Greetings to you! My name is Daniel Rosenblit. In my younger days, before I died and was blessed by God with another chance to live again, I used to ridicule people who were zealous in religions that were foreign to my own (i.e., Jewish); and it's not like I was a religious person at that time either! In essence, I believed that nearly all religious people were weak-minded and that religion was their crutch. Yet, this was just a part of the great deception I was living under at the time!

But all that changed in 1978 when, after weeks of failing health, I died and was forced to face the music. While physically dead, I was shown true reality for the first time. It as a reality from God's perspective. During that reality, I was blessed with a priceless grace. I was tutored by God Himself and what He taught me was the "Spirit of the Law." As the Bible states, "The letter kills, but the spirit gives life!" I returned from bodily death and from my private tutoring session with God and was given a calling. My calling is this: Foremost, I am to practice the holy way taught by the Lord. Only as I was in the process of practicing this holy way, was I allowed by God to share what constitutes true religion to my neighbor! It is hypocrisy if one doesn't practice what they preach. Such hypocrisy is as a vile stench before our righteous Creator.

Today more than ever, Bible-believing Christians need to learn how to follow the "Spirit of the Law" rather than just being disciples of the "Letter of the Law" as most unknowingly are!

The Lord moved me to write about this experience and it is reprinted here by permission. My testimony is purposely peppered with Bible verses that support the authenticity of my experience with God. I will now prove that I am an eyewitness to the TRUTH in the same way that the original Apostles were.

Every portion of my death experience conforms faithfully with the teachings of Christ; although some of my interpretations of Christ teachings differ from that of mainstream Christendom. Most important is that my death experience proves the following:

(1)  Christendom has misinterpreted some important teachings of Christ.

(2)  Christendom has erroneous perceptions concerning the spiritual validity of other monotheistic faiths.

(3)  Christendom has neglected Christ's priceless spiritual emphasis of performing good works.

Bible verse: "He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant - not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life."

Without realizing it, the vast majority of Christians are disciples of the "Letter of the Law." Relatively few Christians even understand what it means to be followers of the "Spirit of the Law". During my Judgment Day Experience (JDE), the Lord taught me how it is more important to follow the "Spirit of the Law." For this reason, the wisdom found throughout my JDE testimony would be a great blessing to the entire Church if put into practice!

If a person could view the world from God's viewpoint (i.e., the big picture), the "mess" seen from our limited human perspective is really not a mess at all! It is perfection! Correct thinking coupled with correct action can radically change a person's destiny for the better! My JDE testimony shows how anyone can become more spiritual and less religious, thereby making their earthly life more rewarding and more blessed ... forever!

To fully comprehend what I was taught during my death experience, my testimony must be read in its entirety from beginning to end without skipping over any part of it. I have also added some wisdom to my testimony which I felt the Lord wanted me to add.

First of all, I know that it is the desire of the Almighty for me to share the details of my death experience with the world. I first learned about the popularity of books on the subject of near-death experiences in 1997 and I realized that I needed to write down my own testimony. Surely, no one's death experience could possibly be more enlightening than mine was! I can also still recall most the details - even after so many years!

Then I thought of an old friend who had edited and published a book. I hadn't seen or heard from him in over six years. Then, to my great surprise, he telephoned me the very next day! I took this as a sign from God that I should proceed with writing down my death experience.

The Almighty totally transformed my life through my death experience. He graciously revealed to me my sins; then He allowed me the space to repent. Then He graciously forgave me! He revealed to me the true purpose of life and how anyone can become successful in attaining heaven. It can even be attained prior to bodily death! The Almighty taught me many other wonderful things as well! As you read the testimony of my death experience, it can become your experience as well! Hopefully, the Divine Light that God shined on my life will also shine on yours as you read my testimony. I sincerely hope that my testimony of my death experience will be "a lamp unto your feet and a light unto your path."

In 1978, while in college, I had a death experience. It was not a near-death experience. It was a death experience. Fortunately, God gave me another chance to live my life properly ... in the spirit of love and truth ... in the light! At that time, I learned that human beings are not on Earth by accident or by chance. There is a higher, divine purpose for our lives which most people are completely unaware of. This is such a tragedy!

Reading the following personal information about my life before my death experience is very important in order to fully understand the spiritual ramifications of my death experience. So please do not skip over any part of my testimony.

