” heard an angelic choir . . floating sparkles in my hospital room”
I knew someone who had the exact same experience many years back, they also encountered a strong sweet smell of flowers that couldn’t be explained. This happened just before the person passed away.
I recall many years ago reading about reports of NDEs where more than one person believed they were somehow connected to their bodies by a kind of ghostly line or string that stretched endlessly behind them. I was surprised they didn’t know it was in the bible:
“Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.” Ecclesiastes 12:6-7
Air Force pilots sometimes using the training centrifuge pulling high g-forces have reported classic out of body experiences.
Both Paul and John had accounts where they were uncertain if they were in their body or not:
“I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.” 2 Corinthians 12:2
Out of the body is to be present with Jesus:
“We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 5:8
While we do see Samuel apparently interact with Saul and the Witch of Endor. The story of the Rich man and Lazarus shows us that the dead are not permitted to interact with the living. The saved dead also cannot interact beyond communication to those in torment.
Abraham and the rich man:
“And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.” Luke 16:26
Abraham said they (the rich mans brothers) have the Law and Moses and that was enough for them to know.
It is (my opinion) that it is two things happening with NDEs:
1. Modern medical procedures are now able to save peoples lives from what once had been certain death. These are events they encounter nearby as their Body, Soul and Spirit are in some extreme agitation state, so a person can then ‘see’ momentarily into the spirit world while their physical body is shutting down beyond a reasonable recovery.
2. Satan appears as an Angel of light. I believe we’re told this because of these very kinds of potential events. Where beings are encountered and many times seem to present a generic ‘doctrine of demons’ message along with the longer an encounter goes on, their friendly mood becomes agitated and abrasive and hateful. I believe this activity is occurring almost continuously around us we just cannot perceive it. This is why the Lords Prayer would have us all praying daily for a hedge of protection against the evil one manifesting.
“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.” 1 John 4:1-3
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