Hello I saved this posting some time ago and I am just now responding. I have dreams where I am jumping on a trampoline or something springy. The more I jump the higher I ascend. Until I am reaching or grabbing for something to keep me from going up any higher. In your God given gift how do you discern this dream? -S
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S:
Thank you for responding to the posting.
My first reaction is that you are wanting to go higher and deeper in your relationship with God but the deeper you get the less secure you feel because the footing is not sure.
When you reach out to go deeper in God, He will take you into places that are uncomfortable and it is not uncommon to want to reach for the comfortable to make you feel more at ease with the process.
The repetitive nature of the jumping implies that you have been going through this cycle repeatedly for some time trying to get more of God than you have before, reaching for the heavenlies.
It could imply that you are seeking a miraculous breakthrough either in your finances, relationships, or health. Without counseling with you some it is hard to pinpoint specifically. But in a general sense, you are trying to get higher and go further in God than you have before.
Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed? Acts 2:4. Acts 2:38
The disciples were instructed in Acts 1 to "tarrry ye in Jerusalem until ye be endued with power from on high". The Greek word for power here is "dynamos" or "dunamos" from which we get the English word Dynamite.
The power of the Holy Ghost is explosive. If you have not received the baptism of the Holy Ghost, seek it.
Do not be a slave to fear. God wants to take you higher and into a dimension you have never been.
I'd love to get feedback from you on this.
In Him
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You are right I am wanting to go higher and deeper in my relationship with Christ. I am sure of what I want to do. I am just afraid to take the step.
I have indeed been going through the same cycle since 1999. I have always seen myself as successful but I have always downplayed myself because my mom would make comments that I thought that I was better than... You are high minded....You moved to get away from us...You think you are holy.... So, I am shortchanging the person I am to stay on the same level as lowlyminded people. People who already don't see themselves as much.
Financially I have been in the same rut. Instead of always giving here there, I have to put money into my business. I have recieved the Holy Spirit in 1998. I know the Lord and I love him. I am a faithful tither! In order to get something different I have to do something different. Any money I get from the fruit of my labor 10% is God's and the rest I am investing back into my business.
God will deliver me from the power of fear. Fear isn't my god. The Lord is my God! May God bless your life and stir up the gift inside of you with fire. -S
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Let me help you with the "financial rut"...
It is good that you are giving a tithe or your first fruits to God. But let me encourage you that there is a deeper way. Remember the widow's mite. Remember Solomon's Porch. Remember that the Apostles had all things common. Also when Jesus said, "inasmuch as you have done unto the least of these..."
Christ was pointing us to a new method of giving unto Lord. He did tell the Pharisees who were under the law that they gave tithes of mint and cummin but forgot the weightier matters of the law such as compassion
Matthew 23:23
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
We hear it preached over and over.... "Will a man rob God?"
But I submit to you that there is a better way, a way according to the Spirit.
Those to whom these scriptures we addressed were unto the Jews and the Jewish Priesthood. The Lord dwelt in the Temple between the cheubim on the mercy seat in the holiest of holies where the high priest would atone annually with blood for the sins of the nation, scrolling them forward until the time of Christ. These that lived of the Temple were the Levites and they had no inheritance of Land with the other 11 of the 12 tribes of Israel. The Lord was their inheritance, so it was commanded of the Jews of teh remaining 11 tribes under the law that they bring their tithes into the storehouse and that the priests would live off the offerings. The high priest lived only off the 1% of the 10% called the "heave offering"
However, when Jesus Christ died in the flesh on the cross, he fulfilled the covenant with Israel by His own sacrifice. "To wit, God was in Christ reconciling himself unto the world".
When he died, the veil of the temple surrounding the Ark of the Covenant ripped into signifying that the way to God was made open and manifest to all men (mankind).
The Bible further declares that God dwells not in temples made with men's hands.
Also the book of Hebrews declares that Jesus Christ is our eternal high priest according to the order of Melchizadek, not of Aaron (the Levites) and that Abraham already paid tithes to Melchizadek when the children of Israel (the 12 tribes) were still in his loins.
As Christians, therefore we are not obligated to pay the tithe according to the statutes written for the nation of Israel and of the Jews. Instead, to look at examples of New Testament Giving, re-read the book of Acts looking specifically for examples.
You will find sacrificial giving, holding things common, offerings, benevolence, etc are all evident... but not the tithe.
Now, to those who believe in the tithe I say this... that whatever is given as though unto the Lord is Holy unto the Lord.
But I know from experience that when I laid down the LAW and obeyed the Law of the SPIRIT, obediently giving to whom and wheresoever the Lord directed me according to His Will and leading, I went from having $8.00 in my pocket to making well over 6 figures, because my heart was in the right place. I did not give tithes anymore to receive of God, nor to obey the law. Remember the argument about circumcision in the Bible? If we take any bit of the Law unto ourselves we take the whole law.
The reason you cannot gain the victory is because although you have gained the Spirit, you are still living under the mastery of the Law. You will not be blessed because you are a faithful tither. You will receive only a measure of his blessings. You will be blessed when 100% of your life, substance, business relationships etc. are his.
I challenge you to truly give unto the Lord. Not necessarily your church offering.
Ask God to direct your path(s). Give to people that God leads you to. Women whose husbands are in jail, children with no fathers, people in your fellowship who can't pay their bills. We are not commanded as christians to support a building fund or programs. We are commanded to love one another.
When you do these things, God will bless your business. The work will come in ways that you will be forced to acknowledge came only from God's leading and not from your own industry.
Until then, you will remain in this cycle. I encourage you to fast about this for a few days and look to the word of God (Acts, Hebrews, etc) for confirmation.
If I can be of any further blessing and counsel to you I would be blessed by Jesus to be able to serve you.
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To God be the glory. I receive that in the name of Jesus. I know that you are a man of God. Keep using your gifting to the glory of His name. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen. I will keep up up to date on the things that have happened since then. I will keep your number and give you a personal call to say thank you. That is if it is okay with you. ~S
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S:
No problem. If I can be a blessing to you or your family by way of counsel in the Lord at any time, just let me know. Either my wife or I would be more than happy to encourage you in the Lord and help you get to that deeper place that He is taking you.
Sometimes, that does mean sacrificing what we want or think that God wants for us like Abraham did with Isaac. Even though God promised him a son, once the son (Isaac) came, Abraham was told of God to lay him down and sacrifice him. It was only through the obedience and surviving the test of character that Abraham was able to actually walk into the blessing that God had spoken to him. For if Isaac was slain, then the promise of God to number Abraham's seed as the stars of heaven would have been lost forever.
And if you think of it... the man Jesus Christ came through the loins of Judah.
Don't be afraid to give God the very things that you hold on to dearly.. relationships, goals, even His Promises!
I am excited in the Holy Ghost for what God wants to do for you and through you.
Just be an obedient vessel and he will bring you up higher and reveal more to you...
Friday, November 30, 2007
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Overcoming a Witch Priestess
Last week I had a dream that i had hiked up a mountain trail, as in Appalachia, and I entered a small cabin. It was rickety and dilapitated. When I walked in there was a small low bookshelf to my left and behind it a beaten up mattress and bed with an old woman on it. I began rifling through her bookshelf and taking, actually stealing, small tiny bibles from her shelf. I knew it was wrong to steal, but I felt somehow that I was there out of duty and that it was necessary for me to take them. When I did, the old lady started yelling at me and screaming at me to leave and she got up with a cane out of the bed. She had a pruny old tanish colored face with a black shawl over her head. She was blind and walked with a staff. Her eyes were closed shut and had the impression of a symbol depressed into the flesh of her eyelid which sunk in to make the form of a circle with a line coming out to the right and down almost like the capital letter "Q" but the tail was longer and did not cross into the circle. When she came over to me I could hardly speak and she shuffled under a large dream catcher with black raven's feathers and began cursing me and hexing me. I could have easily overcome her physically but I was held fast and could not move by a suffocating spirit. I could not pray.
