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"HERE AM I! SEND ME" THE PROPHET ISAIAH
Lesson 13 for the 27th of September, 2008
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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 wholeearth is full of
his glory.And the posts of the doormoved at the
voice of himthat cried, and the housewas filled
with smoke
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Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone because
I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the
midst of a people of unclean lips for mine eyes
have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. Then flew
one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal
in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs
from off the altar And he laid it upon my mouth,
and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips and
thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
Also I heard the voiceof the Lord, saying, Whom
shallI send, and who will go for us?Then said
I, Here am I send me(Isaiah, 6 1-8)
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It was under circumstances of difficulty and
discouragement that Isaiah, while yet a young
man, was called to the prophetic mission.
Disaster was threatening his country. By their
transgression of God's law the people of Judah
had forfeited His protection, and the Assyrian
forces were about to come against the kingdom of
Judah. But the danger from their enemies was not
the greatest trouble. It was the perversity of
the people that brought upon the Lord's servant
the deepest depression. By their apostasy and
rebellion they were inviting the judgments of God
E.G.W. (Testimonies for the Church, vol. 5, page
750)
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The youthful prophet had been called to bear to
them a message of warning, and he knew that he
would meet with obstinate resistance. He trembled
as he viewed himself and thought of the
stubbornness and unbelief of the people for whom
he was to labor. His task seemed to him almost
hopeless. Should he in despair relinquish his
mission and leave Israel undisturbed to their
idolatry? Were the gods of Nineveh to rule the
earth in defiance of the God of heaven?
E.G.W. (Testimonies for the Church, vol. 5, page
750)
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As he Isaiah stood under the portico of the
holy temple. Suddenly the gate and the inner veil
of the temple seemed to be uplifted or withdrawn,
and he was permitted to gaze within, upon the
holy of holies, where even the prophet's feet
might not enter
E.G.W. (Testimonies to the Church, vol. 5, page
751)
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There rose up before him a vision of Jehovah
sitting upon a throne high and lifted up, while
His train filled the temple. On each side the
throne hovered the seraphim, two wings bearing
them up, two veiling their faces in adoration,
and two covering their feet
E.G.W. (Testimonies to the Church, vol. 5, page
751)
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These angel ministers lifted up their voices in
solemn invocation, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord
of hosts the whole earth is full of His glory,"
until post and pillar and cedar gate seemed to
tremble at the sound, and the house was filled
with their praise
E.G.W. (Testimonies to the Church, vol. 5, page
751)
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Never before had Isaiah realized so fully the
greatness of Jehovah or His perfect holiness and
he felt that in his human frailty and
unworthiness he must perish in that divine
presence.
E.G.W. (Testimonies to the Church, vol. 5, page
751)
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Humanity, with its weakness and sin, was brought
in contrast with the perfection of divinity, and
he felt altogether deficient and unholy. Thus it
has been with all who have been granted a view of
God's greatness and majesty
E.G.W. (The Desire of Ages, page 249)
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In the vision he was given a clear view of the
character of the God of Israel In beholding
his God, the prophet
had not only been given a view of his own
unworthiness there had come to his humbled heart
the assurance of forgiveness, full and free and
he had arisen a changed man. He had seen his
Lord. He had caught a glimpse of the loveliness
of the divine character. He could testify of the
transformation wrought through beholding Infinite
Love. Henceforth he was inspired with longing
desire to see erring Israel set free from the
burden and penalty of sin
E.G.W. (Conflict and Courage, August 17th)
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Here am I, send me
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To everyone who becomes a partaker of His grace
the Lord appoints a work for others. Individually
we are to stand in our lot and place, saying,
"Here am I send me." Isaiah 68. Upon the
minister of the word, the missionary nurse, the
Christian physician, the individual Christian,
whether he be merchant or farmer, professional
man or mechanic--the responsibility rests upon
all. It is our work to reveal to men the gospel
of their salvation. Every enterprise in which we
engage should be a means to this end
E.G.W. (The Ministry of Healing, page 149)
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What though earthly powers should be arrayed
against Judah? What though Isaiah should meet
with opposition and resistance in his mission? He
had seen the King, the Lord of hosts he had
heard the song of the seraphim, "The whole earth
is full of His glory" and the prophet was nerved
for the work before him. The memory of this
vision was carried with him throughout his long
and arduous mission
E.G.W. (Testimonies to the Church, vol. 5, page
752)
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And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye
indeed, but understand not and see ye indeed,
but perceive not. Make the heart of this people
fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their
eyes lest they see with their eyes, and hear
with their ears, and understand with their heart,
and convert, and be healed (Isaiah, 6 9-10)
Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye
upon him while he is near Let the wicked forsake
his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts
and let him return unto the Lord, and he will
have mercy upon him and to our God, for he will
abundantly pardon (Isaiah, 55 6-7)
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• Called for a prophetic ministry, Isaiah felt
  downhearted because of the obstinacy that created
  his message of warning among the people.
• In that moment, he received the vision that will
  go with him and will make him stronger on his
  prophetic assignment (more than sixty years) The
  Vision of Gods throne.
• When he realized his indignity, God purified him
  and prepared him to proclaim His messages.
• The message given to Isaiah deals with the call
  made by God to turn to Him in order to achieve
  Salvation and it spans wider than only Israel
  people.
• Its a call for everyone, light to gentiles,
  that has arrived to our days and has gone through
  our own hearts.

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The vision given to Isaiah represents the
condition of God's people in the last days. They
are privileged to see by faith the work that is
going forward in the heavenly sanctuary. "And the
temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was
seen in his temple the ark of his testament." As
they look by faith into the holy of holies, and
see the work of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary,
they perceive that they are a people of unclean
lips,--a people whose lips have often spoken
vanity, and whose talents have not been
sanctified and employed to the glory of God. Well
may they despair as they contrast their own
weakness and unworthiness with the purity and
loveliness of the glorious character of Christ.
But if they, like Isaiah, will receive the
impression the Lord designs shall be made upon
the heart, if they will humble their souls before
God, there is hope for them. The bow of promise
is above the throne, and the work done for Isaiah
will be performed in them. God will respond to
the petitions coming from the contrite heart We
want the living coal from off the altar placed
upon our lips. We want to hear the word spoken,
"Thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged"
E.G.W. (SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 4, pg. 1139)
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Here am I, send me !
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