About My Dream

 I had a dream when I lived in Miami Beach.  I dreamt that I was with a horde of people being herded forward by something dark and foreboding behind us.  There were dark clouds over us.  We couldn’t see this thing because we were jammed tightly together and could only walk forward and could only turn our heads to the right or left.  Anyone that’s visited Broadway’s Imperial Theatre would understand how close we were…like sardines.  Anyway, I was in the front section of the crowd.  We came to the banks of a very choppy body of water.  We looked to the person to the left and right of us, wondering what to do next.  Then I looked up and saw Jesus, standing on top of a high rock, with a halo of light around Him, holding His arms out toward us.  I said, ‘Look!  There’s Jesus!  And I very excitedly jumped into the choppy water and swam toward Him.  Then the others started jumping in too and swimming toward Him.  When I reached Him, I suddenly found myself in a classroom with girls younger than I in it.  I was teaching them about Jesus.  Another person, a male from Delmar, appeared in the dream in a classroom of young boys and he was teaching them the same.  The love of the Lord was so heavy and thick and amazing; the like of which I had never experienced.  I was so happy and so were all of the others.  This dream happened in either 1974 or 1975, which was before I became a follower of Christ in 1976.

 

                              A POEM ABOUT MY DREAM

I had a dream, many years ago; and it was from the Lord.

We were being followed by an evil foe; as we walked forward in a horde.

We were herded by a foreboding force; which we could not see behind.

Trying to evade its evil course took away our peace of mind.

We came to the banks of the ocean; with its wildly tossing waves.

We feared their choppy motion, not knowing the One who saves.

I was the first one to see Him; standing there upon a Great Rock.

His brightness shining out of the dim; to Him we all were to flock.

I shouted to those who were near me; ‘Look!  There’s Jesus!  Come on and let’s go!’

I jumped into the billowing sea; towards the Savior, and away from the woe.

Now I ask you, each family member; do you not see the time we are in?

It’s time that my dream we remember; it’s time that we flee every sin.

It’s time that we seek God’s Salvation; and repentance should not be delayed!

‘We reject God!’ says our nation; and into His balances we are weighed.

There’s so much violence and hatred; and lawlessness is on the increase.
God’s laws are no longer held sacred; and people commit sin in the street.

Yes, the evil is ever encroaching; but the time of the end is near.
God’s judgment is now approaching; and His wrath will cause the wicked to fear.

Jesus set forth an example; and we are to follow His Way.

Upon Satan’s head He will trample; on that Great and Glorious Day.

Eternal life is the reward of the righteous; if they obey Him to the end.

They will be made in His likeness; and in heaven they will ascend. 

So let this now be our endeavor: to keep ourselves spotless and clean.

We will live with Him then forever; and the wicked will never be seen.

Rebuke, Repent, Forgive

 

 
If someone sins, Yeshua has instructed us to rebuke that person.  If that person repents, we are to forgive him or her.  As often as the one who sins repents, we are required to forgive. 

To Repent:

v If one sin against another, that one should confess that he or she has committed a wrongful act. 

v If one sin against another, he or she should feel true remorse for the wrongful thing that was done. 

v If one sin against another, he or she should labor to repair the damage that was done. 

v If one sin against another, he or she should make every effort to not repeat the wrong again. 

Our God is a righteous God.  We are required to walk in His righteous ways.  We are required to repent when we fall into sin.  When we repent, He is faithful to forgive us. 

This is the message of the Kingdom of God:

Luke 24:45-47

Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

⁴⁵ Then he (Yeshua) opened their minds, so that they could understand the Tanakh, ⁴⁶ telling them, “Here is what it says: the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day; ⁴⁷ and in his name repentance leading to forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed to people from all nations, starting with Yerushalayim.   

It is written that God is angry with the wicked every day.  The wicked will have no place in God’s soon coming Kingdom.  They will be held in a place of weeping and gnashing of teeth! 

 

Some people try to twist this precept and make it backwards.  Instead of asking the wicked to repent so that they may obtain forgiveness, they are insisting that the righteous forgive the wicked without requiring their repentance!

Be sure to watch the video below to listen to the song 'Search Me' from Psalm 139.  I think you'll like it.