Good Wednesday, Not Good Friday?!?!

 

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Passion week is here.

Palm Sunday begins.

Good Friday is around the corner.

Resurrection Sunday follows.

But what if our timeline is off?

What if Scripture is FULLY correct, and we have tried to fit the timeline into our western thinking instead of fitting our thinking into the scripture's timeline?

Does it even matter?

For many of my readers there is no doubt that Jesus died on the cross, and subsequently rose from the dead.  Christians celebrate this great exchange of 'Grace' for 'Law', of 'New Covenant' for 'Old Covenant' each year at Easter (aka Resurrection Sunday).

Leading up to this pivotal event in our Christian faith, many find themselves celebrating Good Friday, but is that really the correct day to call 'good'?  No, not that a gruesome death on a cross is good, but what Jesus accomplished through that death is absolutely good!  Should it really be Good Wednesday?

Let's take a look at the scriptures.  Let's assume that those scriptures (as the inerrant Word of God) are fully accurate.  And let's create a timeline.  Note: it is very important to remember a few things as we look at the timeline and the scriptures.  

1. We are on a Jewish timeline.  Days begin at sunset and end at sunset the following day.
2. We are dealing with Jewish customs and ways of thinking. (very important when it comes to death)
3. We are dealing with 2 Sabbath's that particular week.  The High Holy Sabbath due to Passover, and the regular weekly Sabbath.

Timeline:

Tuesday: 

    Morning/Day: 

• Disciples sacrifice the Passover pesach lamb registered to Jesus in the temple

    Evening/Night: (Sunset begins the High Holy Passover Preparation Day)

• The Last Supper (Passover Seder meal) after sunset
• In order for Jesus (Y'shua) to BE the Passover lamb for us, sacrificed on preparation day, according to the Mosaic covenant, He had to eat the lamb a day earlier, which one could do so long as there was no leaven in the home
• John 13:1-2 - It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.  The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.
• We see in the above scripture that Jesus is eating His Last Supper (His Passover Seder meal) just before the Passover Festival. 
• This scripture is in John 13 and Luke 22

• Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane
• John 18:1-11, Luke 22:39-46
• Jesus asks, "Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.  Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him."
• Jesus was NOT asking the Father to remove the cross, but rather to remove the tremendous burden of the sin of the world that He had already begun to carry, and was threatening to kill Him early.  He asked for that to be removed so He could live to endure the cross for us.

• Jesus Arrested
• Luke 22:47-53; John 18:1-11

• Jesus brought before the Jews
• John 18:19-24; Luke 22:63-71

Wednesday: 

    Morning: 

• Day of Preparation for the High Holy Sabbath of Passover

• Jesus brought before Pilate
• Luke 23:1-5; John 18:28-19:16

• Jesus on the cross by 9 a.m.
• John 19:17-27; Luke 23:26-43

• Jesus died by 3 p.m.
• John 19:18-30: Luke 23:44-46

• Jesus Side Pierced
• John 19:31 (KJV) this scripture clarifies that this is the Preparation Day for the high day.
• John 19:31 - The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

    Afternoon/Evening: (Sunset begins the High Holy Passover Sabbath)

• Jesus in the tomb before sunset
• Luke 23:52-54 - Going to Pilate, he (Joseph of Arimathea) asked for Jesus’ body. Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.
• The preparation day and the Sabbath spoken of in this scripture was the High Holy Sabbath of Passover, not the weekly sabbath.
• Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42

• Sunset: High Holy Passover Sabbath begins
• John 19:42; Luke 23:56

• Jesus' 1st full night in the tomb

Thursday: 

    Morning/Day: 

• Jesus's 1st full day in the tomb

• High Holy Passover Sabbath continues on until sunset
• Everyone 'rested' according to scripture
• John 19:42; Luke 23:56

    Night: 

• Jesus's 2nd full night in the tomb

• High Holy Passover Sabbath ends at sunset

Friday: 

    Morning/Day: 

• Jesus's 2nd full day in the tomb

• Spices bought and prepared on the only available day to work and prepare to fully anoint the body of Jesus (other days are rest days due to the Passover Sabbath and weekly Sabbath)

• Preparation Day of the weekly Sabbath: also must prepare for tomorrow's weekly Sabbath so they can honor their Jewish law

    Night: 

• Jesus 3rd full night in the tomb

• Weekly Sabbath begins at sunset
• Weekly rest begins according to Jewish law, not able to visit the tomb

Saturday: 

    Morning/Day: 

• Jewish weekly Sabbath
• Everyone Rests according to Jewish law, not able to visit the tomb or anoint Jesus' body without breaking the law

• Jesus's 3rd full day in the tomb

    Night:

• Weekly Jewish Sabbath ends at sunset

• Jesus IS ALIVE, RISES from the GRAVE, between sunset Saturday and sunrise Sunday sunrise

Sunday:

    

    Morning:

• Jesus' tomb found empty because He rose sometime between sunset and sunrise
• Luke 24:1-2 - On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
• The 7th day (or last day) of the week is Saturday, Sabbath.  The 1st day of the week is Sunday in the Jewish culture.
• Scripture clarifies that it is the First Day of the Week (Sunday). I believe one reason for this clarification is due to the two sabbaths this week (due to Passover), and because it is not the next physical day, but rather a few days have passed since the last scripture where Jesus was laid in Joseph of Arimathea's tomb.  Otherwise clarification of what day it is may not have been needed.
• Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-10

In order for the Bible to be fully correct Jesus HAD to be in the grave/tomb 3 full days AND 3 full nights.  The words below were spoken by Jesus, and for him to be God, He must speak absolute truth.

    Matthew 12:40 (NIV)

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Why does this timeline matter?

In order for a Jew to come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ as the risen Messiah (Yeshua Hamashiach), Jesus HAD TO BE DEAD 3 FULL DAYS and 3 FULL NIGHTS, or he was not raised for the dead.  This is pivotal when witnessing to Jews.  

