WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.900 We are in a season of church called Glimpses of Glory and Grace. 00:00:09.359 --> 00:00:11.740 We're in the book of Isaiah. 00:00:13.200 --> 00:00:21.960 700 years before the life of Jesus, a man called Isaiah spoke God's words to the kings of Jerusalem. 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:27.760 They were words of judgment, predicting the nation's rebellion against God. 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:37.740 They were also words of hope in a redeemer who God would raise up to pay for the sin of God's people and turn away God's wrath. 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:48.980 Isaiah's words in the impact that he made outlived the kings that he served and even Isaiah himself. 00:00:48.979 --> 00:00:58.000 Isaiah's words spoke directly into the spiritual needs of God's people and they speak to our needs too. 00:00:59.559 --> 00:01:05.219 These chapters are glimpses of God as glorious and gracious. 00:01:05.219 --> 00:01:10.420 All people need something more glorious than what they can find in this world. 00:01:11.420 --> 00:01:16.859 And all people need grace if God is who he says he is. 00:01:17.500 --> 00:01:27.359 He's so wonderful and amazing and perfect and powerful and mighty and majestic that we're going to need his help. 00:01:27.359 --> 00:01:34.780 If we, the broken people of this broken world, are going to come to him. 00:01:36.019 --> 00:01:41.379 You and I need Isaiah, this book, in our life. 00:01:45.780 --> 00:01:51.519 Theologian Tim Chester says that Isaiah is like a bridge. 00:01:51.519 --> 00:02:07.299 A bridge between our side of history and the cross of Jesus Christ, reaching back to the origins of a nation called Israel, who God chose to be his people. 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:17.740 Isaiah is a bridge, a connection for those who find forgiveness in freedom in the Messiah in 2023. 00:02:17.740 --> 00:02:23.260 But also for those who knew the Messiah only as a promise. 00:02:24.760 --> 00:02:35.620 A gracious promise that one day he would save the then divided nation of Israel and Judah through his coming Messiah King. 00:02:37.140 --> 00:02:41.280 Every year we quote Isaiah at Easter time and at Christmas. 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:49.060 It's because of these many glimpses that Isaiah gives us of who this Messiah is going to be. 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:50.960 What his nature is going to be. 00:02:51.099 --> 00:02:52.099 What he's going to do. 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:53.979 What his kingdom is going to look like. 00:02:54.180 --> 00:02:55.439 Even how he's going to be born. 00:02:55.740 --> 00:02:56.860 How he's going to die. 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:01.139 Isaiah has unrivaled depth and clarity. 00:03:02.199 --> 00:03:04.539 It's the coolest pair of sunnies in the Old Testament. 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:09.620 That we get to look through and see who the Messiah is going to be. 00:03:11.280 --> 00:03:24.819 So in this series you're going to see that the God of the Old Testament that we hear about in Isaiah is the same God that in history is recorded in the New Testament. 00:03:26.180 --> 00:03:27.759 He is most holy. 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:32.479 He brings justice and fair judgment for sin. 00:03:32.479 --> 00:03:37.659 He is by nature merciful, loving and compassionate. 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:41.239 Providing hope to all nations. 00:03:41.979 --> 00:03:44.879 I honestly can't wait to share more of Isaiah. 00:03:45.599 --> 00:03:47.759 The bridge of Isaiah with you. 00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:51.459 As we see glimpses of this glorious and gracious God. 00:03:51.460 --> 00:03:56.379 So we're going to start in chapters 1 to 5. 00:03:58.260 --> 00:04:03.800 And then as we go through today we're going to get to Isaiah 6. 00:04:03.860 --> 00:04:07.379 And we're going to spend most of our time there in Isaiah 6 as Anne has read out. 00:04:07.460 --> 00:04:07.920 Thank you Anne. 00:04:09.819 --> 00:04:11.120 So let's open up our Bible. 00:04:11.819 --> 00:04:13.020 Make sure we've got Isaiah open. 00:04:13.580 --> 00:04:14.980 Turn to chapter 1. 00:04:14.979 --> 00:04:20.180 And I'm going to, no, I'm not going to read the whole thing. 00:04:21.620 --> 00:04:25.800 We're going to start our journey and step across this bridge. 00:04:27.379 --> 00:04:31.279 Isaiah is a bit like watching an opera. 00:04:31.879 --> 00:04:32.920 Or a symphony. 00:04:34.060 --> 00:04:35.219 Or a musical. 00:04:37.139 --> 00:04:40.939 Like these, Isaiah begins with an overture. 00:04:40.939 --> 00:04:46.100 An overture is a musical preview. 00:04:46.699 --> 00:04:52.500 It contains all, many of the melodies that are to come in the performance. 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:56.180 The emotional movements of the story to come. 00:04:57.560 --> 00:05:00.959 We might not know why the tune sounds like that yet. 00:05:02.300 --> 00:05:07.300 But the overture gives us that feeling and the gravity of what's going to come next. 00:05:07.319 --> 00:05:08.680 Just without all the details. 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:12.379 It opens our ears and focuses our minds. 00:05:13.160 --> 00:05:18.420 So let's listen to three melodies that we're going to hear through Isaiah. 00:05:19.040 --> 00:05:22.120 In Isaiah's prophetic overture. 00:05:24.300 --> 00:05:35.040 The first melody is this intimidating and fearsome, unstoppable melody of judgment and exile. 00:05:35.040 --> 00:05:37.379 God himself says, 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:43.520 I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. 00:05:45.040 --> 00:05:48.920 God pronounces judgment after judgment. 00:05:50.220 --> 00:05:52.480 Woes on his people. 00:05:52.480 --> 00:05:59.220 He foreshadows a time of loss and pain in chapters 1 to 5. 00:06:00.020 --> 00:06:02.340 Like it's already happening to Israel. 00:06:02.340 --> 00:06:06.280 He even calls Israel by two awful names. 00:06:06.960 --> 00:06:08.500 Sodom and Gomorrah. 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:14.379 Two cities that were judged for their exceptional wickedness. 00:06:14.379 --> 00:06:18.579 As he was to those two cities. 00:06:18.719 --> 00:06:23.839 God is weary of Israel's wickedness and empty prayers. 00:06:25.180 --> 00:06:27.040 This melody is bleak. 00:06:28.420 --> 00:06:35.740 And Isaiah uses imagery to help us understand how bleak it is. 00:06:35.740 --> 00:06:39.939 These are the different instruments that are playing this melody. 00:06:41.280 --> 00:06:42.379 Here are a few. 00:06:44.379 --> 00:06:50.079 Their fall be like the shattering of a mighty falling tree. 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:55.800 Like seductive women who will have their beauty taken away. 00:06:56.740 --> 00:07:01.879 Like staggering drunks who are deceived and pushed by evil people into pits. 00:07:02.719 --> 00:07:04.800 Like fools led by children. 00:07:05.259 --> 00:07:07.639 They're going to wildly go astray. 00:07:09.939 --> 00:07:11.579 Isaiah even sings. 00:07:12.899 --> 00:07:14.120 Told you it was a musical. 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:18.879 He sings this mournful love song. 00:07:20.300 --> 00:07:24.519 I will sing for the one I love about a song about his vineyard. 00:07:24.939 --> 00:07:27.959 My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:31.660 The vineyard of the Lord Almighty is the nation of Israel. 00:07:31.899 --> 00:07:34.959 And the people of Judah are the vines he delighted in. 00:07:35.740 --> 00:07:37.920 He looked for justice but saw bloodshed. 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:42.079 For righteousness but heard cries of distress. 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:44.699 Can you hear the melody? 00:07:46.099 --> 00:07:49.079 Can you hear the main theme of this overture? 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:50.079 It's terrifying. 00:07:53.060 --> 00:07:58.779 But interwoven with woe after woe, horror after horror, 00:07:58.899 --> 00:08:02.039 are these two sweet melodies. 00:08:02.779 --> 00:08:06.060 And as we go through Isaiah, as you read through Isaiah yourself, 00:08:06.360 --> 00:08:08.000 and as we explore it as a church, 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:10.699 I want to encourage you to be looking for these 00:08:10.699 --> 00:08:15.560 and listening for these two melodies in the symphony of Isaiah. 00:08:15.899 --> 00:08:20.439 And the first is the soft call of grace. 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:26.779 In chapter one, we can see that there is forgiveness. 00:08:27.459 --> 00:08:30.560 There is a chance for Israel and Judah, 00:08:31.500 --> 00:08:33.539 God's people, to turn things around. 00:08:33.539 --> 00:08:36.339 God says to them, 00:08:36.819 --> 00:08:38.799 though your sins are like scarlet, 00:08:39.740 --> 00:08:41.699 they shall be white as snow. 00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:45.219 Though they are red as crimson, 00:08:45.939 --> 00:08:47.539 they shall be like wool. 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:50.299 And how will God do this? 00:08:52.259 --> 00:08:58.019 How could God be leading Israel to ruin 00:08:58.019 --> 00:09:02.480 and also make them pure before him? 00:09:04.199 --> 00:09:06.259 Well, we get a glimpse of a name in this tune. 00:09:06.879 --> 00:09:08.519 In chapter four, verse two, 00:09:08.919 --> 00:09:11.539 the name of this redeemer, 00:09:11.860 --> 00:09:13.860 this one who will save, 00:09:13.939 --> 00:09:16.179 is called the branch of the Lord, 00:09:16.179 --> 00:09:18.779 one who will bring shelter and cleansing 00:09:18.779 --> 00:09:21.799 to the people of this broken, 00:09:22.939 --> 00:09:24.600 wayward vineyard. 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:27.980 And then melody number two, 00:09:28.379 --> 00:09:32.240 after the chords crash with a crescendo 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:37.399 and there's the empty space after in this overture. 00:09:38.300 --> 00:09:40.800 There's these ever so quiet promises 00:09:40.800 --> 00:09:43.700 of eternal hope. 00:09:43.700 --> 00:09:48.740 Isaiah 1.26 says that there will be a day 00:09:48.740 --> 00:09:50.720 where Jerusalem, 00:09:51.379 --> 00:09:52.540 the capital of Israel, 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:54.780 will be restored forever. 00:09:56.160 --> 00:09:56.900 And later, 00:09:57.660 --> 00:09:58.680 in chapter two, 00:09:59.560 --> 00:10:01.560 that every nation will gather 00:10:01.560 --> 00:10:03.640 to live for God there 00:10:03.640 --> 00:10:04.960 in joy. 00:10:06.080 --> 00:10:07.420 In the last days, 00:10:07.520 --> 00:10:08.740 the mountain of the Lord's temple 00:10:08.740 --> 00:10:09.680 will be established 00:10:09.680 --> 00:10:11.420 as the highest of the mountains. 00:10:11.419 --> 00:10:13.199 It will be exalted above the hills 00:10:13.199 --> 00:10:15.319 and all nations will stream to it. 00:10:15.779 --> 00:10:17.699 Many peoples will come to it and say, 00:10:18.479 --> 00:10:20.439 come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, 00:10:20.559 --> 00:10:22.079 to the temple of the God of Jacob. 00:10:22.379 --> 00:10:23.839 He will teach us his ways 00:10:23.839 --> 00:10:26.479 so that we may walk in his paths. 00:10:27.759 --> 00:10:30.779 A day of restoration is coming. 00:10:30.779 --> 00:10:36.959 One to five of Isaiah, 00:10:37.100 --> 00:10:37.959 the overture, 00:10:39.459 --> 00:10:42.220 promises that Isaiah as a whole 00:10:42.220 --> 00:10:44.799 is going to sound like overwhelming judgment, 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:48.199 especially for our ears 00:10:48.199 --> 00:10:49.600 thousands of years later. 00:10:50.439 --> 00:10:53.399 But keep listening to those recurring melodies 00:10:53.399 --> 00:10:56.079 of the grace of God 00:10:56.079 --> 00:10:57.819 and his promise of forgiveness 00:10:57.819 --> 00:10:58.899 and eternal hope. 00:10:58.899 --> 00:11:01.699 God will bring justice and redemption 00:11:01.699 --> 00:11:05.360 for his multi-ethnic people 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:08.220 and he will declare them 00:11:08.220 --> 00:11:09.819 holy. 00:11:12.399 --> 00:11:13.000 Holy. 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:18.139 But now the movement of the symphony 00:11:18.139 --> 00:11:19.600 unfolds in chapter six. 00:11:20.939 --> 00:11:24.340 The orchestra crescendos into something new 00:11:24.340 --> 00:11:28.300 and the curtains part 00:11:28.300 --> 00:11:30.120 and the cast come out 00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:32.280 to start the first number 00:11:32.280 --> 00:11:33.600 and so we see 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:36.280 what will happen next. 00:11:37.240 --> 00:11:38.440 So I'm going to pray 00:11:38.440 --> 00:11:40.139 before we explore further 00:11:40.139 --> 00:11:41.740 in Isaiah chapter six. 00:11:42.139 --> 00:11:42.500 Let's pray. 00:11:45.180 --> 00:11:45.780 God, 00:11:45.779 --> 00:11:49.240 you have all authority. 00:11:51.240 --> 00:11:52.100 You're gracious 00:11:52.100 --> 00:11:54.000 and you bring hope. 00:11:55.360 --> 00:11:57.799 So I ask that you would graciously change us 00:11:57.799 --> 00:11:59.220 through the words of this old book. 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:03.439 Speak to us as if promised by your Holy Spirit 00:12:03.439 --> 00:12:07.019 so that we see you for who you've always been, 00:12:07.419 --> 00:12:08.459 who you were to Israel, 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:10.600 who you were to Isaiah 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:13.500 and who you will always be 00:12:13.500 --> 00:12:14.580 to us. 00:12:15.779 --> 00:12:16.139 Amen. 