Isaiah - Uzziah

Isaiah 6:1 begins in the year Uzziah died.

Uzziah was a king of Judah. Israel and Judah split and all kinds of controversy surrounds that- long story short. It's a power struggle. God is backing the Davidic line because out of that Christ will come - which is being upheld in Judah.

Uzziah had a couple attributes that we need to address:

1. He was honorable in God's sight. He had the favor of God.
2. He did not take down the pagan temples. This was a pattern of about 4 kings at this time. All honorable none took down pagan temples. This created a problem of people becoming more pagan and not recognizing God. This also didn't make God any different from the temple down the street.
3. Because Uzziah didn't see God any different from the temple down the street, He went into the temple and burned incense (something which was a priestly duty) and because he forsook God, he was stricken with leprosy.
4. He spent most of his reign in seclusion.