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Pillar of Salt in a dream

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

Also: Lot's wife, Salt pillar

What it means

Divine judgment for longing after the past, disobedience, and clinging to material gain.

Severe and immediate judgment.

She was already outside the city when she turned. The judgment came not for staying but for looking back once deliverance was under way.

⚠ When it is a warning

  • Being judged for holding on to the past and to material things
  • Turning back after being brought out

How to tell the difference

The dream concerns DIRECTION rather than location. Note whether the dreamer is looking back, being urged forward, or watching another turn. Remember Lot's wife is spoken by Christ as a warning to the watchful, not only as history.

Scripture

But Lot’s wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

Genesis 19:26 (WEB)

But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for God’s Kingdom.”

Luke 9:62 (WEB)

Remember Lot’s wife!

Luke 17:32 (WEB)

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