1) A “being of light” (perceived to be Jesus)
2) Feelings of intense love (regardless of religion of viewer)
3) Experiences of ‘heaven’ or ‘hell’ or both (almost regardless of faith of viewer)
4) Meeting deceased ‘relatives’ (sometimes of people they wouldn’t expect in ‘heaven’)
5) A life judgment (focused on new-age-ic ‘loving people’ mentality)
6) Knowledge dumps where people learn great knowledge
7) Visions of religious figures from other religions (regardless of religion of viewer)
8) Temporary ‘hell’ experience where people can escape
9) Being told they must return to their bodies to complete something in their lives
10) Telepathic communication
11) Reception of ‘supernatural gifts’ after being revived
12) Rare/nonexistent: Fully consistent message with Bible and God’s holiness and worth
The options for these experiences
#1) Experiences are hallucinations/dream-like visions
#2) Experiences are partially hallucinations (after tunnel experience) and partially valid OBE
#3) (Some) experiences are valid; they are experiences with beings in another realm
- a. Beings in other realm are partly good and partly bad (angels, demons, etc)
- b. Beings in other realm are entirely deceptive beings (demons)
#4) (Some) experiences are fabrications/tall-tales
Now, clearly, there are bound to be many people who are lying about their experiences (#4). However, this is unlikely to be true for many experiences, since: (1) some NDEs have been solidly validated by virtue of what was seen (accurate info validated), (2) one case was where a woman had an NDE but later called it a hallucination (this is unlikely for someone making up a story).
So, we must consider that some people (many) actually see ‘visions’ after being clinically ‘dead’. It seems clear to me that the NDEs are not all hallucinations (#1) due to the point (1) made in the last paragraph. Too many NDEs have been validated for them to all be hallucinations, in my opinion. There are cases where people’s eyes have been covered and they saw details about the operation that they were experiencing while being clinically dead—details that required sight to accurately describe.
Therefore, we are forced to conclude that either #2 or #3 is necessarily true above. In either case, NDEs include real out-of-body experiences (OBE) that require the spirit to be partially detached from the body. This requires that the spirit be able to ‘see’ apart from the body, and that the spirit be able to record memories and convey those memories back to the body upon reviving. None of this is surprising from what we see in the Bible, and none of it contradicts anything there. We are biblically forced to conclude that some (or many) NDEs are actual spiritual experiences. If the OBEs are real, it makes sense also that the ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ and the ‘being of light’ are also real spiritual experiences. Therefore, #3 above is more reasonable than #2 from a biblical perspective.
Now, when looking at the wide gamut of experiences list at the top of the page, it becomes clear biblically that there is a massive deception campaign going on with these NDEs. My guess is that with modern technology, OBEs became inevitable. OBEs have the potential of finally proving scientifically that life after death really does exist. Satan would rather people not believe in life after death, since it most naturally supports the Bible. So, to prevent people from believing in the Truth, he decided to “transform himself into an angel of light” and deceive all manner of people—including professed Christians (who are not truly saved). He is, after all, the prince and the power of the ‘air’ and able to give people visions, it seems from Scriptures. So, what better way to confuse unanchored people than by making people believe:
- Jesus is only love and everyone gets to heaven eventually [1,2,7,8 above]
- Hell is temporary [3,8]
- Loving people is most important (not loving God) [5]
- Any moralistic religion is okay and God speaks through all religions [7]
- Good works get you to heaven, rather than the finished work of Jesus on the cross [3,5,8]
From what I have personally read so far, there are probably no genuine experiences with Jesus that have been reported during NDEs. I suspect that such experiences only happen after a person is truly dead—separated from the body completely and unable to return. NDEs are likely the result of people being led to believe they have passed to the ‘other side,’ when they are still in the earth’s atmosphere, where Satan is able to easily deceive people.
Remember the Apostle Paul being caught up to heaven? He was unwilling to talk about it. We should be highly skeptical that anyone's experience is from God. It has to be in line with the Bible 100%...
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