The days of present, unique and occasional, partial -judgmental, and final visitation of God. Isaiah 10:1-3: Job 31:13-15. Hosea 9:3-9. Luke 19:44-47. Nimes 11-3-2021
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God has never for once abandon or forsaken the earth as some would think or say, but the earth is the Lord with the fullness thereof. Psalms 24:1. Rather, he is mindful and thoughtful of man he places on earth (Psalms 65:9) as the work of his hand, and the objects of his love, of his interests and affection by his active involvement to rule in the affairs of men (Daniel 4:17): for the kingdom is the Lord’s: and he is the governor among the nations. Psalms 22:28.
More also, God’s inspectors (angels) are everywhere to supervise affairs over the nations; to update the Creator of the universe of the activities on earth. They work daily on the behalf of the elects on earth as ministering the spirits, and they serve as regulators of what is written in the book of the covenant on earth (the Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom rules over all. Bless the Lord, ye his angels that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. Psalms 103:19-20), seeing that God upholds all things by the word of his power. Hebrews 1:3. To receive the visitation of an angel sent from God is the same as receiving the visitation from God himself such as Mary the mother of Christ was visited by the angel Gabriel and by Zachariah the father of John the Baptist; God’s name is on them, and they carry the power, presence and authority of God with them as special emissaries.
The sin and fall of Adam and Eve disrupt the daily routine of God’s visitation to the Garden of Eden as they were sent out of it; yet, God devised other days, time, season and years of visitations with man on earth according to his counsels and plans for man on earth.
The days of visitation are different seasons of man’s life before God on earth such as (a) the tender mercy of God, the dayspring from on high (Christ) has visited to reconcile us back to God; to restore the union and fellowship once lost in the Garden with the God of all flesh, and the Father of all spirits. The inhabitants of the earth are still in the period of the first visitation of grace and truth for forgiveness of sins unto eternal life in Christ Jesus; God, having raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: that we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us. Luke 1:67-78.
(B) There is another day of visitation for the second touch of God or of the outpouring of fresh oil such as David was anointed three times as king, and Samson was revisited once again in his captivity as God turn it over before his death; otherwise, God may act otherwise to punish him unto death with his scalp wholly lacking hair – without the hair re-appearing (bald-headed) after Delilah has removed them, betrayed and delivered him to the Philistines his enemies. Psalms 92:10. Judges16:22.
(C) There are days of visitation for personal restoration and deeper revelation of God to man like Job’s case who once knew God by the hearing of his ears, but then see him with his eyes when he was visited by God to turn away his captivity. Job 42:5. There is also national restoration such as the time Naomi arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread. Ruth 1:6.  There is also the revival visitation or the fulfillment of a long awaited promises – for, lo, the days come, says the Lord, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, says the Lord: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.. Genesis 21:1-2. Jer. 30:3: Jer. 29:10-11.
(D) There is occasional visitation of the Lord to his righteous servants – and I said, who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecute. But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee: Acts 26:15-16.
(E) Also, there is a present visitation of judgment of the righteous and the wicked works of men for their rewards on earth before the full reward either for good works in Christ Jesus at his judgement seat before the full measure of the punishment of the evil doers is meted out in heaven before the white throne judgement seat of God – behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner. Proverbs 11:31: Numbers 16:29.
(F) There is the unimaginable, unbearable, terrible and fearful day of visitation of the destruction of the present earth and heaven with fire – the day of the Lord’s wrath: seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord’s anger. Zephaniah 2: 3.
(G) Finally, there shall be the day of re-visitation of the works of the wicked – unsaved souls before God in heaven when they shall stand before the white throne judgment seat, then shall individual’s life be laid bare before him according to what is written in the book of record that they should be judged, condemned and sentenced to hell according to their works – dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;  having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. 1 Peter 2:11-12.
We are in the period of the first visitation of the day of good tidings of good will toward men with great joy to all people on earth (Luke 2:10): but blessed are they that know the joyful sound (the saved that are presently conscious, sensitive and responsive to embrace and welcome the visitation and the visitor – Christ), they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance. Psalms 89:15.                             
