February 23rd, 2026
by Reed Bradley
by Reed Bradley
Isaiah 6:1-5
1 “In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
3 And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!”
4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!””6 “Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth and said: 'Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for./”
What does it mean to say God is ‘Holy’? We use the word regularly in song to praise the Lord, and the angels call out perpetually to one another proclaiming it! To be ‘holy’ in it’s simplest understanding is to be set apart and pure. The Lord is the pinnacle of what it is to be holy.
Indeed this is the picture we see of the LORD here in Isaiah. He is apart, He is beyond anything and everything! He is far above the earth, just the tail end of his garments overflows the temple! Not only that but the burning radiance of His purity leaves the prophet humbled and undone! This is the LORD of hosts in whom is pure perfection! Truly none of us measure anything by compare!
The scene is referenced again in Revelation 4 and the same song is echoed forth into eternity “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty!”
Have you considered the Holiness of God is so grand in scope that we cannot praise it enough? Even given all of eternity we will never cease to find reason to sing these words! Holy Holy Holy! So pure and apart is the Lord and yet fearsomely near that we along with the prophet should cry out ‘Woe is me!” How can we a sinful people stand before this Holy God? Only because of the sacrifice of Christ upon the cross! He is the burning coal of atonement that makes us clean.
As we prepare our hearts for celebrating Easter let us come in awe before our Holy God, knowing is is only because of the price paid by Christ that we can stand before Him at all!
1 “In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
3 And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!”
4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!””6 “Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth and said: 'Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for./”
What does it mean to say God is ‘Holy’? We use the word regularly in song to praise the Lord, and the angels call out perpetually to one another proclaiming it! To be ‘holy’ in it’s simplest understanding is to be set apart and pure. The Lord is the pinnacle of what it is to be holy.
Indeed this is the picture we see of the LORD here in Isaiah. He is apart, He is beyond anything and everything! He is far above the earth, just the tail end of his garments overflows the temple! Not only that but the burning radiance of His purity leaves the prophet humbled and undone! This is the LORD of hosts in whom is pure perfection! Truly none of us measure anything by compare!
The scene is referenced again in Revelation 4 and the same song is echoed forth into eternity “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty!”
Have you considered the Holiness of God is so grand in scope that we cannot praise it enough? Even given all of eternity we will never cease to find reason to sing these words! Holy Holy Holy! So pure and apart is the Lord and yet fearsomely near that we along with the prophet should cry out ‘Woe is me!” How can we a sinful people stand before this Holy God? Only because of the sacrifice of Christ upon the cross! He is the burning coal of atonement that makes us clean.
As we prepare our hearts for celebrating Easter let us come in awe before our Holy God, knowing is is only because of the price paid by Christ that we can stand before Him at all!
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