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Question: "What does the Bible say about near death experiences?"

Answer: There is no specific scriptural support for near-death experiences. Many people use 2 Corinthians 12:2-5 as a biblical proof text of near-death experiences. However, this is taking great liberty with interpretation and makes the assumption that Paul had actually died when he found himself in heaven. The passage nowhere states that Paul had died. It was a vision that God gave Paul of heaven, not a near-death experience.

We need to be extremely careful in how we validate our experiences. The most important test of any experience is comparing it with the Bible. Satan is always ready to cause deception and twist people's thinking. "But I am not surprised! Even Satan can disguise himself as an angel of light. So it is no wonder his servants can also do it by pretending to be godly ministers. In the end they will get every bit of punishment their wicked deeds deserve" (2 Corinthians 11:14-15). Because the Bible is silent regarding near-death experiences, and scientific research has not been able to be performed reliably, we simply cannot accept the legitimacy of near death experiences on their face value. It would be too strong to state that all near-death experiences are faked, imagined, or Satanic, but there are still serious concerns, biblically, about the validity of near-death experiences. https://www.gotquestions.org/near-death-experiences.html

NASB hands down.

I fully agree. From what I read, he seems to be a genuine Christian. And none of us can sit in judgment over someone else's experience (no matter how bizarre it may sound). We could say that the apostle Paul had a near-death experience as revealed in 2 Corinthians. Daniel is another one that comes to mind.

Shalom, Marcus. No, of course, we don't. I don't believe we go ANYWHERE after we die; we "lie asleep" and "await" the Resurrection. We cease to be a "soul," an "air-breather." Our hope is in the promise of God that He will resurrect us, changing us into a body fashioned like unto HIS glowing body! That's why "glorious" is better pronounced "GLOW-rious," and that realization came from the wife of our music director when I was still in Baptist circles. Philippians 3:20-21
20 For our conversation (community; citizenship) is in heaven (the sky); from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ (the Master, or "Meister," if you prefer, Yeshua` the Messiah):
21 Who shall change our vile (depressed) body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
KJV After the Resurrection, we live and reign with Him here on this earth! (Revelation 20:4-6) We shall literally "have ... authority over ten cities (towns)," etc. (Luke 19:16-19) Whether that be in Israel, a tributary nation to Israel, or our own home country, we shall have a job to do within His Kingdom. 1 Corinthians 6:1-3
1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels (messengers)? how much more things that pertain to this life?
KJV A THOUSAND YEARS is a VERY long time! MUCH longer than a mere 7 years! And, yet, have you ever noticed how little is said about that time period in most charts? It's even abbreviated in various ways on time lines! After the Millennium (which is more about haSatan being locked up in the abyss than the length of the Messiah's Kingdom, which is forever and ever), the Great White Throne Judgment takes place and Yeshua` the Melekh (Hebrew for "King") judges the world and defeats death permanently. Then, He hands the world empire over to His Father, and He goes on to be Israel's Melekh forever! It shall be at THAT time that the New Jerusalem, containing the Paradise or Park of God, lands upon the New Earth with its New Sky! It's not until THEN that we read, Revelation 21:3-4
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven (the sky) saying, Behold, the tabernacle (tent) of God is with men, and he will dwell (tent; camp) with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
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