Two nights back, I had a dream I can’t shake, so I’m documenting it here. At first, I was looking out over a large body of water from its edge. It looked like a sea; I couldn’t see the far side. As I watched, the water heaped up on itself until it looked like a mountain in the distance. It finally registered that this was a wave, vastly bigger than any other, a tsunami that would soon hit the coast & submerge everything. I turned away, shouting to everyone a tidal wave was coming, so run!
Next thing I knew, I was in a utility truck. The workers pulled in behind one of their buildings, a small one-story station on the coast, up the beach a ways but still on the sand, & shut off the motor. The driver announced we should be safe there. I knew he was wrong. The wave I saw was too tall, but he wouldn’t listen to me. I almost bailed out of the truck, but it occurred that I couldn’t outrun it on foot.
Then I was on a platform I couldn’t identify, open to the air & moving fast away from the danger. There was a peninsula, or possibly an island, where 3 tall identical buildings stood beside each other on the coast. They resembled apartment buildings, roughly 30 stories high. There was no visible activity around them. I remember hoping they were evacuated, because I KNEW they wouldn’t withstand what was coming. Whatever my transport was, it was fast enough. I & others aboard would get clear.
Right before I woke, someone made a comment that seemed to stick with me past the dream. It went something like this, “In all my years here, nothing like this has ever happened on the lake!”
I’ve never heard of a tsunami on a lake! Since I couldn’t see the other side, it had to be a big one. There are only two reasons I can conceive it might happen: seismic activity or a meteorite strike. Not sure if a nuke could manage it. Whatever the case, I felt I should share the dream. I immediately thought of the Great Lakes, but I think the Great Salt Lake might fit the description, too – assuming the location was North America. I’m American, so if God gave me a glimpse of something in advance, it stands to reason it would be in the nation where I live.
Strange things will happen in the Great Tribulation, weird signs where the Lord is working to get the world’s attention in a call to repentance. Perhaps the final transport I couldn’t identify signifies the rapture of the Church – or maybe it was a cucumber dream. Scripture indicates God will divide the nation that tries to divide Israel. The U.S. has pushed the land-for-peace idea for decades, provoking God’s hand, or more specifically, His word. There’s been speculation that the Madrid Fault could make that happen, literally dividing this nation by creating an inland sea.
I don’t know much, but I know the Lord Jesus will preserve me according to His will. What He did on the cross is enough to save whoever calls on Him in repentance for his sins. This kind of dream disturbs me for the suffering it implies, not because I fear it coming to pass. Bad things will & do happen, but in the end, He will gather me into His arms & I’ll be okay. You can reach out & obtain the same grace in this life, but… this life is not a sure thing, so don’t put it off!