Frank - 

You make excellent observations about the dream. Things I hadn't considered.

You got a couple of details not quite right - but overall - excellent!

my return comments:

The Candlesticks that were burned out were definitely a certain group of individual Christians who died - but ...

you're right - it could ALSO easily mark the End of the Church age as we have known it. excellent! The Rapture or the Escape out of the Vault Stairs being the Rapture. 

I also theorize that the coming out of the "pit" area (Psalm 103:4) might allude to the Resurrection of the Dead which PRECEDES the Catching away.

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The Guide (actor) as a rehearsal agent - excellent! The dream is a rehearsal for what is to come. outstanding observation. That aspect of it confused me".

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The Dead in Christ waiting for the others is a great take on that. my gut tells me it's bigger than that, also.

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The Candlestick buried underground, as under the Temple Mount - another great observation.

I'll only add that at the Catching Away, the believers (left behind and still to convert) will have to go (underground).

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Jesus as the Candlestick - yes, of course. The Vine.

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The last candlestick, No. 7, was a known person - I heard this person's name. This person is the last of the Group represented by the Candlestick (lampstand), the Vial of Lavender Oil. 

When the alabastor box was broken (mark 14:3, John 12:3), then the "spikenard" was "released" and filled the house. This might also refer to the Church age (alabastor box) coming to an end (broken), the Church (Lavender) is "released" to Heaven, and "fills the House" (God's House in Heaven, the Banquet Hall) being filled with the Bride.

I'll get some more thoughts together soon.

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all excellent - thanks.

If the dream is of God, and if I've had a dream that I thought was prophetic over the years - this is it - then it will survive all scrutiny using the Word as a Guide.

The focus of the dream is really what happened at the south end - at the Candlestick, and like the Tabernacle - all details are important.

I'm researching the words (items) that appeared in the dream and their Bible numbers:

Iron

Vine

Candlestick (lampstand/Menorrah)

Glass

Table

East/West

Lavender

Vial

I've made progress on some.

Thanks again!

Jesus is Lord.