Hearing God's Voice in DreamsA–Z symbolsPearl in a dream
Biblical meaning from Hearing God's Voice in Dreams by Apostle Nicholas V. Mbanjwa
What it means
Victory, conquering, triumph — formed when an oyster, injured, secretes a hormone that mingles with sand and grows by accretion, turning pain into a precious item.
A picture of Christ on the cross turning defeat into victory, trials into triumphs.
In the parable of the merchant seeking the goodly pearl, the sea represents the world, the merchant represents Christ, and the pearl represents Gentile believers — those once unclean and cast away but now engrafted in.
✦ When it is positive
- Victory, conquering, triumph
- Turning pain/trial into something precious
- Gentile believers engrafted into God's people
How to tell the difference
Jews regarded pearls as not kosher (unclean) — which the author notes makes Jesus' parable of the pearl-seeking merchant a deliberately unexpected illustration for His original Jewish audience, since Jews primarily valued pearls by selling them to Gentiles.
Scripture
45“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls, 46who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.
Matthew 13:45-46 (WEB)