DREAMSSERI

ES

PROPHETI
C DREAMS

Deut.13:1-5“Ifapr ophetar isesamongy ou,or dr eamerofdr eams,andhe

givesy ouasi gnorawonder ,andt hesi gnor wonderwhi chhet ell
sy oucomest o
pass, andi fhesay s,“
Letusgoaf t
er ot hergods, whichy ouhavenotknown, andl
et
usser vethem, youshallnot l i
stent ot hewor dsofthatpr ophetortot hatdr eamerof
dreams;f ort he Lordy ourGodi stest ingy ou,t
oknowwhet hery oul ov etheLord
yourGod wit
hally ourhear tandwi thal ly oursoul.Youshal lwal kaf tertheLord
yourGodandf earHim, andkeepHi scommandment sandobeyHi sv oi
ce, and you
shallserveHi m andcl eavet oHim.Butt hatpr ophetort hatdr eamerof dr eamsshall
beputt odeat h,becausehehast aughtr ebellionagainstt he Lordy ourGod,who
broughty ououtoft hel andofEgy ptandr edeemedy ou outoft hehouseof
bondage, tomakey ouleavet hewayi nwhi cht heLor d y ourGodcommandedy outo
walk.Soy oushal lpur
get heev ilf
rom t hemi dst ofy ou.

Whatwewantt oconsi derint hispassagei spr ophet i

c dream.Thewor d
dreamer orthephr asedreamerofdr eamsi s usedt oget herwiththewor dpr ophet.
Whent hispassagespeaksabout apr ophetordr eamerofdr eamswhogi vesy oua
signorwonder ,i
tis speaki ngofadi ffer
entlevelofdr eam altogether.Wehav ef i
rst
consider edsouli
shdream thatresult
sf r
om much act ivityoflif
eandt heinnerdr eam
fr
om y ourspi r
itthatrevealabout yoursel
f.Secondl y,wehav econsideredthet wo
dimensi onsofdr eam where i
nthef ir
stdimensi on,dreamsar eusedt owar nyoui f
youar enotheedi ng y ourconscienceandy ouareheadi ngthewr ongway ;andwher e
i
nt hesecond di mension,i
fy ouhav ebeenheedi ngy ourconsci ence,thenthedr eam
will gi veyoudi r
ecti
onsinlif
eandi tisaspi ri
tualencount er.

Nowinthisthirdareahereweseet hattherei ssuch athingaspr opheti

c
dreams,dreamst hatareonparwi ththeprophet’s ministr
y.Noticethatadr eamer
ofdr eamsisequali nthispassaget oa prophet’smi nistry
.Hei stalkingabout
dreamsasav ehicleofprophecy; t heyarepr ophet i
cdreams.Thesear edr eamsthat
carryaprophecyasi fa prophethimselfwerepr ophesy i
ng.Inregardtopr opheti
c
dream weneedt o consi
derthatadream isav i
sionoft heni ghtanditgoesbey ond
the seconddi mensionofspiri
tualencounter
.

Now somet i
mest hereisawor dofwi sdom orawor dof knowl edgethat
comesf rom thedr eam.Notal ldreamsar eint hatcat
egory. Mostofi tisinthefir
st
di
mensi onofgi vi
ngy ouawar ning.Fr om t
imet o ti
mei ti
sint heseconddi mension
ofgivi
ngy ouadi rect
ioninlif
e.But ify ouhaveacal ltoapr ophet’sof fi
ceory ou
havethegiftofpr ophecy oper at i
nginy ourlif
ethatsameanoi ntingthathelpsy outo
prophesy whi l
ey ouareawake,whi l
ey ouareiny ourconsciousst ate,thatsame
anoint
ingwhiley ouar easleepmakesy ouadr eamerofpropheti
cdr eams.I n ot
her
wordsnowy oupr ophesyiny ourdr eams.Thatsameanoi nti
ngwor ks whet heryou
areasleepory ouar eawake.Sopr opheticdr eamscomebecause oftheanoi nt
ing
upon.Theanoi ntingwi t
hincov erst hefirstt wo dimensi onsofdr eams.But
propheti
cdreamscomebecauseoftheanoint
ing upon.Someti
meswheny ousleep
underananointi
ngyouhavepr
opheti
c dr eams.Ir
emembert
hethr
eedayf astt
hatI
wentt hr
oughinthesecond y
earofmysemi nary
.Ihadmanyprophet
icdreams.
Propheti
cdreamscome t hr
oughananointi
ng.