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:17.920 Amen. 00:12:19.320 --> 00:12:20.800 When I first moved to Sydney, 00:12:21.100 --> 00:12:23.320 it was mid-2000s 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:25.980 and everyone I met 00:12:25.980 --> 00:12:27.399 when they were talking, 00:12:27.560 --> 00:12:28.639 when I was getting to know them, 00:12:28.779 --> 00:12:29.580 they would talk 00:12:29.580 --> 00:12:30.600 about 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:32.940 a season of life 00:12:32.940 --> 00:12:33.659 that came before 00:12:33.659 --> 00:12:34.740 when I wasn't in Sydney 00:12:34.740 --> 00:12:36.740 and the season of life now 00:12:36.740 --> 00:12:37.639 that I kind of knew 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:38.200 and understood. 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:40.340 Chatswood looked very different. 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:42.080 The train station 00:12:42.080 --> 00:12:44.139 was a totally different shape. 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:47.060 Right now, 00:12:47.560 --> 00:12:48.519 I'd need a map 00:12:48.519 --> 00:12:50.120 of how it used to be 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:51.019 to try and remember it. 00:12:51.080 --> 00:12:52.060 Everything is so different 00:12:52.060 --> 00:12:52.759 just over there. 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:56.879 Everyone I met 00:12:56.879 --> 00:12:59.320 when I came to Sydney, 00:12:59.399 --> 00:13:00.759 when I was getting to know them, 00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:02.320 marked time 00:13:02.320 --> 00:13:03.899 by talking about 00:13:03.899 --> 00:13:05.340 a season of life before, 00:13:06.340 --> 00:13:07.259 something happened 00:13:07.259 --> 00:13:09.000 and life now. 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:10.399 And that event 00:13:10.399 --> 00:13:13.159 happened in 2001 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:15.580 because people would say 00:13:15.580 --> 00:13:18.039 before September 11 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:21.139 or after September 11. 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:28.259 Terrorist attacks in the USA 00:13:28.259 --> 00:13:29.679 changed the world 00:13:29.679 --> 00:13:30.960 on September 11. 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:35.100 If you're new to Chatswood, 00:13:35.180 --> 00:13:35.740 you might be hearing 00:13:35.740 --> 00:13:36.320 the same thing. 00:13:37.180 --> 00:13:37.960 If you're new to Sydney, 00:13:38.680 --> 00:13:39.440 you might hear 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:40.360 people talk 00:13:40.360 --> 00:13:42.519 about a before COVID 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:44.700 and an after COVID. 00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:48.280 The event that's brought 00:13:48.280 --> 00:13:50.120 incredible insecurity 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:51.740 and anxiety. 00:13:53.019 --> 00:13:53.680 After COVID, 00:13:53.820 --> 00:13:54.820 identities were 00:13:54.820 --> 00:13:56.200 changed, 00:13:56.200 --> 00:13:57.720 redefined. 00:13:58.960 --> 00:13:59.820 After COVID, 00:13:59.940 --> 00:14:00.900 everything is different 00:14:00.900 --> 00:14:02.640 and we will never 00:14:02.640 --> 00:14:03.280 be the same, 00:14:03.379 --> 00:14:04.480 even if we might want 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:05.700 everything to be 00:14:05.700 --> 00:14:06.700 the same again. 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:11.320 In Isaiah's time, 00:14:11.680 --> 00:14:12.500 the southern kingdom 00:14:12.500 --> 00:14:13.020 of Israel 00:14:13.020 --> 00:14:14.060 had been reigned 00:14:14.060 --> 00:14:15.180 over 00:14:15.180 --> 00:14:16.900 by King Uzziah 00:14:16.900 --> 00:14:18.460 for 50 years. 00:14:19.220 --> 00:14:20.320 Judah had prospered. 00:14:21.600 --> 00:14:22.259 The people 00:14:22.259 --> 00:14:23.900 had followed God. 00:14:23.899 --> 00:14:25.299 They'd even have peace 00:14:25.299 --> 00:14:26.379 from war. 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:29.319 But a northern kingdom 00:14:29.319 --> 00:14:30.559 called Assyria 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:32.319 rose up in great 00:14:32.319 --> 00:14:33.159 military power 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:34.860 and began to 00:14:34.860 --> 00:14:35.679 annihilate 00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:37.220 some of the surrounding 00:14:37.220 --> 00:14:37.860 nations 00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:39.199 of Judah. 00:14:41.179 --> 00:14:42.539 But as long as 00:14:42.539 --> 00:14:43.340 King Uzziah 00:14:43.340 --> 00:14:44.579 was still alive, 00:14:45.879 --> 00:14:46.740 Judah had hope 00:14:46.740 --> 00:14:47.980 that they would be saved. 00:14:50.079 --> 00:14:51.220 But as Judah 00:14:51.220 --> 00:14:52.220 started to 00:14:52.220 --> 00:14:54.220 look elsewhere 00:14:54.220 --> 00:14:55.620 other than God 00:14:55.620 --> 00:14:57.860 for other powerful 00:14:57.860 --> 00:14:59.019 nations to trust, 00:15:02.019 --> 00:15:03.080 hope started 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:03.860 to slide away 00:15:03.860 --> 00:15:06.480 and then it plummeted 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:07.480 because Isaiah 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:08.800 marks his time 00:15:08.800 --> 00:15:09.680 in chapter 6 00:15:09.680 --> 00:15:11.480 with this terrible event. 00:15:12.460 --> 00:15:13.680 In the year 00:15:13.680 --> 00:15:14.899 King Uzziah 00:15:14.899 --> 00:15:15.480 died. 00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:18.740 Here's why you need 00:15:18.740 --> 00:15:19.399 to pay attention 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:20.820 to Isaiah 6. 00:15:20.820 --> 00:15:22.700 In the year 00:15:22.700 --> 00:15:23.540 King Uzziah 00:15:23.540 --> 00:15:24.060 died, 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:25.040 when fear 00:15:25.040 --> 00:15:25.660 was raining 00:15:25.660 --> 00:15:27.400 and everyone 00:15:27.400 --> 00:15:28.260 began to realise 00:15:28.260 --> 00:15:28.860 that they might 00:15:28.860 --> 00:15:29.660 not have any 00:15:29.660 --> 00:15:30.800 hope for their 00:15:30.800 --> 00:15:31.120 future, 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:33.800 God miraculously 00:15:33.800 --> 00:15:35.260 showed up. 00:15:36.379 --> 00:15:37.280 He showed 00:15:37.280 --> 00:15:38.020 Isaiah 00:15:38.020 --> 00:15:39.480 someone 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:41.060 that would 00:15:41.060 --> 00:15:41.480 help him 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:41.879 survive 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:42.400 and even 00:15:42.400 --> 00:15:43.140 thrive. 00:15:44.400 --> 00:15:45.360 And our time 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:46.540 is not Isaiah's, 00:15:46.660 --> 00:15:46.800 but 00:15:46.800 --> 00:15:48.080 after COVID, 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:50.460 we too 00:15:50.460 --> 00:15:50.860 desperately 00:15:50.860 --> 00:15:51.780 need to see 00:15:51.780 --> 00:15:52.960 what Isaiah 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:53.400 saw. 00:15:54.800 --> 00:15:55.620 So what did 00:15:55.620 --> 00:15:56.320 Isaiah see? 00:15:58.900 --> 00:15:59.860 Isaiah says 00:15:59.860 --> 00:16:01.680 in verse 1, 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:03.160 I saw 00:16:03.160 --> 00:16:03.980 the Lord. 00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:07.000 Now the word 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:07.920 here is not 00:16:07.920 --> 00:16:08.520 the common 00:16:08.520 --> 00:16:09.379 Old Testament 00:16:09.379 --> 00:16:11.220 Lord 00:16:11.220 --> 00:16:12.080 in capital 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:12.520 letters, 00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:14.140 which is 00:16:14.140 --> 00:16:14.780 in Hebrew 00:16:14.779 --> 00:16:16.139 that's Yahweh, 00:16:16.939 --> 00:16:17.679 Israel's 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:18.439 special 00:16:18.439 --> 00:16:19.439 name 00:16:19.439 --> 00:16:20.220 for God. 00:16:20.779 --> 00:16:21.159 Rather, 00:16:21.539 --> 00:16:22.159 Israel is 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:23.079 literally saying, 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:25.179 in the year 00:16:25.179 --> 00:16:25.919 King Uzziah 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:26.439 died, 00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:28.559 I saw 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:29.439 the King, 00:16:30.439 --> 00:16:32.179 the Lord. 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:35.319 The scene 00:16:35.319 --> 00:16:35.959 is like 00:16:35.959 --> 00:16:38.319 heaven 00:16:38.319 --> 00:16:39.100 smashed 00:16:39.100 --> 00:16:39.819 down into 00:16:39.819 --> 00:16:40.480 the temple 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:43.300 as Isaiah 00:16:43.300 --> 00:16:44.080 walked in 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:45.300 one day. 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:46.740 We have a 00:16:46.740 --> 00:16:47.060 couple of 00:16:47.060 --> 00:16:47.580 visitors who 00:16:47.580 --> 00:16:47.860 I've met 00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:48.360 this morning. 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.379 Imagine you 00:16:49.379 --> 00:16:50.139 show up to 00:16:50.139 --> 00:16:50.440 church, 00:16:50.700 --> 00:16:51.200 you take a 00:16:51.200 --> 00:16:52.039 step inside 00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:53.779 and you 00:16:53.779 --> 00:16:54.139 see 00:16:54.139 --> 00:16:55.000 this. 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:00.960 Isaiah 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:01.580 sees the 00:17:01.580 --> 00:17:01.920 Lord, 00:17:02.300 --> 00:17:02.840 the King, 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:04.000 on a throne, 00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:05.240 on a high 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:05.860 platform, 00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:07.880 and His 00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:08.599 robe 00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:09.799 filled 00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:10.819 the entire 00:17:10.819 --> 00:17:11.700 floor. 00:17:12.779 --> 00:17:13.259 The temple 00:17:13.259 --> 00:17:13.720 was about 00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:14.299 the size 00:17:14.299 --> 00:17:14.539 of 00:17:14.539 --> 00:17:15.839 the 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:17.659 floor 00:17:17.659 --> 00:17:18.159 space, 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:19.119 the outer 00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:20.519 grassy knoll 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:21.159 area of 00:17:21.159 --> 00:17:21.539 Chatswood 00:17:21.539 --> 00:17:22.180 Concourse. 00:17:23.099 --> 00:17:23.819 Or maybe 00:17:23.819 --> 00:17:24.759 picture a 00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:25.440 football field, 00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:26.220 a soccer 00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:26.639 field, 00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:28.000 football, 00:17:28.180 --> 00:17:28.399 soccer. 00:17:29.500 --> 00:17:30.139 But a 00:17:30.139 --> 00:17:30.879 soccer field, 00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:33.200 that's 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:35.659 the size 00:17:35.659 --> 00:17:36.119 of the 00:17:36.119 --> 00:17:36.579 space 00:17:36.579 --> 00:17:37.440 and God's 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:38.240 majestic 00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:39.779 robe, 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:41.099 symbol of 00:17:41.099 --> 00:17:41.419 His 00:17:41.419 --> 00:17:43.159 power and 00:17:43.159 --> 00:17:44.200 impressiveness, 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:45.039 fills that 00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:45.779 old space. 00:17:46.919 --> 00:17:47.839 Not only is it 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:48.799 totally impractical, 00:17:48.879 --> 00:17:49.480 but it's just 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:50.460 incredible. 00:17:52.460 --> 00:17:53.059 God, 00:17:54.059 --> 00:17:54.859 the Lord, 00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:56.319 the King, 00:17:56.899 --> 00:17:57.559 is beyond 00:17:57.559 --> 00:17:58.039 impressive. 00:17:59.259 --> 00:17:59.659 And Isaiah 00:17:59.659 --> 00:18:00.200 knew who He 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:00.779 was immediately. 00:18:00.779 --> 00:18:00.879 King. 00:18:00.879 --> 00:18:05.680 And then Isaiah 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:07.099 sees who 00:18:07.099 --> 00:18:08.099 attends this 00:18:08.099 --> 00:18:08.500 King, 00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:10.359 the 00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:11.279 Seraphim. 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:16.139 Two beings 00:18:16.139 --> 00:18:17.639 stand huge 00:18:17.639 --> 00:18:19.559 above the 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:19.759 King. 