Help interpreting a dream?

I did a search and this seemed to be the site for people talking about dreams. I've had a really intense dream. The part that makes me worry is that it's happened three times now. I've tried dream interpreting sites, but no one ever left a reply. It always starts out in my old elementary school. I'm tied to a chair in the middle of the room. Everything is quiet until a group of children run in and start screaming at me. Their eyes are glowing red. Their teeth are fangs. Their words are cruel and something children shouldn't say. Their breath is hot like flames. I feel like I'm burning alive. Adults come into the room, but instead of helping, they tell me I'm stupid and meaningless. The adults look like the children, with their glowing eyes and fanged teeth. The adults start throwing rocks and whip me, while the children's voices get louder. I scream for help, but no one is stopping and it feels like I've been tortured for years. Suddenly the floor starts moving and the floor tears apart and I almost fall through, but the chair I'm tied to gets bigger and grows spikes. I scream because the bottom the crevas looks like all the movies that have people falling into hell. Deep, with flames, and filled with weird lava. The children and adults rush to the side and don't fall in. The chair viciously jerks upright and turns to the corner opposite the adults and children. On one of the tables sits another child. But this child is different. He looks like the child from The Omen, with his little suit, but his hair is long and blond. His eyes are red, but not glowing. He jumps off the table, walks to my chair and unties the restraints on my arms and legs. When I get up he grabs me hand and tells me to follow him. As I follow him the classroom starts to disappear. As we walk he tells me he used to be an angel once, and he was going to help me even though others wouldn't. When ew get outside, another person appears. A man with long brown hair. His clothes are jeans and a scraggly tan shirt. The boy pulls on my hand and we keep walking. The man follows us. We just keep walking and the school disappears too. I feel safe. Being lead by this boy feels safe. And I wake up.
I feel like I could guess what this dream means, but I need help really picking at this. A friend told me the boy was probably Satan, so that's confusing. And the friend also said the man at the end is Jesus. But that's also confusing. So can anyone help? So much appreciation!!
 

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I did a search and this seemed to be the site for people talking about dreams. I've had a really intense dream. The part that makes me worry is that it's happened three times now. I've tried dream interpreting sites, but no one ever left a reply. It always starts out in my old elementary school. I'm tied to a chair in the middle of the room. Everything is quiet until a group of children run in and start screaming at me. Their eyes are glowing red. Their teeth are fangs. Their words are cruel and something children shouldn't say. Their breath is hot like flames. I feel like I'm burning alive. Adults come into the room, but instead of helping, they tell me I'm stupid and meaningless. The adults look like the children, with their glowing eyes and fanged teeth. The adults start throwing rocks and whip me, while the children's voices get louder. I scream for help, but no one is stopping and it feels like I've been tortured for years. Suddenly the floor starts moving and the floor tears apart and I almost fall through, but the chair I'm tied to gets bigger and grows spikes. I scream because the bottom the crevas looks like all the movies that have people falling into hell. Deep, with flames, and filled with weird lava. The children and adults rush to the side and don't fall in. The chair viciously jerks upright and turns to the corner opposite the adults and children. On one of the tables sits another child. But this child is different. He looks like the child from The Omen, with his little suit, but his hair is long and blond. His eyes are red, but not glowing. He jumps off the table, walks to my chair and unties the restraints on my arms and legs. When I get up he grabs me hand and tells me to follow him. As I follow him the classroom starts to disappear. As we walk he tells me he used to be an angel once, and he was going to help me even though others wouldn't. When ew get outside, another person appears. A man with long brown hair. His clothes are jeans and a scraggly tan shirt. The boy pulls on my hand and we keep walking. The man follows us. We just keep walking and the school disappears too. I feel safe. Being lead by this boy feels safe. And I wake up.
I feel like I could guess what this dream means, but I need help really picking at this. A friend told me the boy was probably Satan, so that's confusing. And the friend also said the man at the end is Jesus. But that's also confusing. So can anyone help? So much appreciation!!

I'm going to preface my statement with this. I normally don't do this, I'm in a really bad place in my life, and struggle with a lot of sin. So I'm REALLY uncomfortable sharing what I think this dream means. But I think I do, so I'm going to tell you what I believe God is trying to tell you.

The dream is reoccurring, so its probably pretty important, and 3 tends to be a pretty important number in the bible (3 members of the godhead). I'm not going to say more about that cause it doesn't really help, but I would think about it.

I'm also going to assume your an adult, or at least above 16 years old.

