Dreaming About Broken Glass: The Bible Gives It No Meaning



  • Scripture records no dream of broken glass and gives it no meaning. Glass barely exists in the Bible — its mirrors were polished bronze and its windows were holes in a wall.
  • Paul’s mirror is one of the two appearances: “now we see only a reflection as in a mirror” (1 Corinthians 13:12) — dim and warped, but genuinely his face.
  • The other is John’s “sea of glass, clear as crystal” before the throne (Revelation 4:6) — water with nothing hidden in it, the opposite of every sea they knew.
  • For the breaking itself, Isaiah 42:3: “A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.” Both are useless by any reasonable assessment.
  • The Gospel does not promise the glass goes back together. It promises the broken thing is not discarded — and the risen Christ was recognised by his wounds.

Scripture records no dream of broken glass, and gives it no meaning. It cannot, really — glass barely exists in the Bible. The mirrors of that world were polished bronze, and the windows were holes in a wall. But the two places glass does appear are worth the visit, dear friends, and one of them is about seeing badly. Does the Bible interpret dreams about broken glass? It does not. Scripture records many dreams and interprets only a handful, each…

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