In 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. Seraphim 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. And one called out to another and said, ?Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts, The whole early is full of His glory." Then I said, Woe is me, for I am ruined! Becasue 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." Isaiah 6:1-5. As a side note King Uzziah was a good king.
This is the only time Isaiah saw the glory of YHWH. The Apostle John refers to this event at John at John 12:36-41 which you can read for yourself but I will quote the most important verse, John 12:41, "These things Isaiah said, BECAUSE HE SAW HIS GLORY, AND HE SPOKE OF HIM."
The verb Isaiah used for "say" at Isaiah 6:1 is "ra'ah". It refers to the act of seeing in the literal sense, tol see with the eyes (as opposed to, for example, "machazeh" which is the act or event of an ecstatic "vision." The Apostle John in refering to this event uses teh Greek word "eidon" also a verb refering to the act of seeing with the eyes in the natural sense.
We also know that God the Father is invisible, "whom no man hath seen, nor can see" according to 1 Timothy 6:16. He is transcendent and lives in unapproachable light, 1 Timothy 6:16. Also the Son is "the image of the invisible God" according to Colossians 1:15. Thus the one whom Isaiah "saw" in the literal sense with his eyes is the one whom he explicitly idnetified as "YHWH" the same one whose glory he saw according to John at John 12:41.
Jesus Himself makes this clear at John 12:45, "And he who seeth Me seeth the One who sent Me." Keep in mind it was John under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit that previously identified the one who became flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:14) as "God" at John 1:1. In short, Isaiah saw the glory of God/Jesus Christ who is clearly identified by the Apostle John as God Himself or as Isaiah put it at Isaiah 6:5, "For my eyes have seen the Kingd, the Lord of hosts."
IN GOD THE SON,
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This is the only time Isaiah saw the glory of YHWH. The Apostle John refers to this event at John at John 12:36-41 which you can read for yourself but I will quote the most important verse, John 12:41, "These things Isaiah said, BECAUSE HE SAW HIS GLORY, AND HE SPOKE OF HIM."
The verb Isaiah used for "say" at Isaiah 6:1 is "ra'ah". It refers to the act of seeing in the literal sense, tol see with the eyes (as opposed to, for example, "machazeh" which is the act or event of an ecstatic "vision." The Apostle John in refering to this event uses teh Greek word "eidon" also a verb refering to the act of seeing with the eyes in the natural sense.
We also know that God the Father is invisible, "whom no man hath seen, nor can see" according to 1 Timothy 6:16. He is transcendent and lives in unapproachable light, 1 Timothy 6:16. Also the Son is "the image of the invisible God" according to Colossians 1:15. Thus the one whom Isaiah "saw" in the literal sense with his eyes is the one whom he explicitly idnetified as "YHWH" the same one whose glory he saw according to John at John 12:41.
Jesus Himself makes this clear at John 12:45, "And he who seeth Me seeth the One who sent Me." Keep in mind it was John under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit that previously identified the one who became flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:14) as "God" at John 1:1. In short, Isaiah saw the glory of God/Jesus Christ who is clearly identified by the Apostle John as God Himself or as Isaiah put it at Isaiah 6:5, "For my eyes have seen the Kingd, the Lord of hosts."
IN GOD THE SON,
bluto