Holy Is the Lord [Isaiah 5-6]

 1In the year of King Uzziah's death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple.

 2Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

 3And one called out to another and said,
         "Holy, Holy, Holy, is the LORD of hosts,
         The whole earth is full of His glory."

 4And the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the temple was filling with smoke.

 5Then I said,
         "Woe is me, for I am ruined!
         Because I am a man of unclean lips,
         And I live among a people of unclean lips;
         For my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts."

 6Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs.

 7He touched my mouth with it and said, "Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away and your sin is forgiven."


What a beautiful picture of what God has provided for us.  Christ is our burning coal.  "Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away and your sin is forgiven."  Now we can look at the "King, the LORD of hosts."  We can be in His presence and see His glory without feeling woe and without being ruined.



"Holy, Holy, Holy, is the LORD of hosts,  the whole earth is full of His glory."

Verna McCrillis, 10/30/2009