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SEASON 1, WEEK 4: DAY 2
The Holy One (Isaiah 6:1-8)
ISAIAH PROPHESIED TO A NATION seeing God's judgment on them for sin and often used the title 'Holy One of Israel' in contrast to Israel's behavior. Ours is the same holy God and we too can see the Lord through Isaiah's eyes.
And it took the breath out of Isaiah. This was no place for him; he was out of his element. The holiness of God is no environment for man to be in. --R. T. France, The Living God (IVP-UK)
1. What would Isaiah learn from his vision of the Lord and the seraphim (vv. 1-4)?
2. How did his response in v. 5 show the impact of his vision? Notice what had to be dealt with before he was commissioned (vv. 6-7).
3. In what terms did Isaiah describe the Israelites at the start of his prophecy (1:1-4)? What was their attitude toward God?
4. But the Holy One does not act in malice and punitive glee. How does Isaiah 30:8-18 show this? What is God's longing? Note Isaiah's constant use of 'The Holy One.'
Isaiah 43:1-7 prophesied of God's care for Israel after the exile, which the nation suffered because of her sin. Notice the linking of 'Savior' with the title 'Holy One of Israel.' The Lord longs to be gracious to you too. Make sure unconfessed sin is not in the way.
The LORD. Why the capitals? It is a translation of the Hebrew word Yahweh, a name for God, and is really the name for God. In particular, Yahweh was the God of the patriarchs, as we read in Exodus 3:15. Yahweh is a proper noun, the name of a person, though that person is divine. It brought God near to humankind, and he spoke to the patriarchs as one friend to another.
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