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Grace and Peace to you Pastor Sheila.

It's bitter cold outside today, but I'm enjoying a day off from work and am so thankful for the quiet time! Hope your day has gotten off to a good start as well! Praise the LORD.

I respect your spiritual dream perspectives and I wondered if you might have a look at one I had a couple of days ago. Perhaps the LORD would show you something on it. If not, that's okay, too. <smile> I'm still pondering on it before GOD for myself.

I dreamed I had a baby boy. (I'm 43, married, with two healthy wonderful sons, 16 and 22 yrs old) A baby boy of about one month old, a precious little face... who was all wrapped up, bundled up, in warm clothing. He was in a stroller. I was seeing this against the backdrop of the city... looked like the Bronx where I grew up... At some point the child disappeared and then reappeared, and then disappeared again! I was frantic crying out what was going on, where was my baby?!! Then I found myself in a building exit...much like the Projects where I grew up in the Bx...and I waited, hidden from view. I knew the person who was doing this was going to show up. And this woman appeared. She had the baby... she was placing him back into his stroller. The baby seemed fine, awake, quiet, but there was a smudge of some kind near one of his eyes, and I wondered what the heck she was doing to him! I waited just another second and then I grabbed her from behind and turned her around. She had dark hair, a medium brown complexion. I grabbed her face with both of my hands.. a very close up focal point... gripping her face tightly, I screamed at her, several times, "I'll crack your skull right on this wall!!!" We were standing right next to a concrete brick wall. I was in a rage and I was ready to do it. In one swift movement I was going to crack her skull against that wall; that's how enraged I was about what she was doing, or attempting to do. I woke up right then.... ummmm.... rather, not a direct awakening, but rather I transferred over into regular sleep and awakened a very short time later, perhaps a half hour.

Thanks for your time.

The LORD bless you.

XXXXX

-----Original Message-----
From: Sheila Vitale
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 10:09 PM
To: 'XXXXX
Subject: RE: Friday Morning

 

PASTOR VITALE: By way of introduction to dream interpretation in Christ Jesus, let me say
that dreams are spiritual, and spiritual events arise out of the unconscious part of the mind. Those of us who have the Mind of Christ, are double  minded, according to James (James 1:8), because we have the carnal mind that we were born with, and the Christ mind.

The Lord Jesus Christ, the Righteous One, is the unconscious part of the Christ mind, Christ Jesus is the subconscious part of the Christ mind, and Abel is the conscious part of the Christ mind. Satan, who is both good and evil, is the unconscious part of the carnal mind, Leviathan, the pride of man, is the subconscious part of the carnal mind, and Cain is the conscious part of the carnal mind. Satan is the author of all thoughts that arise through the carnal mind, both good and evil.

Mortal man is divided in his own mind in that it is a rare person who is aware of the thought processes and activities of the subconscious and unconscious parts of their own mind. Death is the result of sin which begins
in the unconscious part of the mind. Mortal men die because we are incapable of stopping the sinful thoughts that Satan continuously generates without our knowledge or agreement. Some of these sinful thoughts manage to vibrate to the surface of our conscious mind and express themselves as, what I call, socially acceptable sins, such as, envy and pride (as opposed to murder, etc.). Others never rise into our conscious mind, because we have been taught and trained concerning good and evil. Nevertheless, these unconscious and subconscious thoughts have a life of their own and operate under the cover of the unconscious and subconscious parts of the mind. As we are told in the book of Job, the Lord speaks to us in a dream "because of the pride of man" (Job 33:15-17). In other words, it would be very difficult for us to hear Him, if He were to tell us a difficult thing directly, because our pride would resist the truth.

Apparently, you have been invited to ascend to a higher-level in Christ Jesus, Xxxx. One-side of this ascension is the ability to understand a deeper level of Christian philosophy which, you tell me, you have been enjoying for a while now. The other side of spiritual ascension is a deep introspection into one's own soul (which can be likened to psychoanalysis) for the specific purpose of locating Satan, Leviathan and Cain, identifying them, paralyzing them, and ultimately destroying them. The result of this endeavor is the maximization of the Christ mind within you and, ultimately, dominion over the hell and death that they inflict upon mankind.