The Beginning

I grew up in a Jewish home and my family observed the Jewish holidays. But we did this for tradition's sake rather than for the love of God. Through my innocent eyes, these religious practices were empty and lifeless. As a young child, my parents taught me that we were the "chosen people"; but through my objective eyes of innocence, I didn't see my father's actions as noble as a "chosen one" should. On the contrary, I observed how my father was preoccupied with chasing the "almighty" dollar which appeared grotesque to me - like a dog panting for table scraps. Through the innocent eyes of my childhood, it looked as though he was acting like an insane person! I was seeing sin for what it was and the contradiction bewildered me.

When I became old enough to attend Hebrew school, I was elated at first because I felt that I was going to learn about God. But to my dismay, I was only taught Jewish customs and the love for Jewish people. Because spirituality was neglected, the innocent spiritual nature of my childhood was not nurtured, so I became spiritually dead. Attending public school buried any remnant of my childhood innocence and spirituality.

Had I contracted some disease, my parents would have rushed me to the hospital; but my spiritual "disease" went totally untreated. It makes me wonder how many children "die" spiritually for the same reasons as I did.

While attending Synagogue, I observed that most of the people who regularly attended religious services were old men. I surmised that they were merely afraid of death. Their motivation for attending Synagogue was based on fear and self-interest. I also observed how the few, religiously observant young people were unpopular. They did not fit in anywhere else. None of the popular people went to Synagogue unless their parents forced them.

Although this was my experience as a Jewish youth, I am quite certain that this does not mirror the experience of all Jewish children in America. But I am also quite certain that it mirrors many of them.

After my spiritual nature died, I was not interested in God or concerned about spiritual matters at all. As I grew older, it appeared to me that religious people were weak and using religion as a crutch. I considered myself to be a strong, self-reliant person who did not need a crutch. Because of this, I felt very superior to them. So I grew into puberty as a purely carnal creature. I was focused only on pretty girls and squeezing all I can out of life.

I was also the type of person who was successful in everything they did. I was a good student and an excellent athlete in wrestling and football. Though I was physically short in stature (5' 6"), I won awards in wrestling and was an exceptional football running back. God blessed me as an excellent athlete and many of my classmates admired me for this reason. But because I was a godless person, I did not acknowledge God as the source for my skills. I was becoming puffed-up with pride.

Bible verse: The Lord said, "No man shall rob My glory."

I considered my friends and I to be the "upper crust" of society. I looked down with contempt on people who were physically weak, ugly or fat. A few of my classmates would regularly make jokes directed at the mentally retarded and physically handicapped or make racist jokes directed against blacks or Puerto Ricans. Please  note that I grew up in an all-white school. I never laughed to their faces, but I would laugh at them behind their backs as everyone did. However, I did once belittle a black kid in my Boy Scout troop. At that time, I believed that there were only a few winners in life and that most people were losers. I considered myself to be among the few winners. Sadly, this path of the "big ego" is a road which many worldly and successful people travel. It is also one of the main roads to hell.

However, not everything in life went my way. My football coach was known for favoring certain players and rarely would he play an underclassmen in a varsity game. He would frequently say, "The cream will rise to the top." So I figured that I would just bite the bullet until I became a senior. Then I would get my chance at glory!

The summer preceding my senior year, I worked out intensely all summer long. By the start of the season, I was confident that I would break many records. I was quite elated, but it didn't last for long. A few days before our first game, I was sidelined for the entire season because of an injury. It was a freak accident and, ironically, it was the wimpiest guy on the team who felled me! While returning a punt in practice, he tackled me by one of my ankles which tore my ligaments. That day, my season was over and I was on crutches. My shot at glory ended abruptly! I was furious! I angrily shook my fist toward the heavens and exclaimed, "Why me? It's not fair!"

At the age of sixteen, I started having health problems, but I didn't focus much on them until I was twenty. It was then that I sought the help of doctors, but they could find anything wrong. After having a brief "pity party," I made up my mind that I would one day cure myself. I was so confident that I just took charge of the situation myself. I tried herbal remedies, undergoing self-hypnosis, eating only health food, and even fasting. After a few years, I actually became grateful for my health problems! Despite the initial anguish, I actually became a happier and more balanced person. I became happier because my health problems forced me to look within myself instead of spending all my spare time chasing after carnal desires as I had been doing.

