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WHY DO WE

DREAM?

One of lifes great

mysteries revealed

NIGHTMARES

How to conquer them

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Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations in Activated are from the New King

James Version of the Bible 1982 Thomas Nelson, Inc. When other versions are quoted,

some typographical changes have been made for the sake of clarity and uniformity.

People have been both fascinated and mysti-

fied by their dreams for as long as theyve been

dreaming, which is always. Questions about the

origin, nature, and meaning of our dreams are

nearly as numerous and diverse as the peoplewho dream, which is everyone.

Some scientists argue that a dream is a simple biological functiona

meaningless response of the cerebral cortex to random stimulation

from the brain stem. Other scientists, using hi-tech equipment such as

electroencephalographs, attempt to decipher and codify dreams. Many

psychiatrists and psychologists believe that a persons hidden feelings ofte

surface in dreams.

Those who are more spiritually oriented assert that dreams provide stron

proof for the existence of immaterial worlds and for divine knowledge and

destiny.

Researchers of the paranormal are intr igued by case histories of dreams

that foretold future events or resulted in scientific or technological discover

ies, such as Abraham Lincolns dream that he had been assassinated three

days before it happened, Otto Loewis dream that led to the discovery of

the chemical conduction of nerves and a 1936 Nobel Prize, and the Indian

mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujans dreams of various mathematical

formulas, which he later confirmed.

Dreams have also had an impact in the arts. Composers from Beethoven

to Billy Joel have composed music they heard in dreams. Artists have seen

original works in dreams and recreated them when they woke. So have film-

makers: Ingmar Bergman and Federico Fellini used scenes from their dreamin their movies Wild Strawberries and 8, respectively. Samuel Taylor

Coleridge said he had dreamed up to 300 lines of the poem Kubla Khan,

but after waking was able to get only 54 onto paper before being interrupted

Other literary works, including Robert Louis Stevensons The Strange Case

of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, have been generated by dreams.

How does God f igure into all this? Perhaps the prophet Daniel summed

up best: There is a God in Heaven who reveals secrets (Daniel 2:28).

Keith Phillips

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A dream

come true

BYFRANCESCO LU

-YEAR-OL D NELICAWASCONFINEDTO HE RBEDAND AWHEELCHAIR, but her imagination often took her to places shednever been. Parks, lakes, mountains, clouds, and stars wereall hers to explore. You see, Nelica had been severely disabledsince birth.

Nelica always wore a smile. People seeing her condition forthe first time couldnt imagine where she got that beautifulsmile. It was from God, she would tell them.

One night, Nelica dreamed about a wonderful gardenwhere Jesus was waiting for her. She saw herself in a beauti-ful pink dress with a long train and pearl beadwork, runningto Him. He greeted her with a big smile. Her dream madeher very happy. Sometimes she would draw it. Sometimesshe would sing it. She even wrote a poem about it.

Then her condition deteriorated quicker than expected.She grew weaker by the day. Soon she couldnt even sit

up on her own. For a month, her friends all visited often.Everyone knew that this was goodbye. That wonderfulsmile would soon be a memory.

Then the day arrived. The ambulance, the resuscita-tion, the frantic voices, the rush to the hospitalall

passed in a blur. Then peace.Nelica sat palely in her hospital bed, propped up by

pillows. Needles and tubes had been inserted all overher frail body. The doctors had done what they could,but everyone knew that the time of Nelicas departurehad come. Her mother cried softly as she read Nelicaa story.

Nelica moaned.Do you feel any pain, sweetheart? her mother

asked.No, Mama. Nelicas beaming smile was more

beautiful than ever. Im Home now, she saidecstatically. Im in the garden. Oh, Mama, thedress is so much more beautiful than I thought. Mama, here He comes! Hes smiling at me! Mama,it is so wonderful!

Nelica smiled one last time, and off she went.

FRANCESCO LUCIANISAFULL-TIMEVOLUNTEERWITHTHE FAMILY

INTERNATIONALIN MOLDOVA.

