Pg. 59: The Skyscraper church building and the Foreman

The Foreman in the Skyscraper:  

  • A dream of the night (apprx. 2004′)

Some context:

In 1973′ or so when I was about 13 years of age our family went deep into Mexico for a month’s vacation. I remember touring inside a few old Catholic churches. I was struck with how elaborately the interiors were decorated with gold architectural appointments while outside I witnessed the people living in squalid thrown together shacks…in poverty.

Dream: 

  • I stood in an upper room, to the side and overlooking, the ground floor of a church building (a sanctuary with pews and a pulpit).
  • The ceiling was extremely high like a skyscraper (like a hollowed out skyscraper).
  • It seemed to be a North American structure in the latter stages of construction.
  • The upper room that I was in was unfinished, and had an open pony wall from which I could see the sanctuary and the large open spaces above it.
  • There were men working. Some of them sat suspended high above the floor, in bosun chairs (they look like a child’s swing) installing architectural appointments to the walls.
  • Then I saw a young man about the same age as I was when I visited the Catholic church building at 13-14 years old. He walked down the center aisle between the two rows of pews, headed towards the pulpit. As he walked the workers seemed to take notice of him and were displeased with his presence.
  • Then a man entered the upper room that I was in through a doorway covered by long hanging thick, clear plastic 6 inch wide slats, like those I have seen in large refrigerated spaces, meant to prevent transfer of air from one space to the next. Or on a construction site these curtains help prevent dust from traveling while still providing visibility. 
  • He was upwards of 30 years of age and wore a carpenter’s tool apron. (There are two kinds of foremen: the kind that wear tool belts and work with their hands, and those who don’t).
  • His was an air of utterly confident command, a leader to be followed. Entirely competent and good, I would follow Him anywhere. I know him as Jesus, I know Him by His character. 
  • He spoke and said to me, “Don’t worry, I’m going to take charge.”