I'm not going to talk about every detail but just the stuff that stands out to me . Once again, take what I say with a grain of salt, I'm not exactly Mr. Spiritually mature lately. However, if this is a true interpretation from God, you will KNOW it, and if its not, then you will also KNOW it. (assuming your christian, and even if not you probably will)

Your tied to a chair, trapped, bound and looking for help. Children come in representing young believers in the church, young as in they recently converted not their age. As paul describes them "babes in Christ" (I believe its him that says that). However they have been taught wrong and so instead of doing the work of god they do the work of their true father (satan). Then the adults come in, these are the people that would be leaders in the church. People who should be mature. Instead of helping you, they are binding you. They are keeping you as a believer trapped and beaten down so you don't grow. Your in a place of learning ( a school) and the children who should be learning with you are not and the teachers who are suppose to be teaching are not. Ultimately I think the people resemble the church, or what at least calls itself the church. They look in the right place, but there motivations are opposing you, and all the imagery says they are being influenced by the demonic in some way. When the floor splits they move, because they KNOW what hell is and they want to stay out of it as long as possible. You as a christian (i'm assuming you ARE christian for now) are being being beaten for what you believe (Or if your not christian and looking at it, they are trying to keep you away).

The child in a suit is satan (or one of his higher level minions). He is in control of this situation. They are all under his control in some way or another, but you have not been able to see him yet. He brings your attention to you and does what satan does best, he appears to be good. His suit probably signifies his importance and stature, but I also think it represents the spirit of "religion" so to speak. The idea of over formal, legalism, religion (as opposed to the religion the bible preaches).

He comes and seems to be your savor, and rescuses from those who are attacking you, and is leading you away to "saftey".

As we walk he tells me he used to be an angel once, and he was going to help me even though others wouldn't.

Satan and his demons use to be angels, satan was a very powerful one. Its the truth, he says he use to be an angel, then he just admitted to being a demon. Angels and Demons difer only by who side they are they are "biologically" the same (if spiritual beings have biology lol).

The man is jesus. He is an "adult", and he is following becaues Jesus does not force himself upon people,they have to choose him. Your choosing to be lead by a child rather than a man in the dream, following comfort,and even to a degree logic, the kid saved you from the others, why would he want to harm you? So you follow him, but jesus knows where you are and follows you, because he is waiting for you to choose him.

The more I think about this dream,the more important I think its important to know if your saved or not.

If your not saved. I think this dream is showing the state of your life. Your bound up by sin, the church is attacking you, Both those young in the faith and those who are are in places of "maturity". Someone is coming or has come and shown you freedom and escape. You follow them, but something still seems a little off, but its comforting to follow them, and they TELL YOU WHAT TO DO (that REALLY stood out to me). Jesus is near, and you need to turn to him, cry out to him to help, so you can rescue from the child(satan), because he won't do it if you don't ask and accept him. Your just as bound by the childs hand as you were in the chair, but you have the illusion of freedom

If your christian. You are being attacked for your beliefs, you feel as if the church itself is hostile to you as someone seeking God. Someone has (or will) come and free you, and seem like the light at the end of the tunnel, it will seem good, and it will reassure you its helping you. It may be religion itself. You find a place that seems to be better, people are not attacking you, so you assume its good, but in truth your being lead by satan. Jesus if following you, close at hand, and all you have to do is call out to him and he will help you. But it won't be as comfortable as the childs hand.
 
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The important thing here is not your dream but your relationship with
Jesus Christ.

How deep is your relationship?

Do believe on Jesus Christ for your forgiveness and salvation from
judgment and eternal separation from God?

Your dream has fear and condemnation in it and so it reveals your
fear and uncertainty of your heart concerning your eternal destiny.

Settle this matter by going all in with God through Jesus Christ.

Get off the fence of indecision and choose instead to follow Christ and
you will find peace, acceptance and security in Christ.
 
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I agree with just about everything that you said, anewman1993. But, I believe the dream shows the current state of most churches today-- Jesus is on the outside, while the doctrine on the inside will lead people to hell. The chair is the belief that most people are tied to that if it's taught in the church then it's got to be right. The one that 'helps' is the false teacher that leads you away from Jesus instead of toward Him while the whole time trying to keep the focus on what he is saying.

I believe that this dream is one that definitely should be looked at closer.

Blessings,

Alan
 
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Hmm..it would seem to me the man is Jesus. The fallen angel seems like one of those who knows hell is real, doesnt like it either wants you out of it but gets you to follow him instead of Jesus.

The important thing is to follow Jesus. While others may get you out of the hell you were in, and want to take you to a better place, its Jesus we actually need to follow.
 
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I really wish they would start back up the dreams and visions subforum here.

As it was said of Jesus, 'he always talked in parable', so it is today that we can expect God to talk to us through dream, in the parables of the metaphors of our dreams. Is it wrong to discuss possible meanings of the metaphors of the Bible? No, of course not. So, why not with the possible meanings of the metaphors in our dreams? Especially when we believe they may be from God?

That was the most powerful group online I had ever seen.

Why is so much from God in hard to decipher metaphor? This is very understandable if we note that God is in Heaven, and we are on earth. Surely we should not expect plain english and non-metaphor to aptly have the necessary language to fully speak and hear from God, as there are remaining many mysteries we do not yet understand from such a distant and alien place.
 