Detail from one of

Nelicas works of art. S

sculpted it with just two

fingers, as the otherswere paralyzed by then

Nelica at 11

Nelica dreamed about

a wonderful garden

where Je sus was

waiting for her.

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why

doweDREAM?

WASWONDERINGWHY I HAVESO

MANYOF THESEODDDREAMS that

I can only vaguely rememberand that seem to be virtuallymeaningless. Theyre notrevelations from God oranything, but theyre storydreams; they go on and onand keep my mind busy. I wasthinking about it, and a thoughtcame to me: Our immortalspirits dont need sleep. Id neverthought of that before. Whileour physical bodies are resting,our spirits need to be kept busy,so the Lord lets them travel andhave all kinds of experiences.Our spirits are learning in our

sleepeven making decisionsand choices!

Although our dreams may notalways seem to have any relationto our physical lives, the things

we experience in our dreamsinstruct and enlighten our spir-its, even while our bodies areasleep. Although our consciousminds may not grasp the mean-ing of all those experiences, ourspirits are learning, so its notwithout purpose or meaning.

The Lord also tests us in

our sleep. He puts our spiritsthrough experiences and les-

sons, and He also tests us. Hegives us examinations, just likein school. That may be why we

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sometimes have nightmares:While our bodies sleep, our spir-

its are battling spiritual forces. Ithink the Lord allows that to seewhat we will do, and what effectit will have on us, whether or notwe will make the right decisions,and whether or not we will callon Him for help.

Thats what came to mewhen I was wondering why wehave dreams that dont seemto have any particular signifi-cance or meaning, and yet weremember at least parts ofthem. Those dreams enlightenour spirits, even though wemay not grasp the meaning

with our conscious minds.Our conscious minds are not

always entirely aware of ourdreams, but sometimes we catchfleeting glimpses of those spiri-

tual experiences and remem-ber them. Theyre retained inour memory just long enoughthat when we wake up, we stillremember scenes and f leetingglimpses of what our spirit wasexperiencing. Its almost likeseeing a ghost; it appears andthen suddenly vanishes, like

faint memories of the past.The Lord is merciful to us in

that were mostly only consciousof the present. Weve got enoughproblems to take care of today,without vividly reliving experi-

ences of the past or taking tripsinto the future. So the Lord is

good to us by helping us forgetthe past and not know too muchabout the future. We can thankthe Lord for that!

Some people seem to havea stronger spiritual conscious-ness than others, and are able totranslate their dreams from thespiritual realm to the physical,from their subconscious to theirconscious mind, so that they canremember them. I rememberlots of dreams very vividly, eventhough sometimes they seem tohave no particular significanceor meaning.

Actually, nothing is everlost to the subconscious mind.Our subconscious minds arealways thinking, and thatswhere everything is registered

permanently. Our subconsciousmindsour spirits, in otherwordsremember everything.

Its a gift, in a sense, toremember the good things weexperience in our dreams, butits also undoubtedly a blessingthat we dont rememberevery-thingthat happens in our sleep.

It would be too much of a strainfor our minds to be burdened

with all that, when we have thepresent to worry about. Mostof us have got enough to thinkabout today!

With those dreamsI thinkI would call them learning

dreamswe dont necessar-ily have to remember them allbecause theyre designed andintended to enlighten, to teachour spirits. On the other handwhen were faced with havingto make a decision when wereawake that we have alreadyencountered in a dream, we arprobably more likely to makethe right one because we havelearned that lesson while wewere sleeping. I believe it!

Thank God for dreams!Theyre part of our spiritualeducation, as well as divine

guidance in the physical if theLord knows that we need toremember and apply them forsome reason. But weve gotenough to think about as we

go about our daily activitieswithout having to think aboutand relive these spirit tripsin our waking hours. If wedid, wed wind up living in adream world. Wed becomeso spiritually minded that wewouldnt be any earthly good!

