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An odd dream about the war in Ukraine and peace
In the dream I was standing around near a chain-link fence situated along a border, which I believe was the one between Ukraine and Russia, along with a number of other people from different nations. I remember looking at it and saying something akin to, "They won't mind, it's pretty much already theirs."
I then started moving the position of the chain link fence to a different border and soon was joined by some other people, one of them had a turban and seemed to be the stereotypical depiction of old timey high-class Indians (the country). We were working on shifting the fence over, one panel at a time, when I decided I should go let 'them' know what we were doing and walked off.
I came to a commissary of some kind along the way and ended up with a zip-lock back full of ketchup somehow (don't ask. I have no idea) and I carried it in my hand at my side as I walked up to some soldiers.
They exercised the precautions you might expect of soldiers in a war zone and demanded that I stand in front of the tank at a safe distance to talk as soldiers on foot watched. I told them something to the effect, "I thought I should tell you what we're doing over there," as I looked and gestured back to where the fence at the border was being moved.
When I looked back, the tank was gone and I began walking back. Along the way, I noticed that the bag of ketchup was leaking and it had gotten down my left side. I shrugged and made it to a hallway somewhere and more ketchup was smeared on the floor and I think gobs of it were on the wall.
It didn't occur to me that the ketchup could have been a stand-in for blood until some time after I woke and had begun to process it. Not sure what to think about it and if there's meaning to it. I've had dreams before that seemed to have spiritual messages before, such as one where I saw a large empty parking lot with two signs, one saying "Far Right" and the other "Far Left." In that dream people were grouped to both sides but none were in the middle. No fence sitters and that may be a sign of where we are or how things will become in the future.
This one? Maybe something like that the blood of those bringing piece may be shed?
Before I was asked to migrate this topic to daily chat by a mod, someone noted that the ketchup being used might indicate that it isn't real blood being shed. That made me consider the familiar statement that "we are watching a movie." I think that may be applicable here, though that isn't to say that real blood hasn't been shed in the Ukrainian war. It just might imply that there could be some showmanship in the aftermath to drive home a point.
That’s an intense dream. I’ve had a few intense ones myself and they would leave me exhausted. I agree the ketchup would represent fake blood. There are a lot of different movies being played out right now, it’s hard to keep up. It’s a blessing to receive insight like this.
It's not the only time I've had vivid dreams and my wife has had them on occasion.
One featured a large parking lot. If memory serves, the middle was empty while areas named "far left" and "far right" were crowded. It seems particularly fitting after reading Ecclesiastes 10:2-3
The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. Even as fools walk along the road, they lack sense and show everyone how stupid they are.
One that stands out about my wife was her watching a general or commander in a command center as they monitored things. In one scene, large storms were coming in and the general dismissed everyone to go home so that they might find shelter.
You know some people believe that only certain people have prophetic or dreams of warnings. But God uses any willing servant whose mind is stayed on him. My most recent dream was of an airplane crash. In the dream I was in a residential area that I didn’t recognize. I was walking across the road and heard a noise and looked above me and there was a plane that appeared to be similar to American Airlines. It was coming down nose first in slow motion. In stead of running away I continued to walk straight on its path. When it hit the ground I still was walking right to it as it was burning. I never lost my focus as I calmly walked toward it. Then I woke up . I the dream I was calm, but when I woke up my heart was about to jump out of my chest.