FAQsWhat does the term "born-again" mean? In the teachings of Jesus he said { in John 3 : 3 } that unless you are born again you shall not enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Which means we have a rebirth in our spirit & that our heart opens up to Jesus and we ask Him to be Lord of our lives. { Rev 1 : 20, 1 John 5 : 10 – 13 }. Peter also taught { in 1 Peter 1 : 3 – 4 } that we are born again through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Paul taught { in Romans 10 : 8 – 13 } that if we believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead and confess with our mouths that Jesus Christ is Lord of our lives we shall be saved from all our sins. John taught { in 1 John 1 : 5 – 10 } that God is light and if we are to have fellowship with God we must be cleansed of darkness in our lives. And that if we confess our sins to Jesus his son God will forgive us of all our sins and the Blood of Jesus will cleanse us of all sin & unrighteousness. Many people believe that if I am a good person and follow the 10 commandments then God will let me into heaven because I am a good person and have done nothing wrong. But the bible teaches that there is none righteous, all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God { Romans 3 : 10, 19 – 23 }, and that none have fulfilled the Law of Moses { the 10 commandments } – only Jesus has. And so we can only get to heaven by the new covenant in Jesus' sacrifice { Romans 5 : 8 – 10 }. For Jesus is the end of the Law of Moses for all those who believe by faith { Romans 10: 1 – 13 }.
The Lord's prayer which Jesus taught all mankind to pray was so very important because in it there is repentance for your sins, forgiveness towards others who have sinned against you and Lordship to Jesus where you pray to do His will in your life and follow Him. So, when I prayed the Lord's Prayer from my heart for the first time in my life in that ambulance, I was actually repenting of my sins and receiving Jesus into my life as Lord and Saviour. Had I not forgiven others that had sinned against me my sins would not have been forgiven { Matt 7 : 13 – 14 }. Jesus clearly taught that your sins would not be forgiven unless you forgave others.. And on the cross in his dying words Jesus forgave those who crucified him { Luke 23 : 34 }. Unforgiveness and bitterness is a terrible sin in the sight of God. I had prayed the Lord's Prayer many times before this night but it had only been from my mind like a parrot in meaningless repetition. But this was the first time I had prayed it from my heart and given my life to Jesus Christ. Whoever believes that Jesus is the Messiah / Christ is born of God; and whoever loves the Father loves the Child born of Him { 1 John 5 : 1 }. As many as received Jesus, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe upon His name, born again not of the will of man but of the will of God { John 1 : 12 }.
The darkness is referred to in the bible as Hades { Hell }. The Greeks understood this word to mean the place of darkness as many Greeks had worshipped the Greek God of Hades for many years. In the bible it is mentioned and described in many passages of scripture. In Acts 26 : 18, Paul tells us that there is a Kingdom of Darkness ruled by Satan and a Kingdom of Light ruled by Jesus. In the gospel of Jude we see { in Jude 1: 6 } that angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper place, have been kept by God in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgement of the great day. He then goes on to say that this is just like Sodom and Gomorrah, and men who have indulged in the same gross immorality. In Jude 1 : 12 – 13 he says "likewise men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast upon you, without fear, caring only for themselves, doubly dead, uprooted, wild waves, casting their shame like foam, for whom the black darkness has been reserved." In the old testament { Job 38: 16 – 24 } God speaks to Job and asks him if he has walked in the recesses if the deep and then asks him if the gates of Death have been revealed to him and then goes on to tell him that the gates are deep darkness. He then goes on to ask Job if he has known the way to the dwelling of light and if he has seen where light and darkness are divided? Jesus spoke of His own death and said { in Matt 12 : 40 } "As Jonah spent three days and nights in the belly of the whale so the son of man shall spend 3 days and nights in the belly of the earth". The belly of a whale is dark and { in Jonah 2: 1 – 2 } Jonah cries out to the Lord from the belly of the whale and calls it Sheol which is the Hebrew word for the place of the dead. Jesus related his own death to be like Jonah's and likens Hell to a place of darkness. In Col 1 : 13 Paul tells us that God has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of His beloved Son Jesus Christ which we know is a Kingdom of Light. Peter { in 2 Peter 2 : 4 } uses a word in the Greek called "Tartaros" { deepest abyss of Hades, deep darkness } the Greeks knew this place to be the place below Hades which was a place of terrible darkness. Peter goes on in this passage of scripture { 2 Peter 2 : 5 – 17 } to talk about men who indulged in the flesh, corrupt desires, self willed, reviling angelic beings, unreasoning animals, who count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime, revelling in their deceptions, eyes full of adultery, enticing unstable souls, hearts trained in greed, springs without water, mists driven by a storm, for whom the black darkness has been reserved. The Bible then talks about a day of Judgement when Death & Hades { Hell / darkness } will be thrown into the lake of fire which is called the Second Death { Rev 20 : 12 – 15 }. This takes place when the Lord Jesus Christ returns to the earth { Rev 19: 11 – 21 }. So currently no one has been cast into the lake of fire because the Lord Jesus Christ has not returned.
