Man Receives Sobering Life Review in Heaven

I heard a testimony a couple days ago from a brother named Oliver John Calvert (pictured left), who had died from heat stroke, while painting outdoors in extremely hot temperatures, and went to heaven. 

Life Review

In heaven, he was on his face before the Heavenly Father. There in that position, he received a sobering life review that literally changed his entire life. He was made to review his entire life from start to finish and see all the ways he had hurt people and experience the hurt from the perspective of the other person. Many others have described this same type of life review and also that this is the perpetual experience of every soul in hell. During his lifetime, he had treated people with fear, intimidation, neglect, sarcasm, harsh criticism, coarse jokes, ridicule, etc. He saw their faces and what he had put them through. 

This went on for what seemed like eternity to him. It was so terrible for him to watch and feel what they felt that he sobbed continuously with tears running down his face, and this went on for around the first two-thirds of the time he was dead (counted in earth days). Eventually he began begging for it to stop, because he couldn't take it anymore, When it finally stopped, he knew he was the only one to blame and that he deserved hell. He told the Lord that he understood, and that he was truly, very sorry for all those bad things he had done throughout his life.

Three Keys to Life's Purpose

Then the Father said, "You have not fulfilled your purpose here." The Father patiently taught him that this is not the way he was meant to live and he had not fulfilled the purpose for which He created him. So he asked the Father, "What was my purpose?"  

Here is how he described the way God answered that question: 

And this voice said to me, "The same as every man, you were put on the earth to take care of the earth." And come to find out later, Adam did tend the garden and keep it. Even before the fall, he had work to do. We as men are here to take care of the earth. It's one of our responsibilities as men. And that was very personal. He said, "You're not to strip mine the earth. You're not to pollute the earth. You're not to destroy your home." And I was being indicted because I was responsible. I was a litterer. I was one that didn't care about nature or environment at all. And this was a beautiful home that God had created for me to live and enjoy.

And he said, "Secondly, you're here for the animals. They look up to you that you're the one with the spirit. You're the one with reason, with intelligence, with the strength to change things, the ability to protect them and take care of them and do [things] for them. They don't have that ability. And yet you destroy species after species. And I knew that I was responsible, partly responsible. I had hunted for sport. I had no concern for animals. I never showed any compassion for animals; I didn't have any compassion for animals or men. 

And he said, "Thirdly, and most importantly, you're here for each other.” And this is imperative: “I sent you to be part of the answer. You've just been part of the problem.” And I couldn't do anything with that because it was on my shoulders and I was just grieving over it. 

[End of excerpt from video testimony].

To summarize. there were three key things that John was supposed to do, which are all top priorities of the same purpose that the Father has for every person whom He creates. Those three priorities of God's purpose for us are: 1) To take care of the earth, 2) To protect the animals, take care of them, and do things for them that they cannot do for themselves, and 3) You're here for each other, for other people, which the Father told him was the most important thing of all and is imperative (i.e., love your neighbor as yourself).

Repeatedly Saved from Destruction

Then while still laying on his face before God, a screen opened on in the floor right beside him, and he was given a vision beginning from the moment he was born and throughout his life of all the times God had personally stepped in to save him from destruction. However, God told him that he was not going to do that any more. God said that he was going to give John one last chance to live his life right, and that there would be absolutely no more chances after that. 

Four God-Given Appetites

God showed him that He had given him four appetites -- a natural/physical one, an emotional one, an intellectual one, and a spiritual one. He had overdone it with the first three and neglected the spiritual one all his life, which is why his life was so out of balance, and why nothing worked in his life. He was a work-a-holic, a bed-hopper, a cigarette smoker, a drug abuser, a drunkard, and a glutton. Having ben taught this lesson by God about the four appetites, this was his first inkling of what it meant to be a man. 

Loving Relationship with Father

God allowed him to look up at Him. He wiped away his tears and accepted him. The Father let him know that He had not been angry with him all his life, but that He was disappointed with him. He could tell that God loved him. Now it was no longer about what was right and wrong, but about having a relationship with his Heavenly Father. That was the instant that changed his heart.

The Heavenly Father who was an enormous Person, wearing a huge, white, flowing robe, sitting on an enormous white throne as big as the stars, and whose face was as bright as the sun; however, it was not an orange-yellow light, but rather a white and blue light. There was someone sitting right next to the Father, who looked like Him, and had the same kind of face as Him, but was a little smaller. Of course, that was His Son, Jesus Christ, who didn't say anything, but was just observing. 

One Universal Pattern in Creation

God showed him other things, too, and allowed him to ask questions. For example, he showed him that there is one consistent pattern throughout the entire universe that is found in everything from the smallest atom and all the way to a galaxy and group of galaxies. It's the same pattern all the way up. God also showed him how He expects a husband to protect his wife and to treat his wife. The Father said, "You will totally devote yourself to her wants, her needs, her occupational needs, her educational needs, her medical needs. You will delight and surprise and romance her, her clothing...everything about her. You will give her attention and consideration. This will motivate her to seek for ways to serve you. And you'll both be free from selfishness. And this kind of a relationship is the only way to represent Christ and His church or My relationship with you."

