Although I lived through the night, my troubles were far from over. My life would continue, but now the devil had me on the ropes, and although I did not know it, he was coming in to finish me off. He continued to attack me in the hospital and even afterward. Many of his attacks afflicted my body with additional damage. In contrast, my doctors and others tried to persuade me to have a very dangerous operation that I did not need. The devil beset my job and my personal relationships, and when all else failed, he tried to physically kill me with his bare hands. He invoked havoc in my life with a continuous surge of events devised to abort my future and, therein, eradicate the purpose of my life.
Consequently, as much as possible, I blocked these memories from entering my consciousness, as I did not want to dwell upon them or their consequences. I rationalized them away, pretending they were simply one dreadful dream. I then pictured them as small and far away. I put them behind me, and as a result of ignoring what God had shown me that night, I opened myself to the spiritual attacks that would beset me from that moment on. Because of my poor decisions, I was about to experience the reality of living a life without the protection of God and, therefore, have nothing to thwart the attacks of the devil.
I was ashamed of what I encountered and did not share what happened with anyone. I did not realize what God had done for me until years afterward when I recognized that what happened to me was God’s response to my doubting the devil’s existence. Yes, God responded by showing me the truth, not only of the devil’s existence but also the existence of Hell, the Lake of Fire, Spiritual Golgotha, and the Judgment Seat of the Lord. I had not comprehended the blessings that He gave me by revealing the truth of these things. It was not as if I had been punished as I had previously believed, but instead, God removed me from harm in each of these places. Therefore, God gave me the honor of knowing the truth of the reality of these spiritual truths. Unfortunately for me, this belief would only come many years later.
So, from this point forward, I will present how I became an innocent victim of a constant stream of spiritual attacks, not knowing that I had become a target of the devil’s spiritual warfare. These experiences will be chronicled in future postings.
In my earlier posting (MY JOURNEY TO SPIRITUAL GOLGOTHA,) I disclosed how I journeyed through space and time and arrived at spiritual Golgotha, the place of the Skull. In prior postings, I conveyed that I had been struck by a life-threatening spiritual attack that exploded my pancreas and sent me to an intensive care unit (ICU.) After the doctors did all they could that first night, they left, believing that I was unlikely to make it to morning. As I slowly drifted toward unconsciousness, I left my body behind and entered the spiritual realm. There, I traveled through space and time toward an enormous human skull (Spiritual Golgotha) suspended in space. You can find the details in this posting: MY JOURNEY TO SPIRITUAL GOLGOTHA.
SWIMMING IN THE LAKE OF FIRE AND BRIMSTONE
Once inside the Skull, I soon found myself swimming with countless other lost souls in a phosphorescent yellow-orange plasma that delivered a scorching heat and pressure that must exist from the massive gravitational forces of the sun. The heat seared me, and the pressure painfully squeezed me into a rage.
The souls swimming with me resembled white tadpoles. Together, we darted to and fro, attempting to escape the stinging heat and the crushing weight of the plasma.
Each soul also relived the horror, sorrow, pain, and misery of the people they harmed. Over and over again, everyone there experienced the feelings their victims experienced as a result of their actions.
The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me. (Psalm 18:5)
Even worse, the feelings of every victim are transmitted into the plasma and received by every soul swimming there. Accordingly, every soul relived the cumulative sorrow of every other soul’s victims.
Thus, there is a three-fold effect on the plasma. There is the heat, the pressure, and thirdly, the continual reliving of the horrors they all inflicted upon the world. All this dreadfulness drove us into a frenzy, and we frantically darted back and forth, desperately searching for a way out. Like pollywogs heated in a chemistry beaker, dashing back and forth, seeking escape without hope or rest, probing continually for relief without end, howling in despair.
Psalm 18:4-5 – New King James Version
The pangs of death surrounded me, and the floods of ungodliness made me afraid. 5 The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.
Despite believing there was no escape from the Lake of Fire and Brimstone, I was instantly removed and relocated to a large, searing-hot cave.
