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Understanding Prophetic Dreams and Visions
Understanding Prophetic Dreams and Visions
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Dreams are an essential tool by which humanity can connect, communicate and hear the voice of God. Dreams are a very powerful connection with the spirit realm which every believer should be acquainted to. There is a necessity to be one who dream dreams if you want to reach into the height and greatness of God's plan for your life. The more powerful you are in the dreamland, the more powerful you will be in the physical. That is why if you want to defeat Satan and his demonic cohorts, you must defeat them in the dream life.This is because dreams are the fertile ground for the Holy Spirit to work and move in our lives. They are a channel or pipeline through which spiritual substances such as wealth are transacted from the spirit realm into visible and tangible manifestation in the physical realm. Dreams are a mechanism by which wealth is transferred or transacted to us. The dreamland is a realm of great achievements, a realm that catapults one to dimensions beyond the faculties of human comprehension. Only if you could cultivate and nature your dream life, you will be thrilled at how great doors, breakthroughs and opportunities will stream in your direction, catapulting your spirit to higher realms of the supernatural realm.

In this publications, Apostle Frequency Revelator unpacks mysteries of dream interpretation and contends that dozens of folks are entrapped in a morass of debilitating circumstances of poverty, lack and limitation in progress because they have not learnt the art of how to receive things from the spirit realm through dreams. Some are even praying Heaven down and going for elongated periods of fasting to the extent of even begging and cajoling God to answer their prayers yet God has already answered them in dreams and they did not even know that they already received the answer.This book is an activation tool that will usher you into the realm of understanding the operations of prophetic dreams and visions. It will activate you into a place of hearing from God in a clearer way when it comes to dreams and visions. It will catapult you to a prophetic realm, dimension and level where your dreams become solid material that communicates spiritual realities and transforms things in your world.

Presiding over a Global Network of Apostolic and Prophetic Visions, in the capacity of the C.E.O of Global Destiny Publishing House (Pty) Ltd, Director of the Global Apostolic & Prophetic Network (GAP), Founder of Resurrection Embassy (The Global Church), the Pioneer of Resurrection TV (The Dead-Raising Channel ) and the Principal of the renowned Global School of Signs and Wonders (GSSW), in this publication, Apostle Frequency Revelator has endeavored to unveil and unpack divine revelations that your dream life is a movie or pictorial representation of what you are in the natural realm, hence if you can master the art of how to control or change things in your dream life, then you can change anything in life in the natural realm.