This is the set and acceptable day and time of God’s favor of salvation: for he says, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. Psalms 102:13-16: 2 Corinthians 6:2. The Lord dwells in Zion (Hebrews 12:22) where he is at work to deliver, save and sanctify to restores his people (Obadiah 1:17) during these visitation days of his power (your people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. Psalms 110:3), that his people should be blessed by turning them away from their sins in holiness unto God in preparation for heaven while they live. Acts 3:26.
According to the scriptures, we know that there shall be a great falling away (2 Thessalonians 2:1-3), but we also know that there shall be greater harvest and gathering of lost – multitudes of souls which no man could number that should be saved into the kingdom of heaven (Revelation 7:9) by the great awakening of the outpouring of God’s Holy Spirit upon all flesh in the last days in (Joel 2:28) in anticipation and preparation before the final great and terrible day of God’s visitation on earth with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire (Isaiah 29:6) to renovate, purify and get rid of the present pollute and corrupt heavens and earth of the principalities, powers of darkness, and the rulers of the darkness of this world, and of the spiritual wickedness in heavenly places, alongside the men and women spoiling and destroying the earth with their abominable lifestyles and deeds (and the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou should give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and should destroy them which destroy the earth. Revelations 11:18): but the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness. 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3. 2 Peter 3:9-13.
During his trial period and days of affliction, Job choose not to be offended in God: rather, he recalled and rehearsed before his friends of the good old former days of prosperity when life smiled at him to implore God for another visitation of the good old days once again (Job 29:2) like when divine candle shined upon his head, and when by divine light he walked through darkness; as he was in the days of his youth, when the secret of God was upon his tabernacle; when the Almighty was yet with me, when his children were about me; when he washed his steps with butter, and the rock poured him out rivers of oil; when he went out to the gate through the city, when he prepared his seat in the street! The young men saw him, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. When the ear heard Job speaking, then it blessed him; and when the eye saw him, it gave witness to him: Because he delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.  The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon him: and he caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. He put on righteousness, and it clothed him: his judgment was as a robe and a diadem. He was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. Job was a father to the poor: and the cause which he knew not he searched out. His glory was fresh in him, and his bow was renewed in his hand. Unto him men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at his counsel. After his words none did say anything again; and his speech dropped upon them. And they waited for his as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain…..Job 29.
The book of prophet Isaiah chapter 64 verses 1-2 read thus: oh that thou would rend the heavens, that thou would come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, as when the melting fire burns, the fire causes the waters to boil, to make thy name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence. Here, the prophet besought God that sit in heaven, whose foot stool is the earth to visit the earth and to show forth his glory and Omnipotent. Christ stands at the door to knock, but you can only welcome what you’re expecting, having made a steady and laborious preparation for its arrival: therefore, let us earnestly seek after God’s visitation, that he might manifest his power, glory and majesty in the land, and in our local church, and in our personal life through continual prayer (return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; and the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou made strong for thyself. It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou made strong for thyself. So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved – wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? Psalms 80:14-19. 85:6): but we should first and foremost sanctify ourselves before him in holiness (depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord. For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the Lord will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your reward. Isaiah 52:11-12) with discernment of spirit in readiness and diligent lookout for divine visitation, lest any should become like the inhabitants of Jerusalem upon whom the Lord wept and sorrowfully lament over her for her insensitivity to the days of  her visitation (and when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, if thou hast known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from your eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that your enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knew not the time of thy visitation. Luke 19:41-44) and upon whom shall come great inescapable evil at her latter end as consequence.
Remeber that you received the kingdom of God in a child like spirit, you should continue before God in such humility and meekness of mind through the simplicity which is in Christ Jesus because the mighty God may visit you in the form of a weak and hungry man who is without accommodation; would you receive him into your home and take a good care of him or not? He may chose to visit you in the form of a sick person at the hospital, or in the person of a prisoner incarcerate with none to visit, comfort and encourages him, but would you do the necessary to any of those little ones? He may even choose to visit you in the person of that poor man in the face of the world, but h is rich in faith, if you despises and rejects him, it means you have miss your time and days of visitation! Note: the presence of the ark of the covenant in the house of Obededom for three months was a temporal visitation of a passerby God received and welcomed by him when all the people were afraid to relate with the God that killed Uzzah on the spot for touching the stumbling cart unlawfully: he was blessed with his entire household, blessed are those who are not afraid – perfect love cast out fear, but are zealous and sensitive to embrace the presence and the gift of God in those little and insignificant ones in the eyes of the world, but are the savor of life unto life. They could be the answer to your long awaited questions, and solution to your long awaited problems in the Lord.
