Hi Frank -

I wanted to respond to your letter about the series of detailed dreams we've been watching unfold on RITA.
I have been troubled by these for some days now and when I saw your letter, I felt that I could share how I feel about them here on 5 Doves as this is not possible on RITA as anyone who questions them is regarded as an instrument of the devil.
After reading them, I noted some significant red flags and posted a warning based on Jeremiah 29:8
For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are in your midst deceive you, nor listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed."
The situation then has some parallels to those of us waiting for the rapture to snatch us out of this dark and dismal world. The people in Jeremiah's time were expecting God to take them out of captivity at any minute while Jeremiah was telling them to settle down as they were going to be there for a while. Nobody wanted to hear it and people were beginning to dream about imminent deliverance from their situation. God warns them through Jeremiah that people can have dreams that they caused to be dreamed.
I do believe the rapture will be soon but I don't arrive at that conclusion based on dreams.
I noted that in these dreams, Jesus is apparently called Aiyah - nowhere do I find that name in scripture. Mat 1:21 says ""And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins." It would be more correct to use the Hebrew version Yeshua of course but not some 'pet name'.
Then there is the description of Jesus. I get my description only from the scriptures and don't claim to have seen Him myself but the Apostles Paul and John saw the glorified Jesus and hardly had the words to describe Him. Paul's NDE I'm sure could have filled many books but he only mentions it in the third person. In contrast, We see described in these dreams a Jesus with wings that are gradually unfurling to indicate how soon the rapture will be - did Paul and John miss something?
We see angels with battered and broken swords and a special angel called 'Breakthrough'. This is not consistent with Biblical descriptions of spiritual warfare and I see no reference to an angel called Breakthough - this is adding to the word of God. The general style is far too detailed and reads like a low quality girly romantic novel borrowing heavily from Arthurian images of knights in golden armour on white horses whisking damsels from the dangers of the battle to a place of safety. Most disturbing is the flirtatious nature of these encounters which border on sexual fantasy.
When a few people posted about the need to test the spirits against what is written in the Word, it was not well received and there followed accounts of how much 'attack' she was under. Conveniently, the next dream had Jesus saying that those who regarded the word so highly could have only the word as if those questioning the dreams were not Spirit led. Quite apart from the Biblical revelation that Jesus is the Word, we have David saying in the Psalms " I will worship toward Your holy temple, And praise Your name For Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.
One characteristic of false revelations is the extreme detail included and the ever increasing greatness of revelation received at each encounter. Just when you thought it couldn't get better, every aspect of previous encounters is magnified further, making the dreamer all the more special because nobody else is getting such revelation. More angels, more music, more of everything. This is particularly evident in the dreams and visions of Joseph Smith or Mohammad.
I don't know how many people accept these dreams as genuine but it seems that most who do are women who clearly relate to the whole Bride of Christ metaphor in a very different way to men. This brings up the whole issue of covering, headship and spiritual authority as detailed in 1 Cor 11. It may well be the case that God sends us dreams that are very personal to our unique circumstances and for us only. Sometimes, we may feel that they need to shared. If this is the case, and they are as detailed as this, we should consider what covering we have before posting them. Women should check with their believing husbands first (if they have one) and anyone should check with their pastor - they may not always be correct but we should all be accountable. I feel that often, dreams are posted as authoritative revelations (even if prefixed by "use discernment") when they are not tested. This is particularly important when there are young believers out there who are prone to hang onto every word of such accounts.
Just because a dream tells you what you want to hear and brings you comfort, doesn't make it necessarily correct - just ask Jeremiah.