Expert: Brenda Martin - 6/28/2008

Question
My husband and I were on our way to Hendersonville and I looked up in the sky and I saw a HUGE EAGLE (LOOKED LIKE A AIRPLANE IN SIZE ON THE GROUND LOOKING IT). I shut my eyes and then open them and it was still there. So, I shut my eyes again and when I opened them this time it was gone. I got quiet and then I heard Challenger, Challenge?
what does this vision mean? can you tell me...
I have had dreams and visions for years, but I hardly dream anymore... it is now usually visions!

GOD BLESS  YOU
thank you
lisa C

Answer
"I have had dreams and visions for years"

Visions, Dreams, and Voices

No doubt you know about strange things people have seen, heard, or dreamed. Such supernatural experiences often frighten those having them. Marein, who lived in West Africa, regularly heard the voice of her late grandmother calling her at night. Terrified, Marein would scream, waking up her whole household. Eventually, she lost her sanity.

Now, if the dead were really alive, is it reasonable that they would terrify their loved ones? Of course not. The source of such hurtful messages is the demons.

But what about messages that seem to be helpful and comforting? For example, Gbassay, from Sierra Leone, was sick. She had a dream in which her late father appeared to her. He instructed her to go to a certain tree, take a leaf, mix it with water, and drink it. She was not to talk to anybody before doing so. She did this and got well.

Another woman said that her husband appeared to her one night after he died. She said he looked very nice and wore beautiful clothes.

Such messages and visions seem good and helpful. Are they from God? No, they are not. Jehovah is “the God of truth.” (Psalm 31:5) Never would he agree to tricking or deceiving us. Only the demons do that.

But are there good demons? No. Even though they may seem helpful at times, all of them are bad. When the Devil spoke with Eve, he seemed friendly. (Genesis 3:1) But what resulted to her after she listened to him and did what he said? She died.

You know that it is not uncommon for a bad person to be friendly to those he wants to deceive and cheat. “White teeth, black heart,” says the African proverb. And God’s Word says: “Satan himself keeps transforming himself into an angel of light.”—2 Corinthians 11:14.

God no longer contacts people on earth by means of dreams, visions, or voices from the spirit world. He guides and instructs them through the Bible, which can make a person “completely equipped for every good work.”—2 Timothy 3:17.


All the best
Brenda