Stories of Heaven and the Afterlife by Randy Kay

Author:Randy Kay
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780768471823
Publisher: Destiny Image, Inc.

REFLECTIONS ON BRYAN MELVIN’S EXPERIENCE

RANDY: As with all of the afterlife survivors Shaun and I have interviewed, Bryan and I have become friends, but I can only relate to the vision of Heaven that God gave to Bryan after his hell experience. God gave Bryan a vision of Heaven after he suffered the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following his horrific encounter in hell. Being in hell is worse than being in a war zone, I would imagine, because in war a person is not always being attacked, but in hell Bryan was constantly terrorized. Even though Bryan was a “militant atheist,” Jesus had searched his heart to know that Bryan would eventually accept Christ as his Savior, so Jesus gave to Bryan the secret for preventing his being devoured by demons. Jesus Christ told Bryan to declare His name as protection against the evildoers, and that should encourage all of us that there is indeed power in the name of Jesus Christ!

Bryan detailed several deceased persons in hell, such as a nineteenth-century womanizing preacher, which informs us that just professing oneself as a Christian is not enough to avoid eternal damnation. One must be truly born again as Jesus stated in John 3:3. John 3:15 states that whoever believes in Jesus Christ will “have eternal life,” so that preacher obviously never had eternal life. But one person Bryan saw in hell most certainly did not have eternal life: Adolph Hitler. Bryan recalled that Hitler repeatedly relived the horrors of the atrocities this despot committed in the world. One cannot help but feel the justification of Hitler’s retribution in hell, but Bryan’s story severely reminds us of the need to share the light of Jesus to those around us before it is too late. Hell is real. Many have a tough time reconciling a loving God with the existence of hell, but Bryan helps us understand that Jesus truly desires that no one goes to hell, but that no one can enter Heaven except those who are redeemed through the saving grace of Jesus Christ. Otherwise, Heaven would be made imperfect. Hell from Bryan’s and others’ accounts is a place apart from the God of Heaven, and nothing good happens apart from God, and only evil thrives in God’s absence.

SHAUN: There are three things that really stuck out to me from Bryan’s story.

First, I want to comment on Bryan giving us a concrete example of pride coming before a fall. Within hours of drinking contaminated water, Bryan knew he was sick, but rather than doing the sensible thing and immediately seeking medical attention, he decided to go his own way and try to take care of things on his own. Bad decisions can have real consequences, sometimes to the point of ushering us through the gates of hell.

Second, I believe it is worth highlighting that Bryan’s story contains all of the classic markers I would expect in a textbook out-of-body experience. That brief time before somebody crosses the veil

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