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LEARNING TO PROPHESY

Marco LafebreCG CTF Airport Campus

DREAMS AND VISIONS SEMINAR

Semester June – July 2016Session # 9

ATS BIBLE DICTIONARY TRANCE

• A state of the human system distinguished from dreaming and revery; it is one in which the bodily senses are licked up and almost disconnected from the spirit, which is occupied either with phantasms, as in trances produced by disease, or, as in ancient times, with revelations from God. • Numerous instances are mentioned in Scripture: as that of

Balaam, Numbers 24:4,16; those of Peter and Paul, Acts 10:10 22:17 2 Corinthians 12:1-4. Compare also Genesis 2:21-24 15:12-21 Job 4:13-21.

EASTON'S BIBLE DICTIONARY -TRANCE

• Trance [N] [S](Gr. ekstasis, from which the word "ecstasy" is derived) denotes the state of one who is "out of himself." Such were the trances of Peter and Paul, Acts 10:10 ; 11:5 ; 22:17 , ecstasies, "a preternatural, absorbed state of mind preparing for the reception of the vision", (Compare 2 Corinthians 12:1-4 ). In Mark 5:42 and Luke 5:26 the Greek word is rendered "astonishment," "amazement" (Compare Mark 16:8 ; Acts 3:10 ).

TRANCE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BIBLE ENCYCLOPEDIA

• trans (ekstasis): The condition expressed by this word is a mental state in which the person affected is partially or wholly unconscious of objective sensations, but intensely alive to subjective impressions which, however they may be originated, are felt as if they were revelations from without. They may take the form of visual or auditory sensations or else of impressions of taste, smell, heat or cold, and sometimes these conditions precede epileptic seizures constituting what is named the aura epileptica.

ABRAM’S TRANCES

ABRAM AND HIS DREAM• Genesis 15:12-13 (NKJV)

• 12 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him. 13 Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years.

GENESIS 18:1-2 (NKJV)• 18 Then the LORD appeared

to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. 2 So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground, 

GENESIS 18:3-5 (NKJV)

•Abram uses the common Law of hospitality in the East to entertain the Lord and His

companions

• 3 and said, “My Lord, if I have now found favor in Your sight, do not pass on by Your servant. 4 Please let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. 5 And I will bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh your hearts. After that you may pass by, inasmuch as you have come to your servant.”• They said, “Do as you have said.”

POINTS TO LEARN

BALAAM THE DIVINER’STRANCES

NUMBERS 24:3-4 (NKJV)

• 3 Then he took up his oracle and said: “The utterance of Balaam the son of Beor, The utterance of the man whose eyes are opened,• 4 The utterance of him who hears the words of God, Who sees the vision of the Almighty, Who falls down, with eyes wide open:

NUMBERS 24:15-16 (NKJV)

• 15 So he took up his oracle and said: “The utterance of Balaam the son of Beor, And the utterance of the man whose eyes are opened; 16 The utterance of him who hears the words of God, And has the knowledge of the Most High, Who sees the vision of the Almighty, Who falls down, with eyes wide open:

NUMBERS 22:9-13 (NKJV)• 9 Then God came to Balaam and

said, “Who are these men with you?”

• 10 So Balaam said to God, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, saying, 11 ‘Look, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the earth. Come now, curse them for me; perhaps I shall be able to overpower them and drive them out.’”

• 12 And God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”• 13 So Balaam rose in the

morning and said to the princes of Balak, “Go back to your land, for the LORD has refused to give me permission to go with you.”

NUMBERS 22:20-22 (NKJV)

• 20 And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men come to call you, rise and go with them; but only the word which I speak to you—that you shall do.” 21 So Balaam rose in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.• 22 Then God’s anger was aroused because he went, and the

Angel of the LORD took His stand in the way as an adversary against him. And he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

NUMBERS 22:31-33 (NKJV)• 31 Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the

Angel of the LORD Standing in the way with His drawn sword in His hand; and he bowed his head and fell flat on his face. 32 And the Angel of the LORD said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to stand against you, because your way is perverse before Me.33 The donkey saw Me and turned aside from Me these three times. If she had not turned aside from Me, surely I would also have killed you by now, and let her live.”

NUMBERS 22:34-35 (NKJV)• 34 And Balaam said to the Angel of the LORD, “I have

sinned, for I did not know You stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displeases You, I will turn back.”• 35 Then the Angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with

the men, but only the word that I speak to you, that you shall speak.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

BALAAM, THE DONKEY AND THE ANGEL.• Numbers 22:28 (NKJV)• 28 Then the LORD

opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”

POINTS TO LEARN

KING SAUL’S TRANCE

1 SAMUEL 19:19-21 (NKJV)• 19 Now it was told Saul, saying, “Take

note, David is at Naioth in Ramah!” 20 Then Saul sent messengers to take David. And when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as leader over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. 21 And when Saul was told, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. Then Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also.

1 SAMUEL 19:22-24 (NKJV)• 22 Then he also went to Ramah, and came to the great

well that is at Sechu. So he asked, and said, “Where are Samuel and David?” And someone said, “Indeed they are at Naioth in Ramah.” 23 So he went there to Naioth in Ramah. Then the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on and prophesied until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 24 And he also stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

POINTS TO LEARN

PETER’S TRANCE

RISE, PETER; KILL AND EAT

MATTHEW 17:1-7 (NKJV)• Jesus Transfigured on the Mount• 17 Now after six days Jesus took Peter,

James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves; 2 and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. 3 And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. 4 Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, let us[a] make here three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

POINTS TO LEARN•Shekinah Glory• What is Shekinah,• Where in the bible was manifested,• Can we experience that in our lives?

PAUL’S TRANCE

PAUL HAS A TRANCE• Acts 22:17 (NKJV)• 17 “Now it happened, when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I was in a trance

ACTS 22:17-21 (NKJV)• 17 “Now it happened, when I returned to Jerusalem and was

praying in the temple, that I was in a trance 18 and saw Him saying to me, ‘Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, for they will not receive your testimony concerning Me.’ 19 So I said, ‘Lord, they know that in every synagogue I imprisoned and beat those who believe on You. 20 And when the blood of Your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by consenting to his death, and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.’ 21 Then He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you far from here to the Gentiles.’”

POINTS TO LEARN

IN THIS WAY WE FINISH OUR SUMMER SEMINAR

• Dreams and Visions Interpretations.• I pray that more than seeking the signs and wonders that come with the

prophesies, the dreams, the visions and the trances, you seek for the face of God Almighty.

• Dig into the bible looking for the golden nuggets of revelation, then His Word will take a complete different significance and the revelatory realm will become so real to you, you will pass from a common state of Christianity to a level in which you will experience a deeper and solid understanding of the secrets revealed in the bible.

• Those secrets are reveled to those who have the mind of Christ. • Have you activated His mind in you?

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