Isaiah chapter 6 appears in this week's Christian Science Bible Lesson. the chapter begins by telling us that the prophet Isaiah began his work in the year that King Uzziah of Judah died. That year was 739BC.
Who was Uzziah and was he connected to the prophet Zechariah who we are learning about this month?
Second Chronicles 26 informs us that Uzziah became king at the age of 16 and subsequently successfully reigned in Jerusalem for 52 years!
His mother's name was Jekoliah (v. 3) and "he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord" (v. 4). Moreover "He sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God"(v. 5 NIV).
How interesting to make these connections!
Further along in this chapter is one of my most favourite Bible verses:
v. 8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I; send me!" (Isa. 6: 8).
Julie Swannell
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