EPISODE 666 – HEARING GOD’S VOICE 17 – How Do I Hear God’s Voice? 12 — MORE ON VISIONS, DREAMS AND TRANCES 3

HEARING GOD’S VOICE 17 –

How Do I Hear God’s Voice? 12 — MORE ON VISIONS, DREAMS AND TRANCES 3

“And he said, “Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream. Not so with my servant Moses. He is faithful in all my house. With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

Numbers 12:6-8 (ESV)

Dreams are projected images and imaginary transactions or deep thoughts which engage the soul and the mind of a person while asleep. While a vision is an evocative impression.

Dreams often happen while a person is in his sleep. However, a vision may happen both in a sleep or while awake.

Vision is a relevational imprint of images in the mind of a person which articulates a hidden event or situation.

There are times when a vision and a dream may happen together.

“But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these“ Daniel 2:28 (KJV).

The Prophet Daniel reveals here that Nebuchadnezzar on his bed had both a dream and a vision. There are times when people are not able to tell whether what they’ve had is a dream or a vision. Mainly because the vision they had happened while they were sleeping. These may be called a NIGHT VISION.

A night vision is not necessarily a vision you have at night. A night vision is a prophetic term for the kind of vision which happens between the time one is awake and asleep. This may happen within a second of time but in your mind it might have lasted for hours. Because the unseen realm transcends time.

Sometimes while you are coming out of a dream and about to be fully awake, your inner man captures another image or a scene and a spiritual experience. This may also be referred to as a night vision.

When you understand these prophetic experiences you will be able to have the right understanding and interpretation.

God uses these means to help you perceive an unseen phenomenon.

“And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.” Numbers 12:6 (KJV)

This wasn’t just an “Old Testament” experience:

Considering who Paul the apostle was before he was converted to Christ, it would have taken nothing less than a vision for Ananias to receive him.

God had to speak to Ananias through a vision:

“And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth” Acts 9:10-11 (KJV)

God still communicates through visions but ultimately through His word. Every vision must be consistent with the knowledge of His Word.