"Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar."
The Spirit uses after the principle Similitude sets of three in order to indicate the fulness of God in Jesus Christ.(Col.1:19)
For instance we have the same lake in Galilee named Lake Tiberias or Lake Gennasaret. This shall help us understand the significance of the lake of fire, the ultimate stop for Satan and other sons of perdition. The sea of Galilee, is in fact a lake in Israel through which the Jordan River flows. So we shall look at the night vision in the Book of Daniel. "His throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire./A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened." (Dan.7:9-10). This fiery stream evokes judgment aspect of the Word and by same token the lake through which the river Jordan flows signifies the lake of fire. Considering the river signifies death this comparison is apt. The waters from above the firmament denotes mercy and the fiery stream is synonym for divine wrath.
In the vision of Isaiah, it is not the same throne but God is "sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple./Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings." The Law of the Spirit is here given the name 'seraphim' so seraphim and cherubim are interchangeable for the Law. In the vision of John the four beasts were as memorial before God. From the Isaiah account (6:1-10) it is clear that the temple is in fact the heart and prior to his ministry the law of sin operating in the prophet has to be purged. "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." (v.7). Compare this with the vision of Ezekiel, "and fill thine hand with coals of fire"(Ez.10:2)
"Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar."
The Spirit uses after the principle Similitude sets of three in order to indicate the fulness of God in Jesus Christ.(Col.1:19)
For instance we have the same lake in Galilee named Lake Tiberias or Lake Gennasaret. This shall help us understand the significance of the lake of fire, the ultimate stop for Satan and other sons of perdition. The sea of Galilee, is in fact a lake in Israel through which the Jordan River flows. So we shall look at the night vision in the Book of Daniel. "His throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire./A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened." (Dan.7:9-10). This fiery stream evokes judgment aspect of the Word and by same token the lake through which the river Jordan flows signifies the lake of fire. Considering the river signifies death this comparison is apt. The waters from above the firmament denotes mercy and the fiery stream is synonym for divine wrath.
In the vision of Isaiah, it is not the same throne but God is "sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple./Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings." The Law of the Spirit is here given the name 'seraphim' so seraphim and cherubim are interchangeable for the Law. In the vision of John the four beasts were as memorial before God. From the Isaiah account (6:1-10) it is clear that the temple is in fact the heart and prior to his ministry the law of sin operating in the prophet has to be purged. "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." (v.7). Compare this with the vision of Ezekiel, "and fill thine hand with coals of fire"(Ez.10:2)
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