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Last night I dreamed, that I was in a big city, there were great earthquakes all around me, but where I stood, the ground didnt shake at all. I seen a hand in the sky, causing the dark red clouds to swirl and form funnels and then fling them to the ground. People were in a panic running and screaming, pullling their hair. I wasnt afraid, but was in awe of the power I seen displayed in the heavens. I seen great tidal waves, and they would come down and flood the area all around me, but, I was not even wet. I came to a pit that had been created by the earthquakes, I looked down it was so deep, and I could see lava flowing through it.....there were people in the lava...so many people....and they screamed and cried out for God, but, I knew God would not hear them anymore. I continued to walk, as so many people around me were stealing looting fighting.....I just watched unafraid, and felt sorry for them, as I knew they werent looking at the hand in the dark red sky. Then I seen a flash of light, and I looked to the wall on the side of me......there were letters on it....but it was written in Hebrew...but, even though I didnt understand it...in the dream it seemed as though I understood it perfectly.....and the voice from the heavens..." The writing is on the wall"

When I looked again.....I seen a picture window of a department store, and my reflection in it....and the words written in the wall, were in a banner over my head. I was barefoot and in a long white nightgown...

I woke from the dream at 4:00 am....and am typing it now...sitting barefoot in my long white nightgown.:)

any thoughts on what I seen? I am especially curious about the writing as a banner over my head?
 

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What a striking vision.

I am curious about the department store -- it seems so different from the rest of the dream. Being grouped with barefoot in nightgown, it seems to be about your stance or position in the situation, or what you are doing in the context of the chaos.

A department store could be about choices, picking and choosing things you don't have but you think you might need. The commercial sector that is open to the public. A public place in general, where many people feel comfortable. It is the hunt & gather spot of our culture.

Barefoot -- your feet are how you get places. If you are barefoot, you are vulnerable to the elements, to stepping on sharp objects. But you are also unbridled and free to move more intuitively (my opinion). Down to earth, sensing your path with your feet instead of plodding over everything blindly protected by shoes.

White gown -- purity, holiness, goodness, new experience, transformation, innocent, open and accepting (understanding the red hand and not fearing), new awareness.

Nightgown -- Clothes are the way you appear to the world, and how you prepare for the day. Pajamas are vulnerable, and not yet ready, have a sense of innocence and purity -- connected to home and grounded in home life (In the earlier part of the dream, you are surrounded by danger and know in your head that you are vulnerable, but in your heart you are grounded in Him).

I think of the parable of the lamps not lit, but in this case it seems the practical preparation is showing up as less necessary than the spiritual preparation. Even in your gown, you seemed to feel prepared and connected to the Source.

The banner to me would seem a label declaring someone else's (God's) perception or intent for you, but in others' past dreams it has also represented a need for direction and assistance. Which would tie in with the vulnerable aspect.

Maybe the second part of the dream was your personal reaction to what you saw. Not sure... we definitely need more insight on banners.
 
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Check these scriptures out and see if they apply to your dream:

  1. Isaiah 5:26
    He lifts up a banner for the distant nations, he whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Here they come, swiftly and speedily!
    Isaiah 5:25-27 (in Context) Isaiah 5 (Whole Chapter)
  2. Isaiah 11:10
    In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his place of rest will be glorious.
    Isaiah 11:9-11 (in Context) Isaiah 11 (Whole Chapter)
  3. Isaiah 11:12
    He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth.
    Isaiah 11:11-13 (in Context) Isaiah 11 (Whole Chapter)
  4. Isaiah 13:2
    Raise a banner on a bare hilltop, shout to them; beckon to them to enter the gates of the nobles.
    Isaiah 13:1-3 (in Context) Isaiah 13 (Whole Chapter)
  5. Isaiah 18:3
    All you people of the world, you who live on the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it, and when a trumpet sounds, you will hear it.
    Isaiah 18:2-4 (in Context) Isaiah 18 (Whole Chapter)
  6. Isaiah 30:17
    A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee away, till you are left like a flagstaff on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill."
    Isaiah 30:16-18 (in Context) Isaiah 30 (Whole Chapter)
  7. Isaiah 49:22
    This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "See, I will beckon to the Gentiles, I will lift up my banner to the peoples; they will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
    Isaiah 49:21-23 (in Context) Isaiah 49 (Whole Chapter)
  8. Isaiah 62:10
    Pass through, pass through the gates! Prepare the way for the people. Build up, build up the highway! Remove the stones. Raise a banner for the nations.
    Isaiah 62:9-11 (in Context) Isaiah 62 (Whole Chapter)
  9. Jeremiah 50:2
    "Announce and proclaim among the nations, lift up a banner and proclaim it; keep nothing back, but say, 'Babylon will be captured; Bel will be put to shame, Marduk filled with terror. Her images will be put to shame and her idols filled with terror.'
    Jeremiah 50:1-3 (in Context) Jeremiah 50 (Whole Chapter)
  10. Jeremiah 51:12
    Lift up a banner against the walls of Babylon! Reinforce the guard, station the watchmen, prepare an ambush! The LORD will carry out his purpose, his decree against the people of Babylon.
    Jeremiah 51:11-13 (in Context) Jeremiah 51 (Whole Chapter)
  11. Jeremiah 51:27
    "Lift up a banner in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations for battle against her; summon against her these kingdoms: Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander against her; send up horses like a swarm of locusts.
    Jeremiah 51:26-28 (in Context) Jeremiah 51 (Whole Chapter)
  12. Ezekiel 27:7
    Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail and served as your banner; your awnings were of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah.
    Ezekiel 27:6-8 (in Context) Ezekiel 27 (Whole Chapter)
 
