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Q. What does the Bible say about dreams and the significance that they have in our lives?
A. In the Old Testament we find that God often spoke in dreams. Some examples are, Jacob (Genesis 28), Joseph (Genesis 37), and Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 2). God spoke in various ways through these dreams since the written word, the Bible, had not been completed yet. Even in the New Testament God used dreams and visions. Pilate’s wife said to her husband, concerning the Lord Jesus, “Have thou nothing to do with that just Man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of Him” (Matthew 27:19). The Lord also spoke in a vision to Peter. “While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee” (Acts 10:19).
While it is true God can, and still does, speak through dreams, it is less likely today. God speaks in many ways: dreams, circumstances, weather, natural disasters, other humans, etc. I have heard cases of God using dreams in recent time, but generally He speaks through His Word the Bible. This book is the complete revealed mind of God.
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