Letsl
ookatAct schapter2.Wemustconsi derinAct s chapter2t he
prophecyi nr egar
dt otheHolySpiri
tcomi ngdownhast odo wit
hpr opheti
cdr eam.
Iti
snotor dinarydream ofeit
herthefirstdi
mensionort heseconddi mension.Wecan
callitthir
ddi mension.Wecan saytherear
et hefirstdimension,seconddi mension
andt hi
rddi mensionof dr
eams.How doweanal yzethat?Compar eitwi t
ht he
consci ousstate.Most oft het i
met heHolySpiri
tleadsusbyt heinwar dwi t
nessand
byt he i nwardv oi
ce.Thatisthefir
stdimensionoft heleadingoft heHoly Spi ri
t.
Theny ouwoul dhavethev oi
ceoft heHol ySpi
ritandsuper natural l
eading.That
woul dbet heseconddi mensionintheconsciousstate.

Thent hereist het hirddi mensi onwher ey ouar eina mi ni

stryory ouar e
operat i
ngagi f
t.It
’sadi fferentthi ngwheny ouar e hear ingGodunderananoi nting
andwi thoutananoi nt i
ng.Whent he anoi ntingi supony out hev oiceofGodsounds
clearert hanwheni tisnot upony ou.Whenananoi ntingcomesupony ourl i
fei n
mi ni
stryi ny our consciousst ate,whet hert hr oughagi ftoranof fi
cet haty ouar e
functioni ngin,thev oiceofGodandev ent hev oiceofy ourspi ri
tmani s ampl ifi
ed.It
takesonadi ff
erentdi mensi on.Iwi llcallitt het hi
r d dimensi on.It’
sadeeperl ev el
.
It
’sasi fy ouar ehear i
ngGodf rom t he out sidebuti t’
snot ;itisstillf
rom t heinside.
Butbecauseoft he anoi nti
ngupony ouwhaty ouheari nsi dey ourspiritcomesf rom
theanoi ntingthatisupony ouandy ouar ehear i
ngi tont heout side.It’
s l oudandi t’
s
clear.It’seasi ertohearGodwhent heanoi ntingi supon yout hanwheni tisnot
upony ou.Fort hatr easonsomet imespeopl eunder theanoi nti
ngsaysomet hing
andpr edi ctsomet hingaccur ately.Butout side oft heanoi nt
ing,out sideoft he
mi ni
stry ,outsideoft hegif t
, i
nthe nor malst atet heywi llpr edictsomet hi
ngt hatwi l
l
reall
ygoof fthemar k.

Al thoughEliwasnotav erydedi catedpriest,

buthis posi t
ionasapr iestwas
sti
llt
her e.Theanoi nti
ngofapr iestwasst il
l onhi m.WhenHannahwaspr ayingf
or
achil
dEl isaid,“
Goy ourwayt he Lor dhashear dyourpr
ayer
.”Thatwasast atement
madeunderananoi nti
ng. Seet heanoi nti
ngwor ksinspi
teofanddespi t
ehi sli
fe.
Butint heenda carel
essper sonwi lllosetheanointi
ngcompletel
y.Sothati san
exampl e thatwhatwassai dundert heanoi nt
inghaspower.Butout si
deofhi s
off
icet her eisnopower .I
t’
sadi f
ferentt hingwhent heanoi
nti
ngis uponanda
dif
ferentt hingwhent heanointi
ngisnotupon.

I
nasi mil
arwayi ndreamsthereisat
hir
d di
mension,wher
ether
eisan
anoi
nti
nguponthatcomesuponyouwhenyou areasl
eep.

LetslookatActs2:17Andi nt hel
astday
si t shallbe,Goddeclar
es,thatI
willpouroutmySpi r
ituponallflesh,and yoursonsandy ourdaught
ersshall
prophesy,andy ouryoungmenshal lsee vi
sions,andy ouroldmenshal ldream
dreams; yes,andonmymenser vants andmymai dser
vantsinthosedaysIwillpour
outmySpi r
it
;andthey shal l
prophesy .

Thewholecontextt
alksabouttheout
pouringofthe HolySpir
it
.Thewor d
tr
anslat
edasdreamhereisnott heordi
nar
y Greekwordfordream.Theor di
nary
Greekwordf
ordream asusedinMat t
hew chapteroneandchaptert
woi ntheli
feof
Josephandinthewisemenl if
e isthewordonar ,whi
chi
st heoffi
ci
al Greek
wordfortheworddr eam.Noti
cethatonar
hasbeenusedforthefir
stdi
mensionand
seconddimensi
on.Thewordonari
n Matthewoneandtworefer
stoJosephhavi
ng
adream aboutt
hisangel comi ngtohim andtal
ki
ngtohim.Onari
s usedev enin
theseconddimensi
onofdreams.

