I
SAW THE LORD
“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.”
Isaiah 6:1
To see the Lord Jesus Christ in a vision as Isaiah did surely would
be a wonder to behold. The vision refers to the exaltation of Christ,
after His humiliation here on earth. Although we do not see Him in
a vision, we see Him exactly as Isaiah did; On the Throne of His glory,
high and lifted up, worshipped by the innumerable company of saints
being accompanied by the host of heaven. We see Him by faith in His
glorious reign as He is revealed in His Word by the preaching of the
gospel. For the child of God to ‘see Him as He is’ initiates worship
and adoration. Peace and comfort flow from Him to us like a river
because we see ourselves gathered with Him there. His love, mercy,
grace and omnipotence preside over all His loved ones to their good,
to the destruction of every foe, and to His glory. Because He is there
and we are there with Him everything will be alright. Every one of
His sheep see Him exactly the same because He is the same - “Jesus
Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever” Hebrews
13:8. We see Him having accomplished eternal redemption for us,
having purchased us with His Own blood, having put away our sin by
the sacrifice of Himself, having raised from the dead proving our
justification, having ascended to the throne of His glory ever living
to make intercession for us. The sight of Him there assures our hearts
before Him here. The believer’s desire is to see the Lord, and He
has promised to give us the desire of our heart. - “One thing have
I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in
the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty
of the LORD, and to enquire in His temple” Psalms 27:4.
Of all the wonders there are to behold there is nothing that compares
to beholding the Lamb in the midst of the throne. How do you see the
Lord?