Isaiah 6:1
1 In the year [shaneh (in pl. only),] that king [melek] Uzziah [`Uzziyah] died [maveth] I saw [ra'ah] also ['eth] the Lord ['Adonay] sitting [yashab] upon a
throne, [kicce'] high [ruwm] and lifted up, [nasa'] and
his train [shuwl] filled [male'] ['eth] the temple. [heykal] KJV-Interlinear
1 In
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. NASB
In the mid 700's BC, when
the king Uzziah was in the process of dying, Isaiah saw this vision. Uzziah was
in general, a prosperous king with a lengthy rule of about 50 years or so. Yet
in his final days he came down with an illness which forced his confinement
until his death.
We immediately have a
contrast between the earthly king and the eternal King, Jesus Christ.
Uzziah was a man. Jesus
Christ is God. Uzziah was mortal. Jesus Christ is eternal. Uzziah was fragile
and subject to the flaws of the human life. Jesus Christ has no flaws, no
blemishes, no defects, no weaknesses.
Mans life on this earth
is temporary - yours, mine, certainly Uzziah's. Jesus Christ's life is eternal.
There never was a time when Christ did not exist, He has always existed since
eternity past and will always live forever.
Uzziah had limited
knowledge, limited wisdom. Jesus Christ has total knowledge, total wisdom.
There is nothing that Christ does not know. Christ is the perfect ruler, the
perfect leader, the perfect judge, the perfect provider of everything that
everyone will ever need. His resources are infinite and eternal. He can provide
anything for everyone.
Uzziah died. Christ will
never die. The leaders of men and nations sooner or later die, in fact all men
and nations eventually die or cease, but God still lives.
Psa. 146:3
3 Do not trust in
princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation. NASB
Psa. 146:10
10 The LORD will reign
forever, Thy God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD! NASB
Our eyes in this life are
generally focused on that which we can see, but what we should be focusing our
attention on is that which we cannot see - our spiritual life and leader.
Uzziah fell from his
throne, but Christ's Throne rises above all earthly thrones with higher
authority and higher dominion. Jesus Christ is the sovereign over all that
exists.
Jesus Christ is God,
however this ruler sits on His divine throne. God cannot sit, man sits.
Therefore God has to become man in order to be able to sit. Jesus Christ is
that God/man, the unique person of the universe.
Isaiah saw 'Adonay,'
which carries the meaning of 'sovereign.' The Lord is God, the Lord is
Sovereign, or the highest authority in all of existence. The Lord is unique -
He is the God/man, the unique person of the universe.
Isaiah saw the unique
glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. Isaiah
clearly saw the Messiah, as a man in the sitting position, thus identifying
Jesus Christ. John quotes this verse.
John 12:41
41 These things Isaiah
said, because he saw His glory, and he spoke of Him. NASB
He, Jesus Christ, it is He
who when, after his resurrection, He sat down on the right hand of God the
Father, did only sit down where He had already sat before, John 17:5.
John 17:5
5 'And now, glorify Thou
Me together with Thyself, Father, with the glory which I had with Thee before
the world was.' NASB
So just as man can refuse
to recognize Christ now, so too, the angels saw Christ sitting in authority
prior to human history. It seems likely that Christ was the object of decision
with the angels salvation way back before the time of man, consistent with and
just as it is today. Satan obviously rejected Christ's position and authority,
because Satan wanted to be like the Most High, God the Father.
Christ was sitting on His
Throne in His Temple overseeing His entire domain, the entire universe and
beyond. His flowing robes, His influence and power, spread out and into every
corner of His domain. There is no part of the universe and beyond, to which He
does not have access, influence or control.
Gods authority, and
sovereignty, and power are so far beyond our comprehension, that it should be
unimaginable that anyone would reject or ignore anything which comes from Him.
Today people stand stiff
necked in their arrogance of indifference, hustling to and fro doing whatever
it is they do from day to day, generally oblivious to the spiritual realm, that
they are wasting in their lives, but one day reality will strike hard and fast
and every head will bow, every knee will bend in total and absolute acknowledgment
of Him.
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