Dreams and Visions
Debbie Whitmer

I believe that we are truly living in the last days when Jesus Christ will return very soon (John 14:3 and 1 Cor. 15:51-52 and 1 Thes. 4:16-18), specifically in this generation. I would like to share a few things which have happened to me on a personal level that bear witness to the truth of His soon return according to His word and that a great tribulation is also coming to this earth so that others may observe the saying, heed the warnings, be ready and prepared, and to notice the signs of the times by taking into account the days we are currently living in as we rapidly see the world progressing toward moral decay so as to determine what this means to us personally and the choices we must make now which will affect the rest of our lives for all eternity. What I am about to share is very sobering and shocking to some, but at the same time for believers in Christ, there is much to look forward to and rejoice about and a hope and victory in Him which will last forever.

Before I share the dreams, first, I would like to say that in the Bible, it reveals many times when God would give His people dreams, visions, and angel visitations, in both the Old and New Testament alike, to reveal a certain event(s) or destiny in their lives which would happen to them and be fulfilled within a short span of time or years later to fulfill God's purposes. Such was the case of Joseph of old who had a dream that one day his whole family would bow down to him (Gen. 37:5-11), and it did indeed happen years later. Remember how long Abraham had to wait until he experienced the fulfillment of a promised son by God? It was a very long time, but eventually, it did indeed happen because it was according to God's own word which says, " . . . my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it." Isaiah 55:11, NIV

In 1979, the glorious year I got saved and accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior, I had two dreams shortly thereafter which I know will one day come true. I believe that I'm living in the last hour in which they will happen. There is no question in my mind that these dreams are from God as their vividness are striking and the nature of the dreams have a biblical message and are prophetic (Acts 2:17-18) and are still with me until this day. And like Abraham, by faith, I believe they will happen.

In the first dream, I was in a big warehouse walking with someone and he was to my left; I don't know who this person was. All the lights were turned off in the warehouse, so it was completely dark inside, except there was a door open leading outside, and we were walking towards the door conversing as we walked. I could see that it was a bright shining day with a blue sky or at least the portion of the sky I saw through the door as I was approaching it. We finally got to the door, and we both stepped outside the door at the same time.

All of a sudden, I heard a big blast of trumpets blowing, and I immediately looked up. I saw 3 trumpets twirling around and around as they were blowing, and then Jesus Christ appeared in the sky. He was as big as the whole sky! I saw him from his waist up. He had a crown on His head, a scepter in His hand, and I also distinctly remember his beard. He said these words, "Whoever believes in me shall not perish, but have everlasting life." Before I knew it, I was up in the clouds, and I screamed with pure joy, "I MADE IT! I MADE IT!" waving my arms all about. I was so excited and thrilled in my heart--what hope there is in Jesus!

After that, I found myself looking through the clouds and I could see the earth from the clouds above where I was, and I saw natives scurrying around and running away as fast as they could go because they had just witnessed what had happened. Those specific people which I saw were left behind. They were horrified and scared to death. And that was the end of my first dream.

I do believe that the "rapture" or what is better correctly termed in the Bible as being " ‘caught up' together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air" in 1 Thes. 4:16-18 is an ultimate destiny that believers in Christ in this generation will soon experience. The Bible describes a time when people who have already died in Christ and also those who are "alive and remain" at the time of His coming back again will all go to meet the Lord in the air in an instant of time. In other words, the people who are "alive and remain" and are found to be in Christ the moment that Jesus Christ returns will never die a physical death. This fantastic event will happen all over the world simultaneously in a time frame which the Bible calls in a "twinkling of an eye" (1 Cor. 15:52) and many people will simply vanish from the face of the earth to receive glorified bodies that are incorruptible " . . . and so shall so we ever be with the Lord." (1 Thess 4:17).

However, a little time passed and I had a second dream which was very disturbing at the time. I had a dream that the military came and took my family away. In this dream, I knew they were the military because they were dressed in military attire carrying automatic weapons and were escorting a long line of people in the neighborhood and were taking us somewhere. They were holding the guns on us as they guided us around a corner of a sidewalk which on one side had a very high fence next to it. I remember that high fence; it reminded me of a tennis fence. One of the things that I distinctly remember was that I didn't want the soldiers to know that my husband was the one right next to me while we were all being escorted. I stayed very close to my husband, but I didn't want them to know that I knew him by holding his hand or touching him for one reason. I was so afraid that if they knew we were together, they were going to separate us and that I may never see my husband again. I felt this so intensely. And that was the end of the dream. When I woke up from this dream, the feeling was beyond words to describe. It was horrifying, and I felt the reality of its impact as though it just happened. This dream is 20 years old as of this writing, but it is still so vivid in my mind.