The interpretation of your dream (which you're about to read) may shock you, but if you will rebuke your pride (and any fear, if it arises), and humbly seek the Lord, you will find that you have begun to be initiated into the
mysteries of Christ Jesus. Hallelujah!

God bless you as you read on.


-----Original Message-----
From: XXXXX
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004
To: Pastor Sheila Vitale
Subject: Friday Morning
 

DREAM & INTERPRETATION
 

I dreamed I had a baby boy.

[Pastor Sheila says:] The Lord is telling you that Christ has been conceived in you. This is the spiritual child that will save your soul when He is fully born in you (1 Tim 2:15). He is Christ, the resurrected Adam, who was growing out of Abel, the good side of your mortal foundation, which is the dead adam's root system.

(I'm 43, married, with two healthy wonderful sons, 16 and 22 yrs old) A baby boy of about one month old,

[Pastor Sheila says:] Yes, He will have to grow up in you. The scriptural term for the believer who conceives Christ is "midwife." We are the spiritual midwives who are responsible for nourishing the Christ child within us until he comes to term, by feeding him the spiritual food of the  Doctrine of Christ, and dealing with Satan, the unconscious part of our carnal mind, through confession of sin, repentance, and the warfare that
destroys Satan's power over us

a precious little face... who was all wrapped up, bundled up, in warm clothing. He was in a stroller. I was seeing this against the backdrop of the city... looked like the Bronx where I grew up...

[Pastor Sheila says:] I am not sure what this means, but my guess is that Christ, who is being formed in many members of the Body of Christ today, will eventually rule over his own city, the new Jerusalem

At some point the child disappeared and reappeared, and then disappeared again!

[Pastor Sheila says:] This child represents the infantile Christ, the sun (Mal 4:2) of the new man within you, which keeps disappearing behind Leviathan, the spiritual moon of your old man. This is the spiritual eclipse
of Christ (sun) by Leviathan (moon), the pride of man.

I was frantic crying out what was going on, where was my baby?!!

[Pastor Sheila says:] The Godly woman of Proverbs (Pro 31:10-31)is carefully watching out for this young Christ on behalf of Christ Jesus, who has conceived His son within you, and is very concerned that this young Christ will be swallowed up by your carnal mind. The answer to the problem of the survival of the child that you have been elected to bring forth is your spiritual education; wherefore, you have been directed to me.

Then I found myself in a building exit...much like the Projects where I grew up in the Bronx...and I waited, hidden from view. I knew the person who was doing this was going to show up.

[Pastor Sheila says:] Dreams can be very subtle, Xxxx. It is really impossible to interpret them without the Spirit of the Lord being involved. In the beginning you, the double minded man (because you are possessed of both the carnal mind and the Christ mind) were the Godly spiritual woman looking for your spiritual child, but now the moon of the carnal mind has risen within you, "the other side," which seeks to separate you from Christ forever....

Prov 7:10-8:27

10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
11(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
12 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I
have found thee.16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

This spiritual woman is the enemy of Christ, even Satan, the unconscious part of your carnal mind, and, in this case, a manifestation of Herod, who seeks to destroy the Christ child, the Saviour in the midst of you

And this woman appeared. She had the baby... she was placing him back into his stroller. The baby seemed fine, awake, quiet, but there was a smudge of some kind near one of his eyes, and I wondered what the heck she was doing to him!

[Pastor Sheila says:] before I say anymore, let me make it clear to you that you, your new man, are this Christ child, your personality is the midwife, the Godly woman of Proverbs, and your old man (which is your fallen female soul) is the ungodly woman of Proverbs.

XXXX, you received my corrections so graciously, which is a testimony to your walk with the Lord. Those two corrections that were given were direct instructions to the Christ child within you (the new you), which is your new man. I am the one (Christ Jesus within me) who took the Christ child for the purpose of instructing him. The smudge under his eye represents the wound that your old man (pride, ego) suffered (for righteousness sake, i.e., the instruction that leads to righteousness) at my hands (Pro 27:6). Your old man (Leviathan, the subconscious part of your carnal mind, the pride of man), however, is outraged, and this outrage has surfaced in a dream.

