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Earth Shaking Dreams
A Sign of the Times |
Greetings!
This past week I had two calls from individuals who had very alarming dreams. I too had a very alarming dream that caused me to spend a few days examining my life. It was necessary for me to examine and measure my life from years ago -- against where I am at today. My dream also caused me to search scripture to make sure I was aligned with a scripture passage that was ringing in my ear. Through the use of Scripture, I was able to align my dream as well as the dreams of the two other people who had called me about their dreams. By searching scriptures and seeking God this past week, I was able to align the sign of the times for me personally. In essence, God was being gracious with me and allowing me through His prompting of dreams and scriptures to 'weigh my life' and bring it into His balance, by measuring it against His Word. Special note: The evening before my dream I was sharing a personal message God had given me seven years ago which was ... Son Observe the Time and Fly from Evil. These words I received were actually inscribed on the bell tower of St. Mary's Cathedral in downtown San Francisco. See the photo of this building below. Seven years ago when I read these words on the building I called the St. Mary's Cathedral as the words are not in the Bible. They stated the church was built in 1854, and they have no idea how the words got there. They also knew that the verse cited Ecc.IV:23 does not exist in the Bible. Upon research I found that Ecc. IV:23 stood for Eccelesiasticus 4:23 and that Eccelesiasticus is one of the left out chapters of the Bible known as the Apocrycha. If you google Eccelesiasticus or Sirach 4:23 you will find the words Son Observe the Time and Fly from Evil. My dream got my attention on the evening of Oct. 8, 2012. The main message being for me and probably many others ... God is uncovering sin from the past, understand the sign of the times, as our lives are being weighed and brought into balance.  | | St. Mary's Cathedral |
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More Dreams - The Writing Was on the Wall
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After my dream is when I received calls from the two other people who also had alarming dreams. These two caller's dreams along with my dream made me recognize that God is doing what He does so well... personalizes His Word through both scripture and personal experiences. God has promised that in the last days He will increase His dreams and visions as well as the signs and wonders in the heaven (Acts 2:17-19). The fact that an inscription on a Church tower from 1854 came back to me from a dream on Oct 8, 2012 (158 years later) was a reminder that nothing goes hidden from God. God brings times, seasons, countries, Kingdoms, churches, ministers, and people into His scale of weights and balances. The day following my dream I was awaken at 2:30 AM in the morning and started to read Daniel Chapter 5 where we get the old cliché 'Read the Writing on the Wall.' Specifically, the message is where King Belshazzar sees the finger of God writing on His wall and becomes terrified. He calls all the astrologers, magicians, sorcerers, and soothsayer's to help him understand what the words "mene, mene, tekel, parsin" mean. None of the King's cool, hip, and well educated personalities could help him interpret. Daniel is summoned to the King and interprets the writing on the wall. The writing meant, --
Mene - God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end,
Tekel - You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.
Parsin - Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.
Daniel knew the sign of the times, and the time and season was over with for the King. Daniel did not need to send out 10,000 emails, 200 YouTube videos to his email list convincing them of all the wrong doings of the King. Daniel only needed to understand the sign of the times and interpret the writing on the wall. All the psychobabble, commentary, opinion, or guesses of the magicians, astrologers, or sorcerers could not comprehend the sign of the times.
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One of the people who called me with their dream was very alarmed. His dream is worth sharing based on the sign of our times. The person said he went to bed fuming with anger and disgust over the vice presidential debate. During his sleep, he dreamt that someone was taking advantage (picking on) someone else in an unfair manner. This dreamer told the person within his dream to stop it, or they will have to do something drastic in order to stop them. The dreamer began kicking in their dream, and then woke up in real life lying helpless on the floor. The dreamer told me that they evidently were really kicking in their dream, fell off the bed, hit their head on the corner of the bedroom furniture, and lay helpless on the floor.
This dreamer like many people are going to bed listening to too many voices, imagining too many things, and acting as if God is not in control. They are acting as if they can take matters in their own hands and level the playing field. I told this dreamer that God is bringing things into balance for each person, including me and them. We need to stop worrying about what everyone else is doing, and let God prepare us individually for the sign of the times.
This semi-drastic dream may have gotten the dreamer's attention. This dreamer has been very boisterous through words and 100s of emails about the unfairness of the society and political landscape. They have forgotten that God puts kings and leaders in place, not emails or persuasion tactics of soothsayers, TV moderators, and talk show hosts. Reading Daniel 5 will allow every reader to recognize this fact. In addition, the following verses clearly state who runs the political show from a Kingdom perspective (I Pet. 2: 13-17, Rom. 13:1-6, John 19:10-11, Daniel 4:31-32) |
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As we listen and look to TV news anchors, talk show hosts, the well-educated, and many other opinions on what is happening in society, politics, our nation, and the world it is easy to forget that God puts leaders in and out of office, and He weighs each of us individually. The inscription on St. Mary's Cathedral in many way holds true today through (Matthew 16:2-3) (Luke 12:54-56). We are each individually called to understand the sign of the times for our own life, and allow God to bring our individual lives into balance.
In many ways the writing is on the wall for our society, yet God is more concerned over us as individuals; therefore He is brining each of us through His Word and methods such as dreams, and even "Writing on the wall' in an effort to bring us personally into a balance with Him. God gave his Son Jesus to die for everyone as individuals, not societies. Jesus died for Americans, Australians, Africans, Egyptians, Israelites, Muslims, etc. as individuals. Jesus did not die for America, Austria, Africa, Israel, Arab Nations, etc., as these are only locations we have labeled. God is a personal God who brings us individually into balance.
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Summary - Share Your Writing on the Wall and Dreams | |
I shared a dream of mine, the inscription I saw on the bell tower of St. Mary's Cathedral, and another person's dream. Pam and I are rejoicing in many ways as we know everyone is seeing and dreaming these days. Unfortunately, few people are allowing God to bring their life into balance through what they are seeing and dreaming. God is gracious to give dreams, visions, signs in the heavens, and writings on the walls so each of us individually can see and hear what the Spirit of God is speaking to them. As a means to open up heaven's doors, we have set up a blog to encourage others to share the inspiration of how God is speaking to them. I will post my dream in its entirety for you to read, but encourage you to share yours as well. Click here to acces the Blog.
We also encourage you to read And God Chose Dreams, as a means to understand that no political system, religious system, magician, astrologer, TV news Anchor, TV Talk Show Host, or clergy can own or distribute dreams. According to God ... He is the one who gives His dreams from heaven as a means to whisper to humanity (individually) in order to seal up instruction and keep us on the right pathway. (Job 33:14-18)
"For God does speak-now one way, now another- though man may not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men as they slumber in their beds, he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings, to turn man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride, to preserve his soul from the pit,his life from perishing by the sword." (Job 33:14-18)
Blessings,
Mike and Pam
Michael.Mathews@focusonheaven.com
Pamela.Mathews@focusonheaven.com
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