3. • Let’s have a quick view to some
dreams of the bible, and let’s get
some insight from those dreams.
• There is so much to learn from each
one of them.
• I will give you some ideas , then you
can do your own analysis of these
dreams.
4. • Purposely I have shaded parts of the
scriptures with different colors to call the
attention to a particular part of the
passage.
• Meditate in them one by one, let God give
you revelation of the prophetic signs that
in these dreams are enclosed.
• Look for similar passages in the Bible and
compare the different parts of those
dreams.
6. Abimelech’s dream
•The first dream from God
narrated in the Bible is when
he delivered a message to an
unsaved man about
Abraham’s wife:
7. Genesis 20:3-5 (NKJV)
• 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream
by night, and said to him, “Indeed
you are a dead man because of the
woman whom you have taken, for
she is a man’s wife.” 4 But Abimelech
had not come near her; and he said,
“Lord, willYou slay a righteous nation
also? 5 Did he not say to me, ‘She is my
sister’? And she, even she herself said,
‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my
heart and innocence of my hands I have
done this.”
8. Parts of the Dream:
• God brings revelation to Abimelech in a
dream.
• He informs to Abimelech of his
wrongdoing.
• Abimelech check out his heart and
speaks.
• He presents to God the condition of his
heart.
• He declares himself blameless.
9. Abimelech interacts
with God
• Abimelech dialoged with God while
having a dream.
• He explains the condition of his
heart.
• God listen to Abimelech and
responds to him.
• To this is what I call an Inter active
dream.
10. Genesis 20:6-7 (NKJV)
• 6 And God said to him in a dream, “Yes, I know
that you did this in the integrity of your heart.
For I also withheld you from sinning against
Me; therefore I did not let you touch her. 7 Now
therefore, restore the man’s wife; for he is a
prophet, and he will pray for you and you shall
live. But if you do not restore her, know that
you shall surely die, you and all
who are yours.”
11. Parts of the Dream:
• God hears and replies to Abimelech.
• God knows the heart of Abimelech.
• God helps Abimelech not to sin.
• God’s orders are straightforward to Abimelech.
• If He obeys, the blessing will come. Conditional
prophecy.
• Warning.
12. Abimelech obeys God and
restores Sarah
• Genesis 20:16 (NKJV)
• 16Then to Sarah he said, “Behold, I
have given your brother a
thousand pieces of silver; indeed this
vindicates youbefore all
who are with you and before
everybody.”Thus she was rebuked.
13. Abraham prays to God
to heal Abimelech.
• 17 So Abraham prayed to God; and
God healed Abimelech, his wife, and
his female servants.Then they
bore children; 18 for the LORD had
closed up all the wombs of the house
of Abimelech because of Sarah,
Abraham’s wife.
14. No limits to God.
• This proves that God can communicate
with whom ever He wishes to.
• One does not have to be anointed,
• Very close to God or even saved to have
a dream or dreams from God.
• If Abimelech, an unsaved man can have
a real dream from God, the same can
happen with you today.
16. Joseph the Carpenter
Scripture doesn’t tell us much about Joseph.
However we know that:
Joseph came from the town of Bethlehem.
He was from the lineage of David.
Jewish law made Jesus legally from the line of David.
Joseph was a carpenter.
We know this because Jesus was referred to as the
carpenter’s son
He probably taught the trade to Jesus.
17. Joseph a just man
• Matthew 1:19 (NKJV)
• 19Then Joseph her husband, being a
just man, and not wanting to make
her a public example, was minded to
put her away secretly.
•
18. Carpenter’s son
•
Matthew 13:55 (NKJV)
• 55 Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is
not His mother called Mary? And His
brothers James, Joseph,
Simon, and Judas?
19. Dream # 1
•When the angel came to
Joseph in a dream and told
him that it was OK to
marry Mary, as she had
not met any other man.
(Matthew 1:20-21)
21. Matthew 1:20-21 (NKJV)
• 20 But while he thought about these
things, behold, an angel of the Lord
appeared to him in a dream, saying,
“Joseph, son of David, do not be
afraid to take to you Mary your wife,
for that which is conceived in her is of
the Holy Spirit. 21 And she will bring
forth a Son, and you shall call His
name JESUS, for He will save His
people from their sins.”
