Being awoken in the early hours of Christmas Day with deep excitement it was just as though I’d gone back to being a very young boy wondering if Santa Claus had been, or was still on his way!

The dream was so unusual it left me mulling it over for a long time with the Lord. But never did I expect that its ‘present’ would be followed by more ‘gifts’ – one being an ‘uncanny’ double scriptural confirmation – but that’s how the Lord works with me, like showering me with pieces of his Invisible Jigsaw!

Moreover, I was to discover others were excited about their similar ‘presents’!!

CHRISTMAS MORNING DREAM

The dream itself had developed into a vista of broadening roadways and routes that I’m driving along.  Next, I’m out of the vehicle standing looking at the scenery as it changes whilst I hear someone close behind my right shoulder talking about spiritual matters. I then notice a large table in front of me upon which is a very large manuscript. I cannot read, however, for it’s upside down and has script and glyphs upon it, rather like a musical manuscript. (Later I’m reminded of a possible explanation, as in PS in part 2.)

Next, a friend of ours appears at the opposite side of the table, looks at that item and I say it connects with Westminster Abbey and may be of significance, perhaps a hidden coded meaning, that we may be able to fathom – this is SO exciting it wakes me up!!

PERSONALLY RELEVANT CONNECTIONS

The content of most dreams is usually personally relevant material and so I note some background pointers:

• that friend is Rev Dr Russ Parker, whose solid teaching on dreams was one of the first courses undertaken almost 30 years ago on prayer ministry. (Hence, writing in the present tense to enable better recollection, whilst hearing Holy Spirit.)
• the previous evening we saw the Princess of Wales’ carol concert in Westminster Abbey on TV and I’d noted the many statues therein, which reminded me of the booklet I wrote on Alexandra Pope’s statue to Shakespeare and its hidden code.
• Also, Christmas Eve I read our mutual friend Steve Hepden’s latest Update; his  closing of which cites John the Baptist on Jesus coming to baptise with Holy Spirit and fire, reminding me of my post on the two cousins as ‘dual witnesses’. As ever, Steve brings Holy Spirit ‘clout’:
• “In my musings, I have just reached the end of the Old Testament, and before going into the New Testament I want to look at the intriguing gap that most of us miss. This gap around 400 years and that there are some key areas the hand of God can be seen in, not only in preparing for the ‘Second Genesis’, but also with the birth of the Church on the Day of Pentecost and how it was able to take God’s mandate in the form of the Great Commission to the Nations. Then as we look into the New Testament, we read the words John the Baptist introduced Jesus with, ‘He will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire,’ Matt 3:11. We will see that these foundational words are actually fundamental to us in our walk with God and the influence the Holy Spirit has in our lives.[Emphases mine]
• Therefore, I was getting a strong ‘buzz’ of excitement not only in the dream but also after waking – AND ALL DAY!!

Once again, it is highly intriguing how the Lord reveals His thread through my life!  So I ask for a repeat of the dream and more of Your input dear Lord…BUT I knew nothing of what was yet to come.

DEUT 19:15 DOUBLE VALIDATION

With the dream’s nature as a ‘parable’ in mind, after ‘breaking bread’ and ‘drinking of the cup’ over breakfast I wanted to check Jesus teaching the disciples that they’re to know the deeper Kingdom mysteries and secrets (Matthew 13.11). BUT look where my study Bible opened and where my thumb just so happens to be placed adjacent to…

WOW, this verse number Mark 2:22 not only reflects 2022, (zero means we may ignore in code) but also in recent postings on new wineskins, as in Thomas Harry’s paper and at mid-November’s conference on Breaking New Wineskins.

AND THIS THEN GOT CONFIRMED upon my flicking back to find Matt 13, when this appears on the opposite top corner of my Bible at the top – I kid you not:

CONCLUSION

The intense, inner excitement upon waking and then this double-validation (as in the Deut 19:!5 principle of witness) served to endorse my suspecting the Lord is arranging for a significant and special blessing for His Ekklesia’s empowerment – even as a remnant? – for these days of darkness prior to His Return.

Even MORE ‘presents’ were yet to come after Christmas Day 2022’s dream (next post) [PS: including the contribution form Tim in Idaho below!!]

A few days later I espied this on Facebook, bearing a suitable number of comments!

[Flying Puzzles by Nokhoog Buchachon, courtesy of Freedigitalphotos.net]