Shalom, brothers and sisters in Christ from around the world. I’m delving deeper into the dream I was given, searching for hidden clues and signs within it. It is possible that Yahshua was sending me a hidden message through my dream—something encoded within the timing, setting, symbols, and sequence of events that I did not fully recognize when the vision occurred. Do you notice anything that I cannot yet see? As I reflect upon my March 21, 2018 vision, I am beginning to recognize layers of biblical symbolism that I did not recognize when the vision originally occurred. What especially captures my attention now is not merely what happened in the vision, but when it happened and the order in which everything unfolded.
The vision occurred immediately after the transition from winter into spring. I was waiting inside a cave in an ancient land. Yahshua arrived riding a white horse and clothed in white linen. I came out from the cave, verified the private sign that allowed me to recognize him, and knew that it was safe to go with him. He descended from the horse, took me by the hand, and led me toward a prepared banquet table. I sat at the table while he prepared my meal. It felt as though I had been brought to a sacred wedding feast. Looking back, I wonder whether the mystery is contained not within any single symbol, but within the sequence:
The old season ended. → A new season began. → I waited within the rock. → The Bridegroom appeared. → I came out of concealment. → His identity was confirmed. → He took me by the hand. → I followed him. → He brought me to a prepared table.
That sequence makes me think differently about the dream. Perhaps the seasonal timing itself was part of its symbolism. Perhaps winter ending and spring beginning represented a transition from waiting into fulfillment, concealment into revelation, dormancy into awakening, and death-like stillness into new life. Spring is closely tied to Israel’s biblical story, marking Passover, the Exodus, deliverance, firstfruits, themes of resurrection, and the beginning of the harvest.
I am not trying to calculate the actual day or hour of Yahshua’s return. The precise time is not ours to know but scripture repeatedly teaches us to watch, recognize the season, remain spiritually awake, and be prepared. That distinction is important as I continue discerning what this vision meant to me. I discovered something I had not recognized in 2018: Song of Solomon 2 describes an astonishingly similar sequence. The beloved approaches precisely when winter has ended. Spring has arrived. The fig tree begins producing fruit. The woman is found “in the clefts of the rock,” and her beloved calls to her. In the dream I was waiting in a cave.
“The Winter Is Past” — Song of Solomon 2:8–14 : “The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice. My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.”In my vision, winter fades and spring begins. I wait in a cave among the rocks until Yahshua arrives. I recognize him instantly, step out of the cave, and take his hand. Together, we walk as he leads me to a feast.
In the Song of Solomon, winter fades and spring emerges, the beloved arrives, the woman is sheltered in the clefts of the rock, and the beloved calls to her, saying, “Rise up… and come away.” What especially amazes me is that my dream occurred on March 21, immediately after the spring equinox. I did not recognize all these connections back in 2018. Looking back, however, I see beautiful symbolism in the Bridegroom appearing as winter gives way to spring and calling the beloved out from the rock to accompany him.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, stay grounded in God, remain alert, notice the shifting seasons, and do not follow blindly. Know the Bridegroom and be prepared for his arrival. When he calls, step forward, take his hand, and go where he leads—the feast is already prepared. – Seraphim Sophia
