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COLORS
BLUE
Positive: Communion, Fellowship, Revelation
Numbers 15:38
• The priests wore solid blue
• Blue cloth coverings protected the holy articles of the tabernacle
• The sky suggests the zone connecting heaven and earth
Negative: Sorrow, Depression, Emotional Lows
• Blue is a universal term for sadness as in “singing the blues”
PURPLE
Positive: Royalty, Kingship, Authority
Judges 8:26; John 19:2
• Worn only by those in high rank in royal courts
• The bronze alter of sacrifice was covered in purple cloth for travel
• The color of political wealth and power
Negative: False authority or domination; Oppression
• Babylon, the great harlot of Revelation
Apocalypse and image of the world’s wealth and power gone awry is described as wearing purple and scarlet
RED
Positive: Blood atonement, sacrifice
Positive: Power, anointing, wisdom for battle
Lev 14:52; Josh 2:18,21; Isa 1:18
• The tabernacle’s linen curtains were red
• The blood sacrifices, the cross
Negative: Anger, battle, bloodshed, destruction
2 Kings 3:22; Rev 6:4; 12:3
• the great harlot of the Apocalypse appears dressed in scarlet on a scarlet beast
WHITE
Positive: purity, righteousness, holy power, Spirit of the Lord, angels
Rev 6:2; 7:9; 19:8; 3:4-5; 15:6
• The absence of darkness
• Heaven’s garments
Negative: false purity, righteousness, holy power, Spirit of the Lord, angels
Negative: religious or legalistic spirit
BLACK
Positive: Mysterious, unknown, unable to see
Positive: Formal
Negative: Death, spiritual darkness, evil, famine
Lam 4:8; Jeremiah 8:21; Rev 6:5
• In the Bible it is not used as an image of sin
• God’s presence in times of divine judgment upon sin and evil.
• “Darkness fell over the whole land” when Jesus died (Lk 23:44)
AMBER
Positive: The Glory of God
Ezekiel 1;4; 8:2 KJV
• The Lord is described in visions of Ezekiel as amber
Negative: False glory, attempt at gaining self-glory, attempt at being seen as a hero
YELLOW
Positive: The Glory of God
• The color associated with the Glory of God
Positive: Hope, Faith, Strength
• The color associated with the sun and sunshine
Positive: Gifts from God
Negative: Coward, Fear-based Motive
• The color associated with cowardly fear as in the term “yell0w-bellied”
ORANGE
Positive: Perseverance, Persistence
Negative: Stubbornness, Strong-willed
• The color of fire
• The color of autumn leaves
• The color used to signify danger or a hazard
GREEN
Positive: Growth, Prosperity, Conscience
• The main color of living plants and vegetation such as grass and trees
• The color associated with currency
Negative: Stubbornness, Strong-willed
• The color associated with envy as in “green with envy”
• Again, the color associated with currency
PINK
Positive: Child-like Faith, Love or Innocence
• The color universally associated with children, especially female children
Negative: Childishness, Immaturity
GRAY
Positive: Maturity, Deserving of Honor
Positive: Having to do with Seniors or a Senior Community
• The color of aged hair is gray
Negative: Death, Sadness, Weakness
• As in gray skies, gray clouds
• The color associated with the grave
BROWN
Positive: Humility, Compassion
• As in the dirt we are made from and will return to
• As in the leaves that fall from trees
Positive: Pastoral Color
• Shepherds of flocks are intended to be motivated by compassion
Negative: Compromise
Humanism or Worldly/Fleshly perspective (disregarding divine perspective)
• False human compassion as salve from motives to feel better
GEMSTONES
DIAMOND
APRIL BIRTHSTONE
1. Diamonds, when they are in a wedding ring, may symbolize a commitment or partnership. An engagement diamond, then, would represent a pending or coming commitment or partnership. In these cases the message within the diamond is related to a “marriage” so to speak, something the dreamer is currently tied to. And it’s more likely to be about a job or ministry or something you are currently involved with or committed to than an actual marriage.
2. Diamonds in dreams may symbolize human beings. We are often said to be “diamonds in the rough”!
Within the scripture, diamonds are referred to as precious stones (Exodus 28:18; Exodus 39:11; Ezekiel 28:13), and included on the garments of the Old Testament priests and of Satan prior to his rebellion in heaven. More significantly, God sees his children as precious as mentioned in Psalm 139:17. How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!
3. Putting those two together, a diamond on a wedding ring may represent a commitment connected to a particular person (or persons if there is more than one).