In Jewish custom a person is not declared fully dead until after three full days and three full nights have passed.  The Jewish customs believed that a person's spirit hovered near the body for there days and nights before crossing over to the final spiritual realm.  Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES could a body come back to life after the spirit departed at the 3 FULL DAYS and NIGHTS mark.  

This is why it was imperative for Jesus to take his time getting to Lazarus.  Lazarus had to be fully dead for the miracle of raising him from the dead to have such an impact.  His spirit was no longer hovering.

Any person coming back to life prior to the three full days of death can be explained away in their culture as having been unconscious, half-dead, or not fully dead, and the person's spirit simply reentered the body.

After the 3 FULL DAYS and NIGHTS it could only be explained as a miracle from God and a true resurrection of the dead.  Also, full days are counted from sunset one day to sunset the following day.  We can not count Friday as day 1, Saturday as day 2, and Sunday as day 3...it does not fit with the Jewish laws and customs, nor does it account for the High Holy Passover Sabbath plus the weekly Sabbath.  Everything Jesus did was fully Jewish.

Then WHY? Good Friday and Easter Sunday?

Easter was originally the celebration of Ishtar, the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of fertility and sex. After Constantine Christianized the Empire, Easter was changed to represent the resurrection of Jesus Christ.  This was a pagan festival that Christians attempted to 'Christianize' to bring pagans in to learn about the Bible and Jesus.  This calendar was drawn from the pagan festivals and had nothing to do with the resurrection of Jesus until the church made this change.  (And the same actually goes for Christmas.  Interesting.)

Technically Correct:

If we wanted to get really technical and be fully accurate in celebrating the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, it wouldn't even be Good Wednesday, Good Friday, or Easter Sunday, or Resurrection Sunday.

It would be Good Preparation Day, Passover, two days waiting, then Resurrection Day on a Jewish calendar that will not fall on Wednesday or Sunday since Passover moves to different days each year. But I don't see the Gentile Church changing that anytime soon. 

So for now, know the truth, but use these celebrations as a time to remember what the Lord has done for us, and to share the Gospel with those around you.

For the Jew:

Isaiah 53 (KJV)

1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

**PS - In first century Judaism, there were two Passovers. One was based on the written Torah (the Sadducees followed).  The other was based on the traditions of the P’rushim (the Pharisees followed). Since there were two Passovers celebrated on two different days in Judaism, we have two distinct days of ‘preparation.’  You can read all of those timelines broken down HERE.**

George Perry Floyd – What would he say today?

George Perry Floyd – What would he say today?

I have been mostly silent about George Floyd these past few days.  Not completely silent as I have commented on a few posts and called to check on some of my dark skinned friends, but otherwise I have been silent. 

Not completely silent. 

As I initially learned about George my first reaction was to vomit.  These acts of murder via those that should be our protectors make me sick.  Then my next reaction was anger, I would like to think it was righteous anger, but sometimes anger can take hold and turn into sin, so I ‘checked’ my anger and put it on hold. 

Then came the part where I was not so silent. 

I cried.  I cried out to God.  I cried for George, the man I never knew, never met.  I cried for his family and friends.  I cried for those in charge that allowed and even caused this to happen.  I cried. 

Then I went silent again. 

I had to pray.  I went into my closet and prayed.  As the articles, blog posts and FaceBook posts came out I read many of them and prayed.  As my friends and many strangers began to voice their thoughts and opinions I listened, thought some more and prayed.  As the peaceful protests and violent riots began I fell to my knees and prayed some more.  I asked God to speak to me.  This particular situation always makes me feel like my hands are tied.  I am not black, even though when I was growing up people would often ask me, “Who’s black, your mommy or your daddy?  Because you have black skin, but easy hair.”  The answer is neither.  I am Chinese and white, I just tan to chocolate skin when I swim a lot.  I have black relatives in my family and I love each of them.  I also have Chinese, Mexican and yes white relatives.  I love them all. 

Today, as I was outside doing yard work, a different perspective hit me, and hit me hard.  After watching George’s murder video that made me vomit, after reading and listening to friends, blogs and media, after praying and crying out, a perspective hit me that I have not yet read about or heard anywhere.  So here I am to write about it.  I am not a fan of writing.  I love to read, but when it comes to putting my heart and thoughts on paper I struggle.  Even though I struggle, I feel that this perspective must be written.  If no one reads it but me, the one typing, that is ok; at least this point of view will be out there somewhere.  These words are not to belittle or change what is already being said out there on social media; it is simply to add an additional layer.  This is the viewpoint I imagine George Floyd is having TODAY. 

While I was mowing my yard I was praying for George’s family and friends.  I was crying for their pain.  And when I ran out of words I asked God if He would speak to me.  Then I was silent.  I kept mowing in the silence and I heard what I would think is George’s voice yelling, YELLING the word, “REPENT!”  over and over again.  Loudly.  With feeling and agony.  With love and truth.  Reeeepeeent!  Long, drawn out and guttural. 

When I heard his voice saying that word with such depth I was immediately flooded with emotions of a different kind.  I realized that George, who I read was a Christian and active in his church, had stepped out of his encapsulated shell of a sinful body and has met his maker face-to-face.  George now has a different perspective from us left down here.  George has the advantage of a heavenly and eternal vantage point on what is going on down here in humanity.  And God allowed him to chose to yell ‘Repent’ into my thoughts.

I think that if George is allowed to look down into the United States and see what is being done with his name attached to it, that in some instances he would be pleased, and in other instances he would be repulsed. 

If George is the Christian Man that it is said he was, then he would be pleased at the peaceful protests, the call for change, the prayers for unity and repentance.  He would also be repulsed by the additional murders committed in his name.  He would be condemning of the dirtying of the legacy he built that is attached to his name.  He would call out the crimes committed to the cause his name has been tattooed across.

I think if we could sit and hear him speak TODAY, with his eternal perspective we would hear him say a few different things. 

