It Was All A Dream II: Awakening in Christ

Have you ever had a dream where you really messed up your whole life?

It felt so real.

Then you woke up—so thankful, almost like you got a second chance.

In the last blog post, we uncovered the reality that was the story of Adam and Jesus.

And that’s all our story.

The Sleep of Adam

Scripture says in Genesis 2:21 —

“So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, He took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.”

But notice something: Scripture never says Adam woke up.

It eventually says he died.

What if he slept his whole life?

What if it was all just a dream—a vision showing what happens when we stay spiritually unaware?

Adam wasn’t asleep when God first breathed life into him.

“Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.”(Genesis 2:7)

In that moment, Adam was fully alive—fully aware that it was just him and God.

But that changed when God birthed Eve.

Adam had to die to his old self to experience something new.

His problem came when he saw a life outside the presence of God.

He began to see life through himself and Eve, not through the Spirit.

That’s when he fell asleep.

“Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked.” (Genesis 3:7)

Their eyes were open, but their vision was no longer connected to God.

Their eyes were open, but they were still asleep.

The eyes are not powerful by themselves.

The mind tells the eyes what to see.

That’s why two people can look at the same thing and see two entirely different realities.

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will.” (Romans 12:2)

The Awakening

The same God who put Adam to sleep in the garden of Eden woke Jesus up in the tomb.

“He is not here; He has risen, just as He said.”(Matthew 28:6)

Jesus recognized the voice of the enemy in the garden of Gethsemane.

And instead of sleeping with His disciples, He cried out to God so intensely that He sweated blood.

We can choose to live in Adam’s dream—or awaken into Christ’s consciousness.

Awakening sounds simple—and it is—but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t take blood, sweat, and tears.

The serpent came to divide them,

but Eve came from within Adam.

Division was the lie.

Unity was always the truth.

Each of us carries a piece of that truth within.

Every person you meet holds a fragment of God’s image—a reflection of something inside you.

Together, we are pieces of the same divine puzzle.

What separates us is only illusion.

The carnal man looks at what he sees around him.

The spiritual man looks at what he sees within.

Scripture says, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. (1 Corinthians 15:45)

If Christ is the last Adam, that means Adam was meant to be the first Christ. We all have potential, but we have to have an awakening to receive power to fulfill it.

Adam didn’t truly live—he only dreamed of life.

Real life is giving others the life they deserve, not protecting your own comfort.

Adam was in pain — regretting and reliving the day he fell from grace. He constantly doped himself up with the world so he wouldn’t have to feel it.

That’s because you have to drug yourself—with dopamine hits, emotional highs that leave you low, and self-gratification—to stay asleep. Humanity has been sleeping with Adam.

But God was watching over, whispering:

“Are you ready to wake up?”

“Wake up, my son.”

I pray the whisper of God and redemption becomes louder in your ear than the voice of deception.

Why God Created Us

Many ask, “If God knew we would sin, why did He create us?”

But that’s not the case—God didn’t create us knowing we would sin.

He created us knowing we would have a choice.

The choice to stay asleep… or to wake up.

Love requires freedom, and freedom requires choice.

If there were no choice, there would be no love—only control.

God didn’t want puppets.

He wanted partners.

He breathed His Spirit into Adam not to control him, but to commune with him.

When Adam fell asleep, he stepped into a dream of separation—one where he believed life could exist apart from God, rather than an extension of the divine fellowship with God.

But the truth is, God never left.

He’s been whispering the same invitation ever since:

“Wake up, my child.”

Every day, we face that same decision:

to stay asleep in our own understanding,

or to awaken to the divine reality that God has always been near.

Betray the World

Some say Eve betrayed the world—when really, Adam should have. & been happy about it.

Adam betrayed God to side with Eve.

They didn’t betray the people of the world, because the world hadn’t yet been born. And selfishness doesn’t think of the future or others— only the self, right now.

They betrayed God—but more importantly, they betrayed themselves.

And that’s what sin really is. Self-betrayal.

We’ve become so obsessed with the knowledge of good and evil that we’ve forgotten—God is all we need to know.

To truly wake up, we must learn to betray the world.

Not in hatred, but in love.

Not to rebel against creation, but to return to the Creator.

It’s not about living right or wrong, but living guided, empowered, and completely overcome by God’s Spirit.

Adam betrayed God to please the world.

But on the Cross, Jesus betrayed the world to please God.

That’s redemption.

How much better would things be if Adam had betrayed Eve’s deception instead of God’s presence?

Yet through Christ, that betrayal has already happened—He reversed the curse.

And now, you can too.

Because it was all a dream.

It Was All a Dream

All the pain.

All the pressure.

It may have felt like your worst nightmare—but it was all a dream.

All your mistakes.

Everything you’ve done wrong.

Everything they said about you.

Everything you believed about yourself—

You weren’t just sinning. You were sleeping.

But now… you’ve had enough sleep.

You’ve been buried under your past, fear, and other people’s expectations long enough! You’ve done all you can to stay asleep. But life is happening and you won’t be here forever. It’s time to sober up.

Awaken well-rested in the Lord, ready to accomplish your mission. Ready to walk in love. This has always been the invitation since God rested immediately after making us.

The past is past.

The present is all we have.

And right now—you don’t have to accept defeat.

Right now—you can have faith and be of good courage.

Because you and God are locked in.

And there’s no greater blessing in the world.