Return to Earthly Body

Then God said, "Your body cannot survive much longer without your spirit." Then after his spirit had been gone from his body for three days and three nights, he suddenly sat up in bed in the hospital's Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on earth. He disconnected all of the wires, monitors, and tubes attached to him. Then he signed himself out of the hospital, and it took him a year to learn how to walk and talk again. He had to relearn how to speak, eat, swallow, and walk. He lost all of his childhood memories, which he never regained again. 

A Christian pastor found him in the hospital parking lot wearing nothing but a hospital gown, and took him into his care for an extended period of time. The Lord eventually healed him and opened doors to share his testimony of what happened when he died. He is now able to hear the Lord's voice in his heart very clearly, because he has a personal relationship with God through His Son Jesus Christ.

Closing Words

Regarding the relationship he now has with the Lord, he said, "This is His will for you as well. He wants relationship with everyone. God is not willing that any should perish. He made you. He died for you. He loves you. You may not be regenerated. You may not be born again, but you're still a child made by God. And to Him, you'll always be a child. See, I didn't realize until that day before Him that His impression of me really mattered." 

God loves you, too, my friend. He doesn't want you to perish, but to have eternal life. He has already proven and demonstrated His love for you in that He's sent His one and only Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross for you, pay the price for all your sins and mine, and rise from the dead on the third day. Repent of your sins, believe in Jesus Christ, asking Him to forgive you, to save you, and come and live inside your heart as your Lord and Savior. If you do so, that will be the best decision you ever made, and will be the beginning of a wonderful relationship with our loving, Heavenly Father.

Attribution notice: Watch John's testimony on the Precious Testimonies channel on Youtube at this link.

Author's note: If you enjoyed this post, I also encourage you to see Howard Pittman's Life After Death Testimony. Forty Days in Heaven and Hell, Eudoxia Varga Testimony of Heaven and Hell, Ezekiel Moses Testimony of Heaven and Hell, Sakhile's First Trip to Heaven, and The Judgment Seat of Christ. You may find more articles like this on the Home page of this blog, and you may find more of my blogs 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.

British Pastor Raised from the Dead by His Wife

A pastor in the UK named Rod Lewis died in his kitchen after some heavy snow shoveling. His daughter, who was fourteen at the time, saw him when he died. His wife had run out of the house to go next door for help. Here are two key excerpts from his testimony:

Rod Lewis' Testimony

"I felt myself, at that moment in time, leaving my body as I went into a tunnel. Up to that time, although I had been born again many years previous, I had never heard anyone talk about this kind of experience.

"The sensation was of travelling at high speed down this tunnel. All my natural senses were greatly heightened. The colours were more vivid; my hearing was incredibly acute and everything I saw was manifestly more distinctive than with my normal vision. I had no fear because, being a Christian, I knew the place to which I was travelling was Heaven.

"Something I really love to do is to travel fast, and so the speed at which I came through the tunnel was a wonderfully exhilarating experience. Approaching the end of the tunnel I saw before me the most brilliant, glorious, radiant light. As I saw the glory of Heaven appearing before me, I head the name of Jesus, seemingly echoing throughout Heaven. ‘Jesus, Jesus’. On the third shout of, ‘Jesus’, I did, as it were, an emergency stop, and my spirit went into reverse. Back I came up the tunnel at top speed, and re-entered my body.

"I remember that the first thing my mind fastened onto in my body was my hearing, as I became aware of my wife saying, ‘Jesus’. The next thing my mind fastened onto was my eyesight, and I saw my wife, Pauline, and neighbours gathered around me."

His wife raised him from the dead by crying out in faith the name of Jesus three times. Rod was perfectly fine after she raised him from the dead and he traveled to the US on ministry not long afterward for a trip he had previously planned.  He says that since he was raised from the dead, God has used him to raise other people from the dead. He tells of one such man who died in a service where he was preaching.

"On one occasion, when I was preaching one night in my church at Burrwood, a man died. (That’s how boring my preaching is!) About halfway through my message, he got up and walked out. I just assumed he needed a ‘comfort’ break. Having got through the doors, he then collapsed. Two ladies who were outside rushed back into the church, down the aisle, saying, ‘Come Pastor, quick, quick!’ I sprinted out of the church and there was Jack, laid out, dead. They had already phoned for an ambulance, but one of the ladies handed me a bottle of anointing oil and said, ‘Hold out your hands,’ and then proceeded to poor all the oil into my hands. Then she said, ‘Slap it on his head!’ So I did exactly that, with the oil running all over his head. The Holy Spirit came over me with the same power that raised Jesus from the dead, as I spoke out the words, ‘Death, I rebuke you in the name of Jesus. Take your hands off Jack. Now, Jack, come back into your body’. Instantaneously, he came back into his body, and he is still fit and well."