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Frequency Revelator is an apostle, called by God through His grace to minister the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to all the nations of the world. He is a television minister, lecturer and gifted author, whose writings are Holy Ghost breathings that unveil consistent streams of fresh revelations straight from the Throne Room of Heaven. He is the president, founder and vision bearer of Frequency Revelator Ministries (FRM), a worldwide multiracial ministry that encompasses a myriad of movements with divine visions such as Resurrection Embassy (The Global Church), Christ Resurrection Movement (CRM) (a Global movement for raising the dead), the Global Apostolic & Prophetic Network (GAP) (a Network of apostles, prophets and fivefold ministers across the globe), Revival For Southern Africa (REFOSA) (a Regional power-packed vision for Southern Africa) and the Global Destiny Publishing House (GDP) (the Ministry’s publishing company). The primary vision of this global ministry is to propagate the resurrection power of Christ from the Throne Room of Heaven to the extreme ends of the world and to launch the world into the greater depths of the miraculous. It is for this reason that Frequency Revelator Ministries (FRM) drives divergent apostolic and prophetic ministry visions and spiritual programmes such as the Global School of Resurrection (GSR), Global Resurrection Centre (GRC), the Global Healing Centre (GHC), Global School of Miracles, Signs and Wonders (SMSW), Global School of Kingdom Millionaires (SKM), Global Campus Ministry as well as Resurrection Conferences, Seminars and Training Centers. To fulfil its global mandate of soul winning, the ministry spearheads the Heavens’ Broadcasting Commission (HBC) on television, a strategic ministerial initiative that broadcasts ministry programmes via the Dead Raising Channel (a.k.a Resurrection TV) and other Christian Television networks around the world. Presiding over a global network of apostolic and prophetic visions, Apostle Frequency Revelator considers universities, colleges, high schools and other centers of learning as critical in fulfilling God’s purpose and reaching the world for Christ, especially in this end-time season. As a Signs and Wonders Movement, the ministry hosts training sessions at the Global School of Resurrection (GSR) which includes but not limited to, impartation and activation of the gifts of the Spirit, prophetic declaration and ministration, invocations of open visions, angelic encounters and Throne Room visitations, revelational teachings, coaching and mentorship as well as Holy Ghost ministerial training sessions on how to practically raise the dead. This global ministry is therefore characterized by a deep revelation of God’s word accompanied by a practical demonstration of God’s power through miracles, signs and wonders manifested in raising cripples from wheel chairs, opening the eyes of the blind, unlocking the speech of the dumb, blasting off the ears of the deaf and raising the dead, as a manifestation of the finished works of the cross by the Lord Jesus Christ. The ministry is also punctuated with a plethora of manifestations of the wealth of Heaven through miracle money, coupled with the golden rain of gold dust, silver stones, supernatural oil and a torrent of creative miracles such as the development of the original blue print of body parts on bodily territories where they previously did not exist, germination of hair on bald heads, weight loss and gain, as well as instantaneous healings from HIV/AIDS, cancer, diabetes and every manner of sickness and disease which doctors have declared as incurable. The author has written a collection of over 50 anointed books, which include The Realm of Power to Raise the Dead, How to become a Kingdom Millionaire, Deeper Revelations of The Anointing, Practical Demonstrations of The Anointing, How to Operate in the Realm of the Miraculous, The Realm of Glory, Unveiling the Mystery of Miracle Money, New Revelations of Faith, A Divine Revelation of the Supernatural Realm, The Prophetic Move of the Holy Spirit in the Contemporary Global Arena, The Ministry of Angels in the World Today, Kingdom Spiritual Laws and Principles, Divine Rights and Privileges of a Believer, Keys to Unlocking the Supernatural, The Prophetic Dimension, The Dynamics of God’s Word, The Practice of God's Presence, Times of Refreshing and Restoration, The Power of Praying in the Throne Room, The End Time Revelations of Jesus Christ and Rain of Revelations, which is a daily devotional concordance comprising a yearly record of 365 fresh revelations straight from the Throne Room of God. Apostle Frequency Revelator resides in South Africa and he is a graduate of Fort Hare University, where his ministry took off. However, as a global minister, his ministry incorporates prophecy, deliverance and miracle healing crusades in the United Kingdom (UK), Southern Africa, India, Australia, USA, Canada and a dense network of ministry visions that covers the rest of the world. As a custodian of God’s resurrection power, the apostle has been given a divine mandate from Heaven to raise a new breed of Apostles, Prophets, Pastors, Evangelists, Teachers, Kingdom Millionaires and Miracle Workers (Dead raisers) who shall propagate the world with the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and practically demonstrate His resurrection power through miracles, signs and wonders manifested in raising people from the dead, thereby launching the world in to the greater depths of the miraculous. To that effect, a conducive platform is therefore enacted for global impartation, mentorship, training and equipping ministers of the gospel for the work of ministry. Notable is the realization that the ministry ushers a new wave of signs and wonders that catapults the Body of Christ into higher realms of glory in which raising the dead is a common occurrence and demonstrating the viscosity of the glory of God in a visible and tangible manner is the order of the day.

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    Understanding Prophetic Dreams and Visions - Frequency Revelator

    UNDERSTANDING

    PROPHETIC DREAMS

    &

    VISIONS

    FREQUENCY REVELATOR

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    Copyright © 2020 Apostle Frequency Revelator.

    All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or  transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, photographic (photocopying), recording or otherwise, without the written permission of the copyright holder.

    The author has made every effort to trace and acknowledge sources, resources and individuals. In the event that any images or information has been incorrectly attributed or credited, the author will be pleased to rectify these omissions at the earliest opportunity.

