Credits

Since the time I started learning these things, mostly from my own discovery in the Word led by the Spirit, I have begun hearing more people from around the world sharing the same truths. Some of them are held back from openly teaching these things for “fear of the Jews” so to speak. They fear loss in their positions or credibility or influence. That is very understandable. But God is using them anyway for His glory. Maybe, in that case, my own apparent disadvantage may be one of my greatest assets. I have no important position in a church to protect, no important degree to defend, no agenda that I must be beholden to. I simply have a growing fire in my bones that is becoming more and more difficult to contain.

In my recent journey through some of these insights I have been blessed to discover presentations by others that have reinforced my findings after I learned them myself. I realize God planned it that way so people could not accuse me of merely reflecting other people's thinking. Of course those who want to accuse me will not let that stop them. But the honest in heart, which are the ones that I really want to connect with anyway, will listen, observe, search, pray and rejoice in the beautiful tapestry of glory that God is assembling in these times right before our eyes.

I have come to realize how immensely important context is in understanding anything. Everyone wears "filters" in their mind to extract and interpret the meaning of life. This is necessary because our minds are simply too small to grasp the full context all at once. Our filters are constantly being modified or hardened, depending even on what we believe about our use of filters. Many have come to worship their filters as their god. I don't believe we realize how much of a problem we have with the first and second commandments. One of the best resources that has influenced me is the devotional book My Utmost For His Highest by Oswald Chambers. I have read this book every day now for a number of years and it repeatedly reminds my conscience to be careful to keep the focus of my life on God Himself, not on my beliefs about Him or my service for Him or anything else.

A number of others have been very helpful in deepening my understanding of many of the points in this book. Jean Sheldon has presented wonderful insights and views about our relationship to the face of God. Ty Gibson and James Rafferty of Lightbearers Ministry initially stirred my mind to pursue these issues by stimulating questions in my mind about our typical interpretations of certain scriptures. Herb Montgomery (with the same ministry) has a passionate and clear portrayal of the real character of God like few others I have heard. He has confirmed and expanded what I was already learning. Bill Liversidge taught Bruce and Corrina Blum who in turn taught me the wonderful art of inductive Bible study that has totally transformed my study habits and ability to discover. My good friend Keith Stokes and Olive Dibble, my sister, and other friends have dialogged with me for years about these subjects constantly flushing out deeper concepts and connections in the Word of God. Most recently I have been introduced to a network of people and speakers who share a similar passion to promote these emerging truths about God. They can be accessed from their websites that I have linked in the sidebar. The hub of these networks is HeavenlySanctuary.com. You can find much more material there that is very complimentary to what I have been collecting here.