Does anyone have any experences in heaven?

[Lifted_by_the_word]

There was a flower along a golden path that somehow was connected to my life.Some people who were holding hands walked up to it and were 'admiring' it.
Jesus was talking about it and after walking up to it,images flashed before my eyes telling a story.
Gods creations are admired in heaven and you can feel the love he put into it.Also things are brighter.

Satan too was once admired.I seen him on a pedestal.If you seen him,you be drawn into him by his beauty in awe.Those who would walk the path where he was would stop and look at him.He had this beautiful smile and it was like he was a show piece to admire one of Gods creations.I remember being there with someone else holding hands and just as we were going to walk away,satan knew and he used his beauty to keep me there.The guy there with me said "lets go" and I said something like "wait,I never seen him do that before.what is that?"
After taking me away, he told me it was pride.Satan was a Cherub and there were heavenly creatures singing,sounding like musical instruments near where he was,in the air.


The story about the flower is when I died some time in my mid twenties.The one about satan is before I came into this world.I now that sounds crazy,and there's more,but you next.

 

[Blain]

I experienced a heavenly visit several times ut I will have to post them later

 

[Blain]

So as for my heavenly experiences it wasn't in a dream or anything I sort of went there in the spirit as I was on cc, I was allowed to see and to experience things there to a certain degree not the same as actually being there but like a taste of what is to come.

I remember being at the throne of God I was kneeling before him with such high respect and love and his power and glory was so over whelming that my body was trembling and yet I recall a tear of deep affection fell from my face and I then suddenly ran into his arms I just couldn't help it I leaped into his laps like a small child. He then showed me around I saw foods and drinks there that exist here but are much more amazing and much more delicious there also was food and drinks that don't exist here on earth and just looking at them will make your mouth water and if you ate it you would never crave anything on earth again it would seem like trash to your taste buds. I saw jesus and walked with him talked with him spent time with him I sat at his feet as he was holding and being surrounded by small children and he taught and spoke like he did in the bible he also showed me times of my life like a movie playing he showed me the times when I simply spoke a word of love and never realized exactly how far it went in fact most of the time the deepest impacts I did on earth were the small things I didn't think much of and I was astonished I couldn't believe how a simple word of love or encouragement made that big of a wave.

 

[wolfwint]

There was a flower along a golden path that somehow was connected to my life.Some people who were holding hands walked up to it and were 'admiring' it.
Jesus was talking about it and after walking up to it,images flashed before my eyes telling a story.
Gods creations are admired in heaven and you can feel the love he put into it.Also things are brighter.

Satan too was once admired.I seen him on a pedestal.If you seen him,you be drawn into him by his beauty in awe.Those who would walk the path where he was would stop and look at him.He had this beautiful smile and it was like he was a show piece to admire one of Gods creations.I remember being there with someone else holding hands and just as we were going to walk away,satan knew and he used his beauty to keep me there.The guy there with me said "lets go" and I said something like "wait,I never seen him do that before.what is that?"
After taking me away, he told me it was pride.Satan was a Cherub and there were heavenly creatures singing,sounding like musical instruments near where he was,in the air.


The story about the flower is when I died some time in my mid twenties.The one about satan is before I came into this world.I now that sounds crazy,and there's more,but you next.

I dont know where you have been. But I do not believe that somebody can make expierience in heaven, the same with the hell.

 

[jaybird88]

I dont know where you have been. But I do not believe that somebody can make expierience in heaven, the same with the hell.

Vas ist los wolf!

i dont think we can step into heaven for a sneak peek before death, but i think its plausible we can have an experience of the next world.

 

[wolfwint]

Vas ist los wolf!

i dont think we can step into heaven for a sneak peek before death, but i think its plausible we can have an experience of the next world.

good german jaybird88 ; But what is the difference between a sneak peek and a experience? I see in bible no reason to believe that this is possible. ( like Pauls visit in the 3rd heaven ) I believe that Jesus is still giving also today people a vision from himself, as I read from some muslim people today which came to christ through that and were very hard persecutet. But that we as christians can visit ore have experiences in which we visit the heaven I dont believe.

 

[Stunnedbygrace]

Lifted and Blain, thank you for sharing these.

 

[Blain]

good german jaybird88 ; But what is the difference between a sneak peek and a experience? I see in bible no reason to believe that this is possible. ( like Pauls visit in the 3rd heaven ) I believe that Jesus is still giving also today people a vision from himself, as I read from some muslim people today which came to christ through that and were very hard persecutet. But that we as christians can visit ore have experiences in which we visit the heaven I dont believe.

I can't say that I have been to heaven in the sense that I was there physically but I do believe that it's possible for a person to go there as I wouldn't put it past God to do something like that.
Anything is possible with God and he tends to be unpredictable if a person asked God to be able to visit heaven it wouldn't surprise me if he allowed it

 

[garee]

Vas ist los wolf!

i dont think we can step into heaven for a sneak peek before death, but i think its plausible we can have an experience of the next world.

