I was just reading an article here about prophecies of doom. Whether ancient or modern, there are a lot of them and they sound very similar to each other. There are plenty of prophecies that are realized either within the lifetime of the person who made it or later, but this isn't true for all of them. The end of the world prophecies have a tendency to not occur. At least, that's how it looks so far.
I've had my share of precognitive dreams. All by themselves they do a good job of convincing me that prophecy does happen from time to time and that it can be valid communication of future information. I've even had a few that would be called prophetic rather than merely precognitive because the message is delivered to me by an angel in the dream. Some of these have come to pass, but many have not. This may be a matter of patience as opposed to an error in the dream. I can say this because I know it can take years for a dream to be realized.
The end times prophecies however, definitely seem to be taking longer than other types of dreams to happen. This bothers me because I have also had dreams that look very much as if they relate to end times prophecies. They have huge calamities, angels destroying the unrighteous, Muslims overrunning Israel and nearly wiping out Judaism, and then--God returns. He establishes a city of truth. Some are allowed inside, most are not. Eventually we are all given new bodies. These aren't physical bodies, but a different kind that doesn't need food, shelter, or any of the other things associated with being necessary to life.
Do I take these dreams seriously? Or do I look at the pantheon of still-to-happen end times prophecies and count them as so many misses? It's one thing to claim things will end on a certain date, or year, as Pat Robertson once did, but if the date is left open, surely that improves the odds. Rather than be cynical about it, I'll just say that I want to take them seriously. I am aware of the history of these things, but am also aware of the history of my own precognitive dreams. One thing they have shown me is that no matter how unlikely something seems to be, it sometimes happens anyway.
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What does God look like in your dreams?
ReplyDeleteHave you ever tried to draw Him?
Ok, found them now :) https://sites.google.com/a/mundusvirtua.com/dreams/journal-drawings
ReplyDeleteLooks like somthing I've seen before.. Perhaps other artists have had similar inspiration before - Jesus is also commonly drawn in a recognizable way..
I should say that although I have drawn God in a classical way, it may not be for the reasons you think. I Have had dreams where he looks like this: a very old, but vital, old man with flowing beard and hair. However, some dreams I don't see him clearly because the light he casts is too powerful to see through.
ReplyDeleteI should add that God sometimes, but not always, comes across as being extremely tall. I don't mean 7 feet like a basketball player, but more like 12 or 15 feet tall. Because it isn't always like this, I've settled on an appearance that is an average of the dreams where I could see him and made an effort to remember this detail. I have seen Jesus as well, on one occasion in a dream that included God. I don't know why, but God has always left a clearer visual impression than Jesus.
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