08-29-12 The Three Heavenly Visitors Vision
Red: The Blood
of Jesus Christ; The Covenant
Triangle: The Trinity; Godhead
Triangle: The Trinity; Godhead
Today was an
important day for the Lord to come in this way and move in our midst in this
manner. The Father has begun something today of significant importance.
The first thought I
had was that it had to do with Abraham and the 3 men that visited him. (The
Lord and 2 angels):
Genesis 18 - The Three Visitors
1 NOW THE Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks or
terebinths of Mamre; as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day,
2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men stood at a little
distance from him. He ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to
the ground 3 And said, My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, do not
pass by your servant, I beg of you. 4 Let a little water be brought, and you
may wash your feet and recline and rest yourselves under the tree. 5 And I will
bring a morsel (mouthful) of bread to refresh and sustain your hearts before
you go on further--for that is why you have come to your servant. And they
replied, Do as you have said. 6 So Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah and
said, Quickly get ready three measures of fine meal, knead it, and bake cakes.
7 And Abraham ran to the herd and brought a calf tender and good and gave it to
the young man [to butcher]; then he [Abraham] hastened to prepare it. 8 And he
took curds and milk and the calf which he had made ready, and set it before
[the men]; and he stood by them under the tree while they ate. 9 And they said
to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, [She is here] in the tent. 10
[The Lord] said, I will surely return to you when the season comes round, and
behold, Sarah your wife will have a son. And Sarah was listening and heard it
at the tent door which was behind Him. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well
advanced in years; it had ceased to be with Sarah as with [young] women. [She
was past the age of childbearing]. 12 Therefore Sarah laughed to herself,
saying, After I have become aged shall I have pleasure and delight, my lord
(husband), being old also? 13And the Lord asked Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh,
saying, Shall I really bear a child when I am so old? 14 Is anything too hard
or too wonderful for the Lord? At the appointed time, when the season [for her
delivery] comes around, I will return to you and Sarah shall have borne a son.
15 Then Sarah denied it, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And He
said, No, but you did laugh. 16 The men rose up from there and faced toward Sodom, and Abraham went
with them to bring them on the way. 17 And the Lord said, Shall I hide from
Abraham [My friend and servant] what I am going to do, 18 Since Abraham shall surely become a great
and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed through
him and shall bless themselves by him? 19 For I have known (chosen,
acknowledged) him [as My own], so that he may teach and command his children
and the sons of his house after him to keep the way of the Lord and to do what
is just and righteous, so that the Lord may bring Abraham what He has promised
him. 20 And the Lord said, Because the shriek [of the sins] of Sodom and
Gomorrah is great and their sin is exceedingly grievous, 21 I will go down now
and see whether they have done altogether [as vilely and wickedly] as is the
cry of it which has come to Me; and if not, I will know. 22 Now the [two] men
turned from there and went toward Sodom,
but Abraham still stood before the Lord. 23And Abraham came close and said,
Will You destroy the righteous (those upright and in right standing with God)
together with the wicked? 24 Suppose there are in the city fifty righteous;
will You destroy the place and not spare it for [the sake of ] the fifty
righteous in it? 25 Far be it from You to do such a thing--to slay the
righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as do the wicked! Far be
it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth execute judgment and do
righteously? 26And the Lord said, If I find in the city of Sodom fifty righteous (upright and in right
standing with God), I will spare the whole place for their sake. 27 Abraham
answered, Behold now, I who am but dust and ashes have taken upon myself to
speak to the Lord. 28 If five of the fifty righteous should be lacking--will
You destroy the whole city for lack of five? He said, If I find forty-five, I
will not destroy it. 29 And [Abraham] spoke to Him yet again, and said, Suppose
[only] forty shall be found there. And He said, I will not do it for forty's
sake. 30 Then [Abraham] said to Him, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will
speak [again]. Suppose [only] thirty shall be found there. And He answered, I
will not do it if I find thirty there. 31 And [Abraham] said, Behold now, I
have taken upon myself to speak [again] to the Lord. Suppose [only] twenty
shall be found there. And [the Lord] replied, I will not destroy it for
twenty's sake. 32 And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak
again only this once. Suppose ten [righteous people] shall be found there. And
[the Lord] said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. 33 And the Lord went His
way when He had finished speaking with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his
place.
The significant thing in the visitation is that they
came for 2 purposes.
1. To bless Abraham and Sarah in an appointed time for
them, and to announce His purposes to them for their generation
2. To come with Justice and Judgment on the things
that were due for correction and destruction by the Lord's hand.
