Jim Gregg
November 23, 2010
Psalm 91:7 A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.
A few weeks ago I had a dream. It was one of those dreams that is so moving that it stays with you. It never finished but was just a quick glimpse. Never-the-less it so impacted me that I can not get rid of it. This remembrance compels me to tell the dream.
There was something to the dream that is timeless yet of great importance to us right now as we live this very day. It was a dream of pending doom and terror that is quickly being mounted upon the remnant of believers still hanging on to the hopes of Christ and His Salvation.
If I could make a movie it would be so easy to convey what I saw. There would be special effects galore just to portray the fright and magnitude seen. Being saddled with just words I will do my best to tell the tale as I experienced it.
The Dream:
I was on what seemed like a remote planet somewhere in the far reaches of the galaxy. Like in one of those space movies where the traveler was stranded alone amidst the strange climate and rock formations. Black volcanic looking rock. An eerie looking sky, not the beautiful blue we see on planet Earth.
I was huddled in a small outcropping of rock. There were others there who were busy scurrying around to find protection as I watched.
Suddenly out of the sky from the left came a myriad of darts. I mean thousands upon thousands and ten thousands upon ten thousands. Screaming in from above to the left in an arch as if shot from somewhere far off. The darts were of various sizes and colors. Some of them streaked with fire.
I inwardly sensed that they were deadly poisonous and should I be touched by even one I would perish. Yet I was at peace under my shelter. Nothing could touch or harm me where I was.
The barrage of weapons smashed into the ground all around us in one big splat. There were no trailing darts nor any that came early, they were all in one group like a flock of starlings gathering in the fall for their migration South. The projectiles even hovered and turned in unison as the do the birds.
Once they hit the terror was gone.
For some reason I ventured out into the open. I had a piece of cloth like material in my hand. Big enough to cover over my entire body it spread out like a sheet. Instinctively I knew that it was a protective shield made as thin as silk.
Suddenly as before, the sky was black with another onslaught of darts streaming towards me from the left. They flew deftly straight towards me in a arch as if I was being targeted.
I threw the shield into the air out and around me as a fisherman casts a hand net. I flew out perfectly and covered over my entire being as if guided by a hand I could not see and settled down just on top of me in the nick of time.
The screaming hoard of darts hit with a vengeance as before. I could see them pushing into the material trying to reach me. Their points showed through yet were stopped by the might of protection that had overshadowed me.
As quickly as they came they all dropped dead and spent to the ground. I was safe.
The funny thing is that I never felt threatened by the darts even though I knew they meant instant death. The protective shield gave me a peace that passed understanding.
I suddenly awoke.
I knew this was a spiritual message to me. As I prayed God revealed:
The darts were from Satan and were target to destroy me.
The strange place was the bareness of life that we must walk through at times.
The cloth shield was the shield of faith Eph 6:16.
The hand that guided it over me was Jesus.
Psalm 91:1-8
1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.” 3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence. 4 He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart. 5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day; 6 nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday. 7 A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you. 8 You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked.
Ephesians 6:10-18
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore, put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Good News of peace; 16 above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 18 with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints: