“He’s one of us now!”
“He’s one of us now” (a dream of the night 7-1-05)
- I was in a room, and before me there was a raised, seated row of judges, like the seating for the supreme court justices…
- They were all looking to be in rough shape: tattered clothing, with a roughened appearance, like they had all been through tough times.
- I stood before them, like one to be judged, or like one to plead his case.
- Then there was a woman, in similar condition to the others, but standing, also before the judges, with a bandaged lame foot, wearing sandals…(5-1-20 Fr: their glory was not in fine clothing here but in their faith, which remained, while yet wounded and in tatters).
- And regarding me she said, adamantly, “He’s one of us now!”
- Then I showed them a set of handcuffs that I had in my bag. The handcuffs must be my testimony: that I was freed from the bondage of sin.²
- I believe battle worn judges were the persecuted saints of old.¹
¹ All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. HEBREWS 11:13 NASB
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.11.13.NASB
¹ and others experienced mockings and scourgings, yes, also chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tempted, they were put to death with the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated (men of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and holes in the ground. And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised, because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect. HEBREWS 11:36-40 NASB
https://bible.com/bible/100/heb.11.36-40.NASB
5-2-20 Sa. 8:54am: from today’s Spurgeon email…timely, as I was meditating on this dream yesterday, by grace…
Evening: “These all died in faith.” Hebrews 11:13
Behold the epitaph of all those blessed saints who fell asleep before the coming of our Lord! It matters nothing how else they died, whether of old age, or by violent means; this one point, in which they all agree, is the most worthy of record, “they all died in faith.” In faith they lived–it was their comfort, their guide, their motive and their support; and in the same spiritual grace they died, ending their life-song in the sweet strain in which they had so long continued. They did not die resting in the flesh or upon their own attainments; they made no advance from their first way of acceptance with God, but held to the way of faith to the end. Faith is as precious to die by as to live by.
Dying in faith has distinct reference to the past. They believed the promises which had gone before, and were assured that their sins were blotted out through the mercy of God. Dying in faith has to do with the present. These saints were confident of their acceptance with God, they enjoyed the beams of his love, and rested in his faithfulness. Dying in faith looks into the future. They fell asleep, affirming that the Messiah would surely come, and that when he would in the last days appear upon the earth, they would rise from their graves to behold him. To them the pains of death were but the birth-pangs of a better state. Take courage, my soul, as thou readest this epitaph. Thy course, through grace, is one of faith, and sight seldom cheers thee; this has also been the pathway of the brightest and the best. Faith was the orbit in which these stars of the first magnitude moved all the time of their shining here; and happy art thou that it is thine. Look anew tonight to Jesus, the author and finisher of thy faith, and thank Him for giving thee like precious faith with souls now in glory.
² So now, I will break his yoke bar from upon you, And I will tear off your shackles.” NAHUM 1:13 NASB
https://bible.com/bible/100/nam.1.13.NASB
² For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace. ROMANS 6:14 NASB
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.6.14.NASB
² But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. ROMANS 6:22-23 NASB
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.6.22-23.NASB
²Subject: Wednesday’s Bible art: 1 Corinthians 7:22. From: Verse of the Day communications@faithlifemail.com
Sent to me Wednesday, June 19, 2019, 2:01 AM
A courtroom similar to what I saw in the dream…
