Dream See also Revelation One way that God reveals His will to men and women on earth. Not all dreams are revelations, however. Inspired dreams are the fruit of faith. He dreamed, and behold a ladder reached to heaven, Gen. 28:12. Joseph dreamed a dream, Gen. 37:5. The Lord will speak to him in a dream, Num. 12:6. Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, Dan. 2:1–3. Old men shall dream dreams, Joel 2:28 (Acts 2:17). The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, Matt. 1:20 (Matt. 2:19). Lehi wrote many things he had seen in dreams, 1 Ne. 1:16. Lehi dreamed a dream, 1 Ne. 8.