In college, I majored in pre-vet, but I couldn't make the high grades required to get into veterinarian school. In those days, it was harder to get into veterinarian school than it was to get into medical school. Because I lost my career goal, I lost all academic motivation.

I learned early upon entering college that this so-called higher education (i.e., bettering yourself) was a big sham. Higher education, for the most part, actually meant "higher pleasure-cation". It was an opportunity for most of us to let  loose and party. For the first time in our lives, we were free from our parent's protective umbrella. I hung out with my new friends, smoked a lot of pot, and drank a lot of beer.

On campus, there were Christians whom everyone called "soul-talkers". They were disciples of Christ and they would diligently witness about Jesus and try to get people to attend their Bible meetings. Although I mocked them as other people in my dorm did, I was uncomfortable in their presence because I sensed that they had an inner strength which I did not have. Nevertheless, my friends and I would make fun of them behind their backs while we were drunk or stoned. Within my immature group, we dehumanized and laughed at them by jokingly referring to them as "brainwashed fanatics". One time, I even went to one of their Bible meetings just to argue with them! I still recall the frustrated look on their faces at my insane arguments!

On another occasion during college, I observed a lone Hare Krishna devotee with a shaved head who would chant and dance in ecstasy in front of the campus library. Most of the students, including myself, would scorn or mock him and then quickly scurry away! I figured that this guy had to be the most "flipped out" person I had ever seen! I was genuinely scared to get too close to him because I feared that if I did, I too would lose my mind and shave my head as he did!

I sat in judgment of many others and judged many things that I did not understand. For example, I viewed people who lived and worked in communes as being "suckers" because they did so without pay. Religion was for the weak. Strong people like myself were self-reliant and we didn't need such things! Instead, I chased after women!

At that time, the ancient healing art of acupuncture was becoming popular in America, but many people ridiculed it as being "quack" medicine and a myth. This was how the American Medical Association initially portrayed  acupuncture. I believed that acupuncturists had to be quacks because they claimed they could heal people by sticking them with needles! Only weak-minded people would go to them!

Like some great lord sitting on a throne, I thought I could judge wisely concerning how other people should live their lives. As for myself, I did absolutely nothing for anyone else. I served only myself and I was such a hypocrite! What's more, I could not see my own hypocrisy! Indeed, I was so thoroughly selfish that whenever I attended Synagogue on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, I never knew what to atone for. This demonstrates how jaded I was in those days! I had not yet learned how all forms of selfishness plays such a big factor in the sin equation. I now know that every thought, word, or deed that is contrary to love, plays a big factor in the sin equation!

By the time I dropped out of pre-vet school in 1978, all distractions were gone from my mind as my primary focus and goal in life was to solve my health problems. I read a book entitled "Survival into the 21st Century" by Viktoras Kulvinskas. This book covers many subjects, but what really caught my attention was the information on how important it is to go on a "raw-food" diet in order to detoxify the body. The author of this book touts this purification diet of raw food as being the "fountain of youth." After reading the book, I wholeheartedly believed it. It gave me the answers I was searching for to solve my health problems. I became so excited about this purification diet that I became a convert from eating a typical American diet to eating a raw food diet virtually overnight! But months later, I discovered the hard way how radically changing your diet - even for the better - can be very dangerous to your health. This is especially true for people like myself who don't fully know what they are doing! For me, the old adage that "a little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing" was certainly true. Nevertheless, a diet of raw food diet can work wonders if implemented properly!

Over a period of six months, I dropped from a muscular 145 pounds to an emaciated 105 pounds. My college buddies were constantly telling me how irritable and emaciated I was; but I dismissed their comments because I hadn't noticed any changes at all in my appearance or mood. At the time, I was not the introspective person I am today. Spiritual people, in general, are able to look objectively within themselves; but at the time, I was not a spiritual person.

As my health gradually deteriorated, I read another book entitled, "Be Your Own Doctor" by Anne Wigmore. Her book emphasizes that the crucial part of a detoxification diet is to drink wheat-grass juice. But I failed to incorporate this into my regimen which was a major blunder. So I began to follow the book's advice to grow the wheat grass myself. Because I couldn't extract the chlorophyll-rich juice without a special juicer, I had to order one by mail because they could not be purchased locally at that time. I intuitively knew that I was in dire need of wheat-grass juice and that it could rescue me from failing health. As I waited for my juicer to arrive, I became progressively weaker. As my date with death approached, I felt my vitality rapidly leaving me. It was as though my life force became like dry grass in a field that suddenly caught fire and burned up! I refused to see a doctor for several reasons. First of all, I had absolutely no faith in doctors. Secondly, I didn't realize how dangerously ill I was rapidly becoming.

