Buildings
Linda Dion
May 6, 2023
When the Lord wishes to speak into some particular aspect of our personal life circumstances, He will often use a building to do so. In our waking life, we recognize different buildings by the purposes which they serve, and these purposes shed light on their symbolic meaning. For example, banks are a place where we can deposit or withdraw money, schools are places where we go to learn and hardware stores are a place to obtain the tools or the materials that we need for a particular project. So when we find these buildings in our dreams, the Lord wishes to draw our attention to these purposes, whether it be literal -such as withdrawing actual cash from a bank - or symbolic - such as making a withdrawal from the store of "God's favour" (see the post on Money for the symbolic meaning of money).
We've listed below some of the more common types of buildings that will come up in dreams and their possible symbolic meaning. This is not an exhaustive list, but it will help you get started in deciphering your night parables.
Airports
Destination
Launching to destiny
Preparing to "fly in the Spirit"
Barns
Place of provision
Castles
Fortress, stronghold
Kingdom
People with authority live there
Funeral Homes
Something has come to an end
Place of grief
Transition between old and new
Gift Shops
Place to obtain gifts
of the Holy Spirit
Hospitals
Place of healing and recovery
Insight into what is going on in you
Healing ministry
Libraries
Place to find knowledge
Knowledge of past generations
Place of study and research
Restaurants
Place to receive or give
spiritual nourishment.
Fellowship
Shopping Malls
Marketplace for provision
Large ministry or church with
multiple ministries.
Materialism
Theatres and Cinemas
Place where you are shown
something
Auto Repair Shops
Ministry of repair or renewal
where people go for help
Bars
Place of spiritual influence
for good or for bad.
Place of the 'Spirit' or 'spirits'
Churches
Community of faith
Where people with same beliefs gather
Related to spiritual matters
Gas Stations
Place where you get filled up
Place to get empowered
Can symbolize a church
Hardware Stores
Place to get materials and tools
to build or to repair with.
"Building" anointing
Hotels
Temporary place
Place of transition
Time for a vacation
Office Buildings
Calling dream
Job situation
One's "office" in ministry
Schools
Place to learn spiritual truths
or to teach them to others
Stadiums
What you do or see
will impact many people
"Team" ministry
Warehouses
Place of provision
Place of storage for resources
Larger ministry
Banks
Place of accumulated favour
Place of resources
Cabins/Cottages
Place to get away, to relax
Place of refuge and recreation
Simple life
Farms
Place of provision or
place where you "grow"
Harvest of souls
Country General Stores
Place where you can go
back to basics
High Rises
High visibility
Great influence
The higher the building the greater
the influence.
Houses
An aspect of the dreamer's life,
either literal or symbolic
Can symbolize a church
Prisons and Jails
Bondage
Stronghold in dreamer's life
Shacks
Place to get away and relax,
but not as big as a cabin
Spirit of lack or of poverty
Tents
Place that is even more
temporary than a hotel
I have put before you a number of buildings and their possible meaning but in the following videos, Marcel delves more deeply into the symbolism of each building by highlighting certain details such as the condition, the colour or the ownership of these buildings as well as some of the activities that might be going on in each one, either by the dreamer or by others.
