The Early Church called Isaiah the 5th gospel – Isaiah is among the most Quoted OT books throughout the NT – Jesus Christ often Quoted from Isaiah.
Prior to the Book of Isaiah the knowledge and personality of God was very limited within human knowledge. The people who lived prior to King David writer of many of the Psalms and Isaiah who wrote the book of Isaiah had a very limited knowledge of who God actually is as a Person and how to interact with God as a Person.
Note: The gold Tongs are for the Golden Incense Altar inside the Temple – the bronze Altar of sacrifices outside the Temple used bronze shovels and rakes.
☆ If you want an actual personal interaction with God the way Isaiah did in chapter six where Isaiah saw the LORD Jesus Christ (Melchizedek) High, Exalted and Seated on His Throne in the Palace Throne Room with His Priesthood Authority (Robe) filling the inside of the Temple – you must spiritually be inside the Temple as Isaiah was – you can’t actually experience God in this Holy and Intimate way from outside the Temple – you have to move past the sin sacrifice, past the bronze altar of sacrifices and into the Golden Holy Place inside the Temple of God and into the Presence of God.
Then one of the Seraphim (from inside the Temple) flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal (of Incense) that he had taken from the (incense) altar with tongs. He touched my mouth with it and said: Now that this has touched your lips, your wickedness is removed, and your sin is atoned for. – Isaiah 6:6-7 CSB
Solomon also made all the equipment in God’s Temple: the gold altar (of incense); the tables on which to put the Bread of the Presence; the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn in front of the inner sanctuary according to specifications; the flowers, lamps, and gold tongs—of purest gold; – 2 Chronicles 4:19-21
the pure gold lampstands in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left; the gold flowers, lamps, and ‘gold’ tongs (for the altar of incense) – 1 Kings 7:49 CSB
by David Anson Brown
Why Isaiah is the Key to Understanding the Entire Bible
