In chapter 6 of the book of the prophet Isaiah, it says that Isaiah saw the LORD sitting on a high and exalted throne in the year of King Uzziah’s death, while God’s hem filled the temple.
Here Isaiah saw seraphim above the throne of God with six wings, two of which covered their faces and two their feet, while they flew with the third pair of wings.
The Cry of the Triple ‘Holy!’ and YAHWEH-ZEBAOTH
Meanwhile, they shouted the word ‘Holy!’ three times and proclaimed that the land was full of the glory of the LORD of hosts. As a result, the doorposts in the threshold of the throne room shook and the temple in the spirit realm was filled with smoke (cf. Isaiah 6:1-4).
Isaiah 6:1-4:
1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple.
2 Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: with two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.
3 And they were calling to one another: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.’
4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.
This glory is associated with the character of God as YAHWEH-ZEBAOTH or also as LORD of hosts or armies. It is thus a militant glory that extends over the earth and operates from a different realm of time with greater duration, as the realm of the stars acting on the earth realm so that there is the smashing of evil (cf. Judges 5:20-21).
Judges 5:20-21:
20 From the heavens the stars fought, from their courses they fought against Sisera.
21 The River Kishon swept them away, the age-old river, the River Kishon. March on, my soul; be strong!
The Death of King Uzziah and the Grain of Wheat that Fell into the Earth
Jesus said in John 12:24 that if the grain of wheat did not fall into the ground and dies, it would remain alone, but if it dies, it will bear much fruit. This statement by Christ in connection with the death of King Uzziah should make it clear to us at this time what God’s plan involves in a period of change.
Whenever God brings about His plan of change, it is inevitable that we will have to say goodbye to an outdated or former structure in order to be able to produce greater fruit.
In connection with the name ‘Uzziah => My strength is YAHWEH’, this means that the LORD wants us to increase in spiritual strength. The explanation also reveals that whenever a righteous person dies on earth, they leave behind a potential spiritual inheritance.
The time when King Uzziah died was a period set by God to increase the strength of the LORD. Since the LORD is also the God of generations, He always allows righteous people to increase in blessing where He finds them in the generational line (cf. Exodus 20:6).
Exodus 20:6:
… 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
Prophets in Times of Transition and the Call to Enter into the Triple ‘Holy!’
In the year of King Uzziah’s death, Isaiah was raised up as a prophet into the throne room of God to see the kingship of God with the purpose of instructing God’s people in it. This means that in times of transition, in shifts in authority, the LORD gives His prophets a detailed insight into His royal presence so that they can begin to tell and instruct God’s people.
We are encouraged as the people of God to enter into the sound of the triple ‘Holy!’ that comes with a new season. This triple ‘Holy!’ was proclaimed from the angelic structure of the ‘seraphim – the burning, the fiery, the refining ones’ into the spiritual atmosphere of Isaiah’s sojourn so that the thresholds shook.
This is a reference to the shaking of a fulfilled measure of time and at the same time a new realm of time that is linked to God’s level of government as well as His righteous judgments that reveal His glory (cf. Daniel 7:9-10).
Daniel 7:9-10:
9 ‘As I looked, ‘thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was as white as snow; the hair of his head was white like wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze.
10 A river of fire was flowing, coming out from before him. Thousands upon thousands attended him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The court was seated, and the books were opened.
At this point, it is of great importance to note that the spiritual angelic dimension in Daniel 7 is categorized as ‘thousands upon thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand’, whereas in Revelation 5:11 this is stated in the opposite way.
Revelation 5:11 (KJV):
11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; …
This is not a contradiction, but rather a reference to another spiritual level that is preceded by hidden prophecy, because a short time later the Lamb of God begins to open the seven seals of the scroll that He previously received from the right hand of Him who sat on the throne (cf. Revelation 6:1).
Revelation 6:1:
1 I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, ‘Come!’
Manasseh and Ephraim and the Measure of the Angels before the Throne
The fiery presence of God’s righteousness from Daniel 7:9-10 carries a hidden power of God’s judgments that makes us forget in a positive way (Note: The name ‘Manasseh’ means ‘He who makes forget.’), due to the blessing of Moses that Manasseh is associated with the thousands and Ephraim with the tens of thousands, in which we can recognize the measure of God’s angels before the throne (cf. Deuteronomy 33:17).
Deuteronomy 33:17:
17 In majesty he is like a firstborn bull; his horns are the horns of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even those at the ends of the earth. Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim; such are the thousands of Manasseh.’
The ‘bull’ is called ‘šôr’ in Hebrew and has horns pointing directly forward, just as it is written about the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh in Deuteronomy 33:17.
Thus, the fiery righteous presence of God encompasses a measure of the fighting glory of God that blasts away evil without compromise.
