4/16/2005
Hi John,
Like many on this board, in my heart, I am longing for the
Lords return. Paul NF’s post and We Await Jesus’ Coming and
Cat’s simple heart’s desire really touched me. . .
I’d like to share a recent dream I had a couple of days
ago. . .
I dreamt I was in a valley with a long country road at twilight;
I saw clouds or fog on the ground in the distance, and I began to run to
the clouds for I knew while I was running that those clouds were going to
take me to Jesus. As I was running, every care and concern I have began
to fall off of me along with any pain, and the
joy I felt was immeasurable.
And I ran!
I remember shouting to my family, Hurry up! We gotta go! We’re
going to be with Jesus! And when I ran into the cloud, I came to a church
with large pillars in front of it and went in. There weren’t very
many in the church, just a few. . .As I came in, they were taking up the
tithe and offering. I gave my tithe and offering and then I woke up.
My own interpretation is this:
Those in love with Jesus are running toward Him now (going
to the tarmac) and shouting back to the one’s we love Come On! Hurry
Up! We’re about to go!
The Lord is about to come back in the clouds for those longing
for Him and His return, as we ascend every care we have will fall off of
us along with any pain and immeasurable joy will
fill our hearts! When we reach Him there won’t be as many as we think
there should be. And those like Ruth, who with undying devotion, faith,
humbleness, thanksgiving and obedience will be offering their treasures
to the Lord.
I’ve have never heard anyone relate Malachi chap. 3 (the
tithing chapter) to the rapture, BUT IT’S THERE! Malachi 3: 17,18
If you back up and read the whole chapter you will see there
that there were two
types of believers in this chapter:
Complainers and Trusters
or maybe Foolish and Wise (emphasis is mine) Malachi 3: 13-18
In the chapter, it was obvious that things were tough financially
and immorality was abounding during that time, for the
complainers said that. . .
14 ”It
is useless to serve God; What profit is that we have kept His ordinance
(tithes and offerings),
And that we have walked as mourners Before the Lord of hosts? 15 So now
we call the proud blessed, For those who do wickedness are raised up; They
even tempt God and go free.’” . . .
This sounds a lot like how things are TODAY!!!!!!!!. . .
A BOOK OF REMEBRANCE
16 Then those who feared
the Lord spoke to one another (they probably said, “I’m going to serve the Lord
no matter what!, this time of hardship is just a testing of our faith
and devotion”), And
the Lord listened and heard them; So a BOOK OF REMEBRANCE was
written before Him For those who fear
the Lord And who meditate on His name.
17 “They shall be
Mine,” says the Lord of hosts, “On
the day (day of the Lord) that I make them My jewels. And I will spare them As a man spares his own son who
serves him.” Then you shall discern
Between the righteous and the wicked between one who serves God And one
who does NOT serve Him.
Our treasure is where our heart is!
I would love to hear anyone else’s take on this. . .
Ready and Running to Jesus
Cindy Busch