Thomas S. Gibson
Prophecies That God Has Given to His Prophet, Thomas S. Gibson, In the 20th Century
(From the 1970s to December 31, 2000)
1970s.1
This dream was given to me during the 1970’s. I cannot remember the year of this dream, but I believe it was in the late 1970’s or early 1980’s. It occurred during the summer.
I was in the air over Wainwright, my home town, and I could see the downtown area. Several things, however, were different. I could see the clock [the clock is a two storey high epitaph with a clock at the top on all four sides and a plaque containing the names of the soldiers that died in both world wars from the Wainwright area], the streets, the sidewalks, but only two buildings. All the other buildings were gone with only vacant lots in their place. The two buildings were the Bank of Montreal, at the corner of the clock, and a small old garage located at a back alley about half a block southeast from the bank.
When I awoke, the presence of the Lord was very strong and I knew this was from the Lord. But as I sought the Lord for a meaning, He was completely silent. This seeking the Lord with no response went on for many days, and into weeks. Eventually I just let the subject die with a question about whether downtown buildings would all be removed except for two? From time to time over the years, I would think of this again, and question the Lord, but still there was no answer.
It was many years later (about 10 or 15), when God brought this back to my mind, and this time asked me what I thought about it. I had no answer. What I then realized was that those two buildings had both been demolished, but the others were still there.
The Lord then said that the reason I could only see the two buildings was that He was highlighting these to show me that they would be removed.
What He said next was most important! He said that the reason He did it this way was to teach me that no prophecy could be interpreted by a man, but only by God!! I then recalled the scripture:
But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. 2 Peter 1:20-21 (NASB)