Closing Words

While it was by faith in the name of Jesus and through the power of the Holy Spirit that Rod and Jack were both raised from the dead, here were two keys to how they happened. Rod's wife Pauline simply cried out, "Jesus!" three times in order to bring her husband back from death, and although he had already reached heaven, he could hear her shouts of Jesus' name echoing throughout heaven, which immediately brought him right back into his body.

And when he raised Jack from the dead at church, he laid hands on him with anointing oil, rebuked the spirit of death in Jesus' name, commanded it take its hands off of Jack, then commanded Jack to come back into his body. (See Rod's Testimony here).

I hope this has strengthened your faith and reminded you to be ready to meet your Maker at all times, since you never know when that day and hour may come.

Attribution Notice: This story is courtesy of Dr. Richard Kent's page on Near Death Experiences on his Free Christian Teaching website.

Authors Note: Return to reading Raising the Dead. If you enjoyed this post, I also encourage you to see Howard Pittman's Life After Death Testimony. Forty Days in Heaven and Hell, Eudoxia Varga Testimony of Heaven and Hell, Ezekiel Moses Testimony of Heaven and Hell, Sakhile's First Trip to Heaven, and The Judgment Seat of Christ. You may find more articles like this on the Home page of this blog, and you may find more of my blogs 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.

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?"

_________________________________________________

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.

Howard Pittman's Life After Death Testimony

The apostle Paul wrote to the Hebrews, "Without holiness no one shall see God." Heb 12:14.  And he said we must pursue this holiness, since it is essential in order to see God.  This is something we need to be reminded of once again.

I'd like to share a shocking testimony with you from a minister of the gospel who died from a massive internal hemorrhage and returned to life.  Although he had repented of his sins and prayed to ask Jesus into his life prior to dying, he was not ready to meet the Lord.

Dedicated Pastor and Foster Father Unacceptable to the Lord

Brother Howard Pittman

Howard Pittman was raised as a Christian, who heard the Bible daily at home.  He was ordained as a pastor and trained in seminary.  He served 20 years in law enforcement while pastoring.  He and wife have 3 children and foster parented 32 others between ages 18 months and 18 years! He died on Aug 3, 1979, and stood at the gates of heaven, pleading for his life.

God have him a message in an audible voice.  Instead of sweet and lovely, it was thunderous and had a tone of wrath.  It knocked him on his face and sapped every bit of strength from him.  The Lord said: “Your faith is dead.  Your works are in vain.  The life that you live and offer to me as a life of Christian service I rejected that as an abomination in the Pharisee.  What made you think that I would take that from a Laodicean-type Christian?  In fact, untold millions are living the same life that you lived, and they stand in danger of My everlasting wrath.”

A Laodicean Christian is lukewarm and serves God with his lips but not his heart. This is the hypocritical Christian.

Howard was shocked to hear this.  He was sure God had him mixed up with someone else.  He was a preacher and teacher.  He had lived a life of service and devotion to God.  But the Lord showed him that it was true.

Howard did not do his good works for the Lord.  He did them for a false god.  Howard called Jesus Lord every day, but Jesus told him, “You didn’t mean it.”  Lord means ruler of life.  Whoever you obey is your Lord.

Jesus identified his god: "The loveliest god you’ll ever know – SELF."  Self ruled Howard’s life.  He fell on his face.  The scales fell from his eyes.  He realized he was pleading for the wrong life.  He was pleading for his earthly life instead of his eternal life.  He says now nothing else matters but “My father and his will.”

I urge you to listen to his testimony (see here on Youtube). And don't miss Howard's book called Placebo, available for free at this link.

Putting it All Together

Howard was saved when this experience happened. He considered himself a Christian.  He had confessed Jesus as Lord.  He was sincere in seeking God.  And he didn't have a clue that he was unacceptable to Him.  He had "invisible sins" that he was unaware of, but which God hated.  And if he had not truly and completely repented for these sins, he would have ended up in hell.  Thankfully for him, he did repent and came back with an important message for us to hear.

Although Howard Pittman has since passed on into glory, he had many years of fruitful preaching after his after-death experience. The Lord gave him a message of repentance, holiness, and the need to be ready for His soon return.  He warned of the coming judgment that will shake everything that can be shaken.  The Day of the Lord is at hand and we need to get ready people.

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

Author's note:  This post is a follow up on the following articles I've written recently: The Fiery Sufferings of the Believer, Holy Fire Baptism, The Refiner's Fire, Avoid Becoming a Corrupted Christian, Garments of Godliness, Keeping Your Body Pure and Holy, Godly Attire and Adornment -- Seven Divine Revelations, Keeping Sundays Holy, The Cost of Discipleship, Salvation with Fear and Trembling. You may also visit the Main Directory for Eternal Destinations for more testimonies like this, or see my complete collection of blogs 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.

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?"

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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.