    Scripture quotations are all taken from the Holy Bible, the New King James Version (Authorized Version). First published in 1611. Quoted from the KJV Classic Reference Bible, Copyright © 1983 by The Zondervan Corporation

    Published by the Author © Global Destiny Publishing House, 

    Sandton, South Africa

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    OTHER 50 BOOKS PUBLISHED
    BY APOSTLE FREQUENCY REVELATOR:

    How to Become a Kingdom Millionaire

    Deeper Revelations of the Anointing

    The Realm of Power to Raise the Dead

    How to Operate in the Realm of the Miraculous 

    The Realm of Glory

    New Revelations of Faith

    Unveiling the Mystery of Miracle Money

    The Prophetic Dimension

    The Realm of the Spirit: A Divine Revelation of the Supernatural Realm

    The Prophetic Move of the Holy Spirit

    The Ministry of Angels in the World Today

    Throne Room Prayers: The Power of Praying in the Throne Room

    7 Dimensions of the Supernatural Realm

    Divine Rights and Privileges of a Believer

    Keys to Unlocking the Supernatural

    The Dynamics of God’s Word

    7 Supernatural Dimensions of Financial Prosperity

    Spiritual Laws and Principles of the Kingdom

    Rain of Revelations Daily Devotional Concordance

    Practical Demonstrations of the Anointing

    Understanding Times And Seasons In God’s Calendar

    How To Defeat The Spirit Of Witchcraft

    The Practice Of God’s Presence

    21 Ways Of How To Hear God’s Voice Clearly

    How To Activate And Fully Exercise The Gifts Of The Spirit

    The Prophetic Significance Of Gold Dust Silver Stones,

    Diamonds And Other Precious Stones

    Deeper Revelations Of The Five-Fold Ministry

    The Anatomy And Physiology Of The Anointing

    Understanding Prophetic Dreams And Visions

    Deeper Revelations Of The Glory Realm

    The Power Of The Apostolic Anointing

    The Anointing, The Mantle & The Glory

    The Power of Speaking In Tongues

    Miracles, Signs And Wonders

    The Essence of Worship

    Rain of Fire

    Healing Rains

    The Realm Of Love

    The Revelation Of Jesus Christ

    The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ

    CONTENT

    Acknowledgements

    Chapter One: Understanding The Realm Of Dreams And Visions

    Chapter Two: The Prophetic Significance Of Dreams And Visions

    Chapter Three: The Seven Different Types And Categories Of Dreams

    Chapter Four: Understanding The Anatomy And Physiology Of Dreams And Visions

    Chapter Five: The Four Dimensions Of Prophetic Dreams And Visions

    Chapter Six: Interpretation Of Dreams And Visions

    Chapter Seven: Dream Interpretation Practicals

    Chapter Eight: Dream Activation: How To Activate Your Dreams

    Chapter Nine: Deeper Revelations Of Prophetic Dreams And Visions

    Chapter Ten: The Four Realms Of Dreams

    Chapter Eleven: Understanding Prophetic Visions

    Chapter Twelve: The Prophetic Dream Dictionary

    Author’s Profile

    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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    This publication is primarily dedicated to the Holy Ghost, who is the author and the finisher of the deep revelations encapsulated therein. This insightful, refreshing, profound and biblically sound revelation awakens the believer to the reality of the times and seasons in God. It is chiefly the Holy Ghost who trained me in matters of operating in the deeper realms of the Spirit, hence it is my passion that the reader will see Him throughout the pages of this book and not any man.

    I would like to express my deep and unparalleled gratitude to Prophet Alph Lukau for global forensic prophecy; Prophet Maphosa for a higher dimension in the prophetic, Dr. Peter Tan of Eagle Vision Ministry for his anointed teachings on the supernatural; Pastor Chris the President of the Believers’ Love World International Ministry for his deep revelations on the ministry of the Holy Spirit and Pastor Benny Hinn of the World Healing Centre Church, who have immensely coached me in the direction of moving and operating in the deeper realms of the Holy Spirit. I would like to express my deepest and most heartfelt gratitude to my most beautiful and adorable wife Delight Nokuthaba Mpofu who is the love of my life, my life coach and business partner, for having supported me in every way in my ministry as a renowned global author. She is indeed such an amazing blessing that I will forever be grateful to have received from God. I owe a special gratitude specifically to one of my best spiritual sons, Paramjeet Singh Makani and his wife Preeti Makani from the nation of India, who inspires me a lot through the demonstration of undefinable, uncharted and unrecorded miracles, signs and wonders in this very hour.

