en Isaías 6: “En el año de la muerte del rey Uzías…” No es solo una forma de marcar la línea de tiempo de la historia, sino que prepara el escenario para esta gran visión.

⮚ En otras palabras, es una forma de decir, aunque el trono está vacío en Jerusalén, Dios todavía se sienta en el trono del cielo… Y siempre lo hará.

A. Que la fe surja cuando la tierra tiemble

⮚ Dios todavía está en el trono y Dios siempre estará en el trono.

⮚ El mundo está cambiando ante nuestros propios ojos. Muchos están inquietos. ¿Qué pasará en Oriente Medio? ¿Qué pasará en Europa? ¿Firmarán Ucrania y Rusia un alto el fuego? ¿Se apoderará China de la tierra?

⮚ No hay un líder en la tierra que todavía reinará en 100 años, pero Dios todavía estará en el trono, alto y elevado, y Su gloria todavía llenará el templo.

⮚ Es fácil sentirse inquieto y perturbado cuando miras a tu alrededor y no sabes lo que sucederá, y todo parece estar sacudido.

⮚ Es por eso que este versículo es tan importante… En el año en que murió el rey Uzías… Vi al Señor, sentado en el trono, alto y levantado… Con la cola de su manto llenando el templo.

⮚ Este versículo está destinado a ser aplicado personalmente. — En el año en que me divorcié. En el año en que murió mi esposo. En el año en que mi empresa quebró, en el año en que mi hija murió trágicamente… En el año de gran miedo, o de gran ansiedad… Vi al Señor, sentado en el trono, y Su gloria llenó el templo.

⮚ Dios todavía está en el trono y Dios reina sobre todos los asuntos de tu vida…

Isaías 41:10, “No temáis, porque yo estoy con vosotros; no mires ansiosamente a tu alrededor, porque yo soy tu Dios. Te fortaleceré, ciertamente te ayudaré, ciertamente te sostendré con mi diestra justa”.

B. Santo, Santo, Santo es el Señor Dios Todopoderoso

⮚ Versículo 2-3 – Serafín se paró encima de Él, cada uno con seis alas, y uno llamó a otro y dijo: “Santo, Santo, Santo es el Señor de los ejércitos, toda la tierra está llena de su gloria”. Y los cimientos de los umbrales temblaron a la voz del que llamaba, mientras el templo se llenaba de humo.
⮚ Esta es una imagen de la sala del trono de nuestro Dios. A Isaías se le da un vistazo al cielo mismo. Hay una sala del trono en el cielo donde Dios se sienta en gloria. Este es el lugar más hermoso. No hay nada más glorioso, no hay nada más bello, no hay nada más santo.
Apocalipsis 4:8-11, Y los cuatro seres vivientes, cada uno de los cuales tenía seis alas… Día y noche no cesan de decir: “Santo, Santo, Santo es el Señor Dios, el Todopoderoso, el que era, el que es y el que ha de venir”. Y cuando los seres vivientes dan gloria, honra y acción de gracias al que está sentado en el trono, los veinticuatro ancianos se postran delante del que está sentado en el trono, y adoran al que vive por los siglos de los siglos, y echan sus coronas delante del trono, diciendo: “Digno eres tú, Señor nuestro y Dios nuestro, de recibir gloria, honra y poder, porque tú creaste todas las cosas, y por tu voluntad existieron, y fueron creadas”.
⮚ El mayor y más alto privilegio y honor para cualquier criatura viviente, ángel u hombre, es morar allí en la presencia de la gloria del Todopoderoso. No hay nada más bello, no hay nada más glorioso. Y así como el templo se llenó de su gloria, vosotros sois el templo del Espíritu Santo del Dios viviente y él os da el honor y el privilegio de estar llenos de su gloria aun ahora en la tierra para prepararos para el gran día en que estaréis delante de la sala del trono de vuestro Dios en todo su esplendor y gloria y podáis declarar con todos los santos: “Santo, santo, santo es el Señor Dios, el Todopoderoso, toda la tierra está llena de su gloria”.
⮚ Antes de que Moisés llegara a conocer la plenitud de la gloria de Dios, escribió…
Éxodo 15:11, 13, “¿Quién como tú, oh Señor? ¿Quién como Tú, majestuoso en santidad, imponente en alabanzas, hacedor de prodigios?… En tu misericordia has guiado al pueblo al que has redimido; con tu fuerza los has guiado a tu santa morada”.
⮚ Más tarde, Moisés moraría en la gloria de Dios durante 40 días continuos. Tanto sabía Moisés de la gloria de Dios que más tarde, cuando estaba intercediendo a favor de Israel, tuvo la oportunidad de pedir algo personal, algo solo para él. ¿Y qué fue lo que pidió? “Muéstrame tu gloria”.
⮚ Moisés ya había visto más gloria que cualquier persona viva, ¿por qué pidió ver más de la gloria de Dios? Por eso. Sabía que la gloria de Dios era hermosa en el alma, y quería más. Dice que entonces Moisés estableció una tienda de reunión fuera del campamento y cualquiera que lo deseara podía salir a la tienda de reunión y podía encontrarse con Dios.
⮚ Dios te está invitando a Su sala del trono, porque ha hecho un camino para que los pecadores se acerquen a la gloria.
II. Dios ha hecho un camino para los pecadores

