PRAYER AND FASTING NETWORK (PAFN) SUPPLEMENT # 47
2003 October 2
IN THIS ISSUE
1. Testimony Of Close to Death Experiences
2. Prayer Requests
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1. Testimony Of Close to Death Experiences
By Jane Tudor *
I have had more than one of these experiences during my lifetime. The first from being suffocated as a small child and the last one was under anaesthetic.
When my Spirit left my body I experienced such a beautiful feeling of joy and peace. My inner being was leaving the earth at an amazing speed, and travelling very quickly indeed toward a very dazzling bright light. I seemed to travelling through a tunnel. As I reached the top of the tunnel the amazingly bright light took on the form of a person. That person was Jesus, as he said Hello, the travelling came slowly to a halt and I was standing on a piece of ground that looked like a farm lane which widened out in front of a wooden garden gate. On either side of the gate were two very large Angels. These Angels were eleven foot six tall with wings that reached about two feet above their heads and right down to the ground. They were both dressed in white and were holding very large swords.
At that time Jesus opened the gate and said come in I walked forward and entered the most beautiful garden. This garden is so beautiful that it is beyond my capability to describe it fully. However I will endeavour to describe some of it to you.
The garden paths look like pebbles but they feel soft and warm under your feet. This is because they are covered with a very thin see through layer of pure gold. The grass when you walk on it feels like pure silk under your feet. Across the grass is a river. This is the river of life, the water is warm and soft as it flows over your feet when you paddle in it and the pebbles on the river bed also feel soft and warm under your feet at that point the river is quite shallow but gets much deeper as it flows along.
Across the river are beech trees that shake their branches when we enter the gate, they make a sound a bit like a tambourine and as the Bible says they do actually clap their hands. They clap their branches together again and again making a sound like a tambourine when you hit it.
To describe heaven in words I find very difficult because the expanse of it is enormous. For example one single flower bed will be acres of one type of flower, and these flowers are actually alive, they respond to you as you approach them by bobbing their heads and waving their petals at you. They also sing and dance by bobbing their heads in time to their singing, all the flowers in heaven make music and each different flower makes a different tune and sounds different to all the others. For example the daffodils make a dum de de dum sound and the lilies sound like violins playing.
During my visit I saw many different things, the heavenly host which really do stretch as far as the eye can see. These are Angels dressed in white with large wings on their backs and tiny wings covering their hands and feet and faces, there are thousands of them, maybe even millions, all singing praises to God. The sound of this is amazing. I also saw many other things, the crystal fountain the crystal sea the purple headed mountains, which of course are covered in heather.
I also saw the Holy Temple, and the throne room where our Creator Father God sits on his throne, and hundreds of Angels sing praises to him all day long. This building is so big that Wembley Stadium and a few others would fit into it and there would still be lots of room for more. The top of it is pure gold and the floor is actually made of glass which you can see through and see the earth below which looks about the size of a football in the distance. The doors of this building are decorated with huge pearls the size of a man?s head it is decorated with other jewels too but I particularly remember the pearls. Sadly I don?t have time or space during this account to describe any more of what I have seen so I hope this just gives you a taste of the beauty and reality of heaven because on my next experience I was shown hell.
The actual death experience is of course the same. My spirit left my body and travelled up toward the light the light took on the form of a person and this was Jesus. The difference was that he said this time I could not go into heaven because He wanted me to go and see hell and to tell the people about it however I would be able to enter heaven the next time. I agreed to do this hence this writing.
When you die and do not believe in Jesus, he will not allow you into heaven. The large Angels that guard the gate will cross their swords in front of you and you will not be able to pass. Jesus holds the keys to both heaven and hell and it`s His decision as to who goes where. On this occasion I was not allowed in the gate of heaven .Jesus gave the keys to hell to the Angel of death and we started our journey down the hill toward the gate of hell.