The Lord took me into that darkness to show me where I should have gone had I not prayed in the ambulance and given my life to Jesus. See Psalm 23 "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want, He restores my soul, Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of Death { Valley of Deep Darkness } I shall fear no evil, for thou art with me." Just before I died I received Jesus Christ into my heart as my personal Lord & Saviour, Shepherd of my soul, and he lead me through the Valley of the Shadow of Death and deep darkness and I was surrounded by evil. But the evil could not touch me because "greater is the Lord within me than he who is within the world" { 1 John 4 : 4 }, and "nothing can separate me from the Love of God in Jesus Christ, neither life nor death, angels, demons, powers, heights or depths, nothing can separate me from the Lord." { Romans 8 : 38 – 39 } Luke 1 : 78 - 79 says "Because of the tender mercies of God, light from on high shall shine upon those who sit in darkness in the shadow of death and guide our feet into the way of peace." John 1 : 5 says "Light shines in the darkness and the darkness has never been able to overpower it."
God is the source of Fire.When you do a word study on "fire" you are amazed that fire has to do with God, not Satan. So, for example... Moses hears God from the "bush of fire" { Exodus 3: 1 - 5 } In the New Testament... We will be baptised in the Holy Spirit and fire { Matt 3 : 11 } Satan hates fire... He once walked before God around the throne which had stones of fire but he has been cast out of throne room { Ezek 28 : 14 }... And Satan will one day go into the lake of fire { Rev 20: 10 }.. And be tormented for ever. Fire is God's domain, not Satan's. Satan's domain is one of darkness. He is a liar { John 8 : 44 }
When you see the word Hell in English translations, it can be a rendering of any one of three Greek words - Hades, Tartaros or Gehenna. 1.Hades is used 10 times :- Matthew 11:23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to Hades: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. Luke 10:15 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to Hades. Luke 16:23 And in Hades he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. Acts 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in Hades, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Acts 2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in Hades, neither his flesh did see corruption. Revelation 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of Hades and of death. Revelation 6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse : and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. Revelation 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and Hades delivered up the dead which were in them : and they were judged every man according to their works. Revelation 20:14 And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 2. Gehenna is used 12 times :- Matt 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of Gehenna fire. Matt 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into Gehenna. Matt 5:30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into Gehenna. Matt 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. Matt 18:9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into Gehenna fire. Matt 23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of Gehenna than yourselves. Matt 23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of Gehenna? Mark 9:43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into Gehenna, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Mark 9:45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Mark 9:47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into Gehenna fire: Luke 12:5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into Gehenna; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of Gehenna. 3. Tartaros is used once by Peter :- 2 Pet 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to Tartaros, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment. Jesus holds the "keys of death and Hades" { Rev 1: 18 }.. The scripture clearly teaches us that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God {1 Cor 15: 50 }. The bible teaches us that there are two Kingdoms in the spirit realm { a Kingdom of Darkness and a Kingdom of Light }, one ruled by Satan and the other ruled by Jesus. { Matt 7: 13 - 14 } says that there is a narrow way that leads to the Kingdom of Heaven, and a broad way that lead to Hell. In Job { Job 38 : 16 - 19, 24 } it talks about the "gates of death" and tells us that they are "deep darkness".... It then goes on to talk about the "dwelling of light", which we know to be the Kingdom of Heaven.... It is divided { darkness and light - Sheol and Heaven } & there is a narrow passage way between the two kingdoms, and few find it. The bible also teaches that in the final judgment Death, Hades { Hell }, Satan, Anti-Christ, and all those sinners whose names are not written in the Book of Life shall be cast into the Lake of Fire... the second death, while the believers have passed over the Judgment by the Blood of Jesus, who is our Passover Lamb. The Angel of Death has no power over us any more because our lives are covered by the Blood of Jesus, "the Lamb of God", slain from the foundation of the world.
