The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

dates may or may not be significant in the matter, the Lord’s seasonal shifts resonate from within His prophetic vessels. Jesus exemplified this greatly when He challenged the listeners of His day to discern the face of the sky for the prophetic seasons of God in much the same way that they forecast the weather. What the Savior sought to do was provide them with a means of transferring natural events to supernatural occurrences because prophets are well versed in God’s sovereign holds and maneuvering of time. They know His power and omniscience are not only confined to the eras of earth but force themselves on the individual times and seasons of the lives of those to whom they prophesy. God teaches His messengers early about the invisible signals and visible signs that reveal the way the Lord is about to move and how things are about to change. Especially sensitive prophets’ natural faculties pick them up on many of God’s doings without any intelligible transmission from God being received, that is, without visions, dreams, prophecy, and the like. How the Lord’s predetermined deeds are done is by what the Lord moved earlier prophets to write down for Him during their ministries. Their writings release His invisible protocrats to perform in designated eons of creation’s time what God ordained before all time began. Habakkuk 2:3 is just such an example. Visions from God, once plainly written and described in detail carry the power of divine edicts. For the sake of clarification, they are to be seen as “Supernatural To-Do Lists” on prophets’ task boards. They discharge specially assigned angels poised to carry them out. These angels are not just the good and holy ones, but include the demonic forces God uses to execute the dark apportions of His plans as well. Biblical examples of this prophetic insight include Daniel 8:19 who speaks of times that are appointed for the end. Jeremiah 8:12 mentions times of visitation. Psalm 102:13 talks about the time of God’s favor. Exodus 9:5, 18 stresses God’s appointment of events to prescribed times in history. For further study see Zephaniah 2:2 (nas); Psalm 75:2 (nas, rsv); Deuteronomy 11:25, 27, 29; Isaiah 60:22; Matthew 8:29 and 26:18. The one Scripture that articulates the Lord’s definite application and imposition of His times upon human events is Ecclesiastes 3:1–17. Thirty typical human events are listed as governed by the predestined timing of God and the up and down sides of each are given. For example, in His wisdom God did not just tell us that there is a time to live but counterbalanced it with a time to die. Ecclesiastes 8:9 supports this greatly, as does 9:12. Summarily, all this is to say that without a timetable and a divine schedule, the Lord does nothing. His prophets distinguish themselves by their words coming