Awake O Sleeper
Ephesians 5:14
“Awake,
sleeper,
And arise from the dead,
And Christ will shine on you.”
And arise from the dead,
And Christ will shine on you.”
The Body of Christ has been lulled into sleep.
The currant organized religious system has anesthetized sons and daughters into
being satisfied with and accepting a life of being almost in the will of God. We find
that by enlarge the majority of believers who are faithful church attendees are
passive spectators. The organized church has become a very successful system of
maintenance. If we can just get by one more day, hopefully we will be rescued
from this world system. The pabulum of the rapture doctrine, end time
prophesies, pastoral devotional messages and spectacular, “Christian” worship
music has mesmerized the faithful into a sleepy fog.
Proverbs 14:12a
There is a way which seems right to a man
Song of Solomon 2:7
“I
adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the hinds of the
field, that you do not arouse or awaken my love Until she pleases.”
When, “she
pleases?” when will that be O Bride of Christ?
Song of Solomon 2:10-13
“My
beloved responded and said to me, ‘Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and
come along. ‘For behold, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. ‘The
flowers have already appeared in the land; The time has arrived for pruning
the vines, And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land. ‘The
fig tree has ripened its figs, And the vines in blossom have given forth their
fragrance. Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come along!’
Isaiah 52:1a
Awake, awake, clothe yourself in your
strength, O Zion; Clothe yourself in your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem,
Each and
every one of us is being called upon to put on the full armor of God. Put on
the robes of kings and queens and the mantles of true identity, purpose and destinies.
We are all called upon to a rise and shine!
Isaiah 60:1
“Arise, shine; for your light has come, And
the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
Matthew 33:37-38a
And He said, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of
Man, and the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are the
sons (and daughters) of the kingdom;
As E.
Stanley Jones says in his book, “The Unshakable Kingdom and the Unchanging
person.” This Galilean carpenter, “either had delusions of grandeur or He held
the ground plan of the universe.”
The
Great Awakening that is taking place is inside the sons and daughters of the
King, inside the four walls of the organized church. They will bust out of the
constraints of this present darkness into the freedom of princes and princesses
of the King of kings. They will take their place in the, “Army of the Dawn.1”
And reveal the Morning Star realities to this world. They will put on the full armor
of God, and join with those who are already taking the Kingdom by force, (the
delegated authority and the determination of heart and faith.)
Matthew 11:12
From the days of John, the Baptist until now the kingdom of
heaven suffers violence, and violent men take it by force.
So many
are waiting for the last trump to sound while we do not hear the fact that an
alarm has been sounded on His Holy Mountain, the eighth mountain2. The
Mountain of the Lord, that has authority over all seven mountains of culture.
He is mustering the army on His Holy mountain. To muster an army means to call
together and take a roll call. Will you be there when your name is called?
Joel 2:1
Blow a trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm on My holy
mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, For the day of the Lord
is coming; Surely it is near,
Isaiah 13:4
A sound of tumult on the mountains, Like that of many
people! A sound of the uproar of kingdoms, of nations gathered together! The Lord
of hosts is mustering the army for battle.
The King, The Lord of Hosts is coming and He has always
planned that we should ride with Him.
We are going to The Mountain of the Lord to learn His ways!
Isaiah 2:1-3
Now it will come about that in the last days the mountain of
the house of the Lord Will be
established as the chief of the mountains, and will be raised above the hills; And
all the nations will stream to it. And many peoples will come and say, “Come,
let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house of the God of Jacob; That He may teach us concerning His ways
And that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
And that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
This seems to be the impossible mission, to wake up the
bride, equip the bride for war, and then walk shoulder to shoulder and rebuild
this present world system. However, there are ones who have learned to go, “Deeper
Still.3” This is the generation that will take back the territory
lost to the enemy of our souls. This is not a violence of hate, but of love.
This is not to bring destruction as natural armies do, but to bring restoration.
This is the King and His Bride, awakened, to bring divine order, (the absolute
right way to live) righteousness, (Justice for all) peace, (harmony and good
will) and Joy, (unshakable happiness) in the Holy Spirit.
This is our declaration of independence from satan, his
minions and the evil of this present world order.
We echo this refrain, “We hold these truths to be
self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and
the pursuit of Happiness.”
The Declaration of Independence, of the United States of
America.
We
hear Him saying:
“Awake
O Sleeper!”
For some this may seem like the, “Impossible Dream.”
To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go
However:
And the world will be better for
this
That one man, scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star
That one man, scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star
The Impossible Dream, composed by Mitch Leigh, with lyrics written by Joe Darion.
We are called to prove the
dream is possible as disciples of Jesus, as disciples of the Kingdom of God. Students
of the King of kings, the Lord of lords! The Lord of Hosts and the Monarch of
all creation, regent authority over all the universe and all it contains. Yad
Hey Vad Hey, the I am that I am, The Creator! God in three persons, Father, Son
and Holy Spirit. Jehovah
Yashua Ha Meshiak, The Lord Jesus Christ. We are awake! And we will arise and go forth!
The
sleeping giant has awoken!
1 “The Army of the
Dawn” Rick Joyner
2 ““The 8th
Mountain” Dr. Bruce Cook
3 “Deeper Still”
Danny and Cheryl Dean
Scriptures: New
American Standard Bible (NASB)
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