This is a collection of testimonies from those who claim to have experienced heaven and hell, as well as those who have had direct, face-to-face encounters with God the Father in heaven, the Lord Jesus Christ, or His holy angels. It includes a number of documented accounts of individuals being raised from the dead. It also includes some visions and important Scriptural studies on the topic of heaven and hell.
"Where there is no vision, the people perish..." (Pro 29:18a, KJV)
"For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life." (1 Thes 4:7, NIV)
"...But this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel: 'And it shall be in the last days,' God says, 'that I will pour forth of my Spirit on all mankind; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; even on My bondslaves, both men and women, I will in those days pour forth of My Spirit And they shall prophesy." (Act 2:16-18, NASB)
It is my prayer that these testimonies will lead you to pray earnestly and seek the Lord's face, regarding the destiny of your own soul, and the souls of the people in your life, so that you and they will not miss the glories of heaven and wind up in hell for eternity.
Author's note: Please refer your friends and family to our our easy-to-remember domain name, eternaldestinations.info, and help us to Get the Word Out. And please consider whether the Lord would have you apply for enrollment in our discipleship program known as Doulos Training School. Please prayerfully listen to these testimonies, and use the Testimony Review Process
adopted by this blog, as you decide for yourself whether the Lord has
spoken to these people. For issues and concerns, each person must confirm with
the Lord, whether something is valid or not. For more information on our connection with these individuals, please see Disclaimers.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
This is the testimony of an Indonesian lady, called Elisabeth Widyawati Herman, which has been translated from Indonesian into English by a woman named Elma Larsen, so that many more could be blessed by her testimony.
In 2001, when Elisabeth was twenty years old, the Lord Jesus Christ personally took her to see heaven & hell during a period of forty days and forty nights.
Elisabeth initially had an experience at an intercessory prayer meeting at church, whereby the Holy Spirit came upon her, and she began speaking in tongues. Afterward she realized that she could no longer speak in her native Indonesian language, but only in tongues, which continued for the entire forty days. She also discovered that she was unable to eat food, so she fasted for the entire duration of this experience. Meanwhile the Lord continued to show her hell and heaven, and the revelation she received was truly amazing.
Some of the highlights of it include the following:
She saw the map of hell and the shape of it, which amazingly corresponds to the shape of a crucified man.
People enter into hell through the section that corresponds to the mouth. As it says in the prophet Isaiah: "Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself and opened its mouth beyond measure; their glory and their multitude and their pomp, and he who is jubilant, shall descend into it." (Is 5:14, KJV).
The people in hell are being punished in different locations there, depending on whether they were a believer or non believer, and what kind of sinful lifestyle they practiced during their earthly life.
She actually saw that there were preachers of the gospel there in hell, because they didn't practice what they preached.
The Lord holds each one of us responsible for controlling the use of our bodies and all their parts.
In heaven she met King David, and you will be amazed at his comment as to why he made it into heaven.
She also met the apostle John in heaven, who gave her advice for all of us on our relationship with the Lord, which is right in line with the kind of relationship he had with the Lord during his earthly life, as told to us in the Bible (Jn 13:23; Rev 1:10).
She met Paul the apostle, who gave her a word of encouragement to remember in our trials and hardships, which I believe you will appreciate. It was essentially what he wrote to the Corinthians in 1 Corinthians 10:13.
She saw the Lord's palace and described what it was like seeing the Father on His throne.
She saw the twelve, colorful foundations decorated with precious stones, which are spoken about in Revelation 21:19-20.
She described the angels and some of the differences between the worship angels and the warrior ones.
She saw a warehouse in heaven containing spare body parts with people's names on them that were simply there for the asking, if the people who needed them would only ask and believe. But most never bother to ask.
She says that there are separate rewards given to the saints for each thing that they do for the Lord, no matter what it is.
She said that what matters in the end is not how much you serve the Lord, but the quality of your service, which is evidenced by the heart and attitude with which you do it. Whatever we do, we should do it as unto the Lord, for the glory of God, in the name of Jesus, and with love. Then even if all you can do is pray, you will be rewarded for praying. If all you can do is care for the children or do housekeeping chores, you will receive a reward for it, if is done in loving service to the Lord.
