I had a lucid dream that started with timelapsed clouds racing in the sky and me standing in an empty field with Greek or Roman ruins in the distance. I was suddenly drawn extremely close to the ruins and there was a lion sitting on top of one of the columns. He was extremely frightening and loud. I was told in my dream that the ruins were human knowledge and the lion ruled over it. Then I saw a lamb in a field next to me, which look helpless, but unafraid. I tried to yell out to the lamb, but he did not hear me. The lion pounced and killed the lamb, but was unable to eat him. He tried and tried to eat the lamb, but he could not. When he turned and noticed me, the lamb disappeared and the lion moved towards me. I was petrified and he leaped at me......but is was not to be; the lion was stopped by two strands of bobbed wire separating the fields. The wire was not even the height of the lion, but he was unable to pass. He continued to try over and over again. The dream ended when I was returned to the middle of the field I started in
Wow... I'm not quick to interpret anymore, because I came to the place of considering most of what the typical Christian receives to be uninspired. But this one has a distinct feature I don't see very often aspen, and that's the part about being told what something is during the dream. That in and of itself wouldn't necessarily make it inspired, but combined with the content it makes things interesting.
So let me take a stab at it. I essentially know what it means if it is from God, because I have a copy of a vision that essentially teaches the same thing. It's talking about a future where worldly philosophies are going to try to "kill" off Christian thought and influence altogether in the Western world (including in America).
Ok, line by line:
- "
time-lapsed clouds racing in the sky and me standing in an empty field with Greek or Roman ruins in the distance." = "time-lapsed clouds racing" is an allusion to the speeding up of time, and the Greek and Roman ruins represents the Western world, which is built upon the Greek and Roman civilizations. In other worlds, the dream is about the future of the Western world.
- "
I was suddenly drawn extremely close to the ruins and there was a lion sitting on top of one of the columns. He was extremely frightening and loud. I was told in my dream that the ruins were human knowledge and the lion ruled over it." = This is an obvious allusion to 1 Peter 5:8 and Genesis 2:9. Satan is a roaring lion going about seeking those whom he can destroy, and in the Genesis account he is the one who first led mankind to destruction by convincing Eve to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Humanistic
philosophies are also alluded to by the columns in the Greek and Roman ruins, and scripture warns that worldly philosophies are also a danger (Colossians 2:8).
- "
Then I saw a lamb in a field next to me, which look helpless, but unafraid. I tried to yell out to the lamb, but he did not hear me. The lion pounced and killed the lamb, but was unable to eat him. He tried and tried to eat the lamb, but he could not." = The Lamb here is Christ, i.e. the
Word of God made flesh, so the Lion who rules over human knowledge killing the Word of God would mean Satan will completely kill off the use of the Word of God in Western society, likely through governmental and political influence (though this is admittedly supposition on my part). However, he will not be able to "eat" the Lamb, i.e. destroy the Word entirely. In other words, he will not be able to get rid of its existence; he will only be able to kill off its use and influence.
- "
When he turned and noticed me, the lamb disappeared and the lion moved towards me. I was petrified and he leaped at me......but is was not to be; the lion was stopped by two strands of bobbed wire separating the fields. The wire was not even the height of the lion, but he was unable to pass. He continued to try over and over again. The dream ended when I was returned to the middle of the field I started in." = You being returned to the field you started in represents being returned to the present. You in this dream likely represent the church, aspen. I don't want to make too much out of it, but in a dream with a broad scope like this the Christian receiving the dream usually represents the church, or at least the obedient portion of the church that poses a threat to Satan, which he will try to attack. I noticed both you and the Lamb are in other fields from the Lion. This likely represents the church, which is described in scripture as the flock of the Great Shepherd, imagery which is also suggested here by Christ being represented as a Lamb. So the meaning is, Satan will try to attack the Word of God present in the church once he has eliminated its influence completely in the world. The two strands of barbed wire "separating the fields" from each other represents something that protects that the word of God in the church from Satan's power. I would have to pray about what those two strands represent.
Again, I can't promise you this dream is inspired. I'm simply giving you what the interpretation likely is if it is. But let me see if I can't find you the vision I was alluding to that teaches the same thing. I'll post it to this thread when I have some time later.
Blessings in Christ, aspen, and thanks for sharing your dream.
Hidden