You can find out what transpired there in Hell as I come face to face with Satan in my next posting: IN HELL – CONFRONTED BY THE DEVIL. I have added some reference material below to help you understand my experience better.
What is Spiritual Golgotha?
Golgotha, which translates as the place of the Skull, has been used to identify the place where Jesus Christ was crucified. Here is a scripture that supports this notion.
The Crucifixion of Jesus
Matthew 27:33-35 – New King James Version
33 And when they had come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, Place of a Skull, 34 they gave Him sour wine mingled with gall to drink. But when He had tasted it, He would not drink. 35 Then they crucified Him and divided His garments, casting lots…
In the spiritual realm, Golgotha contains the Lake of Fire, the place of the second death.
What is the Lake of Fire and Brimstone?
It is the pace of the second death. Here is a scripture that identifies what this is.
Revelation 21:6-8
6 And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. 7 He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. 8 But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
As we ended that posting, I lay in an ICU bed, slowly passing into unconsciousness. I then left my physical body and found myself in a transparent vessel in the vastness of space. The craft began moving slowly through space and time, and I could hear the conversations in the life I would have lived as I departed. This piece picks up at that juncture and reveals my voyage to spiritual Golgotha and beyond.
The Journey Begins
As I gradually accelerated, I began looking around. I noticed the illumination of a slightly larger object in the infinite sea of stars all around. As the ship progressed, I saw that this object was not perfectly spherical like the others, although I couldn’t quite recognize it.
Then, suddenly, a repulsive stench arrived. This smell was faint at first, and I found myself sniffing to recognize it. But when the full intensity of that putrifying odor fell on me, it hit like a massive swell crashing onto the shore. I gagged and became nauseous as the stench of decaying human flesh sickened me.
Soon after, I began hearing soft but unrecognizable melodic sounds. I noticed, however, that they gradually intensified as I approached the strange object before me. Then, a chill ran through me as I recognized the sounds to be the voices of a myriad of souls, simultaneously wailing in torment. This perpetual melody of desperate despair and suffering evoked a heartbreaking feeling.
I glanced up to check my position and observed that I was approaching this now much larger-looking white object in space. I also noticed that I was now traversing forward in the shape of sine waves or s-shaped curves, growing more prominent as I approached the entity before me. I then reconfirmed that I was on a course heading toward this irregularly shaped object and noticed that the putrified stench and wailing sounds were emanating from within it.
Eventually, I saw what I wish I had not: the object before me was a gigantic human skull hovering in space. It was not just the bare skeletal structure but rather had pieces of muscle and hair in various places and, in general, severely decayed. Most of its skin was missing, often exposing underlying muscle and ligament in areas. The jaw contained only a few teeth but exhibited a wicked smirk. The right eyeball was missing, and the stench and the wailing emanated from this empty cavity.
Skull_by_JKrushal
The closer I came to this skull of death, the more I became astonished at its enormous size. My sine wave flight path now swung me from one edge of the skull to the other, and before I knew it, all I could see before me was the skull. Yet, I proceeded onward, and soon, all I could see was the empty eye socket before me. I then realized my total insignificance relative to its enormousness. Nevertheless, I continued advancing by entering the empty eye socket, which engulfed me. Once inside, I gained a close-up view of the remnants of the ligaments and muscles of the eye socket. Yet, I proceeded onward, moving into total darkness and eventually passing through an invisible passageway. My voyage appeared over, and I wondered what might lie ahead.
In prior postings I have communicated how a life threatening illness took me to the emergency room of a hospital where the doctors did not expect me to live through the night. At some point during that night I left my body behind and entered into the spiritual realm. In the spirit I was taken to the Lake of Fire which is the second death. From there I was taken to Hell, where I faced Satan and felt his incredible hatred of me. All of this culminated on the Judgment Seat of Christ where I was asked, “Why should you live?”
