Dream Guide · Places

What does dreaming about church & temple mean in the Bible?

God's dwelling — a temple that is now His people

The psalmist was glad at the call to God's house, and the New Testament turns the image inward: you yourselves are God's temple, and His Spirit dwells in you. A church in a dream may stir a call back to worship, community, or the awareness that God has made His home in you. In the SoulGuide Dream Guide, church & temple is filed under places — one of 54 symbols in the guide — and is answered with 3 King James Version passages quoted in full: Psalms 122:1, 1 Corinthians 3:16, Hebrews 10:25. Each passage below carries a short note explaining why it applies to church & temple, so the entry can be read on its own without the rest of the guide.

Verses to read

Psalms 122:1 (KJV)
“I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.”
I rejoiced when they said, "Let us go to the house of the Lord"
1 Corinthians 3:16 (KJV)
“Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”
You are God's temple; God's Spirit dwells in you
Hebrews 10:25 (KJV)
“Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.”
Not giving up meeting together — encouraging one another
“Do not interpretations belong to God?” — Genesis 40:8. These entries show what Scripture says about each symbol; weigh every dream in prayer and by God's word.