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    I would like to extend my gratitude to my ministry partners for creating such a conducive platform and spiritual climate for me to move in greater depths, higher realms and deeper dimensions of the anointing to shake the nations and touch multitudes around the globe. It is for such a reason that I have been used by God as a vehicle to propagate the new waves of God’s anointing to the furthest territories across the globe, to accomplish God’s divine plans at such a time as this. My thanks also goes to Global Destiny Publishing House Pty Ltd, for making my dream of writing a reality and for enabling me to fulfil God’s dream for propagating the world with the revelations of God’s word.

    Allow me to extend a hand of appreciation to Great men and women of God all around the world who have been an inspiration to me: Dr Yana Johnson (London), Prophetess Nomsa M. Maida of New Breed ministry, Apostle Chris Lord Hills of the Supernatural Church, Dr Franklin Ndhlovu (South Africa), Prophet Mathew B. Nuek (Malaysia), and Prophet Samuel Njagi (Kenya), for being instrumental in creating a conducive spiritual climate for the birthing forth of the revelations which God has laid in my spirit. Words fail to capture the gratitude I have for my own staff at Global Destiny Publishing House (GDP House), who have typified a new type of man coming forth on the earth, rising beyond the confines and dictates of the realm of time, to access higher realms of the Spirit: Further thanks goes to my ministry partners all over the world who have supported me tremendously by demonstrating an unquestionable thirst, perennial hunger and an insatiable appetite to read my books. I command the blessings of the Lord to abundantly marinate every sphere of your life with the rain of the anointing in Jesus Name! Further thanks goes to my siblings namely, Nothani Ndebele, Zenzo Nkomo, Caspa Nkomo, Innocent Nkomo, Kaizer Nkomo, Sithembiso Nkomo, Samukele Nkomo, Target Nkomo, Keeper Nkomo, Sanelisiwe Nkomo, Presence Nkomo and Anastacia Nkomo for their love and support in every way.

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    Apostle Frequency Revelator

    CHAPTER ONE

    UNDERSTANDING THE REALM OF DREAMS AND VISIONS

    It is of paramount significance to unveil from the onset the divine truth that dreams are an essential tool by which humanity can connect, communicate and hear the voice of God. Throughout the entire Bible, God as always been known to communicate to His people through dreams and visions. Dreams are a very powerful connection with the spirit realm which every believer should be acquainted to. Dreaming is also a mechanism to connect with God and receive messages from him regarding your life or your future. Dreams are an important part of our lives in the sense that real life is lived in dreams and our waking hours are a replay of what one would have seen or experienced in the dream. There is a necessity to be one who dream dreams if you want to reach into the height and greatness of God’s plan for your life. And this divine truth is evident in the life of Joseph the dreamer The truth is that dreams are the fertile ground for the Holy Spirit to work and move in our lives. Throughout the history of the Bible, turning points for individuals and the church came through dreams and visions. All the great men of God who have done great things are dreamer of dreams. Dreams are so powerful that they can change your life and your destiny. In fact, if you really allow them to minister to you your whole life and destiny can change. The more powerful you are in a dream, the more powerful you will be in the physical. That is why if you want to defeat Satan and his demonic cohorts, you must defeat them in the dream life. If you can master the art of how to control or change things in your dream life, then you can change your life in the natural realm. If you want to gauge your spirit level and have a self-introspection about your spiritual life in general, simply look at how your dreams life and you will have all the answers you need. This is because your dream life is a movie or pictorial representation of what you are in the natural realm.

    Colloquially speaking, it is interesting to know that all of us do dream. The truth is that no one can say he or she does not dream. Every one of us dream to a certain extent, every night or at multiple times a night. In fact, you may be dreaming as many as three dozen dreams each night. Those who claim not to dream are not realistic. The only real issue to address is not the dreaming per se, but the trouble remembering those dreams. Even though some of you say you don’t dream at all you do dream except that you forgot your dreams. Sometimes we remember the dreams when we wake up but then they slowly evaporate from the figment of our imagination as we get preoccupied with our daily duties and assignments.  God commonly uses dreams to either instruct, warn and direct us and for that reason alone, it is a good idea to pay attention. People who say they don't dream or don't remember their dreams are missing out and should develop a way to key into their dreams because God speaks in dreams and visions. That is why it is important that we develop the quality of our spirit so that it catches the significant meaning of our dreams even when our minds do not remember. To further demonstrate in practical terms how impactful dreams are, did you know that an average human being spend one third of their life dreaming? That means by the time you are 60 years old, you would have spent 20 years of your life in dreamland.

