Prophetic Dreams Visions 1 God has a Language

Prophetic Dreams & Visions 1. God has a Language 2. Various kinds of Dreams and Visions 3. Prophetic Visions 4. Interpreting a Vison 5. Prophetic Dreams 6. Interpreting a Dream 7. Practical Examples 1

Prophetic Dreams & Visions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. God has a Language The Bible in totality is a Prophetic Message to Believers Only those who believes that God Exists, and the He wants to speak to His Children, will be able to truly understand the Bible Heb 11: 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. And God has a Language that He speaks, and we need to get to know that Language. It is a Language full of Symbolism – and examples / Parables – trying to explain a Spiritual Truth using a Physical example as a Symbol THUS: if you don’t understand what the Physical elements really stand for, you will struggle to understand the Prophetic Message God is trying to convey to His Children. Jesus explained the reason for this in Mat 13: 10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? Mat 13: 11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. Mat 13: 12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Mat 13: 13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. Mat 13: 14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: Mat 13: 15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. Mat 13: 16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. Mat 13: 17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. THUS: Unless you come to Jesus in Faith – and ask Him to open your eyes of understanding, and touch your heart and your ears so you can hear and believe and receive, you will struggle to fully understand receive the Word of God for you, and the message He is trying to convey… See also Joh 6: 25 onwards, John 8: 42 -47 & John 14: 17 – Where Jesus said specifically that no one can receive the Holy Spirit nor Hear the Words of God, if they don’t believe and love God the Father, and receives Him, and also believe and receive the One whom He has sent… (i. e. Jesus)… In John 14 -16 Jesus says that He will now also send the Holy Spirit only to those that believe and receives Him and the Father. The world cannot receive Him… 2

Prophetic Dreams & Visions Various kinds of Dreams and Visions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. There is a major difference between: Worldly / Fleshly, Satanic Dreams & Visions and Godly / Prophetic Visions Worldly / Fleshly visions – are mostly “wishful thinking” or “Day dreaming” and “Wild Imaginations” – in that people will stir up a vision in their minds of what they think should or could happen, etc… Lots of your Motivational Speakers will make use of this area, in trying to get you to believe that you can be more than who you are today. BUT: if it is not of God, be careful of it… It can be positive or negative. And it can even come true in some instances. I remember a saying from my childhood days that I saw on the wall in one of our classes – saying “Dreams will come true if you wake up” – Meaning if you put your dreams (or visions) into Practice, and make work of those “day dreaming visions”, you can make it come true eventually. . And even make a success of it… But most of those fleshly visions – are just empty images and/or words that usually leads to nothing. Like a New Year’s Resolution – it usually comes to nothing… Satanic Dreams & Visions – on the other hand, are being instigated from the forces of darkness. And come to a person in many forms and ways… At first they “seem harmless” – and we sometimes just make it off as “my own imagination that is running away with me”. Or we get Premonitions – in various ways… But it isn’t really a case of my “own imagination” actually – these are very often the devil trying to place fear and doubt in our hearts and minds, and when we start speaking those words of doubt and fear, we actually take the devil’s plans, and start speaking it into being… ‘Cause our minds are always having pictures running through our minds – good and bad. And when we start “seeing” bad things is going to happen, and we start speaking them, then it is the enemy instigating things, and planning things, and is just waiting for someone to speak it out, and give him the “permission” to put his plans into being… Then there also the real Satanic Visions, that people on drugs normally experience and people sold out into witchcraft, like shongomas, and witch doctors, and freemasons, and mediums etc…etc. . And they think this is real Spiritual – and Supernatural, and they make other people feel like they aren’t spiritual, and that you need them to tell your future, etc. . But that is all from the spirits of darkness. None of that is true or from God. . It is twisted lies, and deception, and the bible clearly states, that we must not search these people out, nor go to them. As it is all Demonic of nature, and in the end it will destroy their lives. It is all part of Divination !!! People playing with the glass on a table that the spirits move around answer your questions etc, (wigi-boards) and tarot cards, Astrology, and communicating with your angels, etc…is all part of Divination. Those visons are from Darkness, and lies, and twisting the truth. Make it seem or look right, but is all one big mess. Stay away from it, and come away from under it, if you, or your family was ever involved in things like that, confess it to God, and Repent from it, Renounce yourself from it all. Command those Spirits to leave your life. . !!! As it will impact your life. Many marriages broke up because of this… As it does not carry God’s blessing, instead all of that will bring a curse into your life. And the purpose of a Curse is Destruction !!! You can only Break that curse with the Blood of Jesus. Through receiving His Love and Forgiveness, and to be filled with the Holy Spirit…!!! As Jesus took all that deception on the cross with Him – and dealt with it all. He overcame it all, and IN HIM we have VICTORY OVER IT ALL !!! 3 Hallelujah !!!

