looking for consolation in a time of national and personal grief. He got more than he bargained for: “In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple” (Isaiah 6:1). The king was dead. But when Isaiah entered the temple, he saw another king, the Ultimate King, the One who sat forever on the throne of Judah. He saw the Lord. Notice how in Isaiah 6:1 the word Lord is printed. It begins with a capital letter and then
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