A Dream From God?

oneofGod · #**201** 14th June 2007, 12:19 PM

Fender, yes, there are many hardened hearts out there. That doesn't mean we shouldn't try by trying to set the highest example in our own lives. I try to do this, and understand that there is much room for improvement.
And if we're looking for answers, I believe we need to have an open heart, and to trust our faith to filter out the wheat from the chaff.
We are lucky to have the bible. Many aren't so lucky, and I'm sure that God hasn't abandoned them. This is an interesting link to the "Lost Books".
http://www.thelostbooks.com/list.htm

It's fascinating to me how they all parallel with the bible, and yet they are not studied more. And the mystery of the pyramids. There is much more to this that has God based thought. Here is a 633 page pdf about interesting mythology and bible based beliefs that don't always correlate with christian thought, but are worthy of review none the less.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...US223%26sa%3DN

oneofGod · #**202** 25th June 2007, 09:23 AM

This is the passage that I dreamed about.
Revelation 20:13
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

The treasure house is in the Mediteranian (sp?) or Red Sea somewhere. Before we go to the house, we are sitting in a cafe, talking about how to get to the island or something like that.

In another dream, I'm headed towards the east coast, walking of course. (After the day of wrath, I walk everywhere, in my dreams at least.) I'm headed down a path in a swampy area (maybe upper Florida) and I'm with the the same guy who pulled the head off the deer in the other dream, and some other people, and this guy gets attacked from a small alligator on the right side of the path. He gets pulled into the water. I jump in, and grab the alligator. I notice right away how powerful this alligator is, even though he's only about 4 ft long. But I manage to overcome the alligator and kill it. I get back onto the path, and am happy to have won that battle, but I look over to the left side of the path, and there is a big (20') alligator swimming around, and I am told, the time will come when you will have to wrestle him, too.

Then I woke up.

livingword26 · #**203** 27th June 2007, 12:10 AM

In this chaper, Mary Magdalene is already with Jesus. His mother comes later.

Luke 8

8:1 And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,

2 And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,

3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.

4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:

5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.

7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

16 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.

17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.

18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.

19 Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press.

20 And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.

21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.
KJV

oneofGod · #**204** 27th June 2007, 11:59 AM

Glad to see your still working on this livingword. This is a key. With this key, you will unlock subtle, yet powerful differences when you read the word.

Imagine the scene;
Jesus is walking from city to city and village to village with his following, teaching. With Him are the 12 apostles named in Luke 6:13-16 and the others who are named as Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Suzanna and many others.

Notice His mother is not mentioned. Or is she? Is she one of the many others? Or is she Mary Magdalene? I think she is too important to be lumped with the "many others."

Then, He delivers His fascinating parable, which I will discuss later.

Then, His Mother and His brethren (the apostles) try to get to Him, but there are too many people. Then it is told to Him by someone next to Him called "by certain" that His Mother and brethren are trying to get to Him.

Now why is His Mother mentioned here, but not before the parable, unless she was as Mary Magdalene.

and this is a mystery to me,

He answers to them, "My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it."

Why would He say that when His Mother and brethren were really there?"

I think He was trying to protect them, because He knew there were some who were listening that was reporting back to Herod. Maybe it was the "certain". And He also used it to include everyone throughout time. And amazing point to the power of His words.

And is it possible the authors of the Gospel wanted to protect the identity of the Mother of Jesus? And also a powerful mystery for us to solve, only to be unlocked at a preset time, set by God Himself.

A quick look at this link
http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksea...dalene&x=0&y=0
which is an online bible with keywords Mary Magdalene will show there are 13 passages. Each passage associates Mary Magdalene with one or two other women. The other women are;
Mary, mother of James and Joses and wife of Cleophas
and
Salome, wife of Zebedee.

The Parable.
Why would He say He was going to make Peter His rock, and then in this parable, the rock seems to be a negative thing, without roots, life?
Any thoughts on this?

livingword26 · #**205** 27th June 2007, 07:03 PM

Sorry my friend. You have to take even more liberties with this one than you do the one in John 19 to make it say what you want. It just doesn't say that.

Kimberlyn · #**206** 28th June 2007, 01:01 AM

Originally Posted by oneofGod

The most incredible dream ever.
I recieve a map from a lady on her deathbed. After following the map, what seemed like a long time, I find a old delapitated house on a small island, about 1/2 mile off the coast. We go into the house and find a room in the house that is in perfect shape. It looks like a small office. I find a secret door under one of the desks. Behind the door is a huge hall lined with beautifully kept wood.

We go down this hall to find a room full of full sized animal figures made out of the same wood. Around the corner is a chest full of jewels and gold and objects. One of the guys I'm with, pulls the head off one of the figures, a deer, and finds it full of gems. I go over to a shelf, and there is a lamb on the shelf. I open it up and poor out rough diamonds into my hand. I put these in my coat pocket. I'm then wooshed outside of the house. I feel something on my back. I look back, and huge, beautiful white wings are growing out of my back.

