DANIEL 2:1

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In the top Bible verse above, brought forward:

"In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep deserted him." [BSB'19]

Nebuchadnezzar was the seeing man, but was not a praying man. The Dreams he saw while he was still reigning as king therefore troubled his spirit and cast away sleep from him, making the greatest king then both restless and sleepless. Those dreams were doing to that king what the armies or soldiers of any nation of the world could not dare to do to such a king in his prime. Therefore, let's learn some few or four things about some dreams or visions, using these dreams of Nebuchadnezzar as case study:

°1° Dreams can come to a man who's already reigning or enjoying the highest ranking, highest power or epic position of life. —

Some People reduced dreams to some things for those who have not arrived/reached their best or highest destination. They see dreams as some things Joseph could have while he's no body in Egypt, but stop having dreams when he became the best in Egypt. Well, Pharaoh was the best then, and yet had dreams; Nebuchadnezzar was in his second reign as king of kings, and yet had dreams. Dreams are not just for ambitions.

°2° There are Dreams that can trouble a man's spirit because they are stronger than the spirit of the man. —

Such dreams afflicts the man's spirit or the man's soul even inside the dreams, tormenting him so that waking up from the dream is the way of escape or deliverance for the man's spirit or soul. Soldiers did not trouble Nebuchadnezzar's spirit, but these dreams did.

°3° As the Spirit of God casts out unclean spirits, as light casts out darkness, even so some Dreams cast out sleep. —

You are already used to dreaming while sleeping, but there are dreams that if you have you will not have sleep. Sleep will not come to you because such dreams are with you. They displaced sleep, and unless you're healed by interpretation there's no sleep.

°3° There are Dreams that are Dream (one/single), and there is Dream that is Dreams or Vision that is Visions. —

When Joseph interpreted Pharaoh's dreams, Joseph told him the two dreams were one but repeated twice in different forms to the king. So those dreams were technically one dream. But here is Nebuchadnezzar having one dream of a Statue or Image of different elements, and a Stone that struck it, and yet called "Dreams" as if they were many or more than one. Ezekiel saw Heavens opened, and Ezekiel saw "Visions of God" instead of "Vision of God" though he only saw one Vision of the Living Creatures, the Wheels, the Throne and God on the Throne.

Do you have the gift of dreams