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saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high

and lifted up, and his train” — that is, His

glorious presence — “his train filled the temple.

2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six

wings; with twain he covered his face, and with

twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did

fly.” You ask, "What in the world is a

seraphim?" Well, it's the high order of an

angelic being. It's like a cherub in the book of

Revelation. You'll find them again in Ezekiel,

chapter 1. But what they do is they stand ready

to serve God and show Him reverence, and it

appears here that when they're in the presence

of God, they're covering their faces and their

feet in humility and worship. That's what that

appears to be.

Isaiah says in verse 3, “And one cried unto

another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD

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