Six children gathered around Grandpa Michael. They heard of the story he tells of the
mighty King’s throne room, and they waited with great desire to hear it. He told the story of s mysterious throne room
of God. This is where God sat, and His robe filled the temple of His
throne. The children waited with great
desire to hear the story about the great King.
Grandpa said, “Gather around children and hear this story of the great
and mighty King.” The children turned to
each other in amazement, and Grandpa said, “And it cane to pass in those days,
that there was a great and mighty King who had an endless robe. The length of the King’s robe could not be
measured. His robe was pure white and
bright and light. The King was unlike
any earthly king. There was no earthly
king who had an endless robe as this King.
His robe filled the temple. He
was, and is, and always shall be. There
was never a time when He was not. This
King’s reign shall never end. The reign
of earthly kings was not like this great King.
Their reign would end at a certain time but the great King’s reign is
endless just like His endless robe.” The
children were amazed, and asked, “Grandpas, what makes this King set
apart?” Grandpa said, “This great King
was uniquely holy. No living thing was
as holy as this awesome King. No one
stood beside Him for He was holy and divine.
This King, unlike His creation, was All-Powerful, All-Knowing, and
Ever-present and All-Wise.” Grandpas said,
“Let me tell you of the King’s friend. Isaiah was a good friend with God who provided
the snow that could not be plowed. Isaiah
was a great prophet of God. Yes, by the
favor of the King, Isaiah was clothed with His a heavenly covering of
righteousness that was the color of snow and as bright as light. Only the King could supply this robe of
righteousness and His chosen few have it given to them.” John and Peter asked, “When did this
happen?” Grandpa said, “Now it came to
pass in the days when King Uzziah died, that there was a man who met this Great
King who resided in a great temple of light and gold. There was only One King who could rightly sit
on this throne. These days we see a
false reign of the prince of darkness who has no legitimate right to the King’s
throne. Now Isaiah was an appointed preacher of
God. He boldly proclaimed the Word of
God to the people. He was God’s chosen
instrument in the blessed city of Jerusalem. Now in those days Isaiah was a
married man who had two sons. His task
was the mission of a covenant sufferer. His
mission was just charges, condemnation and judgments against a wicked people.” Then Grandpa said, “All of you, dear ones,
have a special purpose for this great King.
God has appointed a mission for us to glorify Him by speaking His truth
to a lost world.” The children shouted,
“Wow! We need to pray and mediate on
this truth.” Grandpa said, “Rightly
said.” And so Grandpa continued, “And
this is the story of Isaiah’s encounter with the Great King of the eternal city
of God. He was a blessed messenger of
God who saw the Lord in His heavenly court of righteousness. It came to pass in those days that; Behold, the
Lord was sitting on His throne. The Lord
was the King, and the King was the Lord.
He sat High on His throne and lifted up in the heavens where He reigns
as the true King of heaven and earth.
And we know that His robe filled the temple, and there was no King who
had an endless robe like this King.” And
little Michael and Andrew said, “You mean His robe never ended?” Grandpa said, “The endless robe showed forth the
reality of the Eternity of this great King.
He was the King that always was. This
King was majestic and holy and sovereign over all things. Isaiah knew him to be the King who never was
created but lived in eternity, and now in time, as the Everlasting King of
kings. All of His people who come before
this great King worshiped and praised and thanked Him for Who He is.” Grandpa stopped, and said, “Let us bowed our
heads and hearts to Him who is the great King.” And the children and Grandpas
bowed their heads and hearts in worship of the King. All the children marveled at the awesome presence
of the King. Grandpa continued, “As the
King was on His throne, it meant He ruled heaven and earth. The seraphim had six wings; with two he
covered his face because of the great holiness of the King and because he had
no glory to compare with God’s majestic glory; and with two he covered his feet
because he was modest, and with two he flew because it was known that the
seraphim accomplished the will of God. And the heavenly chorus cried to another in
worship of the King, and raised their voices in gladness. And behold they said, “Holy, holy, holy, is
the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!” (NKJV).
As the King sat on His throne Isaiah could see the splendor of His utter
holiness. He knew the Lord of hosts was
a divine warrior. And the posts of the
door were shaken by their voices that cried out, and the house was filled with
smoke. Grandpa stopped and took off his
eye-glasses; posed, and said, “Children, we need to remember who we are and who
our God is. We are unholy and God is
holy. We need to faithfully repent of
our sins, because God does not tolerate sin, and He has commanded in His Word
that people should turn from their sin.”
Grandpa placed his eye-glasses on and continued, “Now it came to pass in
those days that Isaiah was undone, and said, “Woe is me.” He encountered a holy God who is wholly set
apart. Isaiah was amazed at the glory of
God that was set before him in awesome appeal.
Isaiah was a man of unclean lips.”
Grandpa said to the children, “Everyone in the world is a person of
unclean lips, and all who are reconciled to God by His sinless Son will be cleansed
from all matter of spiritual uncleanness.
