Divine encounter, what is it?

2. •3 And Joshua rose early in the morning;
and they removed from Shittim, and came
to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel,
and lodged there before they passed over.
•2
And it came to pass after three days, that
the officers went through the host;

3. •3
And they commanded the people,
saying, When ye see the ark of the
covenant of the LORD your God, and
the priests the Levites bearing it,
then ye shall remove from your
place, and go after it.

4. •4
Yet there shall be a space between you
and it, about two thousand cubits by
measure: come not near unto it, that ye
may know the way by which ye must go:
for ye have not passed this way
heretofore.

5. •5
And Joshua said unto the people,
Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow
the LORD will do wonders among
you.

6. •The number 15 in the Bible pictures rest,
which comes after deliverance,
represented by fourteen.
•The 15th day of the first Hebrew month
(Nisan) is the first day of the Feast of
Unleavened Bread, a day of rest.

7. •The 15th day of the 7th Hebrew
month begins the Feast of
Tabernacles, also a day of rest.

8. •After dying on the cross, Jesus' body is placed
in a Garden Tomb as the sun was setting to
begin Nisan 15 in 30 A.D. (Matthew 27:57 - 61,
Luke 23:50 - 55, John 19:38 - 42).

9. •King Hezekiah, who was sick and dying,
got 15 yrs added to his life (15 - see
2Kings 20:1 - 6).
•15 is the number of rest & relaxation,
also the number of life and resurrection

10. •“If we have not seen Jesus in our
worship, we have wasted it”
•“If we can see the cross, we can
make it home”

11. •3 dimension wasted worship
•Having a good eye on your-self.
•Having a bad eye on your neighbor
•Having no eye on God

12. •God appears & renews covenant
•People are revived and have a new purpose
•It gives room to the fulfilment of God’s
promise & power

13. •Genesis 35:11-13
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And God said to him, “I am God
Almighty[f]
; be fruitful and increase in
number. A nation and a community of
nations will come from you, and kings
will be among your descendants.

14. •12
The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac
I also give to you, and I will give this
land to your descendants after
you.” 13
Then God went up from him at
the place where he had talked with
him. (God appeared to him and
renewed the covenant)

15. •Revelation 2:4 (KJV)
•4
Nevertheless I have somewhat
against thee, because thou hast left
thy first love

16. •(When God wants to bless you, he
brings a person into your life)
•(Nehemiah 1:1-4)

17. •1 The words of Nehemiah the son of
Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the
month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I
was in Shushan the palace,

18. •2
That Hanani, one of my brethren,
came, he and certain men of Judah;
and I asked them concerning the
Jews that had escaped, which were
left of the captivity, and concerning
Jerusalem.

19. • 3
And they said unto me, The remnant that are
left of the captivity there in the province are
in great affliction and reproach: the wall of
Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates
thereof are burned with fire.
• 4
And it came to pass, when I heard these
words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned
certain days, and fasted, and prayed before
the God of heaven, (Neh. 1:1-4)

20. •14
But Peter, standing up with the
eleven, lifted up his voice, and said
unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and
all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be
this known unto you, and hearken
to my words:

21. •15
For these are not drunken, as ye
suppose, seeing it is but the third
hour of the day.
•16
But this is that which was spoken
by the prophet Joel;

22. •17
And it shall come to pass in the last
days, saith God, I will pour out of my
Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and
your daughters shall prophesy, and
your young men shall see visions, and
your old men shall dream dreams:

23. •18
And on my servants and on my
handmaidens I will pour out in those
days of my Spirit; and they shall
prophesy:
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And I will shew wonders in heaven
above, and signs in the earth beneath;
blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

24. • Consecration yields 3 levels of salvation
• In Genesis – house hold salvation
• In Nehemiah – Generational salvation
• In Acts – national & international salvation

25. •Desperation & danger – Genesis.
•Bad news & purpose – Nehemiah.
•Powerlessness – Acts.

26. •God appeared to Abram – He became
the father of all nations.
•God appears to Noah – He received
passion for his divine assignment.
•God Appeared to Moses – He became
the most renowned deliverer.

27. •God appeared to Gideon – He became the
mighty man of valor.
•God appeared to Isaiah – He received a great
commission
•God appeared to Mary – She became carrier
of the Christ child.

28. •What do YOU desire in His
presence TODAY?