Hello, and welcome back to Nations 4 Jesus. Today I want to share something that should fill every believer's heart with awe and hope. For decades, a phenomenon has been recurring across the Muslim world—men and women, without any knowledge of the Gospel and without any contact with Christians, are being forever transformed after experiencing dreams and visions of Jesus Christ.
Reports of these supernatural occurrences often come from "closed countries" where preaching the Gospel is forbidden and where converting to Christianity can invoke the death sentence. And a common denominator appears to be that the dreams come to those who are seeking to know and please God.
This is happening right now, all across the Muslim world. And I want to tell you about it today because it should move us to our knees in prayer and worship.
[Ramadan - a time of seeking]
Ramadan is the time of year when Muslims are earnestly seeking to know Allah. They fast from dawn to dusk. They pray extra prayers. They read the Quran. They're genuinely trying to draw near to God. Unfortunately, Allah is not a god who can be known.
Unlike the Lord God who makes His way known through His Word and most lovingly through the person of Jesus Christ—"He is the image of the invisible God" (Colossians 1:15)—Allah is described as distant, unknowable, transcendent beyond relationship.
Listen to this insight: "The first of the Ten Commandments is that we are to love the God of the Bible with our whole heart; but never does the Koran say a Muslim is to love Allah. You cannot love Allah, because he is unknowable. The God of the Bible can be known and repeatedly calls upon men to know Him; but the Koran says no one can know Allah because he is too great."
This same idea was expressed to me by a Christian pastor friend in Iraq. He wrote: "The attributes of our God are totally different than Allah in Islam. Allah in Islam has 99 names, and it is missing the one we have which is 'God is Love.'"
Think about that! Muslims memorize 99 names for Allah—the Merciful, the Compassionate, the Mighty, the Wise—but "Love" is not one of them. They worship a god they cannot know and cannot love. How heartbreaking is that?
[The biblical promise - dreams in the last days]
But here's what God promised would happen in the last days. Joel 2:28 and Acts 2:17 say: "In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams."
And amazingly, this is exactly what is happening in the Muslim world! God is pouring out His Spirit. He is giving dreams and visions. He is revealing Himself to those who are seeking Him, even when they don't yet know His name is Jesus.
[The scale of this phenomenon]
This isn't just a few isolated incidents. This is widespread. All you need to do is search online for "God appearing to Muslims in dreams and visions" to find numerous resources documenting this phenomenon. Websites like Isa al Masih (Jesus the Messiah) talk about this at great length. Missionaries working in Muslim countries report it regularly. Former Muslims share their testimonies of encountering Jesus in dreams.
Some estimate that as many as 25-30% of Muslim-background believers came to faith initially through a dream or vision of Jesus. That's a staggering percentage! It's one of the primary ways God is breaking through into closed countries where missionaries can't go and where Bibles are banned.
[Why dreams? God's strategy]
Why is God using dreams? Because in many Muslim cultures, dreams are taken very seriously. They're seen as spiritually significant. When a Muslim has a vivid dream, especially a recurring one, they pay attention. They seek interpretation. They believe God (or the spiritual realm) is trying to communicate with them.
So God is using a method that Muslims already respect and understand. He's meeting them where they are. And when Jesus appears in these dreams, Muslims recognize that they've encountered someone holy, powerful, and loving—someone fundamentally different from what they've experienced in Islam.
[dreams from around the Muslim world]
Let me share some other dreams that Muslims have reported. These are real testimonies from the Isa al Masih website and other sources.
One man reported: "Two angels dressed in white robes stood on top of the mountain. Jesus was standing between the angels. He left the angels and came to where I stood watching. As he approached me, I knelt down and he laid his hands on my head."
Another man dreamt he was sitting with his arms tied to a chair. Then he saw a man he recognized as Jesus coming. Jesus touched the ropes and they fell from his arms. What a picture of liberation! Jesus setting the captive free!
One woman said: "In the dream, Jesus told me to come to Him and read the Bible and He would show me the way, truth and the life." Jesus is quoting His own words from John 14:6 in her dream!
Another testimony: "I was standing in a cross shape with a low wall around it. In my right hand, I had a big stack of white unwritten papers. I was standing at the cross beam, and I was looking at a small group of people who were standing at the top. They all wore long white clothing, but one of them was different. He was standing at the right side, and with his left hand he was leading the people through a door in the wall. Beyond the door was light, and I could not see what was in there."
One Muslim woman reported: "I saw some Christians standing in line to get into Heaven. I tried to get into this line also, but a very tall being blocked my path and I started to cry because the side I was on was really horrible but the side they were on was a beautiful place, so beautiful, so blue." She saw the reality of judgment and the beauty of salvation!