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:19.859 King. 00:18:21.859 --> 00:18:22.180 They have 00:18:22.180 --> 00:18:22.960 six wings, 00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:24.420 covering 00:18:24.420 --> 00:18:25.079 themselves 00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:25.940 with four 00:18:25.940 --> 00:18:26.680 and flying 00:18:26.680 --> 00:18:27.379 with two, 00:18:27.859 --> 00:18:28.299 uniquely 00:18:28.299 --> 00:18:29.319 created for 00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:30.000 this throne 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:30.799 room worship. 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:33.700 Have a 00:18:33.700 --> 00:18:33.960 look 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:36.279 in your 00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:36.599 Bible 00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:38.099 at how 00:18:38.099 --> 00:18:38.379 they're 00:18:38.379 --> 00:18:38.839 described. 00:18:40.119 --> 00:18:40.519 Have a look 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:40.900 right now. 00:18:40.900 --> 00:18:43.800 can you 00:18:43.800 --> 00:18:44.560 picture that? 00:18:46.420 --> 00:18:47.060 Can you 00:18:47.060 --> 00:18:47.620 imagine 00:18:47.620 --> 00:18:49.720 what Isaiah 00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:50.440 is describing 00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:51.000 in only a 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:51.519 few words? 00:18:51.519 --> 00:18:55.420 I googled 00:18:55.420 --> 00:18:55.799 it this 00:18:55.799 --> 00:18:56.059 week. 00:18:56.980 --> 00:18:57.660 I'm more 00:18:57.660 --> 00:18:58.299 confused than 00:18:58.299 --> 00:18:58.859 ever before 00:18:58.859 --> 00:18:59.379 about how 00:18:59.379 --> 00:18:59.839 these things 00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:00.099 look. 00:19:00.660 --> 00:19:01.039 And I can 00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:01.579 tell you 00:19:01.579 --> 00:19:02.519 that no 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:03.220 artificial 00:19:03.220 --> 00:19:03.900 intelligence 00:19:03.900 --> 00:19:04.619 computer is 00:19:04.619 --> 00:19:04.900 going to be 00:19:04.900 --> 00:19:05.299 able to 00:19:05.299 --> 00:19:05.700 give me 00:19:05.700 --> 00:19:06.240 the picture 00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.879 that's any 00:19:06.879 --> 00:19:07.639 more impressive, 00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:10.559 not even 00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:11.440 getting close 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:12.879 to the 00:19:12.879 --> 00:19:13.759 amazing 00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:14.379 sight that 00:19:14.379 --> 00:19:14.700 this would 00:19:14.700 --> 00:19:15.000 have been 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:15.599 for Isaiah. 00:19:17.420 --> 00:19:18.119 But these 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:20.299 two Seraphim, 00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:21.079 they call 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:21.559 to one 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:21.859 another. 00:19:23.699 --> 00:19:24.559 Their job 00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:25.419 is to speak 00:19:25.419 --> 00:19:25.960 about what 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:26.419 is true. 00:19:27.379 --> 00:19:27.759 They don't 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:28.699 qualify anything, 00:19:28.899 --> 00:19:29.279 there's no 00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:29.859 nuance. 00:19:30.699 --> 00:19:31.299 They're like 00:19:31.299 --> 00:19:31.819 a toddler 00:19:31.819 --> 00:19:33.399 who when 00:19:33.399 --> 00:19:33.859 a plane 00:19:33.859 --> 00:19:34.579 flies overhead 00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:35.379 just yells 00:19:35.379 --> 00:19:35.899 at the top 00:19:35.899 --> 00:19:36.119 of their 00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:36.359 voice, 00:19:36.439 --> 00:19:36.699 no matter 00:19:36.699 --> 00:19:36.960 what's 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:37.259 happening, 00:19:37.399 --> 00:19:37.720 no matter 00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:38.079 what they 00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:38.419 should be 00:19:38.419 --> 00:19:38.740 doing, 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:39.399 no matter 00:19:39.399 --> 00:19:39.679 if it's 00:19:39.679 --> 00:19:40.059 quiet, 00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:40.559 they just 00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:40.779 go, 00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:41.299 plane! 00:19:43.099 --> 00:19:43.539 Because 00:19:43.539 --> 00:19:43.939 there's a 00:19:43.939 --> 00:19:44.279 plane. 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:46.119 Or if 00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:46.460 they're 00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:46.939 standing in 00:19:46.939 --> 00:19:47.419 the kitchen 00:19:47.419 --> 00:19:49.619 and you're 00:19:49.619 --> 00:19:50.240 trying to 00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:50.579 get them 00:19:50.579 --> 00:19:51.039 to listen 00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:53.700 and they 00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:54.059 point to 00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:54.480 the oven 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:54.799 and they 00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:55.180 just yell 00:19:55.180 --> 00:19:55.740 hot! 00:19:56.399 --> 00:19:57.659 Just because 00:19:57.659 --> 00:19:58.099 that's 00:19:58.099 --> 00:19:58.480 true. 00:20:01.159 --> 00:20:01.740 These 00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:02.099 creatures 00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:02.680 simply 00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:03.319 exist 00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:04.720 to declare 00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:05.460 the obvious, 00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:07.599 the incredible 00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:09.019 majesty of 00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:09.379 the king 00:20:09.379 --> 00:20:09.740 that they 00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:10.059 serve. 00:20:10.159 --> 00:20:10.440 Here's what 00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:10.920 they say, 00:20:11.099 --> 00:20:11.680 verse 3, 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:13.680 holy, 00:20:13.680 --> 00:20:13.720 holy, 00:20:14.060 --> 00:20:14.960 holy, 00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:15.080 holy, 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:16.740 holy is 00:20:16.740 --> 00:20:17.420 the Lord 00:20:17.420 --> 00:20:18.140 of hosts. 00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:19.200 The whole 00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:19.740 earth is 00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:20.460 full of 00:20:20.460 --> 00:20:21.180 his glory. 00:20:23.900 --> 00:20:24.160 Their 00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:24.759 foundation 00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:25.420 shaking 00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:26.000 voices 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:26.620 declare 00:20:26.620 --> 00:20:27.279 who God 00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:28.220 is. 00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:29.240 He's 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:29.940 holy, 00:20:30.940 --> 00:20:32.299 but he's 00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:32.820 not just 00:20:32.820 --> 00:20:33.180 holy. 00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:33.220 holy. 00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:36.620 In 00:20:36.620 --> 00:20:36.940 Hebrew 00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:37.640 conversation, 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:38.880 repeating 00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:39.519 a word 00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:40.200 twice 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:43.240 emphasizes 00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:44.440 its quality. 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:45.680 In 00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:46.180 2 Kings 00:20:46.180 --> 00:20:46.860 25, 00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:48.680 there are 00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:49.060 bowls 00:20:49.060 --> 00:20:49.820 described, 00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:50.779 and they're 00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.420 not just 00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:52.519 gold bowls, 00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:53.539 but they're 00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:54.400 gold gold. 00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:57.000 And in 00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:57.480 English, 00:20:58.019 --> 00:20:58.779 that would 00:20:58.779 --> 00:20:59.799 be purest 00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:00.320 gold, 00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:01.720 or finest 00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:02.279 gold. 00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:05.519 Jesus, 00:21:06.159 --> 00:21:07.359 in the 00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:07.819 Gospels, 00:21:07.899 --> 00:21:08.339 is said to 00:21:08.339 --> 00:21:08.879 have often 00:21:08.879 --> 00:21:10.720 begun his 00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:11.480 preaching with 00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:12.339 truly, 00:21:12.579 --> 00:21:12.839 truly, 00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:15.339 which means 00:21:15.339 --> 00:21:17.000 this is 00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.619 the truest 00:21:17.619 --> 00:21:18.159 truth. 00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:20.700 The 00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:21.019 equivalent 00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:21.599 would be 00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:22.319 if a 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:22.899 married couple 00:21:22.899 --> 00:21:23.179 are getting 00:21:23.179 --> 00:21:23.659 married over 00:21:23.659 --> 00:21:24.019 here, 00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:26.899 and the 00:21:26.899 --> 00:21:27.399 ceremony's 00:21:27.399 --> 00:21:27.779 about to 00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:28.119 start, 00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:29.439 and the 00:21:29.439 --> 00:21:29.939 brides 00:21:29.939 --> 00:21:30.299 come down 00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:30.839 the aisle, 00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:32.019 and the 00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:32.879 blubbering 00:21:32.879 --> 00:21:33.379 mess of 00:21:33.379 --> 00:21:33.759 the groom 00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.359 is standing 00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:34.819 there, 00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:35.559 and he 00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:36.139 takes her 00:21:36.139 --> 00:21:37.180 hand and 00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:37.500 says, 00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:38.299 you are 00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:38.899 beautiful, 00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:39.579 beautiful. 00:21:41.619 --> 00:21:42.099 Or, 00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:42.980 like my 00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:44.759 daughter said 00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.200 to me a 00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:45.480 couple of 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:46.019 weeks ago, 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.399 this is not 00:21:47.399 --> 00:21:47.839 quite the 00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:48.039 same, 00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:48.240 but it's 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:48.740 nearly there, 00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.440 in a world 00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:49.839 of fake 00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:50.139 news, 00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:50.460 what you 00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:50.759 have to 00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.259 do now 00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.859 is to 00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:52.180 say, 00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:53.680 this is 00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:54.259 a true 00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:54.899 fact. 00:21:58.339 --> 00:21:59.000 A fact 00:21:59.000 --> 00:21:59.279 is a 00:21:59.279 --> 00:21:59.599 fact, 00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:00.099 fact, 00:22:00.099 --> 00:22:00.259 but we 00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:00.679 don't say 00:22:00.679 --> 00:22:01.000 fact, 00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:01.359 fact, 00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:01.819 we now 00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:02.259 say true 00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:02.639 fact, 00:22:03.199 --> 00:22:03.740 or this 00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.679 is news, 00:22:04.819 --> 00:22:05.199 news. 00:22:07.959 --> 00:22:08.559 But the 00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:08.980 Israelites 00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.439 would never 00:22:09.439 --> 00:22:09.899 repeat a 00:22:09.899 --> 00:22:10.279 word three 00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:10.699 times, 00:22:11.219 --> 00:22:11.899 wouldn't make 00:22:11.899 --> 00:22:12.199 sense, 00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:14.259 unless 00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:16.119 something is 00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:17.339 so impressive, 00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:19.679 it doesn't 00:22:19.679 --> 00:22:20.199 happen anywhere 00:22:20.199 --> 00:22:20.679 else in the 00:22:20.679 --> 00:22:20.899 Bible, 00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:23.859 unless they're 00:22:23.859 --> 00:22:24.599 talking about 00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:26.319 God's 00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:26.919 holiness. 