"Jesus's youngest disciple, John, had a vision of Heaven recorded in Revelation. Brad is describing the great wall and the beauty surrounding the City that John wrote about: 'And [the angel] carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem....It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. It had a great, high wall with twelve gates....The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of special stone....The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp' (Revelation 21:10-12, 19, 23)."
"I used to think the descriptions in Revelation were purely metaphorical. While I still think much is symbolic, when so many NDErs (even blind ones) describe the same supernatural beauty John described, you have to wonder! If it's true, imagine how awesome, how intriguing beautiful, how much like earth Heaven will feel, and yet so much more alive, all of it vibrant, colorful, infused with the very light and life of God permeating everything."
Imagine Death, chapter 8
Brad Burrows, blind since birth, experienced his near-death experience (NDE) at age eight.
engineer, pastor and author John Burke combines research into near-death experiences with quotes from the bible to imagine heaven. it's a book well worth reading.
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