Holiness means God is utterly pure, set apart from everything broken and ordinary. It isn’t a religious label, but the atmosphere of the throne room. Remember how Isaiah’s vision in the temple left him breathless and confessing his sin (Isaiah 6:1–5). Moses removed his sandals at the burning bush because God’s presence made the ground holy (Exodus 3:5). Around the throne, angels cry “Holy, holy, holy” without end (Revelation 4:8). These encounters aren’t antique curiosities; they teach how we stand before a very present God who is supremely good and gloriously other.
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