Prophetic Dreams & Visions Prophetic Visions 1. Prophetic Visions – are Visions of HOPE, and Love, and upliftment…!! 2. And you can only have true Godly Prophetic Visions, when you are Holy Spirit Filled. It functions as part of the 9 Gifts of the Holy Spirit – 1 Cor 12. 3. And when you receive a Prophetic Vision you will immediately feel that you actually Need Faith in order to believe what you have just seen…!! 4. But it will also be visions you don’t always understand at first as to what you just saw. It will work like a parable – you get a picture, and you need to determine the deeper meaning of that picture in order to be able to decipher it, in order to get the revelation. 5. THUS: you need to really take note of them, write them down, and ask God for the interpretation in order to fully get the message. 6. It doesn’t come naturally or easily – only through practice, and taking notice of it. 7. BUT: the benefit of it – is when you start understanding the symbolism, and how God Speaks, etc, you will eventually get to a point where you won’t be able to function if you haven’t received a vision from God first. 8. You won’t be able to make a proper decision without a vision. !! 9. NOTE: Not every vision you receive is necessarily for other people. 10. Many times these Visions you receive is actually for you first. 11. Only with time, you will receive visions and prophetic messages for other people. 12. As God actually wants to speak to you first, and change your life first for His Glory & Honor, before He will release you into the Prophetic in order to help other people. 13. But as a Holy Spirit Filled Believer, you can receive a Prophetic Vision for someone else, when you ask Him for one, at any time. It is available for you… Make use of it…!!! 4

Gifts of the Holy Spirit Tongues Interpretation of Tongues Prophecy Inspirational Gifts Flows into GOD the SOURCE Discerning of Spirits Word of Knowledge Word of Wisdom Revelation Gifts Faith Gifts of Healings Working of Miracles Power Gifts Howard Carter – Questions & Answers on Spiritual Gifts Lester Sumrall – The Gifts and Ministries of the Holy Spirit PD Le Roux – Die Heilige Gees in aksie vandag 5

Prophetic Dreams & Visions Interpreting Prophetic Visions 1. In order to be able to Interpret a Prophetic Vision you need to remember a few things: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Take note of every detail in the vision Make sure that it is a God given vision, and not from the flesh, or that some or other dark spirit is behind it all… In other words – how does the vision make you feel? ? Fear, Guilt, Condemned, feel like nothing is going to come from it, Or is it uplifting, require Faith and trust and help from God to understand / interpret it Does it have symbolism from the Word – like a sword, or a key or water, or something about nature in it. . etc 2. Write every symbol down – and leave some space next to it so you can write the meaning(s) of each individual symbol 3. Look at the direction of each character and subject 4. Take note of the colors, how many there are, repetitions, etc… 5. Then once you have listed them all, wait on God, to give you the interpretation of each individual symbol, number, object, etc… 6. Then draw a line, and then just start to write what you sense is the meaning of that prophetic vision 7. EX: I saw plastic bags blowing in the wind, and stepping stones and heard the Church Bell ring 8. THUS: I wrote down: 1. Plastic bags Could be empty vessel(s) 2. Blown by the wind Wind – breath of the Holy Spirit 3. Stepping stones Something to direct my path, to step on, to follow, etc. . 4. Church bell ringing Church – Bell Indicating Time for something ====================================== Meaning: It is TIME, to STEP OUT, and be LED by the HOLY SPIRIT… 6