Buti
nAct s2t hewor ddr eam isnott hewor donarbutisthewor denupnion.
Whathei ssayinghereisthatrootwor dmeansi nastateofr est. It
’snotjust
dreaming.So when t heycombi ne t he wordt oget
hertheyhav e the word
enupnionandthewor denupniontalksaboutr eceiv
ingaleading,an i
mpression,a
di
recti
on, avi
sion,aspi
ri
tualencount er,
whil
eint he st ateofrest.Thatdef
init
ionwil
l
bejustnicefortheseconddimensi on ofdr eam.Butweputi tunderthi
rddimension
becausehereitincl
udesthe anoi nti
ngupon.

I
ntheseconddimensionyoudon’tneedtheanoi
nti
ng upon.Josephdi dnot
haveanointi
nguponwhenhesawt heangel.Butt
his t
hir
ddi mensioni swherewe
haveanoint
inguponcomeupony ouwhileyou ar einastat
eofr est
.Wheny ouarein
ast at
eofsleepi
ng,andwhent he anoi
nt i
ngcomesupony outhedr eamst hatyou
seearenotonar.Theyarepropheti
cdreams.Youmov ei
nto whatDeut .13:
1saysa
dreamerofdreams.

Andi fyoust udyt hewor doldmeni nAct s2 her e,youcannott akeitlit

erall
y.
Becausei fyout akeitlit
er all
yal ot ofy ouwoul dbeol dsi nceall ofy ouhav edr eams.
Itsay sher einAct s2, Youngmenseev isi
onsol dmendr eam dr eams.Ev erybody
dream dr eams soev erybodymustbeol d.Under standt hattheGr eekwor dusedi s
different .Itistalki
ngaboutat hir
ddi mensi onofdr eam,wher ethe propheticgift
oper atesi nadr eam.Andher et hewor dy oungand oldsignifi
esy ourwal kwi thGod.
It
’si nt hesi mil
arusageasi n Fi
rstJohni tsay slittl
echi l
dren,y oungmenandol d
men, threespi r
itualst ages.Soher eoldmeni stalkingaboutt hef inal spiri
tual
stageofy ourli
f e.Ther ear ealway sthreespi rit
ualstages, chi ldren, youngmenand
oldmen.That ’
si nthebookofFi r
stJohn.Whenwe arechi l
drenweneedt hemi l
k.
Theny oupr ogressf r
om spi ri
tualmi l
kto spiri
tualmat uri
ty.Thenwheny our eached
father hoodi nthespi ritrealm y
ouhav eadi ffer
entdi mensi on.

Letmei ll
ustrat
ewhatisl i
keatt hefatherhood stage.Wheny ou
havegr owni ntot heLordfrom childhoodtomanhoodt o fatherhood,
ther
ei sast agewher eyoubecomequi teprophetic.Youmaynot bea
prophetbuty ouar eprophet
ic.Youhav etheadv antageofyourspi r
itualpast
andtheadv ant agepointofseeingintothespiri
t.Nowan el ementoft hat
abil
it
yispresentwheni twast i
mef orthosepat r
iotsand ol dmenofGod
todie.Thatdoesn’ tmeanwheny ouhav et
hose mani
festati
onsy ouar e
abouttokickt hebucket .

Towar dst heendofhi sl if

e,Jacobwasgoi ngt obless hi
schi ldrenandt wo
ofhisgrandchi l
dren.Alt
houghJacobwasnota prophetwhenhewasgoi ngtodie,
hesuddenl yt apsont othatoldman’ s abil
i
ty,
thekindofabi li
tythatAct s2speaks
aboutoldmenshal ldream dr eams.Andi nthebookofGenesi s chapt er49:1he
begant opr ophesyandt hosepr opheciescamet opass.He prophesi edov eral
lhi
s
chil
dren.Hespokeaboutwhatt heywer eandwhat theyshallbe.I tisact ual
l
y
cl
assifi
edundert hespiri
tualt ruthof bl
essings.Butt hosebl essingswer enot
ordi
narybl essings.Itismor e thanthathisbl essi
ngsmov edi ntot hewor dof
wisdom.That ’swher e propheticel
ement scamei ntohisbl essi ngs.Jacob’s
prophesyingov erhis chi
ldrenwasacaseofol dmendr eamingdr eamsbuti nhi
s
consci
ousst
ate.

Genesi
s49:2-3Assembl eandhear,O sonsofJacob, andhear kent o
I
sraelyourfat
her.Nowhe i
sabouttodieandhei sgoi
ngtot el
lthem aboutt hei
r
futur
e.You noti
cet hishappenedseveralti
mesi nthebibl
e.Thenhet alksabout
Reuben,talksaboutJudah,t al
ksaboutSimeon,t al
ksaboutLevi,hetalks about
Zebulun,tal
ksaboutIssachar,tal
ksabout Dan,tal
ksaboutJoseph,hespeakst he
pastandhespeakst hef utur
e.When hehasbl essedthem andgivenoutal lthe
propheti
cblessi
ngshedi ed.