This downward spiral of my health couldn't occur at the worst time. It was during finals week of my senior year! I clearly remember how I would return from classes feeling exceptionally fatigued. One day, I looked in the mirror and was suddenly hit with the reality that I was emaciated. My skin and eyes were yellowish in color. I looked at my hands and was shocked to find my fingernails were purple in color. I was not able to urinate and my abdomen was so full of liquid that I could barely breathe. Common sense told me that my kidneys were backed up. I was now drowning in my own toxins! I became overcome with fear. I realized that I was dying!

At the time of my death experience, I was a typical narcissistic college student who was selfishly seeking only personal pleasure. Like most middle class college students in America, I was responsible to no one but myself. Spiritual matters meant nothing to me.

My Death Experience

"Those with ears, let them hear!"

I was dying and I was too young to die! I realized that the catastrophes that happened only to other people was now happening to me! What happened next will not make sense to the rational mind because all the revelations I received occurred all at once, so please bear with me. I will do my best to describe my death experience for you in as close to chronological order as I can.

If I had been raised a Christian the Lord would have most probably dealt with me through the personage of Jesus. But since I was raised a Jew, who had a heavily conditioned anti-Jesus upbringing, God the Father, Himself, dealt with me.  He taught me pure truth, without religion! How merciful He was to this sinner!

I looked up and saw God. Even though I was not a spiritual person, something inside of me instantly recognized Him. At that very moment, I knew beyond any shadow of a doubt that even an avowed atheist would instantly recognize Him! The reason being is that we all came from Him.

I looked up and saw what looked like a ball of fire in the clouds.

The Bible teaches the following:

(1)  Jesus will return with the clouds of heaven. (Matt. 26:63-65)

(2)  God is a consuming fire. (Deut. 4:23-25)

(3)  The Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles during Pentecost in the form of fire. (Acts 2:1-4)

Immediately, I placed my hands over my eyes and wept. Instantly, I knew that all the spiritual people my friends and I used to mock were 100% right, and we had been 100% wrong!

DEDICATING YOURSELF TO BE FAITHFUL TO GOD IN ALL THINGS IS THE ONLY PURPOSE OF LIFE!

Bible verse: Jesus said, "Those who save their live will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will preserve it."

Sadly, I had lived my entire life in disregard of God and His ways. Now I was more than painfully aware of this fact. It was like this scenario: Imagine working hard all your life, then making a gamble by selling everything you own to place one huge bet, and betting on a losing team - and then instantly losing everything!

But this was far, far worse because this was not my possessions that I was losing, but losing my very own soul!

The emotional pain and anguish I was experiencing was so awful it was beyond human comprehension!

Bible verse: When Jesus describes the emotional state of unfaithful souls on their Judgment day when they are shut out of heaven, He proclaims, "There will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth."

Also, I instantly understood that if I had built my life around God and the things of God (i.e., living a life of goodness), I would have been overjoyed at this awesome sight. It would have been far better than winning the Powerball Lottery! Sadly, since I had lived such a totally self-serving and sinful existence, I had no part of living in that indescribable glory that I was shown. Instead, I was now paying for my sinful life by experiencing a hellish state of indescribable agony and sorrow.

Next this great ball of fire descended upon me. This light was so brilliant, that it totally blinded me. I attempted to dim it by putting my hands over my eyes, but this brilliant, blinding light could not be dimmed! It was like a fire that totally consumed me, and it was more brilliant than any earthy light!

Bible verse: Saul encountered this same light during his conversion on the road to Damascus. He stated later that, "This light was brighter than the sun." Additionally, Eastern Mysticism describes the light of God as being brighter than the sun.

Again, I repeat, that throughout this experience, I was in sheer agony on account of the selfish (i.e., sinful) life that I had lived. I still remember being on my knees while this brilliant, blinding light broke and crushed my hard-heartedness; the prideful nature that predominated in me, and through sinful living had actually made a home in me. This crushing process was extremely painful! But it was God's mercy!