One, I believe he would call for justice to be done to his murders here on earth.  After all, Able’s blood cried out from the earth in Genesis 4.  Also, the martyrs under the throne of heaven cry out, “How long O Lord must we wait until You avenge our blood?” (Paraphrased from Revelation 6:10).  The cry for justice is a noble cry, and I pray it is completed.  But I also believe that if for some ghastly reason justice is not carried out here on earth that George would hand it over to the Lord because Jesus is a Just Judge and ‘Vengeance is the Lord’s” according to Romans 12:19.  And God will most definitely avenge George Floyd if our judicial system failed.

Two, I believe that if George is the Christian Man that it is said he was that he would cry out for each and every one of us to go into our closets, close the door behind us, fall onto our knees and repent with weeping.  George would have us ask the Lord to search us and find any wicked way within us (Psalm 139).  He would have us see ourselves, as we truly are, not as how we think we are.  He would have the dark and sinister places in our hearts be revealed by God and violently ripped out so we can change the right way.  He would call for us to repent and turn from our wicked ways so that God can indeed heal our land, yes, even racially (2 Chronicles 7:14).

Three, I believe George Floyd would call out the selfish people, media, agenda makers…as tools of Satan.  I’m not talking about the good things we see going on through this, I am talking about the bad, evil and violent things we see ‘using’ George for their personal purposes.  Remember, the father of lies, was once an angel of great power in the heavenlies that attempted a coup on God and failed.  Well, he is still trying to make that coup happen and, as the man of lawlessness, he is using anything he can get his hands on for his twisted purposes filled with hatred, lies, death and sin.  If you think you follow Jesus but you think the right thing is murder, hatred or racism, then you do not follow the Jesus of the Bible, you have believed a lie and follow a counterfeit.  If you think only white people go to heaven and that Jesus is a skinhead, then you have the wrong Jesus; seek out the right Jesus.  The Christian Man named George would not want his name or his heritage associated with any of Satan’s nonsense.  Not if he built a legacy of Jesus in his life here on earth before he died.

Four, I believe George would call on the men and women of power to rise up and protect those that have had their voices taken from them.  Men and women of power, you have a great opportunity to rise up as protectors of our communities, and that includes the black communities.  You have the honor to speak when someone’s voice has been stripped from them through generations of racism and hatred.  You have the opportunity to do what is right in the face of wrong.  You have the ability to humanize people, even during the difficult times; not simply strip them of dignity when you see fit.  Put on your full armor each day and go out there WITH God and do the right thing. 

And Five, I believe George has a very new vantage point that we don’t have down here.  I believe he now sees in FULL COLOR.  And every one of those colors is brilliantly beautiful.  He sees in color, colors we haven’t even seen down here on earth yet.  And I think he sees ONE race, the human race.  And I believe he now only sees two types of people left down on earth.  Those going to heaven and those going to hell.  I believe George is crying out REPENT because he wants no one, no matter their amazingly stunning skin color, to go to hell.

So lets catch my brother, George Perry Floyd’s, perspective.  Yes, George, the man I never met is my brother.  As a fellow Christian we have the same father through Jesus and the share the same body according to 1 Corinthians 12.  Let’s fall to our knees, lets repent, and lets love each other for the beautifully woven tapestry of people that we are, and let us rise up a united army for Christ and not play into the enemy’s hands.  Lets obey Matthew 22:37-39 and Love the Lord our God with all our heart and love our neighbor as our self.

So no, this does not say everything.  It does not say most things, but it does say something.  I will continue to pray to know what my part is in all of this, and I ask that you do the same, and don't forget to be silent and listen for God to answer.  Friends and family of color, I love you, I might not always know what to do or say, but I can definitely be here to listen, pray and cry with you.  

Word Tornado - Dream - 6/16/2019

Word Tornado - Dream - 6/16/2019

This is a very short dream that I had the Sunday night on Father's Day 2019.

In this dream, all I could see was a tall, slender tornado that although it was not wide, it was extremely dark and sinister.

It was roving around the earth destroying everything in its path.  It seemed to jump from place to place, picking and choosing where it would drop down onto the earth to destroy.

I said out loud, "What is that tornado?"

And I heard someone respond, "That is a WORD tornado."

When I looked closer I realized that the tornado was literally composed of words instead of high winds.  Twisted, lying, half-truth, sneaking, hurtful, condescending, accusing words twisted and flew through the earth in the form of a tornado destroying everything in its chosen path.

Many of the destroying words had been spoken by people thinking they were doing the right thing, telling other people (or themselves) what their itching ears want to hear, but were actually speaking against the very nature of God and His statutes.  Thus their 'good intentions' were actually fueling the destruction around them.

End of Dream


I urge each of us to stand bare before the Lord and ask Him to search us and turn us toward Him and His ways.

Trump Rally - Dream - Late 2018

Dream: Late 2018

Setting:

Inside a Trump rally.

Feeling in the dream:

This dream was very intense, prophetic and peaceful yet urgent.

Dream:

In this dream my family and I went to a President Trump rally.  He was already President of the United States, but was on a circuit going around the states speaking.

As my family and I walked into the rally to head toward our seats I was approached by on of Trumps personal aids.  The aid asked me to please come with them.  I told my family to go on ahead to our seats that I would find them later.

I was escorted to the back area of the building where Mr. Trump and his entourage were preparing for the rally, and was introduced to Mr. President by them saying, “Here she is Sir.”

Trump began looked me in the eye then went about his business of getting ready, but asked me to speak to him.  So, I just started speaking about God’s love, peace, protection and plans.  As he walked around the aids told me to follow him because I had not been dismissed.  So I followed him around speaking the truths of God’s Word to him and over him.

At some point I told him that I had written him a letter a few months back.  He asked one of his aids to go find the letter (apparently each letter was filed and saved).  The letter was brought to me and he asked me to read it to him.

I warned him before reading it that the letter was only 3 sentences and that it was prophetic.  He asked me to go ahead and read it to him.  So I read the three sentences to him.  He nodded then told me to wait here while he went to speak. 

I waited on the wings of the stage where I could see him but was still waiting in the back for him to return.  After he completed the rally he came back over to me and agreed that the note had indeed been prophetic and that he wanted to follow through with what it stated.  (I remember saying the sentenced out loud in my dream, but when I awoke I could not remember them.  I so wish I knew what that letter said.) 