    Dozens of folks are entrapped in a morass of debilitating circumstances of poverty, lack and limitation in progress because they have not learnt the art of how to receive things from the spirit realm through dreams. Did you know that dreams are a channel or pipeline through which spiritual substances are transacted from the spirit realm into visible and tangible manifestation in the physical realm?Dreams are a mechanism by which wealth is transferred or transacted to those God has positioned to receive a landslide of wealth in these end times. To substantiate this divine truth with reference to a quintessential example, have you not heard of how Solomon became the world’s richest man through a dream? God visited him in a dream and asked him what he wanted and upon asking for wisdom, wealth was supernaturally transacted to him. In a similar vein, divine instructions were heralded to Jacob in a dream, outlining how he was to acquire Laban’s wealth (Genesis 31). This tells me that the dreamland is a realm of great achievements, a realm that catapults one to dimensions beyond the faculties of human comprehension. Did you know that there are great musicians who composed songs which became a world-wide hit because they received them in a dream? Did you know that there are many prophets who received great prophesies touching the destiny of the masses across the globe because they received them in a dream? Did you also know that  there are many great scholars and prolific authors who wrote books after receiving divinely inspired messages in a dream? Only if you could cultivate and nature your dream life, you will be thrilled at how great doors, breakthroughs and opportunities will stream in your direction, catapulting your spirit to higher realms of the supernatural realm.

    However, it is disheartening to note that outside of the four walls of the local church there are thousands of people who are have a hunger in their heart for supernatural encounters – they want to know what their dreams mean, and sadly because of lack of emphasis of dreams in church, they gravitate towards the supernatural movies, occultic books, and psychic experiences for answers and solutions to explain their dream encounters. The problem is that even dozens of Christians have encounters in dreams yet when they wake up, they are completely lost at sea as to what their dreams meant. It is for this reason that the Bible says in Job 33:14: "For God may speak in one way, or in another, yet man does not perceive it". This means that dreams are one of the means God uses to communicate even though mankind doesn’t fully comprehend the meaning or rationale. This scripture alludes to the unfortunate reality that God does speak and give prophetic direction through dreams and visions, but many people do not perceive it. Owing to lack of revelation, there are dozens of believers who are praying Heaven down and going for elongated periods of fasting to the extent of even begging and cajoling God to answer their prayers concerning their debilitating life circumstances of poverty, debt, sickness and limitation in progress yet God has already answered them in dreams and they did not even know that they already received the answer.

    The greatest challenge is that in our modern world, dreams have been pushed aside where we don’t give them much emphasis. The problem may be that many of us are dismissing our dreams, relegating them to nothing but a figment of human imagination. From the modern psychotherapy  view, scholars attribute dreams to unresolved and emotional issues, deepest longings, and anxieties an individual is not willing to admit about themselves. They contend that to accept the ability to receive knowledge by way of extra-sensory perception in visions and dreams is simply psychotic or neurotic. In the process, they are missing out a lot of the things which God wants to unveil to humanity in the depths of their sleep through dreams. The truth is that dreaming is one of the ways through which God speaks to us, hence if we do not take heed to our dream life, we might find ourselves missing a lot of the things God wants to give us from the spirit realm. Sadly, its only modern men through their misconstrued intellect, logical and worldly wisdom who doesn’t believe that dreams can mean anything more. Do you realize that in the Old Testament, dreams were considered very significant in shaping the prophetic direction and destiny of nations yet in our modern society, we relegate them to something insignificant and unimportant. The truth is that God wants us to be dreamers because He Himself is a dreamer. To attest the reality of this divine truth, consider how he fashioned the world into being by first incubating in the depths of his imagination the exact prototype of the world he wanted and when that vision had fully conceived, he spoke the world into existence.  It is for this reason that we must always develop a quality to be a dreamer of dreams so that we can also learn the spiritual art of creating things from the spirit realm.