00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.120 holiness. 00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.340 He's not 00:22:28.340 --> 00:22:28.880 just holy, 00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.660 he's not 00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:30.340 just holiest, 00:22:30.800 --> 00:22:31.820 but holy, 00:22:32.320 --> 00:22:32.720 holy, 00:22:33.380 --> 00:22:33.720 holy. 00:22:35.080 --> 00:22:36.080 Holiness is 00:22:36.080 --> 00:22:36.920 the defining 00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:38.340 attribute of 00:22:38.340 --> 00:22:38.759 the king. 00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:42.220 This holiness 00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:43.180 is not just 00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:44.680 a goodness 00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:45.300 or a 00:22:45.300 --> 00:22:45.740 righteousness, 00:22:46.100 --> 00:22:46.519 though it 00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:46.940 is, 00:22:47.580 --> 00:22:48.440 but it also 00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:49.320 describes this 00:22:49.320 --> 00:22:49.880 king's 00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:51.120 transcendence, 00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:52.200 his all-ruling 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:52.759 authority, 00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:53.880 his complete 00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:55.120 and incomparable 00:22:55.120 --> 00:22:55.900 majesty. 00:22:57.140 --> 00:22:57.760 He's totally 00:22:57.760 --> 00:22:58.680 set apart from 00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.400 anything else, 00:22:59.860 --> 00:23:00.580 in perfection, 00:23:01.020 --> 00:23:01.600 in power, 00:23:01.840 --> 00:23:02.640 and in wisdom. 00:23:03.780 --> 00:23:04.720 Nothing is 00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:06.060 holy compared 00:23:06.060 --> 00:23:06.600 to him. 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.320 He's the 00:23:08.320 --> 00:23:09.280 three times 00:23:09.280 --> 00:23:10.180 holy king. 00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:11.680 He's so much 00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:12.800 more than 00:23:12.800 --> 00:23:14.140 our languages 00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:15.000 can capture. 00:23:18.840 --> 00:23:19.800 But this is 00:23:19.800 --> 00:23:20.400 already a big 00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:22.640 problem for 00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:23.100 Isaiah. 00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:25.500 Isaiah's 00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:26.340 fallen body 00:23:26.340 --> 00:23:27.440 is buckling. 00:23:27.840 --> 00:23:28.540 His senses 00:23:28.540 --> 00:23:29.320 are searing 00:23:29.320 --> 00:23:29.960 with God's 00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.320 holiness. 00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.340 The sound 00:23:31.340 --> 00:23:31.960 of the voices, 00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:32.600 the smell 00:23:32.600 --> 00:23:33.280 of the smoke, 00:23:33.520 --> 00:23:34.020 the ground 00:23:34.020 --> 00:23:34.920 quaking under 00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:35.460 his feet, 00:23:35.800 --> 00:23:36.260 the bending 00:23:36.260 --> 00:23:37.060 beams of 00:23:37.060 --> 00:23:37.880 the walls. 00:23:39.820 --> 00:23:40.780 And Isaiah's 00:23:40.780 --> 00:23:41.800 cry in response 00:23:41.800 --> 00:23:42.840 to the holiest 00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:43.640 holiness of 00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:44.020 God, 00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:44.680 the king, 00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.700 is, 00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:48.340 woe to 00:23:48.340 --> 00:23:48.740 me, 00:23:49.020 --> 00:23:50.040 I am 00:23:50.040 --> 00:23:50.720 ruined. 00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:52.540 And there's 00:23:52.540 --> 00:23:52.940 that word 00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.220 again. 00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:57.060 our melodies 00:23:57.060 --> 00:23:57.540 from our 00:23:57.540 --> 00:23:58.260 overture 00:23:58.260 --> 00:24:00.280 prepared us. 00:24:01.320 --> 00:24:01.640 But now 00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.140 that melody 00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:02.600 is ringing 00:24:02.600 --> 00:24:03.100 out in a 00:24:03.100 --> 00:24:03.540 scene that's 00:24:03.540 --> 00:24:04.120 not about 00:24:04.120 --> 00:24:04.420 the whole 00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:04.860 nation of 00:24:04.860 --> 00:24:05.060 Israel, 00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:05.500 it's just 00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.140 about one 00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:06.400 man. 00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:07.340 It's just 00:24:07.340 --> 00:24:08.160 about Isaiah. 00:24:09.340 --> 00:24:10.340 He realises 00:24:10.340 --> 00:24:11.780 that he is 00:24:11.780 --> 00:24:13.460 part of 00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:14.380 Israel's 00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:14.980 deserving 00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.860 of ruin. 00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:17.740 God has 00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.219 promised 00:24:18.219 --> 00:24:19.299 that what is 00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:19.859 happening for 00:24:19.859 --> 00:24:20.279 Israel, 00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:20.759 because they 00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.099 do not 00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:21.479 turn to 00:24:21.479 --> 00:24:21.859 him, 00:24:22.399 --> 00:24:23.079 and will 00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:23.559 not turn 00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:23.959 to him, 00:24:24.199 --> 00:24:24.839 he's a 00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:25.399 part of 00:24:25.399 --> 00:24:25.699 that 00:24:25.699 --> 00:24:27.059 uncleanness 00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.839 that leads 00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:28.259 to that 00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.759 horrible, 00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:30.139 horrible fate 00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:30.879 that is 00:24:30.879 --> 00:24:31.199 coming. 00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:32.199 And he 00:24:32.199 --> 00:24:33.139 literally says 00:24:33.139 --> 00:24:33.719 in Hebrew, 00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.880 I am 00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:35.880 disintegrating. 00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:38.120 All that is 00:24:38.120 --> 00:24:38.460 me is 00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:39.420 falling apart. 00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:42.100 His very 00:24:42.100 --> 00:24:42.759 identity, 00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:43.860 his strength 00:24:43.860 --> 00:24:44.620 and reputation, 00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:46.140 everything is 00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:46.539 undone 00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:49.860 before this 00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:50.480 holy God. 00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:51.779 And when he 00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.600 sees God's 00:24:52.600 --> 00:24:52.920 holiness, 00:24:53.620 --> 00:24:54.500 he immediately 00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.600 discovers how 00:24:55.600 --> 00:24:57.900 unsafe he is 00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:59.299 before the 00:24:59.299 --> 00:24:59.620 king. 00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:00.919 the smoke 00:25:00.919 --> 00:25:01.199 and the 00:25:01.199 --> 00:25:01.599 noise and 00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:02.039 the earthquake, 00:25:02.219 --> 00:25:02.439 they're not 00:25:02.439 --> 00:25:03.099 just epic. 00:25:04.199 --> 00:25:04.559 It's not 00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:04.899 just an 00:25:04.899 --> 00:25:05.299 impressive 00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:06.279 smoke and 00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:06.839 light show 00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.119 at the 00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:08.179 beginning of 00:25:08.179 --> 00:25:08.579 this 00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.459 production. 00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:10.799 It's a 00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.500 prequel to 00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.199 divine 00:25:12.199 --> 00:25:13.419 wrath. 00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:15.659 Isaiah 00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:17.099 was a 00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:17.379 preacher, 00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.099 he's a 00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:18.359 prophet, 00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.339 he spoke 00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:20.099 to kings, 00:25:21.479 --> 00:25:21.799 he was 00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.319 known. 00:25:23.479 --> 00:25:24.279 His lips 00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:25.119 were laced 00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:26.339 with the 00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:27.159 very words 00:25:27.159 --> 00:25:27.819 of God, 00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:28.639 but even 00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:29.459 Isaiah, 00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:31.879 strength and 00:25:31.879 --> 00:25:32.719 good life 00:25:32.719 --> 00:25:33.879 couldn't stand 00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:34.779 up to a 00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.379 comparison 00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:39.259 of the 00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:39.759 creator 00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:41.279 and judge. 00:25:43.199 --> 00:25:44.019 This is 00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:44.399 not the 00:25:44.399 --> 00:25:45.919 vision Isaiah 00:25:45.919 --> 00:25:46.239 might have 00:25:46.239 --> 00:25:46.679 wanted in 00:25:46.679 --> 00:25:47.059 the year 00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:48.159 Uzziah died, 00:25:48.239 --> 00:25:48.759 but it's 00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.219 what he 00:25:49.219 --> 00:25:49.619 needed. 00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.699 He needed 00:25:50.699 --> 00:25:51.359 to see 00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:53.219 that Israel, 00:25:53.699 --> 00:25:54.259 that Judah, 00:25:54.639 --> 00:25:55.299 needed a 00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:55.939 miracle of 00:25:55.939 --> 00:25:57.939 grace from 00:25:57.939 --> 00:25:58.779 the Lord, 00:25:58.779 --> 00:26:00.319 the king. 00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:04.200 If we 00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:04.639 were to 00:26:04.639 --> 00:26:05.440 see the 00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:06.079 holiness of 00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:06.460 God, 00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:10.099 the true 00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:10.799 holiness of 00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.139 God in 00:26:11.139 --> 00:26:11.579 that moment, 00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:12.480 we would 00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.359 react just 00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:14.139 like Isaiah. 