He asked me if I knew why he had called me back to him, upon which I shook my head ‘no’.  He said it was the peace that followed me around, and that he wanted that peace now.  So he prayed, we prayed for that peace to follow him wherever he went.

I believe this is a call to prayer.  Whether any one of you is for or against our current President, he is our current leader and must be girded up in prayer.  I also believe it is a call to both walk in God’s perfect peace and to pray for the leaders of our nation to also walk in that peace and protection, and that they would hear and obey the Lord.

Kissing Clouds - Dream - 8/16/2011

Kissing Clouds

My mom had this dream early in the morning on August 16, 2011.

Note: Over the last 6 – 8 weeks I have had the feeling that the church(s) in the surrounding areas (should come together in special services for the purpose of praying.

Feeling in the dream:

Started off with a sense of “what should we do” and “things are not right.”  End of dream is rejoicing and praising.

Setting of the dream:

Inside an SUV driving down the road, talking and concerned about lack of rain.  It is daylight on a clear day.

Dream:

The dream takes place inside a vehicle something like an SUV.  The interior of the car was all black in color.  The passengers were also wearing black.  Everything inside was black and kind of dark and dim even though it was daytime and bright outside.  We were comfortable inside the vehicle seated in our cushy, plush, leather seats.   We were oblivious to any other traffic or anything else that was going on outside or around the vehicle. 

I was sitting as a passenger in the left back seat behind the driver’s seat.  There was a male driving the vehicle and to the right of him was a female passenger.  I got the impression we were family.  We were discussing the events of the time with a sense of urgency while talking about the fact that we desperately needed rain to come to our cities.  We were asking each other what could we do about this drought.

Then the female passenger in the front seat said to us, “don’t worry, I have heard when the clouds kiss it will begin to rain”.  I became very excited and began asking “when will the clouds kiss, when are they going to kiss?”  At that moment, I leaned back and began to look up thru the sunroof of the vehicle in order to observe the clouds hoping to see what the clouds were doing.  As I watched the white cumulus clouds thru the sunroof, the clouds began to move merging together in the sky becoming no longer many separate clouds, but now were two large clouds instead.  They took up most of the sky. I could see the sky was blue and clear beyond them, and they were not scary or ominous in any way. 

One cloud formed on the far right and one on the far left.  Then they began to move toward each other.  As they did, a face like that of a human profile began to form on each cloud, as if now facing each other.  They began to fill the whole sky as they slowly but purposefully began to move toward each other.  The closer they came together both clouds lips began to pucker and eventually touched like a kiss. 

The very moment the clouds kissed it began to rain without any hesitation.   This was not just a little rain but huge, weighty, large raindrops began to pour down like a deluge, raining hard once the clouds kissed.  We immediately began to jubilate excited inside the car, praising and thanking God for this wonderful rain. 

Rain was pounding onto the windows of the automobile and all around outside but it was not yet raining inside the car even though the sunroof was open.  I remember thinking that it was strange that the rain was not coming inside the vehicle yet realizing if it did it might damage the interior of the car.   

The thought then came that we must close the sunroof of the car or it will get all wet inside so I began to reach up and close the sliding door layer of the sunroof.  Then the driver of the vehicle began to try to quickly close the window or glass part of the sunroof thinking rain is going to still pour in getting wet some of the vehicle’s interior.  In the dream the glass part of the roof was never closed when the dream was over.

Word Interpretation:

One car:  Beginning

Black Car:  luxury – lack, famine, and sin

Three people:  Conform, obey, tradition (family): natural or spiritual family – church

Daytime:  Light, knowledge, truth, manifest, good, evil revealed

Drought:  Blessing withheld (because of sin)

Person having the dream and in the dream: passenger or student

Sunroof (open):  Covering or Government

Up (looked up): North, Heaven, judgment, and Spiritual warfare

White clouds: Pure, righteousness, truth, and innocence, blameless

Blue sky:  spiritual (in a good way)

Two clouds:  Divide, judge, separate, discern

Becomes One Cloud: Beginning, first in time, rank, order or importance, new

Rains immediately:  good change, glory or revival

Rain pouring:  Life, revival, Holy Spirit, Word of God

Kiss:  Agreement or covenant

Dream Interpretation:

This is a new day in the land and in the church.  We have been living oblivious to lack and need and our own sinfulness.  There is a new concern as dryness and drought are becoming more obvious.  As truth becomes manifest evil is revealed along with the need for conformation and obedience to Christ.  The Church will know that our hope is only in the Lord!  The answer is for His covenant people to come together united, looking upward to God in prayer, in unity and in agreement to seek His purity, His righteousness and truth.  This is done thru worship in the form of praise, prayer, confession of sin, and repentance (spiritual warfare praying is needed to defeat the plans of the enemy).  This prayer not only involves praying for physical rain but for spiritual rain as well along with praying for our government and our leaders.  When we/the church obeys in doing this, the atmosphere in the church and in the earth will change, the glory of God will fall and revival will come.  Then God, who has purposefully withheld the blessing (which is rain both physically and spiritually), will open the floodgate and the rain will come and the church will rejoice, praising His name.   The sense of urgency we felt denotes that there still is a little time left to accomplish this but not much.  Time is short.

The part of the dream about not being able to close the sunroof I believe may have a double or two-fold meaning. 

The first meaning may be depicting God’s covering or protection from harm.

The second meaning may be showing the government trying to stop the rain from actually coming into the church.  

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White House 2 - Dream - 2008

WHITE HOUSE - 2

I had this dream July 30, 2008  

Feeling in the dream:

Playful, joyful, enjoying our home.  Confused as to why someone would not seek help.

Setting of the dream:

Again, I live in the same huge mansion with my family.  This is our home, comfort place, and dwelling.

Everything in the home is white.  White walls, floors, ceilings, furniture, and fixtures.  The floors are a white tile with white grout.  The room I am in is the HUGE bathroom (almost like a spa).  There is flowing water, waterfalls, fountains and pools everywhere in this room.  It is a place of relaxation.  The actual sinks, toilets, showers and tubs were in little rooms off this great big bathroom/spa area.

