Seeing the Voice of God: What God Is Telling You through Dreams and Visions (13 page)

baby food:
if eaten in a dream, symbolizes a need for the meat of the Word (
1
 
Cor
. 
3:2
;
Heb
. 
5:14
)

back door:
if entering through, conveys secrecy or a sneak attack (
Gen
. 
4:7
)

backpack:
life situations/weight on a person’s back slowing them down (
Heb
. 
12:1
)

backsliding:
losing progress spiritually, emotionally and/or physically (Prov. 14:14)

backstage:
behind the scenes, hidden, waiting to be revealed (
1
 
Cor
. 
4:5
)

bait:
something intended to lure one into a trap (
Amos
 
3:5
)

baking/bakery:
producing something; sustenance (Lev. 7:9; James 1:3
NASB
)

balancing:
needing order in one’s life (
Dan
. 
5:27
)

balding hair:
being uncovered—not having adequate prayer or protection (
1
 
Cor
. 
11:15
)

Band-Aid:
remedying a big problem with small resources (
Hos
. 
6:1
)

bandage:
needing to cover a wound to promote healing (Isa. 1:6)

banker:
an accountant, a money manager or angel (
Luke
 
19:23
)

bankrupt:
spiritual or emotional depletion; collapse (
Ps
. 
94:11
NET
;
Gal
. 
4:9
NET
)

banner:
victory and rejoicing in Christ (Ps. 20:5); love (Song 2:4)

banquet:
Jesus’ love (Song 2:4); affirmation in the presence of our enemies (Ps. 23:5)

bar:
an atmosphere of sinfulness (
Rom
. 
13:13
;
Luke
 
21:34
;
1
 
Cor
. 
6:9–10
)

barn
:
a storehouse (Luke 12:18); blessing (Mal. 3:10)

barrel:
being “over a barrel” means helpless in someone’s power (
Ps
. 
10:12
;
2
 
Chron
. 
14:11
)

baseball:
pay attention to running bases and “sliding home” (
1
 
Cor
. 
9:25
)

basement:
to be abased (
Phil
. 
4:12
KJV
); humility (
Matt
. 
23:12
;
Ezra
 
9:5
NIV
)

basket:
delivery of provision (Matt. 16:9); escape (Acts 9:25)

bat:
unclean, demonic distraction (Lev. 11:13–19)

bathing:
cleansing for holiness (Exod. 30:19–21); cleansing from sin (Ps. 51:2–3)

bathrooms:
cleansing; the “rest room” (
Gen
. 
18:4
;
Heb
. 
4:9
)

battery:
power, energy (
Ps
. 
21:1
)

battle:
every battle is God’s to win (1 Sam. 17:47); spiritual warfare (Eph. 6:12–13)

battleship:
may symbolize a future attack to thwart in prayer (
Dan
. 
11:40
;
Isa
. 
54:17
)

bears:
the fear of the Lord, reverence, respect (2 Kings 2:24)

beaten:
demonic attack (2 Cor. 4:9); punishment of the foolish (Prov. 10:13)

beaver:
a diligent worker (
Prov
. 
10:4
)

bed:
rest and healing (Ps. 41:3); the marriage bed (Heb. 13:4); a refuge (Prov. 7:17)

bedroom:
a private area (2 Kings 6:12; 11:2); a place of relaxation (Ps. 63:6)

bees:
swarming foes (Ps. 118:12); stinging words, gossip, busybodies (
1
 
Tim
. 
5:13
)

behead/head injury
:
rebellion against authority or the head (Luke 9:9; Mark 12:2–4)

bells:
announcing a thing; a call to holiness (Exod. 28:33–36)

belly:
appetites and lusts (Rom. 16:18); worldly desires (Phil. 3:18–19)

belt:
the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth (Eph. 6:14)

Bible:
a call to study God’s Word; ultimate authority (Heb. 4:12)

bike:
personal progress or a move of God in one’s personal life (
Acts
 
17:28a
)

bird:
see eagle, owl, vulture, mockingbird or dove

birth control
pills:
controlling one’s own life, not letting God (
Ps
. 
127:3
;
Prov
. 
16:9
)

birth/labor:
announces bringing forth a new thing (
Isa
. 
42:9
)

birthday presents:
coming gifts from God (
James
 
1:17
); spiritual gifts (
1
 
Cor
. 
12:1–11
)

bite:
attack (Acts 28:3); backbiting (Prov. 25:23
NASB
); alcohol’s consequences (Prov. 23:31–35)

black
:
modern symbolism death, night, evil or sin; biblical symbolism plague (Exod. 10:15)

black belt:
spiritual warfare expertise in prayer (
Ps
. 
35:1
;
1
 
Tim
. 
6:12
;
Eph
. 
6:14
)

black cat:
could symbolize witchcraft in context (
Mic
. 
5:12
;
Rev
. 
21:8
)

black horse:
can represent famine (Rev. 6:5); see horse

black sheep:
an outcast (Gen. 30:35)

