12 May 2024
I dreamt an exciting, elaborate dream at the workplace, involving colleagues. The game was like a team-building exercise, a 007 spy game. The goal was to win by trickery, outsmarting and backstabbing each other as spies. There was adrenaline to win. I did not win. At the end there was a plot twist: everyone betrayed one another and killed one another. The most trusted man was the one who killed the most gullible — the most innocent.
The feeling of the dream was adrenaline. The message of the dream was not good.
I know what the dream is picturing. This is Christianity today — not one branch only. It is a warning for all who name the name of Christ: Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Evangelical, and every other label.
The trusted one strikes the innocent
It was work. It looked like a team-building game. It was a spy game, like 007. The goal was to win by trickery and backstabbing. Colleagues were fellow players. There was adrenaline to win. The end stripped that away. The person who looked safest destroyed the person who trusted most.
Scripture already knows this wound. It does not come from a stranger. It comes from the one who sat close.
“Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.”
(Psalm 41:9 ESV)
Jesus applied that line to Judas, the disciple who held the money and walked with Him, then handed Him over (John 13:18). The trusted man delivered the innocent One.
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.”
(Matthew 7:15 ESV)
“For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.”
(2 Corinthians 11:13–14 ESV)
The game itself was built on trickery. The most gullible person is not a fool in the cheap sense. He is the one who still believes the circle is safe. Innocence here is trust. The trusted killer uses that trust as cover.
This is the church in the last days
Jesus said betrayal would not stay outside the people of God. It would rise among them.
“And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.”
(Matthew 24:10–12 ESV)
“I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.”
(Acts 20:29–30 ESV)
“But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self… having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power.”
(2 Timothy 3:1–5 ESV)
“For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions.”
(2 Timothy 4:3 ESV)
“But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies.”
(2 Peter 2:1 ESV)
That is the plot twist. It is not only the world killing the world. It is the household turning on itself. What looks like a team can hide the strike. The most trusted name in the room — the teacher, the leader, the “safe” colleague in the faith — can be the one who destroys the simple believer who still takes the words at face value. No denomination is exempt. A label does not make a man faithful.
Who is this for?
Immediately after I woke, I understood the message. What I wondered was the audience: who should hear this?
“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.”
(1 John 4:1 ESV)
“Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.”
(Ephesians 5:11 ESV)
Later, a group of Catholic priests asked me what was the most exciting dream I had ever had. I told them this one. It was the dream that excited me, because of the adrenaline to win. I did not win. The experience was great. The message was not. I told these priests because that is who asked. The warning is for every Christian.
Hold to His words, even in a bad church
Jesus does not save a brand/label. He saves those who hold to His teaching. He wrote to real churches that were mixed, compromised, even dying, and He still promised life to the ones inside them who kept His word.
“But the one who endures to the end will be saved.”
(Matthew 24:13 ESV)
“Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.”
(Revelation 3:4 ESV)
“But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching… only hold fast what you have until I come.”
(Revelation 2:24–25 ESV)
“I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.”
(Revelation 3:11 ESV)
“Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.”
(Revelation 2:10 ESV)
A bad church does not cancel Christ’s promise. Following a trusted traitor does. Stay with His words. Test every spirit.
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