In a dream, in a vision of

the night, when deep sleep fallupon men, while slumbering o

their beds, then [God] opensthe ears of men, and seals theiinstruction (Job 33:1516).

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BY DAVID BRANDT BERG

There lay one of the very

scenes from my dreamthe

small town and marina, the

likes of whic h I had ne ver

seen anywhere else!

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THE

MOUNTAIN ISLAND VILLA

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SRAEL, DECEMBER 6, 1970: I keep

having the same dream aboutan island with a mountain onit. On top of the mountain is a

large vil la, or mansion, and atthe foot of the mountain is acove with a beach.

It seems like Im alwayshaving a problem getting to andfrom this island. SometimesIm struggling to catch a boat,and sometimes I m in the water,swimming. Usually I have a hardtime climbing from the beach tothe villa. When I say mountain,

I dont mean a snowcappedmountain, nor do I mean alittle hill. Its only about oneor two thousand feet high, butprecipitous, and you really haveto do some rugged climbing toget up the path that leads fromthe beach to the top.

From the top there is a gor-geous view of the blue water, and

I can see the mainland off in thedistance. Not far away is a smallresort town.

Last night the dream wasclearer than its ever been. This

time we drove in from the rearof the villa, and a fairly short,refined, middle-aged womanwith curly neck-length blondehair invited us in.

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ENGLAND, APRIL 19, 1971:Afterdeciding to stop off in Cyprus,I had a flash that we might findthe mountain island villa there.In fact, my wife, Maria, had somuch faith that my recurringdream was based on reality that

she asked people and looked for clues every-

where we went.We eventually heard of Kyrenia, a small

resort town on the north shore that seemed to

fit the description. Everyone we talked to aboutit urged us to go there, saying it was the mostbeautiful part of Cyprus, but we were so busypacking and winding up our affairs in prepara-tion for our departure in two or three days thatI didnt see how we could possibly have time torun around chasing rainbows. Maria insisted,however, and now Im glad she did!

Despite my reluctance, we took an early morning bus to Kyrenia. We rolled quietly throughthe beautiful countryside until we caught our

first glimpse of the north shore, where themountains meet the sea. As we wound along themountainsides above the bright blue Mediterra-nean, our eyes eagerly darted in every directionhoping to spot the villa in my dreambut nosuch villa.

Finally we crawled through the narrow streetsof Kyrenia, an old fishing village that is now atourist destination. As we walked toward thewater looking for a scenic place to eat lunch, our

eyes caught sight of the ancient castle of Kyreniatowering out of the water, and we decided toinvestigate.

Castles and castle societies have alwaysinterested me, and we were soon fascinated

with this old crusader fortress and its networkof passageways, meeting rooms, dining halls,soldiers barracks, chapels, security towers andturrets, gates and fortifications. At last we cameout on the top of the wall, seeking a way backdown to the waterfront.

There, before my widened eyes, lay one of thvery scenes from my dreamthe small townand marina, the likes of which I had never seenanywhere else!

I remembered well the shops and cafs alongthe boardwalk on my left, and al l the smallboats docked on the right. Even the chairs andtables and umbrellas of the little sidewalk cafs

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were familiar to me, as well as the milling tour-ists and the men wearing little blue hats, who Ihad thought in my dream were sailors, but whoturned out to be UN troops keeping the peace

between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots.Despite the fact that I had now seen the town

and harbor from my dream, it was still hard tobelieve that the villa actually existed. I think Ifeared disappointment as much as anything, sowas almost afraid to look any further.

But I knew exactly which direction the villawas from the harbor, along with the approximatedistance, as this was all very clear to me in thedream, and I finally decided that a quick searchwould settle the matter one way or the other.

We hailed a taxi, and told the driver thatwe would give him directions as we went. Weexplained that we were looking for a large moun-taintop villa, somewhere to our left and overlook-ing the sea. He insisted that there was no such

place, but we were determined and had him keepdriving. When I felt that we had gone too far, westopped at a caf to ask for directions.