I awoke abrubtly and was still deep in the spirit realm even as I awoke. I prayed for 10-15 minutes for the interpretation. It was so real it was as though my bedroom was the fantasy when I awoke. I was very troubled by all of this in my spirit and could feel through the discerning of spirits the same thing in my bedroom that I felt in my dream. I threw a sheet over my body and went downstairs to worship (submit yourselves therefore to God, resist thet devil and he shall flee from you) and get direction from God.
God spoke to me then and told me that the source was a real witch and that he brought there in the Spirit realm to show me what she was doing. She had come in contact with our family through a friend of ours who had come over that night and had just gone to the mountains for a camping trip. God has been working on this lady to be saved and she is in the valley of decision. He revealed to me that the witch was an actual woman living in seclusion in the mountains near Boone, NC and that she was posessed by a powerful spirit of divination and demon of witchcraft. Through her spiritual eyes she could see the Spirit of God on our friend and by attaching a spirit to her it found that the source was our house the source of prayer and intercession for her. The witch had been cursing us in the demonic realm.
I instantly began worshipping and praising the Lord and stirred up the the Holy Ghost with in me as Paul instructed Timothy. I cleared my heart before God and then after putting on the armour of God. I cast the spirits from the house in the Name of Jesus by the Authority of God andI anointed the door posts and windows of our home with oil in the name of Jesus Christ that it would become as the Blood of the Lamb to our enemy. Then I began to pray warfare prayer against her spirit and the demonic stronghold there. I began praying and attacking the demonic in the spirit as the Lord quickened me in angelic tongues. Instantly I saw a vision as I was praying of the woman recoiling and shrieking in fear from the power of god, She was on the floor of her cabin begging for mercy. It was as if she could see me in the Power of God physically standing in her doorway although she was blind. Her vision was not physical, it was spiritual. The demon left her and her connection to it was severed. She was left desolate on the floor without power.
I shouted before her in rebuke"HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD!" and instantly the vision was gone and the Holy Ghost turned me to my bookshelf and said "Remove it!". I prayed for direction and the Lord led me around our house to everything that had to do with witchcraft. Things that I had never even realized. Books, Games, videos, Disney, Jedi, certain video games, Narnia, a few items made in africa, EVERYTHING having to do with witchcraft and magic. Even Mary Poppins.
2 Corinthians 11:13-15 (King James Version)
13For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Even the devil masquerades as an angel of light. There are two forces working in this world Christ, and Antichrist. One is a masquerade, the other is Truth and Power. Jesus said I am the way, the truth, and the life, no man comes to the Father but by me.
In my dream i was stealing the Word from her, and in my real life I was throwing the works of Satan to the dump.
After I completed this the Spirit of the Lord embraced me and I fell to the floor in His presence and worshipped Him. Our entire home was filled with peace and power. My wife even said, not knowing what had happened that night, that when she awoke she felt power with God and a renewed sense of expectationin Christ!
Here are examples and Biblical Precedent of the workings of overcoming a witch/sorcerer in the Bible:
ACTS 13
1Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
2As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
3And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
4So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
5And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.
6And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:
7Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
9Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.
10And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
11And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
12Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
ACTS 8
1And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
2And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
3As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
4Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
5Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
6And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
7For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
8And there was great joy in that city.
9But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
10To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
11And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
12But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
13Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
14Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
15Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
16(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
17Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
18And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
19Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
20But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
21Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
22Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
23For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
24Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the LORD for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
25And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
I awoke abrubtly and was still deep in the spirit realm even as I awoke. I prayed for 10-15 minutes for the interpretation. It was so real it was as though my bedroom was the fantasy when I awoke. I was very troubled by all of this in my spirit and could feel through the discerning of spirits the same thing in my bedroom that I felt in my dream. I threw a sheet over my body and went downstairs to worship (submit yourselves therefore to God, resist thet devil and he shall flee from you) and get direction from God.
God spoke to me then and told me that the source was a real witch and that he brought there in the Spirit realm to show me what she was doing. She had come in contact with our family through a friend of ours who had come over that night and had just gone to the mountains for a camping trip. God has been working on this lady to be saved and she is in the valley of decision. He revealed to me that the witch was an actual woman living in seclusion in the mountains near Boone, NC and that she was posessed by a powerful spirit of divination and demon of witchcraft. Through her spiritual eyes she could see the Spirit of God on our friend and by attaching a spirit to her it found that the source was our house the source of prayer and intercession for her. The witch had been cursing us in the demonic realm.
I instantly began worshipping and praising the Lord and stirred up the the Holy Ghost with in me as Paul instructed Timothy. I cleared my heart before God and then after putting on the armour of God. I cast the spirits from the house in the Name of Jesus by the Authority of God andI anointed the door posts and windows of our home with oil in the name of Jesus Christ that it would become as the Blood of the Lamb to our enemy. Then I began to pray warfare prayer against her spirit and the demonic stronghold there. I began praying and attacking the demonic in the spirit as the Lord quickened me in angelic tongues. Instantly I saw a vision as I was praying of the woman recoiling and shrieking in fear from the power of god, She was on the floor of her cabin begging for mercy. It was as if she could see me in the Power of God physically standing in her doorway although she was blind. Her vision was not physical, it was spiritual. The demon left her and her connection to it was severed. She was left desolate on the floor without power.
I shouted before her in rebuke"HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD!" and instantly the vision was gone and the Holy Ghost turned me to my bookshelf and said "Remove it!". I prayed for direction and the Lord led me around our house to everything that had to do with witchcraft. Things that I had never even realized. Books, Games, videos, Disney, Jedi, certain video games, Narnia, a few items made in africa, EVERYTHING having to do with witchcraft and magic. Even Mary Poppins.
2 Corinthians 11:13-15 (King James Version)
13For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Even the devil masquerades as an angel of light. There are two forces working in this world Christ, and Antichrist. One is a masquerade, the other is Truth and Power. Jesus said I am the way, the truth, and the life, no man comes to the Father but by me.
In my dream i was stealing the Word from her, and in my real life I was throwing the works of Satan to the dump.
After I completed this the Spirit of the Lord embraced me and I fell to the floor in His presence and worshipped Him. Our entire home was filled with peace and power. My wife even said, not knowing what had happened that night, that when she awoke she felt power with God and a renewed sense of expectationin Christ!
Here are examples and Biblical Precedent of the workings of overcoming a witch/sorcerer in the Bible:
ACTS 13
1Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
2As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
3And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
4So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
5And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.
6And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:
7Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
9Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.
10And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
11And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
12Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
ACTS 8
1And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
2And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
3As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
4Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
5Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
6And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
7For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
8And there was great joy in that city.
9But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
10To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
11And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
12But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
13Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
14Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
15Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
16(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
17Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
18And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
19Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
20But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
21Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
22Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
23For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
24Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the LORD for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
25And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
Dream Interpretation 3.0 Trapped in a Car underwater
The Dream:
hi I dreamed I was trapped in a car that fell in water and could not get out then I did get out?