The Hebrew word for ‘horn’ is ‘qärän’ and reveals strength and power. According to the Word of God, it is used as a shofar and as an anointing vessel.
The Hebrew word ‘to shine – qāran’ as used in Exodus 34:29 is closely related to the Hebrew word for ‘horn – qärän’.
Exodus 34:29:
29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant [Note: had horns] because he had spoken with the Lord.
This means that Moses reflected the face of God in the form of the bull, while he was surrounded by the fatherhood of God in the form of the priesthood and accompanied by the spirit of strength. The presence of God with which Moses was surrounded resulted in the manifestation of the fear of the LORD amid the people of Israel (cf. Exodus 34:30).
Exodus 34:30:
30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant [Note: Hebrew ‘qāran’), and they were afraid to come near him.
The Hebrew Letter ‘Aleph’
The ‘bull’ is also associated with the Hebrew letter ‘Aleph’, which has the numerical value ‘1’ and means, among other things, ‘ox, leader, strength, master/LORD’. The pictographic representation of the Hebrew letter ‘Aleph’ is a ‘bull’s head’.
The ‘Aleph’ is the so-called ‘Father letter’ because everything begins with the Father, who as the Almighty is the beginning and end of everything, and the Hebrew word for ‘Father – āb’ begins with an ‘Aleph’ (cf. Revelation 1:8).
Revelation 1:8:
8 ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, ‘who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.’
This shows that all judgments are based on the presence of the Father, who demands that justice be established on earth by ‘repelling’ or putting evil in its place (cf. Isaiah 26:9 i.c.w. Revelation 19:2; Deuteronomy 32:35-36).
Isaiah 26:9:
9 My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
Revelation 19:2:
‘… 2 for true and just are his judgments. He has condemned the great prostitute who corrupted the earth by her adulteries. He has avenged on her the blood of his servants.’
Deuteronomy 32:35-36:
35 It is mine to avenge; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; their day of disaster is near and their doom rushes upon them.’
36 The Lord will vindicate his people and relent concerning his servants when he sees their strength is gone and no-one is left, slave or free.
The Triple ‘Holy!’ from the Mouth of the Four Living Beings
In addition, there is another triple ‘Holy!’ that comes from the mouths of the four beings (cf. Revelation 4:8).
Revelation 4:8:
8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all round, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying: ‘ “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,” who was, and is, and is to come.’
According to the biblical passage just mentioned, the exclamation of the triple ‘Holy!’ goes hand in hand with the correct recognition of the moment amid temporary time. The temporary time is connected to the beginning and the end and is arranged in a linear form, like a river.
The angelic presence of the seraphim in Isaiah 6 and that of the four living creatures in Revelation 4 each carry six wings, which in this context is a reference to the spiritual presence of heaven that affects people who are on earth. This is why we know that man – Adam was created by God on the sixth day and God is spirit (cf. Genesis 1:26-27.31 i.c.w. John 4:24a).
Genesis 1:26-27.31:
26 Then God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.’
27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. …
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning – the sixth day.
John 4:24a:
24a God is spirit, …
The Correct Understanding of God’s Judgments and the Sojourn in the Throne Room of the LORD
To properly understand the judgments and verdicts of God, we need to be in and not before the throne room. These things can we only understand by standing in the center of God’s garment, much like the prophet Isaiah, which signifies the relationship with Him as the Heavenly Father in His royalty.
It is in the throne room behind the door where Jesus Christ appears in a new spiritual facet, namely as the Lamb of God and King of kings in highest authority (cf. Isaiah 6:1 i.c.w. Revelation 5:6; Revelation 17:14).
Isaiah 6:1:
1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple.
Revelation 5:6:
6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the centre of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
Revelation 17:14:
‘… 14 They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings – and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.’
It is the Lamb of God who identifies with the reign of the LORD, His character as well as the wisdom God has imparted to His ecclesia, to become revelatory in terms of the righteousness of God (cf. Revelation 5:6-7).
Revelation 5:6-7:
6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the centre of the throne [Note: government], encircled by the four living creatures [Note: character] and the elders [Note: God’s imparted wisdom to the ecclesia]. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
7 He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.
If we are not willing to stand in this cooperation of the threefold ‘Holy!’ and the recognition of His authority, we cannot comprehend or welcome God’s righteousness and judgments, which is what we are meant to do as ecclesia.
Even more it is up to us to allow the Holy Spirit to lead us into grace and truth, to make ourselves one with the nature of God, which is always holy, and to lay aside everything else. Only in recognizing and acknowledging the royalty of our Father do we come to the maturity that we love Christ, the Lamb of God, in such a way that we as God’s people want to reign in Him and not give up.
Amen and Amen.
In His Wisdom,
Daniel Glimm