The topic for this week is what the Bible says about dreams and visions. Yes, that does mean dreams like the kind you may have when you fall asleep at night. Visions are often prophetic in nature, meaning they tell of things yet to come.
The primary thing we see in the Bible on this topic is that God does sometimes reveal things to His people through dreams and visions. A few examples of this are in Genesis 37:5-10, 1 Kings 3:5-15, Daniel chapter 2 and chapter 7, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:13 and 19, Acts 10:9-16, and Acts 16:9. There are many more examples beyond this as well.
But just because we see or experience something in a dream does not mean it’s from God. Jeremiah 23:25-27 warns of this in that some dreams are deceptive.
Does God communicate with us today through dreams and visions? Perhaps at times He does, but we need to make sure that any message we think we’re receiving from God lines up with the Scriptures. We know that all Scripture was given to us by God (2 Timothy 3:16-17), and we should test whatever we think may (or may not) be from God (1 John 4:1-3).
Hebrews 1:1-2 tells us that the primary way God communicates to us today is through His Son, but that doesn’t rule out that He would occasionally use dreams or visions. We do see in Joel 2:28 and Acts 2:17 that in the “last days” that people will have dreams and visions. Are the last days happening right now? Possibly; no one knows for sure.
Any dreams or visions you have that might be spiritual or prophetic in nature should always be checked against what we know to be true - God’s Word.
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