00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:16.039 Know in a 00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:17.500 moment that 00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:18.399 our future is 00:26:18.399 --> 00:26:19.160 totally hopeless. 00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:21.319 We haven't 00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:21.879 measured up to 00:26:21.879 --> 00:26:22.420 God's holiness. 00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:22.539 holiness. 00:26:24.100 --> 00:26:25.039 In fact, 00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:26.420 we only have 00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:27.740 our sin 00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.740 revealed in 00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.320 his holy 00:26:29.320 --> 00:26:29.740 light. 00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.720 We too 00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.680 are completely 00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:33.259 exposed before 00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:33.740 the king, 00:26:34.060 --> 00:26:34.880 and we too 00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:35.620 need that same 00:26:35.620 --> 00:26:36.640 miracle of 00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.060 grace. 00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:38.320 So what 00:26:38.320 --> 00:26:38.960 happens next? 00:26:40.560 --> 00:26:40.880 Don't worry, 00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.660 there's no cliffhanger, 00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:43.080 but I am going to 00:26:43.080 --> 00:26:44.380 start by pointing out 00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:45.220 what does not 00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.960 happen next. 00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:50.180 I don't know 00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:50.579 whether it's 00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:51.559 Hollywood or 00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:52.680 just the stories 00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:53.480 that we like or 00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.100 the stories we 00:26:54.100 --> 00:26:55.319 read or the 00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:56.160 ways we hope 00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:57.160 things will end, 00:26:58.120 --> 00:26:58.819 but what does 00:26:58.819 --> 00:27:01.240 not happen is 00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:02.039 Isaiah's not 00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:03.319 secretly revealed as 00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:04.299 good enough to 00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:05.100 stand before God. 00:27:06.100 --> 00:27:07.100 There's no secret 00:27:07.100 --> 00:27:08.279 magic words that 00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:10.039 he went found on 00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.920 a scroll, 00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.579 on a mountain, 00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:12.579 in a cave, 00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:14.659 to be able to 00:27:14.659 --> 00:27:15.539 stand before God, 00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.879 and God doesn't 00:27:17.879 --> 00:27:20.039 see some kind 00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.919 of mysterious 00:27:20.919 --> 00:27:22.679 good in him, 00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:23.919 like in some 00:27:23.919 --> 00:27:24.720 Hollywood script, 00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:26.720 because God's 00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.779 holy, 00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:30.579 there's no 00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.659 optimistic way 00:27:31.659 --> 00:27:31.980 out. 00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.919 Isaiah's sin, 00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:35.480 everyone's sin, 00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:37.119 must be paid 00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:37.419 for. 00:27:39.199 --> 00:27:40.179 God being 00:27:40.179 --> 00:27:40.859 completely 00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:41.980 perfect and 00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.339 righteous, 00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:43.460 means that 00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.759 wrath is the 00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.779 only option, 00:27:46.419 --> 00:27:47.059 and Isaiah 00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:48.799 should die 00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.359 right there. 00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:52.980 But he 00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.399 doesn't. 00:27:56.179 --> 00:27:56.939 Have a look 00:27:56.939 --> 00:27:57.359 with me at 00:27:57.359 --> 00:27:57.879 verse 6. 00:28:02.159 --> 00:28:03.019 Then one of 00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.619 the seraphim 00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:04.279 flew to me 00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.879 with a live 00:28:04.879 --> 00:28:05.500 coal in his 00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:05.839 hand, 00:28:06.199 --> 00:28:06.679 which he had 00:28:06.679 --> 00:28:07.240 taken with 00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.740 tongs from 00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:08.199 the altar, 00:28:09.199 --> 00:28:10.259 and with it 00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:11.419 he touched 00:28:11.419 --> 00:28:12.119 my mouth 00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:12.919 and said, 00:28:13.419 --> 00:28:14.279 see this 00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:14.819 has touched 00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.479 your lips, 00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.819 your guilt 00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.519 is taken 00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:17.919 away, 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:18.939 and your 00:28:18.939 --> 00:28:19.379 sin 00:28:19.379 --> 00:28:20.619 atoned 00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:21.139 for. 00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.899 In Hebrew, 00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:24.839 atoned for 00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.899 literally means 00:28:25.899 --> 00:28:26.379 here, 00:28:26.739 --> 00:28:27.459 paid for. 00:28:28.899 --> 00:28:29.459 God 00:28:29.459 --> 00:28:30.759 has paid 00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:32.339 for Isaiah's 00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:33.199 sins 00:28:33.199 --> 00:28:34.379 in this 00:28:34.379 --> 00:28:34.719 moment. 00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.720 God's 00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:35.920 wrath. 00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:37.039 How? 00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.079 How? 00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:40.019 If this 00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.420 is not 00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:40.700 done 00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.420 fairly, 00:28:42.360 --> 00:28:43.279 then God 00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:43.720 is not 00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.579 holy. 00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:45.880 This is 00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:46.539 really important. 00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.559 How can 00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.180 Isaiah's 00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:48.700 sins be 00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:49.480 paid for? 00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.940 In the 00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.259 Bible, 00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.460 fire and 00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.059 smoke and 00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:55.860 flames are 00:28:55.860 --> 00:28:57.759 all imagery 00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:59.299 associated with 00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:00.299 God's wrath. 00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:03.720 a coal 00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.879 is that 00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:05.480 leftovers 00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.099 after a 00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:06.419 fire. 00:29:06.899 --> 00:29:07.180 And this 00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:07.680 coal is 00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:08.220 the leftover 00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:09.059 coal from 00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:09.919 the fires 00:29:09.919 --> 00:29:10.619 of wrath 00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:11.180 that have 00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:11.819 been spent 00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:12.519 burning up 00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.200 a sacrifice. 00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:15.359 In the 00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:15.799 temple, 00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:16.899 the center 00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:18.099 was the 00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:18.759 altar, 00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:20.359 where offerings 00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:21.119 were brought 00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:22.079 and burnt. 00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:24.059 A sacrifice 00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.980 died 00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:26.460 in a 00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:26.980 swap, 00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:28.899 a swap 00:29:28.900 --> 00:29:29.759 of judgment 00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:31.060 because the 00:29:31.060 --> 00:29:31.400 one who 00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:31.900 offered up 00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:32.780 that sacrifice 00:29:32.780 --> 00:29:33.540 had their 00:29:33.540 --> 00:29:34.720 death for 00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.340 their sin 00:29:35.340 --> 00:29:36.960 substituted, 00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:37.900 swapped, 00:29:38.300 --> 00:29:39.040 and paid 00:29:39.040 --> 00:29:40.360 for by 00:29:40.360 --> 00:29:40.920 that 00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.680 sacrifice. 00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:43.900 This 00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:44.580 atonement 00:29:44.580 --> 00:29:45.380 was at the 00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:46.259 heart of 00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:47.000 temple worship. 00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.740 And for 00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.140 the nation 00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:49.640 of Israel, 00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.560 it ritually 00:29:50.560 --> 00:29:51.340 purified 00:29:51.340 --> 00:29:51.759 someone. 00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:54.160 It never 00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:54.900 forgave them 00:29:54.900 --> 00:29:55.620 and removed 00:29:55.620 --> 00:29:56.120 their guilt 00:29:56.120 --> 00:29:56.640 for good 00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:56.960 though, 00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:57.800 because more 00:29:57.800 --> 00:29:58.700 sacrifices were 00:29:58.700 --> 00:29:59.500 always needed 00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.539 in season 00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.779 or as sins 00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.360 were committed. 00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:03.920 But there's 00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:04.580 no mention 00:30:04.580 --> 00:30:06.259 here of 00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:07.059 what died 00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:08.539 on the 00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:08.779 altar. 