Initial Interpretation of Archetypes and Query:
Thanks for your response. This is actually a pretty common dream archetype. Cars are often symbols of direction, meaning your means of getting from one point in your life to the next. Not as in transportation, but as in the means taking you from one event or situation to the next. Being in a car that is moving usually means that you are going through or sorting mentally through a decision.
Falling into water trapped in a car signifies the hopelessness or confusion that you are associating with that decision or transition. Usually resulting from unresolved questions or unforseeable circumstances. Water surrounding you as to drown you is a metaphor for feeling "trapped" and a feeling of impotence when trying to discern either the right decision or to overcome adversity in the transition.
Since you did not get to your intended goal, but were caught in a quagmire while going there and were overcome by a surrounding medium that could choke you could imply persecution and helplessness.
The fact that you were not conquered shows that you will find your way through it, but since you did not get to your destination it means that although you will survive, the opportunity will be lost along the way at a cost to you, and while you will still have your life, you will experience loss (represented by the car) which could signify loss of job, rejection by others, or a break-off of an encumbering relationship.
Without knowing your exact life situation it is difficult to address specifically how this pertains.
If the dream is recurrent, then it applies to your current situation (job, relationship, or geographical location) and serves as a warning that the grass is not greener on the other side of the change you are contemplating. Once you make the decision for the change, the trouble will come (or has already come) suddenly and will not release you until you remove yourself from encumberances through struggle
I feel that if you are dealing with a new job or moving that you should pursue another means and make no changes.
I would like to know this: When you are driving (if you are driving and not a passenger) how does the car get into the water? Did you drive it and lose control? Does the road give out? Do you go off a cliff? This will be important.
Advice: Be very cautious about major changes upcoming, and if you are already in the struggle I noted above, then you need to stay resourceful, vigilant, and persevering to emarge in tact.
I would be interested to get feedback from you as to how this applies to your life. Typically I get more information from people with more description as to how they felt in the dream, the scenario, time of day, place, etc.. more details would be great (type of car, temperature of the water, how you escaped (window, door), and whether or not you could breathe under the water once you were in it).
Thanks for writing in!
Response #1
we are building a new house and are moving soon. house is almost finished. I have been in my carrer 19 years and working paert time, just had baby #2 6 months ago.
not sure how the car gets in water seems road just stops. passenger, scared once car hits water, I think a window is how I get out or just woke up not sure. my car which is a suv no one driving me just riding. do not know temp of water since I just make it out. I would remember if cold or hot just remember seeing it. as suv lands I am scared thanks
Final Interpretation:
"If the dream is recurrent, then it applies to your current situation (job, relationship, or geographical location)"
Job: Career
Relationship: New Mother
Moving: New House
"The fact that you were not conquered shows that you will find your way through it, but since you did not get to your destination it means that although you will survive, the opportunity will be lost along the way at a cost to you, and while you will still have your life, you will experience loss (represented by the car) which could signify loss of job, rejection by others, or a break-off of an encumbering relationship."
1. You were not defeated
2. Opportunity lost is the income.
3. Loss of job would be staying at home as a mom
4. Rejection by others would be the peer pressure from other working moms or those critical of your choice by people close to you
5. breaking off an encumbering relationship: this could be debt, or expenses as well as a boss or friend with undue influence in your life.
Getting rid of a second car payment or selling your car will help offset the expenses of the change as you rebuild.
Response #2:
yes trying to decide if I should stay home with kids full time thanks
FinalCounsel:
Thanks for the feedback!
Staying home with your children will require sacrifice, but you will emerge whole although it will possibly cost you your second car payment. It is a sudden jump if you are sacrificing an income. But the change will not overcome you as you fear that it will. Your survival in the dream means that you will emerge victorius. You should let go of your second car payment in order to make this transition successful. Sell it or get out of your lease.
It will be worth it in the end. We have 4 children and my wife stays at home by her own choice. Many times it has been tough, but God has ALWAYS come through. Your primary role as a mom is the stewardship of your children. Teaching them in the way that they should go so that when they are older they will not depart from it. The schools are responsible for building their minds, but as parents we are responsible for body, mind, spirit, and soul. If our children are going to grow up strong and moral in this day and age, they need the trust and friendship of their parents. They need the relationship bond that will help them deal openly with you and not hide things when struggles come their way.
There's nothing wrong with working while they are in school. But if they are preschool they need you now more than ever. Youth are going through serious serious problems. I mentor and work with a lot of youth that are getting involved in dangerous stuff at a much younger age than ever before. Lack of supervision is enabling this.
Pregnancy, meth, theft, vandalism, seductive music, early sexual activity... the problems in school that we had were the occasional fist fight, running in the halls, and chewing gum!
I actually walked away from a 6 figure job in D.C. to move to Charlotte and work from home in my own business so that I could play a more active role in my children's life. My job became my idol. It required so much of me that I was not able to even enjoy the fruits of my labor, because with the increase income came additional expenses (car, travel, wardrobe, after school programs). I spent so much time working that even the weekends were devoted to errands and the kids just got overlooked and dragged around.
Trust me in this, that you will acheive balance and your relationship with your children will deepen. You only have them for a short time under your care. Your child(ren) will likely repeat the same choices with their families, and if they do, as a grandmother you will likely be raising their children while they work. Teach them to become independant and self sufficient by modeling the role that builds a healthy family. You will have the rest of your life to work and to bless them financially.
My wife is beginning a birthday ministry for families that can't afford birthday cakes etc. If you ever need one let me know!
In Jesus
Response #3
thanks yes my boss is also my sponser in 12 step program have been sober 10 years fear of rebuilding my clients. I really do not make a lot of money I am a hair stylist I used to love it my heart fell out of it after daughter was born. My mom does keep the children 2 days while I work hubbt does every other Sat so this part time keeps my feet in it but I think it would be so hard to get back in to it and current can take classes though I have been torn with the decision. I never even wanted to stay home after son was born now 4 years but with2 I do thanks for encouragement I feel truely blessed from you thanks.
Final Counsel
Can you go to the elderly who are home bound and cut their hair? You might be able to use your skills on your own and you would probably get more joy out of it as you would be truly serving them and can build relationships. My grandmother had a lady come to the house every 3 weeks or so and she ended up doing it weekly because she was simply lonely and loved the company and personal attention. This would be flexible for you... Pray about it and try this door.
If I can help you with counsel at any time let me know. I have nearly sponsored before and I have been certified in AODA counseling and ministry. I have overcome addiction to alcohol myself. If you are a 12 stepper, know this: God did not make you an alcoholic. You are not an alcoholic if God has set you free. He whom the Son has set free is free indeed. The flesh will always be tempted. If you are still tempted by it then you need freedom through the power of Christ. He is able to do exceedingly and abundantly above which we can ask or think.
Be encouraged that God knows everything you are going through. Every little step you take for Him will be blessed!
hi I dreamed I was trapped in a car that fell in water and could not get out then I did get out?
Initial Interpretation of Archetypes and Query:
Thanks for your response. This is actually a pretty common dream archetype. Cars are often symbols of direction, meaning your means of getting from one point in your life to the next. Not as in transportation, but as in the means taking you from one event or situation to the next. Being in a car that is moving usually means that you are going through or sorting mentally through a decision.
Falling into water trapped in a car signifies the hopelessness or confusion that you are associating with that decision or transition. Usually resulting from unresolved questions or unforseeable circumstances. Water surrounding you as to drown you is a metaphor for feeling "trapped" and a feeling of impotence when trying to discern either the right decision or to overcome adversity in the transition.