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In KJV it says this:


2Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
3For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
4In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.
5They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
6My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace. 7All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.



what is God telling ME?
 
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Perhaps God is calling you to some kind of ministry of proclaiming the words of the Lord to others. Consider this:

Feet: See also Shoes or Sandals: Walk in Spirit; ways; the way you walk, is the way you
think; behavior; formal possession; offense; one’s heart attitude; stubborn when still;
messenger of God; humble walk; lowly stance. (Ex. 3: 5; 24: 10; Gal. 2: 14; Rev. 1: 15; Ps. 35: 15; 40: 2; 1 Sam. 2: 9 Eph. 6: 15; Rom. 10: 15; 16: 20; Heb. 12: 13, 105:15; Prov. 25: 19; Acts 9: 5; 2 Chron. 16: 10, 12; 1 Tim. 5: 10; Luke 7: 44)

Barefoot: Not prepared; without salvation and protection; easily offended; tender; good if one is standing in His presence (Moses and the Priest took their shoes off in His presence).
 
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Isaiah 52:1-10:

Awake, awake, O Zion,
clothe yourself with strength.
Put on your garments of splendor,
O Jerusalem, the holy city.
The uncircumcised and defiled
will not enter you again.

2 Shake off your dust;
rise up, sit enthroned, O Jerusalem.
Free yourself from the chains on your neck,
O captive Daughter of Zion.
3 For this is what the LORD says:
"You were sold for nothing,
and without money you will be redeemed."
4 For this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
"At first my people went down to Egypt to live;
lately, Assyria has oppressed them.
5 "And now what do I have here?" declares the LORD.
"For my people have been taken away for nothing,
and those who rule them mock, "
declares the LORD.
"And all day long
my name is constantly blasphemed.
6 Therefore my people will know my name;
therefore in that day they will know
that it is I who foretold it.
Yes, it is I."
7 How beautiful on the mountains
are the feet of those who bring good news
,
who proclaim peace,
who bring good tidings,
who proclaim salvation,
who say to Zion,
"Your God reigns!"
8 Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices;
together they shout for joy.
When the LORD returns to Zion,
they will see it with their own eyes.
9 Burst into songs of joy together,
you ruins of Jerusalem,
for the LORD has comforted his people,
he has redeemed Jerusalem. 10 The LORD will lay bare his holy arm
in the sight of all the nations,
and all the ends of the earth will see
the salvation of our God.
 
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In KJV it says this:


2Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
3For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
4In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.
5They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
6My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace. 7All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.

Interesting side note: A person who has often symbolized Babylon or the apostate church in my dreams in real life yesterday accidentally broke a vase in half. It was broken in half from the top to the bottom horizontally in the middle of the vase. Another person who has often symbolized the church in my dreams made note of this as something peculiar. This passage of scripture you quoted here made me think about that vase broken in half with a top half and a bottom half - just two pieces.
 
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my mom has been interpreting dreams all of her life...most people call her to see about dreams...and it is from the Holy Spirit....I just told her the dream, she said...the writing is like the seal over your head...as opposed to the mark of the beast, it is the seal of Christ that his love is a banner over you, and you are protected. she also said that the white, and barefoot noted that I was innocent and pure before God, and in my most natural spiritual state. She said that the department store was nothing mroe than allowing me to see the banner or seal of God. And the other representst that as I see the things unfolding in the world, I am fully aware of what they mean....I KNOW the writing is on the wall...the time has come for the great tribulation..and that I am walking confidently in knowing that it merely means that I am protected and the Lord is coming soon....She also said, that it may mean it is time for me to start telling ALL of my warning dreams to people...to help them to prepare. SIGH! I feel like Jonah, I dont want to tell people anything...Id rather be in the belly of a whale....most people will just say I am nuts.