How do you tell people that youre looking fora place that you saw in a dream, and that belongs

to someone you met in a dream? I didnt exactlyknow, but I began describing the place in detailto the manager of the caf, his waiter, and thetaxi driver. They discussed it at length betweenthemselves, but couldnt think of anything.

Then I described the owner of the house indetaila fairly short woman in her fifties withblonde hair, who spoke English with an accentand lived alone. The description must have rung

a bell, because suddenly our driver exclaimed,Oh, yes! That would have to be Mrs. Goldstein!

Id forgotten about her place. Its the only oneon that side, and you cant even see it from theroad. So we clambered back into the cab, andwere on our way.

Only a mile or two from the town, he turnedonto a small dirt road, and I immediatelyrecognized it as the very road on which we had

On top

of the

mountain

is a larg

villa, or

mansion

and at th

foot of th

mountain

is a cove

with a

beach.

approached the villa in my lastdream. Sure enough, there wasthe villa!

There was a light in the

window, so hardly knowing whatto expect, we told our driver towait as we knocked. The dooropened, and Mrs. Goldsteingreeted usthe very woman I

had met in the dream!Of course, how to introduce

ourselves was somewhat of aproblem. By this t ime it was notthe best hour to make a socialcall to a stranger, but we gaveour names and told her a littleabout ourselves, trying not tosound entirely crazy. We ram-

bled on for a while, talking abouteverything else but why we had

come. Finally I took the plunge!Theres that frightening

moment when you stand teeter-ing on the tip of the diving board,high above the water, wonderingif you are going to hit it just rightand if you will survive. Then

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you lean forward, and gravitytakes over. There is that thrill -ing, suspenseful moment as youfall through the air, not knowing

exactly what awaits youandthen you hit the water with asplash! Suddenly youre glidingdeep below the surface and curv-ing beautifully upward, burstingout into the air with a sense ofgreat achievement and satis-faction. It wasnt as bad as youthought it was going to be! Youmade it! You came through safeand sound to live and try again!

The conversation moved on to exciting accountof other supernatural experiences that each of uhad had.

Here we were talking to the very lady in the

very house I had seen in a dream, and we had earlier eaten supper at the very village I had also seein the dream! We talked on into the night, andMrs. Goldstein insisted on taking us to a nearbyhotel so we could return in the morning and meesome of her other friends. I felt like I was stillin the same dream, and later that night I askedMaria to pinch me to see if I would wake upbutwasnt sleeping. We had actuallybeen there!

The next day, after visiting again with Nicoleand a few other friends, we finally had some timealone with Mrs. Goldstein. I had waited for thischance, as I wanted to talk with her about the reapurpose of our visit.

As the golden sunset reflected on the beautifulwater below, I got up the courage to ask the big

question. Mrs. Goldstein, maybe you can tell us,why are we here? It must be very important to theLord, because Ive been having this dream sincelong before I even knew I would visit Cyprus.

Mrs. Goldstein broke down and wept. I lost

my husband three years ago, she replied, andIve been very lonely ever since. I think God did formysake. He must have put you on my spirituaplane or channel, so that you could come and helme in some way.

I knew that meant she hoped we would prayfor her, and we did. We also told her how muchthe Lord must love her to have brought us so farto see her. She confessed that shed considered

suicide, but had been stopped by fear of death. Wtold her of the love of Jesus, and that it was His

love that had brought us to her, His love that haddone many miracles in our lives, and His love thawe live to share with others. Mrs. Goldstein lis -tened attentively, and finally opened her hurtingheart to the healing balm of the Lords love.

What lengths God will go to in order to lead uto those He wants to reach with His love! His lovand care know no bounds!

Nicole,

Maria,

Mrs.