The Lord Jesus provides us with His perfect righteousness by faith
alone. We need His righteousness alone
to stand before God. Without His
righteousness we could not stand before God.”
Grandpa posed, and the children said, “We have faith in Jesus and God
has given us His righteousness.” Grandpa
said, “It is the Word of God that assures of that everyone who believes in His Only
Son has His righteousness which covers them before the presence of God.” Grandpa said, “He is holy, but if we believe,
we are His friends like Isaiah.” Ruth and
Mary said, “We are His friends.” Grandpa
said, and smiled, “Well said.” The other
children nodded and smiled. Grandpa
continued, “Now it was that Isaiah saw the King who was the Lord of hosts. Isaiah’s sins were removed because of the
all-sufficient sacrifice of Christ which purged the sins of His own
people. For the Spirit says, “Be
reconciled to God” (2 Corinthians 5:20 NKJV).
The children said, “We see how awesome this King
is. How great and mysterious!” Grandpa nodded and continued, “It came to
pass in those days that the Lord desired to send someone from Himself. The Lord said, “Whom shall I send, and who
will go for Us?” (NKJV). And thus it was
that Isaiah had a special mission; He was to represent the heavenly court. To his disappointment he was sent not to save
Israel but to harden their hearts. In
those days they were an impenitent people who had calloused hearts of stone.” Grandpa posed, took a deep breath and said,
“Do you understand the necessity of being born again?” The children said, “We have learned that the
Word of God and the Spirit of God changes the stony heart of man.” Grandpa smiled and said, “Well said
children.” He continued, “Isaiah proclaimed to a wicked people of the Lord’s
compliant about their faithlessness and sinful rebellion. Isaiah called upon God’s people to turn to the
Lord, continue in His word, engage in faithful repentance and holiness for
God’s glory.” The children shouted, “Out
of love for Him we need to be faithful to the Lord! We represent Him to the world!” Grandpa said,
“What you have said is correct.” He continued, “Now Isaiah was a man who came
to pronounce judgment upon Israel but there shall be a godly remnant who survives
God’s holy judgment. Isaiah thought of
how he was inspired by God’s Word by His Spirit. He was filled with awe and adoration for the
Lord. Now it happened in those days, the
wickedness of the people grew, and Isaiah was swan into by a sword. So it was as Christ Himself said of the
leaders of His day, “In fact, you bear witness that
you approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you
build their tombs” (Luke 11:48 NKJV). Yet
Isaiah forever reigns in glory with the great King of glory, beholding the face
of God, seeing His holy face. Surely,
his death was precious in the Lord’s eyes, it was his appointed time for the
Spirit says, “Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints”
(Psalms 116:15 NKJV). Then children
shouted, “Amen Grandpa.” And he said, “It
stands as a testimony of God’s enduring Word.
Isaiah served the King with the endless robe! We must take our commitment to the Lord with
great seriousness.” And so it was that Grandpa
and the children bowed their heads and hearts in knowing the great cost of
serving Him who has the endless robe.
And so it was in the days of Grandpa Michael that the children grew up
in the way they should go; serving the great King in the Spirit of Isaiah and
telling others about the King with the endless robe. The King said to His children “Be faithful”
and Grandpa said, “Amen.”
Sproul,
RC. The New Geneva Study Bible. (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishing, 1995),
p. 1020-1021, 1033.
Isaiah 6
1 In the year that King Uzziah died,
I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe
filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphs, each with
six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their
feet, and with two they were flying. 3 And they were
calling to one another:
"Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory."
4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds
shook and the temple was filled with smoke. "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory."
5 "Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty."
6 Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for."
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!"
9 He said, "Go and tell this people:
" 'Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.'
10 Make the heart of this people calloused;
make their ears dull
and close their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed."
11 Then I said, "For how long, O Lord?"
And he answered:
"Until the cities lie ruined
and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted
and the fields ruined and ravaged,
12 until the LORD has sent everyone far away
and the land is utterly forsaken.
13 And though a tenth remains in the land,
it will again be laid waste.
But as the terebinth and oak
leave stumps when they are cut down,
so the holy seed will be the stump in the land."
Questions:
1.
Who is the King?
2.
What does a sinner need to stand before
Him?
3.
What was the mission of Isaiah?
4.
How does God forgive sin?
5.
What did the exalted angels do before
God?
6.
Discuss the story and reflect on God’s
holiness.
The King With The Endless Robe is about a story of a great, mighty, awesome
King. This King was the greatest, highest,
elevated King in the universe. The
prophet Isaiah was committed, dedicated, devoted to the proclamation of the
Word of God. It is a story about the
Word of God in the Old Testament. Learn
about the adventurous journey that Grandpa Michael and his six grandchildren
take as they learn about the awesome, amazing, astounding, exciting story of The King With The Endless Robe.
Michael
A. Petillo is a Reformed apologist, theologian, author. He as six degrees, and one graduate
certificate. He has written O, Come Divine Comforter, The Jehovah’s Witness
Controversy, The Religion of Animism and
The Snow That Could Be Plowed.
