Testimony Review Process

On this blog I post testimonies of people, who claim that they have received a divine revelation from the Lord Jesus Christ.  As you read these, you will find some of them to be controversial.  However, that alone is not a reason to reject them.  Each one needs to be reviewed on its own merit to see if it is truly from the Lord.

We should be like the Berean believers: "Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so." (Act 17:11). By this I am not implying that these testimonies constitute the Word of God, or that they become a new book of the Bible. However, they do contain messages purportedly from Jesus Christ, and they often quote Scripture. Don't despise prophetic utterances (1Th 5:20).  Let's eagerly receive anything the Lord has so say to us through His Body, but be diligent to examine the Scriptures daily to see whether these things are so. Let's test the spirits to see whether they are from God.

I would like to suggest that here we use the same review criteria outlined on Robert Brownell's website, SpiritLessons. Brownell states:

"[This] website receives many new testimonies from around the world, by people who testify of Revelations by Jesus. These testimonies are very valuable, but like the 1st century church, there needs to be review process by Mature Christians. When a testimony has something controversial or difficult, we'll put it under the 'UNDER REVIEW' section.  With a comment box on the bottom, for wise Christian counsel. This should help weed out problems, and identify issues.  Similar to the way the early Church discussed matters."

"Remember, we are NOT canonizing scripture here. The Bible is sufficient!  We were never given permission by God to add His scripture.  We are just investigating Face to Face encounters with Jesus Christ.  None of these testimonies have gone through the rigorous and thorough testing that the Bible has gone through. If something contradicts with clear scripture, please note that in the comment section.   I never allow people's revelations to contradict verbatim scripture. If any revelation contradicts clear scripture, I reject it. For the Bible is my foundation of doctrine. But I will allow revelations to challenge my interpretation of scripture. And I will not pridefully hold up my interpretation of scripture as infallible."

"Things to remember when reviewing:
1. Please understand that there MAY be mistranslations from the original testimony.
2. There MAY be places where authors are not clear enough in their description.
3. We are looking for patterns, that show up in multiple testimonies.  This gives certain issues more weight.
4. Also remember that we don't care about their opinions, ideas or speculation.  We only really care about what Jesus told them. There are many good people of God who can have misunderstandings in their opinions. No one's opinions are perfect.  Hopefully they won't share opinions in their testimonies, we just want the FACTS!  WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE FROM JESUS?  This is why we often highlight the words of Jesus in Dark, Bolded Red.
5. Also, regarding sin, remember that the Lord weighs the Motives of the Heart.  Two people can do the same thing, and the Lord judges differently.  Therefore if one person claims an actions can lead a person to Hell, we're looking for a clear definition of what that action is, not just a vague description."

"So get your Bibles, and hammer these testimonies out. Please leave Wise and Referenced Comments on the bottom." -- Robert Brownell.

In addition to these excellent guidelines that Brownell has recommended, for more help in reviewing these testimonies, please read my articles, called "Judging Revelations, Visions, and Prophecies," "Testing the Spirits of False Prophets," "Discerning the Things of the Spirit," "Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit," "A Warning to the Nay Sayers," "An Open Mind that Loves the Truth," and "The Top Ten Things Jesus Taught."  It is very important to test the fruit of the messenger, and that is why I try to check the character of the person giving the testimony, when it is controversial.  I attempt to make phone calls and speak with the person who had the experience, as well as with those who know the person well, in order to see what kind of fruit is in their lives.

I hope these guidelines will help you as you seek to test the spirits and discern the things of the spirit.

Attribution notice: Most Scripture quotations taken from the NASB. The photo of the careful examination of Scripture comes from "Beginning and End."

Author's note: If you enjoyed this post, you may also access my complete blog directory at "Writing for the Master."

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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.

A Man Who Was Caught Up Into Paradise

Lystra Sacrifice Painting by Raphael, 1515

“Near the turn of the 20th century, God gave Seneca Sodi the glorious experience of spending forty days in Heaven. This book will challenge your life and give you hope and encouragement to set aside all hindrances and press on into the glory of God.

As he relates his experiences to Elwood Scott, you will feel as though you are right with him, seeing the many different scenes of the Celestial Kingdom, escorted by King David. You will wonder at the glory and immensity of what God has prepared for us.

Your heart will he stirred at the description of the Holy Convocation around the Throne as Jesus speaks an end-time message of preparation for His coming. Your mind and heart will be enlarged as you look into a world beyond the veil and knowing that it will be worth it all!”  —The Publishers of Paradise, the Holy City and the Glory of the Throne by Rev. Elwood Scott.

The following is an excerpt in which Seneca Sodi recounted to Elwood Scott what happened during his visit to heaven when he spoke with the apostle Paul.

On the way I said to Paul, who sat by my side: "It does seem so good to be here with you, it seems indeed too good to be true. Fancy painted many fair pictures while we were in the world which were made to glow on the canvas of our imagination in reference to the future, but none ever equaled the reality."

"No," said Paul, "it was impossible for man to conceive of the glory while in the flesh. The Lord once gave me just a glimpse into paradise while yet in the world. The glory was beyond my power to describe."

I replied to Paul: "I have often wondered how it occurred, for we have a brief account in the divine word on earth which you left concerning it." (II Corinthians 12:2)

"Well," said he, "while at Lystra in Lyconia I was stoned and dragged out of the city for dead, but God raised me up, and I, with the brethren, went back to the city. (Acts 14:19) But that night I could not sleep, being restless and burdened with the word of the Lord. I arose and, all alone, went out of the city to pray. I ascended the side of old Karadogh, an extinct volcano. I seemed to be greatly helped, for an angel constantly held my hand. When some little distance up the mountain, one of the chariots of God, with a driver of light, appeared at my side. I was so enraptured by the presence and glory of God and both overawed and overcome by the royal chariot and driver that I hardly could tell whether I had died or was in a trance; but I soon found myself lying prostrate in the chariot and mounting far above the old mountain. We arose above the pillars of the skies. I soon heard the strains of music from the third heaven in the plains of paradise. They were singing some new songs, which as a mortal man, I had not power to repeat. I opened my eyes just for a moment, glanced at the crystal river and heard a loud voice proclaiming the mystery of the trees upon its banks. It was the closing words of a sermon uttered by Moses to a vast company of Jews, as I was told by the driver afterwards, giving them light upon these that they could not know while under the law and subject to an inferior experience, for you have already found that we have preaching here in heaven as we used to have on earth.

"Only an instant we remained and the chariot darted with the speed of sound toward the earth. In a few moments the old town of Lystra, lying at the foot of the mountain, with its streets and domes, shone out with their best appearance under the light of the full moon beaming upon them; but the people were fast asleep. I stepped from the chariot as the driver, with a pleasant wave of his hand, said, good-bye, and in an instant it was gone. On the top of Karadogh I continued my prayer and praise to God until near the break of day. I never could really tell while in my flesh whether I was loosened for the time being from my body or whether bodily I was taken to glory. Ever after this I had a longing to go back and forever remain; to depart and be with Christ. The words of the sermon and the strains of music could never be forgotten, but were an element of strength in my life during the many afflictions God permitted to come upon me."

Search for Mount Karadogh

Volcanic Mount Karadagh, near Karaman, Turkey

I did some research on this to try and locate this mount Karadogh. Paul told Seneca Sodi that he ascended the side of Karadogh, an extinct volcano.

In my research, I found in Wikipedia that there is a Kara Dag (formerly often written Kara Dagh), which is a volcanic mountain, located a few miles north of Karaman, Turkey.  Kara Dag or Qara Dag (Dag/Dağ/Dagh, occasionally Daq or Tagh) is Turkic for "Black Mountain". It may be written as one word (Karadag), a hyphenated word (Kara-dag), or as two words (Kara Dag).

This volcanic mountain is located 62 miles south of Konya, which was known during classical antiquity and during the medieval period as Iconium in Latin, and Iκόνιον (Ikónion) in Greek.

