Seeing the Voice of God: What God Is Telling You through Dreams and Visions (20 page)

thief:
Satan, or one of his spirits sent to steal from you (John 10:10a; Prov. 29:24)

thigh:
a covenant between two people in biblical times (Gen. 24:9)

thirst:
spiritual thirst for Living Water, Jesus (Matt. 5:6; John 4:14)

thorns:
trials (2 Cor. 12); life’s cares choking our faith (Mark 4:18–19)

throne:
the seat of God’s authority (Isa. 66:1; Rev. 7:10)

thunder:
like God’s voice (Job 40:9; 1 Sam. 2:10); God’s anger (Job 36:33
NLT
)

tick:
life itself is in the blood (
Lev
. 
17:11a
), so a tick denotes something draining it

ticket:
a coming journey or entrance into a new place in life (Exod. 33:10)

tidal wave:
overwhelming conflict (2 Sam. 22:5); see hurricane, floods

tiger:
may represent a sudden, surprise attack (
Prov
. 
29:25
)

tightrope:
having to watch one’s steps to avoid danger (Ps. 119:133)

tin:
the worthless dross and debris of one’s life (Isa. 1:25
KJV
)

tires:
“where the rubber meets the road”; if flat, shows inconvenience (
Acts
 
17:28a
)

toilet:
the most vulnerable and susceptible of all positions we can be in when it is in use (Job 36:7)

tongue:
decides your future; holds the power of life and death (Prov. 18:21; James 3:4–5)

toothpaste:
the need to clean one’s mouth, speech, attitude (
Matt
. 
15:11
)

tornado:
a warning of coming danger or attack and a call to pray (Ps. 55:8
NASB
)

towel:
service and humility (John 13:4)

track:
a race you are in (1 Cor. 9:25); see running

tractor:
brings greater and faster return for your spiritual sowing; see cars and farm

traffic light:
life direction—red: stop / yellow: caution / green: go; see road signs

train:
speed and connection

trap:
could indicate a coming, hidden snare in life (Prov. 29:25)

treasure chest:
hidden prizes, awards and spiritual jewels (
Matt
. 
13:52
ISV
)

trees:
nations (Ezek. 31:14); people (Dan. 4:20–22; Matt. 13:31–32; Ps. 52:8)

triplets:
a coming triple blessing or a triple alliance of friends (
Eccles
. 
4:12
)

troops:
see army, soldiers (Mic. 5:1)

trophy:
may represent a coming award or convey God’s recognition (
Rom
. 
2:6
;
2
 
Tim
. 
4:8
)

truck:
ministry or a corporate move of God, varying by size of truck; see car

trumpet:
celebration or praise (Ps. 98:6); a call to war (Amos 3:6)

tug-of-war:
a competition; pray for peace with person shown (
Eph
. 
6:12
NIV
)

tulips:
speech and your “two lips”; see mouth, tongue

tumor:
may be a literal call to prayer; removal of a bad personal growth (
Eph
. 
4:16
)

turban:
righteousness (Job 29:14)

turtle:
slow, withdrawn; spirit of stupor; cautious; protected; safe; steady (
James
 
1:19
)

twins:
the double-portion anointing on your life (2 Kings 2:9; Job 42:10)

two cents:
a worthless opinion; small acts of obedience seen by God (Mark 12:42; Luke 12:6)

umbilical cord:
a connection to life and spiritual nourishment (
Col
. 
2:19
)

umbrella:
personal covering or protection in life’s storms (
Ps
. 
27:5
)

umpire:
advocate, moderator and referee, maybe a leader or good friend (Job 16:19
NIV
)

uniform:
conformity or unity (2 Sam. 20:8
ISV
)

universe:
God’s eternal creativity (Heb. 11:3; Eph. 4:10)

upstairs:
the 2nd heaven where we do spiritual warfare prayer; see building levels

vacation:
refreshment and rest (
Heb
. 
4:10
)

vacuum:
while in use, shows the need to remove dirt from object or person shown (
Lev
. 
22:5
)

vampires:
someone who sucks the life out of you (
Lev
. 
17:11a
); see tick

vault:
see safe

vegetables:
a healthy spiritual diet; see food

veil:
something that is being hidden (Ps. 139:15)

vein:
contains the blood, or the life (Lev. 17:11a); see vampire

vertigo:
being out of balance or off-balance (
2
 
Cor
. 
8:13
GW
)

village:
a community or group of people close to you (Eph. 2:19; Luke 9:56)

vine:
Jesus is the vine, we are the branches, and in Him we bear fruit (John 15:5)

vineyard:
the world is God’s—the Vinedresser’s—vineyard (Isa. 5:1; Matt. 21:28)

vitamins:
a supplement to your spiritual diet, i.e., teaching, etc. (
3
 
John
 
2
)

voices:
God’s voice always brings peace; Satan’s will bring fear or confusion (John 10:27)

vomit:
ridding yourself of upsetting things; also, compared to foolishness (2 Pet. 2:22)

voodoo
doll:
a symbol of witchcraft and curses being spoken over you (pray Prov. 26:2)

vultures:
unclean, impure and ravaged (Prov. 30:17)

wading:
experimenting; testing the waters (Ezek. 47:4)

wagons:
used by pioneers in trailblazing; a pioneering spirit (Ps. 65:11
ESV
)

waiter:
someone who serves spiritual food; may be a deacon (Acts 6:2–6)

waking:
a need for spiritual awakening (Rom. 13:11)

