By Christy Johnston
Like many of you, my heart has been stirred with expectancy for this new decade. I have said it before that I feel it is more than just a changing of the clock hands, but an alignment with an appointed Kairos moment of time. A collision of heavens timing with our own. I want to share a prophetic dream with you that points to this powerful reality: we have crossed into a window of time, that, like a lasso, is pulling on the abundance of heaven into the here and now on the earth. I have been holding off sharing this dream for months, waiting on the Holy Spirit’s timing to do so. I shared it in brief at the recent Global Prophetic Summit in Dallas, and in the early hours of this morning, the Holy Spirit prompted me in my sleep to share it publicly. “NOW!” As He put it. I encourage you to take the time to read through this slowly and allow your spirit to embrace it for yourself. This is bigger than us alone, this a movement of what the Holy Spirit is longing to pour out upon the earth, yet, it speaks to the individual desires and needs of us all.
A dream of the Synagogue.
In September of 2019, I had a vivid dream where I was inside an extravagant and opulent Ancient Synagogue. As I began to walk around and admire it, I noticed the crowds and crowds of people that were inside with me, doing the same thing, they were people of every nation, tribe, and tongue. I looked up in awe at the giant marble pillars gracing the inside, with beautiful, ornate glass windows that told the stories of scripture. The windows were somehow alive though, their stories written on the stained glass were moving, as though to say, they were an invitation to step into. As I looked around with my husband and children besides me, we noticed the crowds began to stream outside in a sudden stampede. Something outside was grabbing their attention and they were running towards it. Caught up in the curiosity, we followed them through the massive wooden doors and out into the sun. There, everyone dispersed into the lavish gardens that graced the surroundings of the Synagogue. As we all spilled outside, a person grabbed my attention. He was someone that I knew in my youth, a particularly hard man who had held a lot of pain from his own youth. He caught my attention because he looked significantly different… he was almost unrecognizable as the person I once knew. He was remarkably softened. As I walked closer to him, I noticed that he was looking up at something, with tears streaming down his face, and as I approached him, I said, “this is amazing to see you here. What are you doing?” And he responded, “I’m here for the same reason you are,” and then pointed up at the doorway of the Synagogue of which he had been staring at and crying over.
I turned and looked up at the Synagogue and saw an old marking inscribed just above the large wooden doorway. It read, “AD – 26”. Rather perplexed at its meaning, I then turned to watch where all the crowds were streaming to. They were pouring out of the ancient Synagogue, through the gardens, and into a river that wrapped around the large structure. I left my old friend and started to follow the crowds down to the river, where my husband and children had gone ahead of me. People were RUSHING into the river and in their desperation, they were doing all kinds of childish and fun things to get in. It was almost like a big party where adults had diverted into children, and running in fully clothed, they were doing bomb dives, jumping and dancing as they splashed into the crystal-clear waters. It was then that I noticed something else. Two whales were sitting at the water's edge, one a mother humpback whale, and the other, her newly born calf. Some people were coming right up to them and patting them, in awe, while others made a wide berth of avoidance… yet… as they swam past, you could tell they were visibly intrigued but somehow scared. As my family and I made our way into the water, I couldn’t help but get up close to the mother whale and swam to where I could see her eye. I can’t explain it, but there was overwhelming and immense joy in the atmosphere. Laughter filled the airwaves and there was great rejoicing. Everyone began making their way across the river and emerged out the other side. As we did the same, the moment our feet touched the luscious grass on the other side, I then woke up. As you can imagine, I have studied this dream and talked it over with the Holy Spirit for weeks and months now. I am fully convinced that it is speaking of this era of outpouring that we have stepped into. Allow me to break it down for you:
The Synagogue – The Church will FOLLOW the CLOUD.
