Just a couple hours ago I had this dream. It followed a couple of nightmares, in which I was being threatened by a demonic presence that seemed to have significant authority on the earth. It/the spirit was persistent in communicating that we are not going to be safe and that “he” is going to destroy us.


The kids also had nightmares and Gabe went to pray over them and stay with them for the duration of the night. The little one also seemed to have a bad dream and woke screaming. She got in bed with me. I covered my head with a shawl and prayed until dawn, mostly worshiping God. I spoke His names and prayed many Psalms. Eventually I felt peace again and went back to sleep. I know Gabe was praying in the other room as well.

Then I dreamed.
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I was watching/with a family that was a very average American Christian family. The guy was kind of tall and heavy and seemed very nice and straightforward in character. The wife was small and a little “worried” in character, but had followed the man as a good wife and was waiting on him. I liked them. They had kids, but I don’t know how many.

I knew that there was a “Man” who had risen to authority, but that he didn’t seem evil to Christians. He did a lot of the things that Christians thought was great. I don’t know the specifics of what that means. I just know that no one really thought he was the anti-Christ. He was very powerful. I don’t remember thinking of him as “the president” in the dream, though.

I was with the “good guy” watching TV in his living room. Suddenly on the news was something that this Leader had done, and a decision that he had made which would go into effect immediately. He seemed to be “coming” back to America… as though he hadn’t been there… he’d gone to do something… and now he was coming back, having done something that seemed rather harsh and extreme, and he was putting in effect a new law that effected buying and selling. I saw an image of him arriving with great self-presentation, as though on a ship that was decorated and with many people in attendance.

The news struck the good guy as the worst news ever, and shocked him. In his mind he saw it as “the abomination of desolation” and knew that he had to flee right away. I kept trying to see what had happened, but never saw that detail clearly. It did seem to me that this family did not have “the mark” and I tried to discern more about this fact, but couldn’t.

The man got off the recliner and called to his wife that “we have to leave – NOW!” They ran around grabbing stuff, basic camping essentials mostly, and then got into a vehicle that pulled a trailer. The guy drove to a place like Costco (dunno for sure what it was.) He and his wife rushed through the store piling huge amounts of food on their baskets. There were a couple other people doing this too… it didn’t seem like most of the shoppers were concerned though… just a percentage of them. Although the frantic shoppers did influence others.

They got in line, but now the line was so long they wouldn’t get to check-out for half an hour at the soonest.

The woman grabbed 2 or three things that seemed most important and ran to customer service. They took the items to check out for her. But while she was standing there, so many little things seemed to slow down the process. Then the lady checking her out got a call from the boss. I don’t know what he said, but the cashier lady put the phone down and looked at the woman buying stuff and had a curious, compassionate look on her face. I knew that a change of policy had just occurred and that no one would be leaving the store with a lot of bulk food.

I don’t think I dreamed much more… although I didn’t wake up. I thought that I hoped this family would at least make it out of town… I knew that this would also soon be an impossibility. The idea was that “The Man” was just managing pandemonium, and keeping the peace… but it was a shut door to anyone who wanted to leave.

I heard some advice then, as though I were talking with someone in conversation, but I couldn’t see the other person. He said, “when you see the Man come to power most won’t believe he is the Evil One, so they will wait to see some confirmation. They will later be convinced, but at that point in time it will be difficult to flee unless they leave immediately, without provision: (then I heard Scripture being read)

“Mar 13:14 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
Mar 13:15 And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter [therein], to take any thing out of his house:
Mar 13:16 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.
Mar 13:17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
Mar 13:18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
Mar 13:19 For [in] those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
Mar 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
Mar 13:21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here [is] Christ; or, lo, [he is] there; believe [him] not:
Mar 13:22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if [it were] possible, even the elect.
Mar 13:23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

Then I heard a second voice ask the first, “When shall they flee?” And the Scripture was repeated (maybe more than twice). Then (can’t remember the exact phrasing of this next question, but the meaning was:) “How shall they know to flee before this?” Then I heard (can’t remember this verbatim either:) “there will be a time for those that are wise of heart after “The Man” has come to power and before the abomination of desolation. There will be a significant space of time when it will be possibly to flee carefully.” I had the idea of “the Man” being busy, doing something elsewhere for a time.

Then I awoke.

I prayed about this dream. I felt I should write it down.

This subject has been on my mind somewhat lately and I had asked the very questions I dreamed. I wondered if I dreamed the whole thing up out of my own questioning. However, not all my dreams are as odd and perfectly detailed as the ones I post on this blog. For months now I have had the regular, dumb, wandering dreams in which I work out the day’s frustrations, etc… Then, this one. So, I am posting it. Commit all things to Him in prayer, and He will direct your path.

RA

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