The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

on its behalf. It seems that Ishtar’s land was most desired, and most degraded, for this purpose. For economic, commercial, and geography, the land tempted many warlords to invade and conquer it. Uruk was a mainly pastoral land—as were most of the cities of the era—and its pastoral shepherds doubled as breeders and keepers of the sacrificial animals for the temples. Included in its religious rites was a strong death culture that established the city as a celebrated necropolis—city of the dead. Some of its greatest leaders were Hammurabi, Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus, and Darius. 1567. Utu—Sumerian sun god. 1568. Uz—Fertile. 1569. Vehicle—Unlike vessel, or even the explanation of the word to symbolize the body, a vehicle is essentially concerned with transportation. It exists, and so is portrayed, as a means of motility. Spiritually, images of vehicles speak to a type of conveyer in prophetic settings. Thus it is important to observe what the vehicle is transporting. To see vehicles in this manner is to be told something the Lord wants one to understand about not only the vehicle itself, but that which is being transported by it. An empty vehicle emphasizes the transportation itself. An inhabited vehicle is interested in communicating its service to, or relationship with, its contents. The message transmitted by it is in accordance with however the vehicle is being utilized. Often such messages speak to the nature and mode of spirituality the inhabitants are being driven by. Moreover, the identity of the driver in the dream is important as well as how he or she is dressed and handling the vehicle. How its occupants are dressed and what they are doing is also equally important. Their interactions with the driver and reactions to the task at hand are worth noting as well. Old vehicles should be explored for their clues to the era of the spiritual force driving it. Modern vehicles are communicating the nature and character of newer or novel spiritual forces. Land vehicles are talking about what is happening on earth. They point to a travel on safe and secure ground, unless its pavement and conditions say otherwise. Water vehicles are dealing with the fluid things in life, like people, nations, and humanity in general. This generally is indicative of instability and rashness. The state of the body of water and the craft are important to note. Air vehicles are discussing the celestial forces of the sky. Like the water craft, the condition of the air in which it is traveling should be remembered. The importance of air vehicles may be the same as of the clouds,

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