A Brutal Alcoholic Saved by a Lamb

 When another customer blocked the entrance to the shop, Kheylam struck out with his fists. His opponent fell back, but then he went berserk. He attacked Kheylam savagely with a broken bottle.

Wild fights like this were normal for Kheylam, but this time it seemed to be the end of the line. His enraged enemy tore the artery in his arm.

As he was travelling to the hospital in an ambulance, he heard the voice of a nurse.

‘Kheylam. You need Jesus Christ now.’
But Kheylam had no desire for God.

Shortly afterwards, he was in a horrible place. When he looked down, he saw countless people being tortured in the flames of hell.

He recognised some deceased acquaintances. He was gripped with panic. There was no hope here. He realised that he was a very bad person. He deserved this fate.

He screamed desperately for help.
Then he woke up in hospital.

He was clinically dead for 26 minutes and was shocked six times with the defibrillator.
After a long battle, the doctors at the hospital managed to revive him.

Nevertheless, he could find no joy in his new life. Every minute was agony. He could think of nothing but hell. He knew that this was his fate.

Instead of changing his way of life, he tried to numb himself with drugs and alcohol, but he couldn't get the agony of hell out of his mind.

From an early age, he was brutally bullied by his alcoholic father. He was only familiar with cruelty.

When he was in hell, he looked back on his miserable life and could find neither love nor joy, only misery.

But perhaps he had forgotten something. Maybe it was too traumatic to think about.
A kind neighbour had given him a baby lamb. The lamb was his only comfort, his only friend. The lamb loved him and he loved his lamb.

At the age of ten, he came home from school looking for his lamb. His drunken father had angrily slaughtered his lamb.

Then the light went out in Kheylam's life.

At the age of twelve, he could no longer bear the bullying at home. He ran away from home, but his life didn't get any better. His many years in boarding school and prison were cruel and miserable.

He married, but as a husband and father he became like his own father.

His life couldn't seem to get any worse, but after his short time in hell, it was much worse.

When he returned home three months later, he experienced something completely new.
His wife was beaming with joy and greeted him with tender love.
She told him how she now believed in Jesus. She was completely different.

When his wife asked him to go to church with her, he was finally ready, even though he still didn't believe.

The sermon was meaningless to Kheylam, but then the preacher said something that pierced his heart.

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! Jn 1:29 NIV

The moment the pastor pronounced the word ‘lamb’, I was mesmerised. Nothing he had said up to that moment was of the slightest importance to me, but with that word he had my full attention. It reminded me of my childhood, when I was ten years old.

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

Kheylam went forward and poured out his broken heart in prayer.

The Spirit of God moved deep within his soul. He was completely transformed. From that day on, he was a completely different person, without hatred, without bitterness, no longer the cruel husband and father.