How to Interpret Dreams and Visions Perry Stone

years (Jer. 25:11). Once the time frame for this judgment had been set, it eventually came to pass. When Christ predicted that the temple (Matt. 24:1–2) and Jerusalem would be destroyed within one generation (Matt 23:34– 36), He also revealed that He would have often gathered the city and the people together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but the people refused (v. 37). Once the sands in the hourglass of grace reached their end, the glass was shattered along with the sand. It was while the nation was still under great prosperity that Isaiah and Jeremiah both predicted the Babylonian captivity. Eventually the prosperity ceased, and Jerusalem was left in smoldering ruins. Some false prophets were predicting that God loved Jerusalem too much to allow its demise. The deceitful dreams of these false dreamers also went up in smoke. Warnings and mercy always precede judgment. In Scripture, the warnings came through angelic visitations (Gen. 19), dreams, and visions, or they were pronounced by a prophet. Many of the warnings we receive in a dream (or vision) are not geared to an international, national, or city judgment, but they are usually warnings for individuals, their families, or their churches. Many warning dreams deal with future spiritual, emotional, physical, or economic difficulties. In these cases intense prayer can possibly prevent the attack or alter the circumstances. I SAW HIM–THEN HE DIED There is also a danger of accepting what you see with a rather