I found myself waking up from a sleep on a bus during my dream. The bus was a school bus, and as I was waking up, the bus was pulling out. I did not see the driver, but I recall that I seemed very comfortable with his driving. The bus went somewhat wildly around unexpected twists and turns in the road, and up and down hills and valleys. I had a genuine trust in the driver, and so I was free to move around the bus.

The other people on the bus I did not recognize, yet I felt very comfortable with them, and it seemed as though they knew me quite well. They seemed very intelligent, and they were extremely vigilant and watchful, looking out the windows very intensely. I found myself joining them and moving from window to window to look out at what they were seeing. I heard some of them talking in the back of the bus and turned to see them gathered at the back window, watching something as the bus was moving in the opposite direction.

I went to the back of the bus and stood by one who was very serenely staring out the window. Then I saw what they were so vigilant about. There was a very great wall of darkness on the horizon behind us building in intensely and slowly moving our way. The darkness was ominous ... and the feeling I had as I looked at it was of genuine alarm. The man I stood beside looked at me with a sense of relief when he saw that I understood what they were watching and that I felt the alarm and he said to me rather matter of factly, "Good, now you know."

Suddenly there was some enthusiastic commotion from these other watchers from the front of the bus. I turned to see a great church building. What happened next absolutely shocked me! We drove through the glass foyer and parked the front of the bus so that we were watching the worship service from a side view.

People were calmly listening to whoever was up on the platform speaking. I could not see the one speaking. What concerned me was that the people in the church did not seem to notice the bus and our dramatic arrival. They seemed comfortably seated and did not appear interested in moving. The people looked very well dressed and it seemed as though they were fascinated by what they were hearing.

At first, I felt drawn by the sense of peace the people seemed to have and I wanted to get off the bus and join them. I started to move toward the bus door, but another one of the men on the bus spoke to me strongly with words of caution: "Don't get off the bus. We are not here to join them. We are here to warn them so that they might join us."

I suddenly glanced at the back of the bus and saw why he had said this to me. The ominous darkness was moving more quickly toward us. Time was obviously running out before this darkness would be on us. When I looked back at the church, the light in the church seemed so inadequate when I compared it with this great wall of darkness on the horizon and heading our direction. I said to those around me: "What should we do? How can we warn them?"

One of the men on the bus said to me, "We are going to drive this bus right through the church so they can't miss us if they have their eyes opened." So the one driving proceeded to drive through the Sanctuary with the horns blowing and flashing lights ... first yellow, then red. We came to a stop in the center, with the lights still flashing and the horn still honking. Many of the people still did not seem to see or hear us, though their eyes appeared to be wide open and we were right in front of them. They seemed to be mesmerized or in some sort of hex spell.

The dream ended with me lowering the windows and yelling for people to get on the bus so we could get to safety. I kept yelling, "Great darkness is coming and you are not in a safe place. You must get on the bus, now!" I remember a feeling of frustration and concern that few people seemed to pay much attention to my words of warning or my pleas to get on the bus. A few people seemed to have a casual interest in what I was saying, but no one had yet to get on the bus when the dream had ended.

Interpretive Comments after listening to the Lord and reflecting on this:

After praying, the Lord said to me: "Events are happening now that should get the attention of the watchful eye of My people. Terrorism, Tsunamis, Hurricanes, Earthquakes; are all evidence in the natural realm of the raging battle already underway in the spiritual realm. Many of my people are fearful, but they don't walk with Me and they don't see any need to change their comfortable lifestyles of convenience and living for self. They are sitting comfortably in the church, and are blindly getting overcome by the darkness. My word to My Church is to repent and follow Me. The Church will not be able to endure with a 'business as usual' attitude. Many of My people will find that much of what they fix their eyes on will be taken from them in a moments time when the darkness comes in its fullest intensity. Get on board My school bus and learn what I have to teach you that you might be prepared to be light in a very dark world."

The Lord led me to this passage in Luke 21:25-28, as well as Matthew 24.

Luke 21: 25-28:

25. "There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves,

26. men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

27. "Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory."

28. "But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near."

I believe this school bus represents God's prophetic ministry that has been driving though the world and into the church in recent years and calling people to "straighten up and lift up your heads." I think the driver of the bus is the Spirit of the Lord Jesus, because the testimony of the Lord Jesus is the Spirit of prophecy. I think the fact that I did not see the driver is evidence of the person of the Holy Spirit working His teaching and prophetic ministry coordinating the work of angelic messengers and the human messengers, the prophets. I think the men on the bus who I did not recognize, yet who knew me were the angels who are God's holy watchers. These angels have a responsibility to teach me and show me that I (and other prophetic speakers within the church) must speak the word of the Lord to be mindful of the signs of the times, watch the signs of growing darkness, and straighten up (repent), lift up our heads (be people of prayer, praise, and worship of the living, loving, Christ.

This dream is a call to sober watchfulness, repentance, and focus on the prayerful power found only in "being on the bus with Jesus." The good news for God's people is that the call is still going out to "get on His bus!" The Lord is taking His disciples to school to equip us for a whole new level in the Kingdom work He has prepared for us.

Hallelujah!

Praise Him Always!

Lance Sneath

04/15/2006