Paul and Barnabas preached in Konya (Iconium).  The Scripture says, “In Iconium they entered the synagogue of the Jews together, and spoke in such a manner that a large number of people believed, both of Jews and of Greeks.” (Act 14:1)  But after they were persecuted there, they went to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe. “And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers, to mistreat and to stone them, they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region; and there they continued to preach the gospel.” (Act 14:5-7).

Then the Jews from Konya (Iconium) came south to Lycaonia to persecute Paul: “But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead. But while the disciples stood around him, he got up and entered the city. The next day he went away with Barnabas to Derbe.” (Act 14:19-20).

It should be noted that where the Scripture says, “they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead. But while the disciples stood around him, he got up and entered the city,” this happened in Lystra in Lyconia. According to Wikipedia, Lystra is located 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the city of Konya, Turkey. Although Lystra is the ancient name of the village where the apostle Paul visited, the present name is "Klistra," which is near Gökyurt, Turkey. There is a road from Konya (Iconium) known today as D696, which the Jews from Iconium would have used for part of their journey to persecute Paul in Lystra.  Iconium is only 19 miles north of Lystra.  It would probably take 6 to 8 hours to walk that far.

Klistra (Lystra), Turkey is marked by an "A"map pin

I was curious to see on the map where Klistra (Lystra) is located, since that is the city where Paul was when he climbed Karadogh.  I needed to get a visual reference on this, and I was expecting it to be right at the base of this volcanic mountain in Turkey called Karadagh.  

In the Google map above, you can see Klistra (Lystra) at point A, located southwest of Konya (Iconium).According to Ancient Locations, Lystra is located at the following latitude and longitude: 37.66469499, 32.21062472.  On the bottom right corner of the map is Karaman, just south of Karadagh, which is very obviously a volcanic mountain.  When you zoom in on it, you can see that there is a big hole in the middle where it erupted at one time.

From the map, I could easily see that Karadagh is some 80 miles from Klistra (Lystra).  That may seem like fairly close, when you consider that it could have been located any place in the world.  However, I was sure that the apostle Paul did not walk 80 miles from Lystra during the night to climb this mountain. So I examined the terrain near Lystra, now known as Klistra.

Sattelite photo of apparent extinct volcanic mountain near Lystra, Turkey

Amazingly I discovered that there is an apparent extinct volcano located about six tenths of a mile (1 km) from Klistra (Lystra).  In the satellite photo on the left (courtesy of Google), you can see this volcano marked by a white arrow.  The bear rock at the top of this mountain forms a crater, or mouth of a volcano.  Inside the crater you can see the caldera, or depression. According to the Google terrain map, this mountain reaches a height of 4,593 feet (1400 meters).  This is about the same size as Mount Liberty in New Hampshire, USA, which I used to hike.  Liberty is 4,460 feet (1,359 m) high. And since this mountain pictured in the satellite photo above is just a little more than half a mile from Lystra, it  would have been easy walking distance for Paul on that moonlit night

Antique painting titled "Kara Dagh near Lystra"

But I was left wondering why this mountain does not have the name Karadagh like the other volcanic mountain 80 miles from Lystra.  After all, this is what Paul called it in his conversation with Seneca Sodi.  Could Paul have mistakenly called it by the name of another similar "black mountain" in the same region?  Upon further research, I discovered an antique painting of mount Kara Dagh that was made in 1869.  It's titled "Kara Dagh near Lystra!"  What are the chances of this!! I liked it so much that I bought a print copy of it.

The caption beneath the painting reads: "This view of the mountain which forms so remarkable a feature in the scenery among which Timotheus passed his childhood, is due to the kindness of Rev. G. E. Weston, who crossed Lycaonia in 1845.  It represents the appearance of the Kara Dagh as seen from the approach of Iconium."  So this would have been the view that the Jews had of Kara Dagh, as they traveled down the road from Iconium to persecute Paul.

The painting proves that there is a mount Karadagh located near Lystra. It was painted in 1869, decades before Seneca Sodi's visit to heaven, in which Paul spoke to him about climbing Karadogh the night that he returned to Lystra after being stoned and dragged outside the city.  Elwood Scott did not record Seneca Sodi's experience until the turn of the century, so the artist who painted this could not have known that this was the mountain Paul climbed.  In fact, this mountain is never mentioned in Scripture.

This was a pretty amazing find for me. It seems to corroborate the story that the apostle Paul told to Seneca Sodi during his visit to heaven.  This gives us further insight into what happened on that night when Paul was caught up into heaven.  As he wrote to the Corinthians, "I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows. And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows— was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell." (2 Cor 12:2-4).

If you have not read this account of Seneca Sodi's forty days in heaven, I encourage you to read it.  You can find it at Insights of God where you can find both PDF and Word formats of the book at this link. Please prayerfully read the book, and use the Testimony Review Process adopted by this blog, as you decide for yourself whether this was a true testimony.  For issues and concerns, each person must confirm with the Lord, whether something is valid or not.

I can assure you that the book will bless you with many other amazing stories like this one.  Even in our day today there are people who, like Paul, are being caught up into heaven like brother Yong-Doo Kim, Angelica Zambrano, Oden Hetrick, Anna Rountree, and brother Daniel Ekechukwu.  Heaven is real! Jesus has prepared it for those who love and obey Him.  Please don't miss it for anything!

Attribution notice: Most Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV®, unless otherwise noted.

Author's note: If you enjoyed this post, you may find more articles like it on the Home page of this blog, and you may find more of my blogs at Writing for the Master. I also encourage you to read the online book by Elwood Scott about Seneca Sodi called Paradise, the Holy City and the Glory of the Throne.

Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe.

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"

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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.

Woman Saw the Demon of Cupid Leading Christians to Hell

Ten years ago, I wrote an article called Warning for Christian Married Couples that warned against many popular sexual practices of Christian married couples. You would think that people would have agreed wholeheartedly with it, since it condemned certain things like sadism and masochism. But instead, many people rejected it completely and me for being the messenger. 

Today I would like to share with you a video of a revelation a woman had of hell, in which the Lord showed her similar things and more. Her name is Sue Mark Jones, and she saw a section of hell where there were Christians who had indulged in these sexual sins. The Lord told her to warn His people about these things, because they are going to hell for doing them. These include ungodly sexual positions, seductive lingerie, masturbation, thinking about another lover while having sex with your spouse, spouse swapping, sex novels, sex toys, and much more.

Rather than try to summarize what she said, let me direct you to her video at this link. Or you may read the transcript below.

Video Transcript:

Praise the Lord! I greet you all in the name of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Me and my husband both of us together went through a process of Consecration and sanctification, and there were so many changes that happened during this time. 

I come with a time-critical message. The main reason why I'm coming today is because of a message that the Lord wants his children to hear about this great sin that's almost like the number one sin why people are going to hell. I'm going to read the vision. Children above 12 are mature enough, and a lot of children are falling into this particular sin, and the Lord wants children to be aware of of this sin as well as their going into the teen years. I ask the grace of the Holy Spirit as I read it.

On March 28th 2021 at about 5:30 a.m. I fell into a trance. I saw myself standing in a poorly lit, unpleasant area. It was dark, dreary, and scary. I noticed that there were hundreds of people if not thousands standing there they all were bruised, wounded, sad, and crying. I also noticed that they all were naked. I thought to myself what place is this, and who are they? Then I saw huge creatures who looked like very scary demons approaching them. They had sharp teeth and sharp nails. They grabbed these people and started digging into their flesh and skin with their long nails. They started ripping the flesh away from their bodies, and their flesh started dropping off from their bones. They were bleeding and screaming in horror and agony. The demons had no mercy. They tore them apart like a butcher ripping meat apart, 

The sight of their torture made me freeze in fear, and I found it very hard even to breathe. I wanted to run away from there. After these demons physically tortured them, the worst happened. These demons physically restrained them and started to brutally rape them. I'm not talking about pleasurable sexual activity, but I'm talking about brutal barbaric rape. I was given the understanding that they were raped using sharp metals and torture instruments that these demons had implanted in [inserted into] their bodies. I was so tormented in spirit that I turned my head to the other side in pain and helplessness. I started screaming the name of "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus! I want to get out, Lord. Please take me back, Lord. The blood of Jesus!" 

