According to Minori OKAMOTO, Tenmei couldn't read or understand much of the Revelation for some time, so he considered what he had received as something from a lower-grade spirit.
岡本三典によると天明は神示が降ろされてからも、しばらくの間はそれを全くと言っていいほど読む事も出来ず内容も解らなかった為、下級霊の仕業に依るものだと思っていたらしい。