If you would like to go back and review the postings that tell the above story please use these hyperlinks:
I believe that it is important to examine the events I have already reported to you in the context of the Bible. By looking at these experiences from a Biblical perspective we will find that what some may perceive as a very bad dream was in fact, a spiritual reality. I say this because it is substantiated in the Bible and proclaimed by God’s prophets. As we proceed, I will reflect on my experience and contrast it to scripture. In doing this I believe that the scriptures will bring to light fundamental messages that God has communicated to His people over the course of thousands of years.
As I stood in Judgment before God (see the last four hyperlinks above) it dawned on me that only truth existed in the place of judgment before God. I also somehow knew that the pending judgment before me had a consequence of the second death. A death that is a spiritual death that can occur after our physical death.
But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death” (Revelation 20:18).
I thought to myself that back in our natural world, I had no clue that such a thing even existed. If I had read the bible then I would have been aware of the following:
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.” (Revelation 2:11).
This verse also applies:
Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things, which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works (Revelation 20:11 – 13).
The second death is the end of hell and of death. The result is the total elimination of evil.
Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death (Revelation 20:14).
There will also be an elimination of dying, pain, and tears. Sadly, there will be no more chance for repentance. There will be no chance for those whose name is absent from the Book of Life:
This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:15).
But for the followers of Jesus, things will be much different.
Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years. (Revelation 20:6).
My next posting will be about the one who saved me from all of this mess.
To this point I have communicated things to you that by worldly standards are quite unbelievable. However, if one looks to the scriptures they will find that a vast majority of them are confirmed there. So, if you are unfamiliar with my past postings, the following list of hyperlinks will lead you to the ones that I am addressing at this point:
For a long time these experiences terrified me and as a result, I refused to think about them and certainly did not tell anyone. I really did not understand my experience until after I was born again and studied the scriptures that I understood what God had done for me. I was through these events that started to understand that God had a different plan for my life. His way of continuing our relationship was to show me the truth about the purpose of this life, myself and where my life choices were taking me.
What is certain is that God loved me enough to give me a second chance to make the right decisions about my life. I did not deserve this opportunity but He gave it freely out of His love for me. I knew that if He did this much for me when I did not deserve it, He would continue to bless me from that point as well.
Everything changed when I finally accepted the truth that Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior. When I did God placed favor in my life, and He became more real than I could have ever anticipated.
The purpose of this and subsequent postings is to communicate the results of my bible study, which confirms my entire out of body experience. As a byproduct, it also confirms the spiritual reality of why we are here on this earth and the consequences of our choices and actions. My plan is to present one component per posting until I have completed them all. The first to be addressed is: THE LAKE OF FIRE AND BRIMSTONE
THE LAKE OF FIRE AND BRIMSTONE
The Lake of Fire and Brimstone is the eternal destination for Satan, the beast, the false prophet, death, Hades and everyone whose name is not written in the book of Life:
The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever (Revelation 20:10).
In my out of body experience, the orange plasma that I swam in is a direct correlation to words of the prophet John, who wrote the book of Revelation.
The Lake of Fire is also filled with all of the soles who made poor life choices.
But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” (Revelation 21:8)
This matches my experience of swimming in the lake of fire where I experienced the pain that of that all the soles there had inflicted on others (Inside-the-Lake-of-Fire-the-Second-death). All were in agony for the evil that they had done.
In fact, the bible confirms that it is the final repository for all evil. It is the second death, which is a spiritual death, a permanent separation from God.
Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:14-15)
This confirms my concern about the second death I experienced while others were searching for good works as I stood before the Judgment seat.