Not icehisbl essi

ngsofJoseph’ ssoni nchapter48. Youmustunder st and
hiscondi tionnow.Nowhei sanol dman.Whenhesaw Joseph’ schi l
drenheasks,
“Whoar et hese? ”Josephsai d,“Mychi l
dr en.” Thenhesay s, “Br i
ngt hem tome. ”And
hepl acest heelderoneManassehon onesideandEphr ai m ont heot her.And
Israelstret chedouthi shands andhepl acedhisrighthand,( whi chi sasy mbolof
higherbl essi ng) onEphr aim andhisl efthandonManasseh.AndJosepht houghthe
madeami stake.SoJosephsai d,“It
hinky ouaremaki ngami st aket hati s nott he
elder,”andheshi f
tedJacob’ shandov er.Jacobsai d,
“Iknow. ”So heknewwhathe
wasdoi ng.Hehadawor dofwi sdom.Tr ueenoughEphr ai
m becamet hebi gger
crowdi nasense.Not i
ceverse17WhenJosephsaw t
hathi sf atherlaidhi sr i
ght
handupont heheadofEphr aim, i
t di spleasedhim.Hepr edi ctedcor rectl
yaboutt he
futureofEphr aim and Manasseh;hehadawor dofwi sdom t hatwasapr ophet ic
blessi ng.Not ice thi
stypeoft hingi snev erdonewhenaper soni snotgoi ngtodi e.
Unl ess theyfunctionint heof f
iceofapr ophety oudon’ tseet hi
ski ndoft hing
mani f esting.Ther eseemst obesomespeci althi
ngmani festingwhena personi s
aboutt ogohomet ot heLord.

Noti
cethatMosespr
onouncedblessi
ngont he I
sraeli
teswhenhewas
aboutt
ogohome.Andhewasapr ophet
.Eventhough hewasapr ophetbef
orehe
di
edtherewasanextr
apowerinhi
sl ast wor ds.JesusHimselfdidthatasHewas
bei
ngli
ftedupt
oheaven.He r ai
sedhishandsandbl essedHi
sdi sci
ples.

Thatspiri
tualtr
uthofpropheticblessi
nghasa connectiontowhatwel ook
i
nAct schaptertwoandcal l
edi tol
dmendr eam dreams.I not herwordst her
ei sa
dif
ferencewheny ouareinthebegi nni
ng ofyourministry.Youar ejustmov i
ngi n.
Youar elikeachild.Thenthere isadi f
ferencewheny ouar eatt hemi ddleofy our
ministryandy ouare l i
keay oungman.Butwheny our eachedy ourfinalstage,when
your eached yourfi
nalyearsthenthereisaspeciali mpar t
ati
ont hatcomesupon
your l
if
e.Whent hatel
ementwor kswhi leyouareasl eepy ouar eadr eamerof
propheticdreams.

MostofSmi t
hWi gglesworth’
spr opheciesaboutour ti
mest odayandt he
l
astday scamet owar dstheendofhi smi ni
str
y.Most ofDani el’
spropheciesabout
theselastdayscameatt heendofhi s mini
str
y.NoticeinthebookofDani eli
twas
onlyinhislat
ery earsthat her eceivedal otofthosepropheciesregardi
ngtheend
ti
mes.Somostof thepropheticdr eamscomewhenaper sonhadr eachedthat
father
hoodst age i
ntheirmi ni
stry.Theyar egoingtol eavetheplaceandl eave
somet hi
ng behind.Thatiswhyi tisnotsocommonbecauseGodhast oputan
anoint
inguponwhi l
ey ouareasleep.OrHehast oquickenagi f
tof pr ophecyinyour
l
ife.Anditi
spower f
ulwhent heanointingisupony our l if
e.

Per
hapsyouhav
ebeentoav er
yanoi
ntedmeet
ing.Whenyoulef
tthemeeti
ng
and youwenthome,t
heanoi
nti
ngwassti
llal
lov
eryou.Youcoul
dhardl
y sl eep,
youwor shi
pGodandy oufel
lasleepwor shippingandt hatnightyou hadapr opheti
c
dream.Againrememberourt eachingyouhav etounder st
and t hebackground.What
wasy ourlastthoughtbeforeyousl ept?I tmakesa di
ffer
encewheny ourfinal
experi
encebeforey ousleptwasundert he anointi
ng.Youwer esoakedi nthe
anoint
ingandy oudr eamedadr eam.Most pr obabl
yi twoul dhaveapr opheti
c
signi
fi
cance.I
twoul dhavebeena thirddimensi ondream, apr ophet
icdream.That
i
st heareawemustunder standinordertobeopenedt oit.

