The Epiousios — ἐπιούσιος, the “daily” of “give us this day our daily bread”. It stands in and , and nowhere else in Scripture.
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רוּם (rum) — Verb
To be high, exalted, elevated, supreme. Indicates absolute sovereign height over all created realities.
More on רוּם · H7311 →The Glory Isaiah Saw
“These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.”
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John identifies the One Isaiah saw on the throne: these things said Esaias, when he saw his glory.
The Throne Set in HeavenNew Testament
“And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.”
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John is given the same sight — a throne set in heaven, and one sat on it.
The God of Israel SeenOld Testament
“And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.”
(KJV)
The elders saw and then ate and drank — the vision did not consume them, which anticipates access rather than distance.
When earthly stability crumbles or leaders fail today, look up. Fix your eyes on the Lord sitting high and lifted up upon His eternal throne.
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Focus: Connect with this passage: John explicitly states that Isaiah saw Christ's glory and spoke of Him. Jesus is the Lord on the throne.
Ask yourself: Whose failure has shaken you recently — a leader, a friend, your own? Isaiah saw the Lord in the year that a king died, and the timing was not incidental.
O LORD of hosts, in the year that king Uzziah died, Isaiah saw You high and lifted up, and Your train filled the temple. When earthly stability fails, fix my eyes on that unshaken throne by Your Holy Spirit. In the name of the Lord Jesus, King of kings and Lord of lords. Amen.