Close Encounter With Jesus

[Cephar]

It's been a few weeks since I've had this dream.



The news on television was reporting on a set of newly discovered crop circles. (I do believe there was a story not too long ago about Google Earth and China; you can supposedly see strange designs in the landscape). I was personally brought in for a closer look and very soon in the dream I was at the site. Except these crop circles began to look less and less than just that. What were they?

I noticed camels in the vicinity and a voice informed/suggested to me that this landscape design was the camels' doing. The camels had eaten through the verdure/greenery and thus carved out the so-called crop circles. And the camels did this only because it was in their design to do so. God-given design.


Next thing I know I was sucked in by the winding maze of a crop circle and found myself somewhere strange...I saw a set of stone steps winding upward into unknown. But more intriguing and marvelous than this was the multitude of voices that suddenly rang out singing the name of Jesus. Their voices and song sent vibrations into the atmosphere. The singing was that of men and reminded me of cathedrals.


Then I sensed that the King Himself was near. Jesus was on His way here to see me. And this filled me with a great fear...fear that comes when you're about to behold something too wonderful and amazing for comprehension. But also something very fearsome and mighty.



I felt a strong compulsion to bow. But I did not bow in the dream. My body was not fully falling to the ground altogether yet. Wasn't fully comprehending what was going on. And I was scared. So scared that I woke myself up out of the dream.



I could still hear the singing ringing in my ears. I made sure to bow then and there too.



I regret not having the courage to have stuck around. I hadn't been in fellowship for so long...it seemed so out of Jesus' way to visit me. Yet I felt honored. And to this day I wonder what I would have seen had I lingered longer.

 

[parsley]

What a wonderful dream. It's like seeing friends' great vacation pics.

The crop circles were something unexplained and visibly evident. You were given an explanation.

Camels are strong-willed domesticated animals, used for long journeys. Incredible endurance. They consumed the paths in the mysterious patterns; I can't help but think of the Middle East, a source of anxiety for westerners. If this were to apply, God might be trying to give you peace about inevitable loss caused by people who are used by others to accomplish large goals.

This analogy might also give compassion for individuals who have been assigned tasks and motivated by others to do a job. Camels do not always know the plan -- the follow orders and are steered as they go. Their amazing endurance and determination keep them on track to serve their master's purpose.

Right now, Iran is in the news for underground nuclear enrichment. The underground concept has similarities to the intrigue of crop circles. Consuming for survival is similar to how any country makes plans for defense and offense, to sustain their region. What seems unreasonable to us is just inevitable, necessary choices for them.

The dream doesn't have to be about the Middle East though, just because of camels. Look for parallels that strike a chord.

 

[Cephar]

It was strange because I didn't see a realistic correlation between camels and crop circles. Perhaps some alliteration (all begin with a letter c). Even Christ can be included in that same grouping. But that's just me a little consumed with grammar

True that camels have great endurance. I thought it was a beautiful message to be reminded that we all have our unique designs created by God. We do the things He designed us to do. All living things. I have recently become a mother and this has certainly impacted my time with the Lord. I guess in view of your analogy this could be an encouraging message that I will be strengthened for the job of motherhood. Maybe.

The singing was awesome. I don't know how to fully describe it but can give an idea. Again it reminds me of...a choir of men in a cathedral. Does that make sense? I don't know how to connect the crop circle with the chance encounter with Jesus...

Maybe if I simply follow God's plan through my design...then I will surely and fully find Him?

Thank you Parsley for your input

 

[kc990]

I love dreams when Jesus appears in them! Somehow it makes that particular dream more special than all the other dreams. Wish he'd be able to visit you often in the future!

Also from your dream.. although I am not really informative with things, if I use rough representative values, I would say it would mean... People/Things are at work(camels) to do God's bidding (God-given design landscape crops). Your close meeting with Jesus would probably mean it was a message from Him to you..? The other information about what those "people at work" would be closely related to something about camels. This is the same with God's bidding with the design of the crops. I am not very informative so I can't pinpoint details but the kind of design on the landscape may signify something. And the crops being what it should represent should have some kind of similar thing. Crops can also represent a certain amount of time when it's going to happen.

 

[parsley]

Perhaps some alliteration (all begin with a letter c). Even Christ can be included in that same grouping. But that's just me a little consumed with grammar

Lol, I don't get the alliteration thing for dreams, but they're not my dreams.

an encouraging message that I will be strengthened for the job of motherhood.

(-: Carrying that baby like a camel carries water. Endurance. (Sorry, if you're not pregnant.)

Crops can also represent a certain amount of time when it's going to happen.

to do God's bidding (God-given design landscape crops)...God's bidding with the design of the crops.

a set of newly discovered crop circles.

Triplets?

The camels had eaten through the verdure/greenery and thus carved out the so-called crop circles.

I'm distracted by tangents here, but it reminds me of the expense of having children. They consume our time and resources, but the results are so precious to us that the crop value loses our interest. We are less concerned about decorated homes and dust-free cars after children build real value into our lives.

 

[hadasseh]

Be great for this to be a "first part" kind of dream. Ask God to continue it.

Also, camels are mentioned bearing gifts pertaining to Rebecca, future wife to Isaac. Very wealthy Abraham sent servants, camels and gifts to the future wife of his son. Her family also received gifts.

Also, Judges 7: 7 The LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the others go home.” 8 So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites home but kept the three hundred, who took over the provisions and trumpets of the others.

Now the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley. 9 During that night the LORD said to Gideon, “Get up, go down against the camp, because I am going to give it into your hands. 10 If you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah 11 and listen to what they are saying. Afterward, you will be encouraged to attack the camp.” So he and Purah his servant went down to the outposts of the camp. 12 The Midianites, the Amalekites and all the other eastern peoples had settled in the valley, thick as locusts. Their camels could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore.
13 Gideon arrived just as a man was telling a friend his dream. “I had a dream,” he was saying. “A round loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent with such force that the tent overturned and collapsed.” 14 His friend responded, “This can be nothing other than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has given the Midianites and the whole camp into his hands.”

 

[waves]

A lot of people look on crop circles as a sign of U.F.O, aliens, putting their design on earth, perhaps this dream is also pointing to the deception that is going on in regards to crop circles and person's belief that aliens are behind it.