The bottom line here is that if you don’t believe in Hell, the Judgment to come, or the devil, then think again. In fact there is something out there worse than Hell. It is a world on pain and suffering that is the continual reliving the pain that they caused others and It goes on forever.
olgotha, the Skull. In this posting, I communicated that I had been struck with a sudden life-threatening pancreas disorder that sent me to an intensive care unit. After the doctors did all they could that night, they left, believing that I would not likely make it to the morning. As I slowly drifted toward unconsciousness, I left my body behind. I traveled through space and time on a course toward an enormous human skull (Spiritual Golgotha) suspended in space. You can find this posting here: MY JOURNEY TO SPIRITUAL GOLGOTHA
SWIMMING IN THE LAKE OF FIRE AND BRIMSTONE
I soon found myself swimming with countless lost souls in a phosphorescent yellow-orange plasma, delivering scorching heat and immense pressure.These conditions must be like the sun’s fusion reaction, where extreme heat and pressure result from the massive gravitational forces. The heat seared me, and the pressure painfully squeezed me into a rage.
The souls swimming in the lake with me resembled white tadpoles. Together, we darted to and fro, attempting to escape the stinging heat and the crushing weight of the plasma.
Each soul also relived the horror, sorrow, pain, and misery of those they hurt. Over and over again, everyone there experienced the feelings their victims experienced from their actions.
The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me. (Psalm 18:5)
Even worse, the feelings of every victim are transmitted into the plasma and received by every soul there. Accordingly, every soul relived the cumulative sorrow of every other soul’s victims. Thus, there is a threefold effect of the plasma. There is the heat, the pressure, and thirdly, the continual reliving of the horrors inflicted upon the world. All these drove us into a frenzy, and we darted back and forth, frantically searching for a way out. Like pollywogs being heated in a chemistry beaker, dashing back and forth, seeking escape without hope or rest, exploring continually for relief without end, howling in despair.
Psalm 18:4-5 – New King James Version
The pangs of death surrounded me, and the floods of ungodliness made me afraid. 5 The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.
While I believed there was no escape from the Lake of Fire and Brimstone, despite this belief, I was instantly relocated to a large, searing, hot cave. Read my next posting as I face Satan in the depths of Hell. You can find it here: IN HELL – CONFRONTED BY THE DEVIL. I have added some reference material below to help you understand my experience better.
What is Spiritual Golgotha?
Golgotha, which translates as the place of the Skull, has been used to identify the place where Jesus Christ was crucified. Here is a scripture that supports this notion.
Matthew 27:33-35 – New King James Version
33 And when they had come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, Place of a Skull, 34 they gave Him sour wine mingled with gall to drink. But when He had tasted it, He would not drink. 35 Then they crucified Him and divided His garments, casting lots…
The Crucifixion of Jesus
In the spiritual realm, Golgotha contains the Lake of Fire, the place of the second death.
What is the Lake of Fire and Brimstone?
It is the pace of the second death. Here is a scripture that identifies what this is.
Revelation 21:6-8 – New King James Version
6 And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. 7 He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. 8 But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
In my prior posting, I communicated that I had been struck with a life-threatening pancreas disorder that sent me to an intensive care unit. After the doctors did all they could, they left, believing that I would likely not make it through the night. As I drifted toward unconsciousness, I left my body. I traveled through space and time on a course toward an enormous human skull (Spiritual Golgotha) suspended in space. The rest of the story follows:
The pangs of death surrounded me, and the floods of ungodliness made me afraid. (Psalm 18:4)
I passed through the skull’s open eye socket and entered the Lake of Fire and Brimstone, the place of the second death.
And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. (Revelation 21:6 – 8)
I swam in the lake’s luminous yellow-orange plasma and bore its excruciating heat and immense pressure. These conditions must be like the sun’s fusion reaction, where extreme heat and pressure result from the massive gravitational forces. The heat scorched me, and the pressure squeezed everything out of me. Innumerable souls were swimming there with me, white in color and in the general shape of tadpoles. They voyaged through this hot, orange ooze, wailing in agony on a journey that had no end. In addition to these tortures, each soul was in an everlasting state of agonizing over their sins, reliving, over and over, the harm and pain they had caused others. They also relived the emotions of remorse, guilt, anger, hatred, and fear that their victims felt due to their actions perpetually.
