Saturday, April 13, 2013

Dreams and Visions

Have you ever had a dream that might have came from the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD)?

How can you tell if a dream is inspired by the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka the Holy Spirit aka the Holy Ghost) or by a Spirit of Lies (devil aka demon aka god aka unclean spirit) or even just your own imagination?

I have had supernatural dreams and visions.  This is the story of some of those dreams and visions.

When I was eight years old, I went down to an altar, told the Father of Truth that I was sorry for my sins, and asked the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) to come into my heart.

Not long after that, I became so afraid of dying, that I could not sleep at night, because I was afraid that if I went to sleep, then I would never wake up.  I did not understand, what really happens when people die.  So I was terrified of dying.

All I ever got out of listening to the pastor at our Baptist church, was that if we wanted to avoid Hell, then we needed to come down to the altar, admit that we were sinners, and ask the Man of Truth to come into our hearts.  My mother had read us stories out of our Children's Bible for as long as I could remember, but there was a lot of things, that were never covered in the Children's Bible, that were in the Book of Truth (The Bible).  I really had no reason to find comfort in the knowledge, that I would one day die.  So night after night I stayed awake, and cried quietly under my covers, until sleep overtook me .

Then one night, the Man of Truth appeared to me, and told me that I would never die.  I had never heard such a thing, and Baptists did not talk about prophecy, or visions, or anything like that in those days.  I had no idea that the Man of Truth would appear to people, and yet my fears fled, the moment that he spoke to me.

The first thing that I noticed about the Man of Truth, was that he did not look at all like those paintings of him, that I have seen in homes.  He does not look Italian, or anything like those pictures of him, by the great master artists, that I had seen in museums.  He did not even vaguely resemble the tall, white skinned, blond haired, blue eyed, good looking Jesus with the well trimmed beard, that was in the Children's Bible.

Everything about his appearance was a surprise.  His clothing was different than any I had ever seen.  He wore this cloak with what seemed to be white tassels on each corner.  Each of the white tassels were wrapped with a single sky blue thread.  His hair was medium length, black and curly on top. There was a lock of hair that came down on each side of his head and rested on his shoulders.  His beard was full and rough on the edges.  He was about average in height perhaps around 5'10'' (175 cm).  His eyes were dark brown and the color of his skin reminded me of caramel.  His face was not the face of a leading man in a movie but rather one that could have gotten easily lost in a crowd of men with similar skin, hair and clothing.  Although I could not have told you at the time, I can summarize his appearance this way now.  The Man of Truth looked extremely Middle Eastern, intensely Jewish and extraordinarily ordinary.

Shortly after this, I started having a series of dreams that were absolutely terrifying.  I saw people dying from all kinds of terrible disasters all over the earth.  Huge meteorites and hailstones fell from the sky killing people and causing massive destruction.  Terrible fires destroyed entire cities.  Terrible earthquakes leveled everything and even caused mountains to collapse.  Both wild and domesticated animals went crazy and killed many people.  Incurable diseases would wipe out almost everyone in a country.  Millions died of thirst because their water was polluted.  Millions died of starvation because their crops had been destroyed.  There were terrible battles where millions died at a time.  The blood from one of these battles was so deep that the wounded would drown in the blood. It was easy to see that if things kept on going the way that they were in these dreams that it would not take long for every living thing on the face of the Earth to be destroyed.  The Earth seemed destined to becoming as lifeless as the moon.

I also saw this evil leader that tried to make everyone to be marked as belonging to him.  Everyone who refused his mark could not buy groceries or earn money.  When those who had refused his mark were caught and still refused his mark then they were placed in a guillotine on their backs.  If they still refused, then the blade came down and their heads came off.   There were rivers of blood and mountains of heads.  I was always among those who lost their heads.

These dreams occurred time after time for years from when I was eight years old.  I sought help to understand these dreams from the religious professionals of the area where I lived in the Ozarks but they were as clueless as I was.  They seem to be very focused on repeating on what their denomination taught and seemed unable to get anything from the Book of Truth (The Bible) on their own.

