Isaiah 6 · The Throne Room
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 whole earth is full of his glory.
Isaiah 6:1–3 · KJV
He wasn't looking for this.
He walked into the temple on the worst day. The king was dead, the nation was shaken, and he had no answers.
And the room
was already full.
Not standing.
Sitting.
Enthroned. Unmoved. There was no room left for anything else.
Holy.
Holy.
Holy.
Three times.
Hebrew has no superlative. This is the ceiling of language — pressed against something that has no ceiling.
The posts of the door moved at the sound.
The house filled with smoke.
Isaiah was inside this.