Is there life after death? Do heaven and hell really exist? What happens to me when I die? Will I see my loved ones?
New York Times best-selling author Bill Wiese answers these all-important questions and explains some of the fascinating stories that people have shared with him as he has traveled to speak about his own supernatural experience. You will be surprised, and maybe even shocked, as you read about:
· Near-death experiences · Deathbed visions · People’s last words · Visits to heaven and hell
Each encounter, visit, and visitation is then held up against Scripture, demonstrating how they line up with the Word of God. In a moment our lives will be over. We are all only a heartbeat away from eternity, and there are no second chances. What will you decide?
The back cover describes the book as talking about near death experiences, deathbed visions, people’s last words, visits to heaven and hell etc. and it was more about religion and the Bible than it was about near death experiences. So for that reason I’m disappointed in describing what the book was about.
If you don't believe in the biblical doctrine of hell, read this or any other of Wiese's books. In this one, he interweaves near death experiences with solid scriptural back up, and gives a good apologetic overview of hell. By the time you finish reading all the biblical mentions of it, and all that Jesus said about it, you simply can't claim to believe the Bible if you still insist hell isn't real. Wiese's style is conversational and easy to read, but by no means unintelligent. His testimony (given at length in another of his books) is also worth reading.
This book was part "Heavenly experiences," part a call to choose Jesus over eternal alienation from Him. Bill claims he has been to Hell. Here, he shares other stories of people who have also been there. He says there are different levels of Hell based on one's lifetime works. There's darkness, a lake of fire, demons, torment, putrid smells, and a helpless, hopeless feeling because people can never leave! We must REPENT in order to be found in the Lamb's Book of Life or we will be in Hell too.
Some good, thought provoking information and discussion. However, the first four chapters try to build the case for the Bible and Christianity, as do a couple of the last chapters. I found this quite distracting...and unnecessary.