Post by Gary on Feb 15, 2019 11:27:26 GMT -6
*This is copied and cleaned up from a 2017 thread
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For starters, I'm usually hesitant when someone tells me "God told me X" or "The Spirit told me this Scripture means X". I've seen Believers come to a hundred different contradictory conclusions that way. We are faulty, emotional creatures and can easily make something of nothing. God's Word is truth - the only sure truth.
Priorities in interpretation should be:
1. God's Word
2. God's People
3. Past experience
4. How I feel
Ok... that all being said, here are a few things that I take to be personal confirmations. They are not God's Word and I could be making something of nothing, but they are interesting nevertheless:
1. My first child is a son. The only name we could agree on was Joshua (Matthew 1:31). He's no Jesus, but he does share a certain translation of his name
. So here is where it gets interesting. My wife didn't respond to pitocin, so she had to have a c-section ("birth before labor", anyone? Isaiah 66:7). And... he will be exactly 9 days and 23 weeks old on 9/23/17.
2. Dream #1: On 12/28/12 I had the following dream, which I shared that same day on Rapture In The Air Now (nofearjustfaith might be able to attest to this):
Several months ago I remembered that I had saved this dream, so I went and found it and noticed the date (12/28). From 12/28/12 to 9/23/17 is exactly 1,730 days. Strong's 1730: a plain token, sign, proof; A plain (undeniable) demonstration or display which is conspicuously shown, i.e. as a token of proof that is fully adequate (persuasive, validating).
3. Dream #2: I don't have an exact date for this dream, but it was sometime in the Summer of 2015.
4. Unsealed blog ID. My dad and I started Unsealed back in 2010 before we were ever aware of the 9/23 sign. We use Google's Blogger platform. Every Blogger website gets a static (unchanging), randomly assigned blog ID. The first three numbers in Unsealed's is "923" and it has been that way since 2010.
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For starters, I'm usually hesitant when someone tells me "God told me X" or "The Spirit told me this Scripture means X". I've seen Believers come to a hundred different contradictory conclusions that way. We are faulty, emotional creatures and can easily make something of nothing. God's Word is truth - the only sure truth.
Priorities in interpretation should be:
1. God's Word
2. God's People
3. Past experience
4. How I feel
Ok... that all being said, here are a few things that I take to be personal confirmations. They are not God's Word and I could be making something of nothing, but they are interesting nevertheless:
1. My first child is a son. The only name we could agree on was Joshua (Matthew 1:31). He's no Jesus, but he does share a certain translation of his name
. So here is where it gets interesting. My wife didn't respond to pitocin, so she had to have a c-section ("birth before labor", anyone? Isaiah 66:7). And... he will be exactly 9 days and 23 weeks old on 9/23/17.2. Dream #1: On 12/28/12 I had the following dream, which I shared that same day on Rapture In The Air Now (nofearjustfaith might be able to attest to this):
Hello everyone. I’ve been lurking on here for the past 2-3 weeks and really love reading all of your
posts, thoughts, and discussions.
Let me begin this post by saying that I usually tend towards a cynic when it comes to supposed “dreams”
and “visions”. While I believe that some happen, I’m usually the one to struggle believing someone’s
“dream” or “vision” because it is unseen and can’t be recorded. And some people do lie, which is
frustrating. Anyway, there were 2 or 3 times in my life I felt like God maybe gave me a dream or word
from Him, but I’m not sure. This is probably my own doubt, which I need to overcome with the Holy
Spirit’s help.
Last night (early morning 12/28) while I was sleeping I had a dream that I cannot deny. I feel like I must
tell you guys about it… so here it goes:
I dreamt that I was in a large classroom with others all sitting at desks facing a screen, which was in the
front of the classroom. The screen was displaying all sorts of strange things (best I can recall it was like
stars, galaxies, and mysterious things that I did not understand).
Someone in the classroom (whether the teacher or someone else, I could not see) handed me a fruit
that had been cut in half. I could not see the skin of the fruit because I was looking down at it, but the
way it looked was very clear to me. The flesh of the fruit was very white and inside the flesh were a
large number of black seeds.
