Wake Up

And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already <FI>is<Fi> to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer <FI>is<Fi> our salvation than when we did believe;

wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'

Arise, be bright, for come hath thy light, And the honour of Jehovah hath risen on thee.

awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say <FI>it<Fi> .

become watching, and strengthen the rest of the things that are about to die, for I have not found thy works fulfilled before God. — read the full passage →

so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,

all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness, — read the full passage →

Stir thyself, stir thyself, rise, Jerusalem, Who hast drunk from the hand of Jehovah The cup of His fury, The goblet, the cup of trembling, thou hast drunk, Thou hast wrung out.

watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.'

Awake, mine honour, awake, psaltery and harp, I awake the morning dawn.

watch ye, therefore, for ye have not known when the lord of the house doth come, at even, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or at the morning; — read the full passage →

become watching, and strengthen the rest of the things that are about to die, for I have not found thy works fulfilled before God.

Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes--be satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread.

And the chief of the company draweth near to him, and saith to him, `What--to thee, O sleeper? rise, call unto thy God, it may be God doth bethink himself of us, and we do not perish.'

`lo, I do come as a thief; happy <FI>is<Fi> he who is watching, and keeping his garments, that he may not walk naked, and they may see his unseemliness,' --

Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion, Put on the garments of thy beauty, Jerusalem--the Holy City; For enter no more into thee again, Do the uncircumcised and unclean.

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

`Thy dead live--My dead body they rise. Awake and sing, ye dwellers in the dust, For the dew of herbs <FI>is<Fi> thy dew, And the land of Rephaim thou causest to fall.

Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep? — read the full passage →

And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already <FI>is<Fi> to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer <FI>is<Fi> our salvation than when we did believe; — read the full passage →

Strengthen ye the feeble hands, Yea, the stumbling knees strengthen. — read the full passage →

`Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;

Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, utter a song; Rise, Barak, and take captive thy captivity, Son of Abinoam.

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled, — read the full passage →

and what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.'

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed; — read the full passage →

`Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come.

and My people on whom My name is called be humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I--I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.

Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?

And lo, I come quickly, and my reward <FI>is<Fi> with me, to render to each as his work shall be;

For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.

This <FI>is<Fi> the day Jehovah hath made, We rejoice and are glad in it.

but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the flesh take no forethought--for desires.

These things he said, and after this he saith to them, `Lazarus our friend hath fallen asleep, but I go on that I may awake him;' — read the full passage →

`Wonder not at this, because there doth come an hour in which all those in the tombs shall hear his voice, — read the full passage →

And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already <FI>is<Fi> to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer <FI>is<Fi> our salvation than when we did believe; — read the full passage →

`And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you, — read the full passage →

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

Arise, be bright, for come hath thy light, And the honour of Jehovah hath risen on thee. — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

`And the bridegroom tarrying, they all nodded and were sleeping,

and we, being of the day--let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and an helmet--a hope of salvation,

so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober, — read the full passage →

And risen to you, ye who fear My name, Hath the sun of righteousness--and healing in its wings, And ye have gone forth, and have increased as calves of a stall.

Woe <FI>to<Fi> him who is saying to wood, `Awake,' `Stir up,' to a dumb stone, It a teacher! lo, it is overlaid--gold and silver, And there is no spirit in its midst.

And we have more firm the prophetic word, to which we do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till day may dawn, and a morning star may arise--in your hearts;

These things he said, and after this he saith to them, `Lazarus our friend hath fallen asleep, but I go on that I may awake him;'

and he said to them, `Why do ye sleep? having risen, pray that ye may not enter into temptation.'

An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace--peace! For in Thee it is confident.

And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

And to the messenger of the assembly in Sardis write: These things saith he who is having the Seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I have known thy works, and that thou hast the name that thou dost live, and thou art dead; — read the full passage →

through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints--

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

Awake, psaltery and harp, I awake the dawn.

I--in righteousness, I see Thy face; I am satisfied, in awaking, <FI>with<Fi> Thy form!

the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

Through the tender mercies of our God, In which the rising from on high did look upon us,

`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom; — read the full passage →

A little sleep--a little slumber--A little folding of the hands to lie down. — read the full passage →

this one came unto him by night, and said to him, `Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come--a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.'

`And God speaketh all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

Watch ye and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'

Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, And howl all drinking wine, because of the juice, For it hath been cut off from your mouth.

And I heard another voice out of the heaven, saying, `Come forth out of her, My people, that ye may not partake with her sins, and that ye may not receive of her plagues,

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light;

Proclaim ye this among nations, Sanctify a war, stir up the mighty ones, Come nigh, come up, let all the men of war.

`They smote me, I have not been sick, They beat me, I have not known. When I awake--I seek it yet again!'

I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped.

Satisfy us at morn <FI>with<Fi> Thy kindness, And we sing and rejoice all our days.

continually pray ye;

henceforth, there shall be the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power of God.'

but Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep, and having waked, they saw his glory, and the two men standing with him.

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah, Awake, as <FI>in<Fi> days of old, generations of the ages, Art not Thou it that is hewing down Rahab, Piercing a dragon!

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

The people who are walking in darkness Have seen a great light, Dwellers in a land of death-shade, Light hath shone upon them.

The door turneth round on its hinge, And the slothful on his bed.

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion <FI>is<Fi> God to the age.

`Remember, then, how thou hast received, and heard, and be keeping, and reform: if, then, thou mayest not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou mayest not know what hour I will come upon thee.

and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief;

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil,

and having been freed from the sin, ye became servants to the righteousness.

whom also having seized, he did put in prison, having delivered <FI>him<Fi> to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him, intending after the passover to bring him forth to the people.

Thomas saith to him, `Sir, we have not known whither thou goest away, and how are we able to know the way?'

`Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.

Blind <FI>are<Fi> his watchmen--all of them, They have not known, All of them <FI>are<Fi> dumb dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber.

Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.

And Jehovah God formeth the man--dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

`I, Jesus did send my messenger to testify to you these things concerning the assemblies; I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star!

we have known that of God we are, and the whole world in the evil doth lie;

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

by faith Moses, having become great, did refuse to be called a son of the daughter of Pharaoh, — read the full passage →

Jehovah, <FI>at<Fi> morning Thou hearest my voice, <FI>At<Fi> morning I set in array for Thee, And I look out.