00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:11.819 God 00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:14.240 offered it. 00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:16.319 Israel didn't 00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.860 bring anything 00:30:16.860 --> 00:30:17.400 for himself 00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:17.779 to that 00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.080 moment. 00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:20.880 God 00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:21.080 did. 00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:25.220 A sacrifice 00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.740 has been 00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.660 burnt on 00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.100 the altar 00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:27.959 and the 00:30:27.959 --> 00:30:28.500 fire of 00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:28.980 wrath is 00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.379 out. 00:30:31.179 --> 00:30:31.519 And the 00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:31.939 coals 00:30:31.939 --> 00:30:33.099 that are 00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:33.519 left 00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:34.439 are used 00:30:34.439 --> 00:30:35.000 to show 00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.679 the power 00:30:35.679 --> 00:30:36.159 of that 00:30:36.159 --> 00:30:36.839 sacrifice. 00:30:37.179 --> 00:30:37.299 The 00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:37.679 leftover 00:30:37.679 --> 00:30:38.159 coal 00:30:38.159 --> 00:30:39.419 is this 00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:40.079 singeing 00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:40.619 symbol 00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:41.259 on 00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:41.899 Isaiah's 00:30:41.899 --> 00:30:42.199 lips. 00:30:45.199 --> 00:30:45.679 Isaiah's 00:30:45.679 --> 00:30:45.980 sins are 00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.559 atoned for 00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:47.039 and paid 00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:47.799 for by 00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:48.139 whatever 00:30:48.139 --> 00:30:48.799 or whoever 00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:50.339 paid for 00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:50.579 them 00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:53.099 on the 00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:53.319 altar. 00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:56.019 God 00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:56.779 is a 00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.039 holy 00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.460 king 00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:58.919 and sin 00:30:58.919 --> 00:30:59.359 has been 00:30:59.359 --> 00:30:59.859 justly 00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.339 removed 00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:03.179 and he's 00:31:03.179 --> 00:31:03.619 gracious 00:31:03.619 --> 00:31:04.259 in this. 00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.099 Isaiah 00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.879 is changed 00:31:06.879 --> 00:31:07.259 in that 00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:07.539 moment 00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:07.819 from 00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:08.579 unholy 00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:09.859 to 00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.419 forgiven 00:31:10.419 --> 00:31:10.919 and 00:31:10.919 --> 00:31:11.539 holy. 00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.240 God 00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.740 provides 00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.000 that 00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.639 sacrifice 00:31:14.639 --> 00:31:14.899 for 00:31:14.899 --> 00:31:15.259 forgiveness 00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.500 of 00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:16.659 Isaiah's 00:31:16.659 --> 00:31:16.960 sins 00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.600 yet 00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:18.980 Isaiah 00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:19.340 did 00:31:19.340 --> 00:31:19.980 nothing 00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.620 here 00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:21.480 but be 00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:21.920 afraid. 00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:23.880 He 00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:24.319 sacrificed 00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.799 nothing 00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:26.340 and he 00:31:26.340 --> 00:31:26.620 got this 00:31:26.620 --> 00:31:27.319 purifying 00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:27.819 forgiveness 00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:28.180 and was 00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:28.440 made 00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:28.980 holy to 00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.220 stand 00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.519 before 00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:29.720 a 00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.000 holy 00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.460 God 00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:31.059 and this 00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.160 is 00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:31.460 great 00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.819 news 00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.440 for him 00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:33.920 and it's 00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.400 also great 00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:34.759 news for 00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.160 Israel 00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:36.079 for all 00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:36.920 who hear 00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.180 it. 00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:40.900 So God 00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:41.299 asks 00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:42.960 whom 00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.360 shall I 00:31:43.360 --> 00:31:43.680 send? 00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:43.920 Who 00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:44.299 will go 00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.900 for us? 00:31:45.600 --> 00:31:46.100 And Isaiah 00:31:46.100 --> 00:31:46.640 is ready 00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:47.200 and he 00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:47.540 says 00:31:47.540 --> 00:31:49.000 me. 00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.600 His 00:31:51.600 --> 00:31:52.120 identity 00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:53.100 that had 00:31:53.100 --> 00:31:53.860 disintegrated 00:31:53.860 --> 00:31:54.420 before 00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:55.100 God 00:31:55.100 --> 00:31:55.940 has been 00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.400 rebuilt 00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:57.580 on this 00:31:57.580 --> 00:31:57.880 new 00:31:57.880 --> 00:31:58.600 solid rock 00:31:58.600 --> 00:31:58.860 this 00:31:58.860 --> 00:31:59.480 foundation 00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:00.540 of grace 00:32:00.540 --> 00:32:01.340 from 00:32:01.340 --> 00:32:01.980 the 00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.340 Lord 00:32:02.340 --> 00:32:02.900 the 00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.120 King 00:32:03.120 --> 00:32:04.020 and Isaiah's 00:32:04.020 --> 00:32:04.380 obedience 00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:04.780 is 00:32:04.780 --> 00:32:05.620 joyful 00:32:05.620 --> 00:32:06.660 he's 00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:06.860 willing 00:32:06.860 --> 00:32:07.340 to tell 00:32:07.340 --> 00:32:07.880 everyone 00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.380 he meets 00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:08.780 about what 00:32:08.780 --> 00:32:08.920 this 00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:09.120 King 00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:09.280 is 00:32:09.280 --> 00:32:09.740 like 00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:13.860 but 00:32:13.860 --> 00:32:14.020 will 00:32:14.020 --> 00:32:14.340 God's 00:32:14.340 --> 00:32:14.580 people 00:32:14.580 --> 00:32:14.920 hear 00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:16.600 how 00:32:16.600 --> 00:32:16.720 will 00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:16.980 God's 00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.279 people 00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:17.980 respond 00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.500 have a 00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:18.700 look at 00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.220 verse 9 00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:22.320 be 00:32:22.320 --> 00:32:22.600 ever 00:32:22.600 --> 00:32:22.960 hearing 00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.380 but never 00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:24.019 understanding 00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.420 be 00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:24.660 ever 00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:25.080 seeing 00:32:25.080 --> 00:32:25.700 but never 00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.279 perceiving 00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:26.860 make 00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:27.240 the heart 00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:27.480 of this 00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:27.800 people 00:32:27.800 --> 00:32:28.400 calloused 00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:28.960 make 00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:29.340 their ears 00:32:29.340 --> 00:32:29.640 dull 00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:30.120 and close 00:32:30.120 --> 00:32:30.700 their eyes 00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.300 otherwise 00:32:31.300 --> 00:32:31.740 they may 00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.100 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00:32:49.679 verse 11 00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:51.320 then I 00:32:51.320 --> 00:32:51.600 said 00:32:51.600 --> 00:32:52.420 for how 00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:52.920 long 00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:53.519 Lord 00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.660 has he 00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:55.039 answered 00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:56.340 till the 00:32:56.340 --> 00:32:56.660 cities 00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:56.920 line 00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:57.420 ruined 00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:58.539 without 00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.440 inhabitant 00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:00.519 until the 00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.120 houses are 00:33:01.120 --> 00:33:01.360 left 00:33:01.360 --> 00:33:01.880 deserted 00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:02.680 and the 00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:02.940 fields 00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.360 ruined 00:33:03.360 --> 00:33:04.019 and ravaged 00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:04.560 until the 00:33:04.560 --> 00:33:04.980 Lord has 00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.580 sent everyone 00:33:05.580 --> 00:33:06.460 far away 00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.779 and the 00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.240 land is 00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:07.660 utterly 00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:08.440 forsaken 00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:10.840 no 00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:11.259 Lord 00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:12.820 stop 00:33:12.820 --> 00:33:13.299 the song 00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:13.920 I know 00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:14.519 this melody 00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:15.799 change 00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.259 the channel 00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:18.359 is there 00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:18.879 no hope 00:33:18.879 --> 00:33:19.319 at all 00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:23.460 verse 13 00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:24.259 second half 