I was immediately back in my body. I was shaking in fear and horror. I was so disturbed. It was the antithesis of the worst kind. I had to go to church in a few hours on a Sunday morning, but instead the Lord had taken me to hell. I went into prayer, because I couldn't stop shaking. I was so afraid. The Holy Spirit revealed to me that I had gone to hell, and I had come back, and the people I saw were the damned souls of the lost. He told me that they were in hell for a particular reason and that was sexual sins committed by their bodies, and all the sexual impurity included. The Lord wanted me to tell all of this and I pray that I find the boldness to name each of the sins that he listed. This is purely going to be for the purposes of making people aware of the sins that can lead you to hell and make you lose your soul. A lot of Christians don't know that doing certain things and sexual impurity and immorality or things done in secret can lead you to hell. 

I'm just going to read the things that the Holy Spirit has listed a lot of things were revealed to me by the Lord. So I start: adultery, fornication, or premarital sex, homosexuality, masturbation, lust, pornography, prostitution, oral sex, anal sex, bestiality, pedophilia, polygamy, incest, open marriages, swinging, or spouse swapping, sex parties, sex orgies, fetishism, voyeurism, peeping Tom, necrophilia, transvestism, sadism, exhibitionism, perverse, filthy, immoral curses, and speech, especially using that F word that is sinful, that is impure, that is ungodly; and unholy, hypersexualized, sexualized flirting, over-sexualized speech, indecent clothing, seductive, revealing dressing like mini skirts, tight pants, and very tight bands showing the body curves and body parts, not wearing an undergarment, or wearing seductive undergarments. For example, Victoria Secret Victoria Secret is an American lingerie clothing and beauty retailer, known for high-visibility marketing and branding starting with a popular catalog, and followed by an annual fashion show with supermodels dubbed "Angels". Founders Roy Raymond and his wife Gay Raymond. 

I would like to take a minute to explain about Victoria's Secret, because I personally was a victim of this particular brand innocently. I did not realize that this was an ungodly, satanic brand till the Lord Jesus himself showed it to me. The day I knew it, everything that I had hoarded for years was collected and thrown away. I'm talking about years! And you know how expensive a branded clothing is.

Very briefly I would like to explain about it so that you should not be wearing seductive undergarments. that is not something that Jesus wants his righteous daughters to be wearing in the bedroom. Even if you're married, you should not be wearing seductive undergarments, because it has a curse on it, a marine Spirit attached to it, a demonic entity attached to it, a blood sacrifice attached to it, especially a marine Spirit or a siren Spirit from the Marine World. 

Victoria's Secret was originated from a blood sacrifice. The founder had a blood sacrifice done and

there were spells cast into these undergarments. And if you Google, you can find Satan thongs, and Satan wings, and Satan robes, and Satan pajamas, and you would not even think, "How can pajamas be unholy, right?" But they all are cursed, because the founder did a blood sacrifice to gain fame, to gain prosperity, in his division. 

What are their models called? Their models are called "angels". Have you noticed that they call them Victoria Secret Angels? Why do you think they're called angels? Are they real angels? Are they God's angels? Godly angels? Do you think Godly angels will wear clothes like that or undergarments like that? So what angels are they talking about? Wake up, people! They're talking about fallen angels! That's what these models are dressing up. All these Victoria parades and fashion shows they're doing. they are depicting or they are propagating the mission from hell. they're showing fallen angels. 

Then they came up with something that Christians would wear, because if we don't wear the seductive type ,we should not mind wearing something simple, right? Their brand is called "Pink". A blood sacrifice was done for that brand. I was responsible for buying Pink. Pink is very simple; very, very, normal. Something that is daily worn, that you would be wearing undergarments are cursed by blood sacrifices. Blood sacrifices cause your marriage to be broken; you are cursed, you would not be able to pray when you wear an undergarment, you cannot pray for more than 20 minutes; if you pray, you will pray not more than 30 minutes. Do not have those undergarments. It doesn't have to be Victoria's Secret. Any other brand. Just throw it away throw away those deceptive, seductive, demonic, undergarments . They should not be in your house. If you are a woman of God, you should not be wearing them. 

One thing that I want to tell before I conclude about the undergarment section is: do you all know that the founder of Victoria's Secret? After he did all of that and got all of the money -- see when you sell your soul to the devil, he's going to bait you -- did you know that he committed suicide at the age of 46 by jumping [off of] the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco? Forty-six! That's what the devil will give you. He will give you everything in the world, and he will bait your life. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet he loses his own soul. On August 26th, 1993, Victoria's Secrets founder Roy Raymond ended his life by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. His ex-wife Gay Raymond stated that she believed he had suffered from depression following a series of business failures sisters. 

Let us be careful. Let us be very watchful and very vigilant, not wearing any seductive clothing at all or any revealing clothing at all. The Lord continues to say that he doesn't want his daughters wearing revealing clothes. That means no transparent clothes, no revealing clothes that will show your cleavage, your chest, your breasts, your thighs, your hips, your back, nothing of that sort. I will also do a section about dressing later on, because I was corrected on the [way I was] dressing. But this is just about related to sexual impurity, so that is why those undergarments had to come in this section. Let us keep moving. 

Sexual impurity also involves sex with toys, sex toys, sex with inanimate objects, sexual imaginations , wild sexual, fantasies, sexual fantasies about an ex-lover during sexual intercourse with your spouse. Your thoughts have to be holy in the marriage bed. The Lord says in Hebrews 13:4, let marriage be held in honor, esteemed worthy, precious, of great price, and especially dear in all things, and thus let the marriage bed be undefiled, honored. For God will judge and punish the unchaste and adulterous. That means even when you are in bed with your spouse, your thoughts should not go around thinking about the last person you had a fling with, or a relationship with, or some other man, or some other woman that you are desiring. You should not be thinking about them when you are intimate with your spouse, and the Lord detests that. 

Next thing he told me to tell is about sexual novels, sexual books, e-books, literature, sexual literature, erotic literature, Cosmopolitan magazines. Burn it! Throw it away! Do not touch it! It's accursed. There are demons associated with it, and if you touch, you are going to be cursed. There is a Hindu book called the Kama Sutra by Vatsyayana. The book that he wrote is a demonic book. Do not follow that book or practice sexual positions in that book. Do not follow it. Those will lead you to Hell. The Lord told me that these positions shown in this book or depicted in this book were revealed to this so-called Guru by a tantric goddess. Do not practice anything that is unholy -- none of those sexual positions -- even if you're married, do not practice, because they were introduced from the pits of Hell to corrupt the marriage bed. They are used by prostitutes. They're used by porn stars. Christian, godly women should not be doing positions like that. When I told Jesus, "I'm ashamed, Lord. I cannot tell this to your  children," He said, "You will have to. Somebody will have to." I said, "Lord, I'm doing the first video, and it's so hurtful, because because people don't want to hear about that. This is about our private lives. The Lord said, "Yes, you will have to. My children are going to hell, because they did not know, and they innocently go into hell." He is crying over them. And once you go to hell, you cannot come back, so let us be aware. Let us teach our children to be holy. 

He told me about love potions, love spells, love charms, love witchcraft to get a spouse, to get a lover, even to get an ex-lover. All of those are demonic. Horoscopes of love to find the right spouse or to spice up your marriage, to spice up your sexual, sex life. 