No, the Lord taught that "it is appointed for man to die and then comes judgement" { Heb 9 : 27 }. You must be born again before you die. When we give our lives to Jesus we pass out of Judgement into Eternal Life { Roman 6 : 23 }.
No, the bible clearly teaches that when a person dies comes judgement { Ecc 12 : 7, Heb 9 : 27 } and so you cannot repent for them or pray them out of Hell { Psalm 106 : 28 }. Don't make sacrifices to the dead. Psalm 115: 17 says "the dead do not praise the Lord, nor do those who go down into silence." Luke 20 : 38 tells us that "God is the God of the living not the dead … as they have already been judged at death." Jesus told people while they were alive they had a choice to receive him as Lord of their lives as all the judgement had been given to him by the Heavenly Father { John 5 : 20 – 24 & John 8 : 51 } and every one who keeps Jesus' words shall never taste death. In John 11 : 25 – 26 Jesus said "I am the resurrection & the life, he who believe in Me shall live even if he dies physically, and he who loves and believes in me shall never die." Jesus also taught not to fear the physical death, as every one will die, but the fear the 2nd death { Matt 10 : 28 }. But the sinners have a father called Satan { John 8 : 44 & Rev 12 : 9 } – and his judgement, along with those who follow him, is the Lake of Fire { Rev 20 : 14 – 15 & Rev 21 : 8 } – which is the 2nd death. The bible also teaches us not to try and contact the dead { Deut 18 : 10 – 13 } "let no one make his son or daughter to pass through the fire, use divination, practice witchcraft, interpret omens, a sorcerer, cast a spell, a medium, a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead { séance }." In 1 Sam 28 : 7 – 19 King Saul seeks out a medium and the Lord takes his kingdom from him because of this act. In Acts 16 : 16 – 18 Paul casts out a spirit of divination from a young slave girl who is making a lot of money for her masters by fortune-telling.
The bible teaches that there is no reincarnation, but that when you die you are judged and either go into the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ or into Hades { outer darkness } until the day of judgement { REV 20: 14 }. Reincarnation teaches that after you die you have a re-birth experience, but Jesus taught you must be born again before you die. Reincarnation teaches a cycle of death, rebirth, death, and rebirth. And they teach that when you die if you have bad Karma you will then find your spirit judged and return back potentially to earth as another person/animal & yet stay the same soul. If you have been a good person then your Karma may enable you come back to earth to be a wealthy person born into the higher caste in society. They also teach that you may advance so much in your Karma cycle that you become an enlightened one and enter what is called Nirvana and loose your personal identity and become one with the cosmos. In my own personal experience under the false teachings of reincarnation I had enough bad Karma to have come back as a flea. But I actually came back into my own body, which is the same experience as thousands of other people who have had a Life after Death Experience. So this is not reincarnation, as when we did die the same soul/person came back into the same body. This is called Resurrection Power, which is what Jesus taught, that he had power of death and could and did raise many people from the dead. { John 11 : 25 – 26, Heb 11: 35, Mark 5 : 35 – 43, Luke 7 : 12 – 16 }. John 11 : 1 – 45 relates the story of Lazarus who had been dead for 4 days. Life after death is a common theme throughout the bible and it is to do with the grace of God through the sacrifice of Jesus that has changed the realms of the spirit, that through the Blood of Jesus' sacrifice we have forgiveness of sins and eternal life { Phil 2 : 5 – 12, Col 1 : 13 – 23 } God so loved this world that he gave us his son Jesus to save it { John 3 : 16 }. Jesus actually taught that he was the true enlightenment { John 1 : 1 – 9 }; that he was the true light of the world and that if we follow Him we will not walk in darkness, but have the light of life { John 8 : 12 }.
