Vital Signs: Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Seeing Heaven

“It was in the year King Uzziah died that I saw the Lord. He was sitting on a lofty throne, and the train of his robe filled the Temple. Attending him were mighty seraphim, each having six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. They were calling out to each other, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies! The whole earth is filled with his glory!” Their voices shook the Temple to its foundations, and the entire building was filled with smoke. Then I said, “It’s all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.” Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. He touched my lips with it and said, “See, this coal has touched your lips. Now your guilt is removed, and your sins are forgiven.” Then I heard the Lord asking, “Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?” I said, “Here I am. Send me.” - ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭6‬:‭1‬-‭8‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Can you imagine heavens beauty? Isaiah gives us a glimpse with the train of the Lord's robe filling the temple and Seraphim with voices so big and beautiful, they shook the temple to its foundation. Micaiah, Ezekiel, and John saw heaven with the throne and the Lord seated on it. Paul did not just see heaven, he was taken up into heaven. He saw things so astounding that he could not express them with words. Visions of heaven motivate us to praise God and to serve him faithfully. To not praise God is to doubt. To overcome doubt, we must return to praising God!