that God communicated to His leaders in visions and dreams, but with Moses He communicated directly. This foreshadows the church today. We are to communicate with God directly, through His Holy Spirit. Today, God does not communicate only through prophets in visions and dreams, but directly, by giving us our own visions and dreams concerning our future. We see an example of being led by a dream in the New Testament in Matthew 1:20. "20 As he considered this, he fell asleep, and an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. " Joseph, son of David,? the angel said, "do not be afraid to go ahead with your marriage to Mary. For the child within her has been conceived by the Holy Spirit. (NLT) Another example is in Matthew 2:13-15. "13 After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. " Get up and flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,? the angel said. "Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to try to kill the child.? 14 That night Joseph left for Egypt with the child and Mary, his mother, 15, and they stayed there until Herod?s death. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: "I called my Son out of Egypt .? (NLT) When we are sure that the dream is of the Lord, it is up to us to act on it by faith. In Acts