When a friend was dying, his wife told us he said he was on the King’s Highway.
[When a friend was dying, his wife told us he said he was on the Kings Highway.]
The Book of Acts describes the accounts of Stephen seeing heaven open up before him prior to his stoning. Paul was lifted into heaven to record the Book of Revelation.
How is then any different than now?
God reveals what He wants us to know about Heaven - sometimes He uses people to do it.