Hearing God's Voice in DreamsA–Z symbolsShore in a dream
Biblical meaning from Hearing God's Voice in Dreams by Apostle Nicholas V. Mbanjwa
Also: Beach, Riverbank, Seashore, Sea shore, The bank
What it means
The boundary of divine order; standing on the shore and looking out to sea represents a vision involving nations, and transition.
A call into the deep or into the unknown; a call to launch out.
The Lord placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree. The shore is where the limit God set becomes visible.
✦ When it is positive
- A place of being called into the unknown
- A prophetic vision toward the nations
- The place where the net is drawn in and the sorting is done
⚠ When it is a warning
- Standing on the shore unwilling to launch out
- A boundary the dreamer will not cross
How to tell the difference
The sand on the seashore represents many people. Note the DIRECTION the dreamer faces: looking out to sea speaks of calling and what lies ahead; looking back to land speaks of what is being left or refused.
Scripture
that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gate of his enemies.
Genesis 22:17 (WEB)
Don’t you fear me?’ says the LORD; ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it can’t pass it? Though its waves toss themselves, yet they can’t prevail. Though they roar, they still can’t pass over it.’
Jeremiah 5:22 (WEB)
which, when it was filled, fishermen drew up on the beach. They sat down and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.
Matthew 13:48 (WEB)
3He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat. 4When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”
Luke 5:3-4 (WEB)