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Originally posted by SkyWay
What were your feelings during the dream and upon awakening?
"It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.
Originally posted by SpeakerofTruth
Well, it was one of peace. However, I have to admit that I was a bit stunned because all I can remember thinking is that there is a verse in the bible,
Joel 2:28
"It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.
Originally posted by SpeakerofTruth
So naturally I was somewhat shocked. However, it is a dream, "vision," that has stuck with me for about the last 12 years. I'll never forget it.
Originally posted by Esoteric Teacher
I am a Christian. So Why Don't I Ever Dream of Jesus During Sleep?
because every cell in your body is under the control of dna that tells you to "i serve myself before i serve anything else or anyone else"
also mainly because you don't know love.
you serve fear and hate.
jesus can hear your dreams, but you only hear that which you are afraid of and hate.
Originally posted by SkyWay
I dream virtually every night. Most of the time I remember my dreams, and have dreams of just about everything that anyone can imagine. Yet, even though I am a Christian, I never have dreams of Jesus, nor His mother the Blessed Virgin.
Originally posted by ConstantlyWondering
Consider this a sign that you haven\'t fully committed yourself to Christ and his will. Don\'t focus on his mother. She is dead. Jesus never told his people to pray to his mother. Once you realize these truths God will come back to your dreams for then you will be truely saved.
Originally posted by Esoteric Teacher
Originally posted by SpeakerofTruth
So naturally I was somewhat shocked. However, it is a dream, "vision," that has stuck with me for about the last 12 years. I'll never forget it.
may i hear about this dream "vision" of yours.
i believe it is important.
Originally posted by 7Pan7cho7
Church isn't something that people should go to because they feel they have to, they should do it only if they want to. Going to church does not make you a good person or any better off than anyone else. It's about how you live and love that matters. If you want to go to church, then it's perfectly good to do so, that's also the same if you don't want to.
Especially these days many churches are corrupt and hypocritical (not all), so be careful when choosing your church. As far as where you should go, i can not say, that is up to you to decide if you really want to. Just as long as you keep love in your heart, you will be fine.
1. I would say if you watch a Jesus based movie you will see the Jesus character in your dream which is not what you want. Because the dream is just a rerun of a memory.
2. I don't think God will show him self in that way as a human figure.
Originally posted by SkyWay
reaper2
As far as choosing a church is concerned I would say that the Lord has helped you by appearing in the dream. You should choose a Christian church.This may be the reason the dream came to you with the Lord on the mountain and His arms outstretched in a gesture of reaching out to you and to all the others in your dream.
Originally posted by reaper2
reaper2
Well skyway i can see what you mean you have made some excellent points and i agree it must be a christian teaching that i am intended to follow but it seems a very long road and there is plenty of debate over contradictions in the bible and even authenticity, well we can only do our best i suppose and hope for the best. but the arms outstretched seem more like a dividing gesture than anything else but thats just what i feel atleast.
I'll search for the truth as best i can but i have a feeling that maybe religion is not telling us the whole storey as it may have been intended.
Originally posted by reaper2
Originally posted by 7Pan7cho7
Church isn't something that people should go to because they feel they have to, they should do it only if they want to. Going to church does not make you a good person or any better off than anyone else. It's about how you live and love that matters. If you want to go to church, then it's perfectly good to do so, that's also the same if you don't want to.
Especially these days many churches are corrupt and hypocritical (not all), so be careful when choosing your church. As far as where you should go, i can not say, that is up to you to decide if you really want to. Just as long as you keep love in your heart, you will be fine.
I agree churce is not for everyone and when i look around today i don't see even one church which might resemble something christ would want they all seem to very! concerend with money and after some extensive reding of the new testament, don't appear to be following the teachings with any conviction but as for only needing love in your heart im not so sure as even bad and even those considered evil love those who are dear to them.
Originally posted by GreatTech
You could have already experienced Jesus in your dreams based on your belief system. This is based on many factors:
1) God is the director of dreams. Do you believe Jesus Christ is God? If so, He is already part of your dreams. If He is the Son of God only, God can act separate from Jesus Christ and can make the rule that you never see or hear Jesus Christ in your dreams.
2) Dreams consist of images (pictures). It is possible that the current pictures and sculptures of Jesus Christ cannot accurately describe His appearance. As such, you could have "seen" Jesus Christ in your dreams but not recognized Him.
3) Dreams consist of language. It is possible that current translations of Bible are not 100% accurate and thus Jesus Christ could have spoken to you in your dreams but you did not recognize that it was from He.
4) Your interpretation of the Bible might be different than Jesus Christ's and thus you did not recognize that it was He when He might have spoken to you.
I hope this helps.
God Bless You and All!!!
Another reason that I don't think this has happened to me is because I think that if the Lord chose to appear within the framework of dreams to anyone, He would probably appear in the form that the person thinks of Him. Either that, or He would remain unseen -- invisible.