Dream: Prophet Isa (a.s)

A Muslim brother or sister has had the following dream:


I was with my auntie by the balcony with the doors closed, and I was saying dua out loud so she was listening too. When I finished I noticed my auntie was crying. I started to look around and then a mansion suddenly appeared close up and on that balcony I saw a figure wearing a purple cloak, but they were really blurry at first. But it was as though they didn’t want anyone else to notice. I wondered who it was and I suddenly got the feeling that it was S. Isa (a.s) watching me. I told my auntie that I saw Prophet Isa (a.s). And I felt safe in the knowledge that Prophet Isa (a.s) was watching.


Link: http://eshaykh.com/dreams/prophet-isa/

There are several features worth pointing out in the dream. The first is simply "technical" if you like. This is not the first time that I have heard a Muslim recount a dream about Jesus as if God was using "camera effects". Notice that Jesus is first seen far off in the mansion and then suddenly zoomed in close. When God shows us something, he likes to make an impression, even in a dream. He will point out to us what is important by holding an image up close to us.

Jesus is dressed in a purple robe. This might not resonate with Muslims for whom green is of religious and spiritual significance. However, purple plays a very significant role in Judeo-Christian theology. It was, for example, the colour of the curtain to the Holy of Holies

Exodus 26:31-34 
You shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen; it shall be made with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman. "You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks also being of gold, on four sockets of silver. "You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring in the ark of the testimony there within the veil; and the veil shall serve for you as a partition between the holy place and the holy of holies. "You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies."

This curtain was torn in half at the point of Christ's death, signifying the fact that we all, by means of His death, have the authority to enter therein - to enter into the presence of God Himself. The purple curtain represents Jesus and the tearing represents his death.

Purple represents royalty throughout the entire Torat and Injil - which can be easily validated by searching "purple" on biblegateway.com.

Most importantly, Jesus is clothed in purple - as a point of mockery - by the Romans while he was being prepared for execution:

John 19:1-3
Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the face.

So Jesus appears in a dress that is culturally appropriate in the Jewish and Roman context.  Since he is being represented in the dream as royalty, it should not surprise us that he appears in a mansion.  In fact, he promises us that when he departed earth, he would go and prepare for us a place to stay:

John 14:1-3
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.

The Father's house is a great place indeed. Jesus is there and Jesus is calling. But why is he watching you? He is watching you because you have been called to be His. Over time, He will show you more.

John 10:14-16

I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me,even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd.

Keep listening for his voice brother!