Two foreign Men come to our home and are seeking a place to stay.  We allow them to stay for a few days. 

I am in the bathroom playing in one of the pools of flowing water with a fountain in it.  It is fun and joyful.  I am laughing and enjoying myself.  One of the men is in the bathroom and I beckon him to come in.  He refuses, but I persist insisting that the water feels great and it is so refreshing and fun.  The man finally agrees, but instead of jumping in he grabs a flat board to float on, and tries not to touch the water.  He seems fearful of the water. 

(Scene Ends)

The scene skips to me out of the water and needing to wash my hands.  For some reason I need to use the sink that belongs to the second man.  I see the man and ask him if I can wash my hands in his sink.  I can tell he doesn’t want me to, but without speaking he nods that I can.  He seems squirmish.  I go into his sink area and begin to wash my hands, but I find that the sink is clogged.  (In the dream the clogged sink is all I see at this moment).  I walk out and say to the second man, “Your sink is clogged.”  He nods a yes at me.  I then say, “Well, why didn’t you tell me?  This will only take a moment to fix.”  I then go get a plunger and remove the clog.  The second man is upset and walks away seemingly defeated.

My dream ends.

Interpretation:

In this dream the men ask to come in and we allow them to, but it seems that their motive for coming to the church that the home represents is for sabotage.  In the two days that they were here they clogged up our sink on purpose.  It was discovered and easy to unclog, but was not accepted by the foreign visitor.  He acted defeated at the unclogging.  The clog was sin, wrong thinking and purposeful.  We must remove the clogs from ourselves so the love and ministry of Christ can go forth unhindered. 

The first man was scared of touching the water when I invited him to use it because the water represents the Holy Spirit.  It was the cleansing water of salvation, and he was not there to receive the Lord, but to stop the message of the Lord from going forth.  

(You will probably find more)

I had trouble writing the interpretation of this dream and the last one.  I understand it in my head, but can’t seem to put it to paper.

Mansion/Home: Church

White: Spotless, righteous, truth

Tile: Firm Ground

Bathroom: Cleansing; prayer of repentance

 

Water: Word, Spirit of God

Water fountain: Holy Spirit, Salvation, Source

Swimming Pool: Spiritual place, Church home, family, God’s blessings

Sink – Where water and cleansing flow from

Clogged Sink – stopping the flow

Two Men – Separate

Man - Demon

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White House - Dream 1 - 2008

WHITE HOUSE - Dream 1

I had this dream June 2008. 

Feeling in the dream:

Hiding, listening, looking for a way out or escape.

Setting of the dream:

I live in a huge mansion with my family, unlike anything I have ever seen before.  This is our home, comfort place, and dwelling.

Everything in the home is white.  White walls, floors, ceilings, furniture, and fixtures.  The floors are a white tile with white grout.  The room I notice in this house is a HUGE bathroom (almost like a spa).  There is flowing water, waterfalls, fountains and pools everywhere in this room.  It is a place of relaxation.  The actual sinks, toilets, showers and tubs were in little rooms off this great big bathroom/spa area.

Suddenly my family and I find ourselves in fear and we climb up into the air ducts of the home to hide.  We can see several men in our home uninvited.  The men are whispering and looking for us.  We can hear what they are saying, but it is muffled.  We are unable to find a way out, but we go undetected by the men.

My dream ends.

  

Interpretation:

Mansion/Home: Church

White: Spotless, righteous, truth

Tile: Firm Ground

 

Water: Word, Spirit of God

Water fountain: Holy Spirit, Salvation, Source

Swimming Pool: Church home, family, God’s blessings

Bathroom: Cleansing; prayer of repentance

Air Ducts: (or attic) spiritual realm, attitude

Whispering: Hiding, sneaking

It feels as if the house/church has been infiltrated by uninvited visitors, which I may call false teaching and doctrine.  This falseness is sneaking and hiding, trying to change what truth really is.  Actual truth is hidden as a treasure and can not be changed.  (You may have more)

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Attack - Dream - 2007

 *NOTE: This dream is violent and contains both guns and death.  I can not control the dreams I have and am simply putting out there what I dreamed.  I am not condoning the use of guns nor killing and murder.  These are all symbolic, and the symbols are described in the interpretation below the dream.  We must act in LOVE.

Attack (Dream 2) – January 2007

This dream has recurred 3 times over the past week, and I suspect it will continue with time.

Feeling in the dream:

The world seems to be in a state of Marshall Law, but no military personnel are around.

Setting of the dream:

Five of us are at the church in a 2^nd story room in the back of the church’s Mansion.  The five people consist of my husband, my mother, two unnamed church members and myself.  We are there in the middle of the night (around 2am) because this is the shift we volunteered for.  We are up in the room, sitting in a circle, cleaning guns with all the lights off and being careful to whisper even though we are laughing and making lighthearted conversation.  Not a single light in the mansion or on the streets are on…we are working by a small, dim lamp.  The guns we are cleaning are semi-automatic 9mm weapons.  We have already been there one hour, and our shift would not end for at least another hour.

In this upper room the wall along one side (under a window) is lined with one row of clean, loaded guns; all facing the same direction and ready for use.  Each of us is in the middle of cleaning one gun, and there is a very large pile of dirty, disassembled guns in a corner on the opposite side of the room; each weapon waiting to be cleaned and placed in its proper place.

As we work I hear what sounds to me like a VERY LOUD CRASH outside (like the sound of a vase breaking).  I tell everyone to “Be quite,” and I turn off the lamp.  The others ask, “Why?” (I was the only one that heard the crash.)  While I crawled over to the window where the prepared guns were lined up I stated, “We are under attack.”  I peeked out the window and saw 13 invaders jump out of a van preparing to surround and attack the church Mansion.  I began tossing 2 prepared 9mm semi-automatic weapons to each person in the small group, and stated, “It’s time.  Spread out.”  I grabbed the last two weapons available and ran down the hall to the room on the opposite side of the building.  The four others went to their appointed posts.