Abraham had the opportunity to experience different impactful visitations from God on several occasions (your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see the time of my coming; he saw it and was glad. John 8:56) among which he entertain angels unaware.  He was equally blessed to receive the information about Sarah’s conception for the fruit of the womb (Genesis 18:9-14) concerning Isaac birth; given the privilege to intercede for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah when the land was visited for justice and retribution of their sexual perversion and abominable life of homosexual before God, the judge of all. Genesis 18:20-21.
God is a God of suddenly (shocking and amazing events) of unannounced visitations (when thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou came down; the mountains flowed down at thy presence. For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waits for him. Thou meet him that rejoices and works righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved (Isaiah 64:3-4) to turn ugly situations around (weeping to laughter, shame to glory, humiliation to promotion, mourning to dancing, drought to plenty, and bondage to liberty) such as Joseph was remembered and was visited while in the prison and made him to become a ruler in Egypt, second in command to king Pharaoh.
Shortly before his death, Joseph prophecy to his household and to his brethren that God will visit them in the land of Egypt to the Promised Land whereby he gave instruction concerning his bones to be taken away from Egypt when the time should come. Genesis 50:24-25. Note: none of us do know what is in the way of the Spirit of God, divine visitation can appear in different form and fashion just as the Samaritan woman was visited by the lonely, weary and thirsty Christ by the well of Jacob, and the widow of Zarephath was visited by the rich God of a poor prophet Elijah (woe unto them that give to the rich and to the false prophets and teachers of prosperity for multiplication: they shall be poor. Proverbs 22:16): honor all men, fear God – stand not in any evil thing: not slothful in business, but fervent in the spirit, serving God.
Moreover, those who are looking forward to God’s visitation must know how to ignore and overcome status quo, not to keep things the way they presently are, but should be ready to bear or endure any present consequence of their obedience (challenging and controversial) before their brethren if they are personally led (for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Romans 8:14) by God for greater works (John 14:12); otherwise, they shall also become like the rest sleepy- lying dumb dogs which cannot bark (Isaiah 65:10) such as the sons of the prophets living at various cities where Elisha had to overcome their mockery, taunting, and discouragements before his spiritual upliftment and promotion by divine visitation. The meeting point of Elijah’s departure to heaven is the meeting place of Elisha’s visitation with God where he had the power contact – double portion of anointing. God has chosen to meet the two men at the same place for different reason – one was taken away to heaven to signal the end of his assignment on earth, while the other was commissioned with power to take over the work where the other left off. 2 Kings 2:10.
It is true that we all have the abiding presence of God within us as believers in Christ Jesus through the Holy Spirit; but it is also true that not all believers are supernaturally manifesting Christ abiding presence with signs and wonders (Isaiah 8:18) in their daily walk, except few which by faith activate his glorious presence through obedience to the voice of the spirit and the word in their consistent fast and prayer life – the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. Matthew 17:21. John 14:21. 1 Corinthians 4:20.
God will visit his people to satisfy the desire of those who are truly thirsting and hungry after righteousness as they seek to glorify him on earth if they will not count anything so precious or dearest, but to sacrifice or let go for divine pleasure and glory according to his will (by faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. Hebrews 11:24-27) just as Moses, by his action of faith, set up a visitation encounter with the Lord in the burning bush after he left Egypt by his selfless attitudes and abandonment of all that could hinder him to meet with God. Philippians 3:7-8.
We see the afterward impacts of such meeting or visitation between God and Moses on the entire nation of Egypt, and the fruit it bears in the lives of the children of Israel as they come out of Egypt going into the promised Land through the wilderness with a strong and mighty hand under the leadership of Moses – when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south. Psalms 126.
The testimony of God to Satan about Job was quite true that he was an upright and a perfect man who fear God and eschew evil, and guide his affairs with good judgment according to what is morally right and fair before all and sundry (if I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; what then shall I do when God rises up? and when he visits, what shall I answer him? Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb? Job 31:13 -15) because of his conscious knowledge of temporal visitation days of God to reward every good or bad works of the children of men on earth, either for correction or blessing – behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth, much more the sinners and the wicked. Proverbs 11:31.
