The Sign, The Dream, The Firecloud; of July 12, 1993

And the Interpretation

This is about a real event that happened and a dream that followed the event that very night! I trust that you will take everything that is written with prayer and seriousness.... for this is real and of God. JB

The Sign

The Date was July 12, 1993

The Time was 7:45 PM

The Place was Anaheim, CA

I was in my apartment on Knott Ave. and I felt a little antsy.. but at the time I didn't know what was going on. When, one on my neighbors came to the door and said, "You Gotta see this!" I knew something was up and so I went out to see what had stirred up the neighbors.

To my amazement, in the sky over The Northwest Shoreline was a Sign in the sky that stretched for at least 15 miles across and 5 miles up and down. It was rectangular in shape, with a green irredesence glow. There was no beginning and no end that I could see. But, this was not the first time I had seen this sign. I saw similar ones on October 24, 1992 and on March 9, 1993, all three times my sister in the Lord was with me. ON July 12, 1993 this one was the most spectacular! There were designs with squares, circles, a cross in the middle(although very crude)and in the upper right hand corner was a "FireCloud"! This cloud was turning in on itself from four different angles and inside you could see real fire brewing from within. I knew it was the Lord and ACTS 2:19 came immediately to us. Now, being this was the third time I had seen this phenomena.. sad to say, but I was non-chalant about it. I thanked the Lord for allowing me to see it and that was it.

The Dream

That night I went to sleep... nothing special, but the night of 7-12-93 will remain with me the rest of my life, for it was God's message to me, and all of a sudden a fire was lit within me... that I cannot put out!

It started in a hotel... a plush hotel, there was a convention of some sort happening and I sensed it was a Christian Businessman's Convention. I was in my room when, the hotel started to shake! An explosion was heard, more shaking! I went out of my room to stand at the top of the staircase on the balcony.. to my amazement everything in the lobby was destroyed! Beautiful China Cases laying on the floor, Chandliers destroyed, people crying in pain, stained glass windows shattered, and people on their knees crying out, "WHY LORD? WHY NOW?" shaking occurred... more explosions could be heard outside.. People crying out to the Lord more, "WHY LORD? WHY NOW?" Then as I was looking upon the scene of devastation I realized and felt that I was INSULATED from the disaster that was occurring before my eyes!

Then a small three year old boy came up to me on my rightside and grabbed hold of my hand... I looked down at him and instinctively I knew I was to find his mother. We went down the stairs, TOTALLY INSULATED from all that was happening around us. As we looked around the lobby I could not find his mother... and so, we ventured out the revolving doors that were no more and stepped out on to the marble landing on the steps leading down to the street. I was in awe of what I saw! There seemed to be VERY DARK CLOUDS, a low ceiling over the whole area and they were about a 1,000' or less!(that's low) and to the right, in those Very Dark Clouds I saw the "FireCloud"! In a turmoil! Rolling in on itself from four separate directions... and a fire brewing inside flickering from within.... Then all of a sudden... a Ball of Fire came from within the cloud! And it streaked across the sky from my right to left crashing into a building about a mile away totally destroying it. Although it is hard to remember every detail, I think there were other "FireClouds" off in the distance doing the samething. There were people in the street kneeling and crying out to the Lord, "LORD WHY?, WHY NOW?" People were lying dead in the streets, there was destruction and fire all around me, and yet,the boy and I were totally shielded from the wrath we were witnessing. Still I could not spot his mother.

We went back into the lobby of the hotel and as we were looking around I could not see her at first.... then, I saw a beautifully dressed woman at the top of the staircase.... and she started to descend down the stairs in an elegant stride and I sensed, this was his mother. She did not come to me from the front but from behind me. I lifted up the boy over my head so he was facing the woman behind me. And I saw recognition in his face, YES! this was his mother! I handed him over to her, never seeing her face. I woke up.

End of Dream


The Interpretation of the Setting

First of all let us go to the real sequence that happened for real at 7:45PM on 7-12-93. This was God showing in real time that the "FireCloud" does exist and is real. It also shows that God is concerned for his children. There are many more meanings to this sequence of The Sign in the Sky, but for now we need only to be concerned with the fact that God is real. We must never lose sight of the Cross and its meaning, and the "Firecloud" Is Real!

The Dream, the setting was of a Christian Businessman's Conference in a hotel and the place that I sense was a convention of Christian Businessmen and others who had not turned from doing business with the Notorious Prostitute. The Event was the destruction of the Notorious Prostitute and those who HE had warned to "come out of her". The Sequence was of "HIS People who had not 'come out of the Notorious Prostitute" and were still operating within her, doing business as usual.

