Revelation 2:17 NJKV - “….To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it.” ’
Last night I dreamt I was with a friend in her house and she was explaining how she had some kind of accident at her home. I saw some white rocks inside the house that looked like they were for decorating outdoors. They were gathered from some project they were working on. I went to take some outside but saw a sack full of them in the house and placed the ones I found in the sack.
My friend recovering from an accident could represent endurance in a life trial. There is only one mention of white stones in scripture and it is found in Revelation 2. Whitewashed stones are found in Deuteronomy but they were large stones. In Revelation 2, Jesus said the overcomers in the church of Pergamos would receive a white stone with a new name on them. This represented entrance into the banquet of winners. (In Pergamos, when John was writing the book of Revelation, athletes who won their competition received a white stone with their names on it which allowed them entrance to a celebration for winners.) The white stones in the dream were in a sack which meant their purpose had not been fulfilled. They were for something that had not been completed yet. We are in the last days and the Lord wants us to remember that there is a reward for those who endure temptation, testing and trials, and are faithful to the end. The church at Pergamos went through great difficulty, even martyrdom. Jesus even referred to the area they lived as “where Satan dwells.” The Lord expects us to resist quitting regardless of the level of difficulty we face.