I fly up over the ocean and see a huge ring of fire in the ocean. I drop the diamonds out of my pocket into the ring of fire. Suddenly people start flying up out of the ring of fire, into a hole in the clouds. Then a wake up. I lay there for about two hours, smelling the sweet smell of the wood all around me.
Could this be a dream from God?

O MY GAH!!! I'm a prophet too!!!!! i have these dreams like ALL THE TIME. I had this one where i was at a bar surrounded by a bunch of loud annoying men, all of which were drinking beer, and then i just randomly appeared in the ocean and i could breath and i saw a big shiny glowy ball in front of me and i tried to touch it but then i appeared in a battle where there was a bunch of archery going on and then there was a big flood and i reappeared in front of the shiny ball and then i woke up. Funny thing is nothing ever happens....

oneofGod · #**207** 28th June 2007, 08:42 AM

Quote from Kimberlyn
"O MY GAH!!! I'm a prophet too!!!!! i have these dreams like ALL THE TIME. I had this one where i was at a bar surrounded by a bunch of loud annoying men, all of which were drinking beer, and then i just randomly appeared in the ocean and i could breath and i saw a big shiny glowy ball in front of me and i tried to touch it but then i appeared in a battle where there was a bunch of archery going on and then there was a big flood and i reappeared in front of the shiny ball and then i woke up. Funny thing is nothing ever happens.... "

Pretty serious dream. What does it mean to you?

oneofGod · #**208** 28th June 2007, 09:19 AM

God says He will speak to us through dreams. I believe Him. God said He will give us knowledge. I believe Him.

To understand why Bill came into my life.
After my experience in Florida where I was ready to give up, I thought I had lost God, and God helped me.
I spent a couple of years regrouping. After doing particularly well for about a year,
I received the Holy Spirit. I was sitting in a office in the basement of our place, with a couple of ground level windows, and I started feeling like a light was watching me.
After a couple of weeks of little feelings like this, tingles, wham! I suddenly was flooded with the Holy Spirit. It was amazing. Goosebumps, warm feeling in the center of my body, and it made me cry tears of joy.
Needless to say it was very powerful. I began to read the bible more, as I had started when the tingles began, with interest and a desire to learn more, for myself. It became so fascinating, I wanted to share my ideas with others. So I went to church.

I picked a church that was small. There was one close to our place that the sign said bible based. It was baptist, but I figured a church is a church.
So on Sunday, I loaded up the girls and we went to church. There were about 15 people there including the pastor's wife and son. They were very nice. I began to go to bible study too. After about a month, I started to disagree with some of the pastors views.

The Holy Spirit continued to grow in me. It was very powerful. At the peak of these experiences, I had the treasure dream. Now I like to go out an pan for gold in the wilderness, so I probably would have stored this dream, and waited for my treasure in heaven. Up to this point, I still believed I was pretty much bringing it to myself. I had always felt special to God, but knew that many other feel this way too, so I figured that this was His way a letting me know He loved me.

Then Bill showed up.

oneofGod · #**209** 28th June 2007, 09:42 AM

At first, I was just curious to hear Bill's story, why he was homeless, and try to steer him towards God if possible. I immediately found out that this man was not your average homeless man. There was something different about him. He was clean, very physically fit, and looked healthy. And his eyes had a depth that I just can't explain. He would look at me over the top of those glasses at me, and I just knew he was more than just some homeless man, with a sad story.

I was on my way out to pick up my girlfriend from work, I was replacing the fuel pump in her jeep, and I wasn't sure how she was going to react. When I showed up, there were 1000's of little black birds flying around in the area. When I got out of the truck, they all grouped together, and flew about 10 feet over the top of my head. It was like a huge sea of birds, flying right over my head. I raised my arms to them. Not one of them pooped on any of us. Everyone around was looking at me. It was an amazing experience.

On the way home, I told my girlfriend about Bill. To my surprise, she was totally receptive. I knew it had to be "meant to be". I told her I wanted to do a nice dinner. We got a bottle of wine. I hadn't drank in over a year, except at Christmas, but I felt this was special.

After dinner, which was pretty normal, except I asked Bill if he was Jesus, and that is when he said he was the one closest to Him, we moved to the living room. That is when he told me Mary Magdalene was the Mother of Jesus. And he began to tell me things for the next month.

oneofGod · #**210** 28th June 2007, 10:43 AM

Jesus
Mary and Joseph
Joseph of Arimathea (brother, secret disciple)
James
Simon
Judas

Mary and Cleophas (Alphaeus) (brother of Joseph, and uncle of Jesus)
James (the lesser)
Joses

Salome - Zebedee
John
James