Biblical Meaning of Octopus in Dreams? Spiritual Symbol of?

[Christsfreeservant]

I just had an interesting possible follow-up to this story. I had a dream on Tuesday - A Single Mom (posted on my blog) - in which a baby from India is pulled to safety (by God) from a barf bag (puke) that was hanging on the side of a hospital bed. I wondered, "Why India?" So, I asked a few friends for any input they could give me on India and one friend sent me an article -

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,308979,00.html

The article is about a little girl who was born with four extra limbs (a total of 8) so she looked like an Octopus. I got the picture from the dream that this was talking about the church, so I wonder, if perhaps, the Lord gave me the picture of a girl from India being pulled out of this bag on the side of a hospital bed where she had surgery to remove the extra four limbs as a picture of the surgery he is going to have to perform on the Jezebel spirited church in order for them to be "normal" again. That is what I'm seeing.

 

[OyinboPepper]

Does anyone know the symbolism of Octopus? Faith had a dream about a big fish on a ramp and it turned into an Octopus. Any thoughts? I can't find anything on Octopus. Thanks for any help.

I see you wrote this quite some time ago. I had a dream that I was in a canoe...and some other ppl I know were rowing it. I jumped out and started swimming in the lake, then I had a vision (not in the lake) of an octapus. I see here someone says it means you are entangled in something difficult. In waking life I do have a difficult situation going on. Just wondering........did you have a difficult situation going on when you had that dream? Did you get out of it?

 

[Christsfreeservant]

I see you wrote this quite some time ago. I had a dream that I was in a canoe...and some other ppl I know were rowing it. I jumped out and started swimming in the lake, then I had a vision (not in the lake) of an octapus. I see here someone says it means you are entangled in something difficult. In waking life I do have a difficult situation going on. Just wondering........did you have a difficult situation going on when you had that dream? Did you get out of it?

Wow! That was 11 years ago. I don't know. I would have to go back and look at it. I do know that we moved from an apartment into a house in the summer of that year, and I know I had a couple of grandchildren born that year, too. I will have to revisit it and then I can let you know if I can remember anything about it. But, thanks for asking.

 

[Hidden In Him]

In the dream, I traded my red for white, but the girl was wondering how I got white and she didn't.

Hi Christsfreeservant.

I had never read this thread before; wasn't even aware you received and interpreted dreams, or that there used to be a community that took interpretation seriously back in 2007.

Anyway, in reading over all this, my interpretation is different than what was presented. I would be curious to know about your daughter's spiritual state nowadays (it could be in private if you were interested). These dreams had bearing on which way she was going to go back then.

Blessings in Christ,
Your friend, Hidden

 

[Christsfreeservant]

Hi Christsfreeservant.

I had never read this thread before; wasn't even aware you received and interpreted dreams, or that there used to be a community that took interpretation seriously back in 2007.

Anyway, in reading over all this, my interpretation is different than what was presented. I would be curious to know about your daughter's spiritual state nowadays (it could be in private if you were interested). These dreams had bearing on which way she was going to go back then.

Blessings in Christ,
Your friend, Hidden

Hidden, Thank you for writing. That was a very long time ago. And, it was my daughter-in-law. Her name is Faith. God often used my family members in my dreams symbolically to represent various people or groups of people. Since Faith was my daughter-in-law, and not my daughter (who often represented the church), I often saw her in my dreams as representing apostate faith, which would fit with some of what I shared here regarding a dream I had in the writing "The Scarlet Letter." It is post #30, I think.

After rereading this writing, The Scarlet Letter, and thinking how I thought Faith might have been the one whose life paralleled mine, to some degree, and the fact that whoever it was in the dream (a nameless girl) didn't understand how I got a white b and she didn't, what came to mind is that this nameless girl could have represented the apostate church who thinks they are in relationship with Jesus Christ when they are not, because they never repented of their sins nor did they walk according to the Spirit.