In Matt 7 : 13 – 15 Jesus clearly taught us that narrow is the way that leads to the kingdom of heaven and life, but broad and wide is the way that leads to destruction and many enter by it. And that we must be careful of false prophets. Isaiah said in the Old Testament that this way was a highway of Holiness { Isaiah 35 : 8 }. Jesus also said { in John 14 : 6 } that he was the WAY, and the TRUTH & the LIFE and that no one comes to the Father but through Him. The tunnel was a narrow passage way in the spiritual realm between darkness and light { between the Kingdom of Hades and the Kingdom of Heaven } { Acts 26 : 18 }
The scriptures in Gal 5 : 22 tell us that the fruit of the Holy Spirit is Love, Peace, Joy and Comfort. So what I was experiencing was the fruit of the Holy Spirit. The bible teaches us to test the spirits { 1 John 4 : 1 – 6 } for there are many spirits but we are not to believe every spirit, only the Holy Spirit. There are many false prophets by we will know them to be false if they do not confess Jesus Christ as Lord. So there are drunken spirits, lying spirits, adulterous spirits, deceiving spirits, unclean spirits, blinding spirits, demonic spirits but only one Spirit who is Holy – the 3rd person of the Trinity who rose Jesus from the dead and will teach us the ways of Jesus { John 16 : 7 – 16, John 14 : 26, Acts 1 : 4 – 8, 1 Cor 2: 10 – 16, 1 Cor 12 : 1 – 13 } In the tunnel I also saw my spiritual body. In 1 Cor 15 : 39 – 50 Paul writes about the difference between the natural and spiritual bodies - the natural man, which when it dies is sown back into the earth, and the spirit of the man which is raised in a heavenly, spiritual form. Flesh & blood do not inherit the kingdom of God but the immortal spirit of a man can. I could see through my spiritual body which was now full of light. We will be children of light { 1 Thess 5 : 5 }, God is the Father of Light { James 1 : 17 }. God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all { 1 John 1 : 5 }.
The light I stood in front of once I had left the tunnel of light was the Glory of God. The whole earth will be full of the Glory of the Lord as the waters cover the earth { Hab 2 : 14 }. The Holy Spirit glorifies the Son of God and this is what I saw. Jesus is the King of Kings and is surrounded by an unapproachable light, the Holy Spirit { 1 Tim 6 : 15 – 16 }. Jesus is glorified { Acts 3 : 13 – 16 }. And I was at this point standing in what is known as the outer courts { Heb 9 }. But I now had access into the Holy Of Holies through the blood of Jesus into the Holy place { Heb 10: 19 – 22 } within the veil. I could now come to the throne of grace and look upon the Lord & find help in my time of need { Heb 4 : 14 – 16 }.
The being of light was Jesus in His resurrected, Glorified Form. In the midst of the lamp- stands stood the Son of God, he had white robes reaching his feet, his head and hair were white like snow and his face shone like the sun in full strength, and he held the keys of Death and Hades { hell }. And he said do not be afraid, I was dead { on the cross } but I am alive forever more. I am the first and the last, the Alpha and Omega. { Rev 1 : 13 – 18 } He is the Glorified Son of Almighty God, the Messiah. From Jesus' face came light { 2 Cor 4: 6 }. When we have seen Jesus' face we have seen the glory of God revealed in the face of Jesus. From his face I felt purity and Holiness { Jesus is the Holy one of God }. "Holy, Holy Holy" is what the prophet heard the angels calling out about Jesus { Isaiah 6: 1 – 8 }. Light was coming from Jesus' hands { Hab 3: 3 – 4 }. Jesus is God in human form { Phil 2 : 5 – 11 }, Jesus made the heavens and earth and existed as God in the beginning { Col 1: 13 – 20 }, Jesus is the exact representation of the Glory of the heavenly Father { Heb 1 : 1 – 8 }, Jesus is the word of God made flesh, he is God in the beginning { John 1 : 1, 14 }, when you have seen Jesus you have seen the Father God, Jesus and the Father are one { John 14: 8 – 14, John 17 : 20 – 23 }. The light that surrounds Jesus is so bright you will not need the light of the sun, the moon or the stars because the radiance will be so bright. { Rev 21: 22 – 23, Rev 22: 5 }.