Isaac: Laughter
Hurricane Isaac:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/hurricane-isaac-slams-louisiana-coast-waters-exceed-levee-in-plaquemines-parish/2012/08/29/2afd55fa-f1bc-11e1-a612-3cfc842a6d89_story.html
By
Manuel Roig-Franzia and Brady Dennis,
Published: August 29 (excerpts
below)
NEW
ORLEANS — Isaac, a vast storm that tore through southeastern Louisiana on
the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, weakened from a hurricane to a
tropical storm after pushing floodwaters over a levee in marshy Plaquemines
Parish and forcing the dramatic rescue of dozens of stranded residents. Isaac,
which made landfall Tuesday, the 28th, near the mouth of the Mississippi, moved
sluggishly Wednesday on a wobbly northwestern route, at times becoming almost
stationary and dumping large amounts of rain in isolated areas before moving
on. It was progressing so slowly that Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who
skipped the Republican National Convention in Tampa to oversee the state’s
response, said the storm could remain in the state as long as Friday morning,
and utility officials were warning that it could take days to restore power. The
storm is forecast to continue to weaken as it moves through Louisiana
and enters Arkansas and the Midwest,
where it is expected to provide some relief for drought-hit fields. Isaac,
which had maximum sustained winds of about 80 mph, knocked out power to more
than 600,000 homes and businesses across the state, shredded roofs in St.
Bernard Parish — one of the hardest-hit areas during Katrina — and toppled
trees and a smattering of streetlights in New Orleans. But Isaac appeared likely
to spare New Orleans
from the devastation wrought by the much more powerful Katrina. Isaac’s
Category 1 winds pushed a 12-foot surge of water over a small, locally
maintained levee that was partially under construction, parish officials said.
As many as 800 homes in the parish may have been damaged, according to a
preliminary estimate announced by Jindal.
1. The Lord came to
announce the beginning of something to Abraham and Sara.
2. The impact point
area of Hurricane Isaac was near the mouth of the Mississippi
River.
The whole
visitation was about divine communications being released to us right now.
Isaac was a category
1. In God's venue, a 1 is very important. #1 on His list
for us, so to speak.
It was a warning, and an announcement of blessing, in one
event.
God moves prophetically
in the earth in 7 year cycles.
7 is the number of the 7 Spirits of God; the manifestation of the 7-fold Holy Spirit, whose eyes are continually searching out and trying the hearts of men.
7 is the number of the 7 Spirits of God; the manifestation of the 7-fold Holy Spirit, whose eyes are continually searching out and trying the hearts of men.
Zechariah 3:8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you
and your colleagues who [usually] sit before you--for they are men who are a
sign or omen [types of what is to come]--for behold, I will bring forth My
servant the Branch. 9 For behold, upon the stone which I have set before
Joshua, upon that one stone are seven
eyes or facets [the all-embracing providence of God and the sevenfold
radiations of the Spirit of God]. Behold, I will carve upon it its
inscription, says the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity and guilt
of this land in a single day.
Let's look at the
significance of Isaac:
Genesis 21:1 THE LORD visited Sarah as He had said,
and the Lord did for her as He had promised. 2 For Sarah became pregnant and
bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time God had told him. 3 Abraham
named his son whom Sarah bore to him Isaac [laughter]. 4 And Abraham
circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
5 Abraham was a hundred years old when Isaac was born. 6 And Sarah said,
God has made me to laugh; all who hear will laugh with me. 7 And she said, Who
would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children at the breast? For I
have borne him a son in his old age!
Those who have
labored faithfully without seeing any sign of prophetic promise and/or
fulfillments, will now come full circle with their sudden conceptions and supernatural
ability given to them to bring forth a timely delivery in their due seasons.
Luke 12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is that
faithful steward, the wise man whom his master will set over those in his
household service to supply them their allowance of food at the appointed time?
Note: The destruction
of Sodom and Gomorrah came before the time of Sara's
conception and delivery.
The Lord is bringing
Justice, Correction, and Destruction and the Sudden, Miraculous births &
Releases at the same time.
The watchfulness of Abraham at the door of his tent
is what enabled him to see the Lord's approach. The watchfulness of those who
have been faithfully in prayer and serving the Lord in their courses, is what
has now also brought them into their divine encounters with their destinies.
Genesis 18:1 NOW THE Lord appeared to Abraham by the
oaks or terebinths of Mamre; as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of
the day, 2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men stood at a
little distance from him. He ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed
himself to the ground.
Genesis 18:9 And they said to him, Where is Sarah your
wife? And he said, [She is here] in the tent. 10 [The Lord] said, I will surely
return to you when the season comes round, and behold, Sarah your wife will
have a son. And Sarah was listening and heard it at the tent door which was
behind Him. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in years; it had
ceased to be with Sarah as with [young] women. [She was past the age of
childbearing]. 12Therefore Sarah laughed to herself, saying, After I have
become aged shall I have pleasure and delight, my lord (husband), being old
also?