Since you did not get to your intended goal, but were caught in a quagmire while going there and were overcome by a surrounding medium that could choke you could imply persecution and helplessness.
The fact that you were not conquered shows that you will find your way through it, but since you did not get to your destination it means that although you will survive, the opportunity will be lost along the way at a cost to you, and while you will still have your life, you will experience loss (represented by the car) which could signify loss of job, rejection by others, or a break-off of an encumbering relationship.
Without knowing your exact life situation it is difficult to address specifically how this pertains.
If the dream is recurrent, then it applies to your current situation (job, relationship, or geographical location) and serves as a warning that the grass is not greener on the other side of the change you are contemplating. Once you make the decision for the change, the trouble will come (or has already come) suddenly and will not release you until you remove yourself from encumberances through struggle
I feel that if you are dealing with a new job or moving that you should pursue another means and make no changes.
I would like to know this: When you are driving (if you are driving and not a passenger) how does the car get into the water? Did you drive it and lose control? Does the road give out? Do you go off a cliff? This will be important.
Advice: Be very cautious about major changes upcoming, and if you are already in the struggle I noted above, then you need to stay resourceful, vigilant, and persevering to emarge in tact.
I would be interested to get feedback from you as to how this applies to your life. Typically I get more information from people with more description as to how they felt in the dream, the scenario, time of day, place, etc.. more details would be great (type of car, temperature of the water, how you escaped (window, door), and whether or not you could breathe under the water once you were in it).
Thanks for writing in!
Response #1
we are building a new house and are moving soon. house is almost finished. I have been in my carrer 19 years and working paert time, just had baby #2 6 months ago.
not sure how the car gets in water seems road just stops. passenger, scared once car hits water, I think a window is how I get out or just woke up not sure. my car which is a suv no one driving me just riding. do not know temp of water since I just make it out. I would remember if cold or hot just remember seeing it. as suv lands I am scared thanks
Final Interpretation:
"If the dream is recurrent, then it applies to your current situation (job, relationship, or geographical location)"
Job: Career
Relationship: New Mother
Moving: New House
"The fact that you were not conquered shows that you will find your way through it, but since you did not get to your destination it means that although you will survive, the opportunity will be lost along the way at a cost to you, and while you will still have your life, you will experience loss (represented by the car) which could signify loss of job, rejection by others, or a break-off of an encumbering relationship."
1. You were not defeated
2. Opportunity lost is the income.
3. Loss of job would be staying at home as a mom
4. Rejection by others would be the peer pressure from other working moms or those critical of your choice by people close to you
5. breaking off an encumbering relationship: this could be debt, or expenses as well as a boss or friend with undue influence in your life.
Getting rid of a second car payment or selling your car will help offset the expenses of the change as you rebuild.
Response #2:
yes trying to decide if I should stay home with kids full time thanks
FinalCounsel:
Thanks for the feedback!
Staying home with your children will require sacrifice, but you will emerge whole although it will possibly cost you your second car payment. It is a sudden jump if you are sacrificing an income. But the change will not overcome you as you fear that it will. Your survival in the dream means that you will emerge victorius. You should let go of your second car payment in order to make this transition successful. Sell it or get out of your lease.
It will be worth it in the end. We have 4 children and my wife stays at home by her own choice. Many times it has been tough, but God has ALWAYS come through. Your primary role as a mom is the stewardship of your children. Teaching them in the way that they should go so that when they are older they will not depart from it. The schools are responsible for building their minds, but as parents we are responsible for body, mind, spirit, and soul. If our children are going to grow up strong and moral in this day and age, they need the trust and friendship of their parents. They need the relationship bond that will help them deal openly with you and not hide things when struggles come their way.
There's nothing wrong with working while they are in school. But if they are preschool they need you now more than ever. Youth are going through serious serious problems. I mentor and work with a lot of youth that are getting involved in dangerous stuff at a much younger age than ever before. Lack of supervision is enabling this.
Pregnancy, meth, theft, vandalism, seductive music, early sexual activity... the problems in school that we had were the occasional fist fight, running in the halls, and chewing gum!
I actually walked away from a 6 figure job in D.C. to move to Charlotte and work from home in my own business so that I could play a more active role in my children's life. My job became my idol. It required so much of me that I was not able to even enjoy the fruits of my labor, because with the increase income came additional expenses (car, travel, wardrobe, after school programs). I spent so much time working that even the weekends were devoted to errands and the kids just got overlooked and dragged around.
Trust me in this, that you will acheive balance and your relationship with your children will deepen. You only have them for a short time under your care. Your child(ren) will likely repeat the same choices with their families, and if they do, as a grandmother you will likely be raising their children while they work. Teach them to become independant and self sufficient by modeling the role that builds a healthy family. You will have the rest of your life to work and to bless them financially.
My wife is beginning a birthday ministry for families that can't afford birthday cakes etc. If you ever need one let me know!
In Jesus
Response #3
thanks yes my boss is also my sponser in 12 step program have been sober 10 years fear of rebuilding my clients. I really do not make a lot of money I am a hair stylist I used to love it my heart fell out of it after daughter was born. My mom does keep the children 2 days while I work hubbt does every other Sat so this part time keeps my feet in it but I think it would be so hard to get back in to it and current can take classes though I have been torn with the decision. I never even wanted to stay home after son was born now 4 years but with2 I do thanks for encouragement I feel truely blessed from you thanks.
Final Counsel
Can you go to the elderly who are home bound and cut their hair? You might be able to use your skills on your own and you would probably get more joy out of it as you would be truly serving them and can build relationships. My grandmother had a lady come to the house every 3 weeks or so and she ended up doing it weekly because she was simply lonely and loved the company and personal attention. This would be flexible for you... Pray about it and try this door.
If I can help you with counsel at any time let me know. I have nearly sponsored before and I have been certified in AODA counseling and ministry. I have overcome addiction to alcohol myself. If you are a 12 stepper, know this: God did not make you an alcoholic. You are not an alcoholic if God has set you free. He whom the Son has set free is free indeed. The flesh will always be tempted. If you are still tempted by it then you need freedom through the power of Christ. He is able to do exceedingly and abundantly above which we can ask or think.
Be encouraged that God knows everything you are going through. Every little step you take for Him will be blessed!
Dream Interpretation 2.0 Temptation
The Dream:
I dreamt last night that I was with a friend in a small room and that I wanted to tell him, I love him, and that somehow he knew what I was thinking and he held my hands and we were looking into each others eyes, and he said something along the lines of "we can't help what we feel" and something else but I can only recall, something about heaven and earth. Then a man opened the door of the room and I immediately pulled my hands away from his.
Do you know what this means?
First Interpretation
Without much spiritual inquest, and inquiry into the heaven and earth, it sounds like you are married and the man is not your husband or is someone you may be about to have an affair with. If you are single and this man is not your fiance/husband/boyfriend, then the person is not right for you and the person that God has intended for you in your future is what is represented by the man who is pulling you away. Since you only identify him as "a man" and not as someone known to you, this is either someone in your future or a messenger telling you that this is not the one. It can also signify the exposure of hidden intentions since you did not say that the man who entered spoke. In all, my sense is that the first man you are with is deceived in his feelings for you.
If this helps let me know. If not, see if you can supply more details about the characters and room. Especially of heaven and earth.
