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  1. I was thinking of covenants as well when I first read this. I also think about how we are the bride of Christ...and He is the bridegroom. I love that God is a God of covenant~and will never break His covenant between Him and us...Just my thoughts.

    Blessings~ Flower Power

  2. I really like freeprincesses thoughts. Though my thoughts take a little different direction. Is there anyone in your life right now that is either provoking you purposely, or anyone that is not respecting your boundaries~resulting in Anger?? (I have heard the same as freeprincess, that anger is a secondary emotion triggered 1st by either fear, frustration, or hurt.) Please pray on these things and let God witness in your heart what this dream means. I am not an interpreter, only a fellow member. Please know these are just my thoughts..if anything doesn't fit, please toss it out.

  3. Thats an awesome vision! The scripture comes to my heart that HE has grafted you in the palms of His hands.

    (Isaiah 49...But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me. Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.) I would encourage you to read the entire chapter of Isaiah 49. Please know this is not an interp...only my thoughts. I am not an interpreter, only a fellow member.
    Blessings, Flower Power

  4. Is there anyone in your life that is wanting you to be responsible for cleaning up their mess~when they are capable to do it themselves?? Or is someone possibly using up your stuff when they could actually use their own? Sounds to me like you are setting a healthy boundary in the dream.

    Just my thoughts...please toss it if it doesnt fit.

  5. These are just my thoughts...not an interp. I do know that there were 2 philips in the bible...one was an evangelist and one was one of the 12 disciples! Not sure if that helps or ties in at all...but those r just my thoughts. Hope it helps somehow...

    This was a study online I found from Philip the evangilist...Philip, not to be confused with the Philip who was one of The Twelve Apostles, was one of "the Seven," or seven deacons (although no where in The Bible are they called anything but "the Seven") who were selected to attend to routine matters of the church, to permit the apostles to concentrate solely on preaching the Gospel as Jesus Christ chose and sent them to do. Some, if not all, of the Seven became prominent preachers of the Gospel in their own right. One of them, Stephen, is regarded as the first Christian martyr (which at first meant witness, see Martyrs), and the Holy Spirit certainly did not limit Philip to waiting on tables, as the Seven were originally given to do (i.e. Acts 6:1-6). Philip is later referred to as "the evangelist" (see also Evangelists)

    Philip The Evangelist

    Evangelist As the early church rapidly grew, the twelve apostles were no longer able to do all of the work themselves, hence their choosing of "the seven":

    "And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians [see also Hellenists] against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the Word of God, and serve tables. Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the Word. And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch: Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them." (Acts 6:1-6 KJV)

    It was after the martyrdom of Stephen, and the scattering of the church, that, by means of the Holy Spirit, Philip became a powerful witness in the face of growing adversity (see also No Pain, No Gain).

    "Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. And there was great joy in that city ... And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries. But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the Kingdom of God, and the Name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized [see Baptism, also The Origin of Baptism], both men and women." (Acts 8:4-8,11-12 KJV)

    It was Philip that The Lord sent to introduce the Gospel to the Ethiopians, and hence to Africa:

    "And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship ... Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus."

    "And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing." (Acts 8:26-27,35-39 KJV)

    Philip's prominence is attested by the people who visited him, including the apostle Paul (who is the author of much of the New Testament) who stayed with Philip "many days." By that time, Philip was called "the evangelist," who also had four young daughters who "did prophesy."

    "And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him. And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy. And as we tarried there many days" (Acts 21:8-10 KJV)

    This was a study online I found from Philip the disciple/apostle
    ....
    Philip, from the Greek name (pronounced) fil-ip-pohs, was one of the twelve apostles (not to be confused with Philip The Evangelist). He was from Bethsaida, as were at least two of the other apostles, the brothers Peter and Andrew. Although apparently not one of the apostles in The Inner Circle, Philip was more prominent, at least as far as the Bible record is concerned, than some others of the Twelve - a result more of personality than greater ability or righteousness. Not all had Peter's very forward "in your face" character (something that he seemed to grow out of, based what is written about and by him later in the New Testament), but all, with the obvious exception of Judas Iscariot, were equal, then ("one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren," Matthew 23:8 KJV), and in the future ("that ye may eat and drink at My table in My Kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel," Luke 22:30 KJV and "the wall of the city [i.e. the New Jerusalem, see The City To Come] had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb," Revelation 21:14 KJV).

    Philip The Apostle

    Bread and Fish Philip was one of the Twelve:

    "Now the names of The Twelve Apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot" (Matthew 10:2-4 KJV)

    Philip was called the day after Peter and Andrew; Philip then told Nathanael that the long-ago prophesied Messiah had come:

    "The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter."

    "Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the Law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth [see Nazarene], the son of Joseph." (John 1:43-45 KJV)

    False prophets demand "blind faith" from their followers because they have nothing to back up what they say and teach. Jesus Christ never required that from anyone; faith in the Messiah has always been based on proof, such as when Jesus provided Philip, and all of the others, with the miracle of the feeding of the five thousand near The Sea Of Galilee:

    "When Jesus then lifted up His eyes, and saw a great company come unto Him, He saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? And this He said to prove him: for He Himself knew what He would do."

    "Philip answered Him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little."

    "One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him, There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?"

    "And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves; and when He had given thanks, He distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. When they were filled, He said unto His disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost."

    "Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a Truth that prophet that should come into the world." (John 6:5-14 KJV)

    The proof continued after His Resurrection; Philip was among those who witnessed the Christ's ascension from "the mount called Olivet," The Mount Of Olives:

    "To whom also He showed himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God: And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith He, ye have heard of Me."

    "And when He had spoken these things, while they beheld, He was taken up; and a cloud [see The Clouds of Heaven] received Him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven."

    "Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a Sabbath day's journey. And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brethren [see Mary's Other Children]." (Acts 1:3-14 KJV)

  6. The words swindle and flattery really stand out to me...this makes me think of lobbyists, and of bribery and corruptness in the government~and the consequences for not complying. I think of this as the deceitfulness within the government structures being revealed. I believe that this is a time where everything that can be shaken WILL BE shaken...but those who have the solid foundation in Christ will remain. Just my thoughts...not an interp.
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