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1 Peter 3:6 It was thus that Sarah obeyed Abraham
[following his guidance and acknowledging his headship over her by] calling him
lord (master, leader, authority). And you are now her true daughters if you do
right and let nothing terrify you [not giving way to hysterical fears or
letting anxieties unnerve you].
The Appointed
Time; A Set Time; A Time of Prophetic Fulfillment:
Ecclesiastes 3:17 I said in my heart, God will judge
the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time [appointed] for every matter
and purpose and for every work.
Jeremiah 8:6 I have listened and heard, but they have
not spoken aright; no man repents of his wickedness, saying, What have I done?
Everyone turns to his [individual] course, as the horse rushes like a torrent
into battle. 7 [Even the migratory birds are punctual to their seasons.] Yes,
the stork [excelling in the great height of her flight] in the heavens knows
her appointed times [of migration], and the turtledove, the swallow, and the
crane observe the time of their return. But My people do not know the law of
the Lord [which the lower animals instinctively recognize in so far as it
applies to them]. 8 How can you say, We are wise, and we have the written law
of the Lord [and are learned in its language and teachings]? Behold, the truth
is, the lying pen of the scribes has made of the law a falsehood (a mere code
of ceremonial observances).
Habbakuk 2:3 For the vision is yet for an appointed
time and it hastens to the end [fulfillment]; it will not deceive or
disappoint. Though it tarry, wait [earnestly] for it, because it will surely
come; it will not be behindhand on its appointed day.
Acts 1:7 He said to them, It is not for you to become
acquainted with and know what time brings [the things and events of time and
their definite periods] or fixed years and seasons (their critical niche in
time), which the Father has appointed (fixed and reserved) by His own choice
and authority and personal power. 8 But you shall receive power (ability,
efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be
My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends
(the very bounds) of the earth.
Hebrews 1:1 IN MANY separate revelations [each of
which set forth a portion of the Truth] and in different ways God spoke of old
to [our] forefathers in and by the prophets, 2 [But] in the last of these days
He has spoken to us in [the person of a] Son, Whom He appointed Heir and lawful
Owner of all things, also by and through Whom He created the worlds and the reaches
of space and the ages of time [He made, produced, built, operated, and arranged
them in order]. 3 He is the sole expression of the glory of God [the
Light-being, the out-raying or radiance of the divine], and He is the perfect
imprint and very image of [God's] nature, upholding and maintaining and guiding
and propelling the universe by His mighty word of power. When He had by
offering Himself accomplished our cleansing of sins and riddance of guilt, He
sat down at the right hand of the divine Majesty on high,
The Season of
Waiting, Testing, and Perfecting of the Faith of those who are called to
Inherit the Promises:
The Big Three:
FEAR - DOUBT - UNBELIEF
1. Sifting out of
those who are fearful, unbelieving, and rebellious from the Camp of the Lord.
Daniel 11:35 And some of those who are wise, prudent,
and understanding shall be weakened and fall, [thus, then, the insincere among
the people will lose courage and become deserters. It will be a test] to
refine, to purify, and to make those among [God's people] white, even to the
time of the end, because it is yet for the time [God] appointed.
Judges 7: 1 THEN JERUBBAAL, that is, Gideon, and all
the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the spring of
Harod; and the camp of Midian was north of them by the hill of Moreh in the
valley. 2 The Lord said to Gideon, The people who are with you are too many for
Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel boast about themselves
against Me, saying, My own hand has delivered me. 3 So now proclaim in the ears
of the men, saying, Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him turn back and
depart from Mount
Gilead. And 22,000 of the
men returned, but 10,000 remained. 4 And the Lord said to Gideon, The men are
still too many; bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you
there. And he of whom I say to you, This man shall go with you, shall go with
you; and he of whom I say to you, This man shall not go with you, shall not go.
5 So he brought the men down to the water, and the Lord said to Gideon,
Everyone who laps up the water with his tongue as a dog laps it, you shall set
by himself, likewise everyone who bows down on his knees to drink. 6 And the
number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was 300 men, but
all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. 7 And
the Lord said to Gideon, With the 300 men who lapped I will deliver you, and
give the Midianites into your hand. Let all the others return every man to his
home. 8 So the people took provisions and their trumpets in their hands, and he
sent all the rest of Israel
every man to his home and retained those 300 men. And the host of Midian was
below him in the valley. 9 That same night the Lord said to Gideon, Arise, go
down against their camp, for I have given it into your hand.
2. The purging of the
flesh, soul, and spirit's of God's People to bring forth righteousness.
Mark 1:15 And saying, The [appointed period of] time
is fulfilled (completed), and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent ( have a
change of mind which issues in regret for past sins and in change of conduct
for the better) and believe (trust in, rely on, and adhere to) the good news
(the Gospel).