pray for me
 
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my mom has been interpreting dreams all of her life...most people call her to see about dreams...and it is from the Holy Spirit....I just told her the dream, she said...the writing is like the seal over your head...as opposed to the mark of the beast, it is the seal of Christ that his love is a banner over you, and you are protected. she also said that the white, and barefoot noted that I was innocent and pure before God, and in my most natural spiritual state. She said that the department store was nothing mroe than allowing me to see the banner or seal of God. And the other representst that as I see the things unfolding in the world, I am fully aware of what they mean....I KNOW the writing is on the wall...the time has come for the great tribulation..and that I am walking confidently in knowing that it merely means that I am protected and the Lord is coming soon....She also said, that it may mean it is time for me to start telling ALL of my warning dreams to people...to help them to prepare. SIGH! I feel like Jonah, I dont want to tell people anything...Id rather be in the belly of a whale....most people will just say I am nuts.

pray for me

Ezekiel 3

At the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me: 17 "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. 18 When I say to a wicked man, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his evil ways in order to save his life, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. 19 But if you do warn the wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his evil ways, he will die for his sin; but you will have saved yourself.

20 "Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did not warn him, he will die for his sin. The righteous things he did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. 21 But if you do warn the righteous man not to sin and he does not sin, he will surely live because he took warning, and you will have saved yourself." 22 The hand of the LORD was upon me there, and he said to me, "Get up and go out to the plain, and there I will speak to you."

God has given you a gift. He is calling you to warn people. You don't want to refuse HIM. It is better to be rejected by people here on this earth than to have them die in hell. We have to care more about the eternity of of family, friends and acquaintances than we care about what they think about us. I know. I had to make that same decision 3.5 years ago and it has cost me much in the way of this life but I believe that I have laid up treaures in heaven in the lives of people and I also have the peace in knowing I have obeyed my Lord Jesus Christ as best as I understand. I'd rather have Jesus' approval over man's approval any day. Wouldn't you?
 
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And yes, they probably will say and/or think you are nuts, but then they said the same of Jesus, of the apostle Paul and I'm sure many, many of God's servants and prophets who have gone before us. I'd rather be crazy for Jesus than to have anything this world has to offer.
 
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She also said, that it may mean it is time for me to start telling ALL of my warning dreams to people...to help them to prepare. SIGH! I feel like Jonah, I dont want to tell people anything...Id rather be in the belly of a whale....most people will just say I am nuts.
But then remember how it turned out for Jonah -- the people listened and repented. His message actually worked.

And you have bumped into the right person -- CFS has definitely taken this on. There are a couple others on this forum who feel God has called them to the same thing, but some post these in other areas of the forum and Internet.

We get a picture in our minds of what a prophet looks like, and often forget that God wants our honest, humble, personality-laden voice to come through. To convey a message from God does not require "Thus saith," but can include disclaimers of "I didn't understand this part." You have probably thought that through already.

People respond better to a message with some unknowns than one that declares with too much authority. It can be very spiritual to say "I sense that God might be saying" when the church insists on a pure and perfect package.

God shows through the way scriptures are written that He likes us to explore and delve deeper... continually seeking His voice and His face. Conveying dreams can cause us all to dig deeper into His ways.

Maybe you already agree with this -- I'm just trying to say that it might not be as scary as it sounds.

People who post on CF get a lot of flack, but there's so much random abrasion that it's easy to just say things and not take it as personally. There's a wide and diverse range of thought here.
 
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my mom has been interpreting dreams all of her life...most people call her to see about dreams...and it is from the Holy Spirit....I just told her the dream, she said...the writing is like the seal over your head...as opposed to the mark of the beast, it is the seal of Christ that his love is a banner over you, and you are protected. she also said that the white, and barefoot noted that I was innocent and pure before God, and in my most natural spiritual state. She said that the department store was nothing mroe than allowing me to see the banner or seal of God. And the other representst that as I see the things unfolding in the world, I am fully aware of what they mean....I KNOW the writing is on the wall...the time has come for the great tribulation..and that I am walking confidently in knowing that it merely means that I am protected and the Lord is coming soon....She also said, that it may mean it is time for me to start telling ALL of my warning dreams to people...to help them to prepare. SIGH! I feel like Jonah, I dont want to tell people anything...Id rather be in the belly of a whale....most people will just say I am nuts.

pray for me
Oh hon you are so not alone:hug:In fact I was wondering the same thing last nite for the umpteenth time. Even my husband can't quite grasp what the Spirit is doing in my life and the rest of my family tries to, but can't quite.
Don't know what I would do without the support here of some of the most wonderful people and others I've met on the net. Suppose it's time I get the focus off me and be intent on the unsaved and REJOICE knowing our time to fly is almost here:bow::crosseo::clap::D
 
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Awesome dream! The world was in fear and yet you had the peace of God. You being able to see the writing on the wall ( signs of things to come) and felt no fear! Praise God!
A beautiful picture of you in white and barefoot! The purity that you are clothed in and your barefeet (the feet of the saints) is just a beautiful picture!
Praying for you as you seek God's guidance on this!
 
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