How doesaper sonmov efull

yintoit
?Ther eisno shortcut.No.1t he
anointinguponhast obet here.I
tdoesnotmeant hat italwayshast obet owards
theendofy ourli
fe.WhenDeut .13:1tal
ks aboutadr eamerofdr eamsi tdi
dn’tsay
thatthedr eamerofdr eamswas goi
ngtodi ethent hatpersonbecomesadr eamer
ofdr eams.Aper soncoul d haveaspecialgi ft
ing.Ifyouhav eagi ftofprophecy
undernor mal ci r
cumst ancesmostpr obabl
yt hesameanoi ntingwilloper
ateinyour
dream li
fe.Aslongast hegiftofprophecyi siny ourlif
ey oucanhav epropheti
c
dreams.Sot hat’
sNo.1t heanoi nt
inguponmustbet herenot justtheanointi
ng
withi
n.

No.2t hepr inci

plebehi ndi ti snott haty ouhav eto kickthebucketbef ore
youdoi t.Theper sonmusthav er eacheda fatherhoodl evelofspi ri
tualmat ur
it
y .It
maynotmeant haty ouhav et o begoi nghomebef orey oumov eintot hat.The
pri
nciplebehi ndi tist hat y ouar ei nt hefatherhoodst agei ny ourspirituallife.
Perhapsy ouhav e mov edi nt heper fectwillofGodandy ouhav egr ownf rom
spir
itualchi l
dhoodt ospi r
it
ualmanhoodi ntospi r
it
ualf atherhood.Andnow y ouar e
atthatst ageandy ourmat urityi ssuchy oucoul deasi l
ymov ei ntopr opheticdr eam.
Spir
itualchi l
drendonothav et hat .Thesear enotst ep one,st eptwo,st ept hree.
Thesear ekey s.Inot herwor dsi foneoft he key sar eoper atingy oucouldmov einto
propheticdr eams.Youcoul dbea y oungchi l
dbuti ftheanoi ntinguponi ssost r
ong
youcoul dhav e propheticdr eamswhi leyouar easl eep.SoNo.2i swher ey our
mat uri
tyis such.Youhav edev elopedy ourspi ri
tualmat uri
tyandy ouhav e
developed yourspi ri
tualmi nistry.Youar easpi ritualfather .Itiseasyf ory out o
mov eintot hatst agei nthepr ophet icdr eam.

Thirdly,Acts2: 19AndIwi l
lshowwonder sinthe heav enabov eandsi gnson
theear thbeneat h,bl oodandf i
re,andv aporof smoke. Noticet hatsi gnsand
wonder sar einvolvedt oget herwi ththe pr opheti
cmi nistr
y.Youwi llalsonot i
cein
Deut .13:1I fapr ophet ar i
sesamongy ou, oradr eamerofdr eams, andgi vesyoua
signora wonder .Whati sasi gnorawonder ?A si gnorawonderi sa
mani festationofGodt hatisgi venbyHi sgr acei nordertoconf ront unbel iefamong
thebel i
ev ersandunbel i
evers.Seeasi gnandwonderi s di
fferentf rom ami r
acle.A
mi r
aclei sal soasi gnandwonderi nour natur
alsense.Buti nt hebi blethe
classifi
cat i
oni sdifferent.Ami racle r
esultsbecauseoff ai
th,ei t
hert hrought hegift
off ait
hoper ati
ngor t
hr oughpeopl ehav ingf ai
th.Butasi gnandawonderr esult
s
from God’ s gr ace.Wher et hereisnof aith,wher ether
ei snot hingt hatcoulddr awon
themani festati
onofGody etbyt hegr aceofGodHeoper at esasi gnanda wonder .
Sosi gni sadi ff
erentcl assificat
ion.

Soher eitsaysapr opheticdream isasignanda wonder .I

not herwor dsit
comesatat i
mewhent herei salotofdoubts,ther
eisalotofunbel ief
,ther
e i sal ot
ofchall
enget ospir
it
ualauthorit
y.Itcomesatat i
melike that.Sotherei sthethird
areaherethatprophet
icdream isasi gnanda wonder .Inotherwor dswhent hereis
aneedt ochall
engepeople; when t
hereisaneedtor ousepeopl efrom thespirit
ual
sl
umber ,t
heLor dmay givepr opheti
cdreamst opeople.Perhapswher et hereisa
l
otofheat hen comi ngagainstt
hemoveofGod.Godcangi v
eapr opheti
cdream.Or
when therei
sal otofdoubtandunbel
iefamongGod’ speopleandev eninthe
onewhodr eamspropheti
cdreamscancomebecausetheyareGod’sspecial gr ace.
Remembert heanoi
nti
nguponcomebecauseofGod’sgrace.So pr opheti
cdream is
a sign and a wonder.That’s whytheyar
e morerare.Theyonl ycome as God
determi
nesi t.