I have tried not to give you too much detail about her revelation, because you really need to just watch it and listen to her give the testimony herself. You are in for a real treat!
Translator Elma Larsen posted the following statement in the description box of the video containing her English voiceover of the testimony, which is worth reposting here:
"To avoid confusion among Christians, below is an extract taken from Elisabeth's 40-day dairy. This is what the LORD JESUS said to her on day 39:"
"All who enter the Kingdom of Heaven enter only by the grace I give. When people believe in ME, that person has the right to enter into MY Kingdom. But I judge not from the first moment they made the decision in their life to repent and believe in ME. I judge the end of their life whether they still believe in ME and loves ME. Therefore, it is necessary to be guided by the HOLY SPIRIT in living their life – so that they are able to do MY every will. There are many children of the LORD who, in the middle of their lives, cease to trust ME, leaving ME, exchanging the salvation they received only for the sake of wealth, honour, pleasure which are all temporary in the world."
"It is your duty and the duty of MY children, MY servants who believe in ME to bring MY children who have long forsaken ME to return to ME, and also bringing those who do not believe in ME to repent and believe in ME before MY second coming."
Another helpful resource for you is Elisabeth's DIARY covering Day 1 - 40 (a must read!), translated into English (see here for PDF download)
What a treasure this video and diary are. I hope you will take the time to view the video and read the diary. Then take it to heart, repent wherever necessary, and live your life according to the Word of God. If you do not know the Lord, then you will perish unless you repent and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. Please see the final section at the end of this blog for guidance on giving your life to the Lord and coming to know Him.
Author's note: Elisabeth is not personally connected with this site. Please prayerfully listen to his testimony, and use the Testimony Review Process
adopted by this blog, as you decide for yourself whether the Lord has
spoken to her. For issues and concerns, each person must confirm with
the Lord, whether something is valid or not. For more information on our position, please see Disclaimers.
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.
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.
This is the testimony of a young man from South Africa named Sakhile, who was given a trip to heaven by the Lord in 2015 when he was fifteen. There he saw things that are inexpressible and full of glory. He saw mountains of various sizes, some of which reached to the sky. He saw trees of various colors that we have here on earth, and even colors we don't have on earth. He saw beautiful flowers that speak. All the animals that we have here on earth are found in heaven, except that in heaven they are all harmless.
He saw holy angels, some that we the size of men, others the size of trees, and some the size of mountains, as well as ones as big or bigger than the earth. They were all flying to and fro busily. They came to him singing and then said to him, "Welcome! Welcome!" And they were all smiling.
He saw the Holy City, which was made of gold, glass and diamonds, and he entered through its tall, golden gates. He walked on the streets of gold inside the Holy City. He met Jesus there, who had nail holes in his hands and feet and was wearing a white robe with brown sandals and a purple sash around His chest.
The Lord showed him the River of Life that was so pure and clear that you feel thirsty just looking at it. The Lord told him to wash his face with its water, which he did by splashing some of the water on his face with his hands. His face dried off immediately afterward without the use of a towel. Then the Lord gave him a mirror to look at himself, and he saw that his face was very bright without any marks at all, and his eyes were very bright. Everyone in heaven looks new, and nobody has wrinkles, glasses, gray hair, or sickness. They all look as if they are in their twenties and not more than thirty years old. Even the Lord Jesus Himself looked like He was in His twenties or at the most thirty.
The Lord took him to a place where he saw thousands of angels all gathered together in one place like a great choir. As soon as he and the Lord arrived, the music began playing. He did not see any instruments, but the music was everywhere and he could hear all the instruments very clearly right in his ears. The angels' voices were amazingly beautiful as they sang. He was led to sing along with them and he was given a beautiful voice to sing with. In fact, he was given several voices to sing with, and he sang for what seemed like forever.
