by Doubtfully Yours 25 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
*an unbelievable feeling of true love (also atainable by a motorcycle helmet with electromagnets*
lol Bryan
I had some of these dreams in my 20s. Once I got Armageddon doctrine fully out of my head, those nightmares were gone as well. Alas, to make room for others ...
They can be quite unsetlling ... the terror lingers for hours, days, maybe, but it WILL go away.
Hope you're feeling less shaky now,
{{{{DY}}}}
talesin
Bryan and Elsewhere - Thanks for sharing your experiences.
LittleToe - You sure are lucky 'cause those dreams/nightmares can make anyone crap their pants!
Franklin J - Yeap, it sure was like taken right out of a science fiction movie! But, it seemed 100 times more real.
DY
I remember as an Elder I was assigned on a committee regarding some questionable acts of some JW youths in our hall. They were very "rebellious" and had a "poor attitude" about what they did.
One Elder asked what they would have done if Armageddon came, what would they do then?
One youth responded, "I will open a beer, sit back and watch the show."
The Elders looked at each other in horror......
Its funny how some react, or would react to this "event."
ThiChi,
The response shows the age and overall maturity. Before such a horrific event, nobody knows how they'll react.
Thanks for sharing your past experience.
DY
I only recall 2 Armageddon dreams my whole life.
The first was when I was about 8 or 9. I was on my street playing with a nonJW neighboorhood friend. Somehow I had known Armageddon started and he turned into like this smoldering handful of tar on the ground and I was freaked out. I didnt understand why he should be killed and it made me angry but it is what it is I thought. I didnt see any angels or demons are signs in the sky.
The second was only a few years ago long after dubdom. I would have been like 21. I saw signs in the sky. The moon began moving. Then the stars began moving. It was an erie redish twilight. The sun had just set but the sky was quite dark and there were scattered clouds. Then the moon shot off like the UFOs do in those UFO footage clips. Then I knew in my dream it was Armageddon. Strange brighly lit objects began moving really fast across the landscape and near me. I knew they were the angels of Armageddon. They were killing people but very quickly. On some people a small strange symbol began to glow very brightly in orange color on the foreheads of some people. They had the seal of God. I could see the light from my forehead reflected on my hands. I was not afraid after that. Until then I wasnt sure how to feel.
Since then I have come to the conclusion that such "Armageddons" are fantasy. Any real Armageddon will be where the name describes. In or near Meggido in the middle east against vast armies attacking Israel.
I have had on apocolyptic dream recently. It seemed apocolyptic but was very mysterious. It began in another erie twilight setting only this time there were no clouds in the sky and the sky was more purple than red. I was in my car and noticed a star or planet about as bright as venus but it was road flare red. It stood still. I knew something was wrong. It seemed infinitely high in altitude but somehow it also seemed to be looking at me. Then my eyes went to the road. I mentioned the light to someone in another car. When we looked up I quickly pointed out "Holy s*** theres two of them now!"
I looked back to the road and decided I am headed home. I seemed to be out of my car at this point. Traffic for some reason wasnt moving. Then looking back up I noticed other red dots moving in to join the two. In just a few seconds and entire formation had moved in one by one into formation. They now appeared to be hovering. There was a whole line taking up about 1/5 of the sky at 45 degrees and to the NE. At this point I mentioned to someone "This looks like an invasion?!" I recieved quite a bit of agreement and I noticed a great deal of fear now in most people.
I seemed to be on a small motorcycle now, like a dirtbike. I looked up and saw the lights breaking formation. They seemed to be descending. As I scurried through traffic people were screaming and having accidents. I knew I was only about 4 minutes from home. As the lights got really close they seemed to turn into helicopters. They werent alien ships or so now it didnt seem. They were UH-1s, Hueys. When I noticed they were UH-1s they began banking and slowing, changing direction to descend on the people. Now large nylon "belts" making a long "U" shape dropped from the choppers and tried to snare people and hoist them up.
I didnt know what was happening and no longer cared to figure it out I was getting out of here. I tried to go as fast as possible, crashing into stuff, hitting pedestrians, yelling at people still making complete stops at stop signs.
Finally I came to my house. It was completely different from any house Ive lived in. My mother was there and I said "Lock the doors and windows, its an invasion," sure once again that we were dealing with aliens. I looked up and the ceiling wasnt there but the sky. Large skylight. As I went up the stairs I saw a set of red lights in the sky once again. "Im going for my rifle!" Knowing that my AR-15 would easily deter and repel quite a few varieties of people and beings. I noticed the railings were not on the stairs but didnt care to investigate.
When I went in my room the ceiling was all intact. My mother had mentioned my sister was here, she was sick and in my room. There she was on the floor playing video games. She was Asian. Yes I remember she was adopted. But this is only in my dream. Then she began talking in thick chinese accent. I said "Stop talking like that, you dont even speak chinese, quit hanging out with that Asian mafia!"
"You shutup!" she said in the heavy asian accent. Finally I get to my rifle, load it and grab plenty of spare magazines. Ok its all good now, I thought to myself. And then I woke up. Seemed like about 5 minutes
FirstInLine,
WOW, quite a dream! Thanks for sharing.
Hopefully for me this Armageddon dreaming experience won't soon happen again. It was very scary and vivid.
DY
I never dreamed of Armageddon . My belief in it evaporated when I realised that the whole thing was just not true.
Once, when I was a dub I dreamed vividly that I was in the New World. The trouble was that I hated it! Everything was there, like a WT illustration but it was strange. I was forced to work in the fields under a hot sun . The Overseer watched us like a prison guard and I just had to work on .The worst was that I told myself how this was going to be in place for "Life Everlasting"
I did post this once before and someone said it was like the movie "Cool hand Luke" .. Now I am familiar with that film. I am sure dreams are just our minds picking up what we have taken in and mixing it up a little
BluesBrother,
Thanks for sharing your experience. I do feel as though the dream was a product of what I've been thought for so long now.
Once again, thanks.
DY
Cool Dream!!!!! I have never had an Armageddon dream, unfortunately. A powerful dream can be affecting as reality. They do at times teach us or even give us an impression of what may happen. Sometimes, they do become reality. But, let's face it, mostly they are just field trips to the subconscience and little to no effect on our reality. Don't worry about the dream. I mean, haven't you ever dreamed about killing someone or f@#&ing them? It just doesn't matter.
"..then we who are alive, who are left, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds" - "If you would be perfect......"
"Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven."
Dreams are dreams - so why were they coming to you ?