Now at my post, I quietly opened a window and just as it was open one of the enemy jumped off the roof using a rope and was attempting to break in through the window.  The enemy was very prepared and was carrying a fully automatic weapon.  I shot him just as he reached the window and he died.  I then climbed out onto the ledge of the window and jumped down to the ground behind a bush where another of the enemy came around the corner with his automatic weapon ready for use, but he did not see me, and I shot him.  When I shot the second attacker I noticed that I did not have a 9mm semi-automatic weapon like I had passed out to the other four in our group, but I was using a revolver.  I also remember thinking ‘how can I defeat the enemy that has automatic weapons and I only have a revolver.’  While this was all going on the only sound heard was the sound of automatic and semi-automatic gunfire coming from around the Mansion, otherwise there was deafening silence between gunfire.  Just as that thought flashed through my mind I heard a man say, “you killed my friends, now you will die.”  I jumped up, spun around and shot my third enemy. 

Just as I killed the third assailant, the other four that had been in the upper room with me earlier ran from around all sides of the Mansion to where I was.  When they reached me they stated, “All of the enemy has been killed.  We won!” 

We all put our arms around each other and quietly began walking back up to the preparation room.  As we walked in silence I stated, “This was only the first attack, we must be prepared for more.”

Initial Interpretation of the dream:

This is my initial interpretation.  You may see something different.

I believe part of this dream is now, and part of this dream is for the future.

1. State of Marshall Law = world trying to dominate over Christianity.
2. Middle of the night = a time when we least expect an attack. 3^rd Watch Midnight – 3am.
3. Complete darkness = we prepare even though we are surrounded by darkness.
4. Preparation room = prayer room.
5. Dim Light (lamp) = without full knowledge or understanding
6. Laughing and Light hearted conversation = we are not taking the task as seriously as it is.
7. Shifts = we were not the only 5 preparing thought out the day.
8. Guns = prayer, scripture, spiritual weapons.
9. Crashing sound = warning from God that an attack was under way.
10. I was the only one that heard the sound = we are not all ready to hear, but we must all be prepared to fight.
11. 5 Warriors = Works, Service
12. 13 Invaders = we were outnumbered by more than double. (2.6 times)
13. 13 Invaders = 13 means Rebel; rebellion; revolution; rejection
14. 5 people = It takes a team to prepare; isolation will not do the job.
15. Appointed posts = we all knew our appointed post and went there quickly.
16. Prepared guns = only a small number of our weapons had been prepared and ready.
17. One row of prepared guns = we had only begun this preparation task recently.
18. Disassembled guns = we still had a lot of work to do to be prepared.
19. Enemy’s Automatic Weapons = the enemy was more prepared than we were.
20. Our semi-automatic weapons = we were not preparing as strongly as the enemy.
21. My revolver = I was able to defeat 3 of the enemy with only a revolver. (Not sure what else this would mean except that God can use us even if we are not fully equipped.)
22. Three of us defeated 3 enemies each, and Two of us defeated 2 enemies each. = We will not all have the same task, but we all have to be prepared.
23. None of the 5 prayer warriors were injured. = On an early attack we come out strong.
24. 4 stated “We Won” – we though this small attack was it, and now it was over.
25. I stated, “This was only the first attack, we must be prepared for more.” = we will have battles as a church in the spiritual world BEFORE the war.

We must ‘load’ our spiritual guns by being fully prepared in His Word and Prayer.  We must wear our armor and be ready to fight the enemy of our souls, Satan.  Yet, we most love one another in this task.

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Tornado - Dream - 2008

TORNADO

I had this dream for the first time early this morning (July 29, 2008). 

Feeling in the dream:

Frustration in trying to complete a competition that seems to have been sabotaged.  Fear in the building once the intensity of the dream begins.  Relief once the dream ends.

Setting of the dream:

The dream begins in a large school cafeteria with tables/sets put up everywhere.  I am in a cooking competition in this cafeteria.  Every contestant has his or her own table/set.  Each participant has a practice round then a live round where one of the camera crews goes “live” to record your portion of the competition.

Dream:

The dream starts with me in the middle of my practice cooking round where I have to create a main dish and a dessert.  Since this is my first competition I choose easy dishes that I should have no problem completing in the allotted time frame.  I do not know what the main dish was, but the dessert is a simple strawberry shortcake (pound cake, strawberries, whip cream and honey).  As my practice round comes to an end I realize that I will not be able to complete my dessert, and I am cutting it close to not finishing my main dish.  I can’t understand why and am frantically trying to figure out how to correct things for the live take.  I am frustrated and worried that I will not do well in the live competition when all of a sudden (without notice) the cameras go ‘live’ on me.  I am shocked because the camera crew is suppose to allow us to reset our stations and count us down to ‘action’.  I feel sabotaged, and at first I try to start the live round, but then decide that this was unfair.  I march off the set to the person in charge and tell him what happened.  He says back to me, “We have bigger things to worry about than that.  There is a tornado headed straight for us.”  He pauses, looks me right in the eye and says, “If we make it through this tornado you can have your re-start.”

I look up and see through the windows at the opposite end of the cafeteria a HUGE tornado headed straight for us.  The tornado is a dark blue color.  The room grows dark and people begin to panic and be filled with fear.  I say with authority to the man in charge, “We will get through this tornado.”  I then begin walking toward the end of the building where you can see the tornado through the windows.  I am walking intently, as though I have a mission, toward the tornado, and I am praying in tongues with my hands in the air toward heaven.  (I can feel the strong winds, the fear and the intensity.)

The tornado comes into the building and items are flying around us, but no one is hurt and the building itself remains whole/unbroken.  As the tornado comes up to me an evil spirit (who is also dark blue in color) comes out of the tornado and walks up to me with his hands in the air.  He is speaking another language.  He puts his hands palm-to-palm against my hands.  I continue to pray in tongues and the spirit continues speaking in his language.  After a minute the spirit begins to yell, “No, no, no.”  After several minutes of this praying face-to-face and palm-to-palm the spirit goes back into the tornado and dissipates. The sky immediately turns light and the birds are chirping.

