簡單5步明白夢的意思
作者：艾道格 Doug Addison
日期：2021年2月24日
中譯/來源：微牧之歌。蒙允刊載　

過去這些年，人們經常問我，如何明白夢境、快速解出夢境的意思。即便我解過上千個夢，但我依然無法立即回答他們。所以我開始學習聖經上，神透過夢境和異象說話的方式，因為我想要訓練他人學會理解自己的夢境。

神的象徵性語言

“神說一次、兩次，人卻不理會。”（約伯記 33:14 聖經和合本2010）

在使徒行傳2:17，神在預言、異夢和異象中傾倒他的恩膏。如今我們有聖靈住在我們裡面，我們能明白神對我們說話的不同方式。儘管耶穌不給人解夢，他教導眾人——包括我們——如何透過他的許多比喻明白神隱藏其中的旨意。

耶穌知道不同的夢境中，同一符號有不同的意思。在一個比喻中，種子代表神的真理，而在另一個比喻中，種子代表信心。如果你把夢境當作一個故事或者一個夜間出現的比喻，那你可以通過分辨內容和夢中的一些細節，很快明白夢境的意思。

5步法明白夢的意思

“耶穌又對他們說：‘你們不明白這比喻嗎？這樣怎能明白一切的比喻呢？’”（馬可福音 4:13 聖經和合本2010）

明白神透過比喻或者象徵符號說的話，是非常重要的，耶穌說了許多比喻（馬太福音、馬可福音和路加福音），也解釋了其中一些的意思。當我學習聖經的這些比喻，主告訴我5個步驟明白夢的意思。

1. 夢是關於哪些人、哪些事的？你是主角麼？你參與其中還是觀察者？

2. 夢的內容是什麼？關於你的工作？事工？學業或家庭？

3. 夢境的主調是什麼？是積極的還是消極的？是明亮的還是黑暗的？黑暗的夢境往往不是事實，而是顯明仇敵的計畫。

4. 夢境有沒有共同的主題？留意飛翔、墜落、牙齒鬆動或者懷孕這類主題。注意重複出現的主題或符號，包括那些重複出現或者相似的夢境。

5. 將夢的信息簡化成最簡單的形式。總結出三到四個重點，就像故事梗概。

舉個例子：某個夢中，你正在暴風（主調）中工作（內容）。你開始做展示，但你的牙齒（共同主題）開始鬆動！房間裡的其他人注意到了，你感到窘迫（更多內容）。然後你醒來了，滿身冷汗。

意思：你工作中或者你正從事的事情可能有擾亂（暴風）。不要讓這些使你遠離所需的智慧（牙齒），當你公開展示你的計畫或觀點時需要的智慧。

現在明白如何透過這5步解釋故事了吧？

明白夢的意思，是藉著聖靈聽見神旨意的一種方式，能讓天國展開在你的生命中！


5 Simple Steps to Understand Your Dreams
Doug Addison
February 24, 2021

Over the years, people often ask me how I’m able to understand dreams and interpret their meaning so quickly. Even though I’ve interpreted thousands of dreams, I didn’t know how to answer them at first. So, I began to study the Bible for how God speaks through dreams and visions because I wanted to be able to train others to understand dreams for themselves.

God’s symbolic language

For God does speak—now one way, now another—though no one perceives it.Job 33:14 NIV

According to Acts 2:17, God is pouring out His Spirit in prophecy, dreams and visions. And now that we have the Holy Spirit in us, we can understand the different ways that God speaks. Even though Jesus didn’t interpret people’s dreams, He began to teach them—and us—how to understand God’s metaphoric, symbolic language through His many parables.

Jesus demonstrated how symbols can have different meanings from dream to dream. In one parable, a seed represented the Word of God, but in another, the seed represented faith. If you think of a dream like a story or night parable, then you can get to the meaning more quickly by discerning the context and a few more elements of the dream.

5-Step Method to Understand Dreams

Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?” Mark 4:13 NIV

Understanding God’s language of parables or symbols is so important that Jesus told many parables (see Matthew, Mark and Luke) and even interpreted the meaning of quite a few. After studying these, the Lord showed me 5 simple steps to understand the meaning of our dreams.

1. Who or what is the dream about? Are you the main character? Are you participating or are you observing in any way?

2. What’s the context? Is it at your work? Your ministry? School or family?

3. What’s the tone? Is it positive or negative? Is it light or dark? Dark dreams usually aren’t reality, and they often reveal the plans of the enemy.

4. Are there any common themes? Watch for common themes like flying, falling, teeth coming loose or having a baby. Notice any repeated themes or symbols, or even recurring or similar dreams you may have over time.

5. Break the dream down to it’s simplest form. Pull out three or four main points, like in the plot of a story.

Here’s an example: In the dream, you are at work (context) on a stormy day (tone). You start to give a presentation when you notice that your teeth (common theme) are coming loose! Others in the room notice, and you feel embarrassed (more context). And then you wake up in a cold sweat.

Meaning: Things might be stirred up (storm) where you work or over something you’re working on. Don’t let this distract you from getting the wisdom (teeth) you need before you go public with your project or ideas.

Do you see how the 5 steps walk you through a story that you can understand?

Understanding our dreams is one of the many ways that hearing God’s voice through the Holy Spirit can open up the heavens over your life!