Please read Isaiah 6:1-5
This passage describes a tremendous
scene that depicts worship of the Most High God in its most primal stage. The seraphim of verse 2 exist for no reason
but to give glory to the LORD and do this without the veil of sin but remain
fearful of the awesome power of the Almighty! We see this in their
demonstration of the unnecessary veil, as well as in the words they use to
describe the King of Kings who sits on the throne!
Each of these beings covers their face,
and feet with a set of wings. Though
they are without sin, they are overcome by a fear of the LORD that requires
that they cover themselves in order to keep from offending their King.
They cover their feet, I believe,
because even without sin, their existence is an affront to the Holiness of the LORD
of Hosts. The difference between the
Creator and His creation is infinite.
There is no way to quantify the difference between God and everything
else, except to say that there is God…and everything else.
This statement helps to expose the
reason why these seraphim also cover their face. Not that their face makes a mockery of God,
but that the act of viewing God proposes the idea of equality. Even without sin, these seraphim, who exist
to worship the Father, are yet unworthy to look upon His face.
After seeing this glorious display of
worship, we are able to view Isaiah’s actions in a far more informed light.
Isaiah’s immediate reaction to the
scene is to admit the truth about what should happen to him. He indicates that the proper actions
concerning him being able to see the throne room is fear. He fears the Holiness of God, the Power of
God, and the Sovereignty of God. Isaiah
knows that because of his sin, he should be destroyed because he entered the
presence of the Lord of Hosts. Isaiah
does the only thing that his fear will allow him to do; he bows, and waits on
the word of the Lord.
Fear of the LORD culminates into the physical
and spiritual posture of worship…
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