A Rogue Wave
A Rogue Wave
On the morning of Thursday, November 29, I dreamt that I was standing on a beach (again!). As I looked inland, I could see a wave of water coming up out of the ground. When I looked again, I could see that it was building to tsunami-like proportions, and racing towards the coast ... full of menace and destruction.
"Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved." (Matthew 24.12-13)
"The king (Saul) said to her, 'Don't be afraid. What do you see?' The woman said, 'I see a spirit coming up out of the ground.' " (1 Samuel 28.13)
"Then I saw another beast, coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon." (Revelation 13.11)
During the past 16 years or so, I have often dreamed about waves rolling in onto the shore out of the ocean. On every occasion, these dreams have spoken of something God was planning to do ... especially along the lines of Holy Spirit outpouring, revival or visitation.
This is the first time I have "seen" a wave come out of the land and run to the sea. It reminds us that immediately before the Last Day (the return of the Lord Jesus Christ) the earth will be hit by a dramatic and sustained surge of unparalleled wickedness and lawlessness ... both human and supernatural.
"Concerning the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to Him, we ask you, brothers, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come. Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction." (2 Thessalonians 2.1-3)
But God's response to this, is to grant yet greater grace and power,
"But where sin increased, grace increased all the more." (Romans 5.20)
"When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will (lift up a standard against him) put him to flight." (Isaiah 59.19)
At this time of intensification of the collision of opposing kingdoms, there are significant decisions to be made. We can stand dumbfounded in the crash zone, waiting for the rapture to pluck us to safety. We might charge at the wave of satanic pollution and detritus, cursing the darkness and brandishing our "cute" political manifestos and moral-improvement tracts. Or we could run with all of our might into the long-promised and oft-prophesied final Wave of God's grace, glory and power in history ... which is going to harvest the earth.
"The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; He knows those who take refuge in Him. But with an overflowing flood He will make a complete end of the adversaries, and will pursue His enemies into darkness." (Nahum 1.7-8)
"He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the river had risen and was deep enough to swim in - a river that no one could cross. He asked me, 'Son of man, do you see this?' " (Ezekiel 47.5-6)