At the end of his trip to heaven, the Lord led him to the gates of the city and told him he needed to go back to the earth and tell everyone what he saw. He was commanded to tell everyone, both those who believe and those who do not believe. He was told that when he speaks to anyone about it, if they do not believe him, then he should go on to the next person. He was told that this message is not for one particular church, but for all the churches.
Then he told the Lord that he wasn't going back to the earth, but that he was going to remain there in heaven, so the Lord asked him why. He replied that on earth there is suffering, sickness, and pain, and he was tired of that. But the Lord told him in a very gentle voice that he had a mission to fulfill for God back on earth and when his work is finished, then the Lord will take him back up to heaven forever. He agreed to go back to earth, and as he walked toward the gates, they opened for him. As he walked through, he turned to wave at the Lord and the angels. When he turned to leave, and then he awoke back into his body on earth.
There is so much more to this glorious testimony that you should hear. This young man is genuine and speaks so articulately that you are sure to understand him as long as you understand English. He presents the whole experience in such a clear, concise way that you will enjoy every minute of it. I hope you will take time to watch it, because you won't regret it if you do. Here is the link as well as the video itself below:
Video
Once you have watched it, you need to prepare yourself to go there, too. This place is not just for Sakhile but for all who will believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. He wanted Sakhile to tell everyone, and you are one of those the Lord wanted him to tell. The reason the Lord wanted Sakhile to tell you is that the Lord 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 wake you up and 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.
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.
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.
Today I want to share with you the testimony of a young man named Sakhile from South Africa, regarding the time the Lord Jesus showed him hell. He saw himself walking on a cloud and Jesus came to him and asked him if he would like to see another place. Sakhile gladly accepted the invitation, thinking he was going to see another part of heaven, because previously the Lord had shown him heaven. He did not know the Lord was about to show him hell.
So the Lord introduced him to an angel that was with him, which was the angel Gabriel, who had gold hair and blue eyes. With Jesus on one side of him and Gabriel on the other side of him, they took his hand. An opening appeared in front of them and they went into it. Within about five seconds after they entered the opening, they were in hell. It was extremely dark, but since Jesus and Gabriel were with him, there was some light around them.
While he was in hell, he saw that very scary scorpions, snakes, and spiders were crawling on the ground. They were so scary that he wished he could float above the ground to avoid coming into contact with them. But when he looked down and saw the feet of Jesus and Gabriel, he knew those creatures wouldn't dare to come near their feet, so he felt safe.
He saw people in cages, and demons were torturing them. He could hear their bones breaking as the demons crushed them and tormented them. The people were screaming and crying, but there were no tears. In hell there are no tears, because it is a very dry place where there is no water. The people wish for water, but there is not one drop of water there.
Some people called out to Sakhile asking him to get them out of there. Jesus told him that in hell, everyone wishes they could go back to earth to fix their situation, so they wouldn't have to go back to hell, but they cannot. Although Jesus normally smiles a lot, in hell He didn't smile. He looked sad and was even crying. He asked Sakhile to tell everyone about this place once he would come back to the earth, so that people wouldn't go to this place.
Below you will find the video of Sakhile's testimony, which is also at this link.
Video
I hope you will take time to watch this important video and heed the warnings in it. Hell is real! It's a terrible place, which was not created for people but for the devil and his angels. It is more scary than any scary movie you have ever seen. And worst of all it lasts forever. Once you enter hell after you die, there is no way out whatsoever.
If you care about your soul, then please repent of all your sins right now and put your faith in Jesus Christ to save you. He came from heaven to earth, died on the cross for you, shed His sinless blood and paid the price for all your sins. He rose again on the third day and He's alive forever more. He loves you with an everlasting love and doesn't want you to go to hell, so please don't go there. It's up to you whether you go there, which is where we all deserve to go, or accept the free gift of salvation that Jesus Christ is offering you.
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.
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.
What you are about to read is going to be a great blessing to you. I previously wrote to you about brother Lynn Veasley's Revelation of Hell. Now you are about to hear his testimony about his experience when the Lord allowed him to visit heaven. Here is the transcript from his video Heaven is Real.
Testimony of Lynn Veasley
Hi. Welcome back. This is God is Real, and I’m Lynn.
