The City of God

Almost 10 years ago I had a dream about those who enter the City of God by faith, and those who do not.  Before I share the dream I want to write these verses down for you.  

"But you have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the City of the living God.  You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven.  You have come to God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of righteous men made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and tho the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel." (Heb 12:22-24)

These verses describe the spiritual life we come to, by faith, when we come to God through Jesus His Son. Also we read that God's followers in the Old Testament were "longing for a better country -- a heavenly one.  Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a City for them." (Heb 11:16). Both sets of verses let us know that there is a City of God prepared for those who long to abide with God, and that we come to the City by faith.  

The dream I want to share with you has a warning in it, but also shows the City of God.  Here it is:

I dreamt I was on a space craft with other people.  Right away there was a fire in the right engine, and no one could get off.  One lady said “Wouldn’t you know this would happen!”  I had an understanding that the fire was due to another girl’s carelessness.

I could then see the space craft from the outside, with its engine on fire, falling.  It landed in the front of a long line of cars, some dating back to the 1950’s, which were orbiting around the City of God.  I could see the City, with its lights on in the darkness.  A man came out from the City, flying without any plane.  He got a child from one of the cars in the orbit line and took him back to the City.  I could see other people from the City fly out towards the orbiting cars in the same way.  The space craft’s fire had gone out and its people didn’t burn up.  It remained in line as if the newest in a long line of vehicles orbiting the City.  End

Interpretation – Space craft – a large ministry, with power

Careless lady who started the fire – foolish virgin

Cars – individual ministries

Old cars dating back to the 50’s – a past generation

Orbiting – seeing and being attracted to, but not entering in

City – City of God

Man from the City – a person with faith for flying.  Sees those who are appointed to the City and takes them there.

Word of the Lord –"It only takes one foolish person to put a ministry which is headed for God’s glory in orbit, to remain there indefinitely.  All the wise planning of its leaders and the skills of those men and women of faith which enable the ministry to fly towards My City can be scuttled by one foolish person.  I have given the mission of going to the City to many ministries which have failed.  Indeed, if this generation had not seen some men and women who had landed in My City, there would be no one who would take it’s tales of glory back to the rest of My people in order that they might have the faith to join them there. 

I am separating the foolish virgins from the wise so that I will have a people who will see and enter in.  A man or woman who longs for Me will see that I am worth more than all the pleasures of the world.  Those who seek to abide in Me will enter in.  Amen"