    Owing to lack of revelation, many of God’s people are missing what he is telling them because they have no regard for their dreams. The regard dreams as mere psychological illusions which are part of human nature. For example, the great scholars and philosophers Aristotle and Plato, have affected the educational system of the whole world, through their concepts of philosophy and humanism thereby drifting the masses further from the reality of their dreams. Plato taught that you could receive knowledge through three areas: the physical world, the intellect and through what he called divine activity. To us, we understand it to be the activities of the spirit realm but when Aristotle came, he only accepted that knowledge could come only through the intellect. Consequently, in today’s world system, education is based on the fact that knowledge can only come through sense knowledge and the intellect. In the process, they  completely discarded the spirit realm. That is why education is the elimination of spiritual knowledge. It is for this reason that the average educated person regards dreams as something wishy-washy that is nothing significant. They totally ignored the aspect of the spiritual, which is unknown as far as the intellectual man is concerned. This is a grave mistake especially taking into account the fact that a lot of the leadings that we tend to miss in our conscious lives come through our dreams. Therefore, if you would pay attention to the messages that are coming in your dreams, you will not go astray of God’s perfect will.

    This book is an activation tool that will usher you into the realm of operating in prophetic dreams and visions. It will activate you into a place of hearing from God in a clearer way when it comes to dreams and visions. It will catapult you to a prophetic realm, dimension and level where your dreams become solid material that communicates spiritual realities and transforms things in your world. As you inundate your spirit with Throne Room Revelations that are encapsulated in this book, God will activate your dreams and visions such that you will supernaturally connect with him and receive messages that will transform you and the destiny of those around you and the world. Strikingly, while you are still reading this book, you will experience a torrent of overflowing prophetic dreams concerning your life, family, region, city or nation that will revolutionise the destiny of the masses across the globe. The reading of this book will cause you to delve into the realm of God’s metaphorical language to download spiritual solutions to interpret dreams and visions for both yourself and others. Imagine someone in your family, workplace or circle of friends sharing a dream that has impacted them deeply and they are completely lost at sea as to what it means. Imbued with an understanding of the spiritual knowledge of dreams shared in this book, you will be able to unlock the mysteries, clarify the dream and share with them the God-given solution to the dilemma they are facing. Through the reading of this book, you will emerge as a new breed prophetic voice that God will raise up in this generation with a calling to raise up seers and carry a strong prophetic anointing as well as an awesome ability to teach and activate people in the realm of understanding dreams and visions. For this reason, I would like to strongly encourage you to write down your dreams even the most insignificant ones. You will be surprised that many of your dreams tell you about your job, your career, your business decision, your ministry and all the important things that are usually missed in your sphere of contact.

    DEFINITION OF DREAMS AND VISIONS

    What Is A Dream And A Vision?

    This is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: And in the last days it shall be God declares, that I will pour out 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: yea, and on my manservants and my maidservants in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. And I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth beneath, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke; the sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the day of the Lord comes, the great and manifest day. And it shall be that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved  (Acts 2:16).

    In the context of the above scripture, Peter quotes and echoes the prophecy of Joel for the last days as a way to explain the tongue-speaking phenomenon that the people who came to Jerusalem for Pentecost were witnessing. It was a prophecy of the outpouring of the Spirit of God. It is important that we define Dreams and Visions with reference to their original context in Greek, so that we can secure a deeper understanding of these significant divine concepts. There are two Greek words for dreams. One is the word onar, which is the ordinary word for dreams which is only used three times in the Bible in the New Testament. The other Greek word is enupnion which is not the normal word for dream and has only been used once in a negative sense in the New Testament. This is the same word that is used here Acts chapter 2 where it says old man shall dream dreams. This word is so special that it refers to a message, a vision or a spiritual conscious experience of a direction and leading of God in the subconscious stage. Note that in this context, when it says old men shall dream dreams, Paul is talking about those who are spiritually mature in the Lord and not those of age. He is using analogy to speak about spiritual matters in a figurative sense.