I would agree we experience by the faith of Christ working in us as a kingdom that will come ,when all the kingdoms,sects, denominations of this world will become the kingdom of God as new creatures .That kingdom is not of here. Never was never will be.

God is no longer bringing any new revelations in any manner to prove He has spoken from heaven .What we had in part until we received the last book we now have the whole or perfect will of God, with no loving laws missing by which we could know Him more adequately, more intimately.


He informs us not to look for signs as the Jew did or search after the wisdom of this world the philosophies of men as the Greek did. . Calling it a evil generation as natural, unconverted man. Therefore making their Jewish experiences the validator of truth and not the word of God, as it is written alone. They rejected sola scriptura and sought a faith in respect to that seen natural man (the fathers and kings) dead in their trespasses and sins without a living hope, coming from God.

We don't know God after our experiences we walk by faith, as that not seen. Adam and Eve walked after their experience. God did not want them to learn by falling from His grace .He wanted the to obey the voice of Him unseen .

 

[resurrection33]

There was a flower along a golden path that somehow was connected to my life.Some people who were holding hands walked up to it and were 'admiring' it.
Jesus was talking about it and after walking up to it,images flashed before my eyes telling a story.
Gods creations are admired in heaven and you can feel the love he put into it.Also things are brighter.

Satan too was once admired.I seen him on a pedestal.If you seen him,you be drawn into him by his beauty in awe.Those who would walk the path where he was would stop and look at him.He had this beautiful smile and it was like he was a show piece to admire one of Gods creations.I remember being there with someone else holding hands and just as we were going to walk away,satan knew and he used his beauty to keep me there.The guy there with me said "lets go" and I said something like "wait,I never seen him do that before.what is that?"
After taking me away, he told me it was pride.Satan was a Cherub and there were heavenly creatures singing,sounding like musical instruments near where he was,in the air.


The story about the flower is when I died some time in my mid twenties.The one about satan is before I came into this world.I now that sounds crazy,and there's more,but you next.

Some people disagree when I say this, but if you want to experience heaven now, I believe you do this:

From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Matt 4:17 RSV

This is the gate of the LORD;
the righteous shall enter through it. Psalm 118:20 RSV

 

[Blain]

Some people disagree when I say this, but if you want to experience heaven now, I believe you do this:

From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Matt 4:17 RSV

This is the gate of the LORD;
the righteous shall enter through it. Psalm 118:20 RSV

That depends on what heaven is for you. This world certainly is not heaven but to live in a heavenly state of heart is heaven on earth. When God gives you that peace and fills you with that love you begin walk in a heavenly state of mind even when faced with terrible hardships.

But heaven itself is different it's not just a state of being it's actual place that few have ever been to

 

[Hawkins]

I dont know where you have been. But I do not believe that somebody can make expierience in heaven, the same with the hell.

I tend to agree with this attitude though I myself was put to Hades physically for a while.


Heaven, where God dwells, is not yet open for visitation. Though the Second Curtain leading to it is opened by Christ as a sign of reconciliation between God and man.


Revelation 15:8 (NIV2011)
[SUP]8 [/SUP] And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.


In a nutshell;
Hades - a place everyone will have to descent to after death, with the saved protected by God and the unsaved somehow abandoned there.

Abraham's Bosom (in third heaven) - a place for the chosen saints (such as Moses and Elijah) to ascend to, they will continue to bare witness for God.

Heaven - a place God is currently dwelling with His angles. No humans can step in yet.

 

[resurrection33]

That depends on what heaven is for you. This world certainly is not heaven but to live in a heavenly state of heart is heaven on earth. When God gives you that peace and fills you with that love you begin walk in a heavenly state of mind even when faced with terrible hardships.

But heaven itself is different it's not just a state of being it's actual place that few have ever been to

I believe heaven is what our lives turn into after we repent of our sin.

 

[eph610]

I am not discounting visions or discerning of spirits at all, but I believe we need a guard rail placed here...

John 3.13-Jesus Speaking
[SUP]13 [/SUP]No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man.

TO know the real context of this verse is to be acutely aware of something....

 

[Ahwatukee]

Hello Hawkins,

In a nutshell;
Hades - a place everyone will have to descent to after death, with the saved protected by God and the unsaved somehow abandoned there.

Abraham's Bosom (in third heaven) - a place for the chosen saints (such as Moses and Elijah) to ascend to, they will continue to bare witness for God.

The above is no longer true. Prior to Christ's resurrection, all of the OT saints went to that place where Abraham and Lazarus were. While those who died without faith went to where the rich man was, that place of torment, which was Hades. Today when an unbeliever dies, their spirit/soul goes immediately to be in the presence of the Lord. While those who die without faith, their spirits/souls continue to go in Hades. Regarding those in Christ, consider the following :

"we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. For we live by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

For our spirit/soul be present in the body equals being away from the Lord and being absent from the body equals being in the presence of the Lord.

