GOD SPEAKS in one way,
and in two, though man does not perceive it.
IN A DREAM, in a VISION OF THE NIGHT,
when deep sleep falls on men,
while they slumber on their beds,
then he opens the ears of men
and TERRIFIES THEM WITH WARNINGS,
that he may TURN man aside from his deed
and conceal PRIDE from a man;
he keeps back his soul from THE PIT,
his life from perishing by THE SWORD.
–Job 33:14-18 (ESV)–
If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself KNOWN to him IN A VISION; I SPEAK WITH HIM IN A DREAM. Not so with my servant Moses. He is faithful in all my house. With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in RIDDLES, and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
–Numbers 12:6-8 (ESV)–
IN THE LAST DAYS it shall be, God declares,
that I will POUR OUT MY SPIRIT on all flesh,
and your sons and your daughters shall PROPHESY,
and your young men shall see VISIONS,
and your old men shall dream DREAMS;
even on my male servants and female servants
in those days I will POUR OUT MY SPIRIT,
and they shall PROPHESY.
–Acts 2:17-18 (ESV)–
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Adam Clarke, Christian Theology (Schmul, 1967), pp. 403-404.
Charles Finney, Sermons on the Way of Salvation (Edward J. Goodrich, 1891), p. 32.
Dr. Archibald Alexander, Thoughts on Religious Experience (Banner of Truth, 1996).
