Ways God Spoke To People In The Bible

Some phrases the NIV uses for "dreams" are: vision at night, vision of the night, vision in the night, during the night had a vision, dream one night, dreams in the night. If there are others, I don't really remember.

These are some of the Bible references of when God spoke to people in dreams. There probably are more.

What I learned is God speaks to all sorts of people in dreams. They do not have to be Christians. God can speak directly to the person, or He can use those like angels. He sometimes speaks directly to that person, but that person can also be a messenger.

• Genesis 37 (Joseph's Dream), 40 (Joseph Interprets the Cupbearer & the Baker's dreams), 41 (Pharaoh's Dream)
• Judges 7:9 (during the night - in Gideon's sleep, the Lord spoke to Gideon to give him instruction on how to attack the Midians)
• I Kings 3:15 (Solomon asks for wisdom and God gives him the answer in a dream)
• I Chronicles 17 (God spoke to Nathan in the night, in his sleep by giving Nathan a Word about His promise to David)
• Isaiah 1 (a vision concerning Judah & Jerusalem that Isaiah's son, Amoz, saw), 6 (Isaiah's commission)
• Daniel 2 (Nebuchadnezzar's Dream)
• Ezekiel 1 & 3 (Ezekiel seeing visions from God)
• Zechariah 1 (Zechariah had a vision while he was sleeping)
• Matthew 1:20-24 (an angel appeared to Joseph in a draem regarding Mary)
• Acts 16:9-10 (Paul has a vision of the Man of Macedonia)
• Revelation 1 (John sees revelations from God)

Dreams From The Holy Spirit - 12 Basic Categories

1. Dreams of Destiny
2. Dreams of Edification - "feel good dreams", full of revelation & produce hope
3. Dreams of Exhortation - Courage & often have a sense of urgency. Challenge us to take action. Instill faith!
4. Dreams of Comfort - Heal our emotions & memories. Heavenly perspective on earthly situations to receive healing.
5. Dreams of Correction - Personal changes to our character. Speaks to heart issues. Brings about repentence (not condemning, rather conviction) in order to move forward.
6. Dreams of Direction - Higher level of revelation & very prophetic in nature.
7. Dreams of Instruction - Teaching dreams.
8. Dreams of Cleansing - Christ prepares the bride. Sanctification. Flushing dreams.
9. Dreams That Reveal The Heart - Dreams of self-disclosure or self-condition. Shows where we presently are with God.
10. Dreams of Spiritual Warfare - Calls us to prayer. Intercessory type dreams may require fasting & worship.
11. Dreams of Creativity - Involves things like designs, inventions, & new ways of doing things. God often gives these types of dreams to Artists & Musicians.
12. Dreams With Impartation - Activate any of the gifts of the Spirit.

Meanings of Colors in Dreams

White: (+) Spirit of the Lord, holy power; (-) religious spirit
Red: (+) widsom, anointing, power; (-) anger, war
Green: (+) conscience, growth, prosperity; (-) envy, jealousy, pride
Blue: (+) communion, revelation; (-) depression, sorrow, anxiety
Yellow: (+) mind, hope, gift of God; (-) fear, coward, intellectual pride
Cyan: (+) will, perseverance; (-) strong-willed
Magenta: (+) emotions, love; (-) hate
Gold/Amber: (+) holy, purity, glory; (-) idolatry, defilement, licentiousness
Orange: (+) perseverance; (-) stubbornness, strong-willed
Silver: (+) redemption; (-) legalism, slavery, domination
Brown: (+) compassion, humility; (-) humanism
Purple: (+) authority, royalty; (-) false authority, licentiousness

Meaning of Numbers

1 - God
2 - Multiplication/Division
3 - Godhead (TRIUNE GOD)
4 - God's creative works
5 - Grace/Redemption/Anointing
6 - Man (humanity)
7 - Perfection/Completion/Fullness
8 - New Beginnings (TEACHER)
9 - Judgment (EVANGELIST)
10 - Journey/Wilderness/Nurture (PASTOR)
11 - Transition/standing in gap (PROPHET)
12 - Government (APOSTLE)
13 - Rebellion
14 - Double anointing
15 - Reprieve/mercy
16 - Established new beginnings
17 - Elect of God
25 - Begin ministry training
30 - Begin ministry
37 - First born/prime number (3 x 37 = 111)
40 - Generational & completed rule
50 - Jubilee
111 - My Beloved Son
120 - End of flesh
153 - Kingdom Multiplication
666 - Full of lawlessness
888 - Resurrection
1500 - Light, power, authority (same equivalent)

Dream Categories

There are 20 Dream Categories:

• Body
• Calling
• Chemical
• Correction
• Courage
• Dark
• Deliverance
• Direction
• False
• Fear
• Flushing
• Healing
• Intercession
• Inventions
• Prophecy & Revelation
• Self-Condition
• Spiritual Warfare
• Soul
• Warning
• Word of Knowledge

Authors Of This Blog

The authors of this blog have taken some training in Biblical Dream Interpretation and some have more training than others. We are learning how to be led by the Holy Spirit to interpret the dreams we have and the dreams of others.

Everyone has dreams (those things we see while we are asleep).

If you want a dream interpretted, you may post it as a comment, but depending upon the authors, they may or may not interpret the dream based upon time, resources, etc. And, there could be multiple meanings for dreams.

You may post comments to this site, but they are all moderated, meaning if you use profanity or language that is undesired for this site, those comments and/or words will be deleted.

This blog is to edify, encourage, and to be supportive.

There are resources (sites, books, audios, DVDs) that are both free and for sale from other sites that can help you as you learn how to interpret dreams.