I have noticed there has been allot of Hype recently when it comes to people in the church and their dreams. So what does God say about dreams and their meaning?
Lets look at our first verse:
(Num 12:6 NKJV) Then He said, "Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, make Myself known to him in a vision; I speak to him in a dream.
Here you can see one of the ways God made himself known to the prophets. God also says here in Num 12 how He spoke to Moses face to face.
Lets dwell on the word Prophet and what the meaning of Prophet is: prophetes is the Greek word for Prophet (G4396), meaning "one who speaks forth or openly" (see PROPHECY, A), "a proclaimed of a divine message," denoted among the Greeks an interpreter of the oracles of the gods. In the Sept. it is the translation of the word roeh, "a seer"; 1Sa_9:9, indicating that the "prophet" was one who had immediate intercourse with God. It also translates the word nabhi, meaning "either one in whom the message from God springs forth" or "one to whom anything is secretly communicated." Hence, in general, "the prophet" was one upon whom the Spirit of God rested, Num_11:17-29, one, to whom and through whom God speaks, Num_12:2; Amo_3:7, Amo_3:8. In the case of the OT prophets their messages were very largely the proclamation of the divine purposes of salvation and glory to be accomplished in the future; the "prophesying" of the NT "prophets" was both a preaching of the divine counsels of grace already accomplished and the foretelling of the purposes of God in the future.
Clearly being a prophet one has to adhere to some Godly Standards as pointed above. Sure I believe God can communicate through our dreams to us and even give a message that has to be delivered to others, but I do believe those people as He says will be a true prophet, there is a difference for there are many false prophets amongst us these days. In Act_2:17 the Bible says:
(Act 2:17 NKJV) 'AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THE LAST DAYS, SAYS GOD, THAT I WILL POUR OUT OF MY SPIRIT ON ALL FLESH; YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS, YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS.
So anyone that is Spirit Filled may have a vision or a dream, everyone that are open to this, through being saved and that has a true relationship with God and whom God has chosen to receive these visions and or dreams. Does this mean that every dream has a meaning? Sure every dream can have a meaning a physiological one, but is it a vision from God or God communicating with you?
Only truly you and God will know that. No where in the Bible when it spoke about spiritual gifts did it say interpret of dreams, the Bible on refers to Joseph and Daniel having such gift.
In the new testament the Bible only refer to God speaking to his disciples through dreams in Mat and only 6 references and one citation . Jesus never even referred to dreams; (Mat_1:20; Mat_2:12, Mat_2:13, Mat_2:19, Mat_2:22; Mat_27:19). Once a citation (Act_2:17).
Here is a warning when it comes to false prophets and dreams;
(Jer 23:25 NKJV) "I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying, 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed!'
(Jer 23:26 NKJV) How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart,
(Jer 23:27 NKJV) who try to make My people forget My name by their dreams which everyone tells his neighbor, as their fathers forgot My name for Baal.
(Jer 23:28 NKJV) "The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; And he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat?" says the LORD.
(Jer 23:29 NKJV) "Is not My word like a fire?" says the LORD, "And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
(Jer 23:30 NKJV) "Therefore behold, I am against the prophets," says the LORD, "who steal My words every one from his neighbor.
(Jer 23:31 NKJV) Behold, I am against the prophets," says the LORD, "who use their tongues and say, 'He says.'
(Jer 23:32 NKJV) Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams," says the LORD, "and tell them, and cause My people to err by their lies and by their recklessness. Yet I did not send them or command them; therefore they shall not profit this people at all," says the LORD.
CONCLUSION:
I believe people should stop delving so deep into dreams and other people’s dreams and trying to make sense about it and should focus on God and His word as he states in Jer 23:28 NKJV.
Instead of delving into dreams and their meanings we should do and FOCUS ON!! what God has placed us here to do and that is to get saved and help save others, make more disciples for His glory is eternal, Amen. Share His Love with others and Love Him above all, with all we are (our mind, heart and soul).
1Co 14:19 yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
The above verse proves that God puts more importance on His word than spiritual gifts.
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