There is an awareness in heaven of our race underway here on the earth. In
Cloud of Witnesses
, Steve Hickey addresses important matters many wonder about:
Do those who've died and gone before really see us run our race?
How does hearing someone cheering from the sidelines effect our race?
Some say "I'm not really a history person." What is lost to us (with this historical amnesia) with regard to our lack of awareness of so many throughout church history?
Revelation 12:11 says "They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony...." What does it look like to surround ourselves with testimonies of faithfulness?
And a controversial topic: Is it okay to visit the graves of the saints for inspiration, mantles, healing and anointing?
Hickey contends the greatest source of underutilized encouragement in the Body of Christ today is from the Cloud of Witnesses. It's not God's plan to separate us from these people.