The little boy was the representation of HIS backsliddin Children and His providence of safety (INSULATED) even in the midst of the Wrath being delivered by God against the Notorious Prostitute. But, we were there in the midst of it all! Still protected! He didn't take us from it or out of it, but He insulated us from it.! The Woman was the church remnant that had remained faithful to the Lord and I believe she was the Bride of Christ, and was available to shepherd the young back sliddin ones. But the Black Cloud layer that was over the entire area outside of the 'hotel' what was that? For years I believed in this interpretation which follows..."The condition of the Church which was totally black! a layer as if it were a layer of sin over the whole church!"but after having this dream interpreted by a Prophet who is gifted at interpretating dreams better than I, I received this interpretation of the Black Clouds, "First you saw the dark clouds over this dilapidated building. The doctrines of prosperity gospel, etc. have caused the dark clouds over these ministries of God. Such dark clouds lead to divine judgment on these ministries."

The destruction was complete desolation... The "FireCloud" was the same one I saw in real life in Anaheim on 7-12-93 at 7:45PM, and now for the Interpretation of the meaning of the Dream... as I see it.


The Interpretation of the Meaning and Message

The Lord provides warnings to and through his prophets, to warn and notify of impending sequences that are about to happen. This is a clear one. It is a warning to the "Christians who are still operating within her, to profit from her". Her being the Notorious Prostitute.

Here is the message from the Lord, You will find it in Rev 18:4-8 but I suggest that you read Rev Chapters 16, 17 and 18 for they describe The Notorious Prostitute/The Great Whore..... And she will be destroyed by the hand of God. Not as some believe by an atomic attack but the hand of God himself! Just like Sodom and Gomorrah!! Again the Black Cloud was the condition of the church. or as the other prophet interpreted it, "First you saw the dark clouds over this dilapidated building. The doctrines of prosperity gospel, etc. have caused the dark clouds over these ministries of God. Such dark clouds lead to divine judgment on these ministries." Either way, it is not good to see the black clouds, as the condition of either the ministries in question or the Church as a whole.

Rev 18:4-8 "And I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, that ye not be partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached up unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works; in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. How much she hath glorified herself, and lived for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and I am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire; for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her."

Now I would like to remind you of something, When was it, that the only time that the Lord really lost his cools and righteous anger came forth out of him? Both times it was in the temple, was it not? And what were they doing? The money changers were selling product in HIS house! To him that is a sin. Remember that. Why? Because it takes away the focus of the people from HIM to the money changers, in HIS own house!

Now, the people in the dream were all "Christians", all were kneeling in the dream crying out to the Lord saying, "LORD WHY? WHY NOW?" They believed they had time and continued to do business with the Notorious Prostitute for it was profitable to do so. They were affiliated with her in every way. But the Lord had sent his message through his prophets, and the people did not heed HIS warning. He does not say in his word to go to another country, HE just says to , "Come out her, my people" Come out from her way of doing business, her way of religion, Her way of doing politics, Her way of doing inuendo and accusations that destroys lives.. disassociate yourself from her. Stand for the Lord Jesus Christ and don't be a lukewarm Christian... for he will spew you out of HIS mouth. STAND UP AND BE COUNTED FOR JESUS! TAKE A STAND! Do not whimp out and be a Christian who walks the middle so as not to upset the boat.... Jesus wants us to upset the Boat! To get people to DRINK in the Word for themselves to see for themselves and not just take what is preached to them as Gospel. To try and ride into the kingdom on the coattails of the Pastor is trouble, and for a pastor to know that his flock is depending on him to get them into the kingdom is also trouble.. you must enter in the kingdom on your own.. not on the coattails of another.

2nd Chronicles 7:14 "If my people who are called by my name shall (1)HUMBLE THEMSELVES, (2)PRAY, (3)SEEK MY FACE (seek the truth) and (4)TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

This is what HE wants us to do... 4 little steps towards HIM and he will do the rest!.

Remember when the little boy (who represented the backsliddin young christian) and I were walking in the midst of the destruction? WE were INSULATED from God's Wrath! WE were protected! The child was the representation of the children of God who, even in the midst of the destruction were still coming to HIM to be saved! And you can too! It is time ... We must come away from her or we will suffer the Wrath of God against the Notorious Prostitute, yes suffer right along with her .... which is what the dream and the message is all about ... The suffering of the "Christians, his people, right along with the Notorious Prostitute". They do not escape the Wrath of God, They are Included in it. And this is scriptural .... Yeah Lord, for your judgments are true.

I have seen the Wrath of God, in a vision which you have just read. It is not a good thing to look forward to, no indeed.

Amen


A Servant of the Lord,


James Banfield