The Rapture Dream

 Before I ever read about the rapture of the saints in the Bible, I had the following dream that ultimately led me to faith in Jesus Christ as my personal Saviour.

Growing up a Roman Catholic, I had never even heard of the idea or the term "rapture of the saints." I never read about it in the Bible either because I did not own one until  receiving a New Testament as a gift from a young priest that used to teach us both religion and martial arts, but even then I read only the gospels and the Book of Revelation.

So, one night back in 1997 or 1998, I had a following dream. I was walking outside when suddenly my body became light and I began to rapidly rise to the sky. I felt the air blowing on me, as I rose and saw the earth getting smaller, then I began approaching the clouds. I felt a tremendous sense of excitement while wondering what or who am I going to see there and  wondered where was I going. Then as I passed through he clouds, I saw a very bright light and woke up.

It was a very realistic type of dream, more like dream vision really, and I never knew what it meant until a couple of years later when reading a passage from apostle Paul describing pretty much the same thing I experienced in my dream with an explanation of what it meant.

"But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words."( 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)

When I read that, I understood that God was showing to me the same future event that both Jesus and Paul the apostle talked about. I also understood that He wanted me to be in the words of Jesus among those "counted worthy to escape the things which are coming upon the earth." It also proved to me that it was really God personally reaching out to me through dreams and visions and showing me things I could not have otherwise known.  It also proved to me that the Bible is indeed inspired by Him and not made up by people alone.

Now, I don't know whether I will in fact be physically alive during the time of rapture, but from this biblical passage, I do know that even if I physically die before it happens, I will still be part of it as one of those whom God will raise from the dead and take to Him on that day, and if you trust your life to Jesus and faithfully follow Him for the rest of your life, then you can be sure that you will be there as well. What a glorious Day it will be!

Also read: The Second Rapture Dream

Four Pale Horses And the Man Coming Out Of The Sea

This dream that I had back in December, 2010 falls into a category called in the Bible as "night visions". Whereas dreams have more fluid and dream like quality, dream visions are very clear, sometimes hard to distinguish from reality.

This dream vision was very intense. I first shared it publically on March 8, 2011 not really knowing fully what it meant. Below is an excerpt from that article with a link for those of you who would like to read the whole thing. It is very interesting in the light of what had happened in the Middle East since I had this dream vision.

"Last December, I had a very strange dream vision. There was a great dark sea before me, and along with many other people, I stood on the beach. Suddenly we saw four pale ghost-like horses galloping out of the sea.

Following these horses was a man who looked similar to the late pope, John Paul II, also coming out of the sea. We could all feel an intense sense of fear, even dread as they all appeared. I remember encouraging those around me not to be afraid and trust in God.

It was quite disturbing. I did not know what to make of it really, though from the Bible of course, I knew that “great sea,” always signifies either many nations of the world or geographic region of the Mediterranean Sea, which is the Middle East.

I shared it only with my husband and couple of friends. We prayed that if this vision was from God that He would make its meaning clear to us. From my previous experience with dreams and visions, I also know that sometimes the meanings of them become clearer as the time of their fulfillment draws near."


Read more: http://relijournal.com/christianity/the-pale-horse-of-apocalypse-unleashed/#ixzz3XiIiyKMt

Then I went on to say how a friend showed me a video clip that she saw on TV of a flare during an Egyptian revolution that took the shape of a pale horse and a death rider on it. She said it reminded her of my dream vision.

The horses of death keep galloping through the Middle East as ISIS grabs more and more territory even as the Western forces try to stop it and there is also a new "man of peace" who appeared on political as well as religious world scene in a person of pope Francis who is very often being compared to late pope John Paul II. Could he be the man from my vision?

It is quite possible as this pope is heavily involved in peace process in the Middle East. Perhaps as the violence from ISIS and other Islamic militant groups keeps spreading there and more moderate Islamic countries such as Jordan are going to be attacked or perhaps even fall to the fanatics, there will be a greater push to solve Israeli-Palestinian conflict as Islamic radicals have it as their goal to destroy Israel and reclaim their land for Islam.