Goldstein,

and David

Still not knowing what herreaction would be, I finally told

Mrs. Goldstein that I had firstseen her home and met her in a

dream. And believe it or not, sheaccepted that explanation andreceived us into her home withthe warmest of hospitality!

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A: OUR DREAMSARE OFTEN

DIRECTLYINFLUENCED BY OU R

DAYTIMETHOUGHTS, so if the lastthing you think about before bedis the bad dream you had thenight before, its not surprisingthat you have more of the same.One key to breaking the cycle isto notthink or worry about it asyou drift off to sleep, but of course

that can be easier said than done.In combating bad dreams, it s alsoimportant to understand wherethey come from.

The Bible tells us that we are

all engaged in a spiritual warawar of good versus evil that ourspirits continue to be involvedin even while our bodies sleep.We wrestle not against flesh andblood, but against principal ities,against powers, against therulers of the darkness ofthis world, against spiritual

wickedness in high places(Ephesians 6:12 KJV).

Nightmares are often frag-mented memories from thatspiritual warfare. The ugly orfrightening pictures that weremember are a weapon thatthe enemies of our soultheDevil and his minionstry touse against us. But we who have

ANSWERS

TO YOUR

QUESTIONS

Q: Ive been having

bad dreams lately,

and it seems the

more I worry about

having another one,the more likely I am

to. How can I break

this vicious cycle?

received Jesus as our Saviorhave power over the Devil and allof his devices, including night-mares. He [Jesus] who is in youis greater than he [the Devil]who is in the world (1 John 4:4).

We often wake from a night-mare remembering mainlythe evil, but if we are on theLords side, we can be sure that

we were actually victorious inthe spiritual battle. Our spiri-tual enemy doesnt want us toremember the victory, only thebattle. He tries to strike fear in

our hearts, but we have nothingto fear. If we have Jesus, wereon the winning side! If we willcry out to the Lord, either in oursleep or when we wake, He willdeliver us every t ime!

The warfare is constant, butthe enemys tactics change. Helooks for any weak spot in our

spiritual defenses, and attacksthere. Sometimes we make

ourselves vulnerable by failingto pray and commit everythingto the Lord before going tosleep. Sometimes we carry theproblems or worries of the dayto bed with us, and these aremagnif ied in our dreams. Some-times the Devil and his imps

try to trouble our sleep or keus awake so we wont get thephysical rest we need. Sometimes he tries to get us to dothe Lords power. Sometimestries to discourage us.

Whatever tactic he may tryto use on you, there are twoproactive measures you can tato create a force field of spirit

protection around you andthereby foil his plan:

First, before retiring, commeverything to the Lord. AskHim to li ft the burden of any

unresolved problems or worrifrom the day, and to protect yspirit through the night. Prayspecifically against bad dreamand for good ones.

Second, take a few minutesstrengthen your connection wthe Lord and get in a happy, vtorious frame of mind by coun

ing your blessings, praisingHim for His goodness, readin

some encouraging, faith-building thoughts from His Word, listening to music that glorifieHim and lifts your spirit.

Here are a few specificpromises from the Bible that ycan claim for good dreams answeet, restful sleep:

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I will both lie down in peace,and sleep; for You alone, OLord, make me dwell in safety(Psalm 4:8).

You shall not be afraid of theterror by night (Psalm 91:5a).

The Lord will command Hisloving kindness in the daytime,and in the night His song shallbe with mea prayer to the God

of my life (Psalm 42:8).My soul shall be satisfied as

with marrow and fatness, andmy mouth shall praise You withjoyful lips. When I remember

You on my bed, I meditateon You in the night watches(Psalm 63:56).

He gives His beloved sleep(Psalm 127:2b).

When you lie down, youwill not be afraid; yes, you willlie down and your sleep will besweet (Proverbs 3:24).

Be anxious for nothing, butin everything by prayer and

supplication, with thanksgiving,let your requests be madeknown to God; and the peaceof God, which surpasses allunderstanding, will guard yourhearts and minds throughChrist Jesus (Philippians4:67).

