The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. (Psalm 116: 3, 4, 5 & 15).
A couple of years ago, I had a dream. In this dream, I saw my father looking quite younger (like he used to look when he was in his Forties) than he was in reality. He was about to travel and promptly left the market where we were both shopping for the bus terminal. I ran after him to bid him goodbye but then he was in haste as the bus was ready to leave while his baggage was already on board. He bade me goodbye and instructed me to return to the market, which I did sadly as I wasn’t even sure of his destination.
While in the market, now shopping alone I woke up calmly. Upon waking up, I began to weep; realising that the Lord was telling me that the time for my father’s transition was near. This dream being a prophetic one, required my cooperation and not resistance.
Some months later, I visited my father and interestingly he was doing quite well. He was healthy and living life normally, oblivious of whatever was in the offing, and to avoid rattling him, I refused to mention my dream to him.
Several years passed and life continued normally until I experienced a dream about his passage again. In this second dream, he died and was buried in a Christian Cemetery even though he was a Muslim. Once again I was unhappy but then was curious to understand the significance of being buried in a Christian Cemetery as a Muslim.
I eventually learnt what that meant, that is; he would die the death of saints. A couple of months later, I had yet another dream involving his passage again. Now, these dreams began to follow one another in quick succession.
Finally, in 2016, he called me to let me know that he was sick, and within two months of this call, he was gone. And yes, he did die the death of saints surrounded and visited by family and friends. Left to me, this was an experience of how the Lord could prepare us for the death of our loved ones using dreams in the process. Without these incessant dreams, death could come as a rude shock leaving one stone-cold and numb.
The love of God toward us is clearly expressed when he prepares us for the passage of our loved ones in this manner showing a great deal of understanding of the nature of grief and its management.
Unfortunately, many contemporary Christians barely pay the necessary attention required to their dreams and as such lose the information the Lord passes across to them regularly and are also unable to benefit from the comfort the Holy Spirit offers in the case of bereavement.
Grief as a result of bereavement if improperly managed can result in personality changes and protracted unhappiness that may permanently alter the course of life of the bereaved. I have experienced bereavement times and again and have come to appreciate the role the Lord and good people (as opposed to professional therapy) can play in mitigating the pain of bereavement.
I also know that our spirituality or religion has a significant influence on how we manage bereavement and as such, it is often important that people of the same or similar faith comfort one another when bereavement occurs. In comforting someone of a different spirituality, a display of quietness sometimes could serve better than offering platitudes.
Nevertheless, all genuine Christians must pay considerable attention to their dreams to prevent untimely death. As much as the Lord can present us with prophetic dreams (which we are to accept) about impending death in the family as I experienced, he can also present us with warning dreams about untimely death.
In this case, we are not to accept or cooperate with this situation but put up resistance with every godly weapon at our disposal. This is especially the case with death below the age of 50. There are evil forces in our society working tirelessly to take down vibrant men and women who are yet to or have refused to transition into paganism in the course of their life journey.
For Christians in this category, the threat becomes more real in the 40s and many fine Christians will not clock 50. Unfortunately, many black Christians were not aware or prepared for the evil that comes with the 40s until doomsday arrived.
From death as a result of domestic violence to death by road, rail, or air accident, death by cancer or some other diseases, death by arson, death by sexual assault, death by diabolical sacrifices, death by electrocution, and even death occasioned by altercations with law enforcement agents, the devil has continued to succeed in destroying innocent men and women in their 40s who were yet to or refused to transition into paganism.
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To forestall an ugly situation of untimely death, The Lord often exposes the devil in our dreams expecting us to contend and save ourselves from the menace. Any dream where you are travelling to an unknown destination is a warning, likewise dreaming of wearing a white wedding gown with no groom for a wedding or wearing white for whatever reason.
Red-coloured clothes are also a sign of impending untimely death. Roaming about in the cemetery or even seeking a bed space in the same is evil. Suckling a baby in the dream will often herald the advent of cancer of the breast. Locking up your shop to return home or leaving the market for a home is inclusive. Discovering a cold room within your premises is equally a death sentence.
Many African Christian married women in their 40s had an encounter with a ‘Gorilla’ in the dream before their journey to the grave ended. From cuddling to fighting this Gorilla, married women of African descent continue to see it, and most never live to recount the details.
I suspect this ‘Gorilla’ to be a demon to which our system of marriage opens the door. Our marriage process involves rites that are deeply rooted in the ‘Hoodoo’ spirituality of our ancestors and somehow along the journey of life, we will ultimately face the consequences of the process of our marriage.
A marriage should be a union between two lovers of the opposite sex, but when by our rites we unknowingly introduce a third and an unseen entity into the marriage, this entity commences and completes a mission of making the marriage a miserable one and ultimately destroys the parties involved if they fail to transition into paganism.
Finally, every Christian should pay attention to dreams, especially men and women approaching or already in their 40s as this could be a lifesaver from the evil lurking around this period of life.
Dare Oduwole, a Christian counsellor, can be contacted via 08027291632