Someone told me that the mystery of the fruit would be revealed in its number of seeds, but only this
someone (again, I couldn’t tell if this was the teacher or someone else in the classroom) could reveal the
mystery. The person took the fruit, counted its seeds, and then wrote down exactly what the number of
seeds meant. He then revealed it to the whole classroom. He had written down, exactly (I remember
this more vividly than anything):
“JESUS IS ON THE WAY”
After this I might have dreamt a little more, but I can’t remember anything else. I woke up and got
ready for work.
I can PROMISE on penalty of death I dreamt this dream, but I don’t know if the source of the dream was
just an overly active imagination or if it was actually from God. I can’t and won’t say either way, because I
don’t know.
One thing about this dream I thought was interesting is that I had never seen or heard of a pure white fruit
with black seeds. As far as I can tell, I’ve never seen any such thing in my entire life (even on TV).
When I got to work I Googled “white fruit with black seeds” and discovered that there actually is such a
fruit. It is called the “Dragon Fruit” and it grows in Central and South America and East and Southeast
Asia. Natively called “Pitahaya”. I was honestly surprised to see that such a fruit exists. One
interesting thing I found from the Wikipedia article on the fruit is that the flower only blooms at night
and is called “Moonflower”.
posts, thoughts, and discussions.
Let me begin this post by saying that I usually tend towards a cynic when it comes to supposed “dreams”
and “visions”. While I believe that some happen, I’m usually the one to struggle believing someone’s
“dream” or “vision” because it is unseen and can’t be recorded. And some people do lie, which is
frustrating. Anyway, there were 2 or 3 times in my life I felt like God maybe gave me a dream or word
from Him, but I’m not sure. This is probably my own doubt, which I need to overcome with the Holy
Spirit’s help.
Last night (early morning 12/28) while I was sleeping I had a dream that I cannot deny. I feel like I must
tell you guys about it… so here it goes:
I dreamt that I was in a large classroom with others all sitting at desks facing a screen, which was in the
front of the classroom. The screen was displaying all sorts of strange things (best I can recall it was like
stars, galaxies, and mysterious things that I did not understand).
Someone in the classroom (whether the teacher or someone else, I could not see) handed me a fruit
that had been cut in half. I could not see the skin of the fruit because I was looking down at it, but the
way it looked was very clear to me. The flesh of the fruit was very white and inside the flesh were a
large number of black seeds.
Someone told me that the mystery of the fruit would be revealed in its number of seeds, but only this
someone (again, I couldn’t tell if this was the teacher or someone else in the classroom) could reveal the
mystery. The person took the fruit, counted its seeds, and then wrote down exactly what the number of
seeds meant. He then revealed it to the whole classroom. He had written down, exactly (I remember
this more vividly than anything):
“JESUS IS ON THE WAY”
After this I might have dreamt a little more, but I can’t remember anything else. I woke up and got
ready for work.
I can PROMISE on penalty of death I dreamt this dream, but I don’t know if the source of the dream was
just an overly active imagination or if it was actually from God. I can’t and won’t say either way, because I
don’t know.
One thing about this dream I thought was interesting is that I had never seen or heard of a pure white fruit
with black seeds. As far as I can tell, I’ve never seen any such thing in my entire life (even on TV).
When I got to work I Googled “white fruit with black seeds” and discovered that there actually is such a
fruit. It is called the “Dragon Fruit” and it grows in Central and South America and East and Southeast
Asia. Natively called “Pitahaya”. I was honestly surprised to see that such a fruit exists. One
interesting thing I found from the Wikipedia article on the fruit is that the flower only blooms at night
and is called “Moonflower”.
Several months ago I remembered that I had saved this dream, so I went and found it and noticed the date (12/28). From 12/28/12 to 9/23/17 is exactly 1,730 days. Strong's 1730: a plain token, sign, proof; A plain (undeniable) demonstration or display which is conspicuously shown, i.e. as a token of proof that is fully adequate (persuasive, validating).
