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God
declared that He would speak through dreams and visions in the Old Testament.
"Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream" (Num. 12:6). There are about 121 mentions of dreams in the Bible. Joseph and Daniel are recorded as having interpreted dreams sent from God, and the Bible describes many incidents of dreams as divine revelation. An example of a Biblical dream is told in which Jacob sees a ladder to heaven. The following link provides details of where dreams are mentioned in the Bible, a selection of biblical dreams: Biblical Dreams Christian Dream SymbolsThe meanings, origins and ancient traditions surrounding Christian symbols and dream symbols date back to early times when the majority of ordinary people were not able to read or write and printing was unknown, so images were used as easily recognised Christian symbols. |