There was a time in my Christian life, of which I have given testimony many times, when I stepped out of that close walk of faith with my Lord and I lived more like I didn't have a relationship with Jesus Christ, so this would parallel one whose faith is apostate, although I wasn't, i.e. we were not the same. I, for a short period of time, lived like I had not been set free from my slavery to sin, but praise the Lord, he brought me back for good! I shared this in "The Scarlet Letter II."

Since this was so long ago, I don't have much recall of Faith's dreams, and I would have to go find them and reconstruct them, and see what they were about, and I am not sure that is what the Lord wants me to do with my time right now. I know that I was very concerned about her, at that time, and enough so that I asked for help with her dream, and I asked for prayer for her. Only God knows where she is now in her walk of faith. And, only He knew back then where she was. I just know I was very burdened for her, and her dreams were concerning me much, because she always seemed to be lost or without hope in her dreams.

Yet, since this has resurfaced, I will accept that the Lord allowed this for a purpose, for this time, and I will inquire of him as to that purpose, and if he shows me something, I will get back with you on that. If you want to share your thoughts with me, yes, feel free to PM me with them. That is very sensitive of you. For, although this is public, when this was written, it was written in a small forum called "Dreams and Visions" where we discussed our dreams and visions with one another, but that was later locked down and then much later it was opened back up under "Spiritual Gifts," "Sign Gifts."

 

[Hidden In Him]

Only God knows where she is now in her walk of faith. And, only He knew back then where she was. I just know I was very burdened for her, and her dreams were concerning me much, because she always seemed to be lost or without hope in her dreams.

Yet, since this has resurfaced, I will accept that the Lord allowed this for a purpose

I agree. I think God may have used @OyinboPepper (crazy name, LoL) to dig this thread up from the depths. I never would have saw it otherwise, and there was another instance when the same thing happened. A member posted on a very old dream, and when I saw it I was very startled at what the thing meant and nobody had told her. I posted her about her husband and her marriage situation, and publicly she posted that things were fine now. In private she painted another picture, and very frightening one that told me my interpretation was true, and there was reason to contact her even though it was many years later.

Anyway, I'll let you post me if you hear something. If not, and the Spirit leads me, I'll be sure to start a conversation with you.

God bless, and always great to hear from you. You're a blessing!

 

[Christsfreeservant]

I agree. I think God may have used @OyinboPepper (crazy name, LoL) to dig this thread up from the depths. I never would have saw it otherwise, and there was another instance when the same thing happened. A member posted on a very old dream, and when I saw it I was very startled at what the thing meant and nobody had told her. I posted her about her husband and her marriage situation, and publicly she posted that things were fine now. In private she painted another picture, and very frightening one that told me my interpretation was true, and there was reason to contact her even though it was many years later.

Anyway, I'll let you post me if you hear something. If not, and the Spirit leads me, I'll be sure to start a conversation with you.

God bless, and always great to hear from you. You're a blessing!

Well, with the idea of Faith symbolizing apostate faith, and the big fish symbolic of what swallowed Jonah when he was running from God and with the idea that a lot of her dreams seemed to have dual meanings and related to last days, and ramp being possibly a siege ramp, then the Octopus could symbolize the beast. That is what I have right now on a very surface read through.

 

[Christsfreeservant]

Praying it through, though, to see why the Lord allowed this to surface right now.

 

[Hidden In Him]

Praying it through, though, to see why the Lord allowed this to surface right now.

Not to worry. I'm guessing He'll reveal it to you/us eventually.

 

[Christsfreeservant]

Not to worry. I'm guessing He'll reveal it to you/us eventually.

I am working it through, and I believe Faith is representing "faith" (Christian faith) and/or apostate faith which is under siege by this beast with its far reaching tentacles (corruption spreading its tentacles; weapons; far reaching influence and power), and this may be related to the fact that Pence spoke at the SBC. Just noting at this point.

