by jimwalton » Sun Nov 06, 2022 10:47 pm
You can't. No one can. Interpreting dreams is not science, it's based on experience. For three years I woke myself in the middle of the night and wrote down my dreams. Then during the day I worked on interpreting them. I found this website to be helpful. I found that there was never a message from God in my dreams (as there were for Daniel, Joseph (of Jacob), Joseph (married to Mary), and others. But they were quite reliably a reflection of what was going on in my life. Many other people have had the same experience (a reflection of life, not a message from God). I do believe God speaks in dreams, but He has never spoken to me that way, that I have perceived.
So I was trying to be helpful. If it's not helpful, then ignore it.
But you claim that the Bible condemns an esoteric point of view about dreams. Jeremiah, as well as Zechariah 10.2 condemn false prophets using fake dream interpretations. But that's not what I was doing. I'm not claiming to prophesy. Instead, it seems to me this person is going through some difficult times, and his/her dreams reflect that, as they always did with me. The dreams also indicate that the OP is feeling some sense of hope for the future.
You can't. No one can. Interpreting dreams is not science, it's based on experience. For three years I woke myself in the middle of the night and wrote down my dreams. Then during the day I worked on interpreting them. I found this website to be helpful. I found that there was never a message from God in my dreams (as there were for Daniel, Joseph (of Jacob), Joseph (married to Mary), and others. But they were quite reliably a reflection of what was going on in my life. Many other people have had the same experience (a reflection of life, not a message from God). I do believe God speaks in dreams, but He has never spoken to me that way, that I have perceived.
So I was trying to be helpful. If it's not helpful, then ignore it.
But you claim that the Bible condemns an esoteric point of view about dreams. Jeremiah, as well as Zechariah 10.2 condemn false prophets using fake dream interpretations. But that's not what I was doing. I'm not claiming to prophesy. Instead, it seems to me this person is going through some difficult times, and his/her dreams reflect that, as they always did with me. The dreams also indicate that the OP is feeling some sense of hope for the future.