Glimmerings: The Other Side of The Story

THEIR Side of His Story

The Ones Who knew Jesus

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by AnnaMarie Fernihough

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THEIR side of His Story

The Ones Who Knew Jesus

By AnnaMarie Fernihough

Forward

This book was originally called Glimmerings: The Other Side of The Story. After ten years of re-reading and finding out how much I hate punctuation, I’ve pretty much rewritten the book. That’s why it has a new title, but it’s still the same people …plus a few new ones.

I’m not a seminary-educated theologian, nor do I preach. I’m an everyday Christian, married to a man who followed God’s Call into the Ministry and brought me along with him. I wanted to know more about the daily life of some of those people who lived in Jesus’ time: you know, the ones who listened and were healed, and the ones who argued with Him …and killed Him?

With more than 25 of our 41+ years together spent in very active and heartfelt ministry, I still have a lot of questions. Chapter 2, Stories of Hoy Week, was written for a Good Friday Service in 2004, and was performed by congregation members in three of our churches over the following few years. No longer available as a separate book, it’s included here …along with a few extra people. Then I saw the response of both the congregation, and the readers, I decided to write more.

God granted me His Grace to visit and listen to the people you will meet here. My characters were using my mind and my hands to tell their Stories, and as I listened to their thoughts and their conversations, I heard their joy and their sorrow, their wonderment and their pain, their delight and their anger. They will give you their thoughts, and some will create new perspectives about who they were. Their stories will contradict everything you’ve been taught, sometimes, but all of them lived in Jesus’ time, except for the Writer, …and their actual lives may have been completely opposite of what’s written here. But they’ll give you the chance to explore your own Faith, and ask Jesus your own questions.

At the end of this book, you will find a reading given to me by Jesus. I prayed very hard about this one because, of all the readings included here, even those of God and the Holy Spirit, I knew that I couldn’t get in His way as He gave me the Words for His Message. As I came to the end of it, and waited for His final Thoughts, I was …well, I can’t find the right words for how I felt …when I saw His words talking of me, and my life.

I’ve been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis for 36 years, and it’s only through His Grace that you’re reading this book. I didn’t intend to tell you about it, because I didn’t think it was important. When I began hitting the keys on my computer and reading the words they were spelling, I stopped …many times …and asked Jesus if this was really what He wanted to say, and how He wanted it said.

His answer is there at the end of the book, and it won’t ruin anything if you choose to turn there now.

As you keep reading, you’ll understand why.

Sincerely,

AnnaMarie

12/06/2018

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THEIR Side of His Story

The Ones Who Knew Jesus

Table of Contents

Chapter One

Stories of Christmas

The Star

The Holy Spirit

Gabriel, part one

Anna, the Mother of Mary

Elizabeth, the Mother of John the Baptist

The Rock and The Tree, part one

Joseph’s Father

The Innkeeper’s Wife

Nature and The Animals

Joseph

The Shepherd

The Drummer Boy

The Wiseman

Herod

Mary, the Mother of Jesus, part one

Chapter Two

Stories of Holy Week

Lazarus

The Woman Who was Bleeding

The Rock and the Tree, part two

Yeshua, on Palm Sunday

Summas, the Saducee

The Owner of the House of Passover

Judas, the Betrayer

Philip

Mary Magdalene, part one

The Servant Girl at Annas’ House

Pilate’s Wife

The Physician

Simon, of Cyrene

The Paralytic

Nicodemus

Artaban, the Fourth Wiseman

Mary, the Mother of Jesus, part two

Joseph, of Arimathea

God

Chapter Three

Stories of Easter

Gabriel, part two

The Rock and The Tree, part three

The Roman Soldier

Mary Magdalene, part two

Peter

Pilate

Caiaphas

On the Road to Emmaus

Thomas

AnnaMarie, the Writer

Mary, the Mother of Jesus, part three

Jesus

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Chapter One

Stories of Christmas

The Star

What a Beautiful night! I am the Sacred Beacon of the Birth of the Prince of Heaven. I wonder what you see in my Light, because you’ve no idea what it means for me to Shine for you. I not only lit up your world, I was given the honor of lighting up the Entire Universe! All the stars, all the planets, all the suns, and all of Time saw my Light that night! I got to be the Ecstatic Beauty of the timeless Glory of God.

As I looked down from Heaven, I tried to see into your hearts. I tried to hear your thoughts and read your minds. I tried to understand how so many of you couldn’t recognize what was happening in your world. I expected to see all of you trying to get into that little stable to see the Son of God, but most of you missed the Event that would save your lives. The Angels made me to shine brightly through that Day, so that you would wonder at the purpose of God. Only a few of you looked for Him …only a few got to see Him. How sad that was for all of us here in Heaven.