This pope often said that he is against "proselytising" because he believes that everyone can be saved when he does what is "good" regardless of the religion or lack of it and the Islamists often use the argument that they have to fight for their faith because of Christians who proselytize Muslims.

Perhaps the pope would strike some sort of a deal with Muslims and the condition would be that the proselytizing efforts by Christians must stop and it will cause all Bible believing Christians who obey the call of God to share the gospel with others to be persecuted by this new world religion created by pope Francis or another man acting in the same spirit.

Future will tell, but whatever happens we must obey God rather than man.

The Third Blood Moon

Early this morning during the first day of Jewish Passover and on anniversary of the day Jesus of Nazareth was crucified by the Romans, there was a third total lunar eclipse called a "blood moon" because of the color the moon takes during such event.

It is a third one in a rare astronomical occurrence called a "tetrad" when in a span of two years there are four total lunar eclipses. What makes it even more rare is that those eclipses fall on the first days of Jewish feasts of Passover and Tabernacles respectively.

In the first chapter of the book of Genesis in the Bible we read that the sun and the moon were given not only for us to use them to tell times and seasons , but also for them to be God's signs to His people and so it happened historically that every time such tetrad occurred, it preceded, accompanied, or followed major historical events in Jewish as well as world history such as the destruction of the temple and dispersion of Jewish people among all nations in AD 70, the rebirth of the nation of Israel in 1948 and the Six Day War in 1967.

What is interesting about this third blood moon is that it follows the total solar eclipse that took place on a Jewish New Year, Nisan 1, and the recent announcement of "historic deal" with Iran and increased tension in U.S.- Israel relations because of this deal.

While many seeing how it paves the road for a future attack on Israel by Iran, currently led by fanatical Shia Muslim government that even released a propaganda video showing their planned destruction of Israel with a nuclear bomb and mocking the Americans while negotiating with Obama and U.N. are horrified, it should not surprise those who are ardent students of the Bible.

All prophetic old Testament Books clearly state that in the last days, after Israel's miraculous rebirth, all nations will turn against it and Israel will stand alone. Right now her enemies explain to themselves the continual existence of Israel with American protection of it. They say that if it was not for America, Israel will cease to exist, so God will allow America to stop its protection of Israel in order to prove to the world that He is the one who protects her.

It will also force Israeli people to trust in God and not their worldly "friends." We can draw comfort from that knowing that God will not allow Israel to be destroyed. Iran and her Russian as well as Muslim allies will try to destroy her and perhaps this will happen in a very near future, but they will be supernaturally defeated according to the Book of Ezekiel chapters 38-39. Perhaps the defeat of Iran's army and its leadership will be the very thing that will free the Iranian people from under their oppression. There are promises in the Bible for the Iranian exiles as well who, like my very own husband, cannot even go back to visit their country of birth because of the Islamic regime ruling their country right now. It looks very scary right now, but God will have the last word and He works in mysterious ways.

The Face of Jesus and Crown of Thorns Dream

Shortly before the end of 2010, I had the only dream in which I saw our Lord's face.

I saw a modest room that was dimly lit and a man on his knees by his bedside with his eyes closed praying. Then I saw the Lord Jesus standing by the window near that man with a very sad expression on his face. He looked just as He must have looked during His earthly ministry, very similar to the famous "Prince of Peace" painting.

I was an observer in this dream and only the Lord acknowledged my presence. He did not say anything to me, only motioned towards the praying man and placed a crown of thorns on his head and stood by him, though the praying man did not see Him. I did not hear what the man was praying for, but I had a sense that He was distressed. I did not immediately fully understand this dream, though I knew that the crown of thorns was the symbol of our Lord's suffering, but when the news of increased persecution of Christians by terrorist group called ISIS emerged in 2011, then I was reminded again of this dream.