Whenwebegant oseethethreedi
mensi onsofdream andweconsi deral
l
thevar
iousdiff
erentinter
pret
ati
on,wecanseet hat i nterpr
etingdreamsi snotqui
te
aseasyasi tis.Ifyougett hewrong cl
assifi
cat
iony ouwi l
larri
veatt hewrong
i
nterpr
etat
ion.Andify ou st artwi
thhavi
ngthewr ongprinci
plesofinter
pretat
ionand
thewrong cl
assi
f i
cati
onyouwi l
lbegr
eatlyoffthemar kint heint
erpret
ati
onofa
dream.

Letslookatanexampl einthel i
feofDani el .Daniel7:1 Inthefi
rsty earof
Belshazzarki ngofBaby lon,Dani elhadadr eam ( Now t hat dream i
snotf ir
st
dimensionnori sitinthe seconddi mension;i tisi nthethir
ddimension.Itwasa
propheti
cdr eam) andv i
sionsofhi sheadashel ayinhisbed.Thenhewr ot edown
the dr eam,andt oldt hesum oft hemat ter.Thedr eam basical
lyshowedt he
diff
erentEmpi r
esthatwillarise,thediff
erentkingst hatwi l
lar
isein Daniel’
stime.
Andi nverse13Isawi ntheni ghtv i
sion,
andbehol d, wi t
hthecloudsofheav enthere
cameonel ikeasonofmanandhecamet o t heAnci entofDaysandwaspr esented
beforeHim.Ver se15Asf or me,Dani el
,myspi ri
twithi
nmewasanx i
ousandt he
visi
onofmyhead al ar
medme.

NowasIst udiedt hatv erycareful

lyi
tlooksl i
ke t histhatwithi nthatchapt er
thereweretwopar ts.Onewaswhi lehewas asl eepandt heotherwaswhi l
ehewas
awakeandashewasst il
lmedi tati
ng ont hatitseemshehassomesor tofav i
sion.
Onewasdef i
nitel
yadr eam. Theot herlookslikehewasawakeandhewasseei nga
visi
onoft he AncientofDay sandhewasgr ievedbecausehedi dn’ tunder stand.A
propheti
c dr eam must hav e a pr ophet
ici nterpret
ati
on. Any t
hing r ecei ved by
anoint
inguponneedsananoi nt i
ngupont ounveilit
.SoDani elwasgr i
ev ed andhe
musthav ebeenpr ayingov ertheset hi
ngs.Andf i
nal l
yitwast he angelwhot oldhim
whatthedr eam meant .Althoughhehi mselfhadt hegi f
t ofi nterpretati
onhecoul d
notint
erpretthatparti
cul ardream f oritwas bey ondhi m;itwastoof arinthef uture
forhimtocompar etoany thi
nghe knowsoft hepr esent
.

Daniel8v erse1and2I nt het hi

rdy earoft he r
eignofKi ngBel shaz zara
visi
onappear edt ome, Daniel,aftert hatwhich appear edt omeatt hef ir
st.(Inot her
wor dst hiswashi ssecond prophet icdream. )AndIsawi nthev i
sion;andwhenI
saw,Iwasi n Susat hecapi t
al ,whichi sinthepr ov
inceof Elam;andIsaw i n
thev ision,andIwasatt heriverUl ai. Nowt hatsignifieswhi l
e hewasdr eami ng.
Andi nv er
seonehesay sit’
sthesamel i
ketheonei n chapt ersev en.Andt heonei n
Dan7:1i sadr eam.Sol ogicall
yDan8:1- 2 mustal sobepar tofadr eam and
possi blypartofav i
siont oo.Although hewasi nSusahedr eamthewasbyt her iver.
And hesaw al lt hesesi gnificantt hi
ngshappeni ng.Theni nv erse15WhenI ,
Dani el,hadseent hev ision,Isoughtt ounder standi t.Seehehadapr ophet icdr eam
andhe di
dn’ tunder st
andi t.Hewasseeki ngi tsint erpret
ational thoughhehad
thegi ftofinter
pr etati
onofdr eams.I ftherewasany onet hatwasexpect edtoi nterpr et
thatdr eam orvision, hewast heone.Her ehecoul d notdoi tandheneededspi rit
ual
revelation.Thatcat egorizespr ophet ic dr eamsi nt hecl assofi tsown.

Sot
hatcl
osesourser
iesof dr
eams.
 Wenowopenf
orquest
ions.

