God encouraged Isaiah at His temple. Is there evidence elsewhere in the Bible that God's sanctuary is a place of encouragement? (Read Psalm 73 [see Ps. 73:17], Heb. 4:14–16, Heb. 10:19–23, and Revelation 5.) What do these texts tell us? Psalms 73 is such a good example of how we find encouragement in the sanctuary. Read More

Why did the seraph use a live, or burning, coal from the altar to cleanse Isaiah's lips? (Isa. 6:6, 7.) Isiah was in the presence of God in the holiest part of the sanctuary. To be in the presence of God he himself had to be holy so it required him to be cleansed with something powerful. Read More