Sharon's Dream Submitted
"I was in a very tall office block (on about 15th floor) in a built up city. I was looking out the window, with other people (Christians), at the streets below, which had water flowing through them. We wondered where the water was coming form as it was not raining.
Very quickly we saw cars being washed down the road and the water was a muddy in colour and growing in volume and flowing very strongly.
We saw a huge grader and some men trying to stop the flow of water by pushing massive logs across the road. We started praying "God have mercy, God have mercy" as we could see the danger, but the men were crushed under the logs and all was washed away. There was no stopping this flow.
Realising we would have to get out the building, we ended up on a huge old barge (boat). By this time a lot of the buildings were covered with water and we steered the boat towards a high hill that was sticking out. We saw lots of children with a few adults on the hill. The children were not perturbed at what was happening. No fear at all.
In my spirit I felt that the wrath of God was coming.
We had 'parked' the boat against the hill. As I looked around I saw high, choppy waves, that were very dark blue in colour and the water seemed "angry and cold". The city was now totally covered. A small puppy fell into the water and I thought it would also be washed away, but when I bent down ovr the boat, it was still there and I was able to rescue it. (Somehow it seemed so weak, and insignificant and yet it was saved!)
I then felt again in my spirit that there was going to be an earthquake and shouted to the children to get into the boat and to lie down in the middle of the boat. This they did, with the adults.
Going through my mind was fear at what was happening, and the realisation that "for those that were no longer with us - it was too late! We were all praying God have mercy, over and over again.
I then looked up to the sky and before my eyes was a huge cloud that formed the shape of a man. I then saw a face form in the cloud and I knew it was God. The face was very very angry and He was speaking down at the City, and I believe, quoting scripture. Not looking at us on the boat. I was filled with fear and cried out for mercy even more and even asked God that if we were going to die, let it be quick, especially for the children.
Whilst I was praying this loudly, God was saying something like "You did not repent, you could have asked for forgiveness." And then I new the 'earthquake' was the destruction of the city.
As this happened I looked out across the water, and far in the distance a light (golden glow) appeared and moved slowly towards us, as it moved it stilled the water/waves and the water was becoming a beautiful turquoise colour. It was becoming peaceful."
End of dream.
There is a scripture: "IT IS THE GLORY OF GOd TO CONCEAL A THING, BUT THE HONOUR OF KINGS TO SEARCH OUT A MATTER." PROVERBS 25:2
God conceals the truth in the symbolic use of created things. It is the honour of believers, as kings and priests unto God, to search these truths out.
Look forward to hearing from you. Yours in Christ,
Sharon
Meri's Interpretation Submitted
Hi Sharon,
What a pleasant experience to read the dream you posted to Ray's listing.
It really spoke into the circumstances which I have gone through the last few months. Now this isn't "authoritaive" and I suspect many will write and tell you how this fits into what God is doing in their life.......
This is what I see in this...I tell in the objective rather than the subjective...if you are interested in more, write me personally.
1. You are in the "built up" office in the city....it represents the Church today....and the condition the people are in...they are looking out upon this world...and the condition it is in....and
2. they can't discern the times...as the Scripture says...
3. They don't even know what the water is all about....this water has great power in it...and it comes to wash things away....
4. Some are trying to stop the water...but it isn't to be stopped....and those who would stop the river will be crushed by it...this is a divine flow of life from the Throne
5. It also can't be controlled......He is the Controller...it comes from Him...
6. The old form of religion that is "built up" has to be left.....it isn't equipped to move in the river.....and God has proved
7. the Barge...or the Ark...Jesus Christ....
8. But we are always wanting a place of safety other than Him...so we go to the hills...but our salvation is in Him....the barge..the boat...Himself
9. But even the weak and small and insignificant are included in the provision of the Ark
10. The mighty waters are expressive of the anger of God....our built up places of dwelling in cities of men are perishable...and we have put our trust in them..and now the Lord is showing us that He is everything...
11. He is shaking the earth...and ALL that are in it...especially the righteous...or those who think they are.
12. We get so "other" centered however, missing the Truth which is Him, that we focus on saving others..even crying out for God's mercy...but all the while it is OUR SIN...the sin of those who were in the tall buildings of the built up city, that we Missed Him.... we never dealt with our condition before Him...or His feelings about the buildings and the cities we as men have built and raised up before Him...who reigns in the heavens.
13. God will destroy all of our idols...even while we are in the midst of the water...for that is not His plan....His plan was that we repent and that we abide not in the River...but in the Ark.....Jesus.. That we are content in our high building...our exaltation of our self and our religiosity...our self righteousness...and our built up cities...built up to prevent vulnerability to the destruction of God....ignoring Him.....
14. He will destroy all that is not of Him....and then we will be left with Him on the waters...and He will appear before us as He is.....
This is easily related to the work of the Lord in the Body of Christ...we are to be in Jesus.....not to build edifices to protect us from destruction....but we do...we protect ourselves from the reality of our humanness and human tendencies by high rise office buildings and built up cities....and then when destruction comes....we cry out for mercy...instead of letting God deal with our hearts...and from that perspective crying out for Mercy......
We don't understand the River today...many are out partying in it...when it is the force of destruction of our flesh..of all that raises itself up before God..that takes the place of the Ark...of Jesus Himself...out of whom the River flows.....
The River always points to the One on the Throne.....and it supplies to those who need it all they need...to continue on their journey to Him...by Him and for Him and to Him are all things...the Alpha and the Omega..the Author and Finisher....without Him was not anything created that was created...all things consist in Him.
I will leave this at that.....as I am sure most of you can fill in the blanks as they relate to your life and the life where you are now found.
Meri Burlingame
