I dreamed on Halloween oct 31 2004,I always have prayer by myself on Halloween ever year till midnight praising Jesus and worship music so he will be glorified on this night not the enemy,,this night as I fell asleep at midnight I dreamed I heard a lion roar in my backyard,I got up went outside and to my suprise a full grown lion with a full Maine was standing before me in yard!I was so terrified and new I could not get away so I fell on the ground in a curled up position and put my hands around my neck thinking I had to protect my neck. The lion stood over me I could feel his breath and I saw his shadow on ground I was to afraid to look up.then the lion roared so loud i thought i was going to die any second.then I heard the voice of the lion say strong and authortive and loud,They have treated me like a plague, They will eat the plague!
They have quarantined me i will quartine them!then he roared loud!!then he said look up roar out of zion thunder out of Jerusalem and you will see what im going to do!!!I woke up and it was past midnight I was terrified I woke my husband up and told him,the next day I told my pastor,he said no one uses the words plague or quaritine anymore???exactly 7 days later I fell asleep on my couch and at midnight I heard a noise and opened my eyes and there sat the exact lion staring at me next to couch,he said ,,Why don't you believe me?I will do what I said?????I woke up
Intense!
And interesting how you heard about pandemic before it was a worldwide concern-- especially how people reacted to quarantine. And current rumors that our food has unknowns added.
Once I passed a zoo lion roaring, and no fence seemed strong enough to ensure my safety. I can imagine what you felt.
Our necks hold up our heads, are part of the important spine structure that keeps us from being immobile globs of jelly.
The neck is between brain and heart/gut, logic and intuition/emotion. Parents are torn between letting their kids be part of the community on Halloween, and protecting young from creepy influences. Believers went through cvd struggles on whether to follow rules or take pure/holy approach to what they allowed in their bodies. Some facing death as part of our natural life cycle.
Guarding your neck -- even in pandemic -- could mean resisting temptation to go too far in either direction -- fear of the heart vs. letting God guide; discerning daily vs. giving in to rote obedience; accepting "this is science" vs. continually investigating the way science does.
Pastors give a lot into people's lives, but they are expected to be good at everything; I haven't known one that is particularly helpful with dreams. They are counseling distraught families, dealing with town ordinances, training elders, managing staff, leading weddings and funerals, researching sermons, coordinating volunteers... it's exhausting.
The body of Christ comes together with their diverse range of skills/giftings -- so finding people in tune with dreams and visions can be useful. It is also closer to God's intent on how the members come together and edify each other in the structure of Christ's Body. One person is not meant to do it all -- if a head, they coordinate.
You might consider pulling together a few people interested in talking about dreams, for a weekly Bible study/prayer group. There won't be many right away, but it would be nice to have fellow believers lean on each other.
Eating the plague... our food is shipped from all over the world, slipped through the easiest ports. Whatever's the cheapest source, even if we have cows and apples in our neighborhoods. Food production companies settle into competing countries, and dominate. (See US pork producers; most medicine made in Chn, India).
The sparring between countries puts trade at risk -- how do we know opposing countries aren't shipping us tainted food? It has been done before. Melamine plastic in baby food and rice. Cargo boats of rotten meat. Smallpox-infected blankets. In Dark Ages, Bubonic plague was deliberately sent into cities.
I'm not saying this to scare you, but bring out the dream wasn't done in 2021. More things may unfold.