August 1991: 4 Pages Left

Dumitru Duduman

        It was hard for me to fall asleep last night. I prayed a lot. When I finally fell asleep, I had a dream. (It was not a vision. It was a dream.) I was in a valley with mountains around it. Someone yelled at me, "Run and hide! Rain is coming!" I thought, I'm not afraid of the rain. I looked around and could not see anyone.

        Then I heard peals of thunder. A powerful bolt of lightning passed right by me. Out of it came two beings. They asked if I was afraid. I said, "Yes." They asked if I knew who they were. I said, "No."

        They said, "We are heavenly beings." Their clothes were white as snow. They had eyes that were penetrating. There was a light in them. I could hardly look at them. Their hair was white as wool. It was long, going down their backs. One of them had a book. The other one had an inkwell attached to his belt and a large pen in his hand. There was an eraser on one end.

        The one with the pen said, "I was sent to complete The Book of the Gentiles. Do you want to see your names?"

        I looked, saw that all the names of my family were written there. They were circled. I asked why they were circled. He said, "The devil doesn't like what you do and fights powerfully against all you do. I have circled your names so I will give you extra protection."

        Then he opened the back of the book and counted out the remaining blank pages at the end. "One, two, three, four. Only four pages left. When these are filled," he said, "The Book of the Gentiles will be complete. Then I will return to my people. Some of the names that are listed here will be erased. I will erase the names of those who have mocked God and tested the Spirit of Grace. I will replace them with other names."

        I started to ask what the four pages meant. Before I could ask the meaning, he thrust the pen into the inkwell as though slipping a sword into a scabbard. As he did, there was such tremendous thunder and lightning that I fell down. Then I woke up.