"If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body."

Regarding the above, Paul knows that when his body dies that his spirit/soul will be with Christ. Since Christ's resurrection, none of the faithful go into that area where Abraham and Lazarus were, but go directly to be in the presence of the Lord.

Blessings in Christ

 

[Blain]

I am not discounting visions or discerning of spirits at all, but I believe we need a guard rail placed here...

John 3.13-Jesus Speaking
[SUP]13 [/SUP]No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man.

TO know the real context of this verse is to be acutely aware of something....

It may be that upon Jesus's ascending and him connect heaven and earth through his blood forever that he made a way for heaven to be visited, perhaps his ascending is what opened a door that was never opened before.

I have heard peoples stories of their heaven visits but they seemed lacking almost fake they weren't that descriptive, some are allowed to take a peek through the veil and see things that are in heaven without actually being there and I think that is what happens most of the time I have been to hell like actually been there in body but never heaven

 

[Ahwatukee]

Abraham's Bosom (in third heaven) - a place for the chosen saints (such as Moses and Elijah) to ascend to, they will continue to bare witness for God.

Just FYI, the place was not called Abraham's Bosom, for the verse actual says that Lazarus was taken to Abraham's side. Both Abraham and Lazarus were in a place that was in Sheol/Hades, but was a place of comfort/paradise and was separated by a chasm. This would demonstrate that both areas were adjacent to one another. So where was Sheol/Hades? It was down under the under the earth, for Jesus and the OT writings identify its location, as being down in the earth.

"And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.

Gen.37:35 - Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, "Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son." So his father wept for him.

Gen.42:38 - But Jacob said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should befall him on the journey you are taking, then you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow."

Gen.44:29 - ‘If you take this one also from me, and harm befalls him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’

Gen.44:31 - when he sees that the lad is not with us, he will die. Thus your servants will bring the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.

Num.16:30 - "But if the LORD brings about an entirely new thing and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that is theirs, and they descend alive into Sheol, then you will understand that these men have spurned the LORD."

Num.16:33 - So they and all that belonged to them went down alive to Sheol; and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.

In Hebrew it is Sheol, while in Greek it is Hades, as these are speaking of the same location. Neither Sheol nor Hades should ever be used to describe the grave, tomb or sepulcher, but always refers to the place of departed spirits. The following is Strong's definition of Sheol/Hades based on scripture:

"86 hádēs (from 1 /A "not" and idein/eidō, "see") – properly, the "unseen place," referring to the (invisible) realm in which all the dead reside, i.e. the present dwelling place of all the departed (deceased); Hades.

While the it is true that when a person dies that their body lies in the grave, their spirits on the other hand go to be either in the presence of the Lord or go into Sheol/Hades. This is the same place that all of the unrighteous will be released from at the end of the thousand years, at the great white throne judgment to stand before God. (Rev.20:11-15)

 

[jaybird88]

good german jaybird88 ; But what is the difference between a sneak peek and a experience?

i lived in deutschland for 5 years.
experience would be a vision, revelation, something like that. sneak peek would be leaving this world, going to that world and coming back.

I see in bible no reason to believe that this is possible. ( like Pauls visit in the 3rd heaven ) I believe that Jesus is still giving also today people a vision from himself, as I read from some muslim people today which came to christ through that and were very hard persecutet. But that we as christians can visit ore have experiences in which we visit the heaven I dont believe.

i think there are many words beyond this world. the Father dwells in one of them and that one, IMO we can not step into.

 

[notuptome]

The book of revelation describes what awaits those who are truly born again and sealed by the Holy Spirit unto redemption.

Luke 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

Those in heaven or hell cannot pass to the other. Stick with what the scriptures describe and leave the fantasy for the fools because they will not receive sound doctrine.

1Co 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

For the cause of Christ
Roger

 

[wolfwint]

I tend to agree with this attitude though I myself was put to Hades physically for a while.


Heaven, where God dwells, is not yet open for visitation. Though the Second Curtain leading to it is opened by Christ as a sign of reconciliation between God and man.


Revelation 15:8 (NIV2011)
[SUP]8 [/SUP] And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.


In a nutshell;
Hades - a place everyone will have to descent to after death, with the saved protected by God and the unsaved somehow abandoned there.

Abraham's Bosom (in third heaven) - a place for the chosen saints (such as Moses and Elijah) to ascend to, they will continue to bare witness for God.

Heaven - a place God is currently dwelling with His angles. No humans can step in yet.

Hi Hawkins, how you know that you have been in Hades? For that you have to be death.
How you know about that Abrahams bosom is the third heaven? And that chosen saints like Moses and Elijah are there?