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NASB | Hebrews 9:27 And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 9:27 And just as it is appointed and destined for all men to die once and after this [comes certain] judgment, |
Bible Question: Has anyone seen the site: http://www.near-death.com, it's all about near death experiences, and the afterlife. Or does anyone know of any near death experience stories, and how it differs from the bible in relation to heaven and hell? If you read a lot of these testimonies of near death experiences, the people experience many simialar things..even the atheists experience heaven and sometimes see Jesus, where in their life they did not believe in heaven or hell, but now were experiencing Him. Does it state in the bible you can only be saved in the physical world (while on earth) and not in your spiritual form, in the process of passing? |
Bible Answer: laitecia - A few years ago I had occasion to visit a fine young man who was at that time a patient in a mental hospital. He had been diagnosed with schizophrenia. I feared that he might not know me, but he did. Calling me by name as I entered his hospital room, he asked me, "Hank, did you see Jesus sitting on that bench as you walked up the sidewalk before entering the building?" I admitted that I had not and foolishly asked, "Which bench?" .... "Come over to the window," he said, "and I'll show you." I walked with him to the large double window of his room. ..... "See, there He is now" the young man said, pointing to a wooden bench that was clearly visible from his second-floor hospital room. "He's been sitting there all morning." I looked and saw the bench. It was empty. ..... I view the accounts of near-death experiences as having no more claim to credibility than the experience of the young mental patient who saw Jesus sitting on a bench on the front lawn of that mental hospital. ..... All we know of spiritual truth, and all we will ever know or need to know this side of eternity has been revealed by God in His word, the Bible. It is the one and only reliable source for our faith and practice. When one allows himself to dabble in the murky world of the occult, he invites peril and spiritual disaster. To your last question, the Bible provides an uniquivocal and unambiguous answer in Hebrews 9:27: "....it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment." --Hank |