Near Death Experiences
While a near death experience does show there is a spiritual life in either Heaven or Hell after being brain dead, there is a danger in using this type of material to support the description of Heaven and Hell. Why?
2 Cor 11:14 states, “…for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.” Which means if the near-death experience is teaching against the LORD YESHUA/JESUS and the Bible, the experience was from the enemy. This allows for doctrines of demons to be taught as though they were from the LORD (1 Tim 4:1). What does the enemy gain from presenting a false heaven? Everything. Even if the person saw Jesus in Heaven, how do we know this is not a false Jesus they are seeing? This is possible, as people do believe in a false Jesus on Earth (an example: a Jesus that is not GOD). Does that mean none of the near death experiences of Heaven are real and from the LORD? No. I believe there are real near death experiences of Heaven that are from the LORD and do not teach against the LORD or the Bible like the story of Howard Pittman (Found on the Testimonies page).
But, these real stories are few among the near death experiences of Heaven.
Any near death experience that is teaching there is another way into Heaven other than YESHUA/JESUS is teaching a false teaching of demons (Jhn 14:6; Acts 4:12; Hos 13:4; Isa 53:2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11).
What does the enemy gain by a person going through a near death experience of Hell? At first, I thought nothing. Why would the enemy ever want to show there is a Hell? And, I do not think that he does. Which is why there are only 1-2% of the near death experiences being of Hell. Most are of Heaven, which seems to present a false idea that goes against the verses of Mt 7:13, 14. Also, most of near death experience of Hell have a person in Hell calling out to JESUS to be saved, then they are saved. This seems to go against Hebrews 9:27 that states it “… is reserved/appointed/apportioned (to) men once to die then/and/but after this judgment.” Does this mean a near death experience is false? No, I do not believe any of the near death experiences of Hell are false when they call out to JESUS and become Believers after their experience. I do believe the enemy is still spreading false beliefs about these near death experiences of Hell. How a person interprets the experience can lead to a false belief. So, now it looks like a person can really die two times before judgment. And, a person in Hell just has to call out to GOD while in Hell to get out. This goes against Mt 25:46 and Isa 66:24 as well as many other verses. The flaw is in the interpretation. When YESHUA raised Lazarus from the dead, did Lazarus die two times and violate Hebrews 9:27? It seems like yes, but hopefully you already watched the Howard Pittman videos. In those videos, Howard explained how becoming a new Believer is a conception, womb, and birth process. A Believer must be born again of the SPIRIT to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven (Jhn 3:5, 6, 7). If a person is just conceived, that is not enough to be a Believer and be reborn spiritually. But wait, isn’t a person a person at conception? Yes (Job 31:15; Psm 22:10; 139:13; Isa 49:1; Jer 1:5; Gal 1:15). A physical birth will always occur even if a person dies in the womb. The baby is brought forth out of the body. A spiritual birth is different. If a person (who is already dead because of sin, Rom 6:23) is not spiritually reborn to become alive spiritually, they will not enter in to the life of the Kingdom of Heaven. So, now if we look at death as having the same kind of process of a conception, womb, “birth” process (that we will call passing through the door), then a person could be brought back to physical life during but not after passing through the door into the final end that is in Heaven or Hell. So, we might say when the heart stops beating is the conception of death. Being brain dead is like growing in the womb of death as changes to your body both physically and spiritually occur. So, the question becomes at what point is the point of no return or the point of birth/passing-through-the-door into the death that results in being in Heaven or Hell forever? Lazarus was raised back to life on the 4th day (Jhn 11:39). So, can we say the birth into death might occur on the 4th day? Does the Bible back up this idea? It is always good to start at Genesis. Light was conceived at the beginning of Day One of Creation and then was fully completed after 1, 2, 3, 4 days when the lights in the Heavens were completed (Gen 1:3, 4, 14, 19). The expanse of the Heaven(s) was conceived on the 2nd Day of Creation and then fully filled and completed on the 2 (1), 3 (2), 4 (3), 5 (4th) day (Gen 1:6, 7, 8, 20, 21, 23). The earth was conceived on the 3rd Day of Creation and then fully complete when man was formed from the earth and made alive on the 3 (1), 4 (2), 5 (3), 6 (4th) day (Gen 1:9, 10, 13, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31). The Seed (conception) of the Messiah/Savior was promised to Chavvah/Eve in Genesis (Gen 3:14, 15). A day is like a thousand years (Psm 90:4; 2 Pet 3:8). Then, the Seed WHO is YESHUA was born at the end of 4 thousand years after Creation, or we can say HE was conceived through the Hebrew people starting on day 1 and born on day 4. YESHUA died on the Cross (the conception of HIS death) and was in the Earth for 3 days and 3 nights (Mt 12:40; 27:62, 64; Mar 8:31; 9:31). Then, we find out Mary started going to the YESHUA’s grave at dawn on the 1st day of the week (Sunday) after the 3rd night before sunrise (Jhn 20:1), reached the tomb when the sun had risen on the 4th day after YESHUA had died on the Cross (Mrk 16:1, 2), and then Mary was trying to hug YESHUA before HE had arose completely (passed through the door) to the FATHER in Heaven (Jhn 20:17). Then, YESHUA must have went to the FATHER in Heaven that 4th day because the disciples were told to touch YESHUA latter that day or maybe on the 4th night as it was toward the end of the day/daylight (Luk 24:29, 39). (If your getting lost on the 3 days and 3 nights of YESHUA, HERE is a good article from Hebrew4Christians.com with a graph to help clear up what happened.) Then, Believers arose from the grave right after YESHUA died on the Cross (maybe Believers that had died within the last 4 days) (Mt 27:52, 53). (Also notice, Lazarus and these Believers are said to be “asleep” instead of referring to them as having died.) It is after the 1000 year reign of YESHUA on Earth that everyone (including people who will become Believers during the 1000 year reign of YESHUA) is raised from their grave (Rev 20:7, 13). If we go back to a day is a thousand years, YESHUA’s 1000 year reign is the 7th day (or Shabbat) after Creation, being 7000 years after Creation, and everyone is raised on the beginning of the 8th day (the beginning of 8000 years after Creation). So, if conception of the resurrection of Believers started at the Cross, then on the 5 (1), 6 (2), 7 (3), 8 (4th) day every Believer is raised from the dead. So, a person who is brought back to physical life during the 4 days after they had died will not be dying 2 times, they will just be going through the dying process again. So, does that mean a person can just wait until this dying process of possibly 4 days to form a covenant marriage relationship with YESHUA/JESUS. During these 4 days of sleeping/dying, in order to come back to physical life, there has to be a livable physical body to come back to. Most people do not get this “2nd chance.” Here is a video a woman who did after experiencing a near death experience of Hell.