Last time I told you about my trip to Hell, that God had taken me to. And today I’m going to tell you one of my best experiences—a trip to Heaven. Now I know a lot a people think that “you have to be died and gone. Nobody’s been to Heaven.” But that’s not true. He has many people that visit Heaven, and because of God has allowed it, and God likes to show people what they’re going to inherit. But anyway, I’ll share this part with you. Because of the time limit, I’m going to only give you as much as possible. But I’m sure I’m going to leave quite a bit of it out. But this time, I’m going to share it with you.
Now, you know Father always woke me up at four o’clock in the morning. That’s our relationship. He wakes me up. He talks to me. He shows me things. He gives me visions. He takes me away, and I have many out-of-body experiences. And I tell you, when you have an out-of-body experience, this is a very scary thing until the presence of God calms you down.
So, one morning, He woke me up, and He told me. And I went up front to pray as I normally do. And at this time, He’s voice kept getting stronger and stronger, and it was in the room. And He said, “Come walk towards my voice.” And so I got up off my knees, and I walked towards his voice. And as I did, His voice got louder. He said, “Come closer.” And the voice and His presence were stronger. And as it was so strong, I told Him I couldn’t take it, because the body just can hardly take it, and the Spirit is taking on control of your body, basically. And so, what happened was He told me to come closer and closer. And the closer I got to Him—His voice—the stronger His presence was. And I was screaming, and I was hollering. I said, “Lord, Lord, I can’t take it! I can’t take this!
I can’t take this! I said, “It’s too strong! I can’t take this!” He said, “Come closer. Come closer.” And when He did, automatically I dropped, and I was in the Spirit.
And as I was in the Spirit…This was my first time experiencing that much. And I’m trying to come up with the words to explain how it felt. You felt… good. That’s the only word I can come up with because this was just amazing—how strong the presence was. And after I left my body, you just feel good and free—no pain, no anything.
So, He asked me a question. He said, “Can you see?” I said, “Can I see what?” He said, “Can you see? Tell me what you see.” And I said, “I see smoke.” He said, “What else do you see?” “I see smoke.” Then, all of a sudden, the smoke started to clear a little bit. And it was—it was a little, short man standing there! He wasn’t a good 4’6” or something—about 4 ½ feet tall. And he was just standing there looking at me. And I looked at him. And he said, “Hi, Lynn.” And I said “hi” back to him.
And I ask him, I said, “Where am I?” He said, “Look around and see.” So I looked, and we were in a room—a big room. And I asked, “Where am I?” He said, “Look around and see.” I’m still looking around, and I couldn’t tell exactly where I was at. It just looked like a big room.
And I asked him, I said, “What’s your name?” He told me his name. His name was Minalik. I said, “Minalik.” I said, “Why, how do you know me?” He said, “I know you.” He said, “Father’s the One that sent me to you. We are here, and we wanted to meet you.” And I’m like, “We? I don’t see anybody but you.” And he said, “There are others behind me.” And then the smoke cleared when he said that, and I saw the others standing behind him. I said, “Who are you?” He said, “I am an elder. We all are elders.” I said, “Elders?” And he read my mind because I’m like, “There are just a few of you.” He said, “There are many here.” Before I could get it out of my mouth, they asked the next question. He said, “There are many of us here and many to come.”
And so I asked, I said, “So, where am I?” He said, “Look around and see.” I’m so curious, I’m asking him over and over again, and he just wouldn’t tell me. He just asked me--every time I asked him a question, he would turn around and say, “Look and see.” So, I looked around, and I saw a valley—great, big beautiful valley. It had grass on it, and it was just beautiful—I mean, green as green can get. And all the grass was just as beautiful and perfect. And I asked, I said, “What is this valley?” He said, “Look around some more.”
So, I looked to the right, and I saw a city—right there on the right-hand side of the valley. And I said, “What is this valley, and what is this city?” He said, “This valley’s called “Hope.” He said the city is called “The City of Elders.” And I was looking…beautiful! And it had the shine on it so much, it almost looked like gold, but it was just shining so strong. And before I could get it out of my mouth, to ask him what was that glare on it, He said, “That’s the glory of God.” He said, “God lights up the heavens.” He said, “Everything that’s in Heaven is of God. You don’t see anything that is not of God.” And I said, “Okay. Okay.”