BAD DREAM?

maybe its a matterof interpretationOnce a king dreamed that all his teeth had fallen out.

Immediately he sent for one of his wise men to interpret the

dream. With a sad countenance and mournful voice, the wise

man told the king that the dream meant that all his relatives

would die and that he would be left alone. This angered the king

and he drove the servant from his presence.

Another wise man was called, and the king told him of the

dream. At this, the wise man smiled, and replied, Rejoice, O

King; the dream means that you will live yet many years. In fact,

you will outlive all your relatives. This pleased the king a great

deal, and in his joy he gave the interpreter a rich reward.

FEEDING READING

DreamsThe God connection

God can speak to us throughdreams.

Genesis 28:1216

Numbers 12:6

1 Kings 3:515

Job 33:1517

Jeremiah 23:28

Matthew 1:20

Acts 2:17

God can also warn us through

dreams.

Genesis 31:24

Matthew 2:1213

Matthew 2:1923

Outstanding prophetic dreamsof the Bible

Genesis 41:2432

Judges 7:1315

Daniel chapter 2

Daniel chapter 4

Daniel chapter 7

Not all dreams are messages

from God.

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some foreign traders making theirway to Egypt.

After many years as a trustedsteward in the household ofPotiphar, the captain of Pharaohsguard, Joseph found himselfunjustly locked away in the kingsdungeons. Potiphars wife hadtried to seduce him, but whenJoseph had consistently refused her

advances, she had falsely accusedhim of trying to rape her. TheLord was with Joseph, though,and soon the keeper of the prisoncommitted the daily running of theprison into Josephs hands.

More years passed beforeJosephs life was once againshaped by dreams.

For offenses not explained in theBible, Pharaoh had his chief butler

and chief baker cast into prisonthe one over which Joseph was thede facto warden.

One night, the butler and bakerboth had strange dreams and woketroubled. Joseph asked why theywere sad, and they told him, Weeach have had a dream, and there isno interpreter of it.

And Joseph said to them, Donot interpretations belong to GoTell them to me.

Then the chief butler told hisdream. Behold, in my dream avine was before me, and in thevine were three branches; it wasas though it budded, its blossomshot forth, and its clusters brougforth ripe grapes. Then Pharaohcup was in my hand; and I tookthe grapes and pressed them intPharaohs cup, and placed the cuin Pharaohs hand.

This is the interpretation,Joseph told the butler. The thrbranches are three days. Withinthree days Pharaoh will lift upyour head and restore you to youplace of service. Then Josephadded, Remember me when it

well with you. Make mention ome to Pharaoh, and get me out this prison.

When the chief baker saw ththe interpretation of the butlersdream was good, he told his owdream to Joseph. I also was in dream, and there were three whbaskets on my head. In the uppemost basket there were all kindsbaked goods for Pharaoh, and t

birds ate them out of the basketmy head.

The interpretation of the bakdream wasntgood, so one canimagine Josephs inward strugglhe explained what God had shohim: The three baskets are thredays. Within three days Pharaowill lift off your head from you a

6dreams

WO DREAMSWERE

TH ESTARTOF JOSEPHSTROUBLES.

Hear this dream which Ihave dreamed, Joseph told his 11brothers. There we were, bindingsheaves in the field, when my sheafstood upright and your sheavesbowed down to my sheaf.

In Josephs second dream, thesun, the moon, and 11 stars hadbowed to him.

The meanings of the dreamswere obvious. Even his father,Jacob, who loved Joseph more thanany of his other sons, took offenseand rebuked him publicly.

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hang you on a tree; and the birdswill eat your flesh from you.

Three days later, which hap-pened to be Pharaohs birthday, thebutler was restored to his butler-ship and the baker was hanged,exactly as Joseph had predictedaccording to his interpretations oftheir dreams. However, the butlerquickly forgot about Joseph, whocontinued to languish in prison.

