Who had the dream? King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Let’s ask some questions about King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, as an example, and then see how you can apply these same questions to your dreams. (Source: “The Art Bible, Comprising the Old and New Testaments: with Numerous Illustrations”) Understanding Biblical Interpretations of Dreamsīy looking at the dreams and interpretations revealed in the Bible, we can see patterns develop and discern some principles for interpreting our own dreams. Consider the stone’s current trajectory on becoming a mountain, a kingdom that fills the whole earth, and what your role in it is.ĭaniel interpreting the king’s dream (1896).
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This imagery has eternal implications for every person.Īs you read the full dream and its interpretation in Daniel chapter 2, pray about the spiritual implications of this dream to your life.
God revealed to Daniel that the metals represent kingdoms that would be utterly smashed into oblivion by a divine stone, as if they were “chaff on a threshing floor.” “No wise men, enchanters, magicians, or astrologers can show to the king the mystery that the king has asked,” Daniel told the king, “but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days.” (Daniel 2:27–28) He tried to get an interpretation of this image from the wisest men in his land. King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon received such a sign-a statue in a dream comprised of four metals and clay as shown in the image above. For example, God has given many signs, prophecies, allusions, and metaphors to both Jews and Gentiles throughout Scripture about the Messianic kingdom to come.
Sometimes dreams that are meant for us can be given to the most unlikely people. “The stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.” (Daniel 2:35) So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of the things.” (Daniel 7:15)ĭaniel lived a rich life of dreams (while sleeping) and visions (while awake) and was given much wisdom in the interpretation of them, such as this magnificent Messianic dream given to a pagan king. “I approached one of those who stood there and asked him the truth concerning all this. We may even receive interpretation in the dream itself.įor instance, after Daniel dreamed of four beasts, he wrote: So, He gave Solomon wisdom and discernment (an immediate result) like no other king ever had, and he went on to pen the great books of wisdom: Proverbs and Ecclesiastes (a long-term outcome).Īt times, we too can interact in our dreams and perhaps move our destiny ever so slightly. Our Father in heaven loves to bestow wisdom, especially on those who cherish it more than riches and honor.
Solomon asked for “an understanding mind to govern Your people, that I may discern between good and evil.” (1 Kings 3:9) “At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night” and said to him, “Ask what I shall give you.” (1 Kings 3:5) We might think that dreaming is a one-way communication from God to us, but a dream of King Solomon shows us that this is not always the case. Jewish prayer books (siddurs) contain a bedtime prayer that includes forgiving others, confession, praises for what God has done today, seeking peace and life for the next day, and a blessing that God’s glory illuminate the whole world. We are only looking to understand if God is speaking to us in our dreams and to uncover a few principles for interpreting them. However, we are not going to look at modern psychology here. Researchers tell us that dreams are made up of fragments of our lives that creep from our conscious to our unconsciousness in an effort to arrange a paradigm or grid to resolve the input and stimulation we encounter throughout our lives. We were created with this capacity built into the fabric of our being. People have been dreaming since Adam and Eve. Is it possible that God is speaking to us in our dreams? Even on the male and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit.” (Joel 2:27–29) “And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. Is it possible to learn about our dreams from theirs?Ĭould it be that as the Prophet Joel said, In the Bible, dreams from God affected and influenced many characters’ decisions and actions. When you read the word DREAM, what thoughts or images come to mind? Those things that happen while we sleep? Daydreaming on a lazy day? Or the dreams we have of success, marriage, or future life? “He speaks in dreams, in visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they lie in their beds.” (Job 33:15)
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