How to Interpret Dreams and Visions Perry Stone

growth. I suggest the one thing that a new convert or babe in Christ should not immediately do is begin his or her study of Scripture in the books of Daniel or Revelation! However, anyone who has been raised under strong meat teaching should have at least a basic understanding of the symbolism found in these apocalyptic books. New believers need to understand their relationship with God and how to pray, worship, and walk by faith before engaging in the in-depth study of things to come. I recall years ago sharing a major spiritual dream with my son, who I thought would be interested in hearing the unusual warning I felt the Lord had given me. He became quite despondent and discouraged after I shared this warning with him. Later I realized that this type of dream was not intended to share with a young man who was attending high school and had limited understanding or, for that matter, little interest in some strange warning given to his father. As my son, he interpreted the dream as just more negative stuff that Dad was seeing. This was an important lesson for me. He needed to be encouraged and built up as a young person. On the other hand, I sat down with my father and shared the same word, and he interpreted the meaning and began to pray about the information the Holy Spirit had revealed through the dream. The difference between these two reactions is the spiritual and emotional maturity level of the person. You may have a dream that something bad is going to happen to someone. The last thing to do is to worry the person by screaming over a phone demanding he heed the warning