He talked to me about songs, secular songs that are extremely vulgar. For example, R Kelly's songs, and recently this demonic song that was sung by Cardi B is absolutely demonic. R Kelly, or Robert Sylvester Kelly, born January 8th, 1967 is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist. He has been accused of numerous cases of sexual abuse. Bel Al, Marlenis Almanzar, born October 11th 1992,  known professionally as Cardi B is an American rapper and songwriter, born and raised in New York City. She became an internet celebrity by achieving popularity on Vine and Instagram. Christians should have nothing to do with these sexual, erotic, demonic songs. Do not listen to them. I'm also talking about Bollywood songs that glorify sex, glorify worldly romance, glorify the art of enticement, premarital sex. All of that is sinful. Your soul will be dragged to hell, because demons are released on those songs. When you're listening to them, even if you're sitting in an area, and you hear that song, start praying, start reciting the [Bible] verses, start memorizing the scriptures, so that you can recite [them], or pray in tongues, so that those songs are not infiltrating your mind. unknowingly, subconsciously you'll be listening to those songs and singing those songs. All of those songs will come and haunt you in the night, as well. 

So let your eye portals and your ear portals be covered. Be very extra cautious when you're listening to these songs. Pictures of cupid -- cupid is a demon -- you should not have pictures of Cupid. Someone innocently gave me a cupid picture. I had it for years. Did you know that I never got married? I couldn't get married, because I had that picture. I didn't know it till the Holy Spirit one day told me get rid of that picture. Get rid of that picture! Cupid is not a love God. He is a demon from hell. You need to get rid of any Cupid images, any Cupid cards, any ex-lover cards, any gifts that have the cupid on it. Throw it away! Burn it, if you can. 

The Lord also talked about sex chats, sex rooms, phone sex, sex comedies, lustful shows, TV shows. This is just a brief summary. It's already 20 minutes into this talk, but it is very important that I say it. The list is just endless, and these are just a few things that he has asked me to tell, that his children should never be following, and also to spread awareness. 

The Word of God says in 1 Corinthians 6:19, "What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?" He dwells in it. You know how in the book of Exodus the Tabernacle was created, and God gave exact measurements, and how he wanted it to be, and how he wanted the altar of sacrifice, the labor of washing the holy place, the golden lampstand, the golden table of showbread, the golden altar of incense, the holiest of holies, and the golden Ark, and mercy seat, everything was in detail; and he did not accept anything less. He was perfect, when it came to the Tabernacle. If he was so holy and he was so perfect, and there were laws as to how to do this, and how to do that, and when to go in the temple, and who should go in the temple, and what time they should go in the temple, and all of that with just a man-made Tabernacle, how much more holy is your body -- your and my body! And we are prostituting that body in front of men, so that we can get approval in front of men. My precious young sisters, let your body glorify Jesus. Let it glorify Jesus. Let it glorify Jesus. Not to attract a man. And if you attract a man [the ungodly way], he will only be attracted to the lust that you are showing, not to the real woman that you are. Let us get that concept. Let us grasp that concept. The Lord says, " I will not let worldliness into my kingdom. I will not let sin enter into my kingdom. I am a holy God. I'm a consuming fire. I will not compromise. 

1 Corinthians 6:18, "Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually sins against his own body." Run from immorality, sexual immorality, sexual sin, sexual impurity! Run like Joseph ran the opposite way! Run when you see it! Don't even stand and look. Don't even see! Don't think, "Oh, let me see what it is," or "What are they doing?" or "What are they talking about?" Don't even be on that page, especially if you have an addiction or if you're weak in that area. Don't even look! Say a scripture, pray in tongues, and keep on moving. 

Ephesians 5:27, "That he might present it to himself a glorious church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish. 

Ephesians 5:3-4, "There should not be even a hint of sexual immorality or any kind of impurity." Not a hint! Not a dot! Not a spot! Not a blemish. Not a wrinkle. The Lord Jesus comes for a bride that is flawless. There is not even a tinge of sexual immorality in her. So let your speech be holy, let your eye

gates be holy, let your ear gates be holy, let your heart be holy, let your hands be holy, let your feet be holy, let your private area be holy. 

1 Corinthians 6:9, "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not

deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God." This is the Word of God. I didn't say it; the word of God says so. 

I end by saying: Let the one who has ears hear what the Lord has to say. May Jesus bless you all and give you the grace to live as living sacrifices every day on the altar of God. 

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Attribution notice: Scripture quotations taken from the KJV, unless otherwise noted. 

Author's note: Please prayerfully listen to this testimony, ask God for discernment, and use the Testimony Review Process adopted by this blog, as you decide for yourself whether the Lord has spoken to this pastor.  For issues and concerns, each person must confirm with the Lord, whether something is valid or not.  

If you enjoyed this post, you may also like Warning for Christian Married Couples, Lusting After Your Spouse, The Forgotten Sin of Worldliness, Ezekiel Moses Testimony of Heaven and Hell, Is Obedience Optional?, Holy Living in a Perverted World, Avoid Becoming a Corrupted Christian, An Open Mind that Loves the Truth, Sins That Will Keep You From Heaven, Restored Truth, Pleasing the Lord, Ignorance is Not Bliss, Testing the Spirits of False Prophets, A Warning to the Nay Sayers, The Ways of Life, Eudoxia Varga Testimony of Heaven and Hell, and the other posts on the home page. You may also access my complete blog directory at "Writing for the Master."

Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe.

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"

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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.

David Agorye's Revelation of Heaven and Hell

One of our graduates from our Doulos Training School (DTS), who currently serves as the Nigeria Facilitator for our three-year, discipleship training school, is a pastor named John Abugieye (pictured left with eyeglasses). In addition to being the pastor of a small church and Facilitator for our DTS, John also oversees a compassion ministry in Nigeria that he established by the grace of God, called Tabernacle Light, which aims to preach the gospel and provide help to those who are less privileged. I have known John for six years, since March 2018. 

He recently wrote to me regarding an elderly preacher, David Agorye (pictured left in black, Muppet T Shirt), who pastors a church called Rapture Power. David is a native of Abonkeb community, in Obudu local government, Cross River State, Nigeria.

John Abugieye says of David's integrity, "I have known him for close to two years now. As for honesty, I must tell the truth: this man is one in kind. I'm not making up anything here."

John continues: "He is an old preacher who recounts visiting both heaven and hell on several occasions. He stands for complete holiness and righteousness, committing himself faithfully to following the Lord. 

"He often shares with me his experiences of heaven and hell. He has told me about many men of God in Nigeria, celebrities, those using any kind of worldly adornments from across the world, whom he has seen in hell. The most remarkable one is Benson Idahosa (pictured left). You may not know him, but he was a popular Nigerian preacher whom God used powerfully to perform miracles and wonders."

Actually I am familiar with the late Archbishop Benson Idahosa, and as I mentioned in my article called The Forgotten Sin of Worldliness, three other people besides David have also seen Idahosa in hell. The late preacher was the founder of Church of God Mission International (CGM), with headquarters in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. 

John says, "David told me that during his last visit to heaven, he stood right before the Father, who warned him that he was on the verge of changing his message and beginning to welcome the prosperity gospel. He said that he collapsed flat on the ground, until Jesus gave him the strength to stand; and Jesus showed him a portion of hell, warning him that if he misbehaved, he would be cast there.

"Since that time, he has remained steadfast, regardless of the circumstances. He manages his living by cutting firewood from the forest and selling it to support his family, while still preaching and supporting God's work. From time to time, he will call me and encourage me to remain focused."  

I asked John whether David had spoken to Idahosa in hell when he was there. He replied: "As for Idahosa, Jesus only asked him to look, and he saw Idahosa in the depths, in a section of hell where the fires do not burn. He was on his back inside a place like a cave, nailed to a wooden cross that lay flat on the ground, and he was under great torment by the demons."

John said that according to David, "It was he and Christ who were together, and he was permitted to interact with two people. One was a young person who left Christianity to join a cult, and the other was Sam Loco (pictured left), a popular Nigerian Nollywood comedian-actor who died some years ago (August 7, 2011). 

