DREAM: PLANE GOES INTO THE OCEAN

Dream received: morning of the 13^th of August, 2015

I dreamt I was with someone else in a city near the ocean (it is possible that this was the Gold Coast or the East Coast of Australia but I can’t be sure about that). There were tall skyscraper-like buildings around me. All of a sudden I looked up and there was a plane flying slowly overhead. The person who was with me was pointing out the plane to me but I didn’t think it was significant. The plane was flying in the sky but it was connected to something that looked like a track that was also in the sky. The person who was with me said something like, “I don’t think you realise how low it’s flying”. So I looked at the plane in the sky again and it quickly dawned on me how low it was flying. I watched as the plane just cleared the top of a skyscraper building (it seemed to fly only a few metres above it in its downward descent). Then I watched as it continued to fly in a downward descent towards and into the ocean. I watched as it went right into the water and was submerged by it. It didn’t float on top of the water.

Suddenly it seemed as though it was night, for it was very dark. I went to run over to witness what was happening and to see if anything could be done to help, however, I knew it was probably just going to be a matter of watching the plane’s demise (as I knew I probably wouldn’t be able to do anything to help). Others were running over as well, although now there were authorities/the police who were trying to stop people going over to witness it, but this is when someone called out, “It’s a nudist beach”. By saying this she was implying that they should have the freedom to be there and have the right to be there to be able to witness the event. I thought about filming this event on my phone, but then I thought that I’d be filming the deaths of many people, so I decided against it. It was very hard for me to actually witness it myself anyway, as many people were coming to see what was happening for themselves and so blocking my view.

The interpretation of this dream is straightforward. Either in Australia or anywhere else in the world, a plane will go down into the ocean as judgment on those that sinfully uncover themselves in public. It could also be speaking about judgment that is coming in this form because of sexual sin in general. The dream was definitely saying it was judgment from God, because the plane was attached to a track in the sky. Let's pray that the Lord turn our nation and many nations around the world back to Him so that perhaps He will be gracious and merciful and not have to bring about this judgment. 

"WHAT SHALL WE DO?"

In light of prophetic revelations and what we see happening in the world, if you, in response to those things, have been asking, like Elisha's servant once did, "What shall we do?", the answer is found in the passage of scripture below, and which is this- see things as God sees them! No force, no matter how numerous and powerful, is a match for the force that God has with us, His people!

To Elisha's servant, in the situation below, it would have seemed as though, at that moment in time, that it was just him and Elisha against the whole world- just the two of them! But that was far from the reality. It did not matter that they were surrounded, and it didn't matter that there was a massive force with all kinds of weapons against them- all that mattered was that they were under the shadow of His wings! So is it with all of His people!

It does not matter how small and helpless we are, and it matters not if there is nothing that we can do to practically help ourselves. Nothing that is coming is greater than our God- no matter how powerful! no matter how numerous! and no matter what weapons may come! God is the shield of His people- nothing has changed!

2 Kings 6v13-17:

13“Go, find out where he is,” the king ordered, “so I can send men and capture him.” The report came back: “He is in Dothan.” 14Then he sent horses and chariots and a strong force there. They went by night and surrounded the city.

15When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. “Oh no, my lord! What shall we do?” the servant asked.

16“Don’t be afraid,” the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

17And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

GIVE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN!

We must realise that whatever we receive from the Holy Spirit, unless specifically personal, is designed to benefit the body of Christ, and is therefore designed to actually be GIVEN to them. That is why it is a body, for each part supplies what the other parts need in order to function properly and in the way God intended. We do not live for ourselves, but for Christ, and thus we need to lay down our lives for each other for that is what He wants.

The service of Christ often demands great cost to ourselves, for that is part of the nature of the cross that Jesus said we would need to take up daily. This is a cost that also requires that we trust Christ, for do we trust that He will give us what we need and what is good for us, no matter the cost we may be asked to endure? We must remember that the service of God is not just a cost though- for there is another side! The power of God, and the reward of God, comes after the cost (and even in the midst of it at times), and is greater than any cost we may have to suffer, and we see that especially in the loss that Jesus suffered on the cross, and then the great reward and gain that He was given and is still to be given in the future.

That does not mean that our service does not have to be done in wisdom or that discernment needs to be put aside. But it does mean that, apart from our own salvation and relationship with Christ and obvious practical needs, that we put Christ's and others' good ahead of our own. Jesus and His Kingdom are more important than us and our wants, and His people are more important than our temporary comforts and rewards. Those two former things are temporary, while eternal concerns are just that- eternal and thus lasting.

In light of all this, to bury the grace, gifts and wisdom we've been given is to be like those servants in the New Testament who buried their talents. Those servants thought that what they were doing was WISE and DISCERNING, but really the only thought they had was for their own welfare and security. Jesus considered this evil. Let me say that again, Jesus considered that EVIL and called such a servant a WICKED SERVANT.