Then when I was sixteen I read the book of Revelation in the Book of Truth for the first time and it absolutely shook me to the core of my being.  Every one of those things that I had seen in my dreams were in this book.  I was convinced of three things after this:  My dreams were not ordinary dreams.  The Book of Truth was not an ordinary book.  I was in deep trouble.  I knew that I needed to do more than just admit that I had sinned against the Father of Truth and ask the Man of Truth to come live in my heart.  So I began to search for answers.

When I was almost twenty, I finally understood what had been missing in my life.  It was not enough for me to come into the House of Truth when I was eight and then leave the House of Truth to go about living my life no differently than those that had never came into the House of Truth.  The Father of Truth demanded that I stay in the House of Truth if I wanted to be saved.  The Man of Truth did not come to save me from the consequences of my sins but to save me from my sins.  If I would surrender everything to the Man of Truth then the Man of Truth would live in me and give me the power to overcome my sins.  When I finally surrendered everything, everything changed including my dreams. 

I again had similar dreams but from a different perspective.  I was no longer terrified by these dreams nor by the book of Revelation because I was on the winning side.  I knew that every living thing would not be destroyed from the face of the Earth because the Man of Truth was going to save the human race.  I was transported off of the Earth to meet the Man of Truth in the sky before the terrible days came upon the Earth.  I was no longer among those that lost their heads for refusing to take the mark of the evil leader.  The Man of Truth was the one that fought against the evil leader and I was in the army of the Man of Truth.  The Man of Truth was going to end forever the evil that has reign on the Earth since the time of Adam.  The Earth would once again become the paradise that it was meant to be.  The same kind of dreams that once terrified me now comforted me.

What about these dreams and visions?  Were they real or the work of an overactive imagination? 

We must be care to not be lead by dreams and visions alone.  Our actions are not to reflect the confidence that we have in our dreams.  Our actions are to reflect the confidence that we have in the Word of Truth that is found in the Book of Truth (Romans 10:17). 

A dream or vision that is from the Father of Truth will always agree with the Book of Truth and never disagree with the Book of Truth.  A dream or vision that is inspired by a Spirit of Truth will agree with the Book of Truth because it was written by the Spirit of Truth (2 Peter 1:21).   A dream or vision that is inspired by a Spirit of Lies will always disagree with the Book of Truth (1 John 4:6).

A dream or vision from the Father of Truth will always draw you closer to the Man of Truth.  Any dream that leads you away from the Man of Truth is not from the Father of Truth if even if it predicted something that came to pass (Deuteronomy 13:1-3).  A dream or vision that is inspired by the Spirit of Truth will always lead you to the Man of Truth (John 15:26).

A dream or vision from the Father of Truth will always turn out to be true.  Any dream that shows something in the future that does not come to pass is not from the Father of Truth (Deuteronomy 18:21-22).  Any dream that shows something in the future that is inspired by the Spirit of Truth will come to pass (John 16:13).

So how about my dreams and visions?  Were they from the Father of Truth?

The Man of Truth has appeared to people since he went to Heaven so he could have appeared to me.  The Man of Truth appeared to Ananias to tell him about Shaul (aka Saul aka Paul) (Acts 9:10-16).  The Man of Truth appeared to Shaul years later in Corinth (Acts 18:9-11). The Man of Truth appeared to Yachanon (John) on the isle of Patmos (Revelation 1:9-18).

The Man of Truth has absolutely promised life to every Child of Truth.  The Man of Truth really did promise that every Child of Truth would never die (John 11:25-27).  All of the Children of Truth (those who obey the Father of Truth because they love Him) will get a new body that is like the resurrected body of the Man of Truth (1 Corinthians 15:48-50).  One generation of the Children of Truth will have their bodies replaced without experiencing death (1 Corinthians 15:51-53).