And I was looking…beautiful! And it had the shine on it so much, it almost looked like gold, but it was just shining so strong. And before I could get it out of my mouth, to ask him what was that glare on it, He said, “That’s the glory of God.” He said, “God lights up the heavens.”
So he said, “Look to your right again.” I looked, and I saw the city. I saw the valley. And then I saw a beautiful, beautiful garden sitting out in front. And the garden was so beautiful that the plants that it had…it doesn’t exist on this earth. And the flowers were so beautiful—they don’t exist on this earth. And I asked him, I said, “What is that?” He said, “That’s the garden.” He said, “The garden before the temple of God.”
And so, I’m looking again. He said, “Look more to your right.” And I did. And I saw a river that was flowing—beautiful, clear, perfect flowing water. And I said, “What is this river?” He said, “This is the river—we call it Jordan.” I said, “Jordan?” I said, “Is that like the river Jordan on earth?” He said, “No. The river Jordan on earth is named after this river.” I said, “Oh, okay.”
He said, “Keep looking.” I looked again, and I looked to the right. I saw temples. And he said, “These are the temples of the elders.” And there were many of them! And I was just wondering, “What in the world are all these temples doing here!? Why do you have to have so many temples?” And he just looked at me with a smile. He said, “This is our temple here.” And so, he showed me. And we were standing in the middle of that temple, and I saw the table. And he said, “This is the feast area right here.” And I was looking. I said, “Man, this is nice!” That’s all I could say, but it was beautiful. He said that, “This is where we all come, and we sit and we feast after we see Father.” I said, “Okay.” So, I asked him, and I could still see it today—how the walls were, and how the table, and beyond it was a door.
And I asked him what was outside that door. He said, “Come and see.” So he opened the door, and I looked outside. And I saw another garden. I said, “Is this still the same garden?” He said, “No. No, no, no. No.” He said, “This is the garden right here that belongs to us.” And I looked, and I saw fruit. And I looked at the grass; and I wanted to make sure, and I was paying close attention. And as I looked at the grass, I wanted and find and see was like the grass of earth. But I did not see one dead blade of grass. All the grass was plumb green—just beautiful and thick—and you could see the nourishment in the grass.
I did not see one dead blade of grass. All the grass was plumb green—just beautiful and thick—and you could see the nourishment in the grass.
And I looked at the tree, and the tree—it looked like a big giant peach about this big [shows with his hands how large it was]. And I asked, “What is this tree?” He said, “This is the tree of ink.” He said, “This is a fruit of God.” I said, “Ink? What in the world is ink?” I found out that the angels eat it. And if the angels eat it, they take off and they sing praises to God. And if a human grabs it—or those that are in the Kingdom—if they grab [it] and they take one bite, they are drunk—drunk in the Spirit. They take two bites, they are out cold in the Spirit. The Spirit of God comes on them so strong. Every fruit is of God. Everything in the Kingdom of God is God. He is the Kingdom. Just like the fruits of the earth—we get our nourishment from it only because God made it for us.
Everything just started clicking. But he told me to come on, he wants to show me some more. So, we walked on, and I saw the Jordan on the other side—the river on the other side of the garden. And I asked, “What is that valley on the other side?” He said, “That is the Second. We call it the Second.” “The second what?” He said, “The second part of Heaven.” I said, “Second part of Heaven? So who are those on that side?” He said, “Those that are saved.” But I said, “So can they come over here on this side of the river?” He said, “No.” He said, “They can’t come on this side. Only when they enter into the Body can they come on this side.” And I was wondering, “What in the world is he talking about? And then what body?” He said, “The Body of Christ.” I said, “I thought they entered here because of the Body of Christ.” He said, “Yes, Christ opened up the door for all that believe.”
