Hello everyone, I welcome you to another day in this Prophetic Series. We have started looking at the Major ways prophecies manifest. We have looked at IMPRESSIONS and yesterday, we have looked at the sources of Dreams. Today, we will continue from there. First of all, I want you to know that Dreams and Visions are very peculiar to the SEERS and when Dreams and Visions comes from the God Realm, THE GIFT OF DISCERNING OF SPIRITS is the major gift of the Spirit that make this realm a possibility. Let us talk about TYPES OF DREAMS
The type of dreams under consideration here are not pictures formed by your imagination. This is not talking about what you want to become in the future like our Motivational Speakers will say. There are two types of Dreams
1. VIRTUAL REALITY DREAMS: this occur when we are in sleep but we are awake in our minds. You are asleep but it is as though you are awake and watching a movie. Example is Dan. 2: 21-45.
2. REALITY DREAM: Unlike Virtual Reality Dreams, you are actively involved in this type of dream. You are not watching a movie; in this one, you are directly involved. It is a real experience. Even though your body can go to sleep, the spirit world doesn't sleep. There are many Biblical examples: God appearing to King Abimelech in a dream Gen. 20, Angel appearing to Joseph and so on. Spiritual warfare in the dream comes under this category. Many times you can wake up and the bruises from the battle will still be fresh in your memory. Not only that, the pain may still be very real. Dreams are multifaceted and have many purposes. The book of Job speaks of dreams that keep us from hell. Job 33:14-18. It means God can use dreams to caution us from taking wrong steps. Also, He can show us things that will happen through dreams. There are many folks today that their life events play out in dreams. They just sought of act out their dreams.
IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT DREAMS
A. Not all dreams are from God. We have already talked about Sources of Dreams yesterday. We can hear from the other sources also through dreams.
B. Colours, numbers and other symbolic occurrences in dreams are very important to the interpretation of the dream. But ultimately, interpretation belongs to the Lord.
C. A good way for us to increase our supernatural dream life is to lay a notebook or tape recorder by our bed before going to sleep. As soon as you have a dream, write it down or record all of the details that you can remember including the way you felt about the dream while you are having it. Hab. 2:3. The aspect of interpreting dreams will come after we have looked at Visions.
B. GOD'S STILL SMALL VOICE
God sometimes get prophetic words across to us through THE STILL SMALL VOICE within our spirits. This is heard most times as a passing thought, sudden impression, or internal 'sense' of something that God is saying. The Still Small Voice is illustrated in the book of First Kings 19:11-13. Increased level of discernment is needed in this regard or else, you will mistake the Still Small Voice to be 'your own thought'.
C. THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES. The Bible is a Prophetic book loaded with many 'Thus saith the Lord'. I don't mean literal. From Genesis to Revelation, God has said many things that relate to us as long as this planet exist. He can highlight a verse or a story that relate to you. 2 Tim. 3:16-17.
Rhema is called the quickening of a portion of the logos (the entire Bible) to our hearts especially at the time of need. I don't know about you but, God has spoken to me many times through the pages of the Bible. I may not be able to explain but, you can be reading the Bible and you can see a direct relationship between what happened back then and your present situation in Lagos, Nigeria. This is why you mustn't just read the Bible to fulfil all righteousness. Invite the author of the book to open the book to you. The Bible is the book of CODED TRUTHS. It is the Holy Spirit that unlocks it. That's why Eph. 1:17-21 must be your regular prayer. Many truths in the Bible are hidden though, many are also very conspicuous. This is why God's Words are new everyday. You might have read a portion of the scriptures for ages but, you can casually just read the same portion and new truths floods your heart so much that you may almost doubt whether you have read that place before. Another thing is this THE BIBLE, AS FAR AS THIS PLANET IS CONCERNED CONTAINS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PROPHECIES. EVERY OTHER PROPHETIC WORD THAT COME FROM WHATEVER SOURCE MUST BE SUBJECTED TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE BIBLE. This is why we should be WELL GROUNDED IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIBLE BEFORE WE ENGAGE THE PROPHETIC REALM.
Let me stop here today and continue tomorrow.
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