The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me. (Psalm 18:5)
But even worse, the plasma provided still more misery. The wailing and emotions of each soul there were transmitted into the plasma and were received by every other soul there. Unbelievably, every soul simultaneously experienced the pain and remorse that every other soul experienced. The compounded effect of these conditions was overwhelming. Still, they had no choice but to exist in this continual torment that drove them into raging madness. Therefore, they darted back and forth like pollywogs in a beaker placed over a flaming Bunsen burner. Desperate for escape but without hope or rest, they scoured continuously, seeking an escape that did not exist.
In my prior postings I have told you about a severe medical condition that resulted in my admittance to an intensive care unit with a life threatening pancreases problem. It was there that I left my body behind and traveled through space and time, having not idea where I was going. This posting is the continuation of this story.
I continued to look around as I traveled through space and time. I noticed that there was a slightly larger object than the rest in the stars ahead. As I approached this object I noticed that its shape was different as well. It was not spherical like the stars, but I could not as yet make out its shape.
Suddenly, a strange and repulsive odor arrived. It was faint at first, and I found myself sniffing in an effort to identify what it was. Then, the awful odor hit me full strength like a wave crashing onto the shore. Its stench overwhelmed and choked me. It was then that I realized that odor was decaying human flesh. The smell of death was making me sick.
Then I started to hear sounds again. They also were faded at first and seemed almost melodic. I tried to identify the sounds were but could not. However, I noticed that they seemed to be getting louder as I approached the strange object before me. Then suddenly, a chill ran through me as I recognized the sound. It was the sound of a mass of people wailing in torment and agony. It was the sound of thousands or perhaps millions of souls simultaneously crying out in pain and despair. It was the perpetual song of torment that invaded me. It evoked in me a very depressing and gut wrenching feeling of agony and despair.
I looked up again to check my heading. I could see that I was still moving rapidly toward the now larger, white object in space. I also noticed that my s-curves were seemingly larger as I approached. One thing was certain now—I was heading directly toward this thing, what ever it was.
I soon realized that both the putrid odor and wailing sounds were coming from it. I continued watching the object as I meandered through space. The image grew larger until I saw what I wished that I did not. It was a gigantic, degenerated human skull floating in space without a body.
Skull_by_JKrushal
The cranium still contained bits of flesh and hair in various places. But, in general, it was seriously deteriorated and decayed. Parts of the face had no skin but revealed the underlying muscle and ligaments. In other areas of the face, the muscle and ligaments were gone and revealed the bony structure of the skull. The jaw area had completely deteriorated and exposed the teeth and jawbones that seemed to project an evil smirk. The right eye was missing; it was from here that the sounds and the stench escaped. These awful things were coming from deep inside the skull.
I continued moving closer to the skull of death and as I did, I was amazed at its enormous size. Still traversing in sine wave pattern, the ship’s movement from side to side now took me from one edge of the skull to the other. Soon afterward, all I could see before me was the skull and yet my momentum continued to carry me forward in an obvious collision course. I saw the skull grow in size as I rapidly approached. It was then that I knew just how small and insignificant I was.
I approached even closer until all I could see was the open eye socket before me as I slithered my way toward this “place of the skull” or Golgotha.
John 19:16 – 18 Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led Him away. And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, here they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center.
I continued forward, entering the open eye socket and watching as it engulfed me. I got a close up view of the remnants of ligaments and tissues inside the eye socket.
And yet I continued steadily forward, moving now into total darkness. Even in complete obscurity I continued on until I entered through an open passageway that I could not see. For now my journey was over. I wondered what might lie ahead.
So my journey into the spiritual realm had begun. My travels took me to the place of spiritual death. The spiritual equivalent of Golgotha, or the place of the skull, the place they killed Jesus. The journey was not over however. I had just entered the passage way to the Lake of Fire, which has been described as the second death in the book of Revelation. Our next posting will cover my experiences there in detail.
SEEKING JESUS 