black widow spider:
demonic attack or judgment (
Isa
. 
59:4–5
); see spider

blanket:
spiritual covering or protection (Gen. 9:23)

bleeding:
suffering (Deut. 21:8
ASV
); if nosebleeds, strife, quarrels (Prov. 30:33)

blind:
spiritually sightless (Matt. 15:14; John 9:39; Prov. 29:18
KJV
)

blind spot:
being unable to see one’s own faults (
Ps
. 
19:12
)

blood:
life itself (Lev. 17:11a); if on the ground, a curse (Gen. 4:10; Rev. 6:10; Ps. 106:38)

blossoms:
coming fruit in one’s life (Gen. 40:10); favor (Num. 17:5–8)

blue:
holiness (Exod. 39:22), modern—symbolizes a boy

blueprints:
strategy or plans for one’s life or situation (
Jer
. 
29:11–13
)

boat:
a place of testing if in a storm (Matt. 8:24); faith, if stepping out of boat (Matt. 14:29)

body odor:
a call to better care for oneself (
Rom
. 
12:1
)

boils:
judgment (Deut. 28:27; Exod. 9:11); testing and suffering (Job 7:5)

bombs:
Holy Ghost power (
Acts
 
1:8
); anger (
Ps
. 
76:7
NLT
)

bones (broken):
a broken spirit (Prov. 17:22); grief (Ps. 31:10); envy (Prov. 14:30)

book:
learning (Deut. 31:12
NLT
)

boomerang:
returning or coming back (
Jer
. 
29:10
;
1
 
Cor
. 
15:34
NIV
)

bows and arrows:
bitter words (Ps. 64:2–4); prepared for war (Isa. 5:28)

brake failure:
lack of self-control (
Prov
. 
25:28
NIV
); defeat or death (
Exod
. 
14:23
)

bread:
Jesus (John 6:51); provision, money (Prov. 12:11
KJV
); body of Jesus (Luke 22:19)

bricks:
building; slavery or bondage (Exod. 5:8, 18–19)

bride:
the Bride of Christ, the Church of Jesus (Rev. 21:9)

bridegroom:
Jesus Christ (Matt. 9:15)

bridge:
crossing over to a new place (
Deut
. 
3:18
NASB
)

briefcase:
business (
Matt
. 
25:14–18
NIV
)

broom:
cleaning of sin (Isa. 14:23); if broomstick, witchcraft, evil curses (Isa. 14:23)

brother:
if not literal, a dear friend (Matt. 12:48)

bruise:
affliction (Isa. 53:10); result of battling the enemy (Gen. 3:15)

brush/comb:
caring for one’s covering (
Matt
. 
6:17
;
1
 
Cor
. 
11:15
)

bugs/insects:
destruction, ruin (Ps. 105:31; Deut. 28:42)

building (1st floor):
the natural, physical realm where we live under heaven (
John
 
3:31
)

building (2nd
floor):
the 2nd heaven, where angels war, fueled by our prayer (
Eph
. 
3:10
)

building (3rd floor):
the 3rd heaven, where we visit with God in paradise (
2
 
Cor
. 
12:2–4
)

bull
:
danger (Ps. 22:12); pray for safety from intimidation (Ps. 12:5)

bulldog:
stubbornness (
Isa
. 
46:12
;
Isa
. 
66:3–4
)

bullets:
words or information used during gossip (
Isa
. 
54:17
)

burglar/robber/thief:
a thieving spirit; the enemy, Satan (John 10:10)

buried alive:
sudden helplessness (Num. 16:33)

burning bush:
announces a supernatural commissioning and sign (Exod. 3)

burns (bodily):
burning desires of the flesh; financial oppression (James 5:3)

bus (moving):
large move of God in ministry (
Isa
. 
66:20
NIV
)

bus station:
waiting for departure; a center for ministry or deliverance (
Deut
. 
16:3–6
)

butterfly:
change; emergence after metamorphosis (
2
 
Cor
. 
5:17
;
Rom
. 
12:2
)

buttons on mouth
:
keeping quiet (
Prov
. 
30:32
NKJV
)

buzzard:
unclean, impure and ravaged (Lev. 11:13
NASB
)

cab/taxi:
a temporary mode of travel on your journey (
Judg
. 
18:6
NIV
)

cage:
being trapped (Jer. 5:26–27)

calculator:
counting the costs, estimating something (
Luke
 
14:28
)

calendar
:
the timing of a promised thing (
Job
 
14:13
)

camels:
something impossible without God’s help (Luke 18:25)

camera:
memories, capturing a moment (
1
 
Thess
. 
3:6
)

camouflage/fatigues:
to be hidden in Christ (
Col
. 
3:3
)

camp or campgrounds:
something temporary; passing through (
Heb
. 
11:8–10
)

cancer:
something potentially emotionally deadly that can spread (
2
 
Tim
. 
2:17
NLT
)