DREAMS AND THE SCRIPTURE. Part 1

The meaning of dreams has been one of the most fascinating topics of discussion around the World. The answer depends on Who you ask.
Cultures around the World have developed their own traditions for interpreting dreams. Some people believe dreams are just a byproduct of Brain Wave activity, and that dreams do not have any psychologically significant meaning at all, other people argue that our dreams are a reflection of our deepest desires, and some believe that dreams connect us to God.
To the Egyptians, dreams were a perception of things that existed but could not be seen or heard during the waking hours of the brain. They tried to make contact with their dream world by performing ritual incantations and using potion ointments to summon the invisible spirits. They believed that contacts with those elemental spirits would bring warnings, advice, success or other ventures, recovery from illness, or merely pleasurable experiences. They had especial facilities where dream incubation occurred by laying down in dream beds carefully made of every single word or action that the individual performed in his waking hours.
The Scripture teaches that from ancient times, GOD relayed His Messages through the power of His Spirit, to His Chosen Servants by visions and dreams. The Scripture refers to Dreams from God, Natural Dreams, and False Dreams.
Dreams from God were received by GOD's servants and, at the same time, by persons not devoted to Him. Amos, for example, was not born as the son of a prophet. His home was the town of Tekoa, South of Jerusalem, at an elevation of about 820m(2,700ft). To the East, and sloping toward the Dead Sea (1200m[4,000ft] below sea level), was the Wilderness of Judah, where in his early life, Amos found employment as a Humble Sheep Raiser. The Hebrew Word "noqedhim" (sheep raisers) occurs in only one place in the Scripture, 2 Kings3:4 -"King Mesha of Moab raised sheep, and every year he gave as tribute to the king of Israel  100,000 lambs and the wool from 100,000 sheep." The Hebrew Word "noqedhim" is related to the Arabic Word "naqqad"for a special, unattractive, but highly valued fleece, breed of sheep. Amos also engaged in menial seasonal work as a nipper of sycamore figs, a variety considered food 'only for the poor.' The practice of pinching or puncturing the figs (symbolic to the testing of Faith that Believers must endure) was to hasten the ripening and increase the size and sweetness of the fruit. Like the shepherd David, who was called to public service by GOD to govern the Jews, so also, God proceeded to take Amos from following the flock of his hometown and made him His Prophet. Amos 7:15 Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without Revealing His Plan to His Servants using visions and dreams.
In 1 Kings 3, GOD teaches us how dreams work: "Solomon made an alliance with the king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. He brought her to live in David's city until he had finished building his palace, the Temple, and the wall around Jerusalem."(1)
"A Temple had not yet been built for the Lord, and so the people were still offering sacrifices at many different altars."(2)   "Solomon loved the Lord and followed the instructions of his father David, but Solomon also slaughtered animals and offered them as sacrifices on various altars."(3)
"On one occasion Solomon went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices because that was where the most famous altar was. Solomon had offered hundreds of Burnt Offerings there in the past. That Night the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream and asked him, "What would you like ME to give you?"
Solomon answered, "YOU always showed Great Love for my father David, Your servant, and he was Good, Loyal, and Honest in his Relation With YOU. And YOU Have Continued To Show him Your Great and Constant Love by giving him a son who today rules in his palace. O Lord GOD, You have let me succeed my father as king, even though I am very young and do not know how to rule. Here I am among the people YOU Have Chosen to Be Your Own, a people who are so many that they cannot be counted. So give me the Wisdom I Need To Rule Your People with Justice and To Know the Difference Between Good and Evil. Otherwise, How would I ever be able to rule this great people of Yours?" (4-9)
The LORD was pleased that Solomon had asked for this, and so GOD said to him, "Because you have asked for the Wisdom to Rule Justly, instead of long life for yourself or riches or the death of your enemies, I Will Do What you have asked. I Will Give you more WISDOM and UNDERSTANDING than ANYONE HAS EVER HAD BEFORE or WILL EVER HAVE AGAIN.  I Will ALSO give you What you have Not Asked for : ALL YOUR LIFE you will have WEALTH and HONOR, more than that of any other king. And IF YOU OBEY ME and KEEP MY LAWS and COMMANDS, as your father David did, I WILL GIVE you A LONG LIFE."(10-14)  
Solomon woke up and realized that GOD HAD SPOKEN TO him in the Dream.
The Book of Judges, chapter 7, teaches us GOD's Way of Selection of His People whom are able to carry His Spirit and interpret dreams and visions, in order to obtain Victory over His Enemies : "One Day Gideon and all men got up early and camped beside Harod Spring. The Midianite Camp was in the Valley to the North of them by Moreh Hill. The LORD said to Gideon, "The men you have are too many for ME to give them Victory over the Midianites. They might think that they had won by themselves and so give ME no credit."(1-2)
"Announce to the people, 'Anyone who is afraid should go back home, and we will stay here at Mount Gilead.' "  So 22,000 went back, but 10,000 stayed. (3)
Then the LORD said to Gideon, "You still have too many men. Take them down to the Water, and I WILL SEPARATE THEM FOR YOU there. IF I TELL you A MAN should GO WITH YOU, he will go. IF I TELL you, A MAN should NOT GO WITH YOU, he will not go." (4)
Gideon took the men Down to the Water, and the LORD TOLD him, "SEPARATE everyone WHO LAPS UP the water WITH HIS TONGUE like a dog, FROM everyone WHO GETS DOWN ON HIS KNEES to drink."(5) There were 300 men who scooped up Water in their hands and lapped it; all the others got down on their knees to drink. (6)
The LORD said to Gideon, "I WILL RESCUE you and GIVE you VICTORY over the Midianites WITH the 300 MEN who lapped the Water. Tell everyone else to go home." So Gideon sent all the Israelites home, except the 300, who kept all the supplies and trumpets. The Midianite Camp was below them in the Valley. (7-8)