Lampstand in a dream

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

Also: Menorah, Golden lampstand, Candlestick, Seven-branched lampstand

What it means

The universal Church as the light of the world.

The lampstand is a set of connected lamps standing on one stem, representing believers joined in one life and drawing from a single source — Christ, represented by the central shaft.

In Revelation the lampstands are the churches, and a lampstand can be removed from its place.

✦ When it is positive

Believers as the light of the world
The Body of Christ as one unity drawing from one central shaft

⚠ When it is a warning

A lampstand with no burning lamps, representing a church without influence or testimony
A lampstand removed, representing a testimony withdrawn

How to tell the difference

A single branch of the lampstand represents a local church; the whole lampstand represents the universal Church. Note whether the lamps are lit, whether there is oil, and whether any branch is broken or dark.

Scripture

³¹“You shall make a lamp stand of pure gold. The lamp stand shall be made of hammered work. Its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it. ³²There shall be six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lamp stand out of its one side, and three branches of the lamp stand out of its other side; ³³three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower; and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower, so for the six branches going out of the lamp stand; ³⁴and in the lamp stand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;
Exodus 25:31-40 (WEB)

²He said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I have seen, and behold, a lamp stand all of gold, with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps on it; there are seven pipes to each of the lamps which are on the top of it; ³and two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl, and the other on the left side of it.” ⁴I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?” ⁵Then the angel who talked with me answered me, “Don’t you know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.”
Zechariah 4:2-6 (WEB)

¹²I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lamp stands. ¹³And among the lamp stands was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest. ¹⁴His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire. ¹⁵His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters.
Revelation 1:12-20 (WEB)

Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lamp stand out of its place, unless you repent.
Revelation 2:5 (WEB)