Now, I understand that through this dream the Lord was telling me that the time was coming in which Christians would share in His suffering for His name's sake and that it could not be stopped. Just as I shared in the previous post, I believe the Lord is calling us all to remember those Christians and their persecutors in our prayers. I will be coming up to date here with more of some significant prophetic dreams that the Lord gave me over the years as well as any new ones I might have, perhaps it would encourage you to pay attention to your dreams as well and help you interpret them. God bless!

Author's Note: The photo used here is of the painting "Prince of Peace" by Akiane Kramarik who grew up in an atheists family and saw the face of Jesus in dreams and visions, and later painted it. It is the only painting of Jesus' face that other children who saw Him in visions confirm is the closest to what they saw as well.You can see more art by her by clicking on her name in the credit i gave above.

One Minute a Day Prayer Challenge

Last Sunday, I was rather shocked by what the pastor of a church I attend had said during his sermon. Don't get me wrong. It was a great message and I really love this pastor. He is sincerely trying to help more than 5,000 people who attend his church to grow spiritually. Most of all he is a godly and humble man, but apparently he did not know that Christians are still being crucified for their faith today because after explaining what a horrible death a crucifixion really is, he commented, "Thank God nobody is being killed this way anymore."

Well, he was wrong. And in case you did not follow the news, Islamic fanatics who control big parts of Iraq and Syria called ISIS are doing this very thing to Christians in the Middle East. They crucify them or behead them if they choose not to renounce their faith in Jesus and that includes children. It is a sheer horror and I find it troubling that so many Christians in the West do not know about it or choose not to talk about it in their churches. I thought, there should be more awareness, more prayer for our persecuted brothers and sisters. And not only for them, but also for all the Muslim people who are being persecuted in like manner if they will not accept the fanatical Islamic ideology groups such as ISIS promote.

We might not be able to physically stop this senseless violence and we certainly cannot know each person who suffers there everyday by name, but our God knows them all and knows what they are going through. The least we all could do is to pray for them and it is not really a small thing. Prayer is the most powerful weapon in our disposal. It is a weapon that can change destinies of entire nations. Behind all world events that are right now unfolding is an underlying spiritual reality and spiritual battle is going on.

Satan enslaves various groups of people with various ideologies, both religious and secular, in order to kill, steal and destroy. He knows that he is already defeated by God, knows that he will eventually end up in the lake of fire, so the only way he can get back at Him is to try to drag to hell with himself as many people as he possibly can because he knows that God cares about them. That is why it is so important for us to pray and ask God to intervene on the behalf of those who are being killed for His name's sake all day long as well as for their tormentors. Yes, pray for these deceived and misguided ISIS men and women.

Remember that our warfare is not against flesh and blood. They are also victims of the evil one. When they kill Christians, they go to heaven, but when the oppressors die themselves, they go straight to hell and instead of the promised 70 virgins they get hundreds of demons to torment them forever! They are the greatest losers in all of this because while thinking that they are serving God, they really are serving the devil.

We must pray for their repentance, pray that God will revel the Truth to them and set them free. So, what I am asking you today is to commit to take just one minute ( or more if you can) out of your day everyday in order to pray daily for those who are being persecuted and killed for their faith in Jesus around the world as well as for those who are persecuting and killing them.

Now this is spiritual warfare, so first ask God to cover you and your family by the precious blood of Jesus, then spend 5 Minutes praying for God's presence and comfort upon all those who are suffering for Him today wherever they might be. From the Middle East to North Korea and Africa. Then pray that those who persecute them would be convicted by the Holy Spirit of their wrongdoing that their sins be heavy upon them until they repent. Remember that the apostle Paul was also such a religious fanatic at one time, if he could be saved, so can they.

