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[Jessica Wilson]

Thereis only one attribute of God that is magnified in Scripture to the third degree of repetition: He is holy, holy, holy. Today, R.C. Sproul calls us to reflect on this attribute of God that the Bible underscores more than any other.

Because God is completely holy, we need to give ourselves wholly to His service, but often there are holes (or inconsistencies) in our own holiness and righteousness. The apostle Peter urges us to be holy, because God is holy (1 Pet. 1:16).

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I need God. I am not entitled to His gift of grace, but with reverence and joy I sing Holy, Holy, Holy because I serve a holy God who does not tolerate evil. And though I was evil, He has given me the holiness and righeousness of His Son. And so I sing this song in humble adoration.

Holy, Holy, Holy is a powerful song and remains a classic hymn sung today because it exalts Christ and humbles ourselves. The entire song is about the holy, mighty, and praiseworthy nature of our God.

If the perfect angels in Heaven continually sing praise to the holiness of God, then we too must sing of the holiness of God. Though the angels are holy and sinless, they cannot stop singing about the greater holiness of their King.

Notice that the Lord reigns, is enthroned, and is exalted over all the people. Holy is he. The Lord establishes equity and executes justice. Exalt him and worship him for holy is he! The Lord gives laws, is forgiving, but avenges wrongdoing. Holy is he! Power and holiness are tied together. Because God is all powerful and has all authority, he is holy because he is separate from all other rulers. Therefore the world must worship him. This is what we see in Revelation 4. The four living creatures are worshiping the Lord as they exclaim the infinite holiness of God.

In verse 9 we are told that this is exactly what the living creatures are doing. They are giving glory and honor and thanks to the one who is seated on the throne. We glorify God by appreciating and exclaiming the infinite holiness of God. We honor him when we keep in the forefront of our minds that God is infinitely holy. He is not like us. He does not think like us. His ways are not our ways. His power is not our power. His authority is not our authority. He is the infinitely holy God.

God alone is truly worthy of worship. The Lord is superior to all other rulers. He is superior to any Caesar. He is greater than anyone who thinks he has might and authority. The Romans would describe the emperors after their death as a god. Then the emperors took that title to themselves while they were alive. But none of them are worthy of any such title or description.

Friends, do not worship other gods. They are not worthy of worship. Our gods are not worthy of our attention. We must not yield to other things in this world. We must not give priority to anything that is not the true and living God and his will for us. God alone is worthy of our attention, worthy of our affection, worthy of our priority, and worthy of our submission.

If you are not interested in giving glory, honor, and thanks to the Lord who sits on the throne while on the earth, what makes you believe that you will be in heaven where this is all that happens day and night? If we are unwilling to choose worshiping God now, why do we think we will be in heaven where every created being worships him?

Perhaps the most intriguing characteristic of the hymn is how the text does not initiate praise, but instead encourages the singer to join in an endless song. Both Isaiah 6:1-5 and Revelation 4:2-11 inspire this hymn, spanning the Testaments, reminding us that the Trisagion (thrice holy) has been uttered in worship for centuries. Isaiah received his vision in the eighth century B.C.; John the Apostle recorded his revelation in the first century C.E.; while Reginald Heber composed his hymn in 1826, in the nineteenth century.

Along with the rhythm, the melody was masterfully constructed. The tune commences with a rising third, which could easily symbolize the Trinity, and continues with a chant-like character (there are few leaps and many consecutively repeated notes). Hymnals have left the original four-part harmony of Dykes's untouched, although most of them have transposed the key down a whole step from the original of E Major.

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We are not worthy. It is only because of his holiness that we have hope. It is only because of his holiness that we have joy. It is only because of his holiness that we have a future with him in heaven. He alone has the power to be gracious and merciful and save us from ourselves. Holy, holy, holy.

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Jeremiah 22:29 "O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!"Can anyone suggest a way to search the Old Testament for any other three-fold repetitions?Also, is anyone familiar with other scholars who have discussed this concept?Thanks in advance for any suggestions or references.Dave

I am using Barrick's terminology. He is a Professor of Old Testament at The Master's Seminary. As far as I have been able to find out, he is the only one to use this phrase - and he only cites these three examples, which seems a small data set to establish a concept. Since he is an OT Prof, I am assuming he is claiming this only for Hebrew, or other Semitic languages - something I also am questioning.

The only NT example is Revelation 4:8 - "And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!"

The only NT example is Revelation 4:8 - "And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!"

But in Hebrew, there aren't different words to describe the intensity, thus they would use a word multiple times to describe the intensity. Thus "holy, holy, holy" would be equivalent to "holiest" in English and would describe something that is the most "holy".

It seems I was right it is a universal poetic device called epizeuxis. They have several examples there. I have already collected some more. It seems the Semitic theory has just been proved to be a fallacy.

Sorry Daves for messing up the name harmony, but this is the first time I've used this feature in Logos. I was curious to see if the Jeremiah verse was showing up as we just read over this verse in SS two weeks ago. AND IT IS!

The modern usage given in those examples does not conform exactly what is being suggested in the OT. Even if it was, it's a non sequitur to suggest that in itself proves it wasn't distinctively semitic in ancient times. (I have no idea whether it is or not. I'm merely saying we don't have enough evidence in this thread to come to a conclusion.)

I would add that the result from Jeremiah 22 is actually in context a verbal chant those from Judah would use to possibly try and call God to do their biddings. It was the result of too many years without being in intimate relationship with God. I guess it doesn't conform with emphasis either, but the tool was still great in finding it!

There's a significant difference between my two-year-old granddaughter and me. Yes, I'm taller and older and able to support myself, but it's something more profound. She demonstrates this difference every time we're together.

My granddaughter will make me sit down in a chair so she can serve me tea and a sandwich. When she delivers my order, the cup is empty and the plate has no food on it. But here's the amazing thing: my granddaughter has the ability to see both the tea in the cup and the sandwich on the plate. Of course, I play along, and she's delighted when I tell her what an excellent cook she is!

Let me give you a brief definition of imagination as it pertains to faith: imagination is not the ability to conjure up what is unreal, but the capacity to see what is real but unseen.

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