Meeting God Face to Face
Diver Returns from Clinical Death with Survival Evidence
Many people deny that there is life after death. However the testimony of Ian McCormack suggests that the human spirit survives and that our beliefs and actions during life are important.
In 1980 New Zealander Ian McCormack had just finished his university ducation, but decided to enjoy life before settling down to work in his chosen profession. After two years of travel he eventually ended up on Mauritius living as a ‘beach bum’. During this period he thought of himself as a ‘free thinking’ atheist, enjoying a life of drink, drugs and sex.
Stung by Lethal Box Jellyfish
He tells the story how, during a night dive, he was stung several times by the lethal box jellyfish. He is helped out of the sea and then has to beg someone to call him an ambulance as the poisons are slowly paralysing him.
In the ambulance, fearful of death, he hears a supernatural voice telling him that he will die unless he prays for help. His life passes before his eyes and he realises that time is running out. He sees an image of his mother who is on her knees praying for him.
The words of the Lord’s Prayer appear as if projected in front of him and, as he wrestles with his conscience, he is guided to ask for forgiveness for his dissolute life and to forgive his enemies. He arrives at the hospital, but his heart succumbs to the toxins and he gives up the struggle for life.
Ian finds himself in Hades
He ‘wakes up’ in a dark and eerie place, sensing malevolent presences all around him. He says:
"I felt invisible eyes as if cold and encroaching evil pervaded the atmosphere". Hateful voices begin taunting and abusing him and, he realises that he is in big trouble.
'The darkness had an evil presence. A chilling voice from the darkness said "Shut up. You deserve to be here." I asked "Deserve to be where?". The voice replied "Hell, now shut up."
Ian is Drawn up into Heaven
Miraculously, Ian is drawn upwards in a ray of light and finds himself in a place that is filled with brilliant light. Advancing towards a brilliant white figure that radiates light and pure Love, he realises that he is in the presence of God and feels unworthy to be in such a place because of the dissolute life he has led. However he feels transformed by the power of pure Love and Peace.
The same voice that spoke to him in the ambulance asks him if he wants to go to paradise and an opening into a perfect world appears behind the figure. At first he wants to go to that place, since the world he has just left has proved hateful. However he remembers his mother and feels guilty to leave her ignorant of the fact that he has made his peace with God.
Ian decides to return
He asks to return and God tells him that henceforth he has to live differently and see things ‘in a new light’. God explains to Ian that had he not said the Lord’s prayer in the ambulance, and forgiven his enemies, he would have been left in that dark place, to suffer his fate. He tells Ian that he loves all of his people and he needs Ian to go back and give his testimony so that more people will be saved from that fate.
The Corpse Comes Back to Life
Suddenly back in his painful body, the hospital staff are astounded to see him open his eyes. That night he receives supernatural healing from God and the next day he walks out of the hospital completely healed.
Since then Ian McCormack has been utterly changed and is now an ordained Minister. He tours the world giving his testimony. His powerful testimony can be viewed on www.aglimpseofeternity.org where there are also downloadable books, resources and a calendar of speaking venues.
References:
Ian McCormack's Video Testimony
'The Final Frontier', Dr. Richard Kent & Val Fotherby, Marshall Pickering of Harper Collins Religious publishers, 77-85 Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8JB, UK.
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