Finally, if you are reading this and it is you who are being thus persecuted, remember that you are not alone. We might not know each other by name, but because we follow Jesus we are part of His body and members of heavenly family and kingdom. I am praying for you and many others will be praying as well. Stand fast in your faith. And if you are the one who persecutes, you will probably hate me right now, but I love you because God loves you. My God, the God of the Bible taught me to love my enemies and to pray for those who hate me. True God is Love and He does not ask us to kill for him, but He already sent His son to die for you. If you ask Jesus right now to forgive you for your sins, He will forgive you. No matter what you have done and you will go to heaven when you die because of His love for you, if you will choose to live and die for Him. Furthermore, He will give you freedom from those sinful desires that you are struggling with and will set you free from them. You don't have to kill anyone to be forgiven. You just need to repent. After you do, get hold of the Bible online, read the New testament and learn how to live for God. God bless you all.

John Paul Jackson's Memorial

In case some of you did not follow brother John Paul on Facebook, I thought it would be good for me to share with you the link to the Daystar TV page where you will be able to watch it. I still cannot believe he is gone from this earth and agree with brother Anthony Pappalardo, who commented on my previous post about the untimely passing of JPJ, that he might have been just to eager to get back to the work of ministry after his recovery from cancer thus weakening his body instead of giving it enough time to fully restore itself.

I also remembered a dream I had about JPJ shortly after he won the battle with cancer. It was the only dream I ever had of him. In this dream, I saw him in the library type of building there were many books and it was well lit, but the floor was slippery. He walked with a slight limp, but insisted that he is doing just fine and could even run if he wanted to. I proceeded to warn him not to do it and feared he could slip on that floor, but he ran anyway. That was the end of dream. Not too long after, on July 10, 2014, I read his medical update on Facebook in which he was giving God glory for his recovery and saying that he has faith that he will be able to return to his running routine soon. He really loved this type of exercise and he used to run most days of the week for as much as 10 miles before he got sick.

I left a comment on that warning him against running and said that walking had the same health benefits, but would not weaken the body like running does. I have no idea if he ever read all those comments personally, but I did pray for him often and now I believe too that this could have had weakened him. Again, he will be every much missed. May we all learn from his example both from all the wisdom he had and from the mistakes he had made. Here is the link to brother JPJ's memorial site: http://www.daystar.com/watch/live-stream/ It will be aired on Monday, March 9th at 11 am to 12 pm CST.

Tornado Dreams

I had my first tornado dream in December of 1999. It was a very vivid dream. In this dream, I stood outside with a very good view of the country side when suddenly, I saw a huge dark tornado approaching me fast. In reality, I never saw a tornado except on the news or in movies, so this sight really frightened me. I wanted to seek shelter, but could not move. The tornado kept coming, I could feel the wind and hear its roar by now. "I will never survive this." I thought and began preparing for my death, praying for the Lord to accept my spirit when I heard a still, but clear voice in my mind saying, "Just hold on to that fence and trust Me."

Then I noticed this shaky fence in front of me, so I grabbed it as it was really way too late to run anywhere anyway and closed my eyes as this tornado hit me. I could feel the wind, its power and fury, but shockingly it was not affecting me at all! I still just stood there holding on to that shaky fence. I opened my eyes when the wind was gone and saw the calm. The sky was still cloudy, but clear of the storm. I looked to my side and saw bunch of other people holding the fence just as I did. We began banding together and looking for any other survivors. We saw devastated houses, but no people. The only ones who stayed alive were those who held onto that fence.

I knew it was a prophetic dream, so I prayed for an interpretation. What came to me was this. The storm (tornado) was some kind of trouble the enemy was going to cause in a near future and it is going to affect everyone. Believers and unbelievers alike will have to go through this, but only believers who trust God in the midst of this storm will be supernaturally protected from its effects and they are going to be brought together for His purposes. It seems that I am not the only one who had this kind of dream. The late John Paul Jackson was asked often for interpretation of similar dreams and his guidelines for its interpretation agreed with the interpretation I received as well. Just this past Sunday my pastor from Poland also shared a similar dream with his congregation. This storm is already upon us and will intensify, but all of us who know their God and listen to His voice will stay strong and carry out great exploits. (Daniel 11:32) I find it very interesting that this particular verse came to me just now as I am writing this because it is about resisting the evil in the person of Antichrist and his deceptive flattery. Is he about to appear on the world stage soon? I would not be surprised...