The Dream
Part 1. Well-dressed lady enters house, and about 10 kids follow her. The kids come in and start stealing, taking things. Irene was amazed at the clamour, and the audacity of the children. The woman had a key, and Irene said, “Where did you get that key?” The lady said, “Oh, I have many keys.”
Part 2. Irene went to the basement, and saw men breaking into safes. She said, “You wouldn’t do this if my husband was here!” She also had the thought to tell them about Jesus. So she did, and they just sort of shrugged their shoulders and continued with their work.
The Interpretation
Part 1. The woman is the Spirit of Jezebel. She is well-dressed, and would fit right in at any church, from outward appearances anyway. She has trained these children to go into houses and steal with confidence and authority. These children have been taught and conditioned to accomplish one goal: to steal the treasures from the church.
Part 2. The men in the basement had the same mission as the children. The men were seeking to steal the treasures from the church while the authority figure was away. They were indifferent to the gospel, and were only interested in taking advantage of the opportunity afforded to them while Jesus was gone. They were not deterred from their task at hand, which is the same as the children: to steal the treasures from the church.
Application:
Both of these pictures represent usurpers. The woman Jezebel is taking advantage of children who have not been trained in the ways of the Lord, and has been spending time training them in the ways of darkness. She has usurped the church’s rightful responsibility of speaking life into children’s lives. We must be vigilant with our children, teaching them the ways of the Lord; teaching them how to approach the throne and intercede with Jesus. We must teach our kids to operate in the gifts of the Spirit with the same measure of confidence and authority that the children used in the dream. We must be undeterred from our mission, like the men in the basement. In the last days there will be scoffers; put them aside. We must be vigilant against those who would come with evil intentions while the King is away. They have a sense of urgency, because they know he’s coming back home. So must we be urgent, knowing that the days are short. We must love one another so much the more.
Be watchful and pray without ceasing. Train up your children in the way they should go, otherwise you’re handing them over to Jezebel.