Yes, we need to be led by the Spirit in how and what we serve, but after all is said and done, we need to make sure that we actually serve! We need to make sure we actually go ahead and give to others what we've been given! We don't have the right to be selfish with what we've been given because what we've been given isn't just for us! The Bible is very clear that the manifestation of the Spirit is GIVEN TO ONE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL:

1 Cor 12v7:
But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

To withold unduly, means that Jesus will take away even what we have. We may gain natural things in the present by our selfish and fleshly wisdom, but we'll suffer spiritual loss in the meantime and in the life to come, along with eternal rewards. The questions are, what are we really valuing and which example are we really following? If we are following Christ's example, then we won't mind if, in the service of God, we are misunderstood, excluded and mistreated by men, and even the people of God, for often so was Jesus and His disciples. They endured this because of what they valued, because they valued God's Kingdom, His righteous, glory, testimony and His precious possession- His people, more than anything else- even their own lives.

How much are we willing to lose in our service for Christ? For often the extent to which we are willing to lose, will be the extent to which we truly come to, not only experience the life that is in Christ and His power, but also to truly know Him, His ways, and His rewards.

Philippians 3v8:
What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ

DREAM: THE RIDER ON THE RED HORSE IS COMING

Yesterday (7/2/16) I had a dream from the Lord. It was a short dream, but I believe it is probably the most important dream I've ever received from God. I'm only going to release a part of it here.

I dreamt I was looking at the night sky and a whole host of stars that were very close together. Suddenly I saw a red rider on a red horse. The rider and horse were massive in the sky and they were riding towards the earth.

I believe that the rider on the red horse is the one spoken about in Revelation 6v3-4:

3 When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come and see.”[b] 4 Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.

The meaning of this is clear, although the timing presents a couple of possible interpretations. 

The first possible interpretation is that second seal and rider has not yet come to the earth, but is now on its way, so the effects of it we'll either see shortly or in the years to come. 

The second possibility is that this seal and rider has already come, and we are now in the initial stages of peace being taken from the earth. We could speculate that this may be manifesting itself in what is happening with ISIS, how Europe may change in the years to come with the mass influx of refugees, and what Russia has begun to do in recent years in upgrading their military, planning to build a new nuclear missile for a submarine, showing their power across the world and in Ukraine, and how it is reaching for influence in Syria. We are also aware of what China is doing in island building for their military, the recent actions North Korea is taking in testing elements of, or a full, hydrogen bomb, and sending up a rocket into space which may represent testing of their intercontinental and nuclear ballistic missile capability. We could also make a mention of the Zika Virus that has now begun, and terrorism in general around the world. 

One thing is clear and is certain- the Lord is revealing that the red horse and its rider is coming, and that this is a relevant revelation for us as a Church today. Although I could be wrong, in my opinion I believe this means that we very could see this come true in our day. This means we need to really pray. This means we really need to make sure that we are abiding in the grace of God, following after the Lord in order to ensure that we are abiding under the shadow of His wings:

Psalm 91

1Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High

will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.^a

2I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,

my God, in whom I trust.”

3Surely he will save you

from the fowler’s snare

and from the deadly pestilence.

4He will cover you with his feathers,

and under his wings you will find refuge;

his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

5You will not fear the terror of night,

nor the arrow that flies by day,

6nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,

nor the plague that destroys at midday.

7A thousand may fall at your side,

ten thousand at your right hand,

but it will not come near you.

8You will only observe with your eyes

and see the punishment of the wicked.

9If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,”

and you make the Most High your dwelling,

10no harm will overtake you,

no disaster will come near your tent.

11For he will command his angels concerning you

to guard you in all your ways;

12they will lift you up in their hands,

so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

13You will tread on the lion and the cobra;

you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

14“Because he^b loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;

I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.

15He will call on me, and I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble,

I will deliver him and honor him.

16With long life I will satisfy him

and show him my salvation.”

This is not a reason to be fearful or to be afraid, but to trust in Christ, and to be thankful that He has revealed this to us now to strengthen our faith, both for the present and for the future. This will also be a comforting revelation for us in the future, to know that God is constantly in control and completely sovereign over everything that happens.

We have a God who is more powerful than any other power. We have a God who defended Israel from Pharaoh and his might army, parted and took Israel through the red sea, through the wilderness, and who led them by a pillar of cloud and fire. We have a God who, for Israel and Joshua, made the sun stand still at noon day, who brought down the walls of Jericho, who protected Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fire, who multiplied loaves and fishes, and who was with every Apostle through whatever they went, right till the end. We as Christians can be full of faith at this time and for the future, for we will have a God who is with us through whatever happens, no matter what that will be, and right to the end!