Ist Vision

I had this vision three days ago and would like to share it with you. I saw what looked like a temple only open with pillars on the four corners having stairs all around. The roof of this temple was like gold or bronze and was rounded on top. There was a man sitting in the middle of this temple on a throne like chair or seat. I could see myriads of people all around as far as the eye could see and in the distance I could see in the sky birds flying coming from the direction of the sun setting (it was reddish orange). I do not know who the man was but it did not appear to be Christ.

Interpretation:

The Temple is the Body of Christ under the New Covenant. The pillars are the five types of New Testament ministers i.e. apostles, prophets, evangelists, teachers and pastors. The roof of this temple being like gold or bornze shows that it is a glorious church without spot or wrinkle for which Jesus would come again. Its top being rounded up shows that it is a perfect one without any division. We are the members of this glorious church.

You could not recognize the Man who was sitting on the throne. According to you, he did not look like Christ. This shows that it is not the mere image of Christ but the glory of His Church that matters here. The people of God attach more importance to the image of Christ these days than to the Body of Christ, (the Temple which is full of His glory) with the result that they may be tempted into believing false visions of Christ. In fact, many ministers of the gospel had received such false visions.

Prophet Isaiah "saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple" (Is.6:1). He saw both the Lord and the throne. We should also see the high throne of the Lord. We cannot separate the throne from His image. We get deceived mostly when we see only some image. Isaiah also saw the seraphims in the vision (Vs.2). The seraphims are symbolical of the ministers of God who minister to God in the Body of Christ. Then Isaiah heard the cry of the seraphims, saying, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory" (Vs.3). The true ministers always perceive the holiness of God and the glory of God filling the whole earth. They see everywhere the omnipotent and omnipresent God. Their vision is fixed on His glory. Thirdly, Isaiah, after seeing the vision of the Lord on His throne and after hearing the voice of the seraphims, looked at the shortcomings of his life and cried out, "Woe is me! for I am undone: because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts" (Vs.5). Every vision of Christ should result in a revelation of your secret life. If a person gets a true vision of the glory of the Lord, he will repent in sackcloth and will cry, "Woe is me!".

Vision of myriads of people all around the Temple shows that thousands of people would be born into the Kingdom of Christ, whom we cannot count. A great revival would take place in this world through this glorious church supported by the pillars (the five types of the New Testament ministers). Sky birds are seen flying from the direction of sun-setting. The spiritual giants from the Temple i.e. the glorious church would rise up and would fly to greater heights. These spiritual giants would rise only if their own images and their work in flesh die as the sun sets. They should have the experience of self-crucifixion. They should say, "I am crucified with Christ....." (Gal.2:20). They should cease to do many works in flesh. They should abide in their calling and do only the work assigned to them by the Holy Spirit in the Body of Christ. The colour of reddish orange shows that they have to make sacrifices at the altar of the Temple.