The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

guardianship, protection, and defense of the prophet against spirit beings seeking to assault those who have been assigned to his or her mantle. Spiritual covering can also be provided by parents, as orphans are vulnerable with the absence of them. The husband over his family is another example. Being connected with a church is still another means of spiritual covering. 1 Corinthians 11:15; 1 Peter 5:2. 1428. Spiritual Dream—A sleep dream that unfolds the activities of the invisible realm using as its communications the normal language of the dreamer in the sleep. The spiritual dream employs the symbolism of creation applied by Creator God to His world. Prophecies and prophetic visions are obtained this way. Spiritual dreams often need interpretation for the dreamer to understand, act on, and correctly apply their truth in daily affairs. Spiritual dreams may be had by anyone. One does not need to be a prophet or prophetic to receive one as they are the communiqués of the invisible world to those of earth. Jude 8 talks of the negative sort of spiritual dream where impious behavior and lewd conduct may be the objective. Nonetheless, the meaning of the word for dream there implies the images were divinely (spiritually) inspired. However, according to Acts 2:17, there are Holy Spirit inspired dreams that serve God’s high purposes. Spiritual dreams may also be brought on by God’s dream angels. Nebuchadnezzar’s dream in Daniel is an example of this. See also Judges 7:13; Numbers 12:6. Seers and potent intercessors are likely to have frequent and extensive spiritual dreams particularly after they have engaged in intense intercession. This is because the effect of their spiritual visitation in the high places succeeded in opening them up to the world of the spirit and the things of the spirit world to them. The spiritual dream may also emerge as a prophetic dream, though not necessarily as seen with Balaam’s dreams where the Lord responded to his inquiry on behalf of Balak who engaged him to attack Israel. Balaam’s first dream concerning the matter was spiritual, since it created a meeting where the Lord talked to the prophet as a Superior to an employee. See Numbers 22:8–13. Another example is the dreams Pilate’s wife had concerning her husband’s role in the trial and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Matthew 27:19 says that she suffered many things in a dream that day (a spiritual dream) because of the intense spiritual activity surrounding the Lord’s crucifixion. While she did not get a prophecy, she got a warning. Still yet another Bible illustration is Matthew 1:19– 25. In the spiritual dream the Lord releases something embedded in the dreamer’s