Hell is actually surrounded by a thick stone wall with a door very much like a dungeon door set in it. The Angel of death, commonly known as the Grim Reaper opened the door and he and my Guardian Angel stepped inside. As I reluctantly stepped inside, the floor collapsed beneath me and the Angels with me just about caught me before I fell through it. I realised that of course they had wings so were not putting any weight on the floor at all, its too unstable to hold any weight.
It looks just like desert all sand the difference to earth is that there is no seaside here no grass grows at all, not even the tiniest little tuft and from here you can actually see the beauty of heaven in the distance. The strange eyrie feeling of this place is pure barrenness, isolation and desolation and even with God' s sovereign protection around me it still was very unpleasant in deed.
The floor of hell was stabilised by Jesus in order for me to walk over it to be able to tell people what I saw.
On the sand I saw three black patches these were like lakes of black tar the first has demons in it the second has clothes bin it and the third is full of jewels .This clothing and jewels are what the devil has robbed people of and this is where these things end up soaked in this black tar stuff which smells like sulphur.
After a long journey past these lakes we came to a mountain, which opened up for us to go inside. No one can walk in there so God sent four Angels carrying a stretcher to carry us on. The two angels and I climbed up onto the stretcher and were carried into the valley of trouble. In this valley were skeletons running in some kind of black mud and screaming help. It took a minute or two for the penny to drop that these people were not only real but were still alive even though there was no flesh on their bones. Their rotting flesh was what they were trying to run out of. The horror of this is difficult to grasp but it's true.
The second valley in hell is much like the first, just smells worse and there is more screaming and more people and its hotter. At the end of this valley are the jaws of death and they open making a whirring sound then click. Beyond this is the lake of fire along way off in the distance. The heat was unbearable even though I was protected by God's power .We didn?t stay there long we were flown out backwards at beyond the speed of light by God's sovereign power.
I climbed off that stretcher and out of that gate as fast as I could and back up the hill to talk to Jesus. Please can I come back into heaven I pleaded Not this time he said but when you return here you will be able to come in because I have made you mine.
So basically if you want to spend eternity in heaven all you need to do is ask Jesus into your life to be your saviour. Now would be the best time!
© Copyright 2003 Jane Tudor. All Rights reserved. Jane Tudor has granted PRAYER AND FASTING NETWORK and its affiliates non-exclusive rights to display this work.
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2. Prayer Requests and Feedback
(period ending Oct. 1)
In the code 03 HF 106 ...03 refers to the year 2003; HF refers to Home Front and 106 refers to prayer request No.106 in this category. Similarly in the code 03 IN 96... this refers to international prayer request # 96 in 2003.
HOME FRONT
03 HF 112 For progress in E-vangelism ...cyber street corner evangelism ( in other words evangelism and preaching on the internet ). How to operate the ministry; to avoid the pits and snares associated with this type of work. ... Michael
03 HF 120 For people saying sinners' prayer on the street preaching witness; please pray they will go on with the Lord. Need guidance where to go in the future ... Michael.
03 HF 121 For Michele who has 3 children and cannot work. Mother is 75 years old and needs pray also. Muriel
03 HF 122 For wisdom in decision making. Richard
INTERNATIONAL
03 IN 107 Israel
PRAYER UPDATE FROM ISRAEL, SEPTEMBER 2003
1. A CALL TO AWAKEN: "YOM T'RUAH"--FEAST OF TRUMPETS (ROSH HA-SHANNA) SATURDAY.
Saturday is "the first day of the seventh month" on which Israel was commanded to have "a day of rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with [trumpet] blasts (Yom T'ruah means literally, "Day of Blowing"). Do no regular work, but present an offering made to the LORD by fire" (Leviticus 23:24-25). Little else is said concerning this day. Ten days later comes Yom Kippur--the holiest day of the Year. The blasts on the rams horn and/or silver trumpets awaken the people to the "Ten Days of Awe" separating the two, days in which religious Jews consider their sins and seek to enter into repentance. Following traditions presumably acquired during the captivity in Babyl on, the day came to be called "Rosh HaShana"--the Head of the Year. It is celebrated with gifts and sweets, and the number of the traditional Hebrew Year changes on this date. However, Biblically, the beginning of months for Israel remains in the spring, 14 days before Passover (Ex 12:2), and the inferences drawn from Yom T'ruah are to AWAKENING, PREPARATION, ALERTNESS AND A WATCHFUL SOBRIETY.
