- Sep 17, 2019
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Okay, so here's the thing. I was lead to a Pentecostal church and saved about 2 months ago. I am being baptized tomorrow. I love the Holy Spirit. I love Jesus. I love my church. I was somewhat skeptical about much of the Pentecostal church. The whole faith healing/laying on hands/speaking in tongues thing raised an eyebrow, especially the speaking on tongues. I read everything I could on the subject without much help. It just felt like a bunch of grownups LARPing or roleplaying. It felt silly to me. Then a few nights ago I had this dream. A very weird dream. It has stuck with me.
I actually had two dreams that night. The first one I was standing on an apartment balcony. I leaned over to say something to a woman one floor below and to the right of my balcony--on her own balcony. I opened my mouth and incomprehensible gibberish came out. I had no idea what i was saying, but it spewed forth through no act of my own.
The second dream was more telling. There is this scifi show I was watching before bed. I had dreams about spaceships and aliens and such. It was a fun little dream, wherein I was on the outside of a large spaceship, laying in wait. An alien walked past me, and I called out something to the affect of "Stop right there, alien!" It was then that the alien turned around and immediately I knew I had erred. Yes, it was an alien, but immediately I recognized it as a profit. He grabbed my hand and I began to violently shake. My eyeballs felt like they were going to rattle right out of my skull. I was forced to my knees. It was then I began to speak in tongues, repeating the same words over and over again. I had no idea what they meant, but I remembered them when I awoke. It has been on my mind, so I tried to google them. At first I was led to believe they might have been an obscure Nigerian dialect, which I found interesting. Our church recently had a Nigerian missionary visit. Further study, however, led me to google translate where I began to fool around until I believe I got my answer.
The words I was repeating sounded like "hashafala hashadalan" or something of the like. Google translate told me that it was Hebrew--for "the coaxer humiliated." I certainly was when I realized it was a profit that I came upon. I have zero knowledge of the Hebrew language (other than the occasional word I will look up for translation in verses that sound curious to me.) If I am being honest, this "revelation" has left me sort of shaken, and I am not sure what to make of it. Was I visited by an angel of the Lord? Was that a gift of prophecy by the Spirit? Am I just imagining meaning where there is none? Any and all input would be appreciated.
I actually had two dreams that night. The first one I was standing on an apartment balcony. I leaned over to say something to a woman one floor below and to the right of my balcony--on her own balcony. I opened my mouth and incomprehensible gibberish came out. I had no idea what i was saying, but it spewed forth through no act of my own.
The second dream was more telling. There is this scifi show I was watching before bed. I had dreams about spaceships and aliens and such. It was a fun little dream, wherein I was on the outside of a large spaceship, laying in wait. An alien walked past me, and I called out something to the affect of "Stop right there, alien!" It was then that the alien turned around and immediately I knew I had erred. Yes, it was an alien, but immediately I recognized it as a profit. He grabbed my hand and I began to violently shake. My eyeballs felt like they were going to rattle right out of my skull. I was forced to my knees. It was then I began to speak in tongues, repeating the same words over and over again. I had no idea what they meant, but I remembered them when I awoke. It has been on my mind, so I tried to google them. At first I was led to believe they might have been an obscure Nigerian dialect, which I found interesting. Our church recently had a Nigerian missionary visit. Further study, however, led me to google translate where I began to fool around until I believe I got my answer.
The words I was repeating sounded like "hashafala hashadalan" or something of the like. Google translate told me that it was Hebrew--for "the coaxer humiliated." I certainly was when I realized it was a profit that I came upon. I have zero knowledge of the Hebrew language (other than the occasional word I will look up for translation in verses that sound curious to me.) If I am being honest, this "revelation" has left me sort of shaken, and I am not sure what to make of it. Was I visited by an angel of the Lord? Was that a gift of prophecy by the Spirit? Am I just imagining meaning where there is none? Any and all input would be appreciated.
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