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Genesis 37:5-11
"Later Joseph had a dream and told it to his brothers, and they found further reason to hate him. He said to them: “Please listen to this dream that I had. There we were binding sheaves in the middle of the field when my sheaf got up and stood erect and your sheaves encircled and bowed down to my sheaf.” His brothers said to him: “Are you really going to make yourself king over us and dominate us?” So they found another reason to hate him, because of his dreams and what he said. "
"After that he had still another dream, and he related it to his brothers: “I have had another dream. This time the sun and the moon and 11 stars were bowing down to me.” Then he related it to his father as well as his brothers, and his father rebuked him and said to him: “What is the meaning of this dream of yours? Am I as well as your mother and your brothers really going to come and bow down to the earth to you?” And his brothers grew jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind."
Joseph had two dreams, but they meant the same thing. They depicted the same event from two different angles.
In Genesis chapter 40, Joseph interprets the dreams of the baker and the cupbearer.
"So the chief cupbearer related his dream to Joseph, saying to him: “In my dream, there was a vine before me. And on the vine, there were three twigs, and as it was sprouting shoots, it blossomed, and its clusters ripened into grapes. And Pharʹaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and squeezed them out into Pharʹaoh’s cup. After that I put the cup in Pharʹaoh’s hand.”
"Then Joseph said to him: “This is its interpretation: The three twigs are three days. Three days from now, Pharʹaoh will bring you out, restoring you to your office, and you will put Pharʹaoh’s cup into his hand as you did before when you were his cupbearer...
"When the chief baker saw that Joseph had interpreted something good, he said to him: “I too was in my dream, and there were three baskets of white bread on my head, and in the top basket, there were all sorts of baked goods for Pharʹaoh, and there were birds eating them out of the basket on top of my head.”
"Then Joseph answered, “This is its interpretation: The three baskets are three days. Three days from now, Pharʹaoh will behead you and will hang you on a stake, and the birds will eat your flesh from you.”
"Now the third day was Pharʹaoh’s birthday, and he made a feast for all his servants, and he brought out both the chief cupbearer and the chief baker in the presence of his servants. And he returned the chief cupbearer to his post of cupbearer, and he continued to hand the cup to Pharʹaoh. But he hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted to them."
Joseph interpreted the dreams by means of God's holy spirit. He said "Do not interpretations belong to God?" Then he explained that the twigs were figurative. The number three was literal. In three days, the cupbearer would return to his position as cupbearer. The baskets of bread were figurative. The number three was literal. In three days the baker would be killed. Both dreams involved three days. They were depicting the same time frame from slightly different angles.
Genesis 41:1-7
"At the end of two full years, Pharʹaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile River. And there, coming up from the river, were seven fine-looking, fat cows, and they were feeding on the Nile grass. There were seven other cows that looked ugly and thin coming up after them from the Nile, and they stood alongside the fat cows by the bank of the Nile. Then the ugly, thin cows began to eat up the seven fine-looking, fat cows. At this Pharʹaoh woke up. Then he went back to sleep and had a second dream. There were seven ears of grain coming up on one stalk, full and choice. And growing up after them were seven ears of grain that were thin and scorched by the east wind. And the thin ears of grain began to swallow up the seven full and choice ears of grain. At this Pharʹaoh woke up and realized that it was a dream."
Joseph, by means of God's holy spirit, explained the dreams. The number seven was literal; it meant seven years. The cows were figurative and the wheat was figurative. There would be seven years of plenty and seven years of famine. The dreams were depicting the same event from slightly different angles.
It is the same with Daniel's visions and the visions of Revelation. They are talking about 3 1/2 years ("time times and half a time", "1260 days", "42 months", "a short time".) The years are literal. The plagues, the bowls, the trumpets, are all figurative. They are all depicting the same time frame (execution of God's judgments during that time) from a slightly different angle. You don't have to believe it if you don't want to, but when you see the UN attack all religious institutions you can know that the 3 1/2 years of great tribulation has begun. It is by means of God's holy spirit that these things are revealed.
Daniel 2:29-30
"...the Revealer of secrets has made known to you what is to happen. As for me, this secret was not revealed to me because I have greater wisdom than anyone living; rather, it was to make the interpretation known..."