Prophetic Dreams & Visions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Prophetic Dreams I have found is often for myself, where as visions are often for other people And the reason was – when I’m asleep, God can speak to me, and I’m not really interfering in the dream, I just go with it… Whereas with a Vision, I often question it, or I don’t want to just go with it, and see where the vision is going…etc. . Especially if it is for myself – then I often don’t want to take it serious. But my dreams I tend to take more note of them… Then I came across AMI – and their “Way of Dreams & Visions book”, and I saw the way they broke it down, and that made me think about my dreams a bit more… i. e. They classify dreams in the following groups/categories: 1. Healing Dreams A Dream of coming free of some or other bondage, or stepping out victorious out of a situation that used to bind you in the past, etc… 2. “Garbage” / Cleansing Dreams that usually doesn’t make any sense, and is just a lot of images, and emotions, etc. That is a process of cleaning out your emotions, and thinking, and/or all the worldly issues, and stuff you heard and listened to, etc… It is everything coming out in our dreams that your inner / spirit man is trying to process of what it received. 3. Internal Dreams A Dream of where you are the center of the dream – the star – and all the characters and emotions etc evolves around you. These are normally situations, or People from the Past and the Present. And every thing has a meaning. Normally this is God’s way of speaking to you about something about the present or the past and what you need to focus on, or to give you insight as to where something started, or how to handle a situation, etc… 4. Internal Prophetic Dreams These are Dreams also about you, and you are still the star in the dream, but it is more for the future, of something to come. Could be a Warning that you need to give attention to, or something to prepare for, or just God wanting to give you Hope, and Comfort you that He is with you. . etc. . These will be having symbols in that is normally coming from the Word, and what you don’t normally understand, and need God’s interpretation of them… 5. External Prophetic Dreams These Dream are where you just watch and see how something plays off, but you have no influence or say or part in the dream itself. You are standing on the outside just looking. These are Prophetic dreams generally for the Church. A message God wants to share with the Church. And the symbols will be Prophetic symbols, and not always something you will understand. These dreams could potentially be for another person, but it could also be for a group of people. 7

Prophetic Dreams & Visions Interpreting Prophetic Dreams 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Again, follow the same pattern as for Interpreting Prophetic Visions But also, first identify what category your dream falls in first… If it is the normal Internal Dreams – where all the characters and symbols is “familiar” to you – then know this dream isn’t for someone else. This is a message for you about something you need to take note of, and some or other action is required from you… Thus: every person in your dream will have some or other connection to you, and you need to determine what that person stands for in your life. Do they represent maybe bitterness, or sickness, or joy, or Faith, or Hope, or Love, etc, then that is an area in your life that God wants you to take note of. If it is for instance your spouse you dream of – then that could mean your relationship with Jesus, or the Holy Spirit. If it is a parent you are dreaming of, it could be about your relationship with God the Father / The Parent. Siblings, cousins, friends and co-workers or class mates, normally is about characteristics, and associations etc that you need to take note of. And then things like and old school, or bedroom, or house you grew up in, etc, has specific meanings, and messages, and so forth THUS: Again, write every symbol down, and what is the meaning to you, and then take it from there You will get deeper insight into your dreams as you journal them, and eventually you will start seeing a pattern, and get to identify, if I dream of this person or that person, it is God telling me to take note of that specific subject…etc. . As for the Prophetic dreams, treat them like you do with normal Prophetic visions, and wait on God for the meanings of each symbol. Doesn’t mean you can’t look up some dream books. But make sure it is a Holy Spirit Filled Prophetic dream book, and not just any dream book. The world & the Flesh adds different meanings to a symbol than what God adds to it. And the world and spirits of darkness has a tendency of twisting and deceiving anything that is from God. So be careful !!! ***** AMEN ***** 8