tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327598978675535878.post5847764768780660485..comments2023-03-23T03:08:24.690-07:00Comments on Theology and Counseling: Heaven is not for RealDr. Corsinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11401103560367914853noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327598978675535878.post-71376831252215373332012-10-22T10:02:49.324-07:002012-10-22T10:02:49.324-07:00Zach,
I too believe you had some rather well arti...Zach,<br /><br />I too believe you had some rather well articulated Biblical support for your analysis. Before I go any further I want to express my own skepticism over this young man's account of heaven and all that he witnessed there. It is a bit of an eyebrow raiser when everything he describes sounds like what is commonly taught in Sunday School or that every image he paints seems to bare a striking likeness to most modern depictions of Christ and heaven. But, I feel the need to interject an idea for scripture that has not been mentioned yet, and that is the picture painted for us at the beginning of the fourth chapter of Revelation when John is caught up to heaven to bare witness of things to come. The passage reads, " “After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up <br />here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.”2 Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. 3 And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald." The descriptions go on and on concerning what John viewed in heaven but the larger point is that he was there and he gives us vivid descriptions of what he witnessed. It does seem possible for people to go to heaven and return (John's language reverts from topics of heaven to the churches again later on). What do we make of this? Again, I am not saying I believe in this young boy's account of heaven but I cannot fully discredit it either. What are your thoughts?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17666988455919835570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327598978675535878.post-11693527531909874632012-10-15T11:31:21.685-07:002012-10-15T11:31:21.685-07:00I do not think Colton's experience was "r...I do not think Colton's experience was "real" (I use real synonymous with true here. I think he thinks he went to heaven, but I do not think his experience of heaven was real. His thinking of his experience to be heaven might be real, but not the actual experience of being in heaven.). That was the point of the blog. He may have had an NDE where he had an out of body experience, but I am convinced he did not go to heaven. To answer why did God allow him/give him these visions of what he thought to be heaven would go beyond my knowledge of God's wisdom. I know it was to bring him glory and for the joy of all the saints, but what that practically looks like now I do not know. It could be possible that it was some sort of demonic vision. I am not sure, but what Scripture is clear on though (thus I know for sure), is no one goes to heaven and comes back to tell about it.Zach Melderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06862867714128363480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327598978675535878.post-64669698249394884592012-10-15T11:30:45.356-07:002012-10-15T11:30:45.356-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Zach Melderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06862867714128363480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327598978675535878.post-85128810698314057372012-10-09T11:05:16.977-07:002012-10-09T11:05:16.977-07:00Zach
You make some very valid points and more impo...Zach<br />You make some very valid points and more importantly, some very Biblical points. I was wondering how you view Colton’s experience. It obviously was real, because of the empirical evidence to suggest so. After reading your blog, I could not help but think of 2nd Corinthians 11: 14-15, “And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness” (NIV). Do you think Colton’s experience, while real, was meant to lead others astray? Similar to the thought that while it might be real, that does not make it true. If I am understanding your blog, what Colton experienced might be similar to a psychic who produces loved ones and can give information about the person and other events because of a demonic influence. I would welcome your further thoughts on the matter. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675857748978240862noreply@blogger.com