Monday, January 10, 2011

God gave me a Dream!!!

When i was much younger, about 8 or 9 years old, i went to a childrens sermon. So as i tell you this story, keep in mind my age at that time. It was like the "children" sermon after the sunday sermon took place. Only a couple children ever came, it was me my brother and occasionally a couple other kids. No adults other then the teacher. So often times she would ask us (by us i mean me and my brother) which book in the bible we wanted to read and discuss. I was always fascinated in Revelations. Something always drew me to the end times, not really fear. Just curious as to what was to take place in the end (no lie, some of the stuff i heard got me scared, which made me want to read more). So for a couple weeks we would read a small section in revelations, talk about it and such. and overall i really enjoyed it. Now before i go on further, let me tell you what image came into my mind when ever i thought of Jesus. it was brown hair, and a white robe. And since i hadnt seen to much, the only image in my mind of Jesus was that. I had absolutley zero outside influences to suggest that he looked any different. My previous view of Jesus was that he had long brown hair. I mean in church and any photograph you see, it is always him with brown hair. and conssidering i havent seen a ton of pictures of Jesus at that time, i had this image of Jesus already planted in my head. This image was engraved into my mind, "this is what Jesus looks like". OK, well one night i go to sleep, and all of a sudden i have this dream. I will tell it as vividly as i possibly can. I saw this man with white hair, and a long robe descending from the sky. And the one thing i noticed is that he had WHITE hair. and beside him were 7 long stick looking objects beside him. And as i said he was descending from the clouds with those 7 stick objects beside him. 3 of those stand were at one side, 4 were on the other. And as he was descending, all of a sudden i woke up. At that moment, this dream did not make any sense too me. I had no idea what it was portraying or what it meant. I didnt think of God because as i told you, i always saw him as having brown hair. And i didnt understand why their were 7 stick looking things sorrounding him. Here is where the strange part is. The following Sunday after church i go to my regular children sermon, and we continue through the book of revelations. And then she starts reading Revelation 1:12-15 which says "I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man, dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. The hair on his head was WHITE LIKE WOOL, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters." It was an extremly eerie feeling. I mean here, only one week after i had this dream i am hearing this verse that fits the description of this dream 100% accuratley. Here is a couple things i want you to think about. 1, i was only about 8 or 9 years old. 2, i aleady had an image of Jesus that i was totally convinced was definate (brown hair). 3, after i had this dream, only 1 week later was the very first time i have ever heard that verse. You know how i remember, because i remember right when she read over it, i said to her "Ms. Flo, i just had a dream about that" and she responded "sometimes God gives people visions". And 4, anytime i thought of "Jesus return, I always thought of angels being by his side. Whcih is why when i first saw the lampstands i was really confused. And what was really weird is my vision when i saw Jesus descending, it was face forward, it was not at a side angle. And i thought it was weird that to one side of Jesus was 3 lampstands and to one side was 4. You would think it would look "neater" if it was 3 on each side. But it was specifically remember 7, which i thought was very odd. So it was hard for me to understand what all this meant at first. Ive remembered this vision for almost 10 years, and i have been having stronger and stronger convictions to share this with everyone. I really dont know why i had this dream, i dont know what God was trying to tell me. Their are any number of reasons of possibilites why he gave it. Also below i posted a picture that shows the verse i saw. It is not exactly what i saw, but i saw everything that is shown in that picture.