    From the usage of the negative sense you could see the fullness and the meaning in the positive. The negative sense is used in Jude verse 8 when Jude talks about those who were like Sodom and Gomorrah who are being given over to sensuous "dreamings" and so defiling the flesh and going about in their own ways. In this context, Peter here is not referring to people who are sleeping but he is talking about people just moving along not knowing what they are doing but just driven along by their flesh.  In other words, they are moving subconsciously and drawing on their own lust. In Jude verse 8, this group of people who were led by the flesh, were led not only consciously but they have reached a point where they were led sub-consciously. Sadly, many people do things subconsciously that is why both our conscious and our subconscious mind need renewal. Our subconscious mind is not the human spirit but a part of our soul that needs renewal by the Word of God. For this reason, we need the Word not only in the conscious mind but we need to get it into our subconscious and get it further down into our spirit. 

    In Order For Us To Secure A Clear Understanding Of What A Dream Is, It Is Imperative That We First Define What A Vision Is Because A Vision Is What Translates Into A Dream When It Gets Into Our Subconscious Realm.

    Definition of A Vision

    A vision is like a supernatural flash, picture or image that is revealed to an individual right in front of his very own eyes as God communicates a message concerning the things that are happening in the supernatural realm. A vision is a very plain, straight forward visual experience and spiritual perception of supernatural realities that is communicated to a person in the natural realm. It is a supernatural picture or snapshot of what God wants you to see, do or become. Metaphorically speaking, a vision is like camera that flashes images about things that you see ahead of you while a dream is like a television that plays a movie or a film where you see yourself participating in events and activities taking place in the spirit world.

    Seeing visions is an integral part of the end time move of the Spirit.The last-days’ movement is mainly characterized by an aspect of seeing, hence Joel prophetically declared, Young man shall see visions and prophesy.The Greek word for vision in the New Testament is the word optasia, which means a sight or vision (Luke 1:22; 24:23; Acts 26:19; 2 Corinthians 12:1). Another word for vision is Horama which connotes to something gazed at, a sight, a thing seen, vision (Matthew 17:9; Acts 9:10,12; 10:3; 18:9). Lastly, another key word for vision is Horasis which refers to a sight, an appearance, seeing (Acts 2:17; Revelation 9:17). In terms of the character of its manifestation, a vision can be manifested through a picture that flashes in our minds, in a cartoon fashion or symbolic representation to covey a figurative or metaphorical message, through a video or movie-like images in the mind’s eye, and through a sense of actually seeing with our natural eyes while fully conscious. A distinctive feature of a vision in comparison to dreams is that a vision comes as a flash or picture during our conscious state. In a vision, one sees into the spirit ream or has perception of the supernatural things. In other words, the natural senses are allowed to experience the invisible realm of the spirit. A vision can be received during times of payer, worship, contemplation and meditation and some other times when we least expect it. They can occur while awake (Daniel 10:7; Acts 9:7) during daylight hours ((Acts 10:3), or in the night while asleep (Genesis 46:2; Numbers 12:6; Job 4:13, Daniel 4). Visions are more literal while dreams are more symbolic in their composition, yet their still require clear and profound interpretation (Acts 10:17). Visions are imprinted on our memory and spirit and at times visons can become so tangible that at times it becomes difficult to distinguish them from real life (Acts 12:9-10).

    There are two main ways through which visions are seen and these are internally and externally. Internal visions are seen with the mind’s eye such that we often think of these visions as dreams (Daniel 7:1). External visions on the other hand are experienced while one is fully awake. These can be seen in three possible ways , which are; through an open heaven experience (Ezekiel 1:1-3; Isaiah 6:1-3; Genesis 26:10; John 1:50-51; Acts 7:55-57). The other ways is through coexisting spiritual realm, in the case of Elisha’s servant, a young prophetic in training whose eyes were opened to the spirit realm so that he could see the army of God. (2 Kings 6:17). The other ways is through the realm of the future, in the case of Daniel and John the Revelator who saw visions of the future with open eyes (Daniel 10:7; Revelations 1:1). The apostle John was given a visual perception of the future such that he compiled and recorded what he saw in the form of a book we call Revelation. God can give you a vision right now but that vision only touches your conscious mind. As that vision grows in you, it becomes a part of your subconscious too. That vision usually is a part of your spirit since it comes from your spirit but what our spirit has does not come out unless it can flow through the soul that is renewed. So, the first time we begin to understand and receive a leading in vision, it is our conscious mind that receives. Spiritually young men who have overcome the devil now receive visions. As they continue walking with God for long, they become spiritually old men whose visions have now sunken into their subconscious so that they now dream dreams. Therefore, when the scripture talks about young men seeing vision and old men dreaming dreams, it alludes to the same vision that is now sunk into the subconscious realm.

