Coals are on my mind. They have been for several days. Today, I searched Jeremiah for a cleansing coal I remember. Started reading chapter 8.
20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
After reading some in Jeremiah, I was moved to Isaiah. In the sixth chapter, I found what I had said to God in Prayer after reading it the first time. I have said it time and again.
5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.
6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Could it be I faced an indignant God, being He was as black wool? I would not bow because I have never seen an indignant God. Yet, through the three holes in the figure of a face covered with what could have been black sackcloth, He showed me His mouth and He showed me His eyes? Maybe He was the Altar of God? I saw no eyes: only live burning hot coals inside the holes. I saw no tongue or teeth, only the burning hot coals moving inside the head.
The appearance of the burning hot coals seemed to be all in the midst of the figure in slow motion. It was as if the entire spirit inside the wool-like covering was everything that had been purged by the hot coals. His Spirit, His mind, His heart and soul, all knowledge and all wisdom, all understanding was in the burning hot coals from the beginning and before. Had I chastised God, so He would appear indignant? Had I refused to bow before all I ever knew. He allowed me to understand myself being in the other chair. Had I found: no, had I been shown the treasures from the maps of God? I cannot help but to wonder what I appeared like. Who am I to ask? Why does it matter?
I am thankful this happened. It turns my eyes back closer to where they should be looking, if nothing else. It also helps to explain the darkish redness I saw early on the journey in the first two or many more places I had stopped. I remember questioning where I was with no answer. Eventually, it passed. Later, the coals in the spirit were much brighter and more fiery than the dark redness.
I remember seeing that darker red with dark skies covering the earth in places: many places, before being taken through the stars and moons. It was as if I was causing it. I would say or think "Boom" every time a target would get hit, and the redness would become more intense, showing a structure below which I thought was hell or the earth. In the dim red light, it was as if everything below was in turmoil.