They were smiling, frozen, like in a picture. Then, he says God pulled back the veil between Heaven and earth and let him see his family. “He said, ‘Son, go back.'” Perry couldn’t believe what he was hearing. “My people have forgotten my power,” he heard God say. In the middle of his celebration, Perry says God spoke to him. In the presence of God, Perry says, there is no fear, no anger, only peace. Instead, she sought the second opinion of Dr. The neurologist suggested she prepare herself to take her husband off life support. Perry’s body was transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center and he was placed in a chamber to induce hypothermia to prevent any more brain damage while Nicky prayed for a miracle. It had taken paramedics 7 minutes to restore Perry’s heartbeat. After an episode like Perry’s, she was told, irreparable brain damage and death happen within 4-6 minutes of the brain being without oxygen. The neurologist told Nicky that the only brain activity registering on the EEG machine was seizures, signs of dying brain cells. Perry began to celebrate, saying over and over to himself, “I made it! I made it in!”ĭiscover new books from Guideposts with amazing stories of those who have visited heaven and returnedīack in the hospital, Perry’s body was hooked up to a life support machine. “God in Heaven is a bright light,” he says, as he was unable to make out any distinguishing features, only the presence of complete peace. “I saw my uncle, my granddaddy, my wife’s grandmother,” Perry recalls. When Gabriel pointed to his back, Perry climbed up to rest as Gabriel flew him through Heaven to see his loved ones who had passed on. With brown skin, a muscular frame, locs in his hair and an immeasurable wingspan, Gabriel never said a word to Perry and Perry never had any fear. “He was huge.” The 6’2, 230 pound-Perry says Gabriel towered over him. “An angel God sent to receive me was named Gabriel,” Perry says. The next thing he knew, he was just there, in a space of incredible brightness, warmth and indistinguishable colors. There was no journey from his bedroom to Heaven that he can recall. “My spirit was in the air looking down on Nicky giving me mouth-to-mouth,” Perry tells. Then, Nicky says, he was gasping for breath and foaming at the mouth before he stopped breathing. Until the morning his wife awoke to the sound of his unusual snoring. He sat in his truck in front of his children’s school and cried for 30 minutes, not wanting to leave them.īut he made it through the day, and the night, and a whole week, as usual. This time, there was no denying what he’d heard. Then, the Wednesday before his death, Perry heard the voice again. He had just dropped his two youngest children off at school. He had never heard a message from God like this before. Things were going well for Perry, his wife and their three kids. Unready to face the fate of death, he pushed the moment out of his mind and carried on with his day. Shaken, Perry asked, “Who’s there? Is somebody in here?” He felt a calming presence and believed it was God. Alone in his room, Perry felt a hand touch his shoulder and a voice say, Son, y ou’re going to have to die on my behalf. He explains that he himself saw Jesus after his resurrection, and that Jesus appeared to the apostles and over 500 other people.Six months before, during his morning prayer time, he says God gave him a message. In the biblical book called 1 Corinthians, St Paul emphasises how important it is to believe in Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. the resurrection also proves God’s omnipotence and omnibenevolence.it is seen as proof of life after death.the resurrection shows that Jesus defeated death.
The female followers then returned to tell Jesus’ apostles and other people that Jesus had risen from the dead.īelief in the resurrection is very important to many Christians because:.The women were frightened but the men said: Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again’ (Luke 24:5–7). Two men appeared to the women in gleaming clothes.However, the stone had been rolled away and the tomb was empty. A stone had been covering the tomb’s entrance.On the Sunday after Jesus’ death, Jesus’ female followers went to visit his tomb.The Gospel of Luke (24:1–9) explains how Jesus’ followers found out that he had been resurrected: For Christians, the resurrection is the belief that Jesus came back to life three days after he died on the cross.
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