Concerning the 2nd Coming, clouds, and dreams, there are a couple of things that your dream,
lººk, and your response, Dondi, reminded me of.
The first is the prophecy in
Matthew 26:64 that
"Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven."
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The symbolic prophecies found in all the world Scriptures anent this imminent event will prove their veracity; their symbolism will nevertheless elicit reinterpretation; circumstances and happenings will not necessarily be exactly as the Scriptures would appear to indicate."
As one documentary on television explains, at any given moment, there may be as many as ten thousand airplanes in the skies of our planet ... each filled with many dozens of passengers. We must not forget, that such a condition would not likely have been unknown to the foresight of the Christ, though obviously he would not have been able to explain it very well to his followers.
For a parallel, consider the following prophecy, made by the 8th Century AD Indian Buddhist Guru, Padmasambhava (who helped spead Buddhism in Tibet, and is regarded by some as a reincarnation of the Buddha Himself):
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Lest we cast the Christ in the shadow of those with no foresight, I think we must consider what the prophecy in Matthew suggests. Perhaps the Christ already walks among us, as yet unrecoqnized by a world
with other things on its mind. I only mention the possibility ...
As for dreams, I have had any number that were clearly prophetic, highly suggestive, or in some cases clear communications that I think were meant for my waking consciousness. One of the most amazing, however, and one which convinced me of something I already essentially believed in (
the objectivity of non-physical states, or worlds of existence for all people), went like this:
While in college, and while taking a philosophy class one summer, I recall having a particularly lucid dream involving a classmate named Maurice, whom I hardly knew. He was a clear thinker, and quite intelligent - and at least at that time,
if not much since 
... I was the same. In my dream, Maurice and I were sitting on a low, stone wall, outside of a newly constructed classroom building ... so new it had yet to be named (and was called, the
New Classroom Building!). The precise topic of our conversation now escapes me, and I haven't remembered it for several years, but when I awoke from the dream, it was pristine clear in my memory. I found it unusual to have been dreaming of conversing with Maurice, since I scarcely knew him, and since we had never talked outside of class. Yet
it was as if we were both
almost physically present in the dream, carrying on this conversation.
Now what was at first uncanny, then a complete trip, then one of the most amazing things
in plain & simple terms which has ever happened to me (like a
deja vu, but not just
any deja vu) ... is that after our philosophy class, which was the morning of the dream, I walked over to Maurice - and
feeling a bit awkward & on the spot, I still could not resist, and found myself trying to say in a sensible & masculine way, "Hey, I had this strange dream about you while ago."
Certainly I was uncomfortable, but I knew I'd have a chance to explain ... except that I didn't have to. The awkwardness disappeared, as Maurice was
already ahead of me, and was
already telling me about the
exact same dream - which he had had about me! Same place, same circumstances, same scenery, and
same topic of conversation. And what we both found (or already realized) was the craziest part of all, is that
on that particular morning, when we went to our philosophy class across campus, there was a note directing us to the
New Classroom Building - something about having class there so we could help evaluate the space or something. The
spot in which Maurice and I started talking about the dream,
was right in front of this building, and we sat down on that stone wall as we were both
dumbstruck in amazement. After all was shared, we really didn't even need to keep talking. I think both our lives had been forever
impacted!
Now under various circumstances, I'm as happy as the next guy to admit of coincidences, or apply
Occam's Razor, especially given my philosophical background - and an appreciation for the sciences, empiricism, and clear logic, or reasoning. But here was something
unshakable, and solid! By no means is this the most profound
strange experience I've ever had, but it proved for me
once and for all - that the
dream world is (potentially) objective, and that meetings such as this occur
all the time. Every night in fact, for most of us ... of this I am confident. I already essentially believed that 17 years ago, but
this was the icing on the cake.
Other things, like
detailed telepathic experiences (entire
conversations) with people sitting
right next to me - confirmed by both of us - long ago helped lift the veil for me regarding
this strange & mysterious place that we call home - or rather,
the modus operandi of human consciousness, in/on it's many worlds, planes, or levels. I now look on things like Nostradamus, Edgar Cayce, and
the entire host of Biblical prophets and prophecies - as well as those in other Faith Traditions - as something we should strive to better understand ... but I can never again
question, or truly
doubt. I can only be in awe, and reach out to others who have similar realizations ....
Remember Shakespeare's statement, through Hamlet:
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