3. Dream #2: I don't have an exact date for this dream, but it was sometime in the Summer of 2015.
Excited about this dream I had last night. The reason I think this one might be from God is that it directly answered two of my biggest ongoing concerns. The last time I had a dream I think was from God that I can remember was around December 2012. Here is what I dreamt:
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It was late at night and my wife and I were asleep in our bed. There was a sudden sound like thunder that shook me awake. Then as I awoke a thick bluish mist came into our house and filled all of the rooms. I remember in my dream clearly KNOWING the rapture was momentarily about to happen. As I was trying to make my way outside I was fervently praying that I would be counted worthy and for God to have mercy on me. I stumbled outside and could see into my neighbors' houses that they too were filled with the bluish mist.
I looked up at the sky itself and it was completely overcast with the exception of a cross-shaped hole in the sky. This cross was moving with the clouds across the sky. The night passed with no rapture, but the overcast sky and the cross and the mist in the houses remained. I discussed with someone (I believe my wife) the verses about night watches (specifically Luke 12:38) and from that we KNEW that the rapture was imminent and would almost assuredly happen that very next night.
At this point it seems we were trying to alert friends and family. I first found and talked to a friend from my church small group. He didn't appear to be aware of the signs that I earlier described even though they were all around him, but once I explained them he seemed to be in agreement.
Finally, my wife and I met with a Catholic woman who in the dream my wife was close to. I remember sitting across from her at a table and reaching my hand out to her. She took hold of my hand and then we had the following conversation (that I'm paraphrasing a bit because I can't remember the exact words):
[Me with tears in my eyes]: "I need to tell you something. Are you willing to hear it?"
[Her]: "Yes, I am."
[Me]: "In Catholicism there is a system of indulgences, sacrifices, and penance, to atone for sins. They have simply replaced the Levitical system with another system of rule-keeping." [The implication I was making in my dream to her is that she needed to trust in the finished work of Christ to atone for her sins]
[Her]: "I will consider that." [In my dream I remember feeling relief from her response because she didn't argue with me]
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It was late at night and my wife and I were asleep in our bed. There was a sudden sound like thunder that shook me awake. Then as I awoke a thick bluish mist came into our house and filled all of the rooms. I remember in my dream clearly KNOWING the rapture was momentarily about to happen. As I was trying to make my way outside I was fervently praying that I would be counted worthy and for God to have mercy on me. I stumbled outside and could see into my neighbors' houses that they too were filled with the bluish mist.
I looked up at the sky itself and it was completely overcast with the exception of a cross-shaped hole in the sky. This cross was moving with the clouds across the sky. The night passed with no rapture, but the overcast sky and the cross and the mist in the houses remained. I discussed with someone (I believe my wife) the verses about night watches (specifically Luke 12:38) and from that we KNEW that the rapture was imminent and would almost assuredly happen that very next night.
At this point it seems we were trying to alert friends and family. I first found and talked to a friend from my church small group. He didn't appear to be aware of the signs that I earlier described even though they were all around him, but once I explained them he seemed to be in agreement.
Finally, my wife and I met with a Catholic woman who in the dream my wife was close to. I remember sitting across from her at a table and reaching my hand out to her. She took hold of my hand and then we had the following conversation (that I'm paraphrasing a bit because I can't remember the exact words):
[Me with tears in my eyes]: "I need to tell you something. Are you willing to hear it?"
[Her]: "Yes, I am."
[Me]: "In Catholicism there is a system of indulgences, sacrifices, and penance, to atone for sins. They have simply replaced the Levitical system with another system of rule-keeping." [The implication I was making in my dream to her is that she needed to trust in the finished work of Christ to atone for her sins]
[Her]: "I will consider that." [In my dream I remember feeling relief from her response because she didn't argue with me]
4. Unsealed blog ID. My dad and I started Unsealed back in 2010 before we were ever aware of the 9/23 sign. We use Google's Blogger platform. Every Blogger website gets a static (unchanging), randomly assigned blog ID. The first three numbers in Unsealed's is "923" and it has been that way since 2010.
