Alright you wanted this...
You guys are being rude and un-christ-like. Plain and simple. There is no need for this:
~Sorry, I don't believe your dreams are relevant. They are hyper dispensational, and I have no way of verifying they are from God, or just something you ate, or a vivid imagination!
Please remember this is the BIBLE discussion forum. To me, this should not be in this forum
How do you think this made me feel? I didn't have to make myself look like an idiot but I did because I believe there is a real issue with the church and I wanted to get some feedback on my dreams that had been nagging at me for a long time. I'm not saying you owe me anything but could you honestly see Jesus reacting like this?
To quote Ebenezer Scrooge (as it is "that" time of the year):
Your dreams may simply be the result of "an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato..."
That didn't make me feel too good either. It took a mocking tone as opposed to hey, lets walk together so I can understand you and you can understand me.
So I'm going to stop here but I have more because I have been having computer problems. There will be another one like this. Also, remember, this is a truth brick.
I'm sorry if you are hurt. That was not my intent. But you are demanding a lot of attention in the forums lately, and if you want to post some dreams that seem like a lot of nothing, don't expect us all to think you have heard from God, or that you have a clue what you are talking about.
If you want to have friends here, then try being a friend. I know a number of people who have reached out to you and you have rejected them, wanting to keep to your own, confused and possibly Biblical illiterate path. To once again quote part of your OP:
So I have had two dreams about the end times and I feel like I need to share them because these past few months have really shaken me and shown me the state Christianity is in and it is terrifying.
This is prophecy, because you are saying the dreams have terrified you, somehow showed you the state Christianity is in?? And most important, that your dreams PROVE that these are the end times. You then next tell people to pray because of persecution. Well, I always pray for the persecuted church, but it is not in the west! If you are asking for prayer for Coptic Christians in Egypt, or the few remaining Orthodox Christians in the Middle East, or the ones in some African countries who are being massacred, then I apologize.
Point is this: Pray! Pray! Pray! Because a lot of persecution is going to come from the church itself. It's starting to happen already so please please please please please pray and yes I know I look stupid but I wil happily look stupid if it means that one person stops and seriosuly thinks about this.
You may not know this, but people have been persecuted since the time of Christ, and in some countries, literally millions have been tortured and killed for Christ. So it could be a sign of the end, or it could also be just another stage in what some are suffering for Christ. So let me know if you were just talking about yourself, or if you actually mean the persecuted church. (Here is a link you might like to read:
The Voice of the Martyrs )
Anyway, if you are worried about your feelings, my suggestion is do not post this kind of silly nonsense, and no one will have to call you on it. Unless you actually wanted to open the broader discussion on dreams and visions, which some people have taken your post to be about. Reading the OP again, I just do not see that was your intent. It was an OP meant to be a warning, which, in fact, when taken with the dreams is a form of prophecy. And beware being a false prophets, esp. since you have such a fascination with the OT. A false OT prophet was stoned to death if their prophecy didn't come true.
Maybe next time you could ask for feedback on these dreams with your friends in pms, and not start a whole thread about it, then get mad when someone says your dreams are not what you are claiming them to be! So, does this mean you will only take a reply that your dreams are indeed from God and the "end is nigh"? Or won't you take a bit of rebuke from someone who has been following God for 35 years, and would never have dreamed of posting the stuff you post, even on a bad day!
If you want to start an OP about your dreams, be prepared for people to seriously critique what you have written. Sorry, I don't hand out kudos unless they are deserved.
Finally, if I could urge you once again, start reading the Bible from cover to cover. Not just once, but over and over. You will learn more in the Word of God than with any set of dreams and interpretations by people on the internet!