22. Parts of the Dream # 1
• Joseph concerned about these things.
• A messenger from God, appears to him in
a dream.
• The angel instruct Joseph of the situation.
• The angel reveals something important to
Joseph.
• The angel delivers and order from God.
• The angel complements the revelation.
23. Joseph obeys the instructions
given to him in the dream.
• Matthew 1:24-25 (NKJV)
• 24Then Joseph, being aroused from
sleep, did as the angel of the Lord
commanded him and took to him his
wife, 25 and did not know her till she
had brought forth her firstborn
Son. And he called His nameJESUS.
24. Dream # 2
•
2.When God warned him
to take Mary and the child
Jesus and flee to Egypt
(Mt 2:13)
26. Matthew 2:13 (NKJV)
• The Flight into Egypt
• 13 Now when they had departed,
behold, an angel of the Lord
appeared to Joseph in a dream,
saying, “Arise, take the young Child
and His mother, flee to Egypt, and
stay there until I bring you word; for
Herod will seek the young Child to
destroy Him.”
27. Parts of the Dream # 2
• Wise men job fulfilled.
• A n angel of God visits Joseph for the
second time.
• An order is imparted.
• Revelation is given.
28. Joseph obeys the instructions
given to him in the dream.
• Matthew 2:14-15 (NKJV)
14When he arose, he took the young
Child and His mother by night and
departed for Egypt, 15 and was there
until the death of Herod, that it
might be fulfilled which was spoken
by the Lord through the prophet,
saying, “Out of Egypt I called My
Son.”
29. Dream # 3
•
When an angel of the Lord
came to Joseph in a dream
telling him to return to Israel,
following the death of Herod.
•(Mt 2:19-20)
31. Matthew 2:19-20 (NKJV)
• The Home in Nazareth
• 19 Now when Herod was dead,
behold, an angel of the Lord
appeared in a dream to Joseph in
Egypt, 20 saying, “Arise, take the
young Child and His mother, and go
to the land of Israel, for those who
sought the young Child’s life are
dead.”
32. Joseph obeys the instructions
given to him in the dream.
•Matthew 2:21 (NKJV)
•21Then he arose, took the young
Child and His mother, and came
into the land of Israel.
33. Dream # 4
•When on his way back from Egypt,
Joseph was concerned about going to
Israel (Now Archelaus, Herod’s son was
governing), God spoke to Joseph in a
dream guiding Joseph to move with
the family to Galilee.
•(Mt 2:22-23)
35. Matthew 2:22-2 (NKJV)
• 22 But when he heard that Archelaus
was reigning over Judea instead of his
father Herod, he was afraid to go
there. And being warned by God in a
dream, he turned aside into the region
of Galilee. 23 And he came and dwelt
in a city called Nazareth, that it might
be fulfilled which was spoken by the
prophets, “He shall be called a
Nazarene.”
36. Conclusions:
•God communicates and uses
ordinary people like you and me.
• Joseph was a humble man.
• He was not intellectual or theologian.
• Yet God used this humble man to shape the
life of the Word of God made flesh.
37. Conclusions:
•God honours those
who listen and obey.
Looks like Joseph was indeed a man of faith.
Maybe that is why he is described as a
“righteous man”.
Joseph was a man who listened and obeyed
what God and the Angel told him to do.
• No arguing with the Angel – no discussion – he
simply got on with it.
38. Conclusions:
•God will guide his disciples.
Joseph didn’t end up in Egypt by “chance”.
He went there because of the clear leading of God.
God spoke to him in a dream.
He knew where he was going because he listened
to what God told him to do.
In doing so, he saved his life, Mary and Jesus’ lives.
What can we learn from Joseph?
39. True discipleship is about :
• Listening to what God has to say
That means making time to stop and
listen
Obeying what He tells you to do, when
He says it
Sometime obedience to God is the
difference between life and death
40. • Why did God choose Joseph out of all the
potential fathers in Israel to mentor Jesus as he
was growing up?
Perhaps – because He knew Joseph to be an
godly and obedient man