So there are two books that stand out to me that talk about the afterlife and the intricate details of what it is like. Both under different circumstances. They are "23 Minutes in Hell" by Bill Viese and "Heaven is for Real" by Todd Burpo. Now I'm going to be honest, I haven't read them, I feel too skeptical to, so I can't say too much about these books. However I'd love to hear some thoughts on it.
"23 Minutes in Hell" is a book in which the writer claims he had a dream that he was in hell itself for 23 minutes and had some deep details about it. My brother in law (Mark, he was a youth pastor for my old church and is a missionary in his home country now) read this and liked the book and didn't seem too skeptical of him. While the author says he hopes people believes him but if they don't to still look into the bible which I give him credit for whereas most people looking for attention would probably claim if one doesn't believe him/her is not a believer. I've meant to get around to reading it since Mark wanted me to.
The other book is a boy who at a young age had to go into an emergency surgery and "slipped consciousness and entered Heaven" and afterwards shared extreme details of Heaven and told details of what was happening in other rooms even while he was in surgery, much like the movie awake if you've seen it, and shared impossible to know details. Again, I haven't read it. I was just recommended to read it by a friend and I've seen it at walmart.
I've been skeptical to read books like that, I almost feel like they're possible false prophets and such, one could have been a nightmare and the other he was 4 when this happened. I feel bad for being so skeptical, is it wrong of me to be THIS skeptical? haha. I want to get around to reading them eventually. God does great things and He is beyond understanding, so would He show these two lucky people a glimpse of what it's like after death? Is this His way of reaching out to us in these days? Should I be more open to these two people who experienced this?
I think I forget sometimes just how supernatural the world really is, there's more to the world than the eyes see, it's like Paul says in 1 Corinthians 4:18 "so we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal".
I'd like to hear some opinions on this....