    When The Depths Of God’s Leading And Spirit In You Being Received To The Extent That It Comes To The Level Of Your Sub-Conscious, It Translates From A Vision Into A Dream

    Definition of A Dream

    A dream refers to a message, vision or a spiritual conscious experience of a direction and leading of God in the subconscious stage. It speaks about the depths of God’s leading and spirit in you being received to the extent that it comes to the level of your sub-conscious. It is a supernatural suggestion or impression received during sleep or a subconscious state.

    Apply this meaning positively to the scripture of old men dreaming dreams, it speaks about the depths of God’s leading and spirit in you being received to the extent that it comes to the level of your sub-conscious. Note that in our opening scripture above, when he says your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions and your old men shall dream dreams,  the Apostle Peter is specially speaking about the three dimensions of the supernatural which is, prophesying, visions and dreams. That they begin manifestations of prophesying, visions and dreams. This scripture reveals to us the three main dimensions of the Prophetic Stream - prophets, seers and dreamers of dreams. The Prophecy talks about ‘sons and daughters prophesying’ denoting the Prophet, ‘young men seeing visions’ denoting the Seer and ‘old men dreaming dreams’ denoting the Dreamer of dreams.

    The actual Greek definition of the word shall dream dreams is enupniazo enupnion. It’s derived from the word two words combined en and upniazo which means simply something being presented during your subconscious state, which is usually your sleep. So, when we combine these two words together, they have the word enupnion which is a supernatural suggestion or impression received during sleep or a subconscious state. Let me put that statement "Old men dream dreams into that and see how it sounds. It will read as, Old men shall receive supernatural suggestions and impressions during sleep or a sub-conscious state". The whole context talks about the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

    The word translated as dream here is not the ordinary Greek word for dream. The ordinary Greek word for dream as used in Matthew chapter one and chapter two in the life of Joseph and in the wise men life is the word onar, which is the official Greek word for the word dream. Notice that onar has been used for the first dimension and second dimension. The word onar in Matthew one and two refers to Joseph having a dream about this angel coming to him and talking to him. Onar is used even in the second dimension of dreams. But in Acts 2, the word dream is not the word onar  but is the word enupnion which talks about receiving a leading, an impression, a direction, a vision, a spiritual encounter, while in the state of rest. Moreover, the word prophesy is not talking about the office of the prophet but the gift of prophecy which God has freely made available to every believer in Christ. The phrase last days does not speak on a specific day when the Lord will judge the world but rather represent the time from the birth of Jesus Christ until his second coming. The use of the words, "sons and daughters and young men and old men" is a Hebrew parallelism used to show that all people from every demographic, young and old, male and female, will all have access to the outpouring of the spirit, unlike in the old days when only the chosen prophets could hear from God.

    I will pour out 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: yea, and on my manservants and my maidservants in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. (Acts 2:16).

    The above reference scripture is not just talking about merely having a vision, as we know it,  because in the days of Joel and prior days, many young men were having visions and prophesying. So, for it to be prophesied and be said to be possible after God pours out His Spirit upon all flesh in the last days, then it is deeper than it looks. Throughout history, the Holy Spirit has guided God’s people through dreams, visions and prophecy. But according to Acts 2—where Peter quoted the prophet Joel—we are on the verge of a major intensification of this type of activity. In fact, it has already begun. But if God says He is going to increase this form of communication with us as Jesus’ Second Coming nears, then there is nothing wrong with positioning yourself to be a recipient. In fact, in these last days, we are going to hear and see more people operating in the realm of visions, dreams and prophesying. As we experience the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, this grace is going to be executed to higher degree and alarming magnitude. That’s what God is going to do in these last days. What is prophesied is that God will pour His Spirit upon His people.

    I will pour out 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: yea, and on my manservants and my maidservants in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. (Acts 2:16).

    Note that the above scripture specially and categorically mentions sons and daughters, young

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