Response:
Yeah, the one who opened the door, is someone I have never met. I honestly can't recall about heaven and earth...I dreamt about my friend again last night, but this time, my significant other and him were sitting on a couch, and I walk up to him, and started kissing (deleted) his fingers??? That sounds so wierd even as I'm writing it. what got me was that my significant other didn't say or do anything about it. Another time I had dreamt, He (my friend) was smelling my hair, other times that we have kissed.
Final Interpretation:
What is happening here is that you are being drawn away by lust. For the choice in front of you is between two and the action fulfilled is lust, which is of the flesh and not of the soul. This is not good, as when one is tempted in this way, they are drawn away of their own lust and when it comes to its full fruition, it becomes sin and is actually more destructive to all involved. Your significant other ( I am going with spouse) did not object because it is not about him being tempted, it is about your emotional quandry and difficulty making good relationship choices.
I would actually suggest fasting and prayer to press down the desires of your flesh so that you can more fully hear from your spirit and soul. These dreams will go away if you do that. The temptation in the dream is not good. While it seems enticing, the fact that you are acting purely out of desire./attraction and not out of soulish love tells me that this end will be destructive and fleeting.
What you seem to desire is attention and focus. Fast first for at least 2 days, and then discuss this with your husband or get counseling right away. God Loves you. Even though you are being enticed, you do not need to seek temporary gratification. Draw close to God and let him draw your SOUL (not your body) to His chioce for you.
May the God of all knowledge and wisdom guide you through this struggle.
Read the following in order as though it were one statement.
1 Corinthians 7:5
Defraud ye not one the other, except it (sexual abstinence) be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
Exodus 20:17
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Romans 7:7
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Romans 13:9
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Hebrews 4:15
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but (Jesus Christ) was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
1 Corinthians 10:13
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Hebrews 2:18
For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
James 1:13-15
13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Mark 7
20And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
23All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Acts 8:30-31
30And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
31And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
Romans 10:13-15
13For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
14How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
15And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
Acts 8:22
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Romans 2:4
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
2 Corinthians 7:10
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
John 5:42
But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
Luke 16:13
No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Romans 5:8
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 8:39
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Corinthians 2:9
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Ephesians 3:19
And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
1 John 4:10
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation (payment) for our sins.
John 7:37-39
37In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
38He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
How?
Acts 2:38
38Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
James 1:12
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Hebrews 11:24-26 (King James Version)
24By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
25Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
26Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
1 John 4:19We love him, because he first loved us.
Acts 2:40And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
I dreamt last night that I was with a friend in a small room and that I wanted to tell him, I love him, and that somehow he knew what I was thinking and he held my hands and we were looking into each others eyes, and he said something along the lines of "we can't help what we feel" and something else but I can only recall, something about heaven and earth. Then a man opened the door of the room and I immediately pulled my hands away from his.
Do you know what this means?
First Interpretation
Without much spiritual inquest, and inquiry into the heaven and earth, it sounds like you are married and the man is not your husband or is someone you may be about to have an affair with. If you are single and this man is not your fiance/husband/boyfriend, then the person is not right for you and the person that God has intended for you in your future is what is represented by the man who is pulling you away. Since you only identify him as "a man" and not as someone known to you, this is either someone in your future or a messenger telling you that this is not the one. It can also signify the exposure of hidden intentions since you did not say that the man who entered spoke. In all, my sense is that the first man you are with is deceived in his feelings for you.
If this helps let me know. If not, see if you can supply more details about the characters and room. Especially of heaven and earth.
Response:
Yeah, the one who opened the door, is someone I have never met. I honestly can't recall about heaven and earth...I dreamt about my friend again last night, but this time, my significant other and him were sitting on a couch, and I walk up to him, and started kissing (deleted) his fingers??? That sounds so wierd even as I'm writing it. what got me was that my significant other didn't say or do anything about it. Another time I had dreamt, He (my friend) was smelling my hair, other times that we have kissed.
Final Interpretation:
What is happening here is that you are being drawn away by lust. For the choice in front of you is between two and the action fulfilled is lust, which is of the flesh and not of the soul. This is not good, as when one is tempted in this way, they are drawn away of their own lust and when it comes to its full fruition, it becomes sin and is actually more destructive to all involved. Your significant other ( I am going with spouse) did not object because it is not about him being tempted, it is about your emotional quandry and difficulty making good relationship choices.
I would actually suggest fasting and prayer to press down the desires of your flesh so that you can more fully hear from your spirit and soul. These dreams will go away if you do that. The temptation in the dream is not good. While it seems enticing, the fact that you are acting purely out of desire./attraction and not out of soulish love tells me that this end will be destructive and fleeting.
What you seem to desire is attention and focus. Fast first for at least 2 days, and then discuss this with your husband or get counseling right away. God Loves you. Even though you are being enticed, you do not need to seek temporary gratification. Draw close to God and let him draw your SOUL (not your body) to His chioce for you.
May the God of all knowledge and wisdom guide you through this struggle.
Read the following in order as though it were one statement.
1 Corinthians 7:5
Defraud ye not one the other, except it (sexual abstinence) be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
Exodus 20:17
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Romans 7:7
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Romans 13:9
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Hebrews 4:15
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but (Jesus Christ) was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
1 Corinthians 10:13
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Hebrews 2:18
For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
James 1:13-15
13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Mark 7
20And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
23All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Acts 8:30-31
30And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
31And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
Romans 10:13-15
13For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
14How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
15And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
Acts 8:22
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Romans 2:4
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
2 Corinthians 7:10
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
John 5:42
But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
Luke 16:13
No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Romans 5:8
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 8:39
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Corinthians 2:9
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Ephesians 3:19
And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
1 John 4:10
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation (payment) for our sins.
John 7:37-39
37In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
38He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
How?
Acts 2:38
38Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
James 1:12
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Hebrews 11:24-26 (King James Version)
24By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
25Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
26Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
1 John 4:19We love him, because he first loved us.
Acts 2:40And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
Final Response:
Thanks for reminding me of those verses, and I know you are right! I will be reading this e-mail time and time again.
Dream Interpretation 1.0 Unpreparedness for Work
The Dream:
I have a dream very often to where I am trying to get to where I used to work about three years ago,,either my uniform is not ready or I have to drive somewhere else,,,always going to be late and I am there with a guy with whom I had a crush on,,,,,who works there as well.
My Query #1:
Can you give me more detail about the last statement, "always going to be late and I am there with a guy with whom I had a crush on,who works there as well."
Do you mean that he is there and you are trying to get there, or that he is with you as you are going there?
Other questions:
What is the mode transportation you are taking?
Is this guy still in your life?
How would you compare your current job with your old one?
Additional Details:
I used to work in Law inforcement and he still does, and I am trying to get to work and either by car or something,,I work with the state now
Query #2
I mean, how is your current job satisfaction compared with the old job?
Additional Details:
Well I had another dream about going back to the police department and just could not get all of my stuff organized and then my teeth started falling out(weird huh),,I like my job just as good,,really missed police work at first
INTERPRETATION IS PENDING
I have a dream very often to where I am trying to get to where I used to work about three years ago,,either my uniform is not ready or I have to drive somewhere else,,,always going to be late and I am there with a guy with whom I had a crush on,,,,,who works there as well.
My Query #1:
Can you give me more detail about the last statement, "always going to be late and I am there with a guy with whom I had a crush on,who works there as well."
Do you mean that he is there and you are trying to get there, or that he is with you as you are going there?
Other questions:
What is the mode transportation you are taking?