The opening was the doorway into Heaven. In John 10: 1 - 9 Jesus said "I am the door. And I call my sheep by name". God either knows your name or he doesn't. It is not good enough just to know about Jesus, but you need to know him personally. To know him as your personal saviour is Eternal Life { 1 John 5 : 11 – 12 }. And when you enter through Jesus you will be saved. There is light at the end of the tunnel – Jesus is that light and he is the door into Eternity. Jesus said there was no other way in but through him { John 14 : 6 }. And that there was no other name given by which can you be saved but through his name { Acts 4: 8 – 13 }. This is the stone that the builders have rejected, but has become the chief corner stone. He is the rock of our salvation. Jesus is the name above all names { Phil 2 : 9 – 11 }. The door that opened revealed to me a New Heaven and a New Earth { 2 Peter 3 : 10 – 18 }. Peter tells us that God has created a new heaven and a new earth for those who love God and that this old earth and old heaven will pass away with fire. Jesus said I go and prepare a place for you { John 14 : 1 – 3 } and where I am so you shall be. That absent for the body is to be present with the Lord { 2 Cor 5 : 6 – 8 } we don't lie in the grave waiting to be brought up into heaven. When the thief repented on the cross Jesus said to him today you will be with me in Paradise { Luke 23 : 39 – 43 }. A death bed prayer can save one's soul but don't leave it till you are nearly dead to repent. Repent now for the Kingdom of God is at hand { 2 Cor 6 : 2 }. Surrender your life to Jesus the Son of Almighty God. The Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the World, let him take away your sins. The new earth had a river flowing through it { Rev 22: 1 – 2; Rev 22 : 17 } and I saw a new earth { Rev 21 : 1 – 7 } and there was no more sickness, no more death, all things were made new. And I saw a new Heaven above the new earth with a new heavenly city. Awesome. I also saw my mother & family & thousands of people and the Lord said I want you to return and tell these people what you have seen. That he loved them all and wished that none would perish but all would repent & have Eternal Life. Jesus spoke to me and I was instantly placed back in my body {I had been pronounced clinically dead for some 15 minutes } God then healed me physically and I walked out of the hospital the next day. Jesus told me I was a re-born Christian and that I should read the bible which I did in the next 6 weeks. I began to see in the spirit realm and saw Angels and Heaven on a number of occasions{ 2 Cor 12 : 2 – 4 }. I saw animals, people and awesome sights of the heavenly kingdom. I also began to see that the whole world lay in the power of Evil. And that the darkness on this world was represented by the powers of Satan { 1 John 5 : 18 – 19 } and that 1/3 of the angels had fallen which are now called Demon's { Rev 12 : 1 – 7 } but we were not to fight them in the physical realm but in the spiritual realm { Eph 6 : 10 – 18 }. That our weapons were heavenly, not carnal { 2 Cor 10 : 3 – 6 }, and that we were to put on Jesus as our full Armor of Light on a daily basis { Romans 13 : 12 – 14 }. And that Jesus had won the battle and rendered Satan powerless on the Cross { Hebrews 2 : 14 – 15 }. But we were to fight the good fight of Faith and be anointed with the Holy Spirit and Power and go around setting prople free from Satan { Acts 10: 38 }. And we were to preach the gospel { Romans 10: 14 – 17 } because how will they hear about Jesus unless someone tells them. We are his witnesses on the earth. Arise Shine for your light has come and the Glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Behold great darkness will cover the earth and its people but you are to arise and shine and we will have the Lord for an everlasting light { Isaiah 60 : 1- 5, 19 – 20 }. |
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