First, a Disclaimer:
I’m not an end-times buff who has spent much time trying to decipher the symbology in Daniel and Revelation. I’ve always thought that in time, the pieces will fall together. God will reveal what we need to know, and that spending too much time trying to figure this puzzle out on our own can actually be a diversion from what to me is most important:
How do we live in Christ so we’ll be ready no matter what happens? What is real Christianity, individually and collectively? How can ONE happen (Jesus’ heart-cry/prayer for us in John 17)? And what is keeping ONE from happening? This is my passion.
So I rarely think about who the Antichrist will be. I don’t even remember asking God for wisdom as to who this person is. So this dream was quite a surprise.
Also, almost a month has passed, and I just yesterday decided to post this. First of all, the name I heard in the dream isn’t a person whom I had ever heard attributed to as possibly being the Antichrist. He doesn’t seem to fit the profile of what I had imagined. So I was skeptical, and still am (see comment #6, below), but less so after last night.
When I mentioned this name to a friend, last night, he wasn’t as surprised. He pointed out that this person is strategically placed, right now, and quickly could be in a position from which to rule and reign. People seem to be looking for a savior in a man, currently, and perhaps this man will appear to have the supernatural solutions to solve the world’s deep crisis.
So I want to be clear that I’m not saying this person is or will be the Antichrist, prophesied in Revelation. But Peter quoted Joel at Pentecost (the day the Holy Spirit was given to lead us into all truth), saying in Acts 2:
“It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.”
I’m 51-years-old now, so I qualify, age-wise (though young people can definitely get dreams from the Holy Spirit too), and I’m thinking that maybe it’s time that God wants to tell us who the Antichrist will be, so we can prepare.