Many of the Angels returned with heartbroken tears on their faces that night: they were thrilled so much beyond your understanding that Our Heavenly Creator had chosen to make Himself known to you, but in their celestial, Heavenly privilege, they couldn’t comprehend how insignificant the Birth of the Son was to you. Their song from the Sky, though loud enough to drown out your loudest machines of today, went unnoticed and unheard, except by a few who you considered unworthy of attention. But I must tell you: the rest of God’s Universe heard us! You slept through their celebrations, too.

As I look down on your world tonight, I don’t know if it would be much different. Would you listen if the Angels sang tonight? Would you try to find the Baby if He were to be born tonight …or would you count it as a story created by some fanatical bunch of people, trying to get some TV time?

The stars have watched your little planet for endless millennia, and we’ve done all we could to illuminate your path through the darkness. We try to make the wonders of your world beautiful and breathtaking, so that you only have to open your eyes to find the Creator’s Love for you. We paint the skies with His Glorious colors so that you can find quiet, peaceful beauty in the early morning and late evening hours of your day. Have you ever noticed how hard your artists try to copy those colors, but can‘t quite get it right? It’s because nothing on paper, on canvas, or on your televisions can match the unfathomable depth of the sky. Your deepest computer program will never be able to match the endless miles and pixels of God’s Glorious color wheel.

We follow His Wishes in the changing of your seasons and in the renewal of your Earth. Through storm and fire, through wind and flooding, we’ve done our best to help you learn of the Wonders of your Earth. How does the Sky have anything to do with your Earth? Because we’re the reason for your wind and rain. The Lord moves us from one place to another so that He can create new Worlds. His Hands create incredibly strong winds that affect all of the universe, so that your own Earth moves closer to your sun sometimes, and farther away at others. We’ve tried to make you understand that when you talk about Global Warming. It’s because a new star needs room in your universe, and so God’s Wind moves your planet.

But you’ve ignored our teachings, because the dark one has gotten you to blot out the need to care for the Creator’s Beauty! Can’t you see that the dark one only wants you to make him feel more powerful? If he can get you to join him, he thinks he’s more mighty than the Creator!

Since your world is the only one the dark one can influence, he can’t have you exploring the vast complexity of Heaven, and of the Creator. He knows that by accepting The Gift of Jesus into your soul, the dark one must admit that he’s weak and small: less important than a cracker crumb in a waste basket! He can’t have control of you if you refuse to give in to his ego.

But the Creator watches over you every day. He doesn’t give up on you! He won’t allow your hardened hearts to take His Joy out of your World and your lives, and He uses all your talents to spread His Word, even if you claim you don’t need Him. It’s His wish that you accept His Love, so you can join Him in the Beauty of Heaven, learn the answers to your questions, and gain the Joy of His Perfection. That's why you’re reading this book, isn't it? You’re here searching for all the knowledge that your hearts and minds can hold, for all the Holy Love and Protection that the Creator can give you!

That's why I’m here talking to you. I came to tell you that your minds and hearts are surrounded by so much Holy Love, you’ll never be able to comprehend all of it. It’s never left you, …and It never will. That Beautiful, Holy Baby held you and your soul in His Heart on the night of His Birth, so many thousands of years before you were ever born. He pleaded for your Salvation long before you committed any sins, and when He died on that Cross, He died for your sins, as well as the sins of those who betrayed Him and watched Him die.

Tonight, you’ve come to celebrate the most Precious, Holy Gift you’ll ever receive. Take some time to listen. As you sing your favorite songs, as you listen to the familiar story of this Holy Night, try to hear the Angels singing with Joy.

When you return to your own home, look up into the night sky and find me.

I will be shining brightly… just for you.

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The Holy Spirit

You call Us the Trinity, but We are One with Three Faces. We take these roles because you understand Our complexity better, when it is written in your terms. We know there’s no other way to get you to hear Our Word.

We enjoyed talking to you in the Garden and teaching you the ways of Our Mind, but when the dark one interfered, you were no longer worthy to walk in the Light of Our Perfection. We gave the one you call Noah an understanding of Our power by flooding your world and destroying the evil that had tried to overtake you, but when Noah returned Home to Us, you allowed the evil to come back. We gave Lot a passion for Our Grace, and he begged for your Salvation, but you couldn’t fulfill his plea for ten righteous people. We had no choice …no choice but to destroy your cities by fire …and you still refused to understand.

We formulated this Event to Redeem you. We chose to come to Earth as a Baby, and to become one of you, so that you could grasp that We want to walk among you, and enlighten you into Our Grace.

We chose Our roles with care: the One you call the Father chose this role for the sake of your recognition. You know the importance of a loving father in the lives of his children, and We knew you would best comprehend Our Presence this way. We gave Ourself the Essence of the Son, because you know the innocence of childhood, and the Wonder of seeing the World through a child’s eyes. We could become one of you without bringing fear and anxiety, and show you new ways to explore Our Creation.

My role? I chose to be your Assurance, your Courage. You call Me the Spirit. I flow among you to give you Grace and Insight. I weave through you to bring the Breath of Hope and Faith in your own abilities to withstand the attacks of the dark one.

