Woman/Mother in a dream
Biblical meaning from Hearing God's Voice in Dreams by Apostle Nicholas V. Mbanjwa
Also: Mother, A woman, A female figure
What it means
The New Jerusalem from above; the nation of Israel; a system of worship; the Holy Spirit (in His nurturing, communing, sensitive personality).
The woman in Jesus' parable who lost and searched for her coin is a figure of the Holy Spirit searching the world for the lost (sinners).
The woman who hid leaven in three measures of meal represents the Holy Spirit allowing false elements into the Church to reveal genuine from counterfeit believers.
His manifestation as a woman reveals His personality of communion, sensitivity, nurturing, and care — His longing for fellowship.
✦ When it is positive
- The New Jerusalem from above
- The nation of Israel
- The Holy Spirit's nurturing, communing, sensitive personality
- A longing for fellowship and communion with you
⚠ When it is a warning
- A system of worship, idolatry and harlotry
- Religion
- False doctrine or false devotion
How to tell the difference
Context determines which meaning applies — positive dreams typically reveal the Holy Spirit or the Church; negative contexts reveal religious systems or idolatrous worship.
Scripture
But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Galatians 4:26 (WEB)
1A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 2She was with child. She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth.
Revelation 12:1-2 (WEB)
And on her forehead a name was written, “MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
Revelation 17:5 (WEB)
8“Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn’t light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it? 9When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost!’ 10Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”
Luke 15:8-10 (WEB)
He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”
Matthew 13:33 (WEB)
See also: 2 Corinthians 13:14