Farmer's a traditional Catholic. I think he means it literally - people are waking up to the reality of Christ - of becoming more conscience of needing Christ as the influence of the Anti-Christ grows.

It would be helpful to hear Farmer's entire address, just to place his remarks in their full context. But this doesn't look good.

In many “Christ Consciousness” teachings, Jesus is:
A spiritually awakened teacher
One example of divine consciousness
Not uniquely God, but someone who realized a universal truth