First I was running around a country road, or block. I then was in a wooden house, in the living area, and there was a set of stairs leading to an upstairs area. It was near a small river, and I thought to my self I hope it does not flood when the river fills up. I then saw an art work that was beside the river, it saw fine art. So I picked it up and look at it. I took it to the art curator who was in the back yard up a small hill, but he did not seem that happy. I wondered whether he had put the art work in the river. I then saw my previous pastor walking toward me. So I went down to the river and there was a whole heap of papers, and other cardboard boxes in the river. And I thought may be these where put here on purpose, and were the other lost art works.
Then I was back in the house and I saw Tod White (an evangelist and pastor), sitting at a table with some one else, who I could not see. And he said something like “my grandmother bought me to Jesus, and taught me to prophecy”. God then spoke and said “You need to bring your son to things the church is doing”. The dream then ended.
I was in the back seat of a car with three of my friends I sang with in a community choir. Looking back on it now, all three of these older ladies had passed away. The one driving was our choir director who died from cancer, but very sweet, Christian lady. She was very happy in this dream and we were driving out in country/pasture land down the road in Florida. We came to the main road where this beautiful sparkling ocean was. She said the place we were singing at was right down the road. We were all very excited. I saw a resteraunt like down below the road "Eat at Joe's" what I always called Joe's crabshack. And was thinking of bringing up eating there afterwards, because it sounded really good. So then we stopped at this gas station to take a rest stop and prepare for our concert. It was all a very peaceful dream. I could feel the warmth of the sun even in my dream and from my friends. I couldn't wait to sing. I woke up as I was going inside the store there at the gas station.
These two also appear to be corporate. The common theme here is spiritual
ancestry...
Let me start with FAH's dream, prefaced by the following two posts:
What denomination was your former pastor a part of, and what church are you yourself associated with now.
Answer:
Hi my previous pastor was Assemblies of God I think. We had a good relationship with him. But he had a falling out with the Assemblies of God over a poor financial decision that was made. He had no wrong doctrines, just made poor choices. Choices that resulted in financial loss for some in the church at the time. I am a part of the Australian Christian Churches movement, which is similar to AOG.
- "First I was running around a country road" = This likely represents your spiritual ancestors in the Assemblies of God, before they founded a church in the region. They were searching in your area for a suitable place to build a church; the church that eventually became a foundation for what your family later joined.
- "I then was in a wooden house, in the living area, and there was a set of stairs leading to an upstairs area." = The "wooden house" here is the church they built, the house of the Lord. More on this later, if necessary.
- "It was near a small river, and I thought to my self I hope it does not flood when the river fills up." = The "river" here is not the Holy Spirit. It is negative, as indicated by the fact that you sensed it would destroy precious works of art. The river represents the passing of time, as when we use the expression "water under the bridge." It refers to time potentially erasing memory of great Pentecostal leaders in your denomination's history; men whose teachings will get "washed away" if they are not preserved in memory.
- "I then saw an art work that was beside the river, it was fine art. So I picked it up and look at it." = "By the river" means it is already in danger of being lost. That you "look at it" means you spend time studying great leaders in that church; those who were fine "works of art" in the eyes of the Lord.
- "I took it to the art curator who was in the back yard up a small hill, but he did not seem that happy. I wondered whether he had put the art work in the river." = The "curator" here is someone in religious or governmental authority who will take a dim view of the early teachings and teachings of the AOG. Up a "small hill" is a reference to authority, as mountains in scripture represented kingdoms, while hills represented lesser institutions of governmental authority. [Edit: Having interpreted the rest of the dreams now, this likely refers to leaders in the Catholic Church, who will eventually assume religious authority over conservative churches in the area].
- "I then saw my previous pastor walking toward me. So I went down to the river and there was a whole heap of papers, and other cardboard boxes in the river. And I thought maybe these where put here on purpose, as were the other lost art works." = Your previous pastor here appears to be presented in a positive light. In "walking toward you," it appears he is someone who still has a knowledge of a "whole heap of papers" and "other lost art works," i.e. he knows what the church used to teach, and he knows about some of the great saints who were once members in it.
- "Then I was back in the house and I saw Todd White (an evangelist and pastor), sitting at a table with some one else, who I could not see. And he said something like “my grandmother bought me to Jesus, and taught me to prophecy”. God then spoke and said “You need to bring your son to things the church is doing”. The dream then ended." = This was the key to the dream. "Back at the house" represents back at the church. Sitting at "a table" generally represents gathering around spiritual food, i.e. discussing the above things I've mentioned. And his reference to his grandmother teaching him prophecy speaks of receiving teaching on operating in the spiritual gifts from your spiritual ancestors in the "house," i.e. the AOG.
The final reference “You need to bring your son to things the church is doing” is likely to the fact that the Lord wants you to show your son what is happening in the church now, so that when changes take place in the future he will understand his spiritual heritage and not depart from it.
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