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I really wish they would start back up the dreams and visions subforum here.

As it was said of Jesus, 'he always talked in parable', so it is today that we can expect God to talk to us through dream, in the parables of the metaphors of our dreams. Is it wrong to discuss possible meanings of the metaphors of the Bible? No, of course not. So, why not with the possible meanings of the metaphors in our dreams? Especially when we believe they may be from God?

That was the most powerful group online I had ever seen.

Why is so much from God in hard to decipher metaphor? This is very understandable if we note that God is in Heaven, and we are on earth. Surely we should not expect plain english and non-metaphor to aptly have the necessary language to fully speak and hear from God, as there are remaining many mysteries we do not yet understand from such a distant and alien place.

I can understand why they would close it. Their is a fine line whenever you get into what people would consider "spirit filled" stuff. Yes, god still speaks to us in dreams,vision, and all the weird stuff, but some people get super caught up in it, and at best start making stuff up and at worst are hearing for a spirit thats NOT god. Unfortunately a LOT of those kinds of areas can turn into REALLY bad places. Because someone has a dream/vision/prophet word/ect and it goes against scripture, and they think god gave it to them, and it sounds good to their or the congregations ears so they go with it, and it leads people astray. That doesn't mean we don't do those things, it means we keep a VERY close eye on it. I wasn't around when that area was open, but if it god bad enough they may have had no choice but to close it.
 
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I wasn't around when that area was open, but if it god bad enough they may have had no choice but to close it.

Some users felt that interpreting dreams was not possible for Christians to do, it had to be direct divination or nothing at all.

It was not "all horrible awful", at all. I am not aware of any saying the posters and their statements were "of Satan". Rather, it was overly challenging for some posters, is what I heard, and they felt that it was not matters which they could accept. Whether or not those complaining posters felt it was "of Satan", I do not know.

If you or anyone else have offered possibilities for the possible interpretation of this dream here, that violates the same judgment.

The problem was put in an awkward way, is what I hear: because the only attempt at dream or vision interpretation apparent in Scripture was direct and clear inspiration from God, no one else should attempt to give possible interpretations. They are violating Scripture, it was argued, to even attempt to do so.

My point here is simply that this must have come from junior Christians, and though I see and saw nothing wrong, I can see how it could have overly challenged junior or very legalistic Christians. However, it ran for years without any such complaints.

And Christians do, routinely, deal with unknowns in their Christian life, including attempting to offer possible suggestions for dealing with metaphor.

Frankly, some Christians would be challenged if a person ate meat or a woman did not cut their hair, so I am not surprised if some believed the continuation of gifts has stopped, as well.

However, just a suggestion.
 
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Hello! I'm sorry for not replying! I'm 23. I'm not sure about myself religiously, but I do know I've been particularly interested in religious symbols. Angels and demons have always interested me since I was a kid, so it makes sense that some of those things would creep into my dreams. This particular dream though only worries me because my religious friends say I should be. But since interpreting dreams seem to be clues into the subconscious I thought I should definitely see what my dreams mean.
 
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Hello! I'm sorry for not replying! I'm 23. I'm not sure about myself religiously, but I do know I've been particularly interested in religious symbols. Angels and demons have always interested me since I was a kid, so it makes sense that some of those things would creep into my dreams. This particular dream though only worries me because my religious friends say I should be. But since interpreting dreams seem to be clues into the subconscious I thought I should definitely see what my dreams mean.

I strongly agree.

I will offer some possible suggestions here: the person with the long brown hair sounds like Jesus. I would not suggest that the boy is necessarily the Devil. After all, there is some man<-> child metaphor about Jesus, for instance, at the beginning of Revelation 12, Jesus' remark about 'you must become as a child to enter the Kingdom of Heaven', and the Old Testament prophecy about how 'a child will lead them'.

Light can be mistaken as dark, and dark as light, so take caution in your interpretation, even if it leads to something like a remembrance of some strange movie. These are just words, language, we have, and understanding the very distant ways of Heaven on earth, for us mere humans can often be very difficult to discern.

There is, in fact, an element here I have learned: if you have grown up in a very dark place and are immediately brought into the light, it can be disconcerting. You learned to see in the dark, but now your eyes much adjust to the light.

For instance, if one goes into a cave, or stays in a dark room, and suddenly comes into the light after their eyes are adjusting then the light appears even more dark then where they were. And, they are blinded.

School is what we are in, today, 'you who teach do you not also learn'. And we are as children. All of humanity, not just Christians are as Children.

Obviously, be wary of being led someplace, if and when that happens, and maybe when it does, then you can note that difficulty, at that time, and see what happens. But it does sound like the real problem was what happened when you were bound up and attacked.
 
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