Also, I was shown that the spiritual landscape has drastically changed since the days of the ancient Hebrews. Those believers were surrounded by pagan nations. All those pagan religions that existed in their day became extinct, long ago. All monotheistic religions that practice sacrificial love are sacred. All these monotheistic religions that we have with us today have been around from several hundred to thousands of years. The reason that they have endured so long is because people are receiving Divine help through following their teachings. Why is this? Because our merciful God has His hand in them all! Though, within these paths often truths and falsehoods are mixed together.

Some religions contain more light in them than others. True Christianity is the highest form of religion on the planet; but very few souls follow it, or even know what true Christianity entails! The holiest portions of our faith involve overcoming thyself, and being partakers in the sufferings of Christ, persecution, and martyrdom! Take out these painful parts and the religions loses much of its glory! Its just like the example of an iceberg. The tip of the iceberg is only a small portion of the iceberg. The largest portion is invisible. The largest portion is purposely hidden by God from the lightweights. God only reveals the most sacred portions to those who suffer for the faith.

Wherever the Lord is involved, know that mercy and healing are there! Therefore, practices which are foreign to us, or ancient wisdom should not be routinely discounted. Know that the merciful Lord has His invisible merciful fingers in so many things in this world; anywhere people are being restored is a sign that He is there! Know, there are many things of God outside of the fundamentalist Christian experience.

Next, I saw myself as though I had been living behind a curtain my entire life; that all my thoughts, words, and deeds that I had previously assumed had been performed in secret was actually noted by God and all the Heavenly hosts. Also, I had believed that I was only this physical body, and that this world is only physical, devoid of Spirit - God.

Then all of a sudden, the curtain of illusion was lifted and the floodlights shone on me. For the first time I saw Reality. Reality is that everything that appears to be physical - devoid of spirit - is God's energy. Also, I saw that I had been on display my entire life. Every thought, word, and deed of mine that I had assumed was performed in secret, had been recorded since my birth and were now being fully exposed in the light of day. Everything that I ever did in secret was now brought out into the light for full review in front of God and all the Heavenly Hosts! Now, my entire life was being laid out bare before them. I knew they were all there. The awareness of their presence was clearly felt by me. I believe that these are the same Beings whom God is speaking to in the Bible when He says, "Let us create man in Our image."

Shakespeare describes it best when he declares: "We are all actors on a stage." He knew!

The truth that I experienced is that the finality of death is clearly false. When "I died," I merely dropped my physical body. My consciousness never died, but instead crossed-over into another dimension. Though, since I had lived  a totally narcissistic, sinful life, this transition was extremely, extremely, extremely painful!

Bible verse: For those who sinned out of ignorance - people such as myself - that they will receive fewer lashes as compared to those who sin and knew better.

I can't imagine how painful it will be on Judgment Day for those who, unlike myself, knew righteousness and still lived a sinful life! I use so many exclamation points here to give you an idea of how painful Judgment Day will be for those people!

Later in life the Lord taught me this: The spreading of the gospels was called the Great Commission because the knowledge of holy gospels was brand new to the world, and thus had to be spread throughout. Since that has already been successfully done throughout the western countries - now the Great Commission in these countries has been upgraded. The modern day Great Commission in these countries is to motivate all these believers to become disciples. For them to strive to live lives fully consecrated to God, and doing good!

It seemed that all the cumulative actions of my entire life happened all at the same time. Strangely enough, though, my brain had no difficulty dealing with this explosion of experiences.

Yes, this was my JUDGMENT DAY! Sadly, it was something that I had never given any forethought to.

In this new Divine light, I saw more Reality. This Reality was that:

MY ENTIRE LIFE HAD BEEN ONE HUGE TEST, AND I WAS NOW BEING GRADED ON LITERALLY EVERYTHING - EVERY WORD, DEED, AND EVEN EVERY THOUGHT!

Interestingly enough, my judge was not some immense being on a great white throne. Something had emerged from within myself - which I believe was my soul - and it rose above my body and sat in judgment of me. I had never recalled ever being in touch with this part of myself before. My soul showed absolutely no partiality towards me, even though "it" had resided within me my entire life. My own soul sat in judgment of my entire life. It assumed a totally objective and impartial role.

At this time I was fully aware that this soul of mine would just as soon caste me into hell rather than offend God. "It" knew God's standard which was perfection, and all of my actions were compared to this standard. By "perfection," I mean pure, untainted Love.