4. Jesus can be symbolized as a diamond. If so, He might be very large and red like a ruby.
5. Diamonds can be literal rather than symbolic whether attached to a ring or not.
6. Diamonds, as with other kinds of jewelry, may be taken to mean an adornment, something not essential but enhancing. Spiritual gifts cam be represented as jewels or jewelry in dreams, depending on the context, but rarely diamonds.
PEARL
May symbolize wisdom
May symbolize the Kingdom of Heaven
May symbolize something of great value
May symbolize a valuable result of great agitation
My symbolize the need for focus on the reason for the work of Christ on the cross
May symbolize Jesus himself
RUBY
JULY BIRTHSTONE
May symbolize Jesus himself, due to His shedding of blood for our atonement
May symbolize healing and restoration
METALS
GOLD
Positive: Purity, holiness, glory, prosperity
Positive: Of Immense Spiritual Worth, Value
• Despite its rarity as a commodity, it’s Mentioned 425 times in the Bible
• The primary meaning is value, with secondary meanings of permanence and durability
• Gold is clearly associated with wealth
Negative: Idolatry, Defilement, Contamination, Misplaced Honor, Lawlessness, Licentiousness
• Idols were either solid gold or carved from wood and coated with gold
• Aaron allowed the Hebrews to make a golden calf while Moses was on the mountain.
SILVER
Positive: Redemption Will Result From This, the Price of Redemption
Positive: Appropriate use, Purposeful
• Mentioned 300 times in the Bible
(Matthew 27:3-9, Exodus 30:11-16)
• Next to gold, it holds the most value
Negative: Temptation, Covetousness, Envy
• Joseph’s brothers sell him for twenty pieces of silver (Genesis 37:28)
• Joseph planted a silver cup in
Benjamin’s satchel (Genesis 44:2)
• God warned his people to “not make gods of silver alongside me” Exodus 20:23
BRONZE
Positive: Symbolizes GREAT STRENGTH
• Bronze, a combination of copper and lead, was one of the earliest alloys to be widely used during the Old Testament period.
• Two-thirds of the uses of BRONZE in the Old Testament are figurative, rather than literal. Figuratively speaking, BRONZE symbolizes STRENGTH as in Job’s question, “Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?”
• STRENGTH is also indicated in Jeremiah 1:18, “Today I have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar and a BRONZE wall to stand against the whole land.
Lev. 26:19 denotes the GREAT STRENGTH as well, “I will break down your stubborn pride and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze.”
Positive: Symbolizes SHINING RADIANCE
• Since bronze was used to form mirrors, it may be associated with SHINING RADIANCE as in Revelation 1:15 and Ezekiel 1:7 and 40:3.
• It’s important to note the nearly half of all literal references for bronze refer to its use in the temple or tabernacle.
Negative: Symbolizes WARFARE
• A sizable group of literal references for bronze refer to its use in warfare, so bronze may reinforce a spiritual battle theme within a dream.
Negative: Symbolizes BONDAGE AND CAPTIVITY
• BRONZE SHACKLES speak of the treatment of captured leaders by victorious adversaries, as with Sampson (Judges 16:21).
IRON
Positive: Generally Symbolizes SUPERIOR STRENGTH & PERSISTENCE (as compared to others)
• This strength is due to iron’s hardness and durability.
• Iron, as well as copper, is indigenous to the Promised Land.
• During the transition from BRONZE to IRON, the Israelites found themselves dependent upon the Canaanites for iron craftsmen and production.
• Israel’s lack of iron weapons of war repeatedly placed them at a distinct military disadvantage as they struggled for independence from their neighbors who cunningly maintained a monopoly on iron forging technology.
Negative: of LESSER VALUE, CHARACTER OR ACHEIVEMENT
• In Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of the statue depicting four world empires, the iron portion is the least valuable metal in the statue, hinting at a government lacking values but ruling with an iron fist.
Positive: INNOVATION or MYSTERY
• Based on biblical passages, iron in dreams may speak THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION.
• And since the craft of forging of iron was heavily guarded by the tribes that utilized it, IRON in dreams can speak of MYSTERY.
COPPER
Positive: Symbolizes NUMEROUS USEFUL CHARACTERISITICS/TALENTS
• Today’s common uses of copper in the construction field include using it for welding and soldering; use in brazing applications; use for making lightning rods; and, use in plumbing applications (like making pipes and fittings from copper).