He said, “Listen.” He said, “There are three parts of Heaven.” He said, “There is the first, second, and third.” I said, “Okay?” He said, “The first is the courtyard.” Then he said, “The second is the temple.” Then he said, “The third is the altar, or you can call it the throne. That’s where the presence of God is at.” And I asked him, I said, “Well, can’t everyone who comes go before the presence of God?” He said, “No.” He said, “Because they haven’t received the Body.” I said, “Well, how is [it that] a man could get here in Heaven, but yet cannot see God?” He said, “Only through Jesus can man go to God.” I’m like, “I’m not understanding this. What do you mean? I thought that they got here because of Jesus.” He said, “Yes, they got here because of the faith that they believe.” He said, “But I’ll tell you, a man cannot die greater than he lives.” “Hmm? Explain it,” I asked him. Minalik said, “Whatever faith that you have when you leave this earth is the faith that you take with you.” He said, “You cannot enter in no-it-all. If you didn’t know all on earth,” he said, “then what kind of faith you have here is the same that you take in Heaven.” And when he said that, that scripture hit my mind—“What thou gain on earth you gain in Heaven. What thou loose on earth you also loose in Heaven.” So, I’m like, “How can they cross?” He said, “Because, the way that they would cross is because the elders go and teach in the Second. And the elders teach those in the Second, and then those that are in the Second teach those that are in the First.” Now, he explained to me the one, two, and three (i.e., First, Second, and Third). He said, “Those that die without the Holy Spirit are in the First because they entered in by believing.” He said, “Then those that receive the Holy Spirit are in the Second, but they didn’t go on in faith to grow and take on the Body of Christ.”
“There are three parts of Heaven. There is the first, second, and third. The first is the courtyard. The second is the temple. The third is the altar, or you can call it the throne. That’s where the presence of God is at.”
So I was wondering, “So, how do you take on the Body of Christ?” He said, “That’s the question I want you to ask. You take on the Body of Christ by allowing the Holy Spirit to control you. You must be possessed by the Holy Spirit. When we say possessed, we only think of demonic possession. But that isn’t the possession that God is talking about. The possession that God is talking about [is one in which] the Holy Spirit comes and controls you and takes over your body and your mind, that everything that you’re thinking is holy, everything that you become is holy. You do that,” he said, “by yielding more and more and more to the Spirit of God, not [by] just sitting there and not listening to Him.” Because everything that he was saying was making so much sense to me. And he said, “Those that are in the Third, they are those that become elders. They yield to the Spirit and continue to grow. They didn’t receive the Spirit and just stop and say, ‘OK, I have it.’ No. They seek Father even more that they will receive more, and more, and more of Him.”
And, man, this was sounding so good. So, I kept asking him more and more questions. And he told me, he said, “You keep your faith. Keep growing. Yield when the Spirit of God comes up over you. Don’t fight it. Don’t quench the Spirit.” He said, “Yield to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit isn’t trying to harm you. What he’s trying to do is control you where you can be open to more and more faith and be open to more and more spirituality.” And I said, “OK. How do you do that?” He said, “Just yield. The Holy Spirit will not force Himself upon you. You have to want more of the Spirit, and you just yield more and more and let the Holy Spirit take over you. A lot of people turn around, and when they receive the Spirit of God and they begin to speak in tongues, they accept that as the evidence and that’s all. That isn’t it. That’s the beginning. We are to receive that Spirit of God, and we are to open up our heart, open up our mind to believe everything in Him and then we turn around and be transformed by the renewing of our mind that we are more like God. That’s what Jesus did. Jesus yielded Himself completely to make Himself as one with God, that when He said, ‘When you’ve seen Me, you have seen the Father, because Me and My Father are one.’” And I understood what he was talking about by Him being the supreme and prime Example—that He yielded Himself to the Holy Spirit so much that God spoke, God saw, God did everything through Him. And it is for you, also, not just for Jesus alone. He was the Example. He paid the price that we can be right there in the seat with Him.
