Jesus is God! He’s both human and divine, and in Him - we have been forgiven of all our sins! We’re now filled with the Holy Spirit, who is our personal teacher, guiding us on our journey to know Him better. Israel will be the physical rulers of the Kingdom with Jesus the Christ as King, and we as part of the Body of Christ, are adopted into His Kingdom.
Isaiah 6:5-7 5 So I said: “Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, The Lord of hosts.” 6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth with it, and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; Your iniquity is taken away, And your sin purged.”
Isaiah saw the King of glory and his own unworthiness but in Him Isaiah’s sin was taken away.
Hebrews 1:1-3 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
The triune Godhead spoke through the prophets in the Old Testament but now through Holy Spirit He guides us into understanding. We were purged of our sin in our faith in Jesus the Christ who died for our sins and the sins of all those who believe. He is the firstborn of those of us saved by God’s mercy and grace.
Hebrews 1:6-8 But when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all the angels of God worship Him.” 7 And of the angels He says: “Who makes His angels spirits And His ministers a flame of fire.” 8 But to the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
We can’t hide from our Creator. Once we’ve been enlightened by the teachings of the Holy Spirit, who lives in us as believers, we realize how incredibly unworthy we are. All our pride fades away, and He fills us with His heart of love for all of His creation. One day, we’ll see Him in all His glory.
The word of God is so powerful that it can cut right through our souls and spirits, which were made in God’s image. Jesus, the first born of man by the power of Holy Spirit, was the first person to be saved by God’s mercy and grace, and He will be the last as He rules as God. The Lord of hosts is holy, and His glory fills the whole earth. We are all fallen people who believe in God, and one day, we will see the King of kings and the Lord of lords, who was promised to the forefathers of Israel.
Ephesians 1:18-22 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. 22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Jesus, our Lord and Savior, endured immense suffering, death, and resurrection. His selfless sacrifice gave us the opportunity to reconcile with the Father and become part of His divine family. As believers, we are united with Him as the head of the Body of Christ.
Colossians 1:13-18 13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. 18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
In God the Son, we find redemption and the forgiveness of our sins. He’s the image of the invisible God. Through Him and for Him, everything was created. He’s the head of the Body of Christ, so He can receive the glory.
Israel had the promise of the Kingdom. As members of the Body of Christ, we’re all one in Him, with Jesus as our head. When we believe in the Him, by faith, the Holy Spirit brings us into the Body of Christ. Carla
Appearing improperly before a king could lead to death. Isaiah is unprepared, which intensifies the situation. Isaiah is cleansed of sin so that he can remain in the divine presence and live to tell about it. Atonement achieved a ritual cleansing of sin, usually by means of blood sacrifice. The Hebrew word used here can mean covering over or wiping away. Atonement restores the relationship between God and sinners. Isaiah’s atonement without sacrifice illustrates God’s freedom to extend mercy by His grace. Faithlife Study Bible
Confronted with this vision of the Lord, Isaiah realized that he was under judgment—that he was undone. He must have thought that he had come to the end of his life. I am a man of unclean lips: Isaiah knew that he was a sinner. He realized that his lips were the only ones not giving God praise in that setting. Isaiah’s plight is the plight of every person. No one, in his or her present state, is capable of standing before the Holy One (Psalm 24:3). After contemplating the death of Uzziah Isaiah had seen the King who will never die. The live coal from the altar symbolizes both the purification of blood and the fire of the Spirit that enabled the prophet to speak. From that point on, his words would be light to his hearers and power to those who would listen. The fact that a coal from the altar was used reminds us that ultimately all sin is forgiven because of a sacrifice. The sacrifices on the temple altar point to the ultimate sacrifice of the Savior Jesus. God sovereignly and graciously forgave Isaiah’s sin. Isaiah had a personal Day of Atonement before the Lord. This word alludes to the Israelite practice of symbolically placing the sins of the people on a scapegoat and driving that goat into the wilderness.
The Hebrew word translated purged means “covered” and is the same word that is translated atonement. The NKJ Study Bible
Jeremiah 1:9 Then the LORD put forth His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me:“Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
Daniel 10:16 And suddenly, one having the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips; then I opened my mouth and spoke, saying to him who stood before me, “My lord, because of the vision my sorrows have overwhelmed me, and I have retained no strength.
Luke 5:8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!”
Exodus 6:30 But Moses said before the LORD, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh heed me
Here’s the deal: Care of any kind begins with self-care. We too easily don’t see or make the connection. We see shifts and threats to our life and our world, and then we set out, mentally and emotionally and behaviorally, to make changes, as if we need to find “the precise script”. Wondering, where should we be (instead of where we are)?
Forgetting that even when life is catawampus, our choices—to care and give and make a difference—spill from our replenished self. From that replenished place we can see, listen, relinquish assumptions, and choose to make the world—our small world that we touch—a safe, compassionate, inclusive, kindhearted, healing place.
And to see in this life, this day, even in the very muddle of the ordinary, even in the very chaos of the ordinary gone awry, the permission to experience a whiff of the holy.
That God is not waiting until we have it all figured out.
The gift of life is in this present moment.
Yes. That’s it. We can choose. This is an invitation to participate in this life. To bring all that I am to the table of this moment. To invest my heart. To spill light where I can. What Barbara Kingsolver calls a “conspiracy with life.” Sabbath Moments
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