This is how he came to recognize Sam Loco: "David witnessed a man forcing himself to come out of an ice block in hell. As he came out, he was disfigured and disgusting, because the fire had ravaged him beyond recognition. He wanted to speak with David. Jesus asked David if he knew the person talking to him, and when David said, 'No,' Jesus told him, 'This is the person you knew as Sam Loco on Earth.'" 

"The actor gave him a message for all Nigerian film actors and actresses, instructing them to quit their careers and start following Jesus. He also warned them against using the name of Jesus casually in the course of making movies. The moment Sam Loco sent that message, he was dragged by the demons and made to do frog jumps as punishment for sending such a message to the world. His suffering was so severe that his flesh would fall off like overcooked meat whenever he tried to speak."

"As for the person who left Christianity to join a cult, he was cast into hell and thrown into the department of those who blaspheme God. The young man had left and joined a cult group that likes to blaspheme God, so his punishment is among the blasphemers."

"When the Lord and David saw him in that condition, they both stood where the young man was. Jesus shared the story of the young man, explaining that the young man had come to Him and he had accepted Him. However, the young man later chose to leave and joined a cult. Unfortunately, he did not repent and died as part of that cult group, which resulted in his current suffering. The reason Jesus explained his story was to highlight the young man's severe suffering, where he was being melted by liquid fire."

John continued: "He also saw a witch doctor in a particular portion of hell that his mouth may not describe. In that place, only Beelzebub goes there to torment that witch doctor. He served the devil faithfully and committed many atrocities, and according to David, the punishment of this witch doctor in hell is far beyond description. David tried to describe the place as a hole with something like an engine automator (i.e., a machine performing repetitive torments). The man's torment is more than words could describe."

"The witch doctor was from Danderi, an area located in Boki local government in Cross River State, Nigeria. People used to go there to collect different kinds of charms: some to kill others, some to make people mad (crazy), some to seduce or sleep with other people's husbands (which is very common in Nigeria, especially if the man is rich), and some for business success. Even politicians are going there to obtain power and to fortify themselves. These are just a few examples. Up until now, the son continues to practice this wickedness without knowing that his father is suffering because of it."

John went on to say of David: "He is such a man that if he tells you something today, you can ask him another time and he will still repeat the same thing. He has experienced many things. He has even entered and sat in his own house in heaven, where he enjoyed a heavenly fruit."

"Recently, he told me that even though the slave trade has been abolished in the physical world, it is still ongoing in the spiritual realm. He said that most of these grants are for such exchanges. Just last month, he told me that he took the issue before the throne of God and presented it using all legal arguments, pleading with God to abolish spiritual slave trading worldwide. God honored his plea for justice, and letters were sent to all spiritual kingdoms, including those underwater, bearing the signature from God's court, decreeing that spiritual slave trading should cease.

"He explained that Lucifer enriches his Satanists with vast wealth for such assignments. When these people give a country, state, region, community, etc., such huge sums of money as grants, and when ignorant people accept it unknowingly, spiritually, it is an exchange to enslave such people. He said that after they have bought you as a slave spiritually, they will now take full ownership of such a place. Once that happens, they are free to cause war, epidemic, etc. When heaven revealed this knowledge to him, he prayed to appear before God. His request was granted, his plea was approved immediately, and decrees were passed instantly."

When I asked John to explain more about these grants, he mentioned two well-known billionaires from the US, whose names we all know, and said, "Most of these grants are from world millionaires. These people are not Christians at all or for Christ. Lucifer is their master. Most of them are giving this money as a sacrifice [to the devil]." 

As for government grants and subsidies, David did not receive anything specific about those. However, John emphasized the fact that we know there are satanists not only in private organizations, but also in NGO's, and governmental agencies, as well as parastatal organizations, which have some political authority and serve the state indirectly, especially in some African countries. We know that funding from any source typically comes with some level of control over the recipients.

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END OF TESTIMONY FROM JOHN ABUGIEYE ABOUT DAVID AGORYE

Closing Words

Dear friends, I trust that you can see the seriousness of what the Lord has revealed to brother David Agorye. I have no reason to doubt that what he says is true, based on the character reference given about him by my associate, John Abugieye. This revelation agrees with God's Word, and should be a wake up call for all Christians, especially preachers, involved in the so-called prosperity gospel. Those who preach that false gospel will be cast into hell forever.  

Moreover, through David's testimony, we have all been duly warned to beware of receiving any financial grants from wealthy tycoons or their charitable foundations for any purpose, including for ministry. These come with deadly strings attached, especially spiritual ones that are not just strings, but chains of bondage to enslave you spiritually. Through these grants funded by Lucifer, these evil people take ownership of territories (country, state, region, community, etc.) on behalf of satan their master, in order to kill, steal, and destroy humanity through war, famine, and disease. The large sums of money may seem attractive, but they are not worth enslaving your soul for. The price to pay is eternal.

This testimony also serves as a clear warning for all those who reject the true faith and turn aside to cults, such as the Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses, or any cult for that matter. Their place will also be in hell, the place prepared for the devil and his angels. And there is a clear warning for all film actors and comedians to quit their careers and follow Jesus. 

Hell is real, people! Don't go there! You can choose heaven or hell, but Jesus died to close hell and open heaven just for you. You must choose between His love and eternal life, or Satan's lies and eternal death. There is yet a little time, but very little. Jesus is coming very soon. You need to get your life right with Jesus right now. Soon it will be too late.

Repent and believe in Jesus Christ today. Follow Him. 

Attribution notice: This testimony of David Agorye is published with his express permission.

Author's note: In this article, John Abugieye's communications to me about David Agorye's experiences were revised in some places either to clarify his statements or to incorporate additional details he provided in follow-up emails after speaking further with David. The article, in which I had previously mentioned Benson Idahos years ago, was The Forgotten Sin of Worldliness. Also see What's Wrong with the Prosperity Gospel?, Godly Attire and Adornment -- Seven Divine Revelations, Only the Holy -- Three Shocking Testimonies, Michael Thomas Sambo's Revelation of Heaven and Hell, and Eudoxia Varga Testimony of Heaven and Hell.

You are also invited to read or listen to the many, amazing testimonies of the supernatural on the Home page of this blog.  You may access my complete blog directory at Writing for the Master.

Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe. 

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"

_________________________________________________

Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org. 

Catherine Hughes' Second Encounter in Heaven

I would like to share with you the testimony of sister Catherine Hughes, one of our students in England, who is currently in her second year of our three-year Doulos Training School. I previously wrote about Catherine's first encounter in heaven in 1971, when she was seventeen years old, when she committed suicide and was confirmed clinically dead by the doctor for twenty minutes. Her second encounter in heaven, which I am writing about today, occurred later in life during a time of grief that she was experiencing. Here is her testimony:

Testimony of Catherine Hughes

"When my aunty Kathleen died at age 92, I was grieving for her. She had been a born again Christian from the time she was a teenager. While she was alive, I was always spending time with her, doing Bible studies and praying together, and she had told me I was like a daughter to her. 

One night while I was still grieving her death, Jesus took me to heaven again and showed me my aunt. She was a young girl with long, dark hair, dancing with other young people in a garden and singing praise songs. She looked so happy. There were no old people.

Then he showed me some massive, mansion houses made of marble, which had precious stones in them.

Then he showed me Almighty God the Father on his gold throne from a great distance. I didn't realize how massive God is. I could see millions of angels, the twenty-four elders, and the four living creatures around the throne, worshiping God. One of the four living creatures had a man's face, one had an ox's face, one had a lion's face, and one had an eagle's face; they had wings, and they were covered with eyes. There is so much peace and love around them. They are really big and awesome, even a bit intimidating, and you can feel the power of God coming from them. 

The four living creatures were worshiping God all the time, saying, “Hallelujah! Praise God!” And the twenty four elders put their crowns down so many times and bowed down to God. The angels were singing all the time. It was just absolutely awesome.

