Sweet Dreams, Horrible Lies

Awaken, My children...

"Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed."- Romans 13:11





I like sleep. There is nothing more relaxing than knowing that as soon as my head hits the pillow, I will get rest. I like sleep. The feeling of drifting off away from consciousness and being in a world that's not like the one I just consciously left. I like sleep. But more than I like sleep, I like being awake. Being awake means I'm alive and aware. I like being awake. Being awake means that I can take advantages of new opportunities that come my way. I like being awake. Being awake means I can see, hear, smell, touch, walk, think, act....

One thing that I have been told (not yet proven, thank you very much to those of you, you know who you are!) is that I sleep with my eyes wide open. They tell me it's creepy. My mother often recounts of times I've been in the hospital, and the doctors come and start talking to me and I don't respond. She has to tell them that "She's sleep...she can't hear you". My husband says the same thing. At night he has to stare to see if I blink and that's how he knows if I'm up or not. Do you know how creepy it is for your husband to just stare at you and you stare back not knowing why he's staring? LOL

Another thing about me is that I'm easily scared out of my sleep. I'm not exactly a light sleeper as in, I hear every noise. I hear "expected" noise - my kids, my dog, snoring, cars and sirens, and I'm fine. But the unexpected noises - gun shots, screaming, alarms, someone shaking me or saying my name etc and I'm a nervous wreck for about a good hour after.

Well, now that you know my sleeping history, I want to focus more on the last part. The being-awaken-out-of-my-sleep, part.

Have you ever been asleep, having a good and vivid dream and someone or something awakens you? How do you feel? Or, have you ever fallen asleep in a new place - maybe your new home, hotel, someone's house only to wake up and not know where you are? How do you feel?

It's hard to be waken out of your sleep. For most, sleep represents comfort, peace, safety. It's what you look forward to at the end of a long and hard day. For that to be taken away can cause great angst. We are in that time now where the body of Christ has been put to sleep. I have been studying with the help of a fellow believer that I hold his counsel that he has given me over time very dear. And studying with him I have come to understand something he taught that I want to share. In his book "The Remnant Bride", brother Joseph discusses in depth what I am going to attempt to do in a few short sentences. While many people believe the body has been put to sleep because of the enemy, I don't believe that is what it is.

They body has been lulled to sleep yes, by those of the world and the promises it brings. But I believe the Father has purposely let it happen. We can look at two types in the bible to show us what I mean:

Genesis 2:21-22

21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. 

Here we see the example of the Father putting the BODY of Adam to sleep to extract a piece of him that would soon be his bride. Now, let's look at a New Testament to this fact:

 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

9 The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, 12 in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 

These two verses also leads us to another revealing truth - not everyone who says Lord Lord will see the kingdom of Yah and also, one can be saved (in the body) but not be the bride (the awaken and extracted part of the body). Like I said, there is a lot to all of this that is further clearly explained and biblically supported in that book above. I'm always the proponent of "knowing those 66 books" before reading another written by man. Mainly because many books will lead you away from Yah instead of to Him. So, you must be careful. But I will have to say, this one is pretty spot on and will CAUSE you to go back and have to study deeper the things that Yah is telling us.

Now, back on topic. Why do we like sleep so much? Because we love the false sense of peace and the false reality and delusion (dreams) they bring. We don't want to wake up because the sleep feels good. But now is not the time to sleep and believe the lies we believe are true. Now is the time for the body to WAKE UP and seek truth. Love the truth NOW. Seek the truth NOW, while it may be found.

6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

"Well, what do you mean, Deidra? That Thessalonians verse is talking about unbelievers!" I contend that you are wrong. Let's look at another supporting verse:

Matthew 24:9-13

“Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations on account of My name. And at that time many will fall away and will deliver up one another and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise, and will mislead many. And because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end, he shall be saved.”

Notice - who will be the ones falling away? Unbelievers can not fall away. It will be believers that fall away. And why do they fall away? Because they did not love the truth. They would not wake up. And because of that, they fell into a deep sleep - the delusion that the Father will send and is currently sending.

I urge you. If you say you are a believer, it is time to put away the things of this world. In our sleeping, we refuse to see the light. Our eyes are closed and we are enveloped in darkness. The same is true spiritually. 

We sleep being entertained by the "church services" and the world. We sleep when we believe in "our country". We sleep when we perpetuate racism and racist thoughts. We sleep when we cheer violence. We sleep when we find ways to look for strength in ourselves and puff ourselves up with pride thinking we can. We sleep embracing a false peace and love that the Father has not given. The sleep causes us so much delusion - so many lies and false dreams. And so, children of Yah, it is time to wake up.

As with all things, have balance......

On the opposite side of sleep is that if you stay awake for too long, you can miss things. Proof of that angst (as a side note) is that if you ever want to mind control someone - deprive them of sleep. Keeping someone awake will alter them in considerable ways. I urge you to look up MK-Ultra project for more information. 

So, don't stay awake SO much that you are distracted and can't focus. Don't allow the enemy to take advantage of you being awake. Waking up out of a deep sleep has the potential to cause fear. Don't allow the enemy to abuse you and take advantage of you being awake. Don't allow your being awake drive you to fear. We, as the children of Yah, don't have that spirit. It's easy to follow every rabbit hole the enemy digs, but stay focused....keep your opened eyes on Him.

Sleep time is over. There is a terrible time on the horizon that will proceed the coming of our Lord -Yahshua's the Messiah, Jesus the Christ. For those with ears to hear and eyes to see.....wake up.

How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? - Proverbs 6:9