[rubs hands together] oh boy here we go
my general feeling about prophecies and the like are this: they’re heavily steeped in symbolism. almost nothing should be taken at face value with it. for one, the future isn’t entirely set. think of fated events as beads on a string: they can slide around as they see fit, but if you follow the string, they’re going to happen eventually. though in this case, the beads can slide past each other too, so the order of events isn’t exactly set. and more importantly, symbolism is a way of distilling a large amount of information into a form that’s easier to comprehend and understand. you know the whole trope about going mad from the revelation? it’s basically a way of preventing that from happening, and it also keeps you from being too overwhelmed by the amount of info presented.
getting deeper into the dream side of the ask: most of the time, they’re complex. sometimes, it’s completely random and meaningless, and sometimes it’s your subconscious trying to tell you things. for some people, dreams are the best way for them to get visions, and oneiromancy is a thing that exists that’s been around for a long time, but it chains back to dream interpretation. dig into the meanings of that certain details within the dream could mean, rather than taking them literally. you might dream of the apocalypse, but it could be that your life is going through a big change. you might be dreaming of angels, but it could be that your brain feels you need a positive sign while you’ve it a rough spot in life, rather than it being a vision of heaven or a memory. it’s possible to get a memory or vision via a dream, but critical thought always needs to be put in to make sure that’s what it really is, rather than some sort of message from your brain. and if a sign in a dream is extremely blunt, sometimes to the point of derailing things? it’s probably something worth paying attention to, but there’s no guarantee that it’s gonna be something to take at face value.
so revelation? the locusts with human faces ruled by apollyon? the angel turning the rivers to blood? the lamb? (well, okay, everyone knows this one is jesus.) the seven angels with the seven plagues? none of those are direct signs of the apocalypse. it literally starts with an equivalent to “hey guys, i had this really wild dream,” and as such it’s very likely symbolic, though there’s also the chance that it’s completely meaningless, because dreams are like that sometimes. you can pull meanings and patterns out of nothing if you try hard enough, but that doesn’t necessarily make it true.
also, on the note of apocalypses, i’m gonna casually plug @apocalypseupdates, for all your “worried about the end times” needs.
tl;dr, dreams, visions and prophecies are steeped in symbolism, and basically none of it should be taken at face value. dreams can also sometimes be absolutely meaningless, and that’s perfectly okay. and no, the apocalypse isn’t here.
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