Since I had lived a life contrary to God's ways, I experienced that the entire creation considered me their enemy and was poised to persecute me! I experienced that the entire creation serves God, the only ones that do not do so is man! And I assume the devils also, but I did not see any of those critters during this experience. This is the case because we are the only creature with free will, and sadly most of us choose to not fulfill the purpose for which we were all created - to serve God!

I was shown that pure love was serving God and thy neighbor without any self-centered motives. Even if one was motivated to perform a good deed in order to feel good about one's own self, or to attain future treasures in heaven, this would be considered to be a tainted act. All tainted acts are totally unacceptable to God. I was shown that God only accepts purely selfless acts of love.

Now this does not mean that if someone rewards you, that you are not to accept it. It means that your actions are not motivated by desires of any personal reward or gain.

I saw that pure love is the Almighty's divine measuring stick, and that all of my actions were compared to this divine barometer.

Pleasing God and doing what is right in His eyes must be one's sole motive!

Also, the Lord revealed to me that pure acts done for love of Him gradually purify the heart; thereby eventually leading the one who learns to live right (i.e., living selflessly) back home ... back to God! To become pure within is the way back to God. The spiritual way is to dovetail all thoughts, words, and deeds into His service. If the deed or conversation is something God wouldn't accept, don't partake in it! That way, we always remain close to God and it's the way to lose your life for His sake.

Bible verse: Jesus stated, "Those who save their life will lose it, but those who lose their life for My sake will preserve it."

If you truly lose your life for His sake, the selfish sin nature will also eventually die. It dies cause you stop feeding it. The goodness within will grow as you feed it with selfless deeds, and the darkness within will die as you starve it. That is the path to glory!

Later in life, I learned the great importance of moderating your partaking in sense enjoyment of tasty food, tasty drinking, and sexual activity. For example, many spiritual people become worse by attempting to completely stop the sex thing. For most folks, moderation is the recommended path to follow for the best long term results in the quest to overcome the flesh. That is also what the Buddha taught

If you can't do something in moderation it means that you have a problem with it, and this problem is slowing down your spiritual evolution.

Until this point in my life, I had thought of myself as being basically a good person; though being a good person was never the motivating force in my life. After all, I used to reflect that I had never robbed, raped, nor killed anyone. I certainly was not a criminal. Merely because I had never done anything horrible, I assumed that I was a good person! What a stupid man I was! When I compared myself to others around me, I seemed all right. When I used to go to the synagogue on Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of Atonement, I never knew what I had done wrong to atone for. I honestly felt that I had never sinned! This is how jaded my consciousness had been prior to this spiritual awakening!

Since then, I've learned that to become a good person, you've got to first make becoming a good person the greatest desire in your life - not the second greatest desire in your life - the first greatest desire! This is because a person must become very humble, totally unselfish, and self-sacrificial. This is the only way to see and meet the needs of those around you. The Lord showed me that the goal of the spiritual path is to transform you into an ideal human being. Later on in life, I learned that this is what it means to become a Christian.

Now, for the first time, I saw everything from a totally different perspective ... from God's perspective. For me this was a most shocking and extremely painful experience.

God showed me that it is a grave mistake to judge our own level of goodness by comparing ourselves to the righteousness of our neighbors. Since most of our neighbors live their lives in darkness, they are headed for exceedingly great sorrow at the time of death. The reason is due to the fact that most members of the human race refuse to extend their love for themselves and their immediate families to the outside world! So it is foolish to compare our righteousness to that of depraved humanity! But, the Lord showed me a wise alternative. We must compare ourselves to the holy people from history - saintly people such as Mother Teresa, the holy people in the Bible, the mystics from the East, and saintly people you know. Truly, God expects us all to become like these holy ones! I'm not kidding! God's expects our righteousness to be far, far greater than most realize or want to believe! It is as Jesus said, "Be perfect as your Father is in Heaven." My friends, this is not a option. It is a commandment! The Almighty fully expects us to sincerely strive for perfection!

Concerning these highly exalted expectations of God, please don't despair. If a person perseveres on the spiritual path with the dedication of a soldier, God's grace will eventually bring that person to sainthood. This means you and I. As Jesus taught, humanly speaking, it not possible to become perfect, but with God s grace all things are possible! I saw the truth of this statement with my own eyes!

I was shown that if we "fight the good fight," our holy efforts attract God's grace like a magnet. So, if you desire to reap grace, then you must sow holy effort!

