But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judæa in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee. -Matthew 2:22. Bold type added for emphasis.
God has long used dreams, at times, to direct and inform His people. My wife & I are now seeking to follow the Lord in a direction He began with a dream.I shared vaguely about this leading in the last post, not knowing if it would be the last, and neither do I know if there will be more after this one. But we seek your PRAYER support, that we may fulfill the direction God has led us to in faith.
The dream of direction came in April 2013, but there was a similar dream well before that, maybe a year or more, but the theme is the same. In my dream, I was watching what seemed like a television broadcast; it was live news coverage of an ongoing terror attack on a nuclear power plant. The plant had a small, armed defense force, and was firing at the terrorists as they advanced upon the plant with guns, grenades, and rocket launchers. The defenders were doing well, but the waves of attackers seemed unending, and I wondered how long they could hold out.
Suddenly I was with a couple, good friends, and was trying to warn them about what was coming. Then there was an explosion in the distance, and I said, "See? it's starting already." Then my wife & I were boarding a small boat to get away. There was a woman there with a clipboard that confirmed we were on the list to board. That is where the dream ended. It was sobering to consider, but I felt nothing more.
But the dream that God used to move me was very intense. A being I perceived to be the Antichrist was leading an army; raging, warring, and destroying as he went. I saw men and tanks with the army, but the Antichrist was up in front, leading them, yet he was destroying independently on his own. In the dream, he was about 10' tall. He soon caught sight of me, and came after me...
It seemed that I had trouble getting away-I couldn't go fast, as if I were being weighted down, invisibly. I made my way toward the water, heading for a small boat to get away in. I really thought that I was a goner; he was SO close, I expected to get grabbed-but I didn't. Then I thought surely he would grab me as I tried to enter the boat, because I'd have to slow down to do that. The Antichrist would only need a step with one foot in the water to stop me, but he stayed back. I looked closely at him, and saw that he was being very careful not to touch the water! He wouldn't even get as close to it as he could. And so I got away, with the Antichrist raging against me all the way. I woke up with my heart pounding...
The Lord used this dream to direct me to move overseas in order to escape the Antichrist. When I asked for a confirmation, and direction, before long I found a coin from Morocco at the place where we refill our water. Not exactly what you'd expect to find in Pennsylvania Dutch Country! Yet by this coin I took the direction to be Africa in general, because Morocco itself is a VERY Muslim country-not a good place for a Christian to flee to! Of course, we thought something would happen soon, but that wasn't what God had in mind. As far as the U.S. and the Antichrist, we knew even then the real evil character of this nation, so it wasn't surprising. We've learned a whole lot more since then.
To say the least, we've had a lot of growing to do, and I'm not saying that there won't always be more needed. But over the years, the Lord has kept our direction solid, but waiting for His time that it should come about. We've watched as the world has edged ever closer to the end, and by the end of last year, 2019, I knew that 2020 would be our last in the U.S., and that we might not make it the entire year. It was the signs we were seeing, such as the approach of Nibiru, and World War III, that indicated it would be a good time to move.
But we also saw it coming as our debts were winding down, praise the Lord! What I didn't know was coming, was the Coronavirus scam. By the beginning of March, we were able to pay off that last debt. I held on to it, though, because last year they had called me to make a lower offer at this same time of year. They didn't call this time! After 2 weeks I was set to call them, but then the phony virus hustle came upon us here-restrictions began March 16th.What should I do? Before this the Lord had also been calling me to lay down my job, a very secure grocery job, by the end of April! I took a couple weeks to pray, and to research the virus issue. The net result was to still lay down my job, pay off the debt, and prepare to leave-pretty much the same as I had been led to do before, praise God! But now the virus issue put a new emphasis on leaving, due to the restrictions; they are going to get worse in the future,and civilian international air travel may not be possible. We have to be ready to go as the Lord makes a way for us into Africa. We are still looking for contacts in the place we've been led to, and any helpful information on relocation that someone may have. And no, we are not giving the specific country's name, so that the leading will be purely of God.
Time is of the essence, brethren, and we are being led to make difficult steps. We are sure of God's leading these many years, but for these last 2 steps we need pure faith-the evidence of things unseen (Hebrews 11:1b). We need a buyer for our mobile home, and we need help in moving to Africa. Please pray for us in this move, because there really is no future for us here in America. What God has said will come to pass, and dark times lie ahead. Remember that the Lord was showing us that we should relocate a long time before the crises of our present day. The condition of things now only verifies why we have been led in this way for so long! Please just pray for us, that we may see this leading of faith through till the end. It's been done before, and God is forever the same!
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. -Hebrews 11:6, 7.