Page 18 - The Holiness of God

Isaiah, chapter 6, contains a vision of the

heavenly God on the throne after King Uzziah

had died. King Uzziah had reigned for about 52

years. Most loved him. Most of his reign was

good. The last ten years or so wasn't quite as

good. But from chapter 1 to chapter 5, Isaiah is

given quite a sobering message to give to the

children of Israel, because in the latter part of

chapter 6, they're going to go into captivity in

Babylon, so Isaiah is given a sobering message

to give to them in chapter 6. But chapters 1

through 5 describe the sinfulness of the nation

of Israel and why they're going into captivity.

What we find here as we begin reading is that

the earthly throne was vacated. The king had

died, and God was showing Isaiah that the God

of Heaven has never vacated His throne. Notice

in verse 1, “In the year that king Uzziah died I

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