Isaiah and John both bear witness to the a unique threefold repetition of HaShem's Attribute of Holiness. Anytime something in the scripture is repeated, we should take notice and look for a deeper meaning...even more so if it's repeated three times. It is the only time in the Hebrew scripture that we see a threefold repetition of one of G*d's attributes. Only once do we see this and it's in reference to the attribute of His Holiness.
"And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” - Isaiah 6:3
Under close examination of the Original Hebrew of this verse, we can see the following extremely unique numerical pattern:
Holy Holy Holy
Kadosh Kadosh Kadosh
קדוש קדוש קדוש
410 + 410 + 410
1,230
This can be expressed as the following:
(333+777) + (33+77) + (3+7)
1110 + 110 + 10
1,230
I have done an in-depth study of the significance of the number 37 and I am constantly being shown more and more. This is HaShem's "fingerprint", so to speak, and it can be observed throughout scripture. Check out the following post for that:
This threefold repetition is also found in the New Testament:
"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!” - Revelation 4:8
So what defines Holiness? The word itself means “to be set apart.” A thing is holy if it is set apart for a special use. Other words you might use are words like distinctive or different. Applied to God, holiness is that characteristic that sets him apart from his creation. When something is considered Holy, it is something that we literally “set apart” for a special use. G*d’s Holiness is the main characteristic that sets him apart from the rest of his creation.
This three-fold repetition “Holy, Holy, Holy” is known as the Trihagion and it represents the triune nature of God; the Complex Unity of The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit. In Jewish metaphysics, this triune perfection an be observed as Keter, Chochmah and Binah (Crown, Wisdom and Understanding). I believe that each of these qualities are equal in holiness and majesty.
The Sefer Zohar has much to say about Kadosh Kadosh Kadosh ( קדוש קדוש קדוש ) - Holy, Holy, Holy as well.
Much of this information goes along with my last post, regarding the Central Path:
Rabbi Elazar rose and began to speak. Everything depends on Mazal (lit. 'constellation'), even the scroll of the Torah within the sanctuary, as we have explained in the hidden book. Now here we must observe. Is everything really dependent upon the constellations, since we have learned that the scroll of the Torah is holy and its coat is holy and the sanctuary is holy? It is written: "And one cried to another, and said, 'Holy, holy, holy'" (Yeshayah 6:30). We have HOLY three times and the Torah scroll corresponds to it because its receptacle is holy, the sanctuary is holy and it is holy. The Torah was given in three grades of holiness, PRIESTS, LEVITES AND YISRAEL, in three days, AS IS WRITTEN: "BE READY BY THE THIRD DAY" (SHEMOT 19:15). The Shechinah is also in three, the tablets, the Ark and the sanctuary, and it is all dependent on the Torah scroll. You say that THE TORAH SCROLL is dependent on the
constellations, but behold it is written: "And be not dismayed at the signs of heaven" (Yirmeyah 10:2). Whoever is so hallowed, should he be dependent on the birth of planets?
From here on, the world of above and below was perfected. THIS WAS MALE AND FEMALE from the aspect of the holy body, WHICH IS THE CENTRAL COLUMN, and the worlds were
bound and got attached to each other and become one body, WHICH IS SHET. The spirit got drawn and entered that body; throughout the worlds, only one is seen. "Holy, holy, holy, is Hashem, Lord of Hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory" (Yeshayah 6:3), since all is
one body, SINCE THREE TIMES HOLY IS THE SECRET OF THE THREE COLUMNS THAT INCORPORATED INTO ONE.
When should one hallow himself with this sanctity to include himself within it? When one reaches the holy name, Hashem Tzva'ot MENTIONED AFTER THE THIRD 'HOLY', THE SECRET OF NETZACH AND HOD. There lies the secret of, "I am Hashem who makes you holy." I found this as a secret in ancient books. But we do not do it this way; rather, after THE THREE TIMES 'HOLY', WE SAY "Hashem Tzva'ot" only, THAT IS, WE STILL DO NOT INCLUDE OURSELVES THERE. Then, when one reaches "the whole earth is full of His
glory" (Yeshayah 6:3), WHEN SANCTITY IS DRAWN TO MALCHUT, one should include himself in that sanctity to be hallowed below in that lower glory, MALCHUT. This is the secret meaning of, "and it shall be sanctified by My glory" (Shemot 29:43). Then shall he do it
specifically. AT FIRST, HE SHOULD INCLUDE HIMSELF IN MALCHUT, THE SECRET OF THE LOWER GLORY IN THE VERSE, "THE WHOLE EARTH IS FULL OF HIS GLORY," WHICH INCLUDES THE WHOLE EARTH AND ALL THE NATIONS. THEN HE SHOULD DRAW SANCTITY SPECIFICALLY, TO YISRAEL ALONE. In this way everything will be sanctified, AND SANCTITY WILL EXTEND FROM YISRAEL TO THE WHOLE WORLD. Whatever we do corresponds to the supernal angels, who say, 'Blessed is the glory of Hashem from
His place', which is the supernal glory, ZEIR ANPIN. Then we say, 'May Hashem reign for ever...', which is the lower glory, MALCHUT. WE ALSO INCLUDE OURSELVES IN "THE WHOLE EARTH IS FULL OF HIS GLORY," WHICH IS THE LOWER GLORY, RATHER THAN IN
HASHEM TZVA'OT, WHICH IS NETZACH AND HOD OF ZEIR ANPIN, AND OF THE ASPECT OF THE HIGHER GLORY, AS THE ANCIENT SAGES DID.
