Mantle in a dream

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

Also: Cloak, Prophetic mantle, Robe of office, Elijah's mantle

What it means

A spiritual office, or a spiritual assignment being handed over.

Responsibility, ministry work, and spiritual mandate.

Elijah cast his mantle upon Elisha and the call was transferred with it. The mantle is worn, but it is not the wearer — it is the office resting on the person.

IMPARTATION (Apostle Mbanjwa's teaching): being handed, or putting on, the jacket, suit, coat or shoes of a man or woman of God the dreamer follows — whether that minister is living or has gone to be with the Lord — may speak of an impartation: their grace or assignment being handed over by heaven. Such a dream is not 'just a dream' but a divine encounter.

Seeing another person wearing the same garment as the dreamer may mean that person will follow the dreamer in their walk with Christ (the Apostle's classmate, who later gave his life to Christ).

✦ When it is positive

Being entrusted with or made steward of a spiritual ministry
Being handed, or putting on, a minister's jacket, suit or shoes — an impartation of their grace or assignment
Another person wearing the same garment as the dreamer — someone who will follow the dreamer in Christ

⚠ When it is a warning

A mantle taken from one person and given to another, representing a spiritual mandate lost or disinherited

How to tell the difference

The kind of office represented depends on the type of mantle and its colour or colours. Note whether the mantle is received, worn, torn, dropped or taken — each carries a different weight. A mantle picked up from the ground indicates an office taken up after another has laid it down. SAFEGUARDS: When a departed minister hands the dreamer a garment, it is GOD releasing an assignment through heaven — never contact with the dead, who do not wander the earth (Luke 16:19-31), and never a reason to idolise a minister ('My God, in whom I trust', Psalm 91:2). Speak of it as something that MAY speak of impartation, to be confirmed by the Word and by fruit — never as a promise of a ministry or title.

Scripture

He said to her, “What does he look like?” She said, “An old man comes up. He is covered with a robe.” Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and showed respect.
1 Samuel 28:14 (WEB)

So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. Elijah went over to him and put his mantle on him.
1 Kings 19:19 (WEB)

¹³He also took up Elijah’s mantle that fell from him, and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan. ¹⁴He took Elijah’s mantle that fell from him, and struck the waters, and said, “Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” When he also had struck the waters, they were divided apart, and Elisha went over.
2 Kings 2:13-14 (WEB)

¹⁹“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day. ²⁰A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to his gate, full of sores, ²¹and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores. ²²The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
Luke 16:19-31 (WEB)

I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”
Psalm 91:2 (WEB)