NeWine Pouring was one of the few Christian dream interpretation websites for quite some time when we first launched 16 years ago. Supporting an emphasis on seeking the Father rather than knowing and memorizing symbolism to unravel the mystery, of prophetic dreams. For the longest time my article called: What Windows Mean in Dreams, was on the top of the index for searches seeking out biblical symbolism. Hundreds of thousands of dreamers searching for answers to their window dreams, and other dream scenarios visited NeWinePouring.com’s dream journal website, that was birthed out of an open eye vision in 2007. Eventually, the internet became inundated with the subject of dream interpretation both secular and Christian alike.

While I’m glad that the Body of Christ is filling up the vacuum of void left wide open on this subject for such a long time, NeWinePouring.com still advocates engaging the Holy Spirit first, rather than relying solely upon the knowledge of symbolism, that some Christian sites seem to do. Isaiah 8:19 admonishes the believer to seek out the living God for answers rather than wizards that peep and mutter. I think the same can be said for a deck of symbol cards and brochures that are not leading people directly to the one who created dreams in the first place. I believe the whole point of receiving a coded mystery from our creator, is to compel us into a search that opens dialogues with Him. All our dreamers in the Bible engaged with God regarding their dreams whether they were of His people or not, even if they needed compelled to do so, through one who knew the living God. Whether He was the first they sought out or not, He was the source to go to when all was said and done.  Another reason why not to become a symbolism expert (even though we do cover symbolism which has merit, on the website) is to not neglect the opportunity dreams and visions give us to seek the Lord or take the motivation from others to do so. Because the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth that is there to help us to thoroughly process prophetic encounters like wheat is processed on the threshing floor. Which is the whole point of it all, where the gifts to interpret are given. Regardless, if it takes fasting and prayer or an overnight dream of your own to obtain understanding, (which I have experienced) or a split-second revelation, all of it is Holy Spirit dependent if it is a dream from God. 

Outside of the Father, in understanding parallels and prophetic paradigms, how is reading symbolism anymore different than reading tea leaves or omens? The spirit of prophecy is the revelation of Jesus Christ. He is the living Word and therefor interpretation is alive and revelatory, that comes from within a spirit filled believer. Not from without.

John 7: 28  In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believes on me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spoke he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive, for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

Daniel in the book of Daniel and Joseph in Genesis 39-40 are examples of those in relationship with the Father in regard to understanding dreams and visions, not to mention the apostles and prophets in the book of Acts.

A symbolism known that fits in the mystery will bear witness with the interpreter as they are interpreting the dream. Interpreting dreams generates out of the gift of wisdom, the word of knowledge, and the gift of prophecy. These are gifts of the Spirit operating through Spirit filled believers when mysteries are presented to us or spoken to us in the language of our dreams. That language can be so specific to us that general knowledge of dream symbolism won’t have any value. People attempt to interpret dreams outside of Christ and while it may ring a bell of truth, the fact that it is not done by an enablement of the Spirit, voids its legitimate purpose by redirecting or rerouting people away from the Father. Believers, who come out of a culture steeped in tradition who use symbolism out of superstition or new age resources are in danger of entertaining familiar spirits, and the spirit of divination. I’ve had more than a few instances where I heard a dream interpretation that didn’t bear witness with me and each time, I found that the interpreter, though a Christian, was relying upon learned superstitions or memorized symbolisms. Many believers regarding signs and omens and interpreting dreams (by use of symbolism alone) have opened themselves up to familiar spirits. Those well versed in that find it hard to lay it down; however, to continue operating in that spirit is a work of the flesh called witchcraft.

Roman’s 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

The mysteries of God, in dreams, visions, tongues, and prophetic signs, or symbolism, need unwrapped from their mystery by the gift of wisdom and interpretation that God gives His servants.

Anyone has the capacity to dream a dream, the lost and saved alike. That is not exceptional. Dreams are like the husk that carries the grain of  wheat. The husk is not what is extraordinary. What is extraordinary is the skill and wisdom it takes to remove the kernel of grain from the husk, that separates the chaff from the wheat. This is what the Spirit of the Lord is referring to in Jeremiah 23 where He calls the kernel (come from the husk) the oracle of God. The thresher who threshes, rightly dividing the word of truth, and the winnower that winnows through the raw material for the hidden grain, does so out of the craftsmanship of God,  only comes from a relationship with Him. What they are doing is extracting the ingredients that bring us bread. Yeshuah is the bread of life. The hidden manna. The Body of Christ is the only authority on earth that has the ability and enablement to rightly divide the word of God, to break the bread of life and feed it to the nations.

God speaks to mankind in parables. The Church unfolds those mysteries in plain speech because the Revelation of Jesus Christ is the Spirit of Prophecy. In other words it will testify of Him. The Church is called by God to make known to the world the manifold grace of God by the wisdom of the Holy Spirit. Who leads and guides us into all truth. Ephesians 4

Daniel 2:28 … However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days. This was your dream and the visions in your mind while on your bed …

Jeremiah 33:3 ‘Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’

“I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’ How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart, who try to make My people forget My name by their dreams which everyone tells his neighbor, as their fathers forgot My name for Baal.