I believe the Ancient Synagogue itself is prophetically pointing to the church, the Bride herself – you and I. She is inherently glorious, ornate, opulent, marvelous and magnificent. She is made up of God’s people of every tribe, nation, and tongue, and she has been in a place of preparation. Within her are the windows of invitation to experience the stories of God. God has been preparing the church in this past season for what she is about to step into. The pillars that stood out to me in the dream speak of her being reliable and strong, they speak of Christ Himself, the Church, the Holy Spirit, and the resurrection. (Too many scriptures to list here but you can study it for yourself.) We find pillars all throughout scripture, but this one speaks to me for this moment of time: “By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.” Exodus 13:21-22
This verse speaks of the transition that the Israelites had been in, to take possession of the promised land. The pillar of cloud and fire led their way. The Holy Spirit is the fire and the cloud, and He has been leading His people through a season of transition, a global migration, and moving them into prime position for such a time as this. I believe that countless multitudes within the Body of Christ have found themselves caught up in this movement and many have been wondering what it’s all been for. God has been leading you into a position of authority for legacy. He has been guiding you in order that you might seize the land He gives you – it has been a repositioning in preparation for His glory. Notice that in my dream, there was movement, where the people began to move outside. God is moving us ‘out’ of the four walls and ‘into’ the gardens of the earth. Where many within the church have settled for a Sunday service, I believe the Holy Spirit is leading the way, much like the cloud by day and pillar of fire by night, into an era of UNRIVALED OUTPOURING.
We won’t be moved to follow our regular ‘routines’ perse, but we will be moved to follow the CLOUD – His Spirit. I believe that many of our services are about to interrupt by visitations of His glory, the question is, are we willing and ready to embrace Him? Or will we complain as the Israelites did?
The old friend – Prodigal children are returning.
When I moved outside in the dream and saw an old friend who looked remarkably different and softer, I believe this was speaking of the prodigal sons and daughters who are about to come home. Where many have experienced a mass migration, we are also going to see another migration – a coming home migration of the lost sons and daughters. Sons and daughters who have lost their way and have been stuck in the pain of the past will experience the gentle embrace of the Father in this new era. If you have loved ones who are currently not walking with the Lord, begin to call them back. There is immeasurable GRACE in this hour to call them back home, to call them out of the darkness and into His glorious light. They shall behold the SON! I believe that the old friend in my dream not only speaks of the prodigal sons and daughters but to us as individuals. While I can’t share this friend's name, I can tell you that it means, ‘hear and listen.’ This is significant because we must be attuned at this moment to ‘hear and listen’ to His voice and what He is doing, otherwise we run the risk of missing out on the movement of His Spirit. When we follow His voice, it heals any traumas of the past that have been hiding in our memories. Jesus is restoring His sons and daughters in this hour.
A.D. 26 – BEHOLD THE LAMB!
This was probably the most intriguing part of the dream to me. I remember waking up that morning and thinking, ‘What on earth does A.D. 26 mean?’ I began to research and discovered something that completely blew me away that I had no prior knowledge of. While there is much speculation surrounding the precise year that Jesus began his ministry, many biblical scholars agree, that according to multiple historical facts that align with Jesus’ recorded history, that Jesus began his ministry in A.D. 26. There are others that believe that it was John the Baptist who began his ministry in A.D 26 and that Jesus began his in A.D 27-30. Regardless of the preciseness of these facts, it points to one thing… we have crossed into a physical time frame of exactly 2000 years since Jesus walked the earth… and I believe this crossover of time is powerfully significant. I believe this is the moment of time where we will yet again hear the words that will resound throughout every corner of the earth, “BEHOLD THE LAMB, WHO TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD.” (John 1:29)
If we look at the ministries of both John and Jesus, we see two significant movements of the Spirit, ‘preparation and revealing.’ I believe that we have been in a season of preparation, and there is a continuous building of this preparation that is gaining more and momentum as our hunger and desperation for the full revealing of our King grows. I believe we are going to see this continue as Jesus is revealed in a mighty way over this coming decade. Many have been saying that 20/20 represents 20/20 vision… and I agree, only I want to add that I believe it is pointing to the beginning of the world seeing Jesus with FULL CLARITY as He is UNVEILED in the FULLNESS of His splendor. They will see him with a 20/20 vision. John 20:20 confirms this. It tells us how the disciples SAW Jesus in His glorified and resurrected glory… ‘After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.’
If A.D 26 does indeed point to the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, we find that it would correlate with Luke 4. While there is much I could draw from this chapter for right now, I want to highlight these verses to you
When he came to Nazareth, where he had been raised, he went into the synagogue, as he always did on the Sabbath day. When Jesus came to the front to read the Scriptures, they handed him the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and read where it is written, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, and he has anointed me to be hope for the poor, freedom for the broken-hearted, and new eyes for the blind, and to preach to prisoners, ‘You are set free!’ I have come to share the message of Jubilee, for the time of God’s great acceptance has begun.”
