Many believe that God still talk to man with dreams even today. Dream interpretation is mentioned in different stories mentioned in the bible. So how to interpret the dreams we or others have? Let's look at Joseph's life.
There are many examples of prophetic dreams in the bible. Joseph the son of Jacob is one of them. His whole life was shaped by dreams and the interpretation of them. Joseph's father is Israel who had 12 sons including Joseph. Israel loved him the most among all the other eleven ones. He even gave Joseph a multi color coat. Joseph's brothers were very jealous and so treated him harshly.
One night, Joseph had a dream. He saw that he and his brothers were working in the field binding sheaves. And Joseph's sheaf arose and stood while his brothers' sheaves also stood roundabout and bow to Joseph's sheaf. Being an immature child and perhaps a little bit arrogant, he told his brothers about this dream. And his brothers can immediately understand the meaning of the dream, which is that Joseph is going to reign over them. The result is obvious. The eleven brothers hated Joseph even more.
In another night, Joseph had another dream again. This time he saw the sun, the moon and eleven stars bowed to him. Without stopped by the fear of further provocation, he told the dream to his father and brothers. They were all angry because they can all understand the implications of the dream, which is Israel, his wife and sons, are bowing to Joseph. All the brothers are filled with envy. But Israel pondered about the dreams because he knew, feel that the dreams have some significance.
The dreams and the attitude of little Joseph irritated his brothers. The terrible sinful hearts of the eleven brothers were even thinking about killing this little brother together.
What can we learn from these two dream interpretation examples? We know that in dreams there are often symbols that symbolize persons or events that are important to you. But the arrangement and the numbers of the symbols we could understand more about the meaning of the dreams. We also learn that it is not always wise to tell people about your dreams, especially when it creates bad feeling or effect of someone else. In Joseph's example, the dreams even provoked his brothers to try to kill him. How tragic is that!
Not only is the interpretation of dreams needed the guidance and help from the Holy Spirit, even the telling or keeping of the message. Lord, give me wisdom and revelations! - 31521
There are many examples of prophetic dreams in the bible. Joseph the son of Jacob is one of them. His whole life was shaped by dreams and the interpretation of them. Joseph's father is Israel who had 12 sons including Joseph. Israel loved him the most among all the other eleven ones. He even gave Joseph a multi color coat. Joseph's brothers were very jealous and so treated him harshly.
One night, Joseph had a dream. He saw that he and his brothers were working in the field binding sheaves. And Joseph's sheaf arose and stood while his brothers' sheaves also stood roundabout and bow to Joseph's sheaf. Being an immature child and perhaps a little bit arrogant, he told his brothers about this dream. And his brothers can immediately understand the meaning of the dream, which is that Joseph is going to reign over them. The result is obvious. The eleven brothers hated Joseph even more.
In another night, Joseph had another dream again. This time he saw the sun, the moon and eleven stars bowed to him. Without stopped by the fear of further provocation, he told the dream to his father and brothers. They were all angry because they can all understand the implications of the dream, which is Israel, his wife and sons, are bowing to Joseph. All the brothers are filled with envy. But Israel pondered about the dreams because he knew, feel that the dreams have some significance.
The dreams and the attitude of little Joseph irritated his brothers. The terrible sinful hearts of the eleven brothers were even thinking about killing this little brother together.
What can we learn from these two dream interpretation examples? We know that in dreams there are often symbols that symbolize persons or events that are important to you. But the arrangement and the numbers of the symbols we could understand more about the meaning of the dreams. We also learn that it is not always wise to tell people about your dreams, especially when it creates bad feeling or effect of someone else. In Joseph's example, the dreams even provoked his brothers to try to kill him. How tragic is that!
Not only is the interpretation of dreams needed the guidance and help from the Holy Spirit, even the telling or keeping of the message. Lord, give me wisdom and revelations! - 31521