RABBI YITZCHAK said to him, Rabbi, we learned that 'holiness' is considered higher than 'holy'. If so, there is a verse, "Holy, holy, holy is Hashem Tzevaot" (Yeshayah 6:3), which expresses perfection, AND YET IT IS WRITTEN 'HOLY'. He said to him, come and see, when you enjoin THREE 'HOLY' together, it becomes one house, and this house is called 'holiness', being the sum total of the three 'holy', THUS BECOMING TOTAL PERFECTION. As a result, 'holiness' is a generalization that includes all; when Yisrael incorporates within the total Faith, they are called 'holiness', which is the sum of all, as it is written: "Yisrael is holiness to Hashem." Hence it is written, "And you shall be men of holiness to Me."
It's no big news that all of us are guilty of sin. The scripture gives us plenty of evidence of that fact as well:
"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" - Romans 3:23
"Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins." - Ecclesiastes 7:20
None of us possess the Purity and Holiness of HaShem. Even Yeshua told us that He was not acting on His Own Authority:
"So Jesus said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me." - John 8:28
Sometimes we will compare ourselves to other believers and think that we're so much better than them for whatever reason. This is terrible thing to do as we must be humble about it all. Whenever we begin to lose sight of this, He will surely humble us and remind us of just how far off we are from His Holiness. We must be convicted of our own sin and be true to ourselves about our own shortcomings. We cannot walk around and act like we're better than others because we do this or that, none of this is about us. Repentance of sin does not give any of us the right to go back and do it all over again, it's a daily struggle and we must see it for what it truly is and fight it. To repent means to turn away, to choose the correct path when we are given the opportunity to sin again.
We can't blame others for our own actions. Only HaShem can reveal to us and help us correct our own fallen nature. He does this through The Holy Spirit. He will expose our own flaws to us, in order that we have the awareness of what we must correct. We cannot deny what he reveals to us, as it is His Way of giving us the wisdom of how to obtain His Holiness. His Torah is our True Moral Compass. His Holy Spirit writes His Torah on our Hearts.
"For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people." - Jeremiah 31:33
"My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye;
bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart." - Proverbs 7:1-3
We cannot fall into the false doctrine that Yeshua's ultimate sacrifice gives us the right to go living a sinful life. I see many people out there misquoting Paul regarding this subject. We have to understand that Paul was on a whole other level with his spiritual discernment. He was chosen for the most difficult job that we can imagine. He was The Apostle to The Gentiles and had to go out spread The Gospel to all of the people of a pagan world. To truly understand much of what Paul said, we must read his letters in their entirety and we need to know as much as we can about the people that they were written for. Paul's letters are personal letters and he did not set out to write scripture when he was composing them. He did not want to the gentiles of his day to become Jewish, his vision and task was much larger than that...and it has taken me years of study to begin to see the magnitude of Paul's writings and sometimes I feel that I'm just scratching the surface.
We are given Salvation as a Gift, through the belief of Yeshua and this is freedom from death. However if we wish to have any real peace in this life, we must cleanse ourselves of sin and and do our best to walk the path of The Torah. If we truly love Yeshua, we strive to serve Him as best we can and make Him proud of us. When we are born again, we have to help others obtain The Light and we are all responsible for this job.
"So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good." - Romans 7:12
"Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him." - John 14:23
"You shall be holy to me, for I the LORD am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine." - Leviticus 20:26
חסד ושלום עליכם והרבה אהבה וברכות
May Grace and Peace Be Upon You and Much Love and Blessings!
I want to meet an Ophanim one day.
I needed this. Thank you.