The Divine Dream

I have a dream. The dream with the great beginning, but even the greater ending. The dream, wherein I create. The dream, wherein I bless. The dream, wherein I dwell. The dream, wherein I call. The dream, wherein I save. The dream, wherein I rule. It is my dream and I decided to initiate it, keep it moving, and end it with… the eternal reality. I have dreamed this dream for many years now. You are a part of this dream, yet do you know where you fit into it?

In the beginning, I created. I uttered the divine word and the chaos came into order. The chaotic incompletion was perfected. Every time I uttered this word, the reality would come about. Indeed, all of my works were good, just like I am good. However, I did not create this marvelous beauty only for the purpose of my joy. I do not need anything! My self-sufficiency far exceeds all of my creative works. I desired people that I would walk with side by side. Thus, my creation reached its climax, when I walked with the man in the Garden of Eden.

I created them in my own image – they could relate to me as well as to creation. Unlike the Middle Eastern kings who were deceitfully declared to be the only ones created in god’s image and thus having dominion, my people, indeed all my people would be created in my image and rule in the realm I had given to them. I blessed them. My divine favor rested upon my people. I was with them and I stood by their lives, their hearts, their everything. I was their God and they were my people. I blessed them, so that they would be fruitful and they would multiply and subdue the Earth. I created them outside of the garden, but the Eden was the place wherein they would walk with me and worship me. Finally, I gave them dominion, so they would be the vice-regents in this Kingdom of mine and rest in my divine Sabbath with me.

Giving them vice-regency and letting them know about the only restriction in the Garden, I gave them the choice to be free and blessed in the continuum of this reality. However, they knew they could choose otherwise knowing that the ultimate reality of death would follow. The Serpent, that deceitful creature fooled them and thus they ate. Guilt, shame, nakedness, withdrawal of the blessing resulting in the reality of curse… all of this followed in quickly. But this dream is my dream and I am a good God. All of my works will come about just as I want them too. Thus, I gave them the Promise that I would keep until the end.

I spoke directly to the serpent declaring the long lasting war between his seed of evil and her seed. I could have ended this dream, but I did not. I gave the hope to very people that failed. This promised seed was to be the people of God with the messianic hope to the world, but individually only one, divinely sent one could fulfill it. They did not know it then, but I knew it – for I know everything. This seed would step on the serpent’s head and take his deadly life. Right there one could see the divergence in responding to my faithful word. Abel, and after his death Seth would embrace the promise; yet Cain would follow the agenda of the one, to whom the dominion was handed over – the usurper.

As the time went by, in the entire world there was only one family that would not live in transgression. Only Noah and his family were faithful to the word of Promise. Thus, I chose to reveal the nature of my word greater. At this time, people did not know that the outworking of my Promise would be dual in nature – it would bring salvation and hope to the faithful, yet death and judgment to the rebellious. The flood came and Shem, the son of Noah was given a promise – my presence, that which was lost in the Fall would come back again and I would dwell in his tents. Only my people would experience this. For I promised, “I will be their God, they will be my people, and I will dwell among them.” All that which was lost, would be promised to come back… more and more.

There were people, though, that wanted the name. They wanted to be the people. They wanted to achieve it themselves. I had always wanted the people, but I had always been the one to call them by my name. Thus, I called Abraham; an obscure aged man with no real presuppositions for this task, to establish the people, indeed the seed that would carry the messianic hope to all the nations of the world. Through this man, I promised to bless the nations, which precisely meant the restoration of that which was lost early on in Eden. My presence would identify this people and I would give them the land, where they could commune with me, and with one another. In this very promise, the people of God were determined to include the Gentiles. For my presence amongst them would be recognizable to the surrounding nations. And they should know that I am their God, they are my people, for I am dwelling amid them.

Abraham’s very belief in this promised seed was his saving faith. Indeed, the word of promise I spoke to him was its source and the driving force. It was not his personal effort, neither was his salvation based on his withdrawal from Ur. My covenant with him was unconditional; to demonstrate this dimension, I even put him to sleep, so he would know that it was unbreakable. He only had to believe – and he did, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness. He might not have yet understood that the seed would ultimately fulfilled in my precious Son; yet he understood everything else – It was my presence, blessing, salvation, and inclusion on the nations that would stem out of this Promise. He saw Isaac – the first child of Promise given to him and he knew my faithfulness.

