A Dream And A Warning

Monday night I had a dream. All day Tuesday I spent my time contemplating the dream and its meaning and, more importantly what I was supposed to do with it. I hardly remember any of the details except for three words and a message that was personal for me. It’s those three words and the message that comes with them that I wish to share with you and I pray that you will consider these things with much prayer and trembling.

Recently someone called me an optimist. I have never seen myself as such though as a general rule I will try to look for the good in about any situation if I think it’s there. Even in my more recent “rants” in the end I have pointed out that G-D is in control and for me that’s enough and I am content. This writing today is not going to be like that, there is indeed hope at the end of it all, which I will share at a later time, but it’s the warning that I want you to take seriously and prayerfully.

The three words that came to me were whistle, horn, and Isaiah. At first I had thought that it was whistler’s horn so I took to the internet thinking that I might find an answer there, which, of course, I did not. I did find many references to “Whistlers Mother” a very famous painting and I found a mention on a small device that is put on a trumpet and it gives it a different sound. It could be argued that I found at least part of the message there because what you are going to hear from me is going to be a different sound then you are used to. I then realized that the answer was right in front of me and that was Isaiah. I went to Biblegateway.com and typed in the word “whistle” because I thought that I had read somewhere about G-D whistling and sure enough I found two references in Isaiah and one in Zechariah.

I read the verses in question, Isaiah. 5:25-27, 7:17-19, and Zech.10:7-9 and while the word “whistle” was used, I really wasn’t sure what the message was supposed to be from it, so I decided that I would read the whole passages and see what came from that and it was then that it hit me like a ton of bricks what was being said in Isaiah 5 and this will be my focus.

Isaiah 5:1 says the following, and this is the key that told me that this is what G-D wanted me to tell you, “Now let me sing to my Well-beloved A song of my Beloved regarding His vineyard: My Well-beloved has a vineyard On a very fruitful hill.”

 I took this verse and the chapter and looked at it on another program that I have that gives you the Hebrew translation as well, and it was there that my first round of goose bumps started. I discovered that the word for “hill” is translated as “in Horn of” it has several meanings but the fact that the very first verse contained one of the words in Hebrew that I had dreamed about really got my attention, I then read the rest of the chapter and I was surprised at what I found .

Starting with Verse one and going until verse four, G-D is giving a description of a vineyard that He has planted, He has done everything just the way that He is supposed too and yet the end result is wild grapes instead of cultured grapes. Then inverses 5 and 6 G-D makes it very clear what He is going to do with that vineyard; “ And now, please let Me tell you what I will do to My vineyard:  I will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned;  And break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down. I will lay it waste; It shall not be pruned or dug, But there shall come up briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds. That they rain no rain on it.” 

This was a message to the Hebrew people but I believe that it is a warning for us to day as well. We were once a nation of people who feared and worshipped G-D. Our founding fathers understood the need for G-D in our laws and in our constitution. They understood that real freedom comes from the hand of G-D and they formed our constitution based on that understanding and we were a blessed nation. We became the envy of the world and people from every nation in the world flocked to our shores to have a piece of that freedom that comes with G-D based laws. Some will argue and say that we shouldn’t have had slavery and we shouldn’t have taken the Indians land and I agree, but at the same time we were blessed and this really isn’t about the politics, it’s about the fact that our nation was based on Hebraic law and we were once a blessed people we have tossed that all aside and we are now beginning to pay the price for that.

Before I go on let us talk for a moment about verse 7. This is where some of you or even perhaps all of you will disagree with me, and honestly it doesn’t matter, because I have been told to give you this message and so I will do so, but I want you to consider verse 7 for a moment and then see if you “see” what I see from the rest of the verses.

Verse 7: “For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are His pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but be hold, oppression;  For righteousness, but behold, a cry for help.

Please note that here you have a distinct separation between the house of Israel and the house of Judah. Judah is very obvious because they are currently in the land of Israel and are commonly called the Jews, but what about the “house of Israel?” Where are they?

There are many Jewish scholars and historians that believe that the lost tribes of Israel are scattered over Europe, North America, to include Mexico and Canada as well as Central and South America. For the purposes of this writing I am not going to get into a whole lot of detail as to how they draw that conclusion except to say that I believe it to be true and they base this on historical records and Biblical texts. You can research it yourself on their website BritAm.com.

This warning is given to both the house of Judah and the house of Israel and if what I believe is true then G-D is sending us a very distinct warning as to what is to come.

You see He doesn’t just give us a warning, He also gives us a description of what the people and their governments are like just before these things happen.

Now look at verses 8-25 and think about what you are reading, see if any of this fits as to what is happening in our world and particularly our nation today.