It seems that the Lord has allowed me to hear and read testimony of other people's visions and dreams of a similar nature in 1999. As you know, timing is everything when it comes to the Lord especially when He's confirming something to you that He's already shown you. Nothing happens by coincidence.

Around April of 1999, I listened to an audio clip on the Internet by a man, a believer in Christ, who stated that he was talking to a friend on the phone about some disturbing things that were breaking both of their hearts. All of a sudden, while the man was talking on the phone to his friend, he was instantly taken up in a vision by the Spirit of the Lord and he found himself inside a detention center or concentration camp. He described it as a big auditorium type room where they were processing people. The people in charge (who else would be in charge of a concentration camp but the military or police force?) had come and taken this man's entire family, and they were in the process of separating his family! He watched as they took his wife down one hallway, his children down another hallway, and the men down another hallway. He said that he knew he would never see his family again, that his wife would suffer terribly and that his children would be martyred (for their faith in Christ) and that he himself would die. Then the vision repeated two (2) more times, but this time, he was in the vision as his wife so he could feel what she was feeling as this was happening to her. Then, the vision repeated again and he came as a small five year old boy so he could feel how the children felt and what they were going through while it was happening to them. He said after he experienced all three (3) things, it was the most emotional and devastating thing he had ever experienced; he said there were no words to describe it. He also said that the people who suffered the most mentally and emotionally were the men. It's because they could no longer protect their own families and they felt, "How could I allow this to happen?" and the turmoil for them was awful. After the vision was over, the Lord spoke to the man about his vision and was comforted. I'm human; let's be real here. When I heard the testimony of this man, you can understand why I wept deeply because it was so close to my dream, and I sensed at that moment that truth was being imparted to my heart by the Lord. But there is a great resurrection awaiting! There is hope, my friend, in Him!

I know in my heart that believers in this generation, at the appointed time known only by God, "who are alive and remain" after the dead in Christ rise first when the trumpet of God sounds for the Lord to return will be "caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air,"(1 Thes 4:17) as I was shown this in my dream, and I greatly rejoice in this. I do not know, however, how much they will have to suffer before He comes. But whatever suffering we may have to endure for only a short time, (even in this life in general we are promised tribulation), it will be nothing in comparison to the glories that will follow and will be ours for all eternity! "Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed." 1 Peter 1:13 NIV

Let's look at current events that are happening around us. For example, when one talks of the military coming and taking his family away, aren't these the very same images that came into almost every living room in the world on T.V. of the events we saw in Kosovo? The military came and took families away from their homes, and their families were separated from one another. People think this cannot happen here in the United States of America but it can. With wars that are happening today and rumors of wars with many nations having possession of weapons of mass destruction and with an unprecedented evil being released which everyone can now see, this can happen anywhere. The events described in Kosovo specifically with the military coming and taking families away and separating them in the hour in which we live now and the testimony on the recent audio clip I heard (a contemporary Christian man being shown in a vision that his family will be martyred for their faith in Christ) appear to be foreshadowing a sign of warning and are very close to my prophetic dream. I believe it is an example of what is to come in the great tribulation worldwide as, apparently, other believers have been shown this as well by the Spirit of God.

God's word not only bears witness to the fact that Jesus Christ is coming back again (Acts 1:11) but also to the fact that there is a great tribulation coming to this earth, ". . . such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be" (Matt. 24:21, KJV). Another translation says, "For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now--and never to be equaled again (Matt. 24:21, NIV).

I'm persuaded that we are living in the last days as we see the signs of the times being fulfilled which the Word of God reveals in great detail and as we draw closer to a New World Order whose antichrist will force everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark (Rev. 13:16-17), and he will demand that everyone worship the beast and his image or be killed (Rev 13:15). God gives clear warning to all those who worship the beast and his image and accepts his mark ". . . If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, he, too, will drink of the wine of God's fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. He will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark of his name." Rev. 14:9-11, NIV

The form of execution that the antichrist will use for all those who refuse to worship the beast and his image and accept his mark will be beheading. The Word of God declares "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years." Rev. 20:4

God in His mercy is also warning people with dreams and visions today of these events so that they can be awakened from their slumber and to prepare themselves to be ready for the return of our Lord.

And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. Romans 13:11

But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for it is light that makes everything visible. This is why it is said: Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you. Ephes. 5:13-14

To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God. Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you. Rev. 3:1-3

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9

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