Everyone is all right and I get my re-start.

My dream ends.

Interpretation:

Part of my interpretation came from my Mom that was listening to a preacher when she woke up this morning. What the preacher said answered my dream.

Cafeteria: symbolizes the church

Dessert (bread, fruit, honey): Bread = church, provision, substance;  Honey = power, wisdom, knowledge, anointing;  fruit = fruit of the spirit

Televised Crew: Message, prophecy, preaching

Windows through which I saw the tornado: Truth, prophecy, revelation, understanding, blessing, exposed

Strong Winds: Demonic or strong opposition

Dark Blue tornado & spirit: Evil Spirit

Raised Hands: Worship, surrender, spiritual warfare

Building whole & unbroken: Church stands strong through storm

Light Sky afterward: Knowledge, truth, evil revealed

The church/believers are under and have been under a strong attack.  Strong like the winds and destruction of a tornado.  We have been feeling like we are sabotaged in our efforts, and many times these efforts should be seemingly easy tasks like the recipes I choose in the dream, but we are simply unable to complete them.  It is as if we are taking one-step foreword only to take two steps back.  (Physical, mental, spiritual, financial, health wise…. this is in every area.).

I feel this dream is telling us to PRAY and push through because we are about to get our re-start.

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Circus - Dream - 2/2017

Dream: February 2017

Setting:

Outside at night headed to prayer meeting at the church.

Dream:

I was heading to a prayer meeting in the middle of the night at the church.  A small group of us was getting together to intercede for the church, nation and world, and whatever else the Lord would lead us to pray about.

I parked and as I walked toward the church I realized something was off/wrong.

Though it was dark in the parking light with only a few street lamps and stars to light the way, the church lobby was lit up through the windows as if it was occupied.  This was strange because only a very small group of us was to be using a small quiet room off the main area.

When I stepped foot inside the lobby I immediately knew that this was NOT good and NOT of the Lord. 

Many people were gathered inside the church lobby and sanctuary.  They did not have the permission of the church and were gathering there in the secret of night.  A large number of the people were wearing masks (like the phantom in the Phantom of the Opera), and still others were dressed as clowns.  The music playing on the loud speakers was circus theme music that beckoned each person to come to the ‘main event’ inside the sanctuary. 

Also, most of the people there seemed to be larger than the average person, towering over me like a sluggish giant.  I say sluggish, because everyone seemed to be moving in long dramatic movements, kind of like slow motion.

I pushed my way through the crowd, and as I did many of the giants would try to grab my arm.  When I would look at them their faces would distort and they would laugh loud ghoulish mocking laughs.  I felt as if I could see directly into their souls when we made eye contact, and the souls were that of devilish circus clowns creating chaos and disorder.

The dream ended.

Interpretation:

I feel that this dream is trying to say that the world is making a circus or mockery of the church.  Using it for their wants and desires instead of for the loving relationship of a Holy God.  I also feel that this is stating that the enemy is trying to infiltrate in secret. 

We must pray, gird up and battle against the spirits of laziness, complacency and even a spirit of sensationalism for an audience that seeks entertainment instead of intimacy.

This is happening in secret and in the dark hours of the night when we are least guarded.  Guards, man the walls in the heavenlies. 

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Alternate Reality - Dream - 9/30/2014

Title:  Alternate Reality - Natalie In Alice's Wonderland

Interpretation: I am interpreting this dream first, that way when you read it, it might make sense.  It will be difficult for me to put onto paper, and there were some really long parts that I will shorten.  I had this dream early in the morning on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 (the last day of the month).  This dream was so weird and bizarre  that when I woke up I actually wished I had not dreamed it and I said to the Lord, "Ugg.  That was awful.  Lord, why did I dream that dream?  I mean, does it actually have a meaning?" 

I heard, very loud and clear, "Yes!  It means (then He dropped in my spirit the famous line from Alice In Wonderland) "If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary-wise; what it is it wouldn't be, and what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?"

-Alice In Wonderland

Wow!!!!  That quote EXACTLY describes my dream.  And I felt a huge warning bell go off inside of me when I finally fully woke up.  This warning was not about 'others', but about Christians. 

First, that we should be careful in what we promise or say 'OK' to...really think through the consequences.

Second, to not allow ourselves to be bullied or 'talked into' or 'pressured' into something.  To stand strong and pure with Backbone and Courage for Christ.

Third, if you have already been 'sucked into' this alternate reality, it is not too late to get out (reminds me of the Prodigal series Jim just completed).  But, it will be too late, so get out now.  In the dream, we barely made it out.  We thought we were not going to make it!

Fourth, this is our world today, backwards, nonsense, everything is what is shouldn't be.  It has been left to man to make this world, and man has turned it upside-down.  But we Christians are to live not in nonsense or backwardness.  We are called to still live properly, rightly, forward; the way God intended it to be.

Fifth, I am leaving it open.  This dream seemed to hit me on so many levels that it is difficult to type on a sheet of paper or two.  What is the Lord telling you?

Setting: This dream had 2 settings.  The first was at the local Katy Whole Foods Store.  It was clean, peaceful and orderly.  The name 'Whole Foods' signifying God's whole food!  The second setting was the alternate reality.  It was a dark, topsy turvy, dirty, neon flashing lights type shopping mall that attempted to look like whole foods.  It was a poor imitation with no food in sight.  At first it didn't seem so bad, but then it began to smell bad, get loud, and feel dirty.  Also felt lonely and lost.  Also, I note that in the dream, the moment we are sucked into the alternate reality we (the Christians) do not stop to look around or 'enjoy' this place, but rather we begin to look for a way out immediately.

The Dream:

Our local Katy Whole Foods has begun a new thing where they allow 'local' citizens to share their talents with everyone.  They set aside a 1 hour time slot each week for this.  

In the past they have had local painters help teach children to paint, local singers sing, local poets recite and so on.  It was wonderful and always lighthearted.  

