As a qualifier, none of my dreams have come true so far, so I am not asking you to believe me. Rather, I am just presenting my dreams so that any who are personally entertained by reading other people’s dreams can read my own. So only read this website if you will be entertained by it.
In short, the reason I think my dreams might not be random is because: 1) many of my dreams have complex symbolism that takes a while to figure out that I doubt my subconscious could have generated; 2) consistent messages across dreams that also correspond with the scriptures; 3) I’ve had 2 vision and heard one audible word from God.
a personal story
To help the reader understand my view, I will tell a personal story. I was hiking in the Austrian Alps at night and (extremely foolishly) decided to take a shortcut through the forest to get down a mountain faster by bypassing switchbacks. On this shortcut, my phone fell out of my pocket off a cliff!
So I climbed down the cliff to start searching for my phone. But there was a large area where the phone could be seeing that the slope just kept going all the way to the base of the mountain, and it was very dark. The good thing was I was listening to the scriptures through wireless headphones, and so when I was too far away from my phone the signal would falter; therefore I had a very rough idea of the location.
I tried pausing and playing but that didn’t light up my phone screen, so I proceeded to pray asking God for help. Immediately after the prayer, I saw my phone screen light up for 2 seconds in a place I was looking. The phone had fallen into a deep crack that was partially covered in rocks and leaves, and there is no way I could have found it by myself even in the daylight. So, I am very grateful the Lord helped me find my phone!
I believe this scenario matches our own searches for truth: First of all, to get to my phone, I had to have the baseline fitness to climb down the cliff in the dark, which I believe represents making basic efforts to follow all the commandments. If we aren’t even trying to follow basic commandments, God usually won’t guide us to greater truth (not saying I’m perfect here though). Next, I was able to use the signal of the scripture audio to judge whether any given point was close or far from the phone. Likewise, the Scriptures will always allow us to judge whether a message is in alignment with God or not. Finally, to pin point the exact location of my phone, I needed to pray – we too will never be able to find the exact Truth unless we are praying.
It’s also worth noting the symbolism of my phone being lost: Normally, my phone is the thing I would use to find things. It was my only light, and I used it to locate myself on maps. So what are you supposed to do when the thing you use to find things is itself lost? The only thing left to rely on is the scriptures and prayer. Likewise, in our own personal search for truth, since we start off from a position of ignorance regarding the validity of anything, our only source of truth will be the scriptures and prayer. Nothing else will be able to help us, so we need to put our whole trust in God.
Therefore, when we are faced with a question of truth, I offer three steps: 1) humbly strive to live a Christian life, so that they will be able to resonate with the Truth; 2) read the scriptures so that one can judge if a message matches them or not; 3) pray to know truth. I’m definitely not perfect in these, so this instruction is just as much for myself.
Scripture References
Scriptural references regarding assessing the validity of revelations
Do Not Trust Spirits: 1 John 4:1-2
Do Not Even Trust Angels of Light: 2 Corinthians 11:14-15
False Prophets can accurately predict the future too: Deuteronomy 13:1-3
False Prophets can do Miracles:Matthew 24:24
False Prophets will come so judge them of their fruits: Matthew 7:15-16
People will pretend to receive words from God, even though they haven’t: Jeremiah 29:8-9
God Mostly Communicates through Dreams: Numbers 12:6-8
The Spirit will Guide you to the Truth of things to come: John 16:13
The most important point here is to be extremely skeptical of revelations: Individuals will falsely claim to be speaking on behalf of God; Satan will lift up prophets that are actually capable of performing miracles and accurately predicting the future; even spirits that appear as angels of light should not be trusted.
Am I even allowed to receive revelations?
For the audience that still thinks only a prophet can receive revelations, consider the following: 1) my dreams don’t contradict any of the scriptures; 2) I’m not claiming to receive revelation for others, just personal revelation; 3) its unfair to say I can’t receive dreams because only the prophet can receive them because (very obviously) the Mormon prophet is not receiving any dreams or visions whatsoever (or they are secret I guess, which would just be weird). But here is the most important scripture:
28 ¶ And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
According to this scripture, in the last days, a great number of people will be receiving revelations, including servants and handmaids, therefore it seems inaccurate to say that only a prophet could receive revelations in the last days. This should be enough to prove that you can receive revelations even if you are not a prophet, though there is a lot more that could be said on this topic.
Some Dreams are From Satan
Just because my dreams are not random doesn’t necessarily mean they are from God though – they could be given to me from Satan. I’ve been trying to take precautions against this by frequently praying to be saved from Satan’s influence / reading scriptures every day / not sleeping by technology, but you can never be totally sure (and sadly I might be particular vulnerable to Satan’s influence because I have astral projected).
And yes, dreams are often wrong. I’ve seen various people claim to have dreams telling of the date of the rapture with the date passing and nothing happening. Nevertheless, if my dreams turn out to be true, it seems the messages are relevant enough to be recorded. In the sphere of people online claiming to have dreams, the following are my basic guidelines: There is no rapture, anyone dreaming of the date of this is false (though the term: “rapture dream” has been used by Christians to refer to any spiritual dream, even if it has nothing to do with the rapture, funnily enough); God isn’t going to give us dreams telling us the timing of the end of the world, rather he is going to give us dreams helping us prepare for the end; Donald Trump is not the Antichrist; Donald Trump is not God’s anointed one selected to save America; if a revelator dresses like a servant of Satan (they wear all black / have piercings and stuff), they probably are one; many dreams warn of bad things that might happen so that we pray against the event / they aren’t saying the bad thing will actually happen in the end.
I’m 23 years old, I’m not trying to be a prophet
I also encourage the reader to have empathy towards myself. I’ve been told my dreams are probably not true because I don’t have scriptures with each dream. But my goal (mostly) is just personal record keeping – not for others to believe me. I simply don’t have the time to find scriptures and give little lessons for each dream, and honestly I probably already am wasting too much time giving lengthy interpretations for each dream.
I don’t entirely know why I have received so many dreams – I certainly don’t feel any more righteous than any other random Christian. I’ve been told by Christians that my dreams can’t be true because I have “Mormon Roots”. I’ve been told by Mormons that my dreams can’t be true because I am not authorized to receive revelations. Ultimately, I’m not asking you to believe me – rather I am asking you to wait and see if my dreams start to come true, and if they do, then you can know the rest of the dreams are probably also true (you might benefit by praying to know the validity of my dreams as well).
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