Wolves Among Sheep
I had a dream last night where I found myself inside a sheep pen. In biblical times the shepherd would act as the door to the sheep thus protecting them from predators. In the dream last night the shepherd was absent and therefore the doorway to the sheep pen was unguarded. I found myself, as I stated above, in the sheep pen I remember picking up the shepherd’s crook although I’m not called to be a pastor. I remember using it to uncover wolves in sheep’s clothing that were among the flock.
Why the shepherd was absent leaving the sheep unguarded I have no idea. Perhaps he was a hirling as Jesus said and abandoned them when he saw the wolves coming. That wasn’t revealed to me in the dream, only that he was not where he was supposed to be doing what he was supposed to be doing which was guarding the sheep.
Perhaps he was one of the wolves? Also, you might consider the Lord is directing you to expose false teachings.
That’s a very good observation!!!
Tony, you refer to OT/NT practice but this dream signifies modern churches of which many pastors, or under-shepherds, have abdicated their responsibility for looking after the Good Shepherd’s sheep. Moreover, they’ve thus deliberately let in false teaching, as symbolised by ravenous wolves which, as Marcia says, you’re to expose!
I was called to be a watchman back in the 90’s. I’ve had many dreams/visions since then of the Word being adulterated and complicity among church leadership. Now I wait to see what the Lord wants.
I think this is a reflection of many of our churches today. Anyone that has any leadership role is called a pastor, even though many of them are not gifted as such. If you place someone without the pastor gift in place over a flock then many times that flock will be abandoned or not cared for properly. When someone is placed in a role and they know where they are gifted (like you said you aren’t a pastor, but a prophet/watchman) then they need to build a team around them to fill gaps. Jesus gave 5 gifts to the church, and in order for a church to truly be healthy all 5 gifts need to be present working together in unity.
Spot on Charlie! The very things Jesus said to be aware of, politics and religion, have become the foundational pillars of today’s church and what was designed by Jesus to be functions of the body of Christ, i.e., the 5 fold ministry have now become positions to be fought over and protected.
Tony: Here is an excellent film that you may want to see sometime:
Sheep Among Wolves: Volume One
https://hitchhikeamerica.wordpress.com/2019/12/28/sheep-among-wolves/
Sheep Among Wolves: Volume II
https://tim-shey.blogspot.com/2019/12/sheep-among-wolves.html
I agree with the above comments. I wonder then if we should pray that any pastors/leaders who are teaching/allowing false teaching will be replaced or learn what is truth so they can speak that.
Or, rather, pray that God’s truth will be taught and that falsehood will become evident.