Woe to those who join house to house; They add field to field, Till there is no place  Where they may dwell alone in the midst of the land! In my hearing the LORD of hosts said  ,truly, many houses shall be desolate, Great and beautiful ones, without inhabitant. For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield one ephah.” Woe to those who rise early in the morning, that they may follow intoxicating drink; who continue until night, till wine inflames them! The harp and the strings, the tambourine and flute, and wine are in their feasts; But they do not regard the work of the LORD, Nor consider the operation of His hands. Therefore my people have gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge; their honorable men are famished, And their multitude dried up with thirst. Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself and opened its mouth beyond measure; their glory and their multitude and their pomp, And he who is jubilant, shall descend into it. People shall be brought down, each man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled. But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness. Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture, And in the waste places of the fat ones strangers shall eat. Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, And sin as if with a cart rope; That say, “Let Him make speed and hasten His work, That we may see it; And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, That we may know it.” Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! Woe to men mighty at drinking wine, Woe to men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink, Who justify the wicked for a bribe, And take away justice from the righteous man! Therefore, as the fire devours the stubble, and the flame consumes the chaff, So their root will be as rottenness, And their blossom will ascend like dust; Because they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. Therefore the anger of the LORD is aroused against His people; He has stretched out His hand against them and stricken them, and the hills trembled. Their carcasses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. 

Do you see any similarities? We are a people who have become full of greed and corruption. Our officials are bought off daily by big corporations and we are so busy being entertained that we don’t see the corruption in our governments or in our churches.

We know more about what is going on in American Idol and what is coming out in the theaters then we do the things of G-D. Why is that? Because we prefer mind numbing entertainment then the words of our creator. It is so much easier to watch the idiot box then to actually take the time to pray and find out the things that G-D really wants from us. We refuse to confront our leaders and point them to the word and call them on their corruption. We have kicked G-D out of almost every aspect of our lives and even in the churches, many times, people come for the entertainment rather then the word. We don’t want to hear that there is a way to live and that G-D requires it of us. We are afraid that we might offend someone if we call them on the carpet for sin and corruption. In short we have abandoned His word and His precepts, have essentially told G-D we don’t need Him or even believe in Him any more and corruption has taken it place.

The irony of it all is when I hear these same people ,who are either allowing this evil to take place or are even participating in it, say stupid things such as why has G-D abandoned us or why are all these bad things happening to us? It’s simple; If you throw out G-D, evil will take His place.

Do you really think that it’s just some freak of nature that is causing all this weird weather around the world? Flooding in Australia, Heavy winter snows in Europe and North America. Deep freezes here in the south, warm weather in the Artic. Typhoons in the Pacific, earthquakes all over the world, volcanoes erupting, not to mention the massive amounts of dead birds, fishes and bees. The Gulf of Mexico poisoned beyond all measure. Do you really believe this is mere coincidence?

One of my favorite shows is the X files and at the end of one of the episodes, Scully makes a comment that I think is very fitting, she said “What I am afraid of is that G-D is speaking to us but were just not listening.” This is very fitting for what is going on today.

G-D is trying to get our attention and He is using, for the moment, subtle ways to get our attention. His desire is not to destroy us but to return us to His word and to heal the land, but if we don’t return and do so soon there is worse to come.

Keep in mind that G-D sent multiple prophets to His people over a period of time, calling for them to repent and turn back to them and every time that they refused G-D would send another prophet and the predictions would get worse. It finally got to the point of where He did exactly what He said  He was going to do and the land of Israel, along with many of the nations round them, were brought into captivity and the cities destroyed.

This is what is going to happen to us if we don’t turn our hearts back to G-D and follow His ways. He has warned us. It happened before and it will happen now.

Read the rest of the chapter and draw your own conclusions but I believe that it is a warning for us that a captivity is coming for us as well, whether it be from our own government or from an outside enemy, make no mistake G-D will do it if it is the only way to turn us back to Him. Consider; “He will lift up a banner to the nations from afar, and will whistle to them from the end of the earth; Surely they shall come with speed, swiftly. ²⁷ No one will be weary or stumble among them, No one will slumber or sleep; Nor will the belt on their loins be loosed,  Nor the strap of their sandals be broken;  ²⁸ Whose arrows are sharp, And all their bows bent; Their horses’ hooves will seem like flint, And their wheels like a whirlwind. ²⁹ Their roaring will be like a lion, they will roar like young lions; yes, they will roar and lay hold of the prey; they will carry it away safely, and no one will deliver. ³⁰ In that day they will roar against them like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks to the land, Behold, darkness and sorrow; and the light is darkened by the clouds.

If this seems to you to be little more then a message of gloom and doom, then you have missed the point, if you think that I am crazy and are making claims of knowing what G-D is doing then again you have missed the point. If in the end you simply decide that I am little more then a raving lunatic, I simply give you this warning; G-D said it was going to happen before and it did, so rest assured it will happen again, but more importantly when your world has collapsed and everything that you thought that you knew turns out to be lie, you will not be able to claim that you were not warned.

Ignacio