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three kingdoms coming in the future (Daniel 7). His most fa-
mous dream and revelation was the timing of the coming of the 
Messiah and the end days (Daniel 9,10). He was a man of great 
humility, fasting and prayer. 
It has been noted that 224 times dreams or visions have 
been mentioned in the Bible. I will go into more detail later in 
this book about the significance of objects. One of the primary 
rules to remember in dream interpretation is that objects and 
people are symbols.
New Testament Dreams And Visions 
Four significant dreams occurred surrounding the birth 
of Jesus. Joseph received a dream in which an angel appeared 
to him telling him not to be afraid to take Mary as his wife be-
cause she was pregnant by the Holy Spirit (Matt.1:20). 
Next, the Magi were warned in a dream not to return to 
their country the same way from which they had come (Matt. 
2:12). Later Joseph was told to flee to Egypt to save the life of 
baby Jesus. Even later Joseph was told to return to Nazareth in 
a dream (Matt. 2:13,19,20). 
As I mentioned before, during the trial of Jesus, Pi-
late’s wife had a dream, in which she related to her husband 
saying,
“Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for 
last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of 
Him” (Matt. 27:19). 
Visions are similar to dreams in that they can come in 
the night seasons but typically come when we are awake. The 
apostle Paul saw in a vision a man appealing to him and asking 
him to come over into Macedonia and help him (Acts 16:9). He 
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also had an angel speak to him warning him to get out of Jeru-
salem and later, just before his shipwreck, an angel told him he 
would stand before Caesar, and all those on the ship would not 
drown if they stayed with the ship (Acts 22:18, 27:22-25).