I obtained a B.A. degree in U.S. History in 1982 from the University of San Diego, San Diego, California. I placed my faith and trust solely in Jesus Christ. This life- altering event occurred in November 1976 when, for the first time, I gained my spiritual eyes and could truly hear the still small voice of the LORD. I have grown in my understanding and application of scriptural truth to my life, thanks to the indwelling Holy Spirit. I have learned how to study the Bible: leaving words in their biblical context, avoiding an interjection of personal bias into scriptural interpretation, and comparing the Bible with the Bible (spiritual with spiritual).
While my life has not been without turmoil, the truth is none of these challenges to my convictions have reaped life's rewards more than the previous sixteen years. During this time my journey was not without turbulence, testing, and serious tribulation. Contentment was relinquished for adversity, security exchanged for personal loss, while devastation and self-reliance were replaced with brokenness and surrender. In the diamond mine of life's circumstances, through unanticipated circumstances and pressure, the Master was fashioning something he could finally use for his purposes.
It was in the furnace of trial and testing I discovered what true lordship and submission to Jesus Christ were all about. It was from the Bible's promise that Christ would never leave me nor forsake me, coupled with the conviction that the Bible is the inspired and inerrant word of God (as in the KJV), that God's promises were put into relevant perspective. It is to these unforeseen challenges in my life the Holy Spirit has produced a need to know - in my personal future as well as the biblical fate that awaits mankind.
Even before he chose me for himself, I remember reading on my own, at the tender age of 8, the great Bible's book of beginnings, the Book of Genesis. In the first chapter the words of God himself came off the page and momentarily gripped my inexperienced, young, impressionable heart. It was there I realized, 'O LORD you were before the beginning.' From that point I realized I wanted to know and understand the deep things contained in this book called the Bible. While not knowing the Father, he knew me. He had a plan. That plan was that one day through the word of God revealing my sinfulness and weakness and the Holy Spirit's conviction, he would draw me to himself through Jesus, his Son. Fashioned from the crucible of personal turmoil and lack of direction, the author has been ultimately drawn to God's prophetic promises regarding man, history, and the consummation of all things.