By the way, Apostles John’s letters to the seven churches sent by Christ was the revelation of an insightful analysis of visitation (thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shall find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. Psalms 17:3) of him that walks in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks. Blessed are the pure in heart, they shall not only see God when they get to heaven, they shall be visited by him while they still live on earth: unto the pure, God will surely pay them a visit to show himself pure to them. Psalms 18:26.
Where the God of justice as some people says? We called the proud happy, yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered. Malachi 3:15. This awesome God is longsuffering and forbearing, he will not deal with us after our ways, neither will he reward us according to our iniquities, and he shall by no means clear the guilty, though he would not exact on any in a precise manner as their sin deserves, that he might give room for true abhorrent and departure from sin (surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: that which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. Job 34:31-32): though he presently corrects, it is but for his love for us; and though he chastises, it is for our good, that we should be partakers of his holiness, lest we perish with the world. Were king Nebuchadnezzar and Balthazar not visited and humbled by God for their pride? Were the sin of Ahab not visited by God when he sent a lying spirit from heaven into the mouth of his prophets to deceive him that he might die in the battle, so that the blood of Naboth which he killed should be avenged? Were the rich foolish man not killed and taken away the same night he boasted for his pride before God? Surely, thou art rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from your commandments. Psalms 119:21.
The fear of the Lord tends to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. Proverbs 19:23. God will visit the church to judge his people – the sinners of his people which says no evil shall befall us (Amos 9:10), including the greedy and shameless shepherds (the best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation comes; now shall be their perplexity – thus says the Lord, as the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all. Micah 7:4. Hosea 9:7-9. Isaiah 65:8), as well as the goats of his pasture, they shall likewise be visited and chastised (Zachariah 10:3).
The Lord shall judge his people: judgment must start from the house of God (hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? None evil can come upon us. Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest. Micah 3:9-12), and were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? Nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, says the Lord.  I will surely consume them, says the Lord: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. Jeremiah 8:12-13.
Before the final day in heaven when God shall revisit to judge the secrets of men’s heart by the gospel of Christ (Romans 2:16), let us be informed that there are days of divine visitation of recompense of judgment against the wicked men in world (woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; to turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? To whom will ye flee for help? And where will ye leave your glory? Isaiah 10:1-3) so that men shall say, verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judges in the earth. Psalms 58:11.
God is also visiting the church to spew out those who are still keeping the old wine in the new bottle by living the new life in Christ Jesus without the actual passing away of their old life to keep building what should be destroyed – the body of sin (and the Lord said unto Moses, whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.  And the Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made. Exodus 32:33-35), probably, it’s not God’s appointed time to visit your evil works in the church as your space of time to repent is not elapsed (Revelation 2:21), but you should know that God bring his judgment to light each morning; he never fails, and the day, when your evil shall be visited upon you, is near, except you repent. Romans 6:6.
Just as God visited the sin Moses committed at the water of strife where he smote the rock in his misrepresentation of God before the children of Israel and was denied the priviledge to lead and bring them into the land Canaan but was received to heaven: some people in the church will be judged and taken away to heaven prematurely that they should not be judged and condemned with the world (for this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. 1 Corinthians 1130-32) while many from the church shall also be judged, and be taken away to die, and shall altogether be cast into the lake of fire at the end, having lived in error (these are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 2 Peter 2:17-19), and have caused many to perish by their falsehood, deception and wickedness in the church. Jude 1:11-13.
Corona virus or the Covid 19 virus is just the tip of the iceberg among many of the pestilences that shall come upon the world before the final visitation and end of all things (Matthew 24:7) for the powers of heaven are yet to be shaken; yet, we are seeing men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: but like Benjamin the son of Rachael, the son born after Joseph to Jacob, the redeemed – beloved of the Lord shall dwell securely by him in the days and times great evil on the earth (and to Benjamin he said, the beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders. Deuteronomy 33:12): they are sealed and secured by the blood of the Lamb from all evil: for the Lord shall hide them in the secret of his presence from the pride of man, and keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. Psalms 31:20.