PLEASE PRAY:
*As Israel and Jews around the world enter into a season (From 27 Sept to 18 October-the end of Succot/Tabernacles) in which thousands will be gathered together in synagogues, that they be protected from the destroyer...from all who would take occasion during this time to seek their harm.
*That this would be a time of awakening in Israel--a time of revelation of the Truth regarding her Messiah. That as Israel is called to examine herself, she will realize that her works and traditions will not make her clean.
*That just as th e horn of the ram caught in the thicket bespoke the lamb which God would supply for the burnt offering (Gen 22:8), so the sound of the ram's horn will point Israel to the realization of Yom Kippur--the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.
*That Believers throughout the land will rouse themselves to listen and to hear what the Spirit is saying to the Congregations during this season--and that they will step forth in the power and timing of the Holy Spirit to loose God's will on earth as it is in Heaven.
*This is a day when in recent years, we have seen huge events, both in the physical and the spiritual put into motion. Pray that watchmen on the walls in Jerusalem--and those who stand with Israel throughout the world will exercise great discernment and wisdom in understanding what God is doing, and knowing how to communicate this clearly to the rest of the Body.
2. AWAKENING AMONG THE SABRA'S (AND SOLDIERS?) IN THE LAND.
We have a report from a respected pastor/evangelist in the Land that during the past 6 months, there has not been a week in which his congregation has not seen at least one Sabra (native-born Jewish Israeli) come to Messiah. This is an incredible leap...yet, we believe it to be a trickle from a dam which is soon to burst. We also received word this week of a young friend of ours who is in the Military--that in a conversation with his senior officer, he shared his faith in Yeshua (Jesus), and the officer, who is religious and wears a kippa, rather than upbraid him, told him he was going to get the whole company together, and wanted this lad to share what he'd just shared with him!
PLEASE PRAY:
*For these new sons and daughters of Jacob, born in the Land, who have found their Messiah and come into the Kingdom--that they be covered with Grace, and guarded by angels (Hebrews 1:14), and filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit. That praise and the Song of the Lord awaken and come forth out of their hearts.
* For grace, protection and wisdom and faithfulness on the part of those who will disciple them and lead them into maturity.
*That these new believers will mature quickly, and be filled with fire to go bring their brothers and sisters into the Truth.
*That the true faith of God the Father and of His Son Yeshua the Anointed One spread through the ranks of the Military. That more and more Israeli soldiers have their reproach rolled away, and be confronted with the Captain of the Armies of the LORD (Joshua 5:14). That God raise up His army in Israel, with officers and soldiers who will heed His counsels and strategies.
3. ANOTHER DAY OF DEATH--TWO WEEKS LATER.
The darkness within Israel seemed to deepen considerably during the past two weeks. Tuesday, Sept 9th, a Muslim bomber blew himself up at a bus stop outside the Tzrifin military bas e, killing eight young soldiers and wounding dozens. A few hours later another killer made his way down Jerusalem's Emek Rephaim to the popular "Hillel" coffee restaurant, lurched past the guards and ignited himself among the patrons. At least seven were killed and scores injured from the nails, ball-bearings and screws packed into the explosive device. Among the dead was the highly respected doctor David Appelbaum, an emergency trauma specialist just back from a series of lectures in the U.S. on handling patients of just such attacks. He was out enjoying some last fatherly moments with his daughter Nava who was to be married the following evening. She also was slain. At the funerals the following morning, a grief-racked 20-year old groom stepped forward to place his wedding ring on her wrapped body as it was being lowered into the ground.
