and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. All the other passages which we
have quoted are explained by the writers of the New Testament, writing with
divine inspiration
(الهام), as referring to Christ, and some He claims for Himself.
We now turn to the consideration of those passages in the Old Testament which
show the Deity of the promised Messiah. Many such are found in the Book of the
prophet Isaiah. For example, he describes a vision of the glory of God, which
the New Testament refers to as a vision of the Lord Jesus Christ in His glory.
'In 1 the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a
throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above him 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 . . . . Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am
a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for
mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.' In reference to this vision,
St. John, having quoted two other passages from the Book of Isaiah, says that
Isaiah 'saw 2 his glory; and he spake of him', that is, of the Lord
Jesus Christ. Now if the vision which Isaiah saw
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