Around the throne, I saw part of a rainbow with a green glow, and it was really bright. I could feel the light coming from Him. I couldn't see the Father's face, as there was a cloud around Him. I could only see the bottom of his robe and his feet. There was so much light that it was not clear enough to see much more detail. I also saw Jesus seated at His right side.

The angels and twenty-four elders started to dance together. And the Almighty Father God danced with the fingers of His right hand, as He was so big. His hand was about the height of an angel. Jesus told me that every time a soul gets saved, the company of heaven dances with great joy. 

Then the Lord showed me an enormous library, and He said, “Everybody has got a book of life in this library.” 

He also showed me a massive warehouse with human body parts. And our Lord said He was sad, as angels would take body parts to replace organs or limbs of people praying for healing; but not enough people had enough faith to believe to receive their body parts and complete healing. 

I saw clear rivers with what looked like sparkling diamonds at the bottom of them, as well as gold glass pavements, beautiful flowers, and gardens.

Then Jesus brought me back to my bedroom."  

END OF CATHERINE HUGHES' TESTIMONY

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One of the reasons the Lord gave this experience was so that you would know heaven is real. You belong there, but you need to prepare yourself to go there. This place is not just for Catherine and her aunt, but for all who will believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. He wants you to go there, too. He does not want you to perish but have everlasting life.

The way you prepare yourself for heaven is first to repent of all your sins, stop doing the things of the world, and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ that He died for your sins to pay the price and set you free; and believe that God raised Him from the dead on the third day. Surrender your whole life to Him. Ask Him to come and live inside your heart and be your Lord and Savior. Make a commitment to follow and serve Him all the days of your life. Ask Him to baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. Then turn from iniquity and live a righteous, holy life for Him. Soon He will come back for all His saints and take us up to be with Him forever in heaven. 

I hope this has helped to remind you of the reality of heaven and our need to follow Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior if we want to make it to that glorious place.

Author's note:  If you enjoyed this testimony, I think you'd enjoy these other testimonies about Catherine: Teen Dies, Enters Heaven, Meets Jesus -- Catherine's Testimony, and Supernatural Encounter While Striving to Draw Closer to God. You can watch a short, five-minute version of Catherine's testimony in a video produced by God TV here. You are also invited to read or listen to the many, amazing testimonies of the supernatural on the Home page of this blog, some of which are listed below.  You may access my complete blog directory at Writing for the Master.

Sahkile's First Trip to Heaven	Only the Holy -- Three Shocking Testimonies	Angelica Zambrano Hell and Heaven
Baptized by Blazing Fire	Ian McCormack's Revelation of Heaven and Hell	Revelation of Hell to Seven Colombian Youths
Australian Pastor Raised from the Dead	Nigerian Pastor Raised from the Dead	Michael Thomas Sambo's Revelation of Heaven and Hell

Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe. 

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"

_________________________________________________

Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.

Teen Dies, Enters Heaven, Meets Jesus -- Catherine's Testimony

I would like to share with you the testimony of sister Catherine Hughes, one of our students in England, who is currently in her second year of our three-year Doulos Training School. This is about her first encounter in heaven in 1971, at the age of seventeen years old, when she committed suicide and was confirmed clinically dead by the doctor for twenty minutes. Here is her testimony: 

Testimony of Catherine Hughes

Good evening, everybody. I'm Catherine Hughes, and I'm here to give you my testimony of miracles that Jesus has done. My story begins at age two, when my parents were traveling down south from Manchester to Southend for a holiday. There was a car accident, and my parents died, but I survived. I was put into a children's home at that time. Then at age four, some foster parents came, who had three sons, and they fostered me. But they didn't have any love at all, and I was abused a lot from ages four to fifteen. 

When I was seven, the next door neighbor sent me and the boys to Sunday School. One day, the Sunday school teacher had told us of many miracles that Jesus had done; and he said, "Throw your hands up, whoever wants to ask Jesus into your heart." So I put my hand up, and everybody else did as well. At age seven, I didn't really know what that meant, and I just believed that one day, maybe I'll meet this wonderful Jesus who does miracles. So that was all I knew to start with. 

Things got worse with my foster family. When I was fourteen, I had a nightmare that I was drowning, and the foster family members were drowning. I thought, "Oh, this is it! I'm going to die!” It was a very horrific nightmare. Then I woke up. It was midnight, and the moon was shining through my window. I sat up in bed, and I pinched myself to make sure I was still alive. I was glad that I was. 

Then I saw a bright light in my bedroom, and I saw a figure. I thought, “Oh, is this an angel? There's no wings, so it’s not an angel.” And then I saw this woman. She had a veil and a blue and white gown. Then I realized, because I'd been to Sunday school, that it was Mary, Jesus' mother. And she said to me, “You are a child of God.” And I thought, “Me, a child of God? I don't feel good enough to be a child of God.” I didn't say anything though, but just smiled. 

Then I heard Jesus' voice, and He said, “Don't be afraid. I'm always with you.” I looked around to the other side of my bedroom, but I couldn't see Jesus. Then when I came around to see Mary, she'd gone. 

I sat up in bed all night, and I just couldn't believe what I had seen -- that Mary had come to see me and had said, “You're a child of God.” And that Jesus had said, “Don't be afraid. I'm always with you.” 

Jesus later told me the reason he brought His mother to see me was because when I was two years old, I was in a children's home, and I'd lost my mother and father. I never knew what it was like to have a real mother and a loving mother, and I always had so much pain. So that is the only reason Jesus sent his mother to see me in a vision, and it had nothing to do with the Catholic Church. Jesus wanted to show His love for His mother, and that was so important to me.  

So I stayed up all night thinking about it. Then at six o'clock I thought, “I've got to go back to school this morning, so I need to go to sleep.” I went back to sleep and I went back into the nightmare again. 

But then there was like a flash, and then I was in heaven with Jesus and his mother. I knew I was in heaven, because I could feel the breeze and smell the flowers, so I knew it was different from a dream.

So Mary His mother took me to a table where the disciples were. Jesus was at the top and there were two empty chairs -- one at the top, one at the bottom of the table. I sat at the bottom, and I said, “This is where I belong.” But Mary said, “No, you don't.” And she told me to meet Jesus, and Jesus said, “This is My body, and this is My blood that I give for you as my sacrifice for you. I want you to do it as often as you can.” Then I woke up. I had come back to my room. 

I went to school, and Sandra my best friend was in the class. I kept falling asleep, so she said, “What's wrong with you? You keep falling asleep.” I said, “I've been awake all night. I saw Mary. I had a vision, and I went to heaven.” She said, “Nonsense! You must have been dreaming.” I said, “No, it's true. All right, let's go to the old church tomorrow (Saturday), and I'll tell you the story again.” She said, “All right then.” 

So we went round the old church, and I told this story again. Then we came across this monk. He held our hands and said, “Girls, you must pray the Lord's Prayer every day. Then you'll go to heaven. You promise?” We were scared of him, so we said, “Yes.” Then we saw him walk away. He said, “Bye, girls. I'll see you in heaven.” And Sandra said, “Did you see that!” I replied, “Yes! He walked through the wall of the church! He's an angel!” Sandra said, “Well, I believe you now.” So I thought, “Great! That's wonderful!” 

After that, I left school, and I went to work in a car firm in the office, where the head lady was going to try me out to be her partner. When my first foster mother heard of this, she wasn't going to have it. So she decided, “After our holiday, I'm going to send you to a working-girls hostel.” 

So anyway, we went on holiday to Minehead, which is down south. There's a big hill right near it. It’s a Butlins Holiday Camp. And one day she said her son was going to get married. She said, “We don't want you there. So here's a green pound note for the day, and we'll see you about five o'clock tonight." They locked their chalet, and I felt quite upset -- rejected again. 