[The crucified and smiling Jesus]
Here's a particularly powerful one: "I went back to bed after a short prayer and saw a second dream. This time it was Jesus as I saw him in the Jesus film years ago—I had trashed his video. He was hanging on the cross, the nails were in his hands and feet, yet he was smiling at me and talking to me. Though he was dying he seemed so beautiful. The cross was huge and I seemed like a little boy. My neck was falling back trying to see the whole face of Jesus and suddenly a huge big circle of light came from above the cross and down upon me."
Think about that! This Muslim man had previously rejected the Jesus film, literally throwing it away. But Jesus pursued him anyway, appeared to him in a dream showing the crucifixion—which Islam denies happened—and was smiling at him even while dying! That's the love of Christ!
[The Morning Star dream]
One more: "I was swimming. It was very dark, without any stars in the sky. After swimming for a while, I stopped and looked up at the sky. Suddenly, I saw a star shining. I closed my eyes and made a wish. I said, 'Morning Star, teach me the secret of life.' I kept having this dream for years almost every other month and this pattern continued until a few months after my conversion, when I read Revelation 22:16, which says, 'I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.'"
For years this Muslim had been dreaming of the Morning Star without knowing who it was. Then after coming to faith in Christ, he discovered that Jesus calls Himself the bright Morning Star! Jesus had been revealing Himself all along, and the man didn't even know it until he read the Bible.
I can personally attest to knowing four different Muslims who have put their faith in Jesus Christ after having dreams of Him!
[The pattern - what these dreams reveal]
Do you see the pattern in these dreams? Jesus appears in brilliant light, often too bright to look at directly. He touches people, heals them, frees them. He speaks tenderly to them. He identifies Himself by name. He shows them the cross. He leads them toward Scripture. He calls them friends.
These aren't generic spiritual experiences. These are encounters with the risen Christ—personal, loving, transformative. And they're happening to people who have no Christian background, who've never read the Bible, who don't know any Christians.
God is sovereignly breaking through into the Muslim world in supernatural ways.
[What happens after the dream]
Now, here's what's important: The dream is usually just the beginning. Most Muslim-background believers report that the dream led them to seek out Christians, to find a Bible, to watch the Jesus film, to search online for answers. The dream opens the door, but they still need to hear the full Gospel and make a conscious decision to follow Christ, just like my Afghan friends.
This is where Christians come in. We need to be ready when Muslims come to us saying, "I had a dream about a man in white" or "Someone named Isa appeared to me." We need to be prepared to explain who Jesus is, what He did on the cross, and how they can follow Him.
[How to pray during Ramadan and beyond]
So how should we pray in light of this? First, pray that during Ramadan, when Muslims are earnestly seeking a God they can know, they will not continue their faith in Allah but will find faith in the one true God who can be known through Jesus Christ.
Second, pray specifically for Muslims to have dreams and visions of Jesus. This is biblical—God promised to pour out His Spirit and give dreams and visions. So pray for it! Pray by name for Muslims you know. Pray for unreached people groups. Pray for countries like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan—that God would give supernatural encounters with Jesus.
Third, pray for Christians who encounter Muslims seeking truth after dreams. Pray for wisdom, boldness, and clarity in explaining the Gospel. Pray for protection—both for the seeker and the Christian sharing with them.
Fourth, pray for follow-up and discipleship. Many Muslims have dramatic conversion experiences through dreams but then face intense persecution from family and community. They need support, teaching, fellowship, and Bibles in their language.
[The comfort of knowing God works supernaturally]
Here's what encourages me so much about these dreams: We don't have to figure out how to reach every closed country. We don't have to get Bibles smuggled into every home. We don't have to somehow sneak missionaries past every border guard. God can work supernaturally!
Yes, we still need to send missionaries. Yes, we still need to translate and distribute Bibles. Yes, we still need to support Christian media like SAT-7 that broadcasts into Muslim countries. All of that matters. But we're not limited to human methods. God is moving in power through dreams and visions.
[Closing challenge and prayer]
So here's my challenge: Believe that God can reach any Muslim, anywhere, no matter how closed the country or how restricted the access. Pray for dreams and visions. And be ready—because the Muslim who works in your office, who lives in your neighborhood, who serves you at a restaurant, might be one dream away from seeking Jesus.
Let me pray:
Thank you for joining me today. Isn't it amazing what God is doing? Share this episode with others, and let's pray together for dreams and visions across the Muslim world!
Until next time, remember—keep your eyes on the nations, and watch for the supernatural work of God!
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