The American Dream (redux)

(This blog post first appeared on September 24, 2009.)

THE DREAM

Early this morning I had a dream.

I only remember my dreams if I wake up right after I have them.

After I awoke I looked at the clock and it was 3:33 a.m.

This is my dream.

I saw four open pits with cinder block walls. They shared a mutual wall on the back side and the outer left and right pits had individual outer walls. Each inner wall was shared with the pit on either side.

They were like ovens, but were in the open and had no tops to them. There were small amounts of wood not consumed in the fires, but most were all out if not completely.

The pit closest to me still had a smoldering flame and a man who was darker in skin color and had shorter dark, but curly hair and a mustache.

I don’t remember his pants color, but he had a tee shirt with an open light blue shirt over his tee shirt.

I got the impression that it was important to him to get this task completed.

He was a worker of great importance.

He had a pole that fanned out at the end into like a huge spatula, one that you could find in a pizza parlor.

He went into the pit and tramped on the smoldering parts to expedite the process by breaking off loose pieces of charred wood.

As he turned over the wood with the spatula, he went back to break off more pieces of charred wood and he picked up the remaining piece of wood in his hands.

I noticed that it was an eagle with its wings spread out as if in full flight with its head looking down.

I remember thinking how beautiful it was. Well crafted.

How could this be?

I could see the detail of the wings and the tail feathers and sense the might of this creature.

I particularly noticed how large its beak was and thought that it was looking for prey.

THE INTERPRETATION

I have a lot of ideas on the symbols of this dream, but what I am sure about is God’s Word as quoted here in Joel:

Joel 2:27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.

Joel 2:28 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:

Joel 2:29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.

Joel 2:30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

Joel 2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.

Joel 2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.

I think some of the symbols of the dream are obvious and it frightens me yet I know that God is on the throne.

Maranatha.

(Thanks to Bob Wilson.)