Luke 1:20 Now behold, you will be and will continue to
be silent and not able to speak till the day when these things take place,
because you have not believed what I told you; but my words are of a kind which
will be fulfilled in the appointed and proper time.
Galatians 6:9 And let us not lose heart and grow weary
and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed
season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint.
3. The Reward of the
Lord given to those who have faithfully served, persevered, and kept the faith.
Luke 12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is that
faithful steward, the wise man whom his master will set over those in his
household service to supply them their allowance of food at the appointed time?
2 Samuel 7:10 And I will appoint a place for My people
Israel
and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own and be moved
no more. And wicked men shall afflict them no more, as formerly 11 And as from
the time that I appointed judges over My people Israel; and I will cause you to
rest from all your enemies. Also the Lord declares to you that He will make for
you a house: 12 And when your days are fulfilled and you sleep with your
fathers, I will set up after you your offspring who shall be born to you, and I
will establish his kingdom.
4. The Judgment of the
wicked, rebellious, disobedient, and unbelievers:
Numbers 9:13 But the man who is clean and is not on a
journey, yet does not keep the Passover, that person shall be cut off from
among his people because he did not bring the Lord's offering at its appointed
time; that man shall bear [the penalty of] his sin.
1 Samuel 13:7 Some Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land
of Gad and Gilead.
As for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
8 Saul waited seven days, according to the set time Samuel had appointed. But
Samuel had not come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from Saul. 9 So
Saul said, Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings. And he offered
the burnt offering [which he was forbidden to do]. 10 And just as he finished
offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came! Saul went out to meet and
greet him. 11 Samuel said, What have you done? Saul said, Because I saw that
the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed,
and that the Philistines were assembled at Michmash, 12 I thought, The
Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made
supplication to the Lord. So I forced myself to offer a burnt offering. 13 And
Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly! You have not kept the commandment
of the Lord your God which He commanded you; for the Lord would have
established your kingdom over Israel forever; 14 But now your kingdom shall not
continue; the Lord has sought out [David] a man after His own heart, and the
Lord has commanded him to be prince and ruler over His people, because you have
not kept what the Lord commanded you.
Jeremiah 46:17 They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt
is destroyed and is only a noise; he has let the appointed time [in which God
had him on probation] pass by!
Daniel 11:27 And as for both of these kings, their
hearts and minds shall be set on doing mischief; they shall speak lies over the
same table, but it will not succeed, for the end is yet to be at the time appointed.
I looked up red
triangles on Wikipedia, and it had an interesting article on various meanings
of them. One I found was in the form of badges, or identifying markers. They
signified being part of the Army: good or bad.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_concentration_camp_badges
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Armed_forces_red_triangle.svg
Member of the armed forces: red triangle, an enemy POW or a deserter.
Uninverted
red triangle, used by Nazis to tag members of the armed forces
* THE ARMY OF THE
LORD RISES IN 2013:
(See: Isaiah 40:3-5;
Luke 3:6; Isaiah 52:10; Psalms 98:2,3)
The Lord is using
this symbolism to also show us all that we must be those that fully believe in
Him, in His Word, in His Plan and Timing for us, and that we are faithful to
stand firm and to continue fight the good fight of faith till all things are
brought into their prophetic fulfillments. This is a time to stand still and
see the Salvation of God!
Philippians 1:27 Only be sure as citizens so to
conduct yourselves [that] your manner of life [will be] worthy of the good news
(the Gospel) of Christ, so that whether I [do] come and see you or am absent, I
may hear this of you: that you are standing firm in united spirit and purpose,
striving side by side and contending
with a single mind for the faith
of the glad tidings (the Gospel).
Jude 1:3 Beloved, my whole concern was to write to you
in regard to our common salvation. [But] I found it necessary and was impelled
to write you and urgently appeal to and exhort [you] to contend for the faith
which was once for all handed down to the saints [the faith which is that sum of Christian belief which was delivered
verbally to the holy people of God.
Psalm for the Year 2013:
Psalms 113:1 PRAISE THE Lord! (Hallelujah!) Praise, O
servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord! 2 Blessed be the name of the Lord from this
time forth and forever 3 From the rising of the sun to the going down of
it and from east to west, the name of the Lord is to be praised! 4 The Lord is
high above all nations, and His glory above the heavens! 5 Who is like
the Lord our God, Who has His seat on high, 6 Who humbles Himself to regard the
heavens and the earth! 7 [The Lord] raises the poor out of the dust and lifts
the needy from the ash heap and the dung hill, 8 That He may seat them with princes, even
with the princes of His people. 9 He
makes the barren woman to be a homemaker and a joyful mother of [spiritual]
children. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
Susan O'Marra
08-29-12
www.intheimageofhisglory.com