⮚ Versículo 5 – Entonces dije: “¡Ay de mí, estoy arruinado, porque soy un hombre de labios inmundos, y vivo en medio de un pueblo de labios inmundos; y mis ojos han visto al Rey, al Señor de los ejércitos”.

⮚ Viendo al Señor Dios, el Todopoderoso, sentado en el trono, alto y elevado, llenando su gloria el templo; Isaías se dio cuenta inmediatamente de su propio pecado. A la luz de la gloria de Dios, cada mancha de cada pecado será revelada.

⮚ Tú harías lo mismo. Si Dios se revelara a sí mismo en toda su gloria en esta misma habitación, yo sostengo que cada persona caería sobre su rostro y se humillaría y se daría cuenta inmediatamente de su propio pecado y vergüenza.
⮚ Pero no puedes perderte lo que Dios hace; Dios ha hecho un camino para que los pecadores moren en la presencia de la gloria del Todopoderoso. Dios hizo eso; porque nadie más podía.
⮚ Una persona que trata de ser justa sería como una persona que trata de limpiar una mancha de su camisa blanca con las manos cubiertas de barro. Todos tus esfuerzos solo lo empeoran.
A. Dios toca tu pecado y serás limpio
⮚ Un día, un leproso se acercó a Jesús y, postrándose ante él, le dijo: “Señor, si quieres, puedes limpiarme”. Jesús respondió: “Estoy dispuesto, sé limpio”. Entonces Jesús tocó al leproso, y el leproso fue purificado inmediatamente.
⮚ Versículo 6 – Uno de los serafines voló hacia mí con un carbón encendido en su mano, el cual había tomado del altar con tenazas. Y tocó mi boca con ella y dijo: He aquí, esto ha tocado tus labios; Tu iniquidad ha sido quitada, y tus pecados perdonados”.
⮚ En Levítico, se describe el fuego en el altar como el lugar donde el cordero fue sacrificado y ofrecido a Dios en su lugar. Pusieron sus manos sobre la cabeza del cordero y el cordero se convirtió en un sustituto para ellos y para los hijos de Israel. Sus pecados fueron transferidos al cordero y el animal murió en su lugar. Luego, el cordero fue colocado en el altar donde el fuego de Dios lo consumió como ofrenda por el pecado.
⮚ El fuego del altar tocó sus labios. Había una muerte en ese altar y esa muerte fue dada como pago por el pecado y el pago en su totalidad.
⮚ A cualquier pecador que lo pida, Dios está dispuesto a tocar su pecado y le dará el regalo de una muerte. ¿Regala una muerte? Sí, lo que más necesitabas.
⮚ Romanos 6:23, La paga del pecado es muerte.
Hebreos 9:22, Y según la Ley, casi se puede decir que todas las cosas se purifican con sangre, y sin derramamiento de sangre no hay perdón de pecados.
⮚ Pero cuando Dios da la muerte como un regalo, es la muerte de Su Hijo aplicada a tu pecado. En otras palabras, no es cualquier muerte que Dios da, es una muerte que viene con una resurrección.
Romanos 6:2-5, ¿Cómo viviremos en él nosotros, los que hemos muerto al pecado? ¿No sabéis que todos los que hemos sido bautizados en Cristo Jesús, hemos sido bautizados en su muerte? Por tanto, hemos sido sepultados juntamente con él para muerte por el bautismo, a fin de que, así como Cristo resucitó de entre los muertos para la gloria del Padre, así también nosotros andemos en novedad de vida. Porque si hemos llegado a estar unidos a él en la semejanza de su muerte, ciertamente también lo seremos en la semejanza de su resurrección…
⮚ Esta es la razón por la que el bautismo en agua es tan significativo. Representa a un pecador siendo bautizado en la muerte del Señor Jesucristo. Quizás digas: “¿No es un poco morboso que seamos bautizados para una muerte?”
⮚ Bueno, sería morboso si los dejáramos allí. Pero no es así. Los levantamos del agua para representar que una vez que un pecador ha sido bautizado en la muerte de Cristo, es resucitado a la novedad de una vida resucitada por la gloria del Todopoderoso.
Gálatas 2:20, con Cristo he sido crucificado, y ya no vivo yo, sino que Cristo vive en mí; y la vida que ahora vivo en la carne, y vivo por la fe en el Hijo de Dios, el cual me amó y se entregó a sí mismo por mí.