In light of the events, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon cut short his historic visit to India. Upon his return, the Cabinet shocked the world by issuing the following statement, "Recent days' events have proven again that Yasser Arafat is a complete obstacle to any process of reconciliation between Israel and the Palestinians. Israel will act to remove this obstacle in the manner, at the time, and in the ways that will be decided on separately." The following Sunday Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made clear that although expulsion is one possibility, killing Arafat is another option under consideration--just as it is for all other terrorist leaders who have a hand in the dreadful massacres which have become almost commonplace during the past three years. As is to be expected, the threat of either of these options has been met with a chorus of disapproval from leaders all over the world, led, ironically by nations which would certainly go to the greatest lengths possible to do the same, even to the extent of going to war if two such a trocities happened on their soil. There have been two U.N. referendums since then sponsored by Muslim nations, and condemning Israel's threats. It is heartening that the U.S. vetoed these--saying they were lop-sided and didn't have in them enough clear condemnation of the atrocities, although it should be added, also voicing their own disapproval of Israel's decision.
The decision to get rid of Arafat may be the first indication that Prime Minister Sharon is changing his view and his strategy. In fact, the PM's close friend journalist Uri Dan returned from India to write in one newspaper that "Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has changed his mind about the establishment of a Palestinian state...the Palestinian leadership will not get to see a Palestinian state-at least not in this generation. The chance that they were given has expired."
And yet, for all this, things seem to be going along once again, at least on the surface, as "back to norm al"-- continued targeting of terrorist leaders, searchings in certain suspected hide-outs, but no full-fledged assault into Gaza to get at the root of the problem. For his part, Mr Arafat has surrounded himself with women and children as human shields, and seems to be enjoying his renewed popularity as an oppressed. Yesterday, his co-Oslo Peace Price recipient Mr Shimon Peres, an author of the 10-year-old dead "Oslo Agreement" celebrated his 80'th birthday in Tel Aviv with world figures in attendance.
Meanwhile, with the High Holy Days just around the corner (The Feast of Trumpets/Rosh HaShana is Saturday the 27th) and dozens of threats and alerts pouring in daily, Israel is on its highest state of alert in months. In the midst of this, we still see gleams of mercy-- at least six further suicide bombings have been averted in one weekend alone, and three fully-armed explosive belts were discovered in the outskirts of Jerusalem. We would close with a quotation from the 60th chapter of Isaiah--last week's haftarah portion: "Violence shall no longer be heard in your land (in Hebrew the word for "violence" is pronounced the same as the title of the terrorist organization "Hamas"), neither wasting nor destruction within your borders; but you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise."
PLEASE PRAY:
*For the loved ones of those slain....and for those who survived, maimed and torn in body, soul and spirit.
*That if when the cup of Mr Arafat's acts of wickedness against Israel is full, he would be removed in the manner of God's choosing. That Israel act only within her God's choosing and timing in this matter.
*That the blood of the slain in Israel, crying out to heaven would be heard and that God will come to our aid, save us, and lead us in a righteous way of life.
*For our Prime Minister--that he would come fully into the destiny God ordained for him,
--that God would anoint Him for the efficient leadership still left for him to fulfill --that his views for Israel's future would come into line with those of the Most High.
*That Israel would not put her faith in princes (or other world leaders or influence), but in the Lord her God.
*That God would bless those nations who stand with Israel during this time--Others standing against the U.N. resolutions included Micronesia and the Marshall Islands.
*That the Israeli public would not allow itself to be sucked back down into hopeless depression and pessimism, but would be stirred up to call out to her God to come to her aid. 03 IN 108
Please pray for us, we are faithful tithers and are trusting in God for His promised blessing, we are on the verge of losing our home and everything we own because of unforeseen circumstances, I ask that you pray for our freedom from this heavy burden of debt and that God will have mercy and not let us lose our home, that we may be able to meet our obligations and take care of our family -in Jesus- name, that we may be able to live an honorable life and that God be praised and lifted up by our deliverance!!!!
Thanks and God Bless you all-------------------Sarah & Lawrence Baradell
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