I want to talk about the day of visitation. I’ve looked up every reference found in the Word of God about the subject and prayed for God to reveal to me what He’s wanting to say today. The subject has been rolling around in my spirit for weeks now.
When I asked Him what the day of visitation meant, He said: “It’s the time I’ve allotted to visit My people; bringing blessing, revelation, understanding and recompense (judgment) into their lives. I have always wanted to make a difference in My people; showing them to be favored and apart from what others around them experience in life.”
Unfortunately, in the Old Testament, each reference to their time of visitation resulted in destruction and ruin because they were always caught pursuing their fleshly lust instead of Jehovah, Who has always desired for men (mankind) to be saved and come into the knowledge of the truth (covenant relationship with Him).
Jesus Himself wept over Jerusalem because they did not know (recognize or acknowledge) the time of their visitation! “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.” (Luke 19:42).
Notice three things here: 1) they should have known the season they were in; “especially in this your day.” Paul wrote: “But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. For you yourselves know…” [or, you have the witness in yourself] (1 Thess. 5:1-2a), 2) known what? “this your day, the things that make for peace” [nothing missing, nothing broken, complete and total deliverance and preservation]. That’s what Jesus was anointed with the Holy Ghost to bring into the lives of those around Him!, 3) because of their rejection: “now they are hidden from your eyes.” Yes, any portion of the human race (sinner and saint alike) can have the things of God and what He wants to do in and through them “hidden from their eyes” by simply rejecting the Word of the Lord (what He shows someone personally in His Word or what they’ve heard by an anointed preacher or read by an anointed writer).
“And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they may all be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness” (2 Thess. 2:11-12). I realize this is directed toward unbelievers, but let me ask you: is there anything worse than an unbelieving believer? Just because one may fall in the category of “believer” or “saint” or “saved” [which are all titles we use to describe the true church (body of Christ)], could one miss the day of visitation we’re in right now by their unbelief?
May not one of us who are hearing what the Spirit is saying be in that category! Jesus has already born the negative side of judgment for the entire human race — but we still have to believe it!; we still have to receive it! The blessings of God and all He wants to do in this hour are not going to fall on any one of us! We have to align ourselves with it and for it! “Lord, open the eyes of our understanding that we may know the hope to which we’ve been called!”