Blazing with Glory
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The seraphim, creatures created by God with six wings. With two wings, they covered their face. With two wings they covered their feet, and with two wings they flew. Why did they cover their face? Well, you see, the purpose and the function for which these creatures were made was to serve in the immediate presence of God.
I can still remember the first time I heard R.C. Sproul teach on the seraphim from Isaiah 6 and the way that helped me to see the otherness, the holiness of God. So I encourage you to keep listening today as Dr. Sproul will be walking us through that section of Isaiah. Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and this is the Saturday edition of Renewing Your Mind, the daily discipleship podcast of Ligonier Ministries. Ligonier exists to proclaim, teach, and defend the holiness of God in all its fullness to as many people as possible. When you hear R.C. Sproul teach on the holiness of God, it becomes so clear why that is the mission he gave us here at Ligonier. People need to know who God is, and by God's grace, they need to know who they are and their need for a Savior.
Well, when you support this mission with a donation, you'll receive lifetime digital access to the Holiness of God series, the Holiness of God extended edition, a study guide, and we'll send you a 40th anniversary edition of the Holiness of God, the book. Simply give your gift at renewingyourmind.org before midnight tonight, and this special resource bundle will be yours. Well, here's R.C. Sproul on the vision of God recorded for us in Isaiah chapter 6.
We turn once again to the experience that is recorded by the prophet Isaiah in which he speaks of the circumstances of his call, of his moment of consecration to this divine task that God laid upon him. We recall that Isaiah begins his testimony by giving us the historical setting, saying that it was in the year that King Uzziah died, a year when a ruler who had reigned for 52 years had passed from the scene, leaving the people of the land in a sense of fear and uncertainty. This was an epic moment in the time of Israel. In fact, some look back and say this is a watershed where from this day forward, the decline of national prosperity, national faith, national hope began to accelerate, and Israel's destiny as a nation
was beginning to fall apart. One of the oddities, the coincidences of history is that in the same year that King Uzziah died, the same year that Isaiah was called and consecrated by God to become a prophet, a village was founded and established on the shores of the Tiber River in Italy. It was the birth year of the city of Rome. It would be interesting just to trace the movement in history of the decline of Israel that coincided with the rise of the great Roman Empire. And at that crossroads in history was the moment that God appeared to Isaiah.
What vision did Isaiah see that changed his life?
He says, in the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on the throne, high and lifted up, and the train of his robe filled the temple. It's significant that when Isaiah speaks of this visionary experience, he says, I saw something. I didn't just hear something. I didn't just imagine something. I didn't just read about something. I saw something. I saw the Lord. And I saw the Lord in a specific context. I saw him enthroned. I saw him occupying the seat of cosmic authority. John tells us in the New Testament that the vision that Isaiah had was not a vision of God the Father, but it was a vision of the heavenly presence long before the incarnation.
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