Hello Jim Reeve, Welcome to OH Forums. I had an interesting dream several years ago also about trees crashing down. I wrote a chapter on it in the Basileia Letters book. Here is a portion of it below. - Ron
The Loftiness of Man And The Kingdom of God
Have you ever experienced the serenity of walking in a beautiful
forest of majestic tall trees on a warm sunny day? There is a
feeling of security and comfort in the cool shade of the huge trees.
One feels at ease and protected by the canopy of giant branches
meshing together far overhead. You tend to feel small in the presence
of the giant trees, and may have a worshipful respect for the
magnificent, stately, ancient trees.
This is how I felt as God recently spoke to me in a powerful
prophetic dream. I walked about in the most beautiful oak forest I
have ever seen. The trees were huge and over one hundred feet tall.
They had magnificent limbs growing this way and that, forming
unique patterns high in the trees. The tree trunks were very large
and covered with distinctive rough oak bark. The trees were some
distance apart but they were so large that they all entwined together
forming a beautiful green canopy high overhead.
Beneath the trees, the floor of the forest was open and free of
brush. There were no pesky briars or thorny berry vines, no small
growth to make walking difficult. I strolled about with ease admiring
the awesomeness of the giant magnificent trees. I felt they must
be hundreds of years old. There was a sense of strength and personal
protection realizing they had stood against the elements with
no apparent damage for centuries. Though I could catch small
glimpses of bright sun light through the canopy it was wonderfully
shady and comfortably cool. There was no concern for heat or sunburn
in such a protected environment. It seemed it would be a good
place to remain forever and enjoy its comfort and protection.
I was well into the forest when I stopped short. The sound of a
rushing strong wind came to my ears. Instantly I looked up toward
the north from which the sound came. High above the earth one of
the trees was being thrashed about by a strong wind from the north.
Suddenly I heard great snapping sounds as the high limbs of the
great tree began to break and started falling. Then the giant trunk
snapped and the whole tree was crashing toward the earth. I turned
quickly to the east and started to run when I saw that the entwined
trees were being broken by the first falling tree. The trees were
crashing in the east and I could not run in that direction. Instantly
I turned to the south and started to run. But again the trees in that
direction began to be broken by the others and were falling. By
now the sound was horrendous as a great roar of snapping and crashing
was everywhere. I turned to the west and it was crumbling as
well. As a cloud of thick dust began to rise and fill the air around
me, I instinctively ran a few steps and dove to the trunk of one of
the great trees. I wrapped myself up against it and nestled up against
the huge trunk as the roar of crashing continued and the dust boiled
covering the entire scene.
I was unharmed and crawled out after the dust settled through
the mass of tangled broken limbs to view a totally new scene. Not
one tree, not even a very high trunk, or a very large piece of a tree
was left. The entire magnificent forest was only a huge area of
broken smashed pieces fit only for fire wood. It was still a bright
sunny day with only a few wispy white clouds in the sky but all the
sense of protection and comfort no longer existed.
As I awoke from this dream I was very moved and somewhat
afraid. I knew beyond any doubt that the dream was a prophetic
word from God and could instantly think of many negative fearful
possible interpretations. But I am not usually used as a prophet of
doom and was afraid to ask God the meaning. I really was not ready
to know the full meaning of this dream and waited a day before
asking God to reveal the interpretation of the dream to me.
I cautiously approached God with questions like, does this
involve religion? I heard “yes”, but with a sense that there was
more. I asked, “does this involve the economy and political governments”?
Again the answer, “yes”. Knowing I was now ready
God spoke on and said, “It is the pride and loftiness of man”.
For many days since this dream I have been consumed with it.
Many questions have arisen as I went to the word and continued to
seek God’s guidance in more fully understanding the meaning of
this word. What exactly is the pride and loftiness of man that has
stood majestically for centuries and is now coming down? Why
were trees used to represent the loftiness of man as opposed to
great cities or tall buildings etc.? How does this relate to the glorious
revival and the establishment of God’s kingdom on earth now?
When is this great crashing fall, which takes away the sense of
security and comfort of many people?
Isa 2:17-18: The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, And
the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; The LORD alone will
be exalted in that day, But the idols He shall utterly abolish.
The loftiness of man makes a great covering for evil works of
spiritual harlotry and adultery. Under the canopy of the lofty pride
of men and their mighty works is a comfortable place for sin and
evil works to prevail.
Hosea 4:13: They offer sacrifices on the mountaintops, And
burn incense on the hills, Under oaks, poplars, and terebinths,
Because their shade is good. Therefore your daughters commit
harlotry, And your brides commit adultery.
Now is the time of great transition from the ways of fallen
man to the ways of the kingdom of our God. The lofty pride of
mankind is being exposed and soon will be brought down to nothing.
The greatest crash ever is eminent as the prideful works of
man come crashing down that the works of God’s kingdom may
flow through humble men and be established upon the earth. The
lofty works of man in which we have trusted will crumble before
our eyes.
Zec 11:1-2: Open your doors, O Lebanon, That fire may devour
your cedars. Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, Because
the mighty trees are ruined. Wail, O oaks of Bashan, For
the thick forest has come down.
In the figurative language of the Holy Spirit in Scripture, trees
often represent the life structure of a man. Different types of trees
have different characteristics and represent different qualities in
man. The oak represents strength and long lasting stability. The
oak grows slowly but makes a very strong hard wood and is therefore
a picture of strong stable men.
Amos 2:9: "Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,
Whose height was like the height of the cedars, And he was as
strong as the oaks; Yet I destroyed his fruit above And his roots
beneath.
It is vitally important for us to know the difference between
the works of the pride and loftiness of man and the wonderful works
and blessings of God. It is possible to come to some very frightening
and unreal conclusions if we do not discern the blessings of
God and the prideful works of man. We must consider carefully
what is crashing down and what is being established on earth.
Isa 2:12-21: For the day of the LORD of hosts shall come
upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up; And it
shall be brought low; Upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are
high and lifted up, And upon all the oaks of Bashan; Upon all the
high mountains, And upon all the hills that are lifted up; Upon
every high tower, And upon every fortified wall; Upon all the ships
of Tarshish, And upon all the beautiful sloops.
The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, And the haughtiness
of men shall be brought low; The LORD alone will be exalted
in that day, But the idols He shall utterly abolish.
They shall go into the holes of the rocks, And into the caves of
the earth, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty,
When He arises to shake the earth mightily.
In that day a man will cast away his idols of silver And his
idols of gold, Which they made, each for himself to worship, To the
moles and bats, To go into the clefts of the rocks, And into the crags
of the rugged rocks, From the terror of the LORD And the glory
of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily.
This is not doom and gloom! This is a marvelous outpouring
of the glory of God!
Yes, it is an awesome shaking! But only those things that lift
themselves against God are coming down. God is being exalted
above all else in the minds and hearts of man and in the entire
earth. It is the manifest glory of God that is coming forth in the
earth. It is the terror and the glory of God from which man is fleeing
into the caves, and that causes him to cast away his idols.
The LORD alone will be exalted in that day, But the idols
He shall utterly abolish. (Isa 2:17b)
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