Is this guy still in your life?
How would you compare your current job with your old one?
Additional Details:
I used to work in Law inforcement and he still does, and I am trying to get to work and either by car or something,,I work with the state now
Query #2
I mean, how is your current job satisfaction compared with the old job?
Additional Details:
Well I had another dream about going back to the police department and just could not get all of my stuff organized and then my teeth started falling out(weird huh),,I like my job just as good,,really missed police work at first
INTERPRETATION IS PENDING
Dream Posting Rules
I am going to start posting dream interpretations here on the website and their full discussion threads to benefit readers and to build an archive. I will post all dreams interpreted whether accurate or mistakes so that I can exercise the gift.
Names will be changed to protect the innocent! I will post the full discussion threads but I will remove all e-mail addresses and Identies to protect the anonymity of the person writing in. These posts can also serve as references for people who have similar dreams.
Often the dream interpretations start like this
1. Identifying archetypes
2. getting pertinant information about the person dreaming's life
3. Interpreting the dream archetypes for their life
Other times when the dream is directly and prophetically given God must give me direct revelation on exactly what the dream means by the gift of the Word of Knowledge, working with the Word of Wisdom, and the Discerning of Spirits. This encompasses dreams dealing with the angelic or demonic realms and of Rhema or the Living Word coming to minister to, to prophesy to, or to directly warn a person.
Names will be changed to protect the innocent! I will post the full discussion threads but I will remove all e-mail addresses and Identies to protect the anonymity of the person writing in. These posts can also serve as references for people who have similar dreams.
Often the dream interpretations start like this
1. Identifying archetypes
2. getting pertinant information about the person dreaming's life
3. Interpreting the dream archetypes for their life
Other times when the dream is directly and prophetically given God must give me direct revelation on exactly what the dream means by the gift of the Word of Knowledge, working with the Word of Wisdom, and the Discerning of Spirits. This encompasses dreams dealing with the angelic or demonic realms and of Rhema or the Living Word coming to minister to, to prophesy to, or to directly warn a person.
New Dream Posting on Craigslist
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Date: 2007-06-09, 5:53PM
Are you having dreams that trouble you or that are recurring for which you cannot understand their meaning?
I am interested in helping you unlock their meaning by providing the interpretation of your dreams and Christian counseling.
I do not charge money, sell books or tapes, or offer other paranormal or occult divination. I do not care what your background or religious experiences are.
This is simply a free no-obligation service that I am offering based on a God-given gift for dream interpretation.
I am NOT INTO the occult, wicca, magick, divination, necromancy or spiritism.I make used of a Biblical Spiritual gift of interpretation of dreams and visions from God like Daniel or Joseph, and John.
May this bing peace to your thoughts and heart. the joseph window
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Reply to: comm-348598261@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-06-09, 5:53PM
Are you having dreams that trouble you or that are recurring for which you cannot understand their meaning?
I am interested in helping you unlock their meaning by providing the interpretation of your dreams and Christian counseling.
I do not charge money, sell books or tapes, or offer other paranormal or occult divination. I do not care what your background or religious experiences are.
This is simply a free no-obligation service that I am offering based on a God-given gift for dream interpretation.
I am NOT INTO the occult, wicca, magick, divination, necromancy or spiritism.I make used of a Biblical Spiritual gift of interpretation of dreams and visions from God like Daniel or Joseph, and John.
May this bing peace to your thoughts and heart. the joseph window
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
The Chef's Hat
It was related to me that a woman in our church had a dream where the pastor and his wife were seen by her in a chef's hat and a type of apron and were offering themselves as servants saying, "How can we serve you". The message was left with her that they were serving her in the gospel. The meaning of the chef's hat remained elusive to them but they had interpreted it as though they were waiters.
When I heard the dream recounted to me, the Lord quickened my understanding that it was not a chef's hat worn by the pastor, but it was the hat worn by the high priest and that they were being signified as priests of God. Then, the Word came to me:
1 Peter 2:9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
And Finally this image popped in my mind,
so I located it in a book, scanned it,
and I sent it off to the pastor by e-mail.
Online Dream Evangelism
As a means of evangelism I am now posting free classified ads on the net to seekers who are troubled by their dreams. The hope is to bring peace and rest to their hearts and point them to discipleship in Christ and Salvation through the interpretation of their dreams.
My first post generated 2 responses within 1 day and I will continue to update the results here. I was able to offer an interpretation of one dream and I am waiting to hear the response. The second contact is supposed to send me the dream soon.
This is the text of the first ad:
Are you having dreams that trouble you or that are recurring for which you cannot understand their meaning?
I am interested in helping you unlock their meaning by providing the interpretation of your dreams and counseling. I do not charge money, sell books or tapes, or offer other paranormal or occult divination.
I do not care what your background or religious experiences are.
This is simply a free no-obligation service that I am offering based on a God-given gift for dream interpretation.
May this bing peace to your thoughts and heart. riverforum
My first post generated 2 responses within 1 day and I will continue to update the results here. I was able to offer an interpretation of one dream and I am waiting to hear the response. The second contact is supposed to send me the dream soon.
This is the text of the first ad:
Are you having dreams that trouble you or that are recurring for which you cannot understand their meaning?
I am interested in helping you unlock their meaning by providing the interpretation of your dreams and counseling. I do not charge money, sell books or tapes, or offer other paranormal or occult divination.
I do not care what your background or religious experiences are.
This is simply a free no-obligation service that I am offering based on a God-given gift for dream interpretation.
May this bing peace to your thoughts and heart. riverforum
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Bound by False Doctrine
Last night I had a dream about a man that had come to our church as a visitor and was praying at the end of service to receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost. He was about my height and build with very short blond hair. The Pastor and a few others, whose faces were obscured, were laying hands on him and trying to pray him through with their eyes closed. The man began lurching and flailing about as though he were being touched by God. Through the discerning of spirits, I could tell that the man was not feeling God at all and was writhing about in his flesh under false pretenses. The people praying for him were frustrated and a but confused as to why he did not get filled after all that and were prepared to walk away from him.
I approached the man to pray for him and God revealed to me that he would not get the baptism of the Holy Ghost because he had an unclean spirit of false doctrine in him and all of this was a show and a mockery. I admonished the man in the Holy Ghost that he was not feeling God at all, that God had revealed his heart to me and that he was clinging to false doctrines, not only in his mind, but had welcomed a spirit. I sensed that he had a staunch traditional trinitarian doctrine embedded that God was striving with him to yield and he would not. I rebuked him and told him that God would not move to fill him until he fell out of agreement with that spirit and repented of it.
I went then to lay hands on the man and began to pray, the Holy Ghost welled up in me but nothing transferred to the man, his spirit was not emptied and cleared for God to fill him. I began to pray warfare and rebuke of the resident spirit of false doctrine but it would not go, not for lack of Authority and Power, but because it was welcomed and willingly allowed to stay resident in the man. I withdrew my hand from his forehead and told him, until you repent and leave your false teachings, there is nothing that anyone can do for you here. God will not fill you.
Then I awoke.
I approached the man to pray for him and God revealed to me that he would not get the baptism of the Holy Ghost because he had an unclean spirit of false doctrine in him and all of this was a show and a mockery. I admonished the man in the Holy Ghost that he was not feeling God at all, that God had revealed his heart to me and that he was clinging to false doctrines, not only in his mind, but had welcomed a spirit. I sensed that he had a staunch traditional trinitarian doctrine embedded that God was striving with him to yield and he would not. I rebuked him and told him that God would not move to fill him until he fell out of agreement with that spirit and repented of it.
