God Speaks in Near Death Experiences

 There is a lot of rubbish on social media and You Tube. So many fakes! But God also speaks in dark and confusing places. 

Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice? 
At the highest point along the way, where the paths meet, she takes her stand; 
beside the gate leading into the city, at the entrance, she cries aloud: 
“To you, O people, I call out; I raise my voice to all mankind. Pr 8:1–4 NIV

God sends his messengers to speak in churches, in prisons, in schools, in businesses,  in hospitals and in social media. 

God speaks through evangelists, doctors, nurses and teachers. 

Some evangelists speak to crowds with microphones. Others pray for strangers in city streets. God sent a prominent German evangelist to visit a brothel to rescue a victim of human trafficking.

Jesus visits brothels, temples and mosques. So many Muslims report seeing Jesus in dreams. There are even reports of men seeing Jesus in a vision in mosques. Many Muslims have become Christians through dreams and visions. 

I love You Tube. The is so much evil there, so many fakes, so much confusion. But … 

... where sin increased, grace increased all the more, Rom 5:20 NIV

In recent decades there has been a dramatic increase in reports of people who have been near death or clinically dead and they have reported supernatural experiences. Many report seeing Jesus. Many describe heaven or hell.

Many Christians believe we are in the last days before Jesus returns. Would not a loving God want to warn people about eternal realities? Wouldn’t God want to reach atheists, criminals, drug addicts and prostitutes before it is too late for them?

Another reason for the increase in these reports is the rapid advances in medical science, which has increased the number of people who have been revived after hear attacks.

So many Christians restrict themselves to Christian gatherings and activities, but Jesus was not like that and he is not like that today.

I have read a dozen books about Near Death Experiences and I love watching interviews and testimonies on You Tube. Please consider watching interviews with Randy Kay and John Burke. 

Randy Kay himself left his body when his heart stopped for 30 minutes. He reports an encounter with Jesus before he returned to his body. In his You Tube channel, he interviews many people who have had similar experiences. Some have been clinically dead for much longer. Some have visited Heaven.

https://www.youtube.com/@RandyKayMinistries/videos

John Burke was a sceptical agnostic before he researched Near Death Experiences. He has interviewed more than a thousand people about their experiences outside their body, including visits to Heaven and seeing Hell. He has written books about these testimonies and shown how they confirm Bible teachings.

You can follow this link to John Burke's podcast where he interviews people who report Near Death Experiences. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YfKmJYfHyI&list=PLllPdD1Oj_72pGRk-sUy4VkA33-vQPdIu 

Some Christians prefer not to look into these things. They may prefer a more intellectual approach. They may want to stick to more familiar, traditional bible teaching. But the Bible encourages us to look into heavenly things.

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. Col 3:1–2 NIV

Visualisation a Gift of God

 I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.
I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.” Ps 77:11–12 NIV

The Jews in the Old Testament were to remember the wonders of God, not just in their own experience, but from ancient times.

How can you remember events without using your imagination? So the Jews were to visualise events from ancient times.

Many Christians reject visualisation because mystics in the New Age movement use visual imagination intensively and systematically.

But visual imagination does not come from New Age, it comes from God. According to the Bible.

“ ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Acts 2:17 NIV

God created our visual imagination, and through visions and dreams He Himself communicates directly into our minds.

But God also encourages us to use our imagination consciously.

Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ Mt 22:37 NIV

What does all your thinking consist of? Logic, language, arithmetic, planning, but also music, art, imagination, daydreams... etc.

Your whole thinking includes everything that can happen in your mind, everything.

Threshold of Eternity

We are on the threshold of eternity.

We are surrounded by invisible beings at all times. God's spirit is almighty and omnipresent around you. Don't be distracted by the intrusive visible world. God wants to meet you, but often waits for your attention.

There are certainly exceptions. Sometimes God reveals himself in a dramatic way. That happens more often in these end times.

I know a Jewish woman from America who was driving her car one day. Suddenly, without warning, she saw a vision. She saw Jesus, who appeared huge on the horizon. She saw his loving face and his hands with the scars from the cross. She believed immediately and her life was transformed from that moment on.

Milly Bennitt is a British preacher, but she was once a party girl. Her parents were faithful Christians and prayed for their daring daughter. When her father was dying, she came home to say goodbye.

Her father was extremely ill and very weak, but just as he was dying, he lifted up his hands. His face shone with heavenly glory. Milly saw the reality of Jesus in her father, and she believed instantly.

A few years later, she became a missionary on a tourist island in Thailand.

The heavenly love that radiated from her had a very strong effect on people, including Muslims. The fanatical Muslims felt threatened and tried to catch her in an ambush. When she was suddenly surrounded, she naturally prayed and became invisible on the spot.

God can act very dramatically, but often he is not dramatic at all. As I said, he is waiting for your attention. No matter how threatening your circumstances are, he means well with you.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Je 29:11 NKJV

The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. Jn 10:10 NKJV

God sent his Son into this world to save us, not to condemn us. We were all condemned anyway without Jesus because we all went wrong.

For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. Jn 3:16–17 NKJV

God is at your side. He looks into your heart and waits for your cry for help.