Before the Throne of God
Ryan & Bethany Reedy - 4/30/2023
Key Passage: Isaiah 6
What Stood Out To You from Isaiah 6?
The overlap between the heavenly and earthly realms
Isaiah’s response to a holy God.
What Questions do you have?
Who is King Uzziah?
Uzziah was a pretty good King, but the people of his time were not!
2 Chronicles 27
Who/What are the Seraphim?
Isaiah 6:2
The burning ones
Numbers 21
venomous snakes
Ezekiel 10, Revelation 4
Other passages that depict similarly strange heavenly creatures
Shaking and Smoke?
Isaiah 6:4
The building shakes but doesn’t break at the voices of these beings
Both of these things point to God’s glory.
What do we learn about God from this story?
What did Isaiah experience?
He saw
A high and lofty throne
His robe filled the temple
He heard
Holy Holy Holy
Supremely and completely
He felt
The shaking
He smelled
The smoke
A Special Name of God
Yahweh Sabaoth
Lord of Hosts
Lord Almighty
Lord of Heaven’s Armies
Also seen in Psalm 46
This name reminds us of God’s protection. He’s there when we call out in times of need.
What do we learn about people from this story?
Isaiah 6:5 - Isaiah’s response to seeing God is complete humility.
He is overwhelmed and undone.
Isaiah is completely dependent on God’s grace and mercy
Romans 5:6
Isaiah doesn’t reject God, He receives God’s gift.
Isaiah’s response
Woe is me
Isaiah 6:5
Here I am. Send Me
Isaiah 6:8
What is OUR response to God’s presence and invitation in our lives?
How do the people of Isaiah’s time respond?
Rejection (Isaiah 6:9-10)
John 12:37-43
Remnant (Isaiah 6:11-13)
Before the throne of God
Revelation 7:9-10
“Missions exist because worship doesn’t”
How do I live out what I learned?
I have seen the King
Here I am. Send me.
Lord, how long will this go on?