Fast forward a week or so. Guy's on the brink of death. Family is gathered 'round the bed, and pastor is there as well. Guy starts mumbling stuff, then starts talking clearer. Stuff like, "I know you! Aren't you...?" At one point the guy started talking about meeting his daughter for the first time. Turned out his wife had miscarried years ago, and it would've been a girl. Finally he bolted straight up in the bed, eyes open, looked at his sister (who was an atheist), and said, "You listen to what this man has to say! (He pointed to my pastor.) He's right about God, and you're not!" Then he fell back to the bed, and died on the spot.
I have no doubt at all that there is a universe we can't see. I also have no doubt that most of us would need a change of pants were we to see some of it.
My wife knew a young man, the son of a pastor, who died of cancer in a similar family environment, at the hospital that you just described. The family left the room while the hospital staff started to move the body. They returned about a half hour later and saw the young man sitting up in the bed, eyes open and alert. He looked at each one and had a message for each. He said, “Dad, you were right, heaven is beautiful as you described. Mom..., sister etc.” After speaking to each one, he laid back and went to sleep for eternity.
I pray and hope that all who may read this understand that Christ is real. He paid the ultimate sacrifice for our sins. He is the only path to salvation, He said this, not me. Repent of your sins, understand that the “fact” of sin and not the volume of sin is what keeps us separated from our heavenly Father. “If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the Dead, you shall be saved.” “For by Grace are you saved, through faith (in Jesus) and that not of yourselves, it is a GIFT of God, not from (your) works...”
The Blood shed on the cross by Christ cleanses us from our sins and makes us, sinners who deserve nothing, clean and pure before God.