The Man of Truth is a Middle Eastern Jew whose appearance is quite typical of those of his days on the Earth.  The Man of Truth wears a garment with white tassels that are wrapped with a sky blue thread as commanded by the Father of Truth (Numbers 15:38).  These white tassels are on the corners of the garment (Deuteronomy 22:12).  There are long locks on each side of his head so that it can be plainly seen that the corners of his head have not been rounded (Leviticus 19:27).  His beard is full and the edges rough so that it can be plainly seen that the corners of his beard have not been cut (Leviticus 21:5).  The Man of Truth was a Jew and the Jews came from Shem the father of all brown skinned people, and the Jews are related closely to Jordanians and the Arabians thru Abraham (aka Abram) (Genesis 11:10-26).   The Man of Truth is a descendant of David and Abraham (Matthew 1:1).  There were only women of Middle Eastern descent listed in the genealogy of the Man of Truth (Matthew 1:3-6).  His skin is caramel colored, his hair is black and his eyes are dark brown which is typical of Middle Eastern Jews as shown in every ancient image of them that has been found from those that were made in the tombs of the Pharaohs in the days of Joseph to the images in the catacombs of Cappadocia that were created shortly after the times of the Apostles.  There is nothing outstanding about the appearance of the Man of Truth (Isaiah 53:2).  The Man of Truth looks just like any other Middle Eastern Jew of his day (Hebrews 2:16-18).

The Book of Truth says that terrible days are coming to this Earth.  The Earth will pelted with many meteorites (Revelation 6:13).  The Earth will be hit with a massive meteorite (Revelation 8:10).  There will be massive hailstones that cause incredible destruction (Revelation 16:21).  There will be terrible fires that will burn up large parts of the Earth (Revelation 8:7).  There will be an earthquake so terrible that it will cause mountains to collapse and islands to sink (Revelation 16:18-20).  Many people will be killed by animals (Revelation 6:8).  Many people will die from disease (Revelation 11:6).  Many people will die from poisoned water (Revelation 8:11).  Many people will die from thirst because they have no water to drink (Revelation 16:4).  Many people will die from their crops being destroyed (Revelation 6:5-8).  Many people will die in many wars that cover the Earth (Revelation 6:3-4).  There will be blood in one battle so deep that the horses will have to hold their heads up to avoid drowning (Revelation 14:20).  It is easy to see that if things continued on like that without being stopped then there would be nothing left living on the Earth (Matthew 24:22).  The Earth would become as lifeless as the moon.

The Book of Truth says that an evil leader, the Man of Lies (The Antichrist aka The Beast aka The Wicked One) will be on the Earth.  The agent of the Man of Lies will tell everyone to be marked as belonging to the Man of Lies (Revelation 13:16).  Those who refuse the mark will not be able to buy groceries or earn money (Revelation 13:17).  The many who still refuse to be marked when they are caught will be beheaded (Revelation 20:4).

The Book of Truth has Good News for those who surrender to the Man of Truth and stay in the House of Truth.  Everything looks different when you are on the winning side.  Every living thing will not be destroyed from the face of the Earth because the Man of Truth is going to save the human race (Mark 13:20).  The Children of Truth will be transported off of this Earth before the terrible days come (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17). The Father of Truth will not pour out His wrath on the Children of Truth (1 Thessalonians 5:8-10).  They will not be among those who lose their heads for refusing to take the mark of the Man of Lies.  They will come back with the Man of Truth when he fights the Man of Lies and they will be in his army (Revelation 19:11-14).  The Man of Truth is going to end the evil that has reigned on the Earth since Adam (Revelation 20:10-15).  The Earth will once again become the paradise that it was always meant to be (Revelation 21:1-4).

I hope you can see that these dreams and visions were from the Father of Truth.  The Father of Truth sent these dreams and visions to draw me to the Man of Truth (John 6:44).  These dreams and visions were given so I could help others to come into the House of Truth in these last days (Acts 2:17).  The Spirit of Truth inspired these dreams and visions to confirm that I was a Child of Truth (Romans 8:16).

What about you?  Are these dreams and visions a source of terror or comfort?  Have you had dreams and visions from the Father of Truth?  How can you know for sure?

The Father of Truth has given you the Book of Truth which is more sure than any dream or vision (2 Peter 1:18-20).  You can come into the House of Truth if you will surrender to the Man of Truth because you believe that the Father of Truth has raised him from the dead (Romans 10:8-10).  The Man of Truth will give you the strength to stay in the House of Truth (Galatians 2:20).

Come into the House of Truth.


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