{"id":995,"date":"2020-09-08T19:55:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T18:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thechristian.ng\/?p=995"},"modified":"2020-09-08T19:55:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T18:55:38","slug":"25-year-old-american-recounts-experiences-in-heaven-and-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thechristian.ng\/?p=995","title":{"rendered":"25-year-old American recounts experiences in Heaven and Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For Josh Miles coming down with the flu turned into a life-changing experience. He was sick with a 106-degree fever. His dad was so concerned with his declining health that he took him to the local ER, but on the way there his soul left his body and he told CBN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www1.cbn.com\/cbnnews\/prayer-link\">Prayer Link<\/a>\u00a0that he \u201cwent straight to hell\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe torture is at a level you cannot comprehend,\u201d Josh described. \u201cIt\u2019s a hard thing for sure, especially if you are going to be there for eternity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a Q &amp; A session at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fahow.org\/\">Fresh Anointing House of Worship<\/a>\u00a0in Montgomery, AL, the 25-year-old, said his soul left his body and immediately plunged into hell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou feel so much heat and so much torment,\u201d he told the Prayer Link. \u201cYou\u2019re feeling so much pain and regret and paranoia. I tell people imagine your worst day you can ever have and its multiplied tenfold, even a 1000-fold when you\u2019re in hell. You should be scared of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Josh said it was extremely hard to breathe and he knew that he was with millions of people along with demons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople think that God sends people to hell,\u201d he shared. \u201cWe choose our road. God gave us a will for a reason, to choose our own path of life. And if you choose Him that\u2019s where you [won\u2019t]\u00a0end up, if you choose any other way, then hell is where you end up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wants us to go to heaven. He wants us to live with Him. He wants us to be His Bride, but we have to choose Him,\u201d Josh added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s millions of people in Hell,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s millions upon millions and everybody is standing on these shelves of rock. Everybody is screaming out and in turmoil and it\u2019s crazy because you are in pain and turmoil yourself but to see other people go through that kind of turmoil hurts even more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Josh said he remembered everything he did on earth, even the secrets he kept.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you actually have a hunger and a thirst for God, Himself, because you know you didn\u2019t make it,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019re just begging Him to come get you out but you already know it\u2019s too late and that makes it even more painful\u2026but you don\u2019t have a choice anymore because you are there.<\/p>\n<p>But the young man\u2019s story does not end there.<\/p>\n<p>His father, Willie Miles, who was driving him to the hospital during this encounter, said God instructed him to pray in tongues and to rebuke the enemy.<\/p>\n<p>The elder Miles believes that was part of the reason things began to turn around for his son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou see, Josh was only in hell for a few minutes. During his encounter, he was suddenly transported to heaven, where he stood before God\u2019s throne,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the most blissful thing you can honestly ever think of,\u201d Josh noted. \u201cEverything that positive on this earth put it all in one day and yet it does not compare to heaven. It is a blissful state. It feels amazing\u2026everything in you is satisfied.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Josh said the presence of God was more powerful than you can imagine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis presence is strong here because we pray, we lay hands upon people, but to be around the source of that, to be that close to proximity is a feeling that is so hard to put into words,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>When asked why he was able to have this experience Josh said because God wants to send a powerful message to people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is to give people perspective. I\u2019m 25-years-old. I\u2019m a normal guy,\u201d he said. \u201cI think [God]\u00a0wants to give people perspective. Yes, Heaven is a wonderful thing, but Hell is also something to take serious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can go to church every day and still go to Hell. People have to understand that you really have to walk this life out,\u201d Josh continued. \u201cI think the Heaven and Hell perspective is to give people the full spectrum of how important it is to really walk with God because I don\u2019t think people quite understand that if you don\u2019t choose God, Hell is a place where you really don\u2019t want to end up.<\/p>\n<p>He said that although he experienced heaven last, it was still an honor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was like God was saying \u2018I am going to give you a glimpse of me. The most potent and purest form of me that I can before you go back\u2019,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am more than honored that I was able to go through that and give people the perspective of both ends of where you can end up to live with him and if you don\u2019t choose him, where you can also end up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This story was culled from Faithwire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; For Josh Miles coming down with the flu turned into a life-changing experience. He was sick with a 106-degree fever. 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