Sunday, August 12, 2007
Naked Dreams
Nakedness is first mentioned in the Garden of Eden story of Genesis 3 where the perception of nakedness alerts God that Adam and Eve have disobeyed His word, by eating the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden. In Isaiah 20:3 His servant Isaiah walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder against Egypt and Ethiopia, to prophesy the shame of being led away as a captive nation.
In Job 1:21 nakedness refers to a state without possessions: "Naked came I from my mother's womb, and naked shall I depart." But following the acknowledgment of this physical truth, Job reveals the spiritual truth in "The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord!" Paul speaks further of this spiritual nakedness in Hebrews 4:13 "And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open and exposed, naked and defenseless to the eyes of Him with Whom we have to do."
The interpretation of nakedness in dreams is related to the idea that we are as if naked before an all-seeing God. God sees our secret deeds, but we yearn to be clothed over, to put on our celestial body like a garment, adopting the clothing of the spirit (2 Corinthians 5:4). To dream of being naked then, is to be walking without God's protection, out of God's will. The remedy to lack of confidence that comes with public nakedness, is the spirit: 2 Corinthians 5:7 "Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee." and further, "For we walk by faith, not by sight."
In Job 1:21 nakedness refers to a state without possessions: "Naked came I from my mother's womb, and naked shall I depart." But following the acknowledgment of this physical truth, Job reveals the spiritual truth in "The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord!" Paul speaks further of this spiritual nakedness in Hebrews 4:13 "And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open and exposed, naked and defenseless to the eyes of Him with Whom we have to do."
The interpretation of nakedness in dreams is related to the idea that we are as if naked before an all-seeing God. God sees our secret deeds, but we yearn to be clothed over, to put on our celestial body like a garment, adopting the clothing of the spirit (2 Corinthians 5:4). To dream of being naked then, is to be walking without God's protection, out of God's will. The remedy to lack of confidence that comes with public nakedness, is the spirit: 2 Corinthians 5:7 "Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee." and further, "For we walk by faith, not by sight."
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If I am naked in my dreams does this mean I have no salvation??
# posted by 
: January 26, 2008 7:47 PM
: January 26, 2008 7:47 PM
From my reading of these passages nakedness refers to absence of the holy spirit rather than lack of salvation. You could say dreaming being naked is part of longing for greater annointing with the holy spirit -- God's presence on human flesh.
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