Many years passed and my servants Abraham, Isaac, Jacob died; and even Jacob’s son Joseph died in Egypt. The promise I gave to Abraham was being fulfilled – many were the multitudes of Israelites in the times of Egypt. Yet despite this, they were oppressed by the king that knew me not, nor did he remember my servant Joseph. But I called Moses my servant saying that I remembered my people and I would free them from their slavery. Out of Egypt, I called my son, my firstborn Israel.

They were not firstborn like any other child – they were first in significance, in their inheritance, in their Father’s favor. They often failed to carry this mandate not knowing that the greater firstborn was to come and become Israel himself. Yet they were my son, who would carry the hope of Yahweh. My calling was unconditional, yet their personal joy in this calling was the one of a movable treasure. I called them a treasure because of my choice and my chesed, not because of their intrinsic value. They could have walked out, and they often did, for many of them were spoiled. But my calling was faithful, because I loved them. They were all called to be the priests unto me, for they were created in my image and my image bearers are my kingly priests, who might delight in my presence, ministering unto me.

I have saved my people; I have called them my son, my kingly priests, my precious treasure. But I am other. I am holy. I am separate from all profanities of this world. Thus, my people if they are truly mine, must be the same; indeed, they must reflect my heart entirely. Thus I gave them the gift of the Law - the constitution of the people of God. This Law would not save them – for who else could save them apart from myself? They were already my people. My Law would reflect my character, my holiness, and my otherness through their conduct. This law was not eternal in its entirety, yet the moral essence of the Law, understood and applied in the context of my chesed would reflect me in their midst.

The gift of the Law also brought into their attention the grievous reality of sin in mankind. It was only my mercy and grace they could rely on; it was certain that they would fall short of my absolute standards. Thus I gave them the gift of Yom Kippur to remedy their transgression. They had to take lives of the animals and sacrifice for their sins. It was through their faith in the promise that these intrinsically imperfect sacrifices were truly effective. However, in and of themselves they were constantly pointing to a greater and ultimate sacrifice to come. There was only one kind of sin that knew no atonement – the very blasphemy, when they shook their fists towards my heavenlies. There was no pardon for such abomination, for I am the holy and only God.

I, the Holy One, despite the fallibility of my people mercifully chose to abide in their midst. No other nation on the face of the Earth would experience that, only the people called by my name. I gave them the gift of the Tabernacle so I would dwell amongst them, so that they would see my glory – that which has not been manifest since they first fell short. I indeed, very strictly had prescribed the way this tabernacle was to be constructed – for it were my agenda and my plan to dwell amongst them, not otherwise. It was precisely through this that I revealed to my people that I am both transcendent in my holiness and otherness, yet at the same time I am immanent and intimately close. Yet the tabernacle was not the ultimate fulfillment of what I was about to accomplish. At this time, my people did not know that it would be they themselves, wherein I was to dwell. My people would one day become my holy dwelling place.

As I promised, my people reached the land, where they would rest. And indeed, they did. Despite all the wars, I was with them and I stood beside them, for they were my people. They demanded a king, yet the first king was not the one after my heart. However, David, my beloved, the one whom I chose from the obscurity of pastures, was the Messianic king that would foreshadow the infallible One. Yet he did not know it, nor did they. My servant David desired to build a house for my name. Do I ever need a house? The heaven is my house, and the Earth is my footstool! On the contrary, I wanted to build a house for him! It would be his seed, his kingly line that was to have the divine seal on it. Davidic king would my firstborn, the first in rank, the finest one of all. I would build the house for him, the holy Zion. His throne would last forever, his kingdom should never cease, and neither realm nor reign would ever be broken. This David was foreshadowing such a great king, my Anointed one, who was to come and reign in my righteousness and shalom. I would bring back the dominion that was once lost through this kingly Messiah. Where my people failed, I will bring even more glorious restoration and renewal.

My dream is great and great is its fulfillment. Yet the kings were fallible. All of them. They transgressed against my name; they did profane things according to the surrounding nations, where I did not dwell. Yet my promise was unbreakable, infallible, and faithful, just as I am faithful. I called my servants, prophets, to preach the good news of my Promise that would bring salvation to the acceptant, yet judgment to the resistant. I spoke to my servant Isaiah that I, the Sovereign God, the Creator, and the only Lord over the history would be a kinsman redeemer to my people.