In the dream my 'cousin' Brad heard about this, and he asked me if I would play his music over the microphone one week so that he may get 'discovered'.  

I refused him many times because I didn't think his music was what I would want to promote, but one day, out of desperation for him to leave me alone, I agreed.  I didn't think much of the agreement because I honestly thought he would never know if I didn't do it.  I was wrong.  

He immediately called the Whole Foods and set it up over the phone for his music to be the next weeks talent show.  He informed them that I would bring the music.  Then, he promptly sent me his music electronically.  Before the next weeks time slot I found time to listen to his music and I was HORRIFIED.  It was shocking and satanic heavy metal.  Nothing that I would play or that Whole Foods would allow.  

I attempted to call him to cancel, but the dream jumped ahead to the time of the talent slot.  I arrived at the Whole Foods and began to tell the talent slot leaders (there were 4 of them, also Christians) that there was no way I could play this music because it was not appropriate.  They began to agree with me and started to set up some easy listening music instead, but then Brad called the Whole Foods and began to threaten them (how he knew we were not playing the music, I do not know.  It was as if he could see and hear what we were doing.)  The threats were big, scary and real, so as we all argued and we finally decided that playing just one song would appease him and we could get it over with and stopped after that.  

I opened my iPad where the music was stored and it was missing.  Actually, I was relieved.  It was as if God had deleted the music for me.  I tried to tell my cousin that the music was gone.  He was yelling and threatening very irrationally.  We looked and looked for the music while this other easy listening music was playing and half the time slot had already passed.  What happened next would change our lives and teach us a lesson.  

We (in unison...5 of us, me and the 4 Christian whole foods employees) agreed to get his music and play it next week to make it right.  At that very moment of agreeing with the 'world' we were sucked into my iPad and placed into an alternate reality (just like Alice In Wonderlands dream).  -Creepy and Bizarre.  Gives me the heby jeebies just thinking about it.-  

We are now in this place that is also called Whole Foods, but there was nothing whole about it, and there was no food to be seen anywhere.  It was HUGE.  It was full of large, wide hallways and there were single and double doors everywhere.  We didn't know which way to turn or go.  It was like a huge maze.  There were people everywhere, and no one looked happy.  Some were alone, and others were in groups, but everyone looked lonely and lost.  

It was dark, there just wasn't enough light.  There were neon signs everywhere, and as we began to walk down the main corridor it began to smell bad and get really loud.  It was 'music'.  Actually, it was my cousin's music.  

The music was almost tangible, like it could reach out and touch us.  The 5 of us began to frantically search for an exit, a way out, a way home.  As we approached one door to look through the tiny window we saw Alice In Wonderland.  She was looking through the window too.  She turned to us and looked so innocent and lost.  She said to me, "I'm lost.  I can't find my way home.  Please help me."  Knowing that I didn't know where she lived and didn't know where my home was either, I began to step away from her (the other 4 with me walked more quickly as she began to try to engage in conversation with me).  I told her that I couldn't help her because I didn't know how to get home, and that we were trying to find our way home too.  

I turned and began walking quickly to catch up with the other 4 people I was with.  At that moment Alice changed.  She let out this evil cackle, laugh, scream noise and lurched at me with her claws and tried to grab me.  While lurching toward me she said, I will never let you leave.  You are stuck here with me.  

We began to RUN.  Really run.  And Alice chased after us.  The lights, smells, sounds and running were terrifying.  We didn't know how to get out and were afraid we would be stuck here, but then we heard a faint calling.  It was the Holy Spirit.  He told us which way to run and how to get out.  So we ran and ran the direction the Spirit was calling us.  

We spotted the one set of large glass double doors that lead outside.  We knew that if we could simply get through those doors we would be safe, home.  

Alice got closer and barely missed us by inches and others joined in trying to catch us.  When we got close enough to the 'exit' doors we literally jumped and flew through the doors (our feet never touching the floor).  We reached the fountain outside and looked back, huffing and puffing, and saw that the doors would not open for anyone else.  Alice and the others chasing us were left behind.  

We were free and home.  We were immediately flooded with peace and comfort, and also repentance.  We would never again, not one of us, make such a seemingly small yet negatively impactive promise again; no matter how much we were pestered. We would stand up tall and courageous for what is right.  

Also, I must say that we felt like 'time' was running out and that we would not get out in time.  When we did get out we felt like we 'barely' made it by the last millisecond.  

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Fire Tornado - Dream - 4/2017

Dream: April 2017

Setting:

Fire Tornado storms

Dream:

This was a very short yet intense dream.  In the dream we got a tornado alert and when my family and I looked outside we could see this huge tornado off in the distance.  But this was no ordinary tornado.  It was a fire tornado, a tornado created of both fire and fierce wind and destruction; and it was huge!  I've never seen anything like it in person or on television/movie before.  The width was breathtaking, and the height was overwhelming.  The spinning vortex of fire reached from ground to well above the clouds.   It was orange, red and yellow, and more powerful than the most powerful tornado to date.  Then, the tornado gave birth and spawned off a new fire tornado and sent it somewhere.  Then both of those gave birth and each spawned off new fire tornadoes and sent them off to a destination.  This birth cycle repeated every few hours until there were hundreds of them ravaging the lands.

My family and I were seeing this and were somehow safe, yet it was scary.  As dreams are not exactly like reality I knew what we were all thinking without any of us saying anything.  We were wondering where we could move or go to get away from this tornado phenomenon. 

After hearing our thoughts we were suddenly zoomed out and away from our current location until we were hovering over the United States and looking at it from outer space like a map.  We could see that these huge fire tornadoes were all over the US and hourly birthing new destructive forces.  I knew that there was nowhere to move or go to get away, but rather to press into the Lord.  Again, it was scary, but I was not 'afraid'.

Interpertation:

Church, we MUST press into the Lord.  Fire, storms, trials and tribulations will come.  The earth is crying out for the return of her creator. 

Obviously there is much more to the interpretation, but I feel led to simply put it out there and have each of us pray what this would mean in our own lives.