wallet:
wealth or finances (Prov. 7:20
NLT
)

war:
see battle

warehouse:
a symbolic place where God stores up and then distributes to us (Job 38:22–23)

warlock:
see psychics, witch

washing:
if clothes, represents holiness or cleansing from sin (Ps. 51:7); see bathing

washing machine:
where deep cleansing occurs in one’s life (
Isa
. 
1:18
)

wasps:
see bees

watch:
God’s timing for you individually (
2
 
Pet
. 
3:9
)

watchdog:
symbolizes God’s guardianship for you or the person in the dream (
Exod
. 
28:14
)

water:
precedes birth, brings cleansing, implies baptism (Ezek. 16:4; John 3:5; Num. 19:21)

waterfall:
overwhelming refreshment after a long climb (Ps. 42:7; Rev. 14:2)

waves:
grief (2 Sam. 22:5); or billows of blessings and love (Ps. 42:7–8
NLT
)

weaving:
the many lessons/experiences woven into the tapestry of your life (Ps. 139:15
NIV
)

wedding/wedding cake:
undying, sweet love (
Song
 
7:12
;
Ps
. 
100:5
DARBY
)

weeds:
sins and hindrances to your spiritual sowing and reaping; see gardening

well:
generational blessing and legacy (Gen. 26:17–35; John 4:12)

whale:
chastisement that turns out to be our salvation (Jonah 1:7)

wheat:
the godly; Christians (Matt. 13:24–30)

wheelchair:
a handicapped position in a situation (
Acts
 
3:6
)

wheels:
see tires

whirlwind:
sudden calamity (Prov. 1:27); God’s mode of operation (Job 38:1; 2 Kings 1:11)

whispering:
secrecy (Ezek. 33:30
NLT
; Isa. 45:19
NLT
); gossip (Lam. 3:62
NIV
)

white:
Christ’s glory (Mark 9:3
NIV
; Rev. 20:11); purity (Rev. 3:4; 19:8)

white horse:
the return of Christ (Rev. 6:2)

wilderness:
see desert

wig:
a cover-up; an untruth (
John
 
16:13
)

wind:
change; God’s messenger of change, “the winds of change” (Ps. 104:4
NIV
; Eph. 4:14)

window:
may be God revealing a “window of opportunity” (Gen. 8:6; 2 Cor. 11:33)

wine:
likened to a snakebite or viper’s poison (Prov. 23:32–33)

wings:
the protection of angels (Ps. 91)

winter:
dormancy or the last part of someone’s life (Ps. 74:17; Song 2:11)

witch:
witchcraft; an evil spirit attempting to frighten/curse you (1 Chron. 10:13; Prov. 26:2)

withering:
no longer thriving; seeing one’s circumstances diminish (Ezek. 17:10; Prov. 11:10)

wizard:
see psychics

wolves:
spirits (through people) that come to attack God’s flock (Acts 20:29; Matt. 10:16)

woods:
see trees

workshop:
God’s process of building your life (
Heb
. 
11:10
)

wound:
an area of emotional hurt (Jer. 8:22)

wreath:
may be a holiday timeline clue; on the head it symbolizes wisdom (Prov. 4:7–9)

wrestling:
wrestling with a stranger means struggling against an evil spirit (Eph. 6:12)

writing:
pay attention to message, whether on a wall or on paper! (Dan. 5:5)

Xerox machine:
repetition or endless cycles of a situation (
Job
 
33:29
)

X-
ray:
having intense perception and spiritual discernment (
Ps
. 
119:125
NLT
)

yawning:
see waking, sleep/fatigue

yeast:
religious behaviors that puff you up, e.g., hypocrisy (Matt. 16:6)

yelling:
irritating, annoying situations or people (Prov. 27:14)

yellow:
cowardliness (Josh. 1:7)

yield:
a call to submission; see road signs

yin-yang:
someone influenced by incorrect Asian philosophy (
Ps
. 
119:3
)

yoga:
influences of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism or Sikhism (Ezek. 11:12)

yoke:
a picture of slavery; see necklace

yo-yo:
indecisiveness (Ps. 20:8)

zebra:
a black or white situation that calls for an unequivocal decision (1 Kings 3:9)

zipper on lips:
see buttons on mouth; a sign that you are to keep quiet (
Lam
. 
3:28
)

zodiac signs/horoscopes:
symbols of magic and sorcery to be avoided (Deut. 4:19)

zombies:
the lost who are dead in sin; the walking dead (
Eph
. 
2:1–5
)

Symbolic Numbers in Scripture

Never engage in numerology, which is the study of the occult significance of numbers. But when 12 and 3 and 40 appear in the Bible with such frequency, and when the Bible contains a whole book called Numbers, I think it is okay to ask God what certain numbers mean. Is it a coincidence that God chose 12 men to birth Israel’s tribes and Jesus chose 12 men to birth His disciples? (See Genesis 42:13; 49:28; Matthew 10:1–4.) And is it a coincidence that Jonah was in the belly of a whale for 3 days and that Jesus was in the grave for 3 days, or does one foreshadow the other symbolically? Jesus answers that Himself in
Matthew 12:40: “For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”

Note
:
Remember
that
numbers
in
your
dreams
or
visions
are
sometimes
literal
dates
,
amounts
of
money
and
the
like
,
and
they
may
be
interpreted
as
straightforward
messages
unique
to
you
and
not
found
in
Scripture
.