Walking In the Midst

            As I continued to walk, I came to a place where I saw a man walking back and forth on a great big field, he was placing sticks making different markings in the grass as if he was measuring the length and width of something great. He began to gather pieces of wood and stone to build whatever it was that he have had on his mind. I watched him work on his project and how he asked different ones to help him, but all they did was laugh and make fun of him. They called him names and taunted him as he cried out to the heavens, “Have mercy on them Father!” As he stayed out there day and night hammering and praying out loud, different family members of his came out to assist him. I could hear him yelling, “Repent! It’s going to rain!” People gathered around watching and saying that he was crazy, calling him a drunk as they mocked him. As he built this great project, I was greatly amazed at how he had laboured and completed what he had set out to do. He then went out into the midst of the trees and yelled out in a high pitched voice, then soon after, all of the animals began to come forth in pairs to climb aboard with him and his family. I then said to myself, “What!” because for the life of me I just couldn’t understand how in the world he did that. I then knew that it had to be a mighty act of God. Suddenly, there came an angel descending from the heavens to the entrance of the great boat, he then reached and slammed the door shut locking it. Suddenly, clouds of thunder and lightning covered the skies and it became dark in a matter of minutes. People then came running from all directions to the great boat begging to be let in, but it was too late! The man who built the great boat tried to open the door because he couldn’t bare hearing the people screaming and crying to get in from drowning. The rainstorm flooded the ground as the wind blew fiercely, the storm tossed the great boat back and forth but the angels of God that appeared three on either side held them in position for protection. For days it rained, and all I could see was the overflow of water. When it finally stopped raining and the waters became calm, the great boat floated around for a period of time. The man and his family came out onto the deck to look around and to talk amongst each other. Sometimes he would come out by himself and cry out to God. After a while, the man came onto the deck with a raven, it flew away and never came back. Later he came with a dove, it flew away but that evening it returned. The dove was exhausted when it returned showing signs of not getting any rest. Days later he sent the dove back out again, it returned with an olive branch plucked off. Then days after that, he sent it out once again but it didn’t return. It was then when he knew that the hour had come and the ground was again dry! That great day they had longed for was soon to come to pass, days later they began to evacuate the great boat while they rejoiced and was glad. I was so happy to see them rejoicing, I smiled as I walked away to go on to see what else that God had for me to see.

            I came into a quite different setting as I walked along, there were generations and nations of people together as one; they all spoke of the same language. They all traveled from the east, finding a place where they felt comfortable and dwelt there. There, they made bricks for stone and slime for mortar after they came together to discuss a plan to build a city and a tower to Heaven. As they went according to plan, they first built the city then proceeded to build the great tower. God saw their actions and was very displeased, He waited until they built this great big beautiful tower almost as high as my eyes could see and then came through the night like a mighty rushing wind. In the midst of the wind I could hear voices of many different languages speaking rapidly and I saw great and mighty wings flying as if they were ushering in the sound and  a presences. I didn’t realize what was taking place, but through His own breath He crippled their communication. That next morning, they all had come together to work on building the tower but when they began to speak to one another, they couldn’t understand each other’s language and in the midst of confusion, they all scattered with their own kind. I laughed when I saw what had taken place but I knew deep down inside that this wasn’t a laughing matter, it was just so funny to see something like that happen. I then turned away and went in the direction that the Spirit led me.   

            As I walked in the midst of the night, it was calm and peaceful so I had a chance to think about some of the things that I’ve already had a chance to witness. But it wasn’t long before I came upon something else that just simply blew my mind. I saw a man and along with him he had four women and eleven boys. They all carried things along with them as if they were moving or relocating to a different area. He then sent the women, children and all that he had over the brook and on their way. He then just stood there alone just looking off into the night as they went on leaving him behind. Suddenly, what appeared to be a man came running out of the dark grabbing him and they began to wrestle and fight. I noticed that there was something unusual about this man that came from out of the darkness as he wrestled with the man that stood alone. As I watched them closely, I could see wings and a white garment coming from behind him. He looked like a normal man by seeing him from the front but as he wrestled aggressively, I could see that he was far more! At first he was the aggressor but then the other man became more and more aggressive as the fight went on, it was as if the angel felt as if he was through wrestling and wanted to just get away, but the man was too determine to hold on to him. The angel saw that he couldn’t free himself as kept disappearing and reappearing before my eyes, then he reached and touched him on his hip and suddenly it had come out of joint. The man then fell to the ground but yet he still had a stronghold onto the angel. I could hear the angel saying to him, “Let me go, for the day breaks!” The man then said in return, “I won’t let you go until you bless me!” Then the angel asked him his name and he told him, the angel then told him that his name would no longer be the same, then he gave him a new name. The man then asked the angel his name and the angel answered, “Why is it that you ask me for my name?” and he blessed him there as he waived his hand before the eyes of the man. The angel was released as the man just laid prostrate on the ground. The angel then ran away stepping into the sky disappearing into the uttering light of dawn. I stood there watching in disbelief at first but then I came to my senses and walked away as I stepped out and into the midst.