I went then to lay hands on the man and began to pray, the Holy Ghost welled up in me but nothing transferred to the man, his spirit was not emptied and cleared for God to fill him. I began to pray warfare and rebuke of the resident spirit of false doctrine but it would not go, not for lack of Authority and Power, but because it was welcomed and willingly allowed to stay resident in the man. I withdrew my hand from his forehead and told him, until you repent and leave your false teachings, there is nothing that anyone can do for you here. God will not fill you.
Then I awoke.
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Pitted Against the Archer
After church today, I laid down and fell into a very deep sleep. In that sleep I had this vivid and very real-seeming dream:
I was standing in a feudal courtyard on a lawn and before me at about 35 yards off was a white paper outline target of the shape of a man like at a practice range. The outline were three grey lines that made hit zones on the overall shape but no real bulls-eye.
I had long-shaft arrows in my hand and was throwing them at the target from far off. I was walking around and throwing them from all angles. I was alone and free to move about without restriction, almost flowing naturally like a sort of danced coreograph like capaoeira. But instead of sparring with a partner I would release an arrow thrown to the target.
When I tried hard to make the target's hit zone, the arrows missed their mark going down and left. When I relaxed and went with "the spirit" they seemed to naturally find the target and stick firmly in the "heart" zone of the target. When I again tried to consciously direct the arrows, they fell away or missed the mark. Then I focused on the Spirit and not by sight and threw an arrow entrusted to the Spirit. The arrow flew and hit the mark in a very tight grouping to the first in the heart zone on the target. I was confident that I had learned to flow with the spirit and trust and had mastered the ablity to strike the heart zone. I felt peaceful, assured, and wise.
I was then out of arrows. I had to walk to the right of the target underneath a colonnade to go get more from a sort of bin. I did not go retrieve my old arrows as is customary in target archery. When I was there several people had come into the colonnade to presumably go to practice as well but they were obscured and remained in the background. A man then came up to me. He was dressed to the Elizabethan Period, with billowed maroon velvet breeches and vesture. Possibly a white silk men's period blouse, a blondish page haircut, and dark piercing eyes that seemed darkened by something around their edges like a mascara. He was not effeminate at all, but rather lordly as a type of aristocrat. His demeanor I would describe more like that of a condescending country club privileged upstart. He was not young but possibly slightly older than myself. He was coming to engage in target practice.
In the man's hand was a bow. I did not get a look at it, but I understood that it was skillfully crafted, perfectly machined and mastered for almost surgical precision in marksmanship. He was obviously an expert marksman aided by his superbly built bow. He was prideful, arrogant, and mocking in his skill gloating over me in highly eloquent Shakesperean-Style prose. He belittled and mocked my approach and style, seeking to challenge me to a dual in marksmanship, and -if I was keen- to learn the secrets of his marksmanship and be taught by him. He was baiting me into this challenge. One that he proudly declared that I was unworthy to partake in, but only if I were to guess the secret to a riddle he would give me that would lead me to a password. A password that would allow me to engage in the marksmanship contest and be shown his secrets. He issued me the riddle. I don't remember it specifically other than it was eloquent, very artfully and skillfully crafted, and that it would have taken one on the order of Aesop or Socrates to deduce by carnal ability.
I was already confident in my ability, however and felt no need to compete with him and that not only was the contest a trick, but so was the riddle. The riddle was designed to make me feel worthless and inadequate before competing and would establish his superiority over me which would psychologically turn me into a willing student and protege in marksmanship. As he posed the riddle to me, I began to deduce its meaning but then my mind returned to its former peace and I turned the riddle back on him.
I asked him, "What is a password for, if not to prevent entry from something that is protected. Why should I have a burden of entry where I can freely go?" I pointed out into the courtyard and the wall disolved and became a forest with a defined edge at the extent of the courtyard. I told him, "Do you see that forest? What password is there that can prevent me from walking in there? Do I need a key to a place where I have free access. Who can restrict me from going there. Who can control or prevent me from going, if I have a will to go? Only the lord or owner of that forest can prevent me from his lands. If I desire access into a stronghold or castle, I can freely enter it of my own accord and will. Only the lord of that castle can prevent me from entrance. But I know the his Lord, the Lord of Lords. And if again, it is my will to enter I can entreat the Lord of Lords and he can give me entry."
At this time the password became known to me as the Word of Knowledge revealed it. I did not declare that I knew it to the man, but looked at him and declared "Your passwords are of none effect. They have no merit and they are merely a game. And I see your trap. I already have the ability to hit the mark and without your bow you have no skill." He looked and my eyes and knew that I knew the password and all of his thoughts and plan he became angry (as disgruntled and thwarted, not as in rage) and stomped off the target range with his bow back to the colonnade to leave and rejoin himself to his cronies.
As he left, he turned over his shoulder and said angrily and spitefully, "I curse you, and I curse your flesh!". To which I responded in the Word, "All flesh is cursed of God by sin, save one man. Your curse is powerless." He said angrily with scorn, "I know who that man is." in a way that implied for me not to lectured him. I answered, "But is He man, or is He God?" He stopped in his tracks and looked at me. I declared, "He is both. He is Jesus Christ. and He is the true password!" He then cried out in angry disgust and fully left as I became filled with a spirit of victory. I realized that the direct knowledge that came to me by spirit was more powerful, wise, and accurate than what I could reason, learn, or perform by skill. And that without trickery, guile, mocking, and cheating, the marksman was actually powerless himself to hit the mark that he was used to hitting accurately so many times before.
Praise God.
I was standing in a feudal courtyard on a lawn and before me at about 35 yards off was a white paper outline target of the shape of a man like at a practice range. The outline were three grey lines that made hit zones on the overall shape but no real bulls-eye.
I had long-shaft arrows in my hand and was throwing them at the target from far off. I was walking around and throwing them from all angles. I was alone and free to move about without restriction, almost flowing naturally like a sort of danced coreograph like capaoeira. But instead of sparring with a partner I would release an arrow thrown to the target.
When I tried hard to make the target's hit zone, the arrows missed their mark going down and left. When I relaxed and went with "the spirit" they seemed to naturally find the target and stick firmly in the "heart" zone of the target. When I again tried to consciously direct the arrows, they fell away or missed the mark. Then I focused on the Spirit and not by sight and threw an arrow entrusted to the Spirit. The arrow flew and hit the mark in a very tight grouping to the first in the heart zone on the target. I was confident that I had learned to flow with the spirit and trust and had mastered the ablity to strike the heart zone. I felt peaceful, assured, and wise.
I was then out of arrows. I had to walk to the right of the target underneath a colonnade to go get more from a sort of bin. I did not go retrieve my old arrows as is customary in target archery. When I was there several people had come into the colonnade to presumably go to practice as well but they were obscured and remained in the background. A man then came up to me. He was dressed to the Elizabethan Period, with billowed maroon velvet breeches and vesture. Possibly a white silk men's period blouse, a blondish page haircut, and dark piercing eyes that seemed darkened by something around their edges like a mascara. He was not effeminate at all, but rather lordly as a type of aristocrat. His demeanor I would describe more like that of a condescending country club privileged upstart. He was not young but possibly slightly older than myself. He was coming to engage in target practice.
