Hearing God's Voice in DreamsA–Z symbols

Arc in a dream

Biblical meaning from Hearing God's Voice in Dreams by Apostle Nicholas V. Mbanjwa

Also: Curved line, Bow shape, Curve, Bend

What it means

Spiritual deviation, moral compromise, or departure from God's absolute truth.

A moral defect; that which is not upright.

They are turned aside like a deceitful bow. What curves away does so gradually, which is why compromise is rarely noticed at the moment it begins.

✦ When it is positive

  • The bow set in the cloud as a token of covenant — where the arc is a rainbow, read it as promise

⚠ When it is a warning

  • Compromise
  • A defect of character
  • Not pursuing God's standard of righteousness

How to tell the difference

DISTINGUISH THE ARC OF DEVIATION from the ARC OF THE RAINBOW, which is covenant and promise. Colour and tone will separate them. See Line for what is straight and Rainbow for the covenant token.

Scripture

but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.

Psalm 78:57 (WEB)

They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Hosea 7:16 (WEB)

I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.

Genesis 9:13 (WEB)

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