Now, Minalik ministered to me then, and it made so much sense. And he told me to continue to grow by yielding, and yielding, and yielding. He said, “Do not quench the Spirit of God, but be subject to God. Be submissive to God.” And I did. I did. And God brought forth so much, I thought that I would never ever come back. He did it for me for three days in the Kingdom. And every time Minalik was there, he showed me the City of Angels—not Los Angeles—the City of Angels that’s in Heaven. All the angels—at this one area now—they used to run through Heaven all free—but no more. Lucifer messed that up. They are in one area. And when they fly--their wings, you can hear it, it will be so strong. It will go “vvooph--vvooph.” And you’ll be like, “What in the world?” And you’ll look up, and it’s the angels. And the angels will sing. And when they will sing, the ink will rain. It will rain down on those that are in the Kingdom. And it will shower down, and they will praise God and worship God and just go off into the Spirit even more so. We think that we have enough when we receive the Holy Spirit. No. No, no, no. That is the beginning. That is the beginning to walk towards Christ. That is the beginning to walk in the light. And we can grow so much. And it’s the Teacher. It’s the Comforter. It is God. Communication—everything—there is no slack in God. I share this part… Like I said, when I got through talking to Minalik, he said Father told him to show me whatever I wanted to see in the Kingdom. You know, I didn’t say I wanted to see my mamma. I didn’t say I wanted to see my grandparents. I didn’t say I wanted to see anyone else. I said I wanted to see Father. I asked him, “Where is Father?” I asked a question that my mind couldn’t comprehend the answer.
Minalik showed me the temple, and he said, “Come on. Let’s go to the temple because Father said, ‘Don’t keep anything from him.’ Whatever you ask, He’ll give it to you. He’ll show it to you.” So we went to the temple—past the beautiful garden up to these steps. And on the right-hand side [there was a] waterfall that ran, that came from the throne. The doors were so tall, I can’t imagine how they end. And when I walked up there Minalik said, “This is the door right here.” And I said, “Okay.” And I turned around. I said, “Come on, Minalik. Let’s go in.” And when I turned around I and looked, Minalik was gone. He was way down there. He took off running. I’m (saying), “What are you doing?” He said, “It isn’t for me. It’s for you.” I didn’t know. I walked towards the door, and the doors opened—tall beautiful doors…perfect doors! And I walked in, and there was a corridor. And I walked into the corridor, and I saw on the left-hand side a book--huge—sitting on a pedestal. And I saw the angel standing there. He said, “Go look.” I walked over to it, and it was blank. I looked on both sides of the pages—it was blank. Beautiful book—beautiful, perfect book! Then all of a sudden, I saw my name written. And I fell to my knees, and I went to praising God. And I heard a voice say, “Can you see me?” I looked around. I said, “No.” Then it started getting clearer and clearer. He said, “Can you see me now?” I saw feet, and the feet were wounded but they were healed. And I was on my face before. He said, “Look up.” I said, “I can’t. I can’t take it.” I said, “I can’t take it.” He said, “Look up.” I saw standing there—beautiful. He showed me His hands--were they were wounded. I said, “Lord, have mercy.” And I began to worship Him. I stayed on my face. I would dare not look at His face. I couldn’t. But I know Who it was. I was my Lord—my Savior. He blessed me. He said, “Lynn, believe all that you’ve seen these last three days, and write them down.” This right here [shows an open journal] is what I call “the visit to Heaven”—years ago…all the writing. And I went back to my body. I laid there. [I] couldn’t move. I spoke no English for three days.
END OF TESTIMONY FROM LYNN VEASLEY (transcribed from his video Heaven is Real).
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I hope this has helped to wake you up and 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.
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.
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.
I recently listened to the following testimony that I felt was genuinely from the Lord, and I would like to share it with you here today. A brother named Lynn Veasley was awakened by the Father during the middle of the night. An angel appeared there in his room, and a hole appeared in the floor in front of him. When he looked back at his bed, he could see his body still sleeping there. Then he heard a voice tell him to go down into a hole beneath him there in his bedroom. His first reaction was to ask God to send someone else, like his aunt, who was strong in the Lord, and whom he considered to be better cut out for it. However, the Lord insisted that he go.
