Isaiah (700s BC, Ussher) stands at the head of the prophetic books as the first of the major prophets, not because he was the earliest chronologically, but because of the scope, depth, and spiritual reach of his vision. Through Isaiah, God shows us why prophecy is necessary, and why His people cannot live by history, ritual, or memory alone. “In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.” (Is