Someofy ouaskedquestionsaboutsomesy mbolsin yourdreams.Ifyou

aredreamingofshoesorscandal s,usual
lyunder normalcircumstancesthey
repr
esenty ourt
esti
mony.Ifyouarestruggl
ing wi
ththem thenyouarest r
uggl
ingin
yourtesti
monyi nyourChri
sti
an li
fe.Shoeshaveaspecialsymbolbecausei tt
ies
backt otheshoesoft he gospelofpeace,whichref
erst oyourtesti
monyasa
Chri
stian.

Amot orcycl
eisav ehicleoft r
ansport,soar e l orr
ies,vans,carsetc.Allt
hese
meanamodeoft ransport
at i
oni nyour l if
e, whetheritisworkingl i
feorfami l
yli
fe.In
otherwordsa t r
ansportati
onsy stem yougott ostudywhatdoesi t meant oy ou.
Forexampl ey oucoulddream ofy oursel
fhav inganol d bicycleandoneoft he
chainsfelll
oosebuty ouar est i
llgoingon.It’
s awar ninginadr eam tal
kingabout
yourli
fe;thetransport
ati
onsy stem t
hatisr unningy ourli
fe.Ther eissomechai n
l
oosei ntheprinci
plesand y ouar enotwat chingit.

Forexampl
eher
eisadr
eam submi
tt
edbyamemberof t
hecongr
egat
ion:

I
n t
hedr eam IsawIwaseat i
ngagreenapple.Halfwayafterhav i
ngtaken
severalbit
esoft heapple,Isuddenl
ysaw twotinywormsi ntheapple. Onewas
peachincol or
;theotherwaswhite.WhenIsawt hewormsIt r
ied t ovomi toutwhat
Ihadeat en.WhatwasIdoi ngwhenIwasawake?Iwas of
feredtoent eranew
businessbycont r
ibuti
ngsomecapi t
alt
othat busi ness.ThatnightasIsleptIasked
theLordtoshowmewhet herI shoul dgeti
nvolv
edinthebusiness.

Thatdream isadirectanswer .TheLor dissay i

ng t
hattherearewor msin
thatventure.Wormsinwhatt hatpersoni sgoingto ent eri
nto.SotheLordissay i
ng
don’tenter.Thewhiteworm sy mboli
zes t hingsthatlookallri
ghttothenaturaleye.
Thepr i
nciplesl
ooksO.K.everythi
nglooksO. K.andt here i
snot hi
ngwr ong.Itl
ooks
sohonestabouti t.Andgreensignif
iest hati
s somet hingnew.Seei tdi
rectl
yspeaks
aboutthatbusinessandGodi s say ingnotot hatdream.

Al adyheresaidshehadadr eam aboutangel

ssinging i
nheaven.That
l
ooksl i
keJacob’sladder.NowJacob’sladdermaybe classif
iedundert
hesecond
dimensionofdream.Herdr eam wasaspirit
ual encounter.Whatsheneedst otake
noteiswhatissaidduringthedream andwhatshesawint hedream.I
tmeansher
spir
itwasmov i
ngintothe spi r
itr
eal
m.

Whatdoesel ectricalwiringsy mboli

zeinadr eam? Electr
icalwiringi nour
daysisspi r
itualpower .I tcanbegood.I tcan bebad.Dependingont hedr eam.But
mostoft hetimei tsymbol i
zesHol y Spiri
tpower .Thisbrotherhadadr eam thathe
wasconnect i
ngwi reont he ceil
ing.Rememberi fyoudream ofahouset hathouse
i
susual lyyoursoul . I fy ouaredreami ngoftheupperpor t
ionofy ourhousei tt al
ks
abouty our spi ri
tuall ife.Ifyouar edreamingaboutt helowerpor ti
onofy ourhouse
i
ttal
ksabouty ourphy sical body.Sohei sdreami ngaboutthecei l
i
ng.A cei li
ngt al
ks
abouthi sspiri
tualli
fe.Hei sseekingtochannelhi s spi ri
tuall
ifeintohisnat uralli
fe.
Hewasaski ngGodbef or ethedr eam howt oheart hevoi
ceoft heSpi r
it
.TheLor di s
showinghi mt hatthe connect ionbetweenhi sspiri
tmanandhi ssoul manhast obe
donev ery car ef
ull
y .

Whathappensi
fyoudr
eam aboutf
urni
tur
eint
he house?Fur
nit
ure
represent
s thi
ngst haty ouaddt oy ourl
if
eeitheriny oursouloriny ourspiri
t.
Yourhouser epresentsyoursoul ,y
ourspir
itory
ourbody .Soany f urni
tur
ewi thi
nthe
houser epresent sanaddi t
iont hatismadet oyour house.I
fy oudream thatthe
furni
turewasdamagedt heni tmeanst hat t herei
ssomet hi
ngwronginside.Itcoul
d
bey ourphy sicalbodythaty our dr eam iswarni
ngy ou.Itcoul
dbey ourspiri
tuall
if
e
thatisdyingand y ouneedt odosomet hingaboutit
.Youcannotseei twheny ouare
awake andi t
sbeingshowni nthedream.

