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Holy, Holy, Holy: Proclaiming the Perfections of God is unavailable, but you can change that!

The angels in Isaiah’s vision of God’s heavenly temple (Isa. 6) used threefold repetition to praise His holiness, the superlative form of emphasis in the Hebrew language. Their cry tells us that nothing is as significant as the holiness of God. Tragically, the holiness of God has been obscured in our time, and as a result, the church’s doctrine and ethics have been tarnished, entertainment has...

But this passage makes clear, particularly in God’s righteous anger and reaction, that sin does land somewhere. Specifically, it lands squarely in the sight of a holy God, who has pledged that He will not look on sin but will judge it in His holiness and righteousness. Sin is committed against God Himself. It is falling away from God. It is turning away from God. It is an offense against Him, a very personal attack, a personal rebellion. Fourth, sin provokes the wrath of an omnipotent God. Again,
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