AC 4682 - "And Joseph Dreamed a Dream"

AC 4682

And Joseph dreamed a dream.
(Genesis 37:5)

'And Joseph dreamed a dream'
means a declaration concerning Himself.
This is clear from the meaning
of 'dreaming a dream' as to preach;
And because the dream has to do with Joseph,
a declaration concerning
the Lord's Divine Human is meant.
The reason why 'a dream' here means a preaching
is that Joseph's two dreams contain in summary form
all that was foreseen and provided concerning Joseph.
This in the internal sense means
that which was foreseen and provided
regarding Divine Truth within the kind of Church
represented by 'Joseph's brothers',
that is, the kind that starts out from faith.
What is more,
Divine Truths were made known in ancient times
either through the spoken word,
or through visions, or through dreams,
followed by declarations made on the basis of these.
Consequently by 'prophets' in the Word -
to whom Divine truth was made known
either through the spoken word,
or through visions, or through dreams -
are meant teachers of truths,
and in the abstract sense the truths of doctrine.