Tsunami Warning

I had a dream the other night that I was in crowded office building with friends and family. The details are fuzzy as with almost all dreams. There was an air of impending doom that surrounded all of us. A tsunami was approaching and it was clear to everyone that it might kill a lot of people. 

A tsunami in Oklahoma? Really? Yes, now stay with me.

 It would certainly be destructive and wipe out the city as we knew it. I sensed the resolve among the people to deal with whatever came. Panic was not part of the deal. We trusted that no matter what came about, God was in control even in the destruction. I noticed a giant wave 100 feet or so forming outside the windows and moving swiftly toward our position. I curled up into a ball and let it collapse the building. I was oddly calm and prayed that whatever happened to me, I trusted in His ultimate plan. Not because He brought the storm, but because He takes care of His people.

I woke up (in the dream) to family and friends around me. I felt like I had been in a coma for a short time, a few weeks I guess. They filled me in on the details of the destruction. I lost a lot of possessions and a house, for some reason I had a swimming pool in the dream where I kept a whale. Yeah I know, weird stuff. But I’m sure my emotions surrounding the riots and very real threat of civil war pushed some of this to my subconscious. The giant wave is a coming change that wipes away the existing order. Storms mean rough times, tsunamis mean destruction. I’m not sure that the destruction was a necessary one though. I’ve read that a lot of people think the violence on our cities and the destruction must happen so the evil can be exposed.

I talked about Antifa in my last post. They are likely backed by left wing money connected to Marxist groups. Candace Owens thinks it’s George Soros and Open Society, but no one is sure. They are the most well-known but they aren’t the only ones spreading violence and burning property. I’m concerned that Americans don’t understand how evil Marxism is, how it enslaves and destroys. It might be an age thing but socialism just sounds like another option or another political party to the young. This is borne out in polls. Partly because we don’t have a Soviet Union to hold up as the anti-model, we have quit teaching it as a crime against humanity. But it’s a ruthless, liberty crushing system that rewards power and encourages ends over means.

The violence and destruction also overshadow some legitimate anger over relations between police and black men in inner cities. But it’s become for radical groups, an excuse to spread chaos and blame the country for capitalism, inequality, systemic racism, white supremacy and a mixed bag of grievance. The point of their war is to achieve power and prevent exposure of some uncomfortable truths, that corruption in Washington DC is deeper than we think. Could this be the tsunami in my dream? Will the country undergo a radical change that destroys a lot the current institutions and cultures? Is it necessary for the truth to come out about the corruption in high places?

The silver lining (in the dream) was the comfort I had in God. It was the most significant part of the dream, the clarifying element. The madness and destruction weren’t a surprise; they were expected. I don’t intend this to be anything more than a reflection of what was on my mind. I’m not predicting anything. Maybe the craziness of the last few weeks is a heavier mental weight than I imagined it to be. But when you’ve been a Christian for a few years you begin to understand when God is signaling in dreams. The rest are just pizza induced wackiness.