Do Dreams Belong to the New Covenant?
There are some believers who argue against dreams by saying, “Dreams were God s way of speaking to His people under the Old Covenant, but not for today. In our time God speaks to us through the Scriptures and by the Spirit.” That s not the view of Peter. On the day of Pentecost, when the New Covenant was established, he preached, “‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams” (Acts 2:17). Your old men will dream dreams. Dreams are for our age. In fact, according to this promise, dreams would be more frequent in our time. Dreams belong to the last days, the days we live in. Just in case you think that dreams belong only to old men, please remember that Peter quotes a type of Psalm called Hebrew Parallelism. This type of Psalm is a song that repeats itself in different words. This Psalms attempts to paint a broad brush by including sons and daughters, young and