Two years later, Pharaoh hadtwo dreams the same night. Inthe first, seven healthy cows weredevoured by seven ugly, gauntcows. In the second, seven headsof grain came up on one stalk,plump and good. Then seven thinheads, blighted by the east wind,sprang up and devoured the sevenfull heads.

When Pharaoh awoke, he calledfor his magicians and wise mento interpret the dreams for him,but none of them could. Finally,the butler came forward and toldPharaoh about Joseph and his abil-ity to interpret dreams. Pharaohsummoned Joseph from prison.

As Pharaoh related his dreams,the Lord showed Joseph that Hewas giving Pharaoh a glimpse into

the regions future. There would beseven years of plenty, followed byseven years of severe famine. TheLords message to Pharaoh wasthat he should prepare for the yearsof famine by stockpiling provisionsduring the years of abundance.

Josephs counsel pleasedPharaoh, and he chose Joseph for

the job of overseeing the collectionand storage of the surpluses duringthe seven good years. He alsoelevated Joseph to second-in-com-mand over all the land of Egypt.

But what about Josephs dreamsof his brothers and parents payinghomage to him?

A few years later when thefamine reached Josephs nativeland of Canaan, Jacob sent Josephsolder brothers to Egypt to buygrain, and they bowed before Pha-raohs deputy, who unbeknownstto them was their younger brother.Joseph then concocted a complexscheme to find out whether theywere repentant, and when he wasconvinced they were, he revealedhimself to them.

As we read Josephs story in

Genesis chapters 37 through 50,we cant help but be struck by howhis character was molded by hisreversals of fortune. From spoiledboy to lowly slave, to trustedservant, to condemned man,and finally to Pharaohs right-hand man, each twist and turnconformed to the making of God sman and the working of Gods

and the making of a man

BY RONAN KEANE

plan. Perhaps Joseph summedit up best when, referring to hisbeing sold into slavery, he told hirepentant brothers, God meant for good (Genesis 50:20).

Pharaoh invited Jacob and allof his clan to move to Egypt,and gave them the ferti le land ofGoshen, where Jacobs descendenprospered for the next 400 yearsThe pieces to another dramathof Moses and the Exoduswerebeing put into place.

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reports that much of the Temple has already be

prefabricated and is waiting to be assembled. T

Temple Institute has also already fabricated the

sacred vessels and garments to be used in the

Temple, and has these on display in their head-

quarters. Photographs of some of these can be

viewed on the Temple Institute Web site: http://

www.templeinstitute.org/main.html.

The first Temple was built under the direction

King Solomon and dedicated in 960 BC (1 Chro

cles 22:119; 1 Kings, chapters 57). To facilit

the building of the first Temple, a retaining wall

was built around the summit of Mount Moriah, a

the area inside the wall leveled. Part of this retaing wallreferred to in recent centuries as the

Wailing Wallremains today. The foundation of

ancient Temples altar was the rock upon which

Abraham started to sacrifice Isaac. After looting

the Temple during his first attack (2 Kings 24:1

Babylons King Nebuchadnezzar burned it to the

ground in 586 BC (2 Kings 25:9,1317).

Cyrus, king of Persia (which conquered Baby-

lon), authorized the return of the Jewish captive

the return of the Temple vessels Nebuchadnezz

had looted, and the reconstruction of the Templ

which was finished in 516 BC (Ezra, chapter 1).

In 19 BC, Herod the Great, the Rome-appoint

client-king of Judea, began enlarging and beauti

fying the Temple complex. The project was com-

pleted in 64 AD, during the rule of Agrippa II. Th

Temple was razed by the Romans only six years

later, fulfilling Jesus prophecy in Matthew 24:2

Do you not see all these [temple buildings]?

A

CCORDING TO BIBLE

PROPHECY, the event that

will clearly mark the start

of the Antichrists seven-

year reign is the signing of a pact

or covenant: He [the Antichrist]

shall confirm a covenant with

many for one week [seven years]

(Daniel 9:27a). Because the pact

is called a holy covenant in

Daniel 11:2830, it appears to

have something to do with religion

or religious rights.