Whataboutdr eamsaboutsomeonewhohaspassedaway ? I
fitisnot
demonpower swor ki
ngt henithastodowi t
hy ourpast
.Your dream aboutyour
motheroryourf athermaynotmeant hattheyare appear
ingtoy ou.Sinceyour
motherandf atherweret heoneswhobr ought youupandt aughtyouaboutl i
fe
val
uesandpr incipl
es,dreamingabout them maymeant hevoiceofy oursoulor
yourconsci
encet hathasbeen t rai
ningyourli
fe.

Thi
sladysaidthatshewasdreamingaboutl
aundry andcl eaning.Thattal
ks
aboutspi
ri
tual
cleansi
ng,spir
it
ual
prayer
s.I bel i
evei
ttal
ksaboutprayerminist
ry.

Dr
eam aboutget ti
ngmar ri
ed.Itcouldmeanananswer topray er.I
tcoul d
alsomeant yi
ngupt ospi r
itualthi
ngs.Ifit’
s appli
est oy oursoultheni tstalking
aboutar easi
ny oursoult haty ou ar
ebegi nni
ngt ograspcer tainpri
nciplesthaty ou
didn’thavebefore.You ar ebeginni
ngt otakethem int
oy ourl
ife,marry
ingt hem into
yourl i
fe. I
fitt al
ksabouty ourphysicalreal
m,t heny ourdream couldbepoi nting
toar easofphy sicalaff
ectioni nyourlif
et hatperhapsy ouar e neglecti
ngornot
payingat t
ent
iont o.

Howdoy ouinterpretti
mef r
ame?Ti mef r
amescome wheniny ourdr
eam
youremembernumber s.Ifinyourdr eam youdream about justwalkingtoaplace
andy ouarejustseeingal otoft rees.Wheny ou wokeupy oudon’tremembert he
numberoft rees.Thent i
mef r
amei snot i mportant.Butwheny ouwakeupandt he
numberhi t
sy ou.Yousawt en t r
ees.Timeframecancomei n.Sot i
mef r
amecomes
i
nwhent henumberi s verysignifi
cantsothatyoudonotf or geti
twheny ouwoke
up.Like Joseph’sdr eam andPhar aoh’
sdream t henumbersev encomesv ery
clear
ly. Thent hebutler’sdream andt hebaker’
sdr eam t
henumbert hreewasvery
signi
fi
cant.Sot hatt
alksaboutt i
mef r
ame.

Therei sar ainbowandunder neaththereareal otof color

edfishes.When
youdr eam aboutf ishusual l
yt heyr epresent Christi
ans.Rainbowssy mbol i
ze
spir
it
ualcov enantandspi ri
tualpromi ses. Sothepersoni sl
ookingatthespi r
it
ual
condit
ionorspi r
it
ualar ea.For exampl eIhadadr eam.Manyy earsbackIr eadt he
book“ ScenesBey ondt he Gr ave”t hethingsthatweresai dther
ewer ebiblicalbut
ther
ewer eot hers t hatwereext rabibli
cal.Itdoesn’
tcontradi
ctbuttheyarev erynew
and ast ounding.AndIpr ay edandsai d,“Lordpleaseshow mewhet hert hese
thi
ngsar efrom You. ”WhenIsl eptIdr eamedoft wobutterfl
i
es.SowhenI wokeupI
understoodt hatthosear espiri
tual t
ruths.

Thismanher edreamtaboutt
elephonest
hatwerenot working.Tel
ephone
tal
ksaboutrelat
ionshi
pandcommuni cati
on.Per
hapsyou woul
dwi shthatt
here
wassomeconnect i
onwi t
hsomeoneorwi thsomepeople butt
herewasnone.
Perhapsyoul
iketobecloserandit
snotthere.

Whi
tecl
othi
ng.Whi
tecl
othi
ngt
alksaboutspi
ri
tual l
i
fe.
 Armyclothi
ng.Dependsont hecontextofthedr
eam. I fyoudream ofwar,
pl
easedon’tint
erpreti
tasat hi
rddimensi
ondr eam orapr ophet
icdream.Itcould
bereveal
i
ngt hestateofyourspir
it
ual l ife.Soarmyclot
hingtal
ksaboutreadiness
andthebatt
lethatisbei
ng f ought.

Onelastone;Snake.Snaker
epr
esent
sthedev
il
.It coul
dbet
hingst
haty
ou
gott
otakeaut
hori
tyinyourli
fe.

So wepraythatt
hrought
hesesessi
onsy
ouwoul
dbemor
e
sensi
ti
vet
othe dreams.

si
tesear
chbyf
reef
ind