So the angel took him through that hole and down into the pit. They descended rapidly together, and as they did, he heard the roar of a multitude, which sounded to him like when a large crowd roars in a stadium at a sports event. However, as they descended further, the voices got louder and he realized they were not cheering, but were screaming in torment.
His experience upon arriving in hell was nothing short of terrifying. He looked around and the saw dirt walls and floor, like a cave. It was dry there. The angel told him to come, so they walked on and came to the top of a cliff inside a very large chamber. He looked down and saw an ocean of souls -- many, many souls. He also saw the demons that were down there.
The angel beckoned him to come further and they continued. He was afraid, because he figured he had died and the angel was taking him down to hell. So they went down until they reached the bottom. He looked again to ensure he was really seeing and hearing all this. Then he realized it was not a dream. There was no longer a chance to do what is right. He had made it to hell. He was afriad, but the angel told him not to fear. He said, "God wants to show you something." But he was still afraid.
The angel beckoned him to come, so they walked on. He saw so many souls, and they were being tormented. Then he looked to the right and he saw flames of fire that went all the way to the top of the chamber. And he saw people walking straight into the fire. And he saw a young man that he had once worked with, who was walking straight into the fire. Lynn stood in front of him and said, "No, you don't have to walk into that fire." The young man looked at him, and said something. Because he didn't have flesh, Lynn didn't know exactly what he said. But he was saying, "I have to. I have no choice."
Lynn said, "No, no, no! Wait a minute! Wait a minute! I'll call on Jesus for you. He will keep you from going into the fire." And the angel stepped in front of Lynn and said, "No. You cannot do anything for them. These are the ones who rejected Jesus on earth. But you can help those who are on the earth that they may accept Jesus. It's too late for these." Those souls have no other chance.
Lynn continued to look around and he saw hideous beasts with so much hatred and anger. One beast turned around and looked at Lynn. The angel stood beside Lynn, and the beast dropped his head. Lynn could feel the anger and hatred coming from the beast. Then the angel said, "It's time to go." And he grabbed Lynn's arm and they flew up out of there. As they flew upward, all he could think of was "I get another chance." The souls that are damned don't get another chance. We don't get another chance when we leave this earth.
When he came back into his body, he could do nothing but scream and holler, because his spirit had no control over his body. It had just entered back in. He cried with his spirit, but his mouth would not open. He was not asleep, he was back in his body. He looked around with his eyes, but his head could move. The numbness in his body was still there. It took a long time for him to regain control of his body. He just laid there thanking God that He did not leave him in that place. It was not a dream. He points out that when you look and see your body laying there, you know that is not a dream, but an out of body experience (OBE).
When he regained control of his body, he went back up to his prayer closet to speak to the Father. "Remember what you have seen and write it down. For it was not a dream, but it was something real that you have seen and experienced." So Lynn wrote it down all day. He cried, he wept, and he prayed for others to receive the Lord. He says, "This place if real and it's inside the earth." He didn't know it at that time, but he researched it in the Word and found it to be true. His message is, "Repent. Seek Father. None of these things on earth are worth your salvation."
He continues, "Believe. God is real. I know that there are many religions, but there's none that send you the comforter, but one -- Christianity as we call it. But we call it having faith in God. Believe unto Jesus as your Lord and Savior, believing that God raised Jesus from the dead the third day, and you shall be saved. If you believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that God raised Jesus from the dead, Father will come and make His abode with you."
"That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. For the Scripture says, "WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED." For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him; for "WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED." (Rom 10:9-13)
"These are the last days of this world. These are the last times that the Gentiles will be able to cry out to Jesus our Lord...Let us not let it pass us. Seek Him, His righteousness, His love. Seek Him. Time is winding up. Seek ye the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you."
"God is real. And I pray that you will repent, that you will turn to Him and seek Him before time winds up, because once He turns back to the Jews, that time is up. May the Lord bless you. May the Lord keep you. I'm Lynn and may God bless you forever that you may know Him. Amen."
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END OF TESTIMONY FROM LYNN VEASLEY.
I hope this has helped to wake you up and remind you of the reality of hell and our need to follow Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
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.
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.
