Hello John and Doves,
run time 3:00
Julie presents a "visioning" case
of a 28 year old young Christian man who died back in
1899. Before his death he experienced what is called
"visioning" - "a phenomena that happens at the end of
life when people who are dying start seeing dead relatives,
dead loved ones, who say they're coming to get them and they
feel comforted by this."
As he was dying his family took him from the hospital to die
at home - with his wife, sister and two children by
his side. The account of his death was written down.
He was having a hard time with
dying - "he was young and he was basically mad at God...why
has God forsaken me." "He was having spiritual issues,
emotional issues and obviously physical issues." As he
was getting closer to death "his wife and sister were
outside of the room, when they suddenly heard him like
singing, a soft hymn. So they ran into check on him
and see what was going on. Francis asked them to come to him
so he could tell them what just happened to him. "He said
like something opened up or he just saw the brightest light
he had ever seen and suddenly he saw angels and Saints and
his grandfather and his two aunts and his wife's
sister-in-law and one of his friends. He told them
that he also saw Jesus. He was overwhelmed by the
light and feelings of amazing, infinite, unbelievable
love. Jesus told Francis that he (Francis) was going
to come with Him but he couldn't come yet. Francis
argued with Him and said 'no, I want to come with you
now'. And Jesus said, 'Sorry. You will come
soon, but you can't come yet'. Francis told his
family, "It would take me years to tell you what was shown
to me last night. All my fears, all my sorrow, all my
trouble completely taken away." His account of all of
this was written down by his family.
Julie noted that this young man
was a Christian.
This reminded me of another
story: A couple of years ago, a friend of mine's
brother was dying of cancer. He was in the hospital
and the family was called. All of the tubes were
removed and he was given a few days to live. All of
the family stayed with him during this time. About ten
days or so later my friend texted me with "He's still
alive. We're with him."
A couple of months later my friend
and I were having lunch - she told me that it was really
very, very hard waiting for her brother to pass. He
was in a drug induced coma this whole time. A couple
of days before he died, his wife leaned in to him and said
"It's OK. You can go. We'll be OK." - thinking
that he was "lingering" for them. He immediately
opened his eyes and said "He's not ready for me yet."
He closed his eyes and then passed a couple of days later.
Before my father took his blessed
trip to Heaven, he told me about seeing my piano teacher
(who was like a second mother to me - she really cared about
my family) just walk through his bedroom wall and stand
there and look at him. He also told me about two
little girls that would come into his room - he didn't know
who they were. They were very happy smiling little
girls and they knew who he was. He found these
'visits' comforting. His mother had two baby girls
stillborn. I think that's who these little girls were.
There are lots
and lots of stories like this of Christians 'passing
through the veil' to the other side. Some see
angels, some hear angels singing, some see their deceased
family members....
Jesus defeated
death. "Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?...But thanks be to
God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ." I Corinthians 15:55,57
There is a
specific date and time for our deaths. And those on
the other side are aware of it. And I believe the
veil that we can't see through now, becomes thinner and
thinner as we get closer and closer to death...and some
can actually see through to the 'other side'.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
Maranatha!
Chance