<TITLE>08. Par 65-73</TITLE>L-65   A man has no right to take up and say, "Well, I'd make a easy living if I was a minister. I believe I'll study the ministry. I believe I'll do this, that, or the other. I believe if I can impersonate this gift that God has given, it would... I'd have great campaigns, and so forth." We see so much of that today.

L-66 But when you find out, Isaiah found a lesson here, that God places His man, Hisself. God does the placing, and He never made this man a priest. He made him a king, and he ought to abide a king. He must not--not try... Isaiah learned here that you mustn't try to take another man's place.

L-67   Then when he saw that his great hero had come to this disgrace and went down and died, Isaiah felt then pretty near all hopes for him was gone, so he went down to the temple one day to talk it over with the Lord, and that's where the vision happened. At the temple, he saw the One that he was supposed to be looking at all the time. In the temple, he, saw, in a vision, God setting high on a throne, exalted way in the Heavens, and His train was with Him. This vision he saw, high, lifted up, His throne, way above every earthly domain. God, that's the One he was supposed to look at, when he was in the vision.

L-68 And then we notice this, that the Heavenly Seraphims was flying back and forth, in the temple. Now, the Seraphims, actually the Hebrew word there is Burners. They were the One Who offered incense and the sacrifice. It's just a higher order of Angels, that--that makes the way for the sinner, as long as there is a sacrifice. And these Seraphims, specially, these Burners had a special office, They stayed right in the Presence of God. They're the same as the Cherubims, and They were right in the Presence of God.

L-69   And when this prophet felt the Spirit of God on him, and, he opened his eyes. You see, he was so born for that purpose, that when he opened his eyes, it was like dropping from here into a land like he was dreaming, and he saw God's throne exalted so high. And then he looked in the temple, and these Seraphims was going back and forth, through the temple, crying, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God! Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God!"

L-70 What a change, and what an influence this must have been upon this young prophet! When he saw the failure of man, and although good men would fail, but now he sees God, and he saw these Seraphims.

L-71 And notice the special covering that these Seraphims had. They was covered with two wings over Their face, two wings over Their feet, and They was flying with two wings. God is altogether holy. Think of it, even Angels has to cover Their holy face, to stand in the Presence of God.

L-72   I wonder, my brother, I wonder, my sister, if we'll look at that! When, holy Angels has to cover Their face, to stand in the Presence of God, in reverence and in respect. But today we find people who call themself Christians, even, has no respect at all for God, or His Word, or His people, or His ministry, or nothing. Where are they going to come up at in the resurrection? The Bible said, "If the righteous scarcely be saved, where will the sinner and the ungodly ever appear?"

L-73 And when, Seraphims, the highest order of Angels, right by the Mercy Seat, the Burners of the sacrifice, had to cover Their holy faces, to stand in His Presence, and here They was. God setting up there on His throne, and these Cherubims going back and forth, screaming, day and night, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God!" Do you know what I mean? Notice. They, two wings, They covered Their faces. And why?


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