I had a vision/dream a couple of days ago about a 40s automobile sitting at the place where we use our fob to get into the gate of our apartment complex. It was facing the entrance and right where there were surveillance cameras, so I believe it had something to do with surveillance and access through a gate into our home. 40s reminded me of WWII, the birth of NATO, the birth of the UN and the birth of the nation of Israel, as well as Hitler's regime.

The vehicle was black, which usually symbolizes evil, and i see a parallel between this vehicle and the octopus. The vehicle also reminded me of the mob and mob protection, i.e. either you pay for protection or you pay with your life or broken bones or a bat across the back. It reminded me of the "net neutrality protections" which apparently are now a thing of the past. The idea being that if we want these "protections" that we will now have to pay, and if we don't pay, we can be cut off, i.e. be blocked or have the connection to our sites slow down so much that no one will be able to get to them.

Again, I am just taking notes. I don't have anything definite on any of this, but I have a strong sense that the Lord is showing me what is coming, and it fits with the book of Revelation.

After the vision of the black 40s vehicle, I had a dream which indicated that we are being drugged through our water. Many articles about this on the Net, if you are interested.

Anyway, right now just putting down puzzle pieces and seeing how they fit. I have nothing concrete at this point. I am praying it through to see if the Lord has a message for me, something he wants me to understand and/or to share. But, faith in Jesus Christ is definitely under siege. No doubt about that!

 

[Christsfreeservant]

In case you are interested: Net Neutrality Protections? | Christian Forums

 

[Hidden In Him]

I had a vision/dream a couple of days ago about a 40s automobile sitting at the place where we use our fob to get into the gate of our apartment complex. It was facing the entrance and right where there were surveillance cameras, so I believe it had something to do with surveillance and access through a gate into our home. 40s reminded me of WWII, the birth of NATO, the birth of the UN and the birth of the nation of Israel, as well as Hitler's regime.

The vehicle was black, which usually symbolizes evil, and i see a parallel between this vehicle and the octopus. The vehicle also reminded me of the mob and mob protection... It reminded me of the "net neutrality protections" which apparently are now a thing of the past.

This certainly sounds like a plausible interpretation of this particular dream. Don't think it has anything to do with Faith, however. The dreams and words concerning her were about personal matters in her life and heart. She was the "big fish" on the boating ramp (instead of a "fish in water," in the sense of a believer swimming in the Spirit), just as she was at the end of a pier with water all around her, yet NOT IN IT. And at that crossroads in her life, Satan was attempting to transform her from a "big fish" (a strong believer, possibly with an important calling) into an octopus, a predator of fish instead. It connects to her struggles with the temptation to become an adulteress that you once struggled with...

I hope it's not offensive. The Lord told me to go ahead with it. You are free to dismiss it if you like. I was just wondering how she was doing spiritually these days. Maybe she is in a position where she might be ready to give her life to God now.

Blessings, and thanks for sharing.

 

[Christsfreeservant]

This certainly sounds like a plausible interpretation of this particular dream. Don't think it has anything to do with Faith, however. The dreams and words concerning her were about personal matters in her life and heart. She was the "big fish" on the boating ramp (instead of a "fish in water," in the sense of a believer swimming in the Spirit), just as she was at the end of a pier with water all around her, yet NOT IN IT. And at that crossroads in her life, Satan was attempting to transform her from a "big fish" (a strong believer, possibly with an important calling) into an octopus, a predator of fish instead. It connects to her struggles with the temptation to become an adulteress that you once struggled with...

I hope it's not offensive. The Lord told me to go ahead with it. You are free to dismiss it if you like. I was just wondering how she was doing spiritually these days. Maybe she is in a position where she might be ready to give her life to God now.

Blessings, and thanks for sharing.

I believe the reason the Lord allowed this dream to resurface after 11 years is because this big fish turned Octopus is this:

Becoming Like Him

And he wants his people to come out from her and be separate.