Chapter 14: INTERPRETATION

Earlier in the book I told about the series of dreams that I had had seven years prior to the great miracle. By the time the dreams had concluded, I knew God was giving me a message but I did not know what it was He was saying in the message. I told every person or group that would listen about the dreams in hope that God would send me an interpretation through some listener. This did not happen until after the miracle which occurred seven years after the dreams. Even after the miracle, I had to wait nine months for the interpretations.

When God gave me the command on May 7, 1980, to go tell the world about my experience, He sent me the interpretation of part of my dreams through my good friend, Larry Boone, who was in one of the dreams. Larry also was used of God in organizing the New Philadelphian Nondenomiational Church which had come into being for the purpose of authorizing me to go as a messenger to the world by the authority of the church. On May 7, 1980, seven of us signed the charter of the New Philadelphian Church. God used seven people brought together specifically for this purpose. He assembled these seven people from diverse sections of the nation and directed them to me without my asking them. Some of us were separated by as much as 1200 miles. On the day we signed the charter, my command to go tell the message came into existence. Larry Boone came to my home at this time and announced that God had given him a partial interpretation to my dreams. I brought my original tape recording of my dreams from their storage and as I played each tape, Larry gave the following interpretations.

Dream number one: My sleep in the rocking chair symbolized my attitude toward the real church and my work in it. I thought I was comfortable and in need of nothing. My dying mother represented the real church for which I had no concern.

The dog represented satan whose biting of my hand showed that it was going to take a physical occurrence to awaken me. The invisible shield around me was the protection of the Holy Spirit. The fact that I got satan out of the front door symbolized my victory over satan and the act of his trying to return via the back door indicated that satan will not stop in his efforts to destroy me. Receiving such a jolt when the dog's body hit the door indicates the severity of satan's attack, Dream number two: When I saw myself standing on the door stoop of an old, empty, three-story building, I was looking at Christ's true church. The building was old, yet it was new to me. The three stories represented my three year ministry in His church. The inside of the building had no furniture or people indicating the lack of true soldiers and material possessions of His true church today. The white dog in the closet represented satan while the black dog represented the true congregation. Today satan is holding down the true congregation which, as far as the world is concerned, is visibly dead. In the eyes of the world, the white dog appeared to be good while the black dog seemed to be bad. However, the exact opposite is true. The fact that I was able to withstand the hypnotic eyes of the white dog indicated that God had given me the victory once again over satan. For a while satan fled from the true church, but when he returned he was disguised as my best friend. Once again I received supernatural help in order to recognize him and I was able to expose him for what he truly is. This will not stop him, however, for he will be back. Being disguised as my friend indicated one of the methods that satan is going to use to try to destroy me and this message. He will come at me through those considered to be my friends.

Dream number three: In this dream I was on a missionary journey. The bag of dog food that I had on my shoulder was the message God had given me to take to the world. The people in the house represented God's children to whom I had been sent. The dog's effort to attack me represented satan's unending assault against the message God was delivering through me. The announcement from the sky predicted a great supernatural event of some nature that would occur while I was on one of the missionary journeys.

When Larry concluded with the interpretations of these three dreams, he stated that that was all that God had given him. He had no further interpretations for dream number four and five. While Larry was giving the interpretations, the Holy Spirit quickened his words to me and I knew that they were true. I knew God had truly given him the correct interpretations of these three dreams.

While alone in my room at night approximately two months later, the Holy Spirit gave me the interpretation for the fourth dream. He simply stated that this dream was indicative of my being sent to foreign mission fields to carry this message and while in England, another great supernatural event would occur. The interpretation then ceased. At the present time, I have not received the interpretation for the fifth and last dream.

I now know that all of these dreams had to do with the great miracle that God worked in my life, the message that He gave me to deliver to the world, and the events that are going to occur in these three years of my ministry.

It all boils down to the message that I am giving to the people today. To the Christians who are true children of God, time is very precious. It is so valuable because time as we know it is about to change. I say to you at the conclusion of this chapter, "Look up, my friend, for your redemption draweth nigh!"