NOW!
(By Celia
R. Okhuysen)
The black sky was starless. I approached and stood before two men squatting on the ground. The man at the right was approximately eighty years old, thin and had a light complexion. He was semi-bald with long white scraggly thin hair, a long white scraggly thin beard on a long thin face with a big forehead. He wore a long white1* robe with long wide sleeves, and had the strong distinction of an Old Testament prophet.
The other man on the left was younger with a dark olive complexion, was medium built and had curly black short hair. He was approximately forty-five years old. His face was round with a black close-cropped beard. He wore a dark2 colored robe with a wide black sash around his stout waist. A dark cloth was tied around his head. His forearms were bare with sleeves rolled up to his elbows.
As they focused on the ground, the prophet asked the man, "What does — and — reveal to you?"3 I did not understand his lengthy question nor could I see4 what they were looking at as it was totally blanked out before me. I continued to observe the prophet a few moments longer. He asked another question but the man5 did not answer either question.
I turned completely around and looked up to see Earth suspended in space ahead of me at a 45o angle. It was cloudless,6 still,7 and quite a spectacular sight.8 Earth was not as distant as the moon at its zenith. Its nearness enlarged its size and appearance. Suddenly, a GIGANTIC bolt of fire,9 larger than Earth, struck directly from above, splitting it apart by 90o! It remained still and joined at the bottom by a tiny fraction10 while dramatically suspended in space.11 It seemed that I stared at this awesome sight for quite some time in stunned silence. When the prophet spoke again, I hesitatingly turned around whereas I wanted to continue staring at split Earth. Evidently both men had not looked up but remained in the same squatted position with their focus to the ground.
The prophet then explained that man has mocked and rejected the Holy Living God, His Word, His laws, His gift of love and His mercy. Also, man has consciously blasphemed12
God’s Holy Name.13 God's patience with man's disobedience, mockery, unbelief and irreverence toward Him is at an end.14 Therefore, man and his world system are going to break down because of indifference toward God, and Earth will undergo environmental upheavals. Both events will occur simultaneously15 and swiftly.(DREAM: May 30, 1990)
Through prayer, my understanding became unveiled and I then understood that both men had been gazing at the dust16 of Earth. The prophet had been looking at a vision of man’s sinful existence on Earth. His prophecy was to take place in the future which I now saw occur as God’s anger and wrath, characterized by purging fire, came down upon man—the dust of Earth.17
COMMENTS
1.Son of light—the day (1 Thes.
5:5); deeds done openly.
2.Son of darkness—the night (1
Thes. 5:5); deeds done in secret.
3.Question was quite lengthy.
4.Was not a participant.
5.Was to participate in events relating
to the prophet’s questions.
6.Godless; no moisture (spiritual
life): Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great
in the earth and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only
evil continually. ... The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was
filled with violence. So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt,
for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. (Gen. 6:5,11,12)
7.Immovable; rebellious: Pronounce
them guilty, O God! Let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out
in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against
You. (Ps. 5:10)
8.The shades of green vegetation,
blue oceans and dark red clay soil were vibrant. The dark red clay symbolizes
the shed blood of persecuted slain prophets and martyrs for the Word of
God. (Rev. 6:9,10; 16:6) The ungodly have rejected the counsel of
God and have sought to justify their iniquity by killing innocent blood
through the ages to silence His voice: their conscience. For
the life of the flesh is in the blood. (Lev. 17:10) For behold, the
Lord comes out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for
their iniquity; the earth will also disclose her blood, and will no more
cover her slain." (Isa. 26:21) Earth wails and mourns.
9.Then the angel took the censer,
filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And there
were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake.(Rev. 8:5)
10.God’s grace: Then the Lord
said in His heart, "I will never again curse the ground for man’s sake,
although the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; nor will
I again destroy every living thing as I have done (in the flood)."
(Gen. 8:21)
11."... for in My wrath I struck
you, but in My favor (grace) I have had mercy on you."
(Isa. 60:10)
12."And My name is blasphemed
continually every day." (Isa. 52:5)
Oh that You would slay the wicked,
O God! ... For they speak against you wickedly; Your enemies take Your
name in vain. (Ps. 139:19,20)
13.The Lord is slow to anger,
and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked.
(Nahum 1:3)
14.Rejection: "What God?" Disinterest:
"So what?" Apathy: "Who cares?" Contempt: "I will not!"
15.Blending together and occurring
at the same time.
16."... for dust you are, and
to dust you shall return." (Gen. 3:19)
17.Man’s Godless life on Earth will
fall apart.