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@John777111
I did have issues as a child with bullying and teachers not being the best teachers. Maybe they turned into inner demons or something. I hope being bound and attacked wouldn't mean anything too bad, but if it's external or internal badass things, then I'm not sure.
Hi Trophy, and thanks for the reply. I see in this dream a warning about false deliverance.
The elementary school and the children indicate the world's effect at an early age. Quite clearly this was a demonic attack based on rejection and fear. There hasn't been any help from the adult world as the child grew up either, as they only echo what the children were doing.
The Bible has a few things to say about "elementary":
In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world.
how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations
I'll put the entire passage behind this spoiler should you want to read it:
In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world. But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,
to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”
So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods.
But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more? -Gal 4:3-9
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,
and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.
In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,
having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.
And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath.
These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind,
and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God. If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations “Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch”
( referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to human precepts and teachings?
These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh. -Col 2:8-23
At the worst point, "salvation" appears. But the child, though he looks different from the others, is of the same kind only more subtle. Jesus tells us the eyes reflect what's going on in the soul:
Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness. Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness. -Luke 11:34-35
And scripture tells us that satan is most subtle:
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” -Gen 3:1
for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. -2Cor 11:14
This demon even admits he was once an angel. Demons are fallen angels.
He seems to free the child and want to help, but the devil only befriends us when he can go no further against us, or when it is more profitable for him to use us to affect others for his cause.
Outside a man appears. This man is not Jesus, it is a representation of the child's adult self. Whatever happened at a young age has had its affect to this day. It makes no difference what your hair color actually is, the brown hair (long for emphasis) and tan shirt are earth colors that signify the natural or carnal man. The ragged clothes emphasize that the natural man has no power when it comes to spiritual things, and often cannot even discern between good and evil. This adult is blindly following the child.
There is only one power that can defeat satan, and that is the blood of Christ. He is the perfect Son of Man who gave Himself for our sins, to reconcile us to God.
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. -Matt 28:18
There is salvation in no other, and all other feelings of safety are false.
The fact that this dream is recurring should mean that it really should be taken seriously.
Jesus says of Himself,
The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” -John 10:3-5
@paul1149
Thank you for your message! There's been so many different views on what's what in my dream, if only my dream had them say who the people all were.
@John777111
I did have issues as a child with bullying and teachers not being the best teachers. Maybe they turned into inner demons or something. I hope being bound and attacked wouldn't mean anything too bad, but if it's external or internal badass things, then I'm not sure.
Well from what I can tell these children with evil eyes and such could represent the enemies followers and I do think the child with red eyes is satan as he used to be an angel and you followed him as he lead you which could easily represent your life and you not following Jesus, and the man following is Jesus for sure, no matter how far you walked he followed you meaning he will never give up on you. If Jesus is not in front of you then the devil is
Thank you everyone for your help! It's really me thinking. I'm not sure what I'll be doing with all this information, but at least I know some ideas of what it all means.
It is most beneficial to be in right standing with the Lord...than to allow
dreams to pull you into an on-going journey of finding out what
they mean instead of finding the One who paid your sin debt.
The One... is Christ the Lord, He will also give interpretation
to your dream if it's prophetic, not all dreams are though.
In the Bible, King Nebuchadnezzar had Daniel who could
interpret the dreams that the king had been having... do note that the
pagan king didn't seek God for interpretation to the dream(s)...
he'd sought his magicians, the astrologers, the sorcerers etc. first.
They couldn't interpret the dream(s)....Daniel could, because he
had purposed to honor God no matter what even if it cost him his own life...Daniel and his friends relied on God and God revealed the dream(s) to his faithful servant and gave him(Daniel) the answer to the dream(s).
Since you dreamed it three times, it is significant.
Often when we dream we immediately forget what we dream about. But God does speak to us through dreams as it says in scripture..your old men will dream dreams...your young men will see visions
If we don't know what it means it is good to go to christians who can understand the spiritual meaning, like someone said, Jesus spoke in parables. People don't often understand these parables until someone explains it to them. What God is giving you is a picture. It does not always mean it will literally happen (ie. you will go to a classroom and it will be burning up) but that, the dream is symbolic of what is happening in the spiritual realm. If you do have a dream write it down, the meaning may come to you later.
I used to have lots of vivid dreams when younger, I have less now, and sleep in peace. God was speaking to me in those dreams, as I hadn't really read the Bible and really had no way of knowing or praying to Him, since I didn't go to church and none of my family were christians.
One more thing. This dream reminded me of this testimony. You will see that initially the demons pretended to be helpers, but as time goes on their true nature comes out. Sometimes we make choices when we are young that seem to be expedient, but which turn out to have profound long-term consequences until the choices are broken.
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 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!!
Blessings in Christ Jesus. Today in the world, there are many churches teaching that you have to earn your salvation by old covenant law. Some even mix the old with the new to form their own doctrine. "For it is by grace through faith that you are saved, not through works lest any man should boast." Jesus did what no man could. He fulfilled the law and the profits. When He hung there on that cross He said,"It is finished." At that moment He conquered sin and death. At that moment the old passed away and all things became new.
Whenever a man tries to keep the law the adversary is close behind ready to accuse, for he knows that man will fail in at least one law and in turn he will be guilty of them all. You see the law brings death, and grace through faith( In Jesus) brings life (eternal life) Your dream was and is a revelation of the of the old(covenant) and the new(covenant). The schoolmaster (the law) verses the free gift of grace.If you find yourself trying to be a good christian, just rest in what Jesus has already done and He at some point will start doing the good works through you. One of the greatest deceptions for Christians today is that the devil would like to keep us stuck in the old covenant for he knows he has no power over a Blood bought Christian under grace. Hope this helps.