So I walked right towards this big hill, which was miles away from the holiday camp. I walked to the top, and I talked to God all day. When it was getting dark, I came down the hill. When I got to the bottom, there were a lot of trees, and I thought, "I can't see the Holiday Camp, because all the trees are in the way." So I thought, “Well, where do I go? I'm lost!” Suddenly, a Jewish-looking man with a beard came up to me. He said to me, “You are lost aren’t you?" I replied, “Yes. I don't know how to get back to the chalet.” He said, “Well, I've got a Jeep, and I'll take you home.” 

So when we got in the Jeep, he said, "Jesus sent you a vision of his mother to tell you that you are a child of God and Jesus told you not to be afraid, as He is with you always." I said, “Yes! How do you know? The only person I've told was my school friend Sandra.” He told me, “Well, I know all about your first foster parents, because I'm from Heaven.” I thought, “Wow! Must be an angel!” Anyway, he took me home, and I didn't even know the chalet number, but he did.  

My foster mother said, “What time do you call this?!” I said, “I got lost, and your friend Paul took me home.” She said, “We don't have a friend called Paul!” Then I looked around to say goodbye to Paul, but I hadn't heard the Jeep move away. He disappeared!  

I went into my bedroom and read in the Bible, where it says, “You will entertain angels and not know it.” So I thought, “That was another angel! Wow, that's awesome!”  

When it was time for me to go to the working-girls hostel, I got a job at a publishing company. There were four girls from Barstool, who were bullies. They kept threatening me every time I got paid, since they wanted my money, and they used to do séances. So the atmosphere at that workplace was just like my foster mother's home, because there, they did the same thing. 

Then I made friends with Linda, who was also from a foster home, as I was; she wasn't like the others. She suggested to me that we run away, as we were very unhappy in the hostel. I agreed with the idea, and so we did, sneaking out at six o'clock in the morning. We raided the pantry of biscuits, and then got a train to London. After walking around London all day, we went to a pub in the evening and met these Irish guys, who were Catholics. We told them we had run away, and they said, “All right, girls. We'll look after you.” They had a really posh house. They had also told us, “We'll pray for you.” So I kept praying, “Lord, keep us safe,” because I didn't know where we were in such a strange place. 

At seven o'clock in the morning, the police came, and the Irish guys told us, “Sorry, girls. We can't look after you, because we have to go to work. But God will look after you.” So we returned to the hostel, and the police said to us, “Anything could have happened to you girls! It's a miracle that you're both okay.” I replied, “Of course it's a miracle. I’ve been praying all night.” 

After that, they sent Linda away. So the next year I was very depressed, because the girls kept bullying me for money, and the pain of what my foster parents did to me was just horrific. I couldn't stand the pain, and I had nobody to talk to. 

During the summer on the 21st of July 1971, I decided to end my life. It was a Wednesday, six o'clock at tea time. They were all having their tea, except for me. I got a glass of water and two bottles of tablets, went to my bedroom, and opened the window. I sat in the window, and said to God, “If you love me, save me now.” After taking two bottles of tablets with water, I felt dizzy and jumped out the second floor bedroom window. 

Then, next minute I found my spirit by a light bulb on the ceiling of the hospital. When I looked down, I could see they were trying to revive my heart with the electric pads. The monitor was already a straight line, and I shouted, “Don't stop doing that! I can't get back in my body if you stop trying to revive me!”

However, they did stop reviving me, and put the sheet over my face. I was watching them, and the doctor said, “It's a shame…A seventeen year-old has thrown her life away. She must have suffered.” I thought, “Oh, no! I'm sorry, God! I didn't mean to end it all. It was a cry for help.” 

As soon as I said that, everything went black for a minute, and I then found myself going down this tunnel quite fast. I felt safe, and there was a bright light at the end of this tunnel. Then I saw a beautiful garden and paths of clear gold. And I saw angels flying around. I thought, “This must be heaven.” But wow, what a beautiful garden! The colors were so bright, and I could feel the breeze on my face like warm breath and could smell the perfume of roses. It was a beautiful place. I could feel God's love like soft waves coming through. I began to feel so much joy and felt like dancing. There was nothing negative inside of me anymore -- no pain -- but only a very powerful love and a strong feeling of belonging. I felt as if it were my home, like I'd always been there. I also felt a very close, intimate connection, as though God were hugging me the whole time.

Then Jesus came. I knew it was Jesus, because I had seen in Sunday school what He looked like and had also remembered hearing His voice when I was fourteen. Then Jesus held my hands and said, “It's not your time yet. I've got work for you to do, but I can't promise you'll be free from pain.” When I saw the Lord, He conveyed His love like electric waves, and I felt so warm. 

When He spoke, He was very authoritative. I felt like I had to stand at attention, but then also He was like my best friend. 

I thought, “I don't want to go back. I had so much suffering. I really don't want to go back.” But then I thought, “We can't say no to Jesus.” He showed so much love, like I had never known before, and there was so much light and warmth coming from Him. I looked into his eyes and said, “Yes, Lord. Whatever you say, I'll do.” Then the Lord smiled at me. 

The next moment, I went back down this tunnel really fast and came to the light. Then I came back to consciousness. The sheet was over my face and a tag was on my toe. I pulled the sheet off and climbed out of bed, but I fell on the floor, because I didn't know I had broken my left heel. 

The doctor and the nurses looked as though they had seen a ghost. "We'd given you up for dead!" they told me. "You've been dead for twenty minutes. You're in the morgue!” But I replied, “Well, Jesus has just brought me back.” They just couldn't believe it. The doctor said, “Well, I have read about near-death experiences, but usually they're only dead for five or ten minutes, and then they'll come round.” He said, “You've been dead for twenty minutes! It's a miracle!” I replied, “Yes, it is a miracle.” The nurse asked me, “Do you mind if I test your brain? Because you should be brain dead.” I said, “Okay.” I was told, “There's absolutely nothing wrong with you apart from you breaking your foot. Yet you were dead for twenty minutes.” I said, “Yes, well Jesus works miracles.” 

After that, I went back to the hostel for a couple of weeks and traced my Aunt Hilda. Then I went to college and stayed with her and my Uncle Ted. They were loving and caring Christians, and I went to church there. Then I went to a conference with some friends, and the leader was talking about the baptism of the Holy Spirit. I said, “Well, a friend had prayed for me for the baptism with Holy Spirit already.” But he told me, “Well, the Lord wants to fill you again.” So I agreed, and he prayed over me for the baptism with the Holy Spirit. I felt a heat and something like electricity going right through me. He said, “Praise the Lord!” And when I praised the Lord, this tongue (or language) came. I thought, “Wow!”  

Then he said, “Now I want you to pray over my thumb.” I asked, “Why? What's wrong with it?” He said, “Well, I was chopping vegetables yesterday, and I cut my thumb right to the bone and had to go to hospital for stitches.” I responded, “Well, I don't know anything about the healing ministry." But he told me, “Well, all you have to do is obey the Lord.” So I said, “Okay. I believe Jesus works miracles. I've read and heard so much about Jesus working miracles.” So I held his thumb and prayed, and this tongue (language) came out of my mouth. And as I prayed, the heat and the tingling in my hands were so strong! When he took the bandage off, the stitches dropped off, and he exclaimed, “Gosh, there's not even a scar!” I said, “Well, Jesus does heal today!” 

Then a lady heard what had happened. She was young with three children. She told me, “I've got cancer of the stomach, and I've only got three months to live. Will you pray over me?” I agreed to do so, and said, “Well, Jesus heals. I don't know anything about healing, but I know Jesus healed." So I prayed over her and prayed in tongues again. Then after a while, she said to me, “I didn't know you spoke Spanish.” I said, “I don't know a word in Spanish. Jesus talked to you in Spanish. So what did He say?” She replied, “He said I've been thinking about being saved, and Jesus said that now's the time for me to ask Him into my heart.” So I said, “Okay, well, ask Jesus to forgive you for your sins, and believe that he died on the cross for your sins, and ask him into your heart now.” So I led her in that prayer, and then I prayed for her healing again and the pain in her stomach completely went away. Then she said, “The pain's gone!” She was completely healed. 