Positive: HARD, STRONG AND INVULNERABLE
• As in 2 Kings 25:7, Job 6:12, Isaiah 45:2 and Jeremiah 1:18
Positive: SOMEONE OR SOMETHING CARRYING SPIRITUAL POWER
• Copper, like iron, is indigenous to the Promised Land, and has made vital contributions to sustaining and improving society since the dawn of civilization.
• Copper is an EXCELLENT CONDUCTOR OF ELECTRICITY AND HEAT.
12 STONES ON HEBREW PRIEST EPHOD
And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row. And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings. And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes. (Exodus 28:17-21, KJV)
1. Precise identification of the 12 stones in the Ephod cannot be always be assured, but the stones identities represent the classic theological opinions.
2. Associating the stones with corresponding tribes is difficult, given the difficulty of associating the qualities of these stones with the qualities of the corresponding tribes.
3. BIBILCAL SYMBOLISM stems from the Hebrew or Greek terms used for 5 of these stones (the other 7 meanings are unknown).
4. HISTORICAL/UNIVERSAL SYMBOLISM is included when possible.
ROW 1, STONE 1- Carnelian
Meaning of Hebrew term: Red
Hebrew: אודם (odem) Strong’s #124
The color RED may symbolize blood atonement, sacrifice
The color RED may symbolize power, anointing, wisdom for battle
Lev 14:52; Josh 2:18,21; Isa 1:18
• The tabernacle’s linen curtains were red
• The blood sacrifices, the cross
Anger, battle, bloodshed, destruction
2 Kings 3:22; Rev 6:4; 12:3
• the great harlot of the Apocalypse appears dressed in scarlet on a scarlet beast
ROW 1, STONE 2- Olivine
Hebrew: פטדה (pit’dah) Strong’s #6357
Meaning: (unknown)
The Septuagint uses the word , but the Topaz was unknown at the time of the Exodus
Other possibility: Chrysolite
ROW 1, STONE 3- Emerald
MAY BIRTHSTONE
Meaning of Hebrew term: Lightning/Flash
Hebrew: ברקת (bareqet) Strong’s #1304
This stone may symbolize SUDDEN BRILLIANCE or PROSPERITY
The Septuagint uses Smaragdos meaning a green stone
Other Possibilities: Beryl or Quartz
ROW 2, STONE 1- Turquoise
Hebrew: נופך (nophekh) Strong’s #5306
Meaning: (unknown)
Turquoise was commonly mined in the region
Other Possibilities: Carbuncle, Garnet and Malachite (the Septuagint has Anthrax meaning coal)
ROW 2, STONE 2- Lapis Lazuli or Sapphire
SEPTEMBER BIRTHSTONE
Meaning of Hebrew term: Scroll/Write
Hebrew: ספיר (saphiyr) Strong’s #5601
While the Hebrew word is saphiyr, the origin of the word Sapphire, the Sapphire was unknown until the Roman period.
ROW 2, STONE 3- Flint
Meaning of Hebrew term:: Hammer/Strike
Hebrew: יהלום (yah’lom) Strong’s #3095
A Flint stone is a stone used to create a spark when struck
ROW 3, STONE 1- Opal
Hebrew: לשם (leshem) Strong’s #3958
Meaning: (unknown)
Other Possibilities: Amber, Jacinth, Amethyst
ROW 3, STONE 2- Agate
Hebrew: שבו (sh’vo) Strong’s #7618
Meaning: (unknown)
The Septuagint uses achates meaning Agate
ROW 3, STONE 3- Amethyst
FEBRUARY BIRTHSTONE
Meaning of Hebrew term: Dream
Hebrew:אחלמה (ahh’lamah) Strong’s #306
The Septuagint uses Amethystos.
ROW 4, STONE 1- Topaz
NOVEMBER & DECEMBER BIRTHSTONES
Hebrew: תרשיש (tarshish) Strong’s #8658
Meaning: (unknown)
Possible Stone: Topaz
Other Possibilities: Beryl, Amber, Serpentine
ROW 4, STONE 2- Onyx
Hebrew: שוהם (shoham) Strong’s #7718
Meaning: (unknown)
Possible Stone: Onyx
Other Possibilities: Beryl (the Septuagint uses beryllios), Malachite
ROW 4, STONE 3- Jasper
Hebrew: ישפה (yash’pheyh) Strong’s #3471
Meaning: (unknown)
The Septuagint uses laspis meaning Jasper.