I promised and I did not recant that I would remedy my people from oppression and sin. I would do so, through my faithful Suffering Servant. My believing remnant of Israel would become such a servant. They would carry out the Promise I gave them – they would bring this gospel to both Israel and the surrounding nations of the world, who did not know me and did not call on my name. The promise I gave to my beloved servant Abraham that indeed through his seed the nations should be blessed, was greatly expanded. It was through his seed, my people that this would come about. My believing, faithful remnant of Israel would bring the Messianic hope of the nations. However, even though they got the mandate, at the end they could never fulfill it, for they all fell short of my glory. They did not yet know, that my very Son would become Israel – the only absolutely faithful Israel that could ever exist and he would bring this mission of mine to glorious perfection in the ultimate expression of suffering and victory. The people called by his name would carry out this mandate later on to bring the hope to the ends of the Earth in the power of the Spirit, that I promised to give them. I revealed to Isaiah that I would gloriously come and bring eternal peace and salvation to my people, both Jews and Gentiles. The blessing of creation would be restored and the Abrahamic promise would be fulfilled. One day. One glorious day.

It was the inclusion of the Gentiles that a great deal of my people struggled with so much. Yet it had always been an integral part of my promise. I called my servant Jonah to minister to the people of Nineveh and what a great resistance did I encounter with! Such a hatred and unwillingness to accept that he was not any better than them, apart from my name, by which he was called. Hatred, despising, reluctance. But I am the Almighty God who will always accomplish my purposes. I forced him to preach the good news of hope in my name and they accepted it, for I have called them. In the same manner, I spoke unto Amos, my servant prophet, who was to say to the house of Israel that the restoration of the house of David would directly mean the inclusion of the Gentiles. And one people of God, both Jews and Gentiles, would be called by my name.

When all the hope of the nation of Israel, more specifically the people of Judah, was fading away and when they were about to lose their land due to their faithless profanities and idolatry, I sent my servant Jeremiah the prophet to speak my words to my faithless people. The dream continued on in its steadfastness despite the people’s countless apostasies. Very few heard my voice in such clarity as did Jeremiah. He was the true conduit for my living, dynamic, and effective Word, to my people. Through him I reminded the people in their terrible circumstance, that though the Solomonic line was accursed, I would still be faithful to my promise to David and I would bring about the Branch, the Messiah that was to come and rule in a new reality, wherein my people would have new hearts under the “New” Covenant that I would establish. This New Covenant would not be any different from the Promise already given; yet it would be far greater and renewed and my Branch would establish this covenant amid my people.

At the time of the great despair, when my people thought I abandoned them, for they lost the Temple and their land, I called Daniel, my faithful seer to proclaim my kingdom in the midst of their captivity. Through Nebuchadnezzar’s dream I revealed to him and thus to my people that all the kingdoms of the world should pass away, because I am the King of Kings and my Kingdom, though spiritual in nature now, will be established in a manner that will conquer this world and vanquish all other kingdoms that I did not build. I, the Ancient of Days, will delegate the Absolute kingly rule to the Son of Man, which would entirely reverse the curse obtained in the Fall. Indeed, the corporate servant that is my people would experience the reality of my Kingdom through the ministry of a single servant, my very Son. Yet they did not fully understand my plans, but all they needed they knew – my reign would be set into the realm that had been usurped by the evil one. No one could prevent me from fulfilling my glorious plan of ultimate reversal of the curse and restoration of that which was lost and perverted.

If you are reading this, now you know that you are a part of my dream. Indeed, this dream far exceeds your dreams, plans, agenda, even your own destiny. I am the one who dreams, you are the one that is experiencing it. My dream has a sure ending and its ending will be the door to the ultimate reality that I had promised and I will bring about. Thus know, my friend that your story has not begun in 20th century A.D. Neither the Church, you are a part of began at the day of Pentecost. Since the very beginning of the world I had a plan for my people and I promised them that I would bring back in even a greater measure what they had given up themselves. You are in the line of those that have been called by my name for thousands and thousands of years. Thus, trust me in all you do, for I am the greater one, who has redeemed the mankind. You are a part of this dream, but this dream is not ultimately about you, but about me. Only if you and your brothers recognize this fully, you can enjoy your experience in this dream. If you fully recognize that my sovereign plan through the history has reached this glorious dimension, you will make me the center of your life. And I will come, as I promised. Your mandate of suffering will end. By then, carry the hope with your brethren, for I am coming.