Then the leader said to me, “I want you to go on stage.” I thought, “Me, go on stage? You must be joking.” “No, I'm not joking,” he said, “I want everybody to know.” So I went on stage, and he was waving his thumb and telling about how it had been healed. And I told them about the young lady who had had cancer of the stomach. And there were other miracles as well, which were absolutely amazing. 

Then I went to Birmingham with some friends, because they had some Christian meetings. They worked for Birmingham Bible Institute. And they said to me, "Just go window shopping while we have a meeting.” So I said, “Yeah, okay.” And she added, “By the way, don't talk to strangers.” I said, “Yeah, alright.” I was nineteen by this time. 

So, I walked across the road, and as I was just about to cross over, this posh car drove up and stopped; and the driver said to me, “You can tell me about God.” I thought, “Oh, Lord, I'm not supposed to speak to strangers.” But the Lord said, “You're going to witness him.” So I said, “Lord, am I safe?” He replied, “Oh, yes. Trust me.” So I said, “Okay.” 

We went to his very posh house -- he was very rich. And as I looked around, he said, “You think I've got everything, don't you?” I replied, “Yes, it looks like it. It really does.” But he said, “None of this means anything to me. I'm empty. I'm looking for what you've got. You've got God, and I want what you've got.” I told him, “Well, you'll need to sit down, because it's quite a story.” So I told him the whole story, and he was crying on his knees. I said, “Don't go on your knees. I'm just human like you.” He asked me, “What do I do to get saved?” I responded, “Well, believe that Jesus died on the cross for you, for your sins. He's the Son of God, and if you believe in Him, ask Him to forgive you, ask Him into your heart, and live for Jesus and God the Father, you'll be saved.” So he said, “Well, how do I thank God? And how do I thank you?” But I said, “Oh, don't thank me; thank God. Go to church and ask the leaders to help you serve the Lord.” So he put me back where he found me, and he was so happy. 

When I told my friend, she said, “I told you not to speak to strangers.” But I said, “Well, the Lord had other plans.” So she was amazed. And she said, “Well, God's going to use your story, I believe.” 

So if anybody wants to get saved, all they have to do is pray this prayer, which is to ask Jesus into their heart, and believe that Jesus died in the cross. He's the Son of God, and He died for us all on the cross for our sins, to set us free so that we can serve the Lord and worship Him. So ask Jesus into your heart and say, “Dear Lord Jesus, forgive me for my sins. I believe you died on the cross for me, and I want to serve you and worship you. I want a personal relationship with you, Lord Jesus, the Son of God. And I want to serve you and worship the Father the rest of my life, in Jesus’ precious name. Amen.”

END OF CATHERINE'S TESTIMONY

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Closing Words

What an amazing testimony! Let me just comment regarding the Jewish man named Paul, who met Catherine at the bottom of the hill, told her all about her life, and then disappeared after he dropped her off at the chalet where her parents were staying--even though she didn't know which chalet it was. She told me that the picture to the left most closely resembles him. While it could have been an angel, since the Bible clearly tells us we may encounter angels without being aware of it, it is my belief that this was the apostle Paul. It is just as easy for God to have one of the living saints in glory appear and help us in some way, as it is for Him to send an angel or another earth-dwelling human being. 

When I told Catherine that I and my family all believe it was the apostle Paul, she replied, "Yes I agree with you, I do believe it was St Paul that was sent to me. He had so much love and compassion just as he does in his letters to the churches in the New Testament, and his love and passion for Jesus our Lord is awesome. When I read his letters in the New Testament, it's like I know him in Spirit and I remember my encounter with him."

Why should any of you consider it incredible that God could do this? He is the Sovereign Lord and nothing is too difficult for Him. Just as Moses and Elijah appeared talking with Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1–8, Mark 9:2–8, Luke 9:28–36), so the Lord can permit anyone He so wishes to have this sort of experience. 

This is all part of the communion of the saints that is spoken of in Scripture and in the Apostles' Creed. We believe in the communion of the saints. According to the apostle John, "...if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin." (1Jn 1:7). Those who walk in the light in this way not only have fellowship with the Lord, but with the saints here on earth. And if God chooses to allow it, they also have fellowship with the saints in glory. 

However, we are not to seek to initiate direct contact with them. Such encounters come to those who diligently seek the Lord Himself, like John did on the Isle of Patmos. While he was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day, he had an amazing revelation from God that he wrote down in the book of Revelation. Not only did he see the Lord Jesus Christ and the heavenly Father, he also saw angels and saints in glory, including the twenty-four elders. In fact, he spoke with one of the twenty-four elders (Rev 7:13). And many believe that the particular angel who spoke with him and showed him things in heaven was actually the prophet Daniel. John wrote:

"At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, 'Don't do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For it is the Spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus.'" (Rev 19:10)

The reason many believe this was the prophet Daniel is that he told John that he is a fellow servant with him and his brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. A fellow servant (Gr. sumdoulos) of John and other disciples of Christ signifies being one of them and coequal with them. And the reason he is believed to be the prophet Daniel is that God gave Daniel an apocalyptic revelation of the end times, too, as written in the book of the Bible that bears his name. The books of Daniel and Revelation fit together like a lock and a key. How fitting it would be for Daniel to speak with John during his heavenly encounter and show him the things he showed him.

When I asked Catherine what Mary looked like, she said, "Mary had dark hair and brown eyes, and looked like a young Jewish girl (closely resembling woman in photo to left). The Catholic Church portrays her as English with fair hair and blue eyes. She doesn't look like they portray; they have her wrong. She spoke with great authority, and a strong voice. She spoke the same English as I do, with the South London accent, as I was brought up in South London." 

She stated: "The Holy Spirit later reaffirmed to me that Jesus sent his mother to me, to help heal the trauma of having an abusive foster mother, and never having a loving mother." 

She continued, "When I tell people about this vision, I always point out that Jesus sent his mother to me so that I would know who I belong to -- 'Jesus' -- and not to become a Catholic as some people have said. For although I didn't see Jesus that night, He was still there, because I heard his voice loud and clear, which is a witness to Catholics that Jesus is our Saviour, and they must not pray to or worship Mary." 

Her second encounter in heaven occurred later in life during a time of grief that she was experiencing. In her second encounter, she describes how she saw God on His throne with Jesus at His right hand, and the four living creatures around the throne, as well as the twenty-four elders and myriads of angels all around. You may read about that here in my related article called Catherine Hughes' Second Encounter in Heaven. (See important note below).

Author's note:  If you enjoyed this testimony, I think you'd enjoy this other testimony about Catherine: Catherine Hughes' Second Encounter in Heaven. You may also enjoy watching a short, five-minute version of her testimony produced by God TV. Catherine is not Catholic, nor does she follow the Catholic practices associated with Mariolatry. As a former Catholic myself, I want to be very clear that neither Catherine, nor the Lord, nor my article about her experience in any way whatsoever condone the unbiblical Catholic practice of adoring Mary, worshiping her, or praying to her, which constitute idolatry. Please see my two very important articles about that called Unbiblical Practices of the Catholic Church and Messages from the Lord for Catholics Worshiping Idols. Also related are Baptized with the Holy Spirit, The Gift of Speaking in Tongues, and The Body Parts Storehouse in Heaven.

You are also invited to read or listen to the many, amazing testimonies of the supernatural on the Home page of this blog, some of which are listed below.  You may access my complete blog directory at Writing for the Master.

Forty Days in Heaven and Hell	Only the Holy -- Three Shocking Testimonies	Angelica Zambrano Hell and Heaven
Baptized by Blazing Fire	Ian McCormack's Revelation of Heaven and Hell	Revelation of Hell to Seven Colombian Youths
Australian Pastor Raised from the Dead	Nigerian Pastor Raised from the Dead	Michael Thomas Sambo's Revelation of Heaven and Hell

Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe. 

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"

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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.