How to Interpret Dreams and Visions Perry Stone

In the 1611 King James translation the verse says “perfect peace.” In Hebrew, the original language of Isaiah, it reads that God will preserve you in “shalom, shalom.” The Hebrew word shalom means “to be at peace, to be complete and whole.” It is used among Jews as a greeting similar to saying “good morning” or “hello” and is often used when saying good-bye. If the English translators had translated this literally, it would read: “that God will guard you in ‘peace, peace…’” In English the repetition of a word back to back would appear to be a grammatical error. In English you would never say, “God loves, loves you,” or “You look good, good,” but you would say, “God has great love for you,” or “You look exceptionally well.” It appears that when the Bible translators saw the words “peace, peace,” they translated the two words for peace as “perfect peace.” Years ago as I was meditating on this double peace reference, I recalled that the human brain consists of two different hemispheres, the left and right, with each hemisphere being the command center for different parts of the body. This double peace, to me, can allude to peace covering both the left and right hemisphere in the human brain! In other words, God will keep (guard) and secure all parts and sections of your mind in His peace! God believes in rest. He set a pattern for us all when He rested on the seventh day of Creation (Gen. 2:2) and established a day of rest each week for us to enjoy (Exod. 16:26–29). He also desires that you sleep well and that your dreams be peaceful, not troubling, and that you be instructed by the Word and the Holy Spirit to discern between a carnal nightmare and a true spiritual warning from the Lord.