During my intense study and analysis of numbers in a dream, I have observed somestartling and many interesting facts.
Many Christians and non-Christians alike would be somewhat familiar with numbers in a dream from a Christian perspective, such as the number 1, which would symbolize oneness or union. At the same time, the number 2 could symbolize unity if it's a good dream, but it could also represent division if it's a bad dream. The number 3, on the other hand, can be compared to the number 7 in that it primarily represents the completion of something, meaning nothing to be added or nothing to be taken away. Everything is in place to complete whatever it is that's being revealed in the dream. For example, the number 3 would indicate three things that must be in place to achieve whatever it is to exist or function: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Past, present and future, and Morning, afternoon, and evening.
Most dream interpreters would reserve the interpretation of numbers in a dream to only what the number symbolizes, such as what I have just explained above. Numbers, however, will always have a far greater meaning than just the symbolizing of them. In fact, whenever numbers are observed in a dream, the number itself could reveal a specific time or season for something or someone to come forth and the assigned time for it to exist. For example, the bible says that while Joseph was in prison for being falsely accused of rape, he met two men in jail who had dreams. One of these men was the king's chief Cupbearer, while the other was his chief Baker.
So the chief Cupbearer told Joseph his dream. He said to him, "In my dream, I saw a vine in front of me, and on the vine were "three branches." As soon as it budded, it blossomed, and its clusters ripened into grapes. Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh's cup, and put the cup in his hand." "This is what it means," Joseph said to him. "The three branches are three days. Within three days, Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh's cup in his hand, just as you used to do when you were his Cupbearer" (Gen. 40:1-13). Therefore, the three (3) branches represented not only 3 days, but the accuracy was that the Cupbearer could not be restored to his position before the three days or even after the 3 days. Instead, the three branches represented a precise time.
Consequently, the dream concerning the Baker didn't pan out too well for him like his fellow prisoner, the Cupbearer. Scripture tells us that When the chief Baker saw that Joseph had given a favorable interpretation, he said to Joseph, "I too had a dream: On my head were" three baskets" of bread. In the top basket were various baked goods for Pharaoh. However, the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head." "This is what it means," Joseph said. "The three baskets are three days. Within three days, Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. And the birds will eat away your flesh." Now the third day was Pharaoh's birthday, and he gave a feast for all his officials. He lifted up the heads of the chief Cupbearer in the presence of his officials. He restored the chief Cupbearer to his position so that he once again put the cup into Pharaoh's hand, but he hanged the chief Baker, just as Joseph had said to them in his interpretation (Gen. 40:16-22).
This understanding also holds true with the dreams of Pharaoh in Genesis 41:15-44, which spoke about the seven sickly cows that consumed the seven healthy cows and the seven sickly corn that consumed the seven healthy corn. In both dreams, while the symbols of the cows and corn reveal a particular state or condition, the number, in this case, being the number 7 is showing specific times that all of these events will take place.
The dreams mentioned above have revealed whatever a number is directed to or at in a dream. It is primarily indicating the accuracy of time or the period in which an event will occur. Therefore, it is of the utmost importance to always pay close attention to numbers in your dreams, simply because it's pinpointing the accuracy of time for a specific event to take place and the period as to how long it will exist.
Written By: Kevin L A Ewing
kevinewing@coralwave.com
kevinlaewing.blogspot.com