Luke 4:18-19
I believe we are in the Kairos moment of these words that Jesus read from Isaiah 61.
Amazingly, Luke 4 ends with Jesus ‘moving’ from Synagogue to Synagogue. Which leads me to the next part of my dream.
The river and the whales.
In my dream, there was great movement ‘out’ of the Synagogue. I am not suggesting I believe that this is a movement ‘out’ of the church, but rather, a movement out of ‘limitations’ and ‘old beliefs.’ When Jesus released those words out of Isaiah in the synagogue of his day, they weren’t received with ‘comfort’, but rather, offense. It was uncomfortable for them to receive that this lowly man could be their promised Messiah. I believe that in this decade, you and I are standing in a parallel time of Jesus’ day. The Spirit of God is moving His Body into a time of great outpouring, and where the church has been largely held within the walls of buildings and ‘western unbelief’, we are about to see a mighty outpouring into ‘the highways and byways’.
The Humpback whales prophetically point to the prophetic voice of God moving through His prophets – they are the voices in the wilderness, like John, crying ‘prepare ye the way.’ I believe that where there were a mother and a baby, points to the fact that it will be a partnering of the older generations with the new. Prophetic generals who have run for generations will come alongside the birthing of younger prophets (not necessarily in earthly age) and together, they will prepare the Body for this NEW move. So I encourage you – do not grow cynical towards the prophets like the many were weary of them in my dream… they took a wide berth around them. But as I looked into the eye of the whale, it was as though I was beholding the eye of God. Honor their voices, for they are anointed and appointed by God to guide you through the outpouring and into the crossing into the new that awaits us.
The river that wrapped around the Synagogue in the dream speaks of the Holy Spirit yet again. It tells of a coming move of the Spirit wrapped around the Body of Christ, awakening, death to self and moving into the Promised land. I find it poignant that the last decade finished with an outpouring of worldwide prayer for the resurrection of one little girl. I was moved to sadness over the loss of her life, but also, the response of many within the Church. It was a movement of prayer that confronted and offended many, yet it stirred a vivid awakening to the desperate need for the church to ‘move out’ beyond the walls of doubt and unbelief, and run into the river – no matter the cost. While we didn’t see her resurrection physically, and my heart grieves with her family, I have been in awe of what has taken place spiritually. Little Olive's life released the oil of heaven over an entire generation… and the enemy will forever pay for the cost of her life. I truly believe that what the enemy meant for harm, God has turned into an uproarious outpouring of awakening… where we will dare to take Him entirely at His Word, and jump into the rivers of His Spirit - no matter how childish we may look.
The roaring twenties.
A week ago, my Mum called me and said, “Christy, the Lord just spoke to me. He said to me that this next decade is going to be a redefinition of the roaring twenties.” Something about that set off a spark inside of me, so I looked up the roaring twenties of the past century. This is the description found in Wikipedia: “The Roaring Twenties refers to the decade of the 1920s in Western society and Western culture. It was a period of economic prosperity with a distinctive cultural edge in the United States and Europe, particularly in major cities such as Berlin, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, and Sydney. Interestingly, the 1920s was a time of immense push back on limitations in culture, such as prohibition. I believe that the redefinition for our current decade is a push back of a different kind of limitation – the limitations of Westernized thinking where it pertains to the pouring out of His Spirit. It is a push back on the current cultural wars of darkness that are trying to invade our cities and Nations. It will be the revealing of the ROARING LION against the forces of darkness. We will see Him as the Lion and the Lamb.
I want to prophesy this over you today, that as you seize this word for yourself, that your life in this decade would be one that is laid down in service to the King. That you would run unafraid into the rivers of His outpouring. That you would not hesitate or become offended by what He is about to do, because it isn’t like anything we have seen before. Just as when Jesus came on the scene fully, it wasn’t what the people had expected. Prepare your heart now, get ready to embrace Him in ALL of His fullness. RECEIVE Him. Your children are coming home. Your sons and daughters are coming from afar. Your family is being restored and God is restoring the broken pieces of your life. The Holy Spirit is hovering over you, waiting, watching. Are you ready?
I am doing something brand new, something unheard of. Even now it sprouts and grows and matures.Don’t you perceive it? I will make a way in the wildernessand open up flowing streams in the desert. Isaiah 43:19 (tpt)
