A strange story about life after death and repentance
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Today one of my colleagues told me the story of a pastor who supposedly died and came back to life after 4 hours. I know what you’re thinking: Yeah Right. But he seemed convinced that such a thing was true and decided to tell me the whole story. You see in Vanuatu, well actually in the Pacific, and I’m sure in most of cultures of people living close to nature, the supernatural seems to be part of their every day life along with irrational beliefs, customs and superstitions.
Anyway, he said that this man came to his church to testify of what he saw when he was ‘dead’.
Apparently the pastor, lets call him George, got ill. This is a healthy pastor, never gets sick, never even gets the flu, blah blah blah, blah blah blah. So he got to a point where he had to be hospitalised. He had monitors checking his breathing, his heart beat, tubes all over him bringing nutrition to his exhausted body, you could tell he was in bad shape.
Then one evening at 11.00pm, his heart stopped. The doctors tried to bring him back unsuccessfully for I don’t know how long. So they called the family, who called friends, etc, and they all started to pray for him. His wife and son were there crying.
At 3 in the morning, the nurses asked everybody out of the room, to take the body to the morgue. At their usual they put the machines back on, and to their surprise, a pulse came on screen and the pastor was breathing again. The people who saw him right after found he had an unusual glowing complexion.
After further tests, no sign of illness was found in him. He had totally recovered and seemed healthier than ever.
He said that when he ‘died’ he saw someone at his side who told him straight away: ‘i’ve been waiting for you’. George found out from this person that it was his angel. Apparently when we are born, each of us has an angel. Their work is to note all of our wrong doings in a book and to cross them out whenever we do something to get things right. For example if you argue with someone you are supposed to get things right and ask for forgiveness, or forgive the other person if they wronged you. Or if you stole something you have to return it. Stuff like that, you know. No cheating allowed. The angel writes everything down, and if at the judgement day a little note isn’t crossed out, your name wont appear in the ‘Book of Life’.
As the angel explained this he took George to Heaven. It was paved of gold, many houses were there and they were all made out of Gold. There wasn’t a sun, but it seemed light irradiated from the place itself. There were no shadows, even in corners, nor beneath him. He felt blissfully happy, and comfortable. The people there were not ‘religious’ people. They weren’t all catholics, or Presbyterian, or any other religion. The angel told him it wasn’t dogmas or traditions or candles or a prayer that would get him to heaven. He key was to give your life to Jesus, receive Him in your heart, and share a close relationship with him.
Then the angel took him to hell. There he saw a lot of people burning in flames which didn’t consume them. He even saw his own father, and elders from the church that had passed away years back. They were crying out to him for help but he couldn’t talk to them.
He came back in order to share his testimony to others.
I found this story quite disturbing. First because it didn’t match what I expected happened when we die. But then again it matches what a lot of people believe happens.
So I don’t know what to think about it. Maybe it’s true. I’d like to know what’s written in my angel’s notebook!
Anyway, he said that this man came to his church to testify of what he saw when he was ‘dead’.
Apparently the pastor, lets call him George, got ill. This is a healthy pastor, never gets sick, never even gets the flu, blah blah blah, blah blah blah. So he got to a point where he had to be hospitalised. He had monitors checking his breathing, his heart beat, tubes all over him bringing nutrition to his exhausted body, you could tell he was in bad shape.
Then one evening at 11.00pm, his heart stopped. The doctors tried to bring him back unsuccessfully for I don’t know how long. So they called the family, who called friends, etc, and they all started to pray for him. His wife and son were there crying.
At 3 in the morning, the nurses asked everybody out of the room, to take the body to the morgue. At their usual they put the machines back on, and to their surprise, a pulse came on screen and the pastor was breathing again. The people who saw him right after found he had an unusual glowing complexion.
After further tests, no sign of illness was found in him. He had totally recovered and seemed healthier than ever.
He said that when he ‘died’ he saw someone at his side who told him straight away: ‘i’ve been waiting for you’. George found out from this person that it was his angel. Apparently when we are born, each of us has an angel. Their work is to note all of our wrong doings in a book and to cross them out whenever we do something to get things right. For example if you argue with someone you are supposed to get things right and ask for forgiveness, or forgive the other person if they wronged you. Or if you stole something you have to return it. Stuff like that, you know. No cheating allowed. The angel writes everything down, and if at the judgement day a little note isn’t crossed out, your name wont appear in the ‘Book of Life’.
As the angel explained this he took George to Heaven. It was paved of gold, many houses were there and they were all made out of Gold. There wasn’t a sun, but it seemed light irradiated from the place itself. There were no shadows, even in corners, nor beneath him. He felt blissfully happy, and comfortable. The people there were not ‘religious’ people. They weren’t all catholics, or Presbyterian, or any other religion. The angel told him it wasn’t dogmas or traditions or candles or a prayer that would get him to heaven. He key was to give your life to Jesus, receive Him in your heart, and share a close relationship with him.
Then the angel took him to hell. There he saw a lot of people burning in flames which didn’t consume them. He even saw his own father, and elders from the church that had passed away years back. They were crying out to him for help but he couldn’t talk to them.
He came back in order to share his testimony to others.
I found this story quite disturbing. First because it didn’t match what I expected happened when we die. But then again it matches what a lot of people believe happens.
So I don’t know what to think about it. Maybe it’s true. I’d like to know what’s written in my angel’s notebook!
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Should ask preacherman...
What do you think you're angel's written in his notebook so far?? hehe