Isaiah 6:1-3 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting
upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with
twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered
his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and
said, Holy,holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
SEE HIS GLORY AND THEN EXPERIENCE HIS POWER
May 11, 2012
When Isaiah saw the Lord on the throne, he saw something that had not taken place yet.
- We learn this from John’s Gospel in the 12th chapter.
- This is the account of Jesus’ Triumphal entry when He rode into Jerusalem a week before His resurrection, which has been called PALM SUNDAY.
- In that chapter, John wrote about the Jews rejecting Him despite all the miracles He did in their midst.
- John even commented that this rejection was foretold by Isaiah.
- And he said that Isaiah wrote about this rejection when he saw Jesus Christ’s glory.
John 12:39-41 Therefore they could not believe, because
that Esaias said again, He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their
heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with
their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. These things
said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
So we are reading that Isaiah saw the glory of Jesus sitting on His
throne in the very chapter that John said Jesus came to Jerusalme on
the donkey as THEIR KING!
Isaiah 6:10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears
heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear
withtheir ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Jesus did not sit on the Right Hand throne until after His resurrection.
So Isaiah was seeing his future.
This "right hand" seating is exactly what Paul prayed for his readers to see.
- Paul explained the power of God that is available to us in the Church as something we must “see.”
- Paul used a spiritual expression of SEEING to represent UNDERSTANDING.
- What Isaiah SAW was the very thing Paul said we must SEE with eyes of understanding.
Ephesians 1:15-23 Wherefore I also, after I heard of
your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, Cease not
to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; that the
God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you
the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes
of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the
hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his
inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his
power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty
power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead,
and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all
principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that
is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head
over all things to the church, Which is his body,the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
We need to SEE the power that God used to put Jesus on the throne is the power that is for us.
- The seraphims cried about the GLORY just as Paul said the GLORY needs to be seen!
- The power that God used to resurrect and enthrone Jesus is for us now!
- But we have to first be made aware of it, and convinced of it so that we can have faith to enjoy it when we pray for it.
- Anything that we need to have in and believe is something that a person could say we need to first SEE and understand.
- You cannot have strong faith for something that you cannot see, and that you are not convinced of.
- Seeing is like asking someone if they “get” what you are explaining.
- Do you SEE it?
- Is this hitting you?
I once preached a message about the need for Elisha to SEE Elijah ascend before he could get a double portion of Elijah’s anointing.
- It’s the same message here.
- Unless we SEE that we actually have the power that God used to resurrect and enthrone Jesus at the right hand, we will never experience that power on our lives.
So seeing is a real spiritual breakthrough in our understanding.
Elijah told Elisha he must SEE to gain the double port he requested.
After Elijah was gone, Elisha prayed for his servant to SEE THE SAME
THING:
2 Kings 2:9-12 KJV And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that
Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be
taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double
portion of thy spirit be upon me. (10) And he said, Thou hast asked a
hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it
shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. (11) And it came
to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there
appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both
asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. (12) And Elisha
saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and
the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his
own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
2 Kings 6:17 KJV And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I
pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes
of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of
horses and chariots offire round about Elisha.
Both involved chariots of fire.
- The chariots of fire from heaven that took Elijah were later ALL AROUND ELISHA ON EARTH!
- The power of heaven was ON EARTH!
- It’s like saying God’s will in Heaven is being done in earth now!
- The chariots of fire represent the POWER OF GOD that took up Jesus to glory and enthroned Him!
- That power is with us in earth!
John 3:3 KJV Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
John 3:5 KJV Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say
unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he
cannot enter into the kingdom ofGod.
You cannot ENTER what you FIRST cannot SEE!
You SEE IT AND THEN ENTER IT.
John 14:12 KJV Verily, verily, I say unto you, He
that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater
works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
Like Elijah telling Elsha he would have a double portion of his
ministry, Jesus told us we would do greater things than Jesus, ALL
BECAUSE HE WASASCENDING.
- That power of the Spirit that ascended Jesus is NOW ALL OVER US IN THE EARTH.
- But we have to SEE it to enjoy it.
After ISAIAH SAW the Lord on the throne, we read Seraphims cried out something very significant, and is no coincidence:
Isaiah 6:1-4 KJV In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord
sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the
temple. (2) Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with
twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with
twain he did fly. (3) And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy,
holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. (4)
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the
house was filled with smoke.
When we SEE, the power of God ALL OVER JESUS ON HIS
THRONE is going to break through the doors of Heaven’s temple and
pour down upon us inthe earth.
- The whole EARTH is full of His glory.
- When we SEE THIS, suddenly glory is going to manifest on our lives!
- It’s like saying, “Oh Boy! Earth, here
comes the glory of HEAVEN from Jesus on the throne right down there to
you! SOMEONE SEES THE POWER OF THE KINGDOM ON JESUS!”
- Their eyes were opened to grasp that we have the power on us that
- Jesus was raised and enthroned with!
- THEY know that THEY ARE SO UNITED TO JESUS that HIS POWER IS ON THEM!
- And that is the faith required to see God pour it out!