![]() ![]() Think of Jacob, who after he deceived his father, Isaac, and stole the birthright and blessing from his twin brother, Esau, fled for his life and dreamed of the ladder from earth to heaven with angels ascending and descending on it (Genesis 28:1-22). Throughout Scripture, God spoke to his people through visions and dreams. Taking our cue from Peter the apostle and Joel the prophet, the theme for today’s message on Pentecost is “Visions and Dreams.” May the Lord’s rich and abundant blessing rest upon the preaching, the hearing, and the living of his Word for Jesus’ sake. ![]() And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Acts 2:17-21 Joel 2:28-32). And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day. Peter quotes the prophet Joel when he says: “And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams even on my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. Today on the Feast of Pentecost, as we celebrate and give thanks for the gift of the Holy Spirit, we hear about dreams and visions in Peter’s sermon on that first Pentecost. Experts tell us that dreams are the mind’s way of processing what is going on in life, and I believe that to be true. Most of the time, I don’t even remember what my dreams are about they vanish as soon as I wake up. All of this is both weird and laughable at the same time. When you dream, what do you dream of? Crazy stuff? Funny stuff? Scary stuff? In our dreams we can be doing anything anywhere with people that we may or may not know at all. ![]()
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