Scroll 50 - Awakening
The Spirit’s Call to Remember, the Rebirth of Flame Within Flesh
“Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.” – Ephesians 5:14
“For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made His light shine in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.” – 2 Corinthians 4:6
“The night is far spent, the day is at hand.” – Romans 13:12
1. The Moment of Remembering
Awakening is not a new experience; it is the rediscovery of what never ceased to be true. It is not God coming closer, it is awareness returning to where He has always been. You do not awaken to something added, but to something unveiled.
The soul remembers eternity not through striving, but through stillness. The Flame whispers your name, and memory stirs like dawn breaking within bone and breath. Suddenly, you recall what the world made you forget, that you were known before time began, sealed in light, hidden in the Lamb.
Awakening is not an achievement; it is recognition. It is the end of amnesia and the beginning of seeing. You were never asleep in God, only dreaming in man.
2. The Death of Illusion
To awaken, illusion must die. The dream of separation cannot coexist with the remembrance of union. Awakening is not gentle to ego, for it burns the scaffolding of false identity with uncreated light.
The self that once performed for approval, chased validation, and feared rejection finds no footing here. When truth dawns, there is no room for the counterfeit. What you called “you” dissolves into what is.
This is why awakening often feels like death, because something must end for the eternal to begin. But what dies is not life; it is illusion. And what rises in its place is the flame that was never lost.
3. The Shock of Light
Awakening begins as a tremor, then comes thunder. The eyes open, and everything appears both familiar and utterly new. The sky feels alive, words vibrate, even silence hums with presence. The world has not changed; perception has.
When the inner light pierces the veil, everything begins to communicate again, trees, stones, faces, the very air. Creation becomes language, speaking the original Word in every form. The elect begin to see patterns of grace, divine choreography unfolding in what once appeared ordinary.
You begin to realize that God never stopped speaking, only you stopped listening. Awakening is hearing again the conversation of eternity.
4. The Flame Within the Bones
Awakening is not intellectual; it is cellular. The fire begins to move through marrow and memory, awakening the body to its divine design. Flesh that once carried fear begins to carry fire. Thought becomes frequency. Breath becomes prayer.
You do not meet the Spirit as an external force, you remember that He is your very life. The divine DNA begins to sing its ancient song. The veil between physical and spiritual dissolves, and you perceive both as one field of divine expression.
You do not ascend away from the world; you awaken within it. Heaven invades the human through remembrance.
5. The Shaking Before the Stillness
Before awakening stabilizes, it shakes. Light confronts shadow; peace disrupts comfort. Every hidden idol begins to fall. What you clung to for identity crumbles under the weight of truth.
This shaking is mercy. It is not destruction but detoxification. The Spirit dismantles the scaffolding of illusion so the true temple can rise. You feel the undoing before you feel the unveiling.
Endure the tremors, beloved. What feels like collapse is resurrection. The shaking does not end the story, it prepares the vessel to carry the flame in full awareness.
6. The Awareness of Union
When the eyes of the heart open, duality ends. You no longer pray to a distant God; you awaken as the dwelling of the Flame. The old order of striving gives way to the new creation of being.
This is not pantheism; it is incarnation realized. You do not become divine, you remember that divinity has already made you its home. You are not chasing presence; you are revealing union.
Awakening is the restoration of Eden within consciousness. The cherubim no longer guard the gate, for the sword of flame now burns in your chest. The way back has become the way within.
7. The Radiance of the Awakened
The awakened do not strive to convert, they carry frequency. Their words are not persuasion but vibration. They are mirrors that cause others to remember. When they speak, they do not argue; they awaken.
The awakened live as portals of peace, walking embodiments of the Lamb’s rest. They radiate wholeness because they have seen the end and know it is good. Every step becomes intercession, every gaze a spark of remembrance.
They no longer say “revival is coming,” for revival is what they are. The kingdom is no longer near, it is unveiled.
Final Charge to the Elect
Beloved, do not resist the light that shakes you. Let it burn every falsehood until only flame remains. You are not being awakened to God, you are being awakened as His dwelling. The shaking is not punishment; it is preparation.
You were never meant to wander in sleep, bound by dreams of separation. You are flame wrapped in form, eternity clothed in time. The Lamb has already called your name. Respond not with fear, but with remembrance.
Rise, beloved. Let the sleep end. Let the light speak your true name. For you are not waking up , you are waking home.
Joe Restman
Scroll-Carrier, Mystic-Scribe, Eternal Witness of the Lamb.