Dreams

[Tellyontellyon]

This is key, though: God does not issue a dream to someone that requires interpreting without having an interpreter already prepared. God is not the Author of confusion, the apostle Paul wrote, and so He does not issue dreams to us that cannot be understood. Many of the dreams God has sent to people do not require interpreters, however. I have heard of Muslims, for instance, having dreams of Jesus, being told in their dreams to seek out Christians or to find a Bible and read it. Their dreams were not vague or confusing, requiring interpretation, nor did they fade rapidly away.

This seems a little contradictory... clearly some dreams DO need interpretation... and God makes it possible for the dreamer to have access to the person who can interpret it...

God may be speaking all the time, in various ways, if we have ears to understand.
.... but we may not understand... we might block ourselves.... we might not want to hear a message that contradicts what we may want for ourselves.

 

[aiki]

This seems a little contradictory... clearly some dreams DO need interpretation... and God makes it possible for the dreamer to have access to the person who can interpret it...

God cannot send both dreams that require interpretation and dreams that do not? He has done. Where's the contradiction, exactly? These two sorts of dreams aren't mutually-exclusive.

God may be speaking all the time, in various ways, if we have ears to understand.

Every time, in fact, one opens up the Bible to read it.

.... but we may not understand... we might block ourselves.... we might not want to hear a message that contradicts what we may want for ourselves.

Yes, but this doesn't require an interpreter to penetrate, only the convicting, illuminating work of God's Spirit.

 

[tturt]

"And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:" Acts 2:17

 

[James_Lai]

In the Bible, including the NT fresh revelation has been given through dreams... e.g. Peter.
There are a number of dreams in the Bible and the ability to interpret dreams seems to be valued.
However, there is also room for malign influence too...

So should a Christian bother with dreams? Do they ignore them at their peril?

I think all dreams are of spiritual significance.