The River in the Prison

[thephnxman]

"The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream..."

I was in a prison cell: and I soon discovered that although the cell doors
ere all closed, they were also ALL unlocked! I stopped one of the guards
that were keeping watch, and told him if he could answer a question…he
said yes. As I spoke with the guard, I found that the guards HAD to answer
any of our questions! I then asked him why all the cell doors were unlocked,
and he said, “Because we don’t have the keys.” I thought to myself, “Then
I am able to leave this cell!”

I opened the cell door, and the guard offered no resistance. I proceeded
down a hall that led me to very large “yard”. I noticed that there was a wall
around the yard, about nine or ten feet high. There were men milling around
the yard; it seemed like they were just going in circles, It made no sense to
me. Then I saw it.

It was a river: it seemed to come out from one side of the wall, run through
the yard and disappeared under another wall opposite to the one in which
the river first appeared. I begin to question the men who were milling around,
and they told me to be very careful: it seemed that every man who went into
the waters never came back out!

As I began to examine the river (it was clear as glass), I didn’t see any
obstructions as it entered the one prison wall, nor as it exited the other. I
kept hearing the men yelling at me to be careful. And I dove into the river,
under the waters, and out to the other side of the prison walls.

As I surfaced, I found that if I got out of the river, I would still be subject
to the prison, for a desert surrounded the prison. So I floated down the
river, and it became a waterfall that formed an enormous lake. The lake was
overfilled and it formed a new river.

I saw men that had previously been inside the prison walls, swimming to the
edge of the lake: they did not want to swim and continue into the new river;
they had been swimming in the lake and grew tired. So they swam to the
shore, where they were immediately taken into custody by other, more
sinister guards. I said, “Why Lord?” The Voice told me that they thought
they were free, but they were supposed to have remained in the waters of
the river until they reached their destinations.

I was told (by the Voice) that the men who swam to shore were taken to
another prison; one that had no walls, but was surrounded by an ocean.

"...and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully."

[votivesoul]

If this is a dream that you really had, and isn't merely the use of dramatic license to make a point (no offense intended; please let us know if you really dreamed the above), I see it and understand quite clearly the meaning.

One must stay in the Spirit, the Living Waters, and keep going as far as the Holy Spirit leads, or else they will come to a shore of tradition out which they may never escape.

[thephnxman]

Originally Posted by votivesoul

If this is a dream that you really had, and isn't merely the use of dramatic license to make a point (no offense intended; please let us know if you really dreamed the above), I see it and understand quite clearly the meaning.
One must stay in the Spirit, the Living Waters, and keep going as far as the Holy Spirit leads, or else they will come to a shore of tradition out which they may never escape.

Beloved, it was REALLY a dream!

[votivesoul]

Originally Posted by thephnxman

Beloved, it was REALLY a dream!

Good to know for certain. Thanks.

How then do you perceive and understand the meaning?

[thephnxman]

Originally Posted by votivesoul

Good to know for certain. Thanks.
How then do you perceive and understand the meaning?

I received that dream BEFORE the revelation of His NAME.

I was about a year or so away from having the NAME of Jesus invoked over
me in the waters of baptism: but didn't really understand it. I believe it is a
witness for the need of baptism for the REMISSION of sins, and to remain true
to the PROMISE of grace, which is the Holy Spirit. Jesus said that there is an
"...entering into the kingdom..."; this must be accomplished only by being born
"...not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God."

There is a falling away from the faith today, and one of these symptoms is by
denying the NAME in the waters of baptism: but it begins by denying baptism,
itself. When that is accomplished, men will lose the promise to RECEIVE the
Holy Spirit. In essence, they lose the POWER to obey!

It is still "Repent...be baptized in the NAME...receive the PROMISE..."