Posted on 09/19/2015 8:19:29 AM PDT by Salvation
[[One more point, and I’ll get off the soap box. I always wonder what it was like for Lazarus to return from eternity after 3 days in our time (no one can fathom how long that was for him)... ]]
He may not have returned from eternity-
in one of my posts, (my longwinded posts which most people will ignore lol)- I wondered if there is the possibility that at ‘death’ whether it could be that the spirit moves beyond the body, but the soul might remain for a time in certain cases for God’s own purposes (like with Lazarus- his resurrection was for a very definite purpose- perhaps God didn’t allow the soul to depart-)
I’m just guessing- and probably way off-
That makes what GreyFriar said all the more pertinent: DISCERNMENT is essential in these situations.
Absolutely critical.
I agree that it’s something beyond our understanding. I know people who have had these: folks I’ve known for decades and whom I would not doubt.
Screw a bunch of theologians
I get what you’re saying about the possible neurophysiology behind these experiences, yet I believe it’s much more complex than what we know. It is God who created the laws of nature, so we can never completely understand those laws. Not only that, but He can suspend them as He chooses. I know what I’m told; the person knows what they experienced, and God knows everything! :)
Oh, for the love of Mike, will you quit whining?
Interesting that you say 12 and a girl. I’ve read articles where unexplained occurrences take place more commonly among adolescent females. Were there any strange occurrences, if I may ask- no offense taken if it’s personal- and what prompted your Mom to do that? Did your sister show signs that she was somehow different than other kids?
Thank you.
More people believe that than you may think. Perhaps because of Lazarus and Jesus being in the tomb until the third day, wakes at home were held for three days with a 24/7 candlelight vigil. It was believed that the soul remained, whether to say goodbye, see its past, I don’t know-it stemmed from the old country. Interesting...
I reflect almost daily on the two times doctors tried to kill me
Nonetheless, to paint this subject with such a broad brush is not true.
Nonetheless, to paint this subject with such a broad brush is not true.
In my late teens I had an experience after taking waaaayyyyyy too much drugs in which I believed I had a glimpse of death. The utter blackness and emptiness and aloneness was staggering. I came out of that experience profoundly changed. It took some time (weeks) to regain my composure.
Both before and after the experience I was an outspoken athiest, but came to the conclusion that there was nothing at all after this life so I better get busy living and make my life count instead of wasting it.
I actually became reasonably successful “making my life count”, until at some point many years later I finally reached the end of myself.
It was then that Jesus had mercy on me and revealed himself. With what I know now, there is nothing to dread. And if my life is to count for anything, He is able to do it.
I had a brief out of body type experience once while I was sitting down and talking with a friend. I wasn’t sick or anything, just talking.
Everything I saw in it was white as well, and I never felt anything so REAL.
It was like the reality of it was tangible. It had weight.
Weirdest thing I ever experienced.
Not really; if I did it made no impression on me, just the cottony whiteness.
I underwent my second triple bypass surgery 2 Jan 2008. There were some severe complications which caused the surgical team to put me in a chemically-induced coma. I was out for three full days and as the Filipino nurses were bringing me around, I thought for sure I was on my way to hell. I thought I had wasted a good confession. Then I regained consciousness and figured I’d better change ways. One of the nurses said something to me and I automatically answered him in Tagalog. I hadn’t been in the Philippines for 50 years! This took place in Delray Beach FL, which we call Paradise!
Think back,...Was it Love?
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