00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.980 of verse 13 00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:26.240 but as the 00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.960 terebinth and 00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.720 oak leave 00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.279 stumps when 00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.640 they're cut 00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:29.000 down 00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:30.500 so the 00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.579 holy seed 00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:32.180 will be 00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:33.339 the stump 00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:34.440 in the 00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:34.920 land 00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:37.740 at the 00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:37.940 end of 00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.500 that verse 00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:40.400 all 00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:41.599 three 00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:42.240 of our 00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.700 melodies 00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:44.160 are playing 00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:44.740 at once 00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:47.460 it's a 00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:47.819 song of 00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:48.220 sorrow 00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:49.660 and grace 00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:51.160 and hope 00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:54.019 of wrath 00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:55.279 and justice 00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:56.500 and love 00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:57.740 all at once 00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:59.380 there is 00:33:59.380 --> 00:33:59.700 hope 00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.779 from the 00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:01.359 roots left 00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:01.680 in the 00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:02.039 ground 00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.779 the holy 00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.279 seed 00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:04.019 is gonna 00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.880 grow 00:34:04.880 --> 00:34:05.720 and there's 00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.039 that word 00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.380 again 00:34:06.380 --> 00:34:07.839 holy 00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:10.860 only God 00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.619 is holy 00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:13.980 unless he 00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.659 graciously 00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.179 makes 00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:16.000 someone 00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.819 holy 00:34:16.819 --> 00:34:17.980 by forgiving 00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.579 their sin 00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:20.440 so to do 00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:20.799 this 00:34:20.799 --> 00:34:21.619 God is 00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:22.480 gonna plant 00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:23.359 a holy 00:34:23.359 --> 00:34:23.799 thing 00:34:23.799 --> 00:34:24.139 in the 00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:24.539 soils 00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.359 of Israel 00:34:25.359 --> 00:34:26.339 holy 00:34:26.339 --> 00:34:27.379 seed 00:34:27.379 --> 00:34:28.420 and that 00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:28.699 is the 00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.039 hope 00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:30.059 Isaiah 00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.480 has in 00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:30.639 this 00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:30.960 moment 00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.920 even 00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.440 while no 00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:32.679 one's 00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:32.819 gonna 00:34:32.819 --> 00:34:33.059 listen 00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.420 to him 00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:34.960 all 00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:35.799 is not 00:34:35.799 --> 00:34:36.480 lost 00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:40.059 and we 00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.500 know 00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:41.179 who the 00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:41.559 holy 00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:42.240 seed 00:34:42.240 --> 00:34:43.139 is 00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:45.300 it is 00:34:45.300 --> 00:34:45.679 Jesus 00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:48.480 in God's 00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:48.940 son we 00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.400 saw 00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:49.940 this 00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.280 holy 00:34:50.280 --> 00:34:50.840 seed 00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:52.039 die 00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:53.099 as buried 00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:53.460 in the 00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:53.840 ground 00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:55.000 so that it 00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.599 could grow 00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:56.599 life 00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:58.039 the holy 00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.500 seed 00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.079 is 00:34:59.079 --> 00:35:00.320 the 00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:01.059 sacrifice 00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:03.019 Isaiah's 00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:03.619 mystery 00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:04.559 on the 00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:05.000 altar 00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.960 is 00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.639 solved 00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:08.679 Jesus 00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:09.039 was 00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:09.679 sacrificed 00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:10.219 for the 00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:10.599 sin of 00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:11.079 all who 00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:11.239 would 00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:11.699 believe 00:35:11.699 --> 00:35:12.519 in him 00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.320 not on 00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:13.940 the temple 00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:14.360 altar 00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:16.299 but on 00:35:16.299 --> 00:35:16.880 a timber 00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.440 beam 00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:18.199 on a 00:35:18.199 --> 00:35:18.440 hill 00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:19.920 where the 00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.320 wrath of 00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:20.699 God was 00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:21.119 endured 00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:22.219 and quenched 00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:24.239 God's 00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:24.639 holiness 00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:25.119 held 00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.639 true 00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:26.519 and just 00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:26.880 as was 00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.299 done 00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:28.519 on the 00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:28.840 altar 00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:30.420 of the 00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:30.840 cross 00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:32.060 see that's 00:35:32.060 --> 00:35:32.519 how this 00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:33.140 bridge 00:35:33.140 --> 00:35:35.280 that Isaiah 00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:35.820 is 00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:36.400 that's how 00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:37.039 it works 00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:38.140 we see from 00:35:38.140 --> 00:35:38.860 our time 00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.600 looking back 00:35:39.600 --> 00:35:42.240 what Isaiah 00:35:42.240 --> 00:35:43.000 and what Israel 00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.800 could not yet 00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:45.140 we know 00:35:45.140 --> 00:35:45.500 who that 00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:45.980 sacrifice 00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.519 on the 00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:46.740 altar 00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:47.420 that in 00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:48.420 this image 00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:49.180 who he 00:35:49.180 --> 00:35:49.539 was 00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:51.480 it was 00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:51.900 Jesus 00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:53.980 but unlike 00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.640 Isaiah 00:35:54.640 --> 00:35:56.480 we see 00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:57.140 his 00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:57.599 holy 00:35:57.599 --> 00:35:58.079 life 00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.559 recorded 00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:58.940 in the 00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.359 gospels 00:35:59.359 --> 00:36:00.379 we see 00:36:00.379 --> 00:36:00.819 our 00:36:00.819 --> 00:36:01.519 unholy 00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:02.139 ending 00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:03.219 enacted 00:36:03.219 --> 00:36:03.839 at the 00:36:03.839 --> 00:36:04.279 cross 00:36:04.279 --> 00:36:06.400 lived out 00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:07.559 and died 00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:08.359 for us 00:36:08.359 --> 00:36:09.039 what a 00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:09.539 saviour 00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:14.579 in the 00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:14.839 year 00:36:14.839 --> 00:36:15.099 King 00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.400 Isaiah 00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:15.799 died 00:36:15.799 --> 00:36:16.139 God 00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:16.519 revealed 00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:17.000 himself 00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:19.559 as a 00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:19.799 holy 00:36:19.799 --> 00:36:20.039 and 00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:20.359 gracious 00:36:20.359 --> 00:36:21.259 king 00:36:21.259 --> 00:36:22.980 after 00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.359 COVID 00:36:23.359 --> 00:36:23.739 in 00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:24.279 2023 00:36:24.279 --> 00:36:24.859 this 00:36:24.859 --> 00:36:25.219 Easter 00:36:25.219 --> 00:36:25.659 we 00:36:25.659 --> 00:36:26.039 remembered 00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.319 a man 00:36:26.319 --> 00:36:26.599 who was 00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:27.059 crucified 00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:27.440 on a 00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:27.599 hill 00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:27.940 outside 00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.440 Jerusalem 00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:30.320 and 00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:30.619 written 00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.699 on his 00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:32.279 cross 00:36:32.279 --> 00:36:33.340 in a 00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:33.639 