One widely held view is thatthe covenant will, in part, make

it possible for the Jews to rebuild

their Temple on Mount Moriah in

Jerusalem. The rebuilding of the

Temple is an important Endtime

event because it is crucial to

the fulfillment of other key Bible

prophecies, some of which also

involve the ancient Jewish practice

of blood offerings, which can only

be carried out in the Temple in

Jerusalem. (Blood offerings ceased

in 70 AD, when the Romans razed

the last Temple.)

There is now a drive in Israel and

among Jews worldwide, spear-

headed by the Temple Institute situ-

ated in Old Jerusalem, to rebuild

the Temple. There have even been

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THE TEMPLE

AND THE LAST

SEVEN YEARS

BYSCOTTMACGREGORAND JOSEPH CANDEL

Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left

here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

In 687 AD, Abd al-Malik, the fifth Caliph of the

Arab Umayyad dynasty, built a shrine called the

Dome of the Rock over the rock that he believed

was previously the altar rock in the Jewish

Templea site that is also sacred to Muslims

because it is from here that the prophet Muham-

mad is believed to have made his miraaj, or night

journey, into the heavens. The Dome of the Rock

still standsand this is the crux of the problem:

The Muslims would never agree to the destruction

of the Dome of the Rock so the Jewish Temple can

be rebuilt on this site, and it is extremely unlikelythat the Jews would ever consider rebuilding their

Temple anywhere else.

We dont yet know how this conflict will be

resolved, but it could happen with the Antichrists

seven-year covenant. And because Jerusalem is

the most holy city to the Jews, as well as the third

most holy city to the Muslims (after Mecca and

Medina), and also holy to Christians, its possible

that the covenant will declare Jerusalem an inter-

national city and assure free and equal access

and worship to people of all faiths.

Two recent developments are particularly

significant to Bible prophecy, and both are

related to the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple:

In January 2005, the Sanhedrinthe highest

ruling body and court of justice among the Jewish

people in the time of Jesusconvened for

the first time in 1,600 years. Two weeks later,

on February 9, 2005, the Sanhedrin began to

consider the rebuilding of the Temple

and reinstitution of ancient animal

sacrifices as commanded in the Law

of Moses.

The most difficult problem is

to determine exactly where the

previous Temples foundations are.

The Sanhedrin determined that there

are only two viable theories. One

holds that the Temple stood where

the Dome of the Rock now stands.

The second theory holds that the

Temple stood north of the Dome

of the Rock. Dr. Asher Kaufman

developed this second theory, based

on certain archeological findings. If

the second theory proves true, that

means the Temple can be rebuilt

alongside the Dome of the Rock,

without disturbing it.

The fact that a reestablished

Sanhedrin is now considering the

rebuilding of the Temple after 2,000

years is extremely important to

Bible prophecy. Are we nearing the

final events that will lead up to the

Second Coming of Jesus? It certainly

seems so!

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a waste of time, because without it you wouldnt live lon

enough to enjoy all the time youd save by not sleeping.And thats not the half of it!

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Freer from the mental habits, material concerns, and

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spirit is more attuned to the spirit world when your bod

is asleep. This gives Me time and opportunity to work in

your life in ways that Im not always able to when you ar

preoccupied with other things. Sleep is a learning timeand sometimes a testing time. Its also a time when your

spirit can explore realms and discover truths that your

mortal mind cant fathom. But most of all, I want it to b

a loving timea time when you can tap into My Spirit,

experience My love in fuller measure, and learn to let it

guide your thoughts and decisions. Thats easier than yo

may think. All you need to do is commit any unfinishe

business or problems of the day to Me and ask Me to

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perfect peace at My side. Leave behind the problems and

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Marvel at all I have in store for all those who love Me.

Thrill to wonders of My love!

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