In the man's hand was a bow. I did not get a look at it, but I understood that it was skillfully crafted, perfectly machined and mastered for almost surgical precision in marksmanship. He was obviously an expert marksman aided by his superbly built bow. He was prideful, arrogant, and mocking in his skill gloating over me in highly eloquent Shakesperean-Style prose. He belittled and mocked my approach and style, seeking to challenge me to a dual in marksmanship, and -if I was keen- to learn the secrets of his marksmanship and be taught by him. He was baiting me into this challenge. One that he proudly declared that I was unworthy to partake in, but only if I were to guess the secret to a riddle he would give me that would lead me to a password. A password that would allow me to engage in the marksmanship contest and be shown his secrets. He issued me the riddle. I don't remember it specifically other than it was eloquent, very artfully and skillfully crafted, and that it would have taken one on the order of Aesop or Socrates to deduce by carnal ability.
I was already confident in my ability, however and felt no need to compete with him and that not only was the contest a trick, but so was the riddle. The riddle was designed to make me feel worthless and inadequate before competing and would establish his superiority over me which would psychologically turn me into a willing student and protege in marksmanship. As he posed the riddle to me, I began to deduce its meaning but then my mind returned to its former peace and I turned the riddle back on him.
I asked him, "What is a password for, if not to prevent entry from something that is protected. Why should I have a burden of entry where I can freely go?" I pointed out into the courtyard and the wall disolved and became a forest with a defined edge at the extent of the courtyard. I told him, "Do you see that forest? What password is there that can prevent me from walking in there? Do I need a key to a place where I have free access. Who can restrict me from going there. Who can control or prevent me from going, if I have a will to go? Only the lord or owner of that forest can prevent me from his lands. If I desire access into a stronghold or castle, I can freely enter it of my own accord and will. Only the lord of that castle can prevent me from entrance. But I know the his Lord, the Lord of Lords. And if again, it is my will to enter I can entreat the Lord of Lords and he can give me entry."
At this time the password became known to me as the Word of Knowledge revealed it. I did not declare that I knew it to the man, but looked at him and declared "Your passwords are of none effect. They have no merit and they are merely a game. And I see your trap. I already have the ability to hit the mark and without your bow you have no skill." He looked and my eyes and knew that I knew the password and all of his thoughts and plan he became angry (as disgruntled and thwarted, not as in rage) and stomped off the target range with his bow back to the colonnade to leave and rejoin himself to his cronies.
As he left, he turned over his shoulder and said angrily and spitefully, "I curse you, and I curse your flesh!". To which I responded in the Word, "All flesh is cursed of God by sin, save one man. Your curse is powerless." He said angrily with scorn, "I know who that man is." in a way that implied for me not to lectured him. I answered, "But is He man, or is He God?" He stopped in his tracks and looked at me. I declared, "He is both. He is Jesus Christ. and He is the true password!" He then cried out in angry disgust and fully left as I became filled with a spirit of victory. I realized that the direct knowledge that came to me by spirit was more powerful, wise, and accurate than what I could reason, learn, or perform by skill. And that without trickery, guile, mocking, and cheating, the marksman was actually powerless himself to hit the mark that he was used to hitting accurately so many times before.
Praise God.
Scriptural Basis and Guideline
Dreams of Prophecy
Daniel 2:28-49
28But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
29As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. 30But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
31Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
32This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
33His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
34Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
35Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
36This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
37Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
39And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
40And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. 41And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
42And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
43And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. 44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
45Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
46Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.
47The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.
48Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. 49Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.
Dreams of Warning
Genesis 20:3-6
3But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
4But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
5Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
6And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
Job 7:13-15
13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints;
14Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
Daniel 5:16-31
16And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
17Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
18O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
19And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
20But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
21And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
22And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; 23But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
24Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
25And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
26This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
27TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
28PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
29Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
30In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
31And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
Matthew 2:12-13
12And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
13And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
Matthew 27:17-20
17Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
18For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
19When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
Dreams of Guidance
Genesis 28: 12
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Genesis 31:10-11
10And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
11And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
Genesis 31:24
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
1 Sam 28:6
6And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
Matthew 1:20
20But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
Matthew 19-22
19But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
20Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.
21And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. 22But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
23And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
False Dreams and False Interpretations of Dreams
Deut 13:1-3
1If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
2And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;
3Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Ecclesiastes 5:7 7
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
Jeremiah 23:32
32Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 29:8
8For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
1Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
2For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.
True Interpretations of Dreams and the Gift of Interpretation of Dreams
Genesis 41:8-16
8And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
9Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
10Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:
11And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
12And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
13And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
14Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
15And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
Daniel 1:17
17As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
Daniel 2:1-27
1And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
2Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
3And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
4Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
5The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
6But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
7They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.
8The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
9But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.
10The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
11And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
12For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
13And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
14Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
15He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
16Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.
17Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
18That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
19Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
20Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
21And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
22He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
23I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.
24Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.
25Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.
26The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?
27Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
Dan 5:11-12
11There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
12Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
Joel 2:28
28And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
Matthew 13:10-11
10And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
11He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Luke 8:10
And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
1 Corinthians 4
1Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
1 Corinthians 13:2
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
Acts 2:17
17And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
The Lord Bringing a Deep Sleep
Genesis 2:21
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
Job 4: 12-14
12Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
14Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
Job 33:14-16
14For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
16Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
Daniel 8:15-18
15And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
16And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
17So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.
18Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
Daniel 10:8-10
8Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
9Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.
10And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.
Daniel 2:28-49
28But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
29As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. 30But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
31Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
32This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
33His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
34Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
35Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
36This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
37Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
39And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
40And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. 41And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
42And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
43And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. 44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
45Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
46Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.
47The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.
48Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. 49Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.
Dreams of Warning
Genesis 20:3-6
3But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
4But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
5Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
6And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
Job 7:13-15
13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints;
14Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
Daniel 5:16-31
16And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
17Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
18O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
19And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
20But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
21And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
22And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; 23But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
24Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
25And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
26This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
27TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
28PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
29Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
30In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
31And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
Matthew 2:12-13
12And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
13And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
Matthew 27:17-20
17Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
18For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
19When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
Dreams of Guidance
Genesis 28: 12
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Genesis 31:10-11
10And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
11And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
Genesis 31:24
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
1 Sam 28:6
6And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
Matthew 1:20
20But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
Matthew 19-22
19But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
20Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.
21And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. 22But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
23And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
False Dreams and False Interpretations of Dreams
Deut 13:1-3
1If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
2And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;
3Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Ecclesiastes 5:7 7
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
Jeremiah 23:32
32Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 29:8
8For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
Daniel 2:10-12
10The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
11And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
12For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
1Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
2For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.
True Interpretations of Dreams and the Gift of Interpretation of Dreams
Genesis 41:8-16
8And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
9Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
10Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:
11And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
12And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
13And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
14Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
15And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
Daniel 1:17
17As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
Daniel 2:1-27
1And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
2Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
3And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
4Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
5The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
6But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
7They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.
8The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
9But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.
10The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
11And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
12For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
13And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
14Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
15He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
16Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.
17Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
18That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
19Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
20Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
21And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
22He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
23I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.
24Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.
25Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.
26The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?
27Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
Dan 5:11-12
11There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
12Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
Joel 2:28
28And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
Matthew 13:10-11
10And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
11He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Luke 8:10
And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
1 Corinthians 4
1Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
1 Corinthians 13:2
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
Acts 2:17
17And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
The Lord Bringing a Deep Sleep
Genesis 2:21
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
Job 4: 12-14
12Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
14Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
Job 33:14-16
14For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
16Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
Daniel 8:15-18
15And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
16And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
17So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.
18Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
Daniel 10:8-10
8Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
9Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.
10And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.
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