sign 00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:34.039 for all 00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:34.519 to see 00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:35.219 were the 00:36:35.219 --> 00:36:35.639 words 00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:36.179 this 00:36:36.179 --> 00:36:36.420 is 00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:36.960 Jesus 00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:38.719 the 00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:39.259 King 00:36:39.259 --> 00:36:40.440 of the 00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:40.820 Jews 00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:44.239 the 00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:44.659 King 00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:46.539 was 00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:47.019 crucified 00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:49.599 the 00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:50.139 King 00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:51.579 on the 00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:51.920 throne 00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.519 stepped 00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:52.900 down 00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:54.099 and took 00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:54.280 off 00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:54.700 his robe 00:36:54.700 --> 00:36:55.240 of glory 00:36:55.240 --> 00:36:56.160 he made 00:36:56.160 --> 00:36:56.460 himself 00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:56.920 nothing 00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.720 he was 00:36:57.720 --> 00:36:57.980 born 00:36:57.980 --> 00:36:58.300 as a 00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:58.599 man 00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.139 he lived 00:36:59.139 --> 00:36:59.519 a holy 00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:00.019 life 00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.619 he was 00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.280 crowned 00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:01.700 not with a 00:37:01.700 --> 00:37:02.019 crown 00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:04.099 of gold 00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:05.920 but of 00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:06.460 thorns 00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:09.599 he didn't 00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:09.760 he didn't wear 00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:10.179 a robe 00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:12.000 he was 00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.240 stripped 00:37:12.240 --> 00:37:12.599 naked 00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:18.320 and he 00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:18.679 wore 00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:21.099 our 00:37:21.099 --> 00:37:21.460 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00:38:43.219 more times 00:38:43.219 --> 00:38:43.559 a week 00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:45.759 glimpse 00:38:45.759 --> 00:38:46.219 God's 00:38:46.219 --> 00:38:46.819 glory and 00:38:46.819 --> 00:38:47.119 grace 00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:47.439 here in 00:38:47.439 --> 00:38:47.799 Isaiah 00:38:47.799 --> 00:38:49.019 open up 00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:49.539 the gospels 00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:50.439 in these 00:38:50.439 --> 00:38:51.039 school holidays 00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:51.819 and see 00:38:51.819 --> 00:38:52.799 the king 00:38:52.799 --> 00:38:54.000 king 00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:54.419 Jesus 00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:56.260 over and 00:38:56.260 --> 00:38:56.559 over 00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:57.360 helping you 00:38:57.360 --> 00:38:58.240 see that 00:38:58.240 --> 00:38:59.159 he is 00:38:59.159 --> 00:38:59.940 holy and 00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:00.340 gracious 00:39:00.340 --> 00:39:01.420 to you 00:39:01.420 --> 00:39:02.200 and to 00:39:02.200 --> 00:39:02.880 all people 00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:06.079 in the 00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:06.380 words of 00:39:06.380 --> 00:39:06.680 a book 00:39:06.680 --> 00:39:07.099 you have 00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:07.519 the sight 00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:07.920 that you 00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:08.340 need to 00:39:08.340 --> 00:39:09.099 see now 00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:10.079 after 00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:10.519 covid 00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:11.460 after 00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:11.840 whatever 00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:12.440 the season 00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:13.519 seeing the 00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:13.820 king in 00:39:13.820 --> 00:39:14.260 the word 00:39:14.260 --> 00:39:15.320 is who 00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:15.960 you need 00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:16.940 and how 00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:17.539 you grow 00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.760 and thrive 00:39:18.760 --> 00:39:20.240 wherever you 00:39:20.240 --> 00:39:21.119 are in your 00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:21.599 time right 00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:21.880 now 00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:24.599 and these 00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:24.799 are the 00:39:24.799 --> 00:39:25.659 words the 00:39:25.659 --> 00:39:27.119 world need 00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:27.599 to hear 00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:30.619 for those 00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:31.159 who follow 00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:31.679 this king 00:39:31.679 --> 00:39:33.779 if you 00:39:33.779 --> 00:39:34.759 follow Jesus 00:39:34.759 --> 00:39:37.039 will you 00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:37.400 say with 00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:37.880 Isaiah 00:39:37.880 --> 00:39:38.779 here am 00:39:38.779 --> 00:39:39.139 I 00:39:39.139 --> 00:39:42.199 send me 00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:45.339 Jesus 00:39:45.339 --> 00:39:45.960 the king 00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:47.159 just like 00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:47.719 in Isaiah 00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:49.259 says in 00:39:49.259 --> 00:39:50.119 Matthew 28 00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:51.819 all authority 00:39:51.819 --> 00:39:52.500 in heaven 00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:53.099 and on earth 00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:53.500 has been 00:39:53.500 --> 00:39:53.880 given to 00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:54.099 me 00:39:54.099 --> 00:39:54.719 therefore 00:39:54.719 --> 00:39:55.319 go and 00:39:55.319 --> 00:39:55.519 make 00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:56.079 disciples 00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:57.000 of all 00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:57.440 nations 00:39:57.440 --> 00:39:59.440 the holy 00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:00.039 king has 00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:00.519 placed 00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:01.719 into our 00:40:01.719 --> 00:40:02.759 holy made 00:40:02.759 --> 00:40:03.279 hands 00:40:03.279 --> 00:40:04.739 a holy 00:40:04.739 --> 00:40:05.460 message of 00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:05.900 repentance 00:40:05.900 --> 00:40:06.639 and forgiveness 00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:07.460 and grace 00:40:07.460 --> 00:40:08.039 to all 00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:08.440 peoples 00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:08.839 of all 00:40:08.839 --> 00:40:09.299 nations 00:40:09.299 --> 00:40:09.859 so if 00:40:09.859 --> 00:40:10.159 you know 00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:10.679 Jesus 00:40:10.679 --> 00:40:12.480 will you 00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:13.159 fearlessly 00:40:13.159 --> 00:40:13.759 trust 00:40:13.759 --> 00:40:14.960 this holy 00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:15.380 king 00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:17.019 to share 00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:17.400 the message 00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:17.739 of his 00:40:17.739 --> 00:40:18.019 grace 00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.420 with someone 00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:18.779 who does 00:40:18.779 --> 00:40:18.980 not 00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:20.400 know him 00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:22.539 he does 00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:22.980 not see 00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:23.199 him 00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:23.559 and maybe 00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:23.940 is even 00:40:23.940 --> 00:40:24.360 hostile 00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:25.679 to him 00:40:25.679 --> 00:40:28.659 and if 00:40:28.659 --> 00:40:28.940 you don't 00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:29.099 know 00:40:29.099 --> 00:40:29.400 Jesus 00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:29.679 yet 00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:31.219 and if 00:40:31.219 --> 00:40:31.579 you 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00:40:56.480 what Isaiah 00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:56.900 saw 00:40:56.900 --> 00:40:58.440 and with 00:40:58.440 --> 00:40:58.900 Isaiah 00:40:58.900 --> 00:40:59.980 receive with 00:40:59.980 --> 00:41:00.380 joy 00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:01.340 the gift 00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:01.960 of grace 00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:02.900 to stand 00:41:02.900 --> 00:41:03.320 forgiven 00:41:03.320 --> 00:41:05.780 before your 00:41:05.780 --> 00:41:06.159 king 00:41:06.159 --> 00:41:07.400 before God 00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:08.159 because of the 00:41:08.159 --> 00:41:08.659 sacrifice 00:41:08.659 --> 00:41:09.820 of Jesus 00:41:09.820 --> 00:41:10.300 Christ 00:41:10.300 --> 00:41:12.199 let's pray 00:41:12.199 --> 00:41:16.939 God 00:41:16.939 --> 00:41:17.379 we all 00:41:17.379 --> 00:41:17.739 need to 00:41:17.739 --> 00:41:18.019 see 00:41:18.019 --> 00:41:18.619 that you 00:41:18.619 --> 00:41:18.879 are the 00:41:18.879 --> 00:41:19.119 king 00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:21.139 we cannot 00:41:21.139 --> 00:41:21.859 stand before 00:41:21.859 --> 00:41:22.219 you 00:41:22.219 --> 00:41:23.319 but because 00:41:23.319 --> 00:41:23.759 of Jesus 00:41:23.759 --> 00:41:24.239 we can 00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:24.799 receive 00:41:24.799 --> 00:41:25.619 forgiveness 00:41:25.619 --> 00:41:27.399 he is 00:41:27.399 --> 00:41:27.599 our 00:41:27.599 --> 00:41:28.319 sacrifice 00:41:28.319 --> 00:41:29.939 he pays 00:41:29.939 --> 00:41:30.419 for sins 00:41:30.419 --> 00:41:30.859 so we 00:41:30.859 --> 00:41:31.460 can stand 00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:31.879 in your 00:41:31.879 --> 00:41:32.359 presence 00:41:32.359 --> 00:41:33.559 we look 00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:33.939 forward to 00:41:33.939 --> 00:41:34.279 the day 00:41:34.279 --> 00:41:34.779 when people 00:41:34.779 --> 00:41:35.460 from all 00:41:35.460 --> 00:41:35.799 nations 00:41:35.799 --> 00:41:36.399 will join 00:41:36.399 --> 00:41:37.480 with Isaiah 00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:39.219 in worship 00:41:39.219 --> 00:41:40.599 and we 00:41:40.599 --> 00:41:41.139 claim 00:41:41.139 --> 00:41:41.719 that 00:41:41.719 --> 00:41:42.059 forgiveness 00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:42.579 today 00:41:42.579 --> 00:41:43.960 we commit 00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:44.360 ourselves 00:41:44.360 --> 00:41:44.740 to the 00:41:44.740 --> 00:41:45.059 king 00:41:45.059 --> 00:41:46.880 king 00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:47.260 Jesus 00:41:47.260 --> 00:41:48.440 and until 00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:48.960 then and for 00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:49.639 all eternity 00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:50.820 we are your 00:41:50.820 --> 00:41:51.460 people so 00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:52.260 send us 00:41:52.260 --> 00:41:53.280 to tell all 00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:53.900 nations of 00:41:53.900 --> 00:41:54.500 your holiness 00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:55.940 and grace 00:41:55.940 --> 00:41:58.019 amen