Secrets from Beyond The Grave

in his twenties. His stooped shoulders went straight, and suddenly the most beautiful black suit was covering his entire frame. I never saw his face, but he looked the way he did in his late twenties and early thirties! Then another exciting thing occurred. The hall led into a large room that suddenly became white, like white marble. The scales disappeared back into the floor. Dad had been "weighed" for his life's work and ministry and was found worthy to enter this heavenly paradise. I suddenly observed a room off to the right side in front of Dad. At that moment my beloved grandfather John Bava peeped around the corner to see where Dad was! I then realized there was a waiting room full of people whom Dad had personally known throughout his life and had already passed on who were awaiting his arrival. I immediately thought of how Granddad had seen a gathering of men in heaven right after Bill Fishel passed away. Dad entered the room, never looking back. The dream, however, did not end. At that moment, everything in front of me turned a pearly white. The floors, walls, and ceilings were all covered in the most radiant white color. As I was admiring the beauty that was before me, a lovely black woman approached me and asked, "Will you please come with me?" She too was dressed in a remarkably lovely dress that was full of the brightest matching combination of colors. She then said to me, "I was killed on 9-11, the day the planes flew into the World Trade Center." I was amazed to hear this. She said, "My job was dealing with insurance." She then said this: "You cannot imagine how many people arrived here that day [speaking of heaven]. People were praying and repenting, and many, many souls arrived here that day!" She escorted me to a door, and I awoke. I have often wondered why the Lord gave me this dream in the form I saw it. I did not see people in white robes, and the rooms with the workers were beautiful, yet quite normal looking. I do believe the black woman speaking to me gave me that word to comfort someone who lost a loved one on 9-11. The idea of a waiting room where your arrival has been announced should not come as a surprise. When the patriarchs died, they gave up the ghost and were "gathered to [their] people" (Gen. 25:8; 35:29). These were individuals the departed knew while living on Earth who had died prior to the departed and were awaiting him or her beyond the grave. For the believer, death is not the end but only the beginning. When our earthly journey ends, our eternal journey is only beginning. Christ made this all possible through His death and resurrection. Because He lives, we can live also. Because He transferred the righteous out of Abraham's bosom to the third heaven, we will never have to spend eternity near the edge of hell.