Even if you don't attain "God consciousness" in this life, the Lord is extremely merciful to all those who sow sincere effort - those who try hard!

Catholicism teachings that the only way to go straight to heaven and skip purgatory, is to die a martyr or become a living martyr. A living martyr is a truly crucified man - a totally selfless person - a living saint / apostle who no longer serve their lower nature and becomes all good as Jesus and His Father are.

The Eternal One showed me that, throughout my entire life, my ego had occupied the center-stage of my life. I had lived solely for gratifying myself. I was motivated by varying degrees of self-interest in everything I did; although I had never consciously thought about this before. The whole world revolved around me. All of my actions were based upon some type of reward for myself - either tangible or intangible. I was motivated only by my desire for money, sex, a pat on the back, a wink, a smile, someone to think well of me, etc. So all of my actions were polluted by varying degrees of selfishness. Either it was like a rope, a string, or a thread. It was all dirty rags!

So at this point in my life, all of my actions were totally unacceptable to God!

In fact, I was shown that I had not even performed one deed in my life that was acceptable to God! Not even one! This left me shattered, speechless, and panic stricken all at once! I cried, "I cannot believe it! I have wasted my entire life!" I had absolutely nothing to show for my entire time spent on Earth! I was devastated!

Bible verse: Our deeds and self-righteous acts are described as being like "dirty rags" before God.

My selfish desire for fun and pleasure, which meant everything to me, was no longer on my mind. At this point, all that mattered was to find pure acts of love to offer up to God so that He would accept them. I feverishly searched; but to my dismay I could not find any! The supreme importance of performing holy deeds became crystal clear to me.

The Lord taught me about the great importance of offering up our acts of devotion to God. If we don't offer them up to God, we won't receive full credit. This wisdom fully agrees with Catholic teachings.

I was shown by the Almighty that if I had only allowed Him to sit on the throne of my life by living to please Him, that this would have been the single most important decision I could have made in my life! I would have certainly produced actions that were acceptable to Him!

The big reason why groups like Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous are successful is because seeking the "Higher Power" is precisely what they teach. These groups do not limit God by putting Him in a box as most Christians sadly tend to do. God's mercy is so great, it cannot be contained in a single book!

By totally submitting your life to God and striving to live God's precepts, you set the foundation for a prosperous, successful, and holy life. Prior to my Judgment Day Experience, I believed that the only people who lived like this were religious fanatics. But now I know that this is what the Eternal One expects from us all. It is not fanaticism; but it is the minimum requirement to attain salvation!

Bible verse: Paul taught people to "make your body a living sacrifice for that is your reasonable service." Reasonable service means minimum requirement.

Once I allowed God to sit on the throne of my life and my actions became motivated solely by a desire to please Him, my actions would be considered acts of pure love. These acts of pure love are not "dirty rags" as my previous actions had been. God will accept even these selfless acts as holy deeds! I cannot express this point enough. This revelation was the most important event of my Judgment Day Experience. Actions motivated solely out of love for God and doing what is right are holy deeds and not "dirty rags". Such holy deeds have the power of "spiritual dynamite" which can be felt in heaven! I clearly saw this with my own eyes!

One doesn't have to be in the ministry or working for a charity to please God - the Lord accepts any honest work as a love offering! The Lord knows we need money to survive. When you labor do it as unto God, without thinking of your paycheck. That is how to make your work holy!

In a documentary video on Mother Teresa she made the statement, "I have to be holy at what I do, and you have to be holy at what you do." Perform all your labor as a selfless devotion to God, that is how to make your work holy!

As long as we guard our lives from sin, God always remembers our pure deeds ... forever!

Many people desire to leave their mark on the world when they die. They desire to be remembered favorably. Many desire fame. God showed me that if I would have dedicated my life to Him it would bring Him great pleasure, and He would favorably remember me ... forever! This is miles better than earthly fame! How incredible! I anguished, "If I only had had this wisdom!"

BUT THANK GOD, NOW WE ALL HAVE IT!

The Eternal One showed me how easy it would have been to attain the kingdom of God. He gave me a bird's eye view of my past, and I saw all the effort I had exerted in my life toward the attainment of worldly pursuits such as money, glory, sex, and other pleasures. I was shown that this whole creation was like a rigged roulette wheel in a gambling casino. As much as one tries, one can never be able to fully satisfy one's selfish desires. It is virtually impossible, because this whole world is rigged against you!