The following vision
has been received by a 14 year old boy living in Cape Agulhas (the Southernmost
tip of Africa) during the period April to August 2007.
Vision
1: The Shepherd and the Sheep
In this vision the following is seen: Lovely green
grazing fields and a very large flock of sheep (millions), some younger, some
older, and many, many new lambs arriving all the time. A single shepherd
keeping the flock. Above the sheep butterflies fly around. These butterflies
are larger than the sheep and have a pale yellow, glowing color. Separate from
the flock, on the outskirts wolves are seen from time to time attempting to
catch some of the sheep, yet never succeeding in doing that. Quite often one or
another of the sheep wanders off negligently whilst grazing. Using his staff,
these sheep are gently returned to the fold by the shepherd. Now and then a
sheep would, quite purposefully, walk away from the flock. These the shepherd
does not even attempt to coach back.
Interpretation thus far:
• The sheep = Christians following the Shepherd,
Jesus Christ.
• The butterflies = angels protecting the sheep.
• The wolves = powers from the kingdom of darkness.
Following this scene: The Shepherd moves on and
beckons the sheep to follow. A long and difficult and often dreary road
follows, including periods during which there is no food or water, or where the
way is quite hard to traverse. No sheep perishes because of this journey, because
the Shepherd knows what He is doing. Eventually a wonderful, new pasture is
reached and the flock is filled with joy and contentment. (Interpretation: The
Christian walk on earth, following the Good Shepherd.)
The vision continues: After a while the Shepherd
announces that He intends to proceed further up the mountain and gives the
sheep the choice to accompany Him or not. Only a very small number of the sheep
wants to follow Him on this new road, the rest choosing to remain behind
because they prefer the known (which is good in this case) to the unknown which
might possibly be worse than the difficult road they had come. Some of the
older sheep who chose to follow the Shepherd further are sent back by the
Shepherd to care for the flock during His absence. Some of them do return to
the flock. Subsequent to this, the Shepherd moves on with His now small flock
and presently disappears from sight. All the butterflies depart with the
Shepherd. After the Shepherd has disappeared seven days elapse, and day by day conditions
become worse for those who chose to stay behind, even to the point of being
unbearable. After seven days no food and water is left. For the next 3½ days
large packs of wolves attack the sheep at will and many of the sheep are
killed. At the end of the 3½ days the Shepherd and the butterflies return,
causing great rejoicing among the sheep. All the remaining sheep as well as all
the sheep that have been killed are taken with by the Shepherd, and translated
to the top of the large mountain where He had gone before with His small flock
of called out sheep. On top of this mountain is seen a great light (not the
sun), and also a very large tree covered with fruit. When this fruit is given
to the dead sheep, they return to life. Subsequently, a scorching fire is
poured out on the fields below, killing all the packs of wolves. After this,
the Light on the mountain moves down and hovers over the scorched earth, which
presently breaks out in a joyful abandon of grass, flowers and trees never even
seen before, making the earth more beautiful than ever before.
Interpretation notes:
• Those who follow the Shepherd wherever He leads
will be with Him on the holy mountain (Rev. 14:1-5).
• Those who remain behind will go through the great
tribulation of 3½ years, when the saints will for the first time ever be
delivered into the hands of Satan/Antichrist (Rev. 13:7).
• The period between the 'calling away' when the
small flock leaves with the Shepherd (this is when Jesus comes like a thief for
those who are ready and willing to go) and the start of the great tribulation
is, thus, 7 years.
• When the Shepherd returns to take the living and
the dead sheep with Him to the mountain, represents the Rapture—part of the
First Resurrection (1 Thess. 4:13-17).
• The Rapture is followed by the pouring out of
God's wrath upon Satan's kingdom on earth, thereby destroying all of the power
of darkness on earth.
• This then is finally followed by the Return of
Jesus Christ to earth as King of kings and Lord of all the earth.
• Under His rulership all things are restored to
better than ever before.