Isaiah's Heavenly Vision

 

Isa 6:1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple

 

This portion of Scripture has always been one of my favorites. There are so many lessons to be learned from this encounter with a holy and loving God! Today I want to talk specifically about the train of His robe filling the temple.

I saw a picture of a bridal gown on Facebook the other day, with this huge train attached to it, and whoever posted it was asking for comments. I could kick myself for not immediately thinking of this passage from Isaiah.

This vision came to Isaiah in the year 758 B.C. (the year King Uzziah died) The first thing we note is the Lord was sitting on a throne. He rules! He is the King of the Universe. He is high and lifted up over any and all things. How foolish for us then to look to any other thing as a god.

The train of His robe filled the temple. This is no small thing. 1 Kings 6:2 give us the dimensions of Solomons Temple, “Now the house which King Solomon built for the LORD, its length was sixty cubits, its width twenty, and its height thirty cubits. There are approximately two yards to a cubit, so the total yards of fabric needed to make this train would be 288,000 yards!

 

So what can we make of this? I believe this train is meant to portray an important biblical truth. The true church of Jesus Christ is often portrayed in Scripture as the bride of Christ. As a believer, you are part of this bridal gown and the church fills the whole temple. The temple will be filled to capacity! Not one believing soul (Old Testament and New) will be missing, at the consummation of all things on Judgment Day. John talked about the church as the Bride of Christ in the Book of Revelation!

 

Re 21:2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Re 21:9 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, "Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife."

 

As a believer, you are part of this bridal gown and the church fills the whole temple. The temple will be filled to capacity! Not one believing soul (Old Testament and New) will be missing, at the consummation of all things on Judgment Day.

I find it extremely interesting, that 288,000 is a multiple of the 144,000 mentioned in the Book of Revelation. That 144,000 figure is not to be taken literally. It is in one instance, symbolic of the Old Testament believers spoken of in Re 7:4 And I heard the number of those sealed, (one hundred and forty four thousands were sealed out of all the tribes of the sons of Israel):

And in another instance symbolic of the New Testament believers as recounted  in Re 14:1 Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father's name written on their foreheads.

 

Now I know this is speculative on my part. Don’t go building a doctrine on these numbers, BUT this is not speculation, when Jesus returns not one believer will be missing in the church. They will be “all present and accounted for.”

This is a message that Isaiah needed to hear and we need to hear in the church today as well. Isaiah was about to be commissioned to  preach God’s Word to an audience that didn’t want to hear it.

 

Isa 6:9 And He said, "Go, and tell this people: 'Keep on hearing, but do not understand; Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.'

 

But he went and preached it anyway, and that’s our responsibility as well. Never mind the number just keep preaching the Word, trusting God for the results. Don’t fret…..none will be missing.