What happens when we dream: In the Bible

When we dream, our brains are active in a similar way to when we are awake. However, there are some key differences. For example, the part of the brain responsible for logic and reasoning is less active during dreams, which is why dreams often seem so illogical and bizarre.  Also, our muscles are paralyzed to keep us from acting out our dreams.

Dreams can be about anything, and they can be very vivid or very abstract. They can be happy, sad, scary, or anything in between. Some people dream every night, while others only dream occasionally.  I think that I dream every night but only remember a small portion of the dreams I dream; maybe 20% the rest are forgotten when I wake up.

The bible says that God seals instructions to his children in our dreams[Job 33:14-17].  So God uses dreams as a way to speak to his children as he did with Joseph, Samuel, and Solomon in the bible.  God made promises to each of these men in their dreams and fulfilled each promise.  The bible also says that God holds the interpretation of every dream, so if we seek God we can know each dream’s interpretation. 

All dreams are important; even nightmares can hold an important warning to us to influence us to take a different path or avoid certain people.  Some people find that journaling helps make sense of their dreams because one dream by itself can be confusing, however several dreams lumped together can be enlightening… I will give a warning, don't tell everyone/(just anybody) your dreams because just as Joseph was hated because of his dreams, people will hate you too if they find out what God has planned for you(when I was about 6 years old I had an aunt that used to ask me about my dreams and she put roots on me to try and keep them from coming true, because she was jealous that it wasn't her son or grandchildren that God wanted to use)... Watch my YouTube video about my book Mirror Code: Download my free ebook: Mirror Code

Pharaoh's Dream: Is it Relevant Today?

In Genesis 41 Pharaoh has two dreams that disturb him and Joseph is called upon to interpret his dreams, which were about the same  issue; a seven year famine which was to grip the land after seven good years.  So is there something within Pharaoh's dream that is relevant today?

Well I believe so but first let's take a look at Genesis 41:

1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.  3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.  4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.  5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.  6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.  7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.

Here's where it gets interesting...
Pharaoh has this dream about a great tribulation gripping the land, and he has it twice.  Joseph tells him that he has the dream twice because the vision is established by God.  But what if Pharaoh had the dream twice also because there will be two tribulations.  So what were the signs of the times in Joseph's day?

• There were 7 years of great plenty accompanied by seven years of famine; ( didn't we see the same thing in this country before the bottom fell out).  verse 29
• One man was placed over all of the world's commerce; verse 41
• No one could buy or sell without Joseph signing off on it; verse 41-44, Pharaoh gave Joseph his ring, his mark, and no one could buy or sell without the mark. 

So in the 7 years of plenty Joseph wisely gathered grain.   Did you know today that there are several countries buying up all the grain?  Egypt, Iran, along with China and Russia.  So is this a sign that some countries have learned from history and perhaps others haven't. 

There is a second time of tribulation spoken of in the bible, where: [Revelation 13]

• There will be 7 years of famine
• The markets are controlled by one man
• No one can buy or sell without the mark
• Make sure you have what you need to survive: Jesus Christ!

We know that many things in the old testament were foreshadows of what was to come in the new testament.  I view the two testaments as; the old test and the new test.  The tribulation is called the time of testing.  The old test was in Pharaoh's day, the new test is in our day. 

• Adam foreshadowed Jesus
• The twelve patriarchs foreshadowed the 12 disciples/apostles
• The Exodus foreshadowed the rapture
• Daniels dreams foreshadowed the end times

And Pharaoh's dream, well I guess that's up for discussion...

There is currently a large hole in the Sun which is spoken about in the bible [Revelations 8:12, Mark 13:24], I talk about it in my new eBook Sun Z. 

  

Overcome Evil with Good

There are still a good bit of prejudices in this world, and as long as men keep and nurture these prejudices then we know that the adversary is still resisting the call of the church.  Christians are commanded to be neighborly and treat all men with charity and kindness.  When Jesus walked the earth, the Jews considered the Samaritans to be unclean and would not fellowship with them.  They would not even so much as drink a glass of water from a Samaritan's cup.

We find in John chapter 4, that Jesus was traveling to Galilee and had to pass through Samaria.  Jesus and his disciples came near a parcel of land that Jacob had ceded to his son Joseph, which had a well there.  The disciples went into town and Jesus waited at the well for them to return with food.  At noon a Samaritan woman came to the well to draw water out and Jesus said unto her, "Give me to drink."[John 4:7]  The woman asked Jesus how could he, a Jew, ask her a Samaritan to drink water from her waterpot; she knew that if Jesus drank from her waterpot, that he would be considered unclean, because she being a Samaritan was considered unclean.

We find here that, even though this is water from a well that Jacob dug and left to his son Joseph, the same Jacob that had the promises of God, the same Jacob that dug the well, drank from the well, and left blessings to his seed; Jacob left the well to the Samaritans, so how could this water be considered unclean?  Jesus had already said that there is nothing that enters the body that can make a person unclean [Mark 7:15].  The water wasn't unclean, the waterpot wasn't unclean, but somehow the person handing the water to you, could somehow make it unclean.  Isn't that how racism works; a segment of people are ostracized for some unimportant reason, and are hated and mistreated for something that they can't even control.   People who if you look back far enough on their family tree are related to the people, that hate them.  The woman then reminds Jesus that the Jews have no dealing with the Samaritans.  Have you ever said, "I don't want anything to do with that person?"  This type of attitude goes against the mind of Christ.  So how does Jesus respond to this situation?

Jesus overcomes: [1] the hatred the Samaritan woman has for the Jews, which was based on how she had been treated; [2] the woman's perception of what cleanness is and the incorrect idea that something unclean can make what God has made clean, to be unclean [Acts 10:15].  Jesus bassicly tell her, I am the Holy One of God, neither you nor anything else can make me unclean.  I am here to make you clean.  Jesus tells her, "If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water." [John 4:10].  Jesus overcomes her prejudices by giving her the word of God and offering her the gift of salvation.  The woman tells Jesus, that she must have this gift, the living water that Jesus spoke of.

The word is a powerful thing my friends and at the end of the day, its anointing is the only thing that can overcome the things that truly make us unclean like racism;  "And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts,
adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."  [Mark 7:20-23]