Near Death Experience. Poisoned. Dead. Revived.

Phineas had heard about near-death experiences, but he didn't believe in them. He thought these people were nutcases or fanatics.

Then he made a terrible mistake. He wanted to kill wasps in his garage, but he poisoned himself in the process.

He didn't realise what had happened to him until he became terribly sick that night. Two emergency doctors struggled to keep him alive.
 
His consciousness became hazy and foggy, and then he left his body.

The pain was gone, and he felt a sense of lightness. He was no longer in his body, but he was amazed that he could think clearly.

Suddenly, he was enveloped in an indescribably bright light. He felt as if he had been reborn.
Then he felt himself moving rapidly somewhere, until suddenly he was sitting on a beautiful green meadow on the banks of a river.

This must be heaven. He felt somehow cleansed and purified.

He saw a shimmering wall of pearl-like gemstones beyond the river.
He wanted to go there, but he couldn't.

Then he was struck by the indescribable light and love that must be God's presence. He was totally overwhelmed, and he was desperate not to return to his earthly life.
 
But suddenly he was in an ambulance looking at his own body.
A nurse was massaging his heart.

He hadn't been breathing for five minutes. Should she continue?
``Of course,`` replied the doctor.

When he was taken into the operating theatre, he was still hovering three metres above his body and watching everything.

Shortly before the end of the operation, his spirit sprang back into his body.

Two days later, he woke up. He then had to wait ten days before he was allowed to go home.

A nurse asked him why he was smiling happily the whole time, but he wouldn't or couldn't explain it.

He got well again. That was also a miracle.

He was back to his old life, but he was no longer the same man.

He was able to receive and give love like never before. He never spoke a bad word. His new character was characterised by love, patience and human understanding.

He was a transformed man and everyone around him was amazed.

But he couldn't explain it. He felt no one would understand or believe him.

Until his own journey to the afterlife, he had thought such testimonies were over the top.

He could not find the words to relate his experience. He tried sometimes, but he immediately burst into tears.

He came to the point where he was desperate to finally explain his new life to his family. He prayed every night and every morning for God's help.
Then God's answer came.

At a birthday party, a woman told him about a book by Don Piper.
``90 Minutes in Heaven.‘’

The next morning he bought the book. Everything in the book confirmed his own experience. Now all his doubts were gone and he also understood how he could tell his story.

He knew that God had sent him back to make the reality of heaven known.
He now wants to explain to everyone that God sent his own Son to us to die on the cross and thereby take all our sins upon himself.

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. Jn 3:16 NIV

Phineas experienced God's presence and love in paradise, and now he wants to invite you to get to know Jesus as your Saviour.

‘Jesus Christ, I want to get to know you. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. I will now open the door of my heart and acknowledge you as my Saviour and Guide. Thank you for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. I surrender my life to you and ask you to guide my thoughts, my words and my actions, every day, every hour, every second of my life. Amen.’

Toscani, Gabriel. And then there was light: 35 people, all of whom were clinically dead, tell what they saw and experienced ‘on the other side’. Some were in paradise, others in hell. (German Edition) . Kindle Edition.