B. “Aquí estoy, Señor, envíame”
⮚ Versículo 8 – Entonces oí la voz del Señor, que decía: “¿A quién enviaré, y quién irá por nosotros?” Entonces dije: “¡Aquí estoy, envíame!”
⮚ Este es el llamado de Isaías al ministerio.
⮚ Dios todavía usa a las personas para alcanzar a las personas. Isaías está tan asombrado por la santidad y la gloria de Dios, el Todopoderoso, que quiere ser usado por el Rey. “¡Aquí estoy, Señor, ¡envíame!”
⮚ Dios está haciendo de Isaías un embajador e Isaías sabía que era el mayor privilegio y honor de su vida ser usado por Dios como embajador.
Mateo 9:36-38, Al ver a la gente, Jesús se compadeció de ellos, porque estaban angustiados y desanimados como ovejas sin pastor. Luego dijo a sus discípulos: “La mies es mucha, pero los obreros son pocos. Por tanto, rogad al Señor de la mies que envíe obreros a su mies”.
2 Corintios 5:18, 20, Y todas estas cosas son de Dios, el cual nos reconcilió consigo mismo por medio de Cristo, y nos dio el ministerio de la reconciliación, a saber, que Dios estaba en Cristo reconciliando consigo al mundo, no tomando en cuenta sus pecados contra ellos, y nos ha encomendado la palabra de reconciliación. Por lo tanto, somos embajadores de Cristo, como si Dios estuviera haciendo una apelación a través de nosotros; por lo tanto, les rogamos en nombre de Cristo que se reconcilien con Dios.
⮚ Si Dios ha hecho algo maravilloso y asombroso en tu vida, sé una luz que muestre la luz de la gloria de Dios. “Así alumbre vuestra luz, para que vean buenas obras y glorifiquen a vuestro Padre que está en los cielos”.
⮚ No todo el mundo tiene oídos para oír. No lo hicieron en los días de Isaías… “Vayan y díganle a este pueblo que siga escuchando, pero no lo entenderán”.
⮚ Sin embargo, siempre habrá algunos, siempre habrá un remanente de aquellos que tienen oídos para oír, que se deleitan en el Todopoderoso, que ven la santidad de Dios como hermosa y quieren morar en la cercanía de Dios y en la plenitud de Su gloria.
⮚ ¿Quién le diría al Señor hoy: “¡Aquí estoy, Señor, envíame! Quiero ser usado por el Señor”.

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