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I believe that God uses dreams to speak to people. Two prominent people in the Bible were given the meaning of dreams by the revelation of God. The first was Daniel who told King Nebuchadnezzar the dream that he could not remember and the interpretation.
Dan 2:26 The king asked Daniel (Belteshazzar) a question. He said, "Are you able to tell me about my dream, and what it means?"
Dan 2:27 Daniel answered, "King Nebuchadnezzar, no wise man, no man who does magic, and no Chaldean could tell the king the secret things he has asked about.
Dan 2:28 But there is a God in heaven who tells secret things. God has given King Nebuchadnezzar dreams to show him what will happen later. This was your dream, and this is what you saw while lying on your bed:
Dan 2:31 "King, in your dream you saw a large statue in front of you that was very large and shiny. It was very impressive.
You can read more in the Bible about this. The second man who was given the meaning of dreams was Joseph in Egypt. This time the Pharaoh remembered the dream, but could not interpret it.
Gen 41:15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I had a dream, and no one can explain it for me. I heard that you can explain dreams when someone tells you about them."
Gen 41:16 Joseph answered, "I cannot! But God can explain the dream for you, Pharaoh."
Joseph being wise and used of God was promoted to second in command in Egypt and saved the land from a coming famine.
There were other people who were warned of things in a dream. Joseph had a dream to take Mary and baby Jesus to Egypt to escape the wrath of King Herod. The wise men were told in a dream to depart from Bethlehem another way, because of King Herod. God eventually had an angel kill the arrogant king Herod.
Act 12:22 The people shouted, "This is the voice of a god, not a man!"
Act 12:23 Herod did not give the glory to God. So an angel of the Lord caused him to get sick. He was eaten by worms inside him, and he died.
The Lord or his angel spoke to me in a dream as I lay weakened in a hospital room. "If you do not drink water you will die" Strength immediately came to me and I set up in bed and drank a glass of water. Before this I was without strength. This touch from God changed my life. I began to tell everyone I saw that God is able to help them, only believe. Let us give God all the glory.
Amo 5:14 Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said.
Amo 5:15 Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Israel was in deep trouble because of their wickedness and spiritual adultery. God does not change, he is good and he loves justice and mercy. He expects the same from his chosen people. We were created in the image of God, sin had separated us. As a loving father, the LORD will chastise his children if they refuse to obey him; he will allow them to be taken in exile. Still, he watches over his people until the time of their redemption.
Psa 34:14 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Psa 34:15 The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry.
Psa 34:16 The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
Psa 34:17 When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.
In the fullness of time, the LORD sent forth a deliverer. Jesus is the deliverer, rejected by the Jews he opened salvation to all people. This is the church, the gathering of the Gentiles with some of the Jews. At the Lords second coming Israel will be saved.
Rom 11:25 Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
Rom 11:26 And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, “The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”;
Rom 11:27 “and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins.”
These are perilous times and the Lord is calling people to repentance and to himself for the forgiveness of sins. The hope of the world is in coming to Jesus Christ. We can only do good by the presence of the Lord in our life.
Exo 33:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend...
Moses was one of the most humble of men and the LORD had chosen him to lead his people out of bondage. Moses would hear from God to do what he was to do, as he knew in himself he could do nothing. His dependence on God and his humility resulted in a personal relationship to the LORD. He spoke unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend...
Jesus was sent by his Father to earth to redeem a people from the bondage of sin and to make them adopted sons of God. Jesus is the Living Word of God. Through the redemption in Jesus and the word of God, the Bible, we see the truth of God. We know enough to be saved from sin. The Bible shows us who we are like a mirror to our soul.
1Co 13:9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
1Co 13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
1Co 13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
1Co 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
We are given spiritual understanding through a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.
2Co 3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
2Co 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
As we understand more we are becoming more like Jesus.
1Jn 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
1Jn 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
When we are with Jesus in our glorified bodies we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. We will be in a new dimension of being with him and we shall understand the things of God who loves us. We have nothing to fear in Jesus.