I saw to the beginning of this Event, and it was in this Role that We came to the girl. She was so young; little more than a toddler to Us. She was the only one in your world who had not been corrupted by the dark one. She didn’t know evil - she had no concept of doing wrong. We held her close so that she could fulfill the role We had chosen for her. We knew her heart, and knew she would accept any task that We asked of her, but We also knew that she had to do so of her own accord. We sent Our servant, Gabriel, to tell her of Our Will, and she graciously consented. We surrounded her with Our servants, giving her and her family the means to escape the persecution of the time, and told her of the one she would call husband. He, too, was chosen.: after all, the one to be parent to Our Son had to be an upright and faithful man! He, too, agreed to his part of Our plan.

It was a difficult time for them. We know the hardness of your world, and We knew that for Our plan to succeed, they would need great strength to endure the life they would live. We knew that Mary would spend her life watching every person to come into her Son’s Life, carefully protecting Him as a mother should. We also knew that Joseph would carefully protect his wife and Family as Our Son grew, doing all he could to keep them from the evil of the dark one. And so, We chose this manner to carry out Our Plan. This manner ...in this time ...with these two special ones. We knew it was best.

What a Glorious night it was for Us! We had allowed Our servants to transform Our Holy Light into the Enigma you call the Star of Bethlehem, and had given It the Power to glow throughout the months of her pregnancy, so that others of your world would see and wonder at Its Purpose. As We walked with Mary and Joseph toward the end of their journey, We guided them to the little stable, giving them a warm, quiet place to rest and live the final moments of their childhood. Their arrival was scarcely acknowledged …her condition hardly noticed.

As with all of your nature, the final moments before His Birth were filled with anxiety and wonderment. But in her heart, the young mother-to-be also felt the fear of the future. She knew Who this Child was, and she knew the reason for His Birth. It had been foretold to her that her Child would be the Sacrifice and Salvation of humanity. She longed to have His life be different, for she could already feel Him in her arms, and she did not want to lose that happiness.

But she knew Who He was. She knew of Our Plan. She knew how important her role was, and she didn’t argue. Her husband held her tightly in his arms as she cried those many nights, falling into anguished sleep with tear-stained cheeks, knowing the future of this Child.

Our Triune Presence was there that night: We, the Father and the Spirit, watched the Birth of Our Son, as all of Heaven rejoiced! We showed her gentle husband how to deliver Him, and make sure that He lived. We helped him wrap Our Baby in the tiny cloths that held His Childhood, and watched proudly as he gave the Baby into the arms of His Mother. We gave His parents the Joy of a first-born son, and withheld the reality of the world for a few hours, so that they could feel the Peace and Love of the Child in their arms. They deserved this time, as their future would be so desperately hard, and they would have need of these memories. And We celebrated with them.

We didn’t tell very many of you that night …most were too preoccupied to care. This was painful to Us, yet We knew that if you had cared, there would’ve been no need of this Event. There would’ve been no reason for Us to become a Child in your world, because you would have understood who We are, and how much We love you. We want you to know that We created you to be in Harmony and at Peace with Us, without conflict and arrogance; without trials and pain, without disease and torment.

But the necessity of Our Arrival wasn’t understood, and that’s why most of you slept that night. We knew you wouldn’t have believed the Truth of the Moment. We sent Our servants to some that you considered unimportant and unworthy of your attention, as well as to some from a far off land whose beliefs were different from your own, and We gave them the Holy News.

The ones who came recognized what was happening immediately. They understood Our Intention, and they shared in the Joy of the new parents. We had begun Our Mission with those who didn’t have influence in your world, so you would know that Our Message is worthy of all of you …regardless of the name you give to your beliefs. We gave them the Enlightenment to comprehend the incredible Gift We have bestowed upon you, so that they could spread Our Word.

Now, it is your turn. We’ve given you Our Most Precious Self, and it’s up to you to decide how to tell the rest of your World. You now have the power to decide whether your life flows through Us, or if the dark one will take control. We’ve given you this opportunity to come to Us freely, without resentment and apathy.

We have given you this Celebration of the Joy and Love of this Day you call Christmas: the day of Our Son’s Birth. It is your Holy Gift from Us.

On this Holy Day, Our Son was Born, and the Salvation of your world began.

We want you to Celebrate with Us!

Will you listen?

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Gabriel

The Archangel

part one

When the Father called me that day, I had no idea what to expect. I knew He had been thinking about the Earth for a very long time, and was coming to a decision. But it was a subject I didn’t ask Him about, because I knew He would tell me when He was ready.

I remember when He decided to flood your world; it was a horrible day for all of Heaven. We’d been trying to get you to understand that God will take care of everything you need, if you just accept Him into your hearts. When your refusal to honor Him became insufferable, He chose to wipe out your ancestors, and start over.

You never knew that His tears caused the Great Flood.

Even then, He knew all would progress as it has, but He’s waiting for you to find that