It's not the lion that's sleeping, it's the people.
Romans 13:12-14 KJV. "The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness,"
The image merges the Lion of England, a heraldic symbol tied to British royalty since Richard the Lionheart’s era (12th century), with the Union Jack, suggesting a call to revive national pride or awareness, possibly linked to current political unrest in the UK as of September 2025.
The accompanying Bible quote from Romans 13:12-14, urging a shift from "darkness" to "light," aligns with a 2020 theological analysis from Luther Seminary, which frames this as a wake-up call for moral and communal renewal, potentially reflecting debates on societal values amid recent UK governance shifts.
No peer-reviewed studies directly address this imagery, but historical data on heraldry (e.g., Royal Mint records) and public sentiment surveys (e.g., YouGov polls on national identity, 2024) indicate growing polarization, which may fuel such symbolic messaging.
It is time.
"Wake up, wake up, O Zion! Clothe yourself with strength. Put on your beautiful clothes, O holy city of Jerusalem, for unclean and godless people will enter your gates no longer." Isaiah 52:1
The image and quote from Isaiah 52:1, likely symbolize a call to spiritual awakening for Britain, using the lion—a historical emblem of English strength, again from Richard the Lionheart’s era—as a metaphor, tied to the backdrop of Big Ben and Westminster.
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