Only you and the Lord know whether you were aware, on any level, that you were (and still may be) angry at me for rejecting your interpretation of the dream that was circulated, and for telling you that the women (carnal mind) should be silent in the Church. But, whether you are aware of it are not, the Lord is revealing the sin of pride within you to give you the opportunity to face Satan, the unconscious part of your own mind, and rebuke her. Such action on your part will "save you" from the (sowing and reaping judgment) consequences of this sin, which you are either unaware of, or believe that you have adequately dealt with. If you are aware of anger or annoyance towards me, and believe that you have forgiven me (or otherwise dealt with this sin), the Lord, by this dream, is telling you that you have only succeeded in repressing your feelings, and are in danger of experiencing a negative consequence from Satan, the enforcer of the sowing
and reaping judgment.

I waited just another second and then I grabbed her from behind

[Pastor Sheila says:] you grabbed me from the unconscious part of your mind. This means that Satan, the unconscious part of your mind, visited me to inflict a spiritual wound upon me.

and turned her around.

[Pastor Sheila says:] "to turn one around" suggests migrating from the Christ mind to the carnal mind, or vice versa. Satan attacking from the unconscious part of someone's carnal mind, can succeed in joining with
Satan, the unconscious part of the other person's carnal mind, to overthrow the Christ mind in the second person; and, indeed, I did experience a temporary disturbance in the Spirit this past week.

She had dark hair, a medium brown complexion.

[Pastor Sheila says:] my natural hair color is dark brown (but I have made it red -:) ). I am not sure why I came up with a brown complexion, since I am white, but there are two possibilities why this might have happened: 1) if you are black, which I now surmise that you are, the character in your dream would emulate a familiar face, 2) the Lord has told me that I am a spiritual manifestation of Ham, the progenitor of the black races, because I express his nature in that I am called to expose sin in the rising sons of God. (Ham revealed that the carnal mind had risen in Noah, and was punished by Satan, the unconscious part of the carnal mind that had overtaken Noah, for his righteous act).

I grabbed her face

[Pastor Sheila says:] The face signifies the personality.

with both of my hands..

[Pastor Sheila says:] "The hands" signify judgment. You see, Satan, the unconscious part of the carnal mind, is also the enforcer of the sowing and reaping judgment. If my corrections had arisen out on the pride of my carnal mind, rather than out of Christ, who sincerely hoped to edify you by revealing the activity of your carnal mind (so that in the future, hopefully, you could interpret dreams out of the mind of Christ), I would have reaped a spiritual wound. But, since my motives were righteous towards you, Satan found no place in me, and has returned, or is about to return to you with her wrath undischarged.

very close up focal point...gripping her face tightly, I screamed at her, several times, "I'll crack your skull right on this wall!!!"

[Pastor Sheila says:] XXXX, if you can believe it, this is how it enraged your "other side" was/is against me for, on the one hand, bruising the ego of your old man, and on the other hand, educating Christ, who is destined to swallow her up.

We were standing right next to a concrete brick wall.

[Pastor Sheila says:] This is Christ Jesus, the brick wall that defends me.

I was in a rage and I was ready to do it. In one swift movement I was going to crack her skull

[Pastor Sheila says:] The skull signifies the highest aspect of God. The use of this word suggests that Satan, the unconscious part of your carnal mind, who was raging through your old nature, knew that she was up against the Christ in me (that my correction was righteous and Christ would defend me)

against that wall;

[Pastor Sheila says:] "to crack my skull against the wall" suggests that Satan, the unconscious part of your carnal mind, would have set the "wall" that protects me, against me, if she could have, i.e., if my motives had
been ungodly she would have sought to punish me in accordance with Jehovah's righteous sowing & reaping judgment.

that's how enraged I was about what she was doing, or attempting to do.

[Pastor Sheila says:] I am called to train up the Christ Child within you to the fullness of Spiritual Manhood in Christ Jesus.

I woke up .... ummmm.... rather, not a direct awakening, but rather I transferred over into regular sleep and awakened a very short time later, perhaps a half hour.

Thanks for your time.

[Pastor Sheila says:] you a very welcome

The LORD bless you.

[Pastor Sheila says:] you too