For those who have loved ones who have died believing in Jesus, there is the hope of resurrection and eternal life. The Bible is quite clear about this wonderful promise.
1Co 15:42 So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable.
1Co 15:43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
1Co 15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
1Co 15:45 Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
1Co 15:46 But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual.
1Co 15:47 The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven.
1Co 15:48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven.
1Co 15:49 Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.
The first Adam was of the earth, a man of dust who sinned. Jesus, the second Adam is from heaven, a life-giving Spirit who never sinned. Come to Jesus who has removed your sin by his atonement sacrifice. He died and on the third day he arose to give to you an incorruptible inheritance.
1Co 15:54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
The dreaded meeting of Jacob and Esau turned out good. Esau tells his brother Jacob to follow him to his land in Seir, Jacob replies that you go ahead and we will catch up with you.
Gen 33:12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
Gen 33:13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
Gen 33:14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
Gen 33:15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
Gen 33:16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
The land of Seir is on a mountain between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba, south east of the land that was promised to Israel. Jacob instead, journeyed to Shechem that was in the center of what is now Israel.
Gen 33:17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
Gen 33:18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.
Gen 33:19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.
Gen 33:20 And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel. ("the mighty God of Israel")
Jacob was the inheritor of the promises of God concerning a promised land. He returned to this place willed to him by the promise of God to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Once again he had deceived his brother Esau, but he was where he was supposed to be. Following Esau away from God's promise was not in the plan of God for him. Sometimes we must make difficult decisions. We may be tempted to go outside of God's plan in order to please someone else, but that is not wise. Our blessings come from obeying God. Did Jacob sin by lying to Esau? I think that any decision we make should be brought to the LORD. He may change our direction. He may speak to us in a dream or even words of an angel. We should take all of our decisions to the LORD for His final approval. We must listen and follow the LORD who gives us peace.
1Co 10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
1Co 10:17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
The English Standard Version uses the word "participation" in place of communion.
1Co 10:16 The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?
1Co 10:17 Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.
We partake of the wine and the bread which are symbols or metaphors,with a deeper spiritual meaning. The wine represents the blood of Christ shed for the believer's sins and the bread represents the torn body of Christ, who was our substitute atonement for sins. The church is spiritually the body of Christ, actually the spiritual bride of Christ. He often talked in parables because people could not receive the plain truth.
Joh 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Joh 6:52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
Joh 6:53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
Joh 6:54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Joh 6:55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
Joh 6:56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
Joh 6:57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
Joh 6:58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
Paul shares the story of the Last Supper.
1Co 11:23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
1Co 11:24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
1Co 11:25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
1Co 11:26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
This is for believers in Jesus Christ and not for ones who do not believe in him. Unless you believe, you cannot receive the forgiveness of your sins. He came to bring you to God the Father, for he paid the price for your sins. Come now.
To the tune: KUM BA YAH
O Lord!
Someones lonely Lord, give him friends,
Someones lonely Lord, give him friends,
Someones lonely Lord, give him friends...
O Lord, give him friends
Someones fighting Lord, give him peace,
Someones fighting Lord, give him peace,
Someones fighting Lord, give him peace...
O Lord, give him peace.
Someones hating Lord. give him love,
Someones hating Lord. give him love,
Someones hating Lord. give him love...
O Lord, give him love.
Someones doubting Lord, give him faith,
Someones doubting Lord, give him faith,
Someones doubting Lord, give him faith...
O Lord give him faith.
We are living Lord, help us care,
We are living Lord, help us care,
We are living Lord, help us care...
O Lord, help us care.
I found this hymn in the Hymn Book, next to the hymn: Peace Like A River. Jesus gives us peace, love, faith and we are his friends when we do his will. He wants us to be friends to those we know and to invite them to trust in Jesus who will forgive our sins and give to us an eternal hope. You are my friend and friends help friends. In Jesus we are friends forever.
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