Take Dream Notes Immediately

Yes, immediately!

I just finished editing my ginormous post on Inventions that came in Dreams. As I indented all the quotes from scientists and authors about the moment of their breakthrough dream, I noticed a very peculiar consistency. They all immediately wrote down the dream, and worked toward a complete theory, experimental procedure, or book right away.

So, take a note from famous names like Kekule, Otto Loewi, Paul McCartney, and even Stephen King. Get your notes down as soon as possible.

Dream Interpretation: Book

A book is a simple thing in form. It's actual contents, however, are diverse and great.

A book is a portal to another place. A book of the fantasy genre can take you to another place of the imagination.

A book of science can teach you old knowledge, forgotten by the field, or even new knowledge, just proven, and now shared in print. A book is for the reader, for a seeker of knowledge and of new things.

A book can also be an escape. Some people who work stressful jobs, or who lead average lives, desire to find excitement in the pages of novels.

A book is for a seeker.
A book introduces knowledge.
A book is a doorway to other things.

Finding a book in a dream may represent finding a new opportunity which will take you to a new place in life.

Reading a book may represent finding new knowledge. It may signal the time to go out and seek new knowledge.

Reading a Bible represents seeking God, or a closeness to God. It may represent the Holy Spirit's desire to speak to you.

Dream Dictionary: Ripe Fruit

Pomegranates
Several years ago, I dreamed about two plump pomegranates. One was much larger than the other, both were cracked, revealing glistening bright purplish-red seeds inside. When I prayed for the interpretation, the Holy Spirit showed me these represented the church in China and in Japan. These will be persecuted, but they are ripe fruit- ready for the harvest. Pomegranates grow in the drier regions of southeast Asia.

Here is the question sent to me:

Last night, I dreamed of a very ripe plantain. What does it mean? 

Ripe fruit represents something ready to be harvested. It could represent a business opportunity, a relationship, or even a level of personal development. However, the most common interpretation I see is that of people ready to enter the Kingdom of God.

Why different fruit? Why not show other kinds of fruits? I believe the plantain shown to you represents one specific person you know. This person is very likely from South America, or of South American ancestry, where fried plantains are a staple food. (Very tasty, by the way.)

Apples
When my wife and I arrived in Ukraine, she received a dream of a vast orchard of apples. The fruit was so heavy, all the branches were bowing under the weight.

Oranges
In 2002, I attended a conference in South Carolina. The main speaker, George, spoke about timelines in scripture. He was a messianic Jew, and had an amazing grasp of continuity between the Old Testament and the New Testament. A few weeks after the meeting, I walked with him in a dream (Most likely, this was Jesus, the Holy Spirit, or an angel. However, my mind substituted in the face of a recent encounter.). He showed me first a large orchard of oranges. "It is a great joy to bring in the fruit," he said, gesturing toward the trees. Then, he turned me to look behind us. There, invisible at first against a black backdrop, slowly came into view an entirely black orchard. On the trees, even black oranges were visible.
George nudged my arm and I moved into the orchard. We walked together. "But," he said, "the greatest joy is to harvest where other workers have come and gone." Then, I noticed a bright, bright orange hanging between two branches. We continued our walk. I noticed others, too. They were all hidden at first glance. But, they were there: ripe oranges waiting to enter the Kingdom!
Here, oranges represent gentiles in the large orchard, and blood descendants of Abraham in the second orchard.

In scripture, the Jews are represented as figs.

Types of Dreams in the Bible

Biblical Dream Interpretation

One of the most common- and correct -understandings of dream interpretation is that "interpretation belongs to God." Both Joseph and Daniel said this. Both these men of God are credited with the gift of interpreting dreams. It must be pointed out that their statement is greater than this simple application to dreams. It is interpretation which belongs to God. Not just dreams, but visions, prophecies, and messages spoken in tongues must be interpreted by leaning on the Holy Spirit, who leads us into all understanding. In addition to these, parables, and life events (many of which carry messages in scripture and natural history) must also be interpreted by God, and not by our minds, and certainly not by dream dictionaries, things I hate.

The second most common, though not common at all, is the understanding that our Father warns us in dreams. Elihu shares this wisdom with Job near the end of the book of Job, after the not-so-wise, older friends of Job finish speaking from their errant wisdom.

This warning nature of dreams is described in Job 33:14-18

"For God speaketh once, yea twice, [yet man] perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, That he may withdraw man [from his] purpose, and hide pride from man. He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. (KJV)"

These are the words of Elihu, who was blessed by God with wisdom.

Dreams are not limited to service as warnings. We must also note that Joseph interpreted the cup bearer's dream- good news, a return to favor. Joseph also interpreted the bread maker's dream- bad news, death.
Daniel interpreted Nebechudnezzar's dream: bad news followed by forgiveness and a return to power.
Joseph received a dream from God: his brothers would all bow to him. It looked good... and in the end, it was. However, the road to fulfillment was emotionally and physically difficult.

In other cases, we see Elihu's wisdom manifested in biblical events. Joseph, husband of Mary, mother of Jesus, was warned in a dream to leave Judah because Herod planned to kill the child. He later received a dream that Herod died, and he should return to Judaea. En route to Judaea from Egypt, Joseph heard Archeleus, Herod's son, was in power. Notwithstanding his fear, Joseph was warned in another dream and he turned aside to settle in Galilee.