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OF the Lord saying, Whom shall l sen(
and who will go for US? Then said
Here am /; send me.-Isa. SIS.
The lesson committee now turn TO
third quarters lesson to q series O
studies in the Old Testament as fount
In II Kings. Ezra and Nehemiah. A.
an introduction. they have chosen thi.
chapter in the book of Isaiah.
Isaiah prophesied in the latter. hal
of Uzziah's reign, B. c. 76O and dowr
to the early years of the reign OF
Manasseh about B. G. 694 Och. / ~
This event took place probably B. G
755. The place was Jerusalem; the
kingdom Of Israel was still in exist.
ence (for 33 years longer) being ut.
terly destroyed In B. G. 721. The
name Isaiah means "the salvation of
jehovah" his wife is called "the
prophecies two of his sons are
named and his social position was high,
as shown by his intimacy with kings.
Isaiah lived In troublous times. He
was reformer seeking to rescue his
nation from the sins growing out of
their disobedience to God. He, was
the leading statesman of his time, the
greatest of the prophets, an author,
heroic, single-minded, patriotic, fear
less, undaunted man of great personal
power and influence. He was proph-
ct of hope; he wrote out Of his long
life of faithfulness and fellowship with
God. The book of Isaiah fails into
two great divisions; chapters 1-39 be-
ing chiefly historical, interspersed with
songs and poems, chapters 4066 are
to do chiefly with the return from
the BabyIonian exile and the days of
future glory for the Kingdom of God.
I. Visions (vv. 1-4)- AS we have
said, Isaiah prophesied in a time of
great need The prophet was very
much discouraged. In this passage he
locates his vision at a special time
and place Och. 1.D- Every mans
great need today is a real vision of
God. We are not so much in need of
theories about God, as a vision of
God himself. Uzziah's long reign of
cA yCdAo, LII WliSli tiiO hihSNOhi PiO
pered and the kings name was spread
abroad, stopped as suddenly as an
and his glory was ecIipsed
(see II Chron. 26 1919. The place in
which Isaiah saw his vision was the
house of God. Perhaps not in the tenn
pie, but seeing the vision from the
temple the prophet looks to- a house !
not built with hands, Jehovah's own |
heavenly palace. Therein he saw ''the |
Lord sitting on a throne : and !
his train filed the temple" Above it,
)r around it, were arranged lowering
,ouriers and the seraphic choir. The
majesty of this vision is indicated In
yerse two, it's glory in verse three,
Ind its power is Indicated in verse
our. The whole earth was filed with
Gods wondrous wisdom, love and pow
r.. Literally "the whole earth is full
# his glory" The Hebrew word for
comes from a word meaning
to set apars-set a distance FROM"
The holy Lord is not only sinless but
e is sublime and absolute also. 1t
nay seem difficult to- harmoniZe
saiah's vision with John I Is, yet
hese manifestations were one and the
anne, for alb that saw Jesus saw God
John 14:9)- King Uzziah was dead
ut the real king was living still, high
nd lifted UP. The attempt to reason
bout him, what he must be and what ;
e must not be, as if he were one
( ourselves (Eph. I: 20, 21) is absurd.
II. Divisions CIV. 5-131- fD The :
ision Of the prophet Qvv- SD This
ision brought conviction because it
1owed how far separated from God
lie prophet was. 1t also brought
inversion in that he acknowledged
imself to be unc1ean, himself and his
to be vile 1t also led to
eansfng, for the king heard the voice
the prophet, removed his guilt and :
urged his sin. (2) The voice and +
from the king wv. 8-13).
he king called for a messenger ". 81
I'd at once the prophet is found. :
)meone has said that "a task without
vision is drudgery; vision with
1t a task is q dream; while task =
lked to a vision will move the F
orld.'' Not only did the king ask for
messenger, but he gave the message
hich the messenger was to utter
". 9-12). The message was to be =
his own people; it was not to be s
pleasant one. Verse 10 shows us
is message in prophecy. Isaiah ought :
fully proclaim the truth, but the A
,ople would not understand it, and
e whole effect of his proclamation
ould be to harden them. :
The Application.
What is your application of this
sion for Isaiah? We are a Chris
IN nation, but there are many de- K
ees and kinds of Christians; those
ho sincerely try to follow Jesus;
ose who live under Christian gov
and are unaffected by Chris :
IN influences. There is only one F.
ay to save this nation from going the
~ of Nineyeh and Tyre; that is, that
stice and righteousness shall govern,
d that justice and righteousness shall
the fruit of regenerated lives. The
? is for better social environment
ID more just social position. -