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1. About Daniel Rosenblit
Daniel Rosenblit was not beneath ridiculing people who practiced religion or believed in God. He believed that religious people were weak-minded and that religion was their crutch. But all that changed in 1978 when, after weeks of failing health, he died and was forced to “face the music.” While dead, he says he was shown true reality for the first time – from God’s perspective. While dead in body, he says he “was tutored by God Himself.” Daniel was taught the spirit of the law and how the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. Daniel returned from death, and his private tutoring session with God, and was given his divine mission. His mission, most importantly, is to first practice the holy way he was taught. As he was in the process of practicing this holy way, he was to share his testimony with others of what constitutes true religion. Daniel, now a minister, states: “If one doesn’t practice what they preach, that is hypocrisy; and hypocrisy is a 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 only being disciples of the letter of the law as most unknowingly are!”
2. Why Daniel Rosenblit’s NDE is Important
God moved Daniel to write about his near-death experience (NDE) of when he was dead in body and divinely tutored. Throughout his testimony, he purposely backs it up with scripture in order to prove to the reader that his entire experience with God was authentic. Because he has proven himself to be an eyewitness to the Truth, as was the apostles of Jesus, Daniel’s testimony is on equal par to theirs.
Daniel’s NDE is also important because it shows several important truths:
a. Christendom has misinterpreted some of Christ’s statements.
b. Christendom has wrong perceptions concerning the spiritual validity of other monotheistic faiths.
c. The priceless spiritual value of performing good works.
I read Daniel’s NDE testimony many years ago at a time when I was having a severe crisis of faith. I was in the middle of a transforming from a traditional Christian to a Christan Gnostic. I was learning how the real meaning behind the teachings of Jesus and the NDE were one and the same. That meaning is the supreme importance of practicing of unconditional love. At the same time, my Christian colleagues suspected that I was a heretic. And it didn’t help that I wasn’t yet aware of all the Biblical support to defend NDE insights. Then I came across Daniel’s NDE testimony in his book Transformed by the Light. His NDE insights and Biblical support provided me with a better interpretation of Christ’s teachings and how Christ’s teachings are universally applied in other religions. In his book, Daniel gave an interpretation of one particular Bible verse (Luke 10:25-28) which, after I read it, put me in a state of shock and awe. This was because it was the Biblical proof I had been searching for to convince my Christian friends that Jesus affirmed the greatest universal truth found in so many NDE testimonies. That truth is this:
The way to heaven is through the practice of love (Luke 10:25-28)
because love is God (1 John 4:7-8).
Learning about the existence of this Bible verse and Daniel’s interpretation of it from his NDE, was the proof I needed to become more of a disciple of Christ and less of a religionist. For this, I am extremely grateful. The following is Daniel Rosenblit’s NDE testimony in his own words.
3. Daniel Rosenblit’s NDE and Life Review
In 1978, while in college, I had a death experience. It was not a near-death experience, but a death experience. Fortunately, I was given another chance by God to live my life properly … in the light.
I knew I was dying, but I rationalized that I was too young to die! I was only twenty-two years old but for once I understood that the catastrophes that at times happen to our neighbor, such as cancer, stroke, serious auto accident, etc., can easily happen to us.
What happened next will not make sense to the rational mind because the many revelations and experiences during my death all seemed to occur at the same time, so please bear with me. I will do my best to describe my death experience for you.
At that time, 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 atheist would instantly recognize Him. I looked up and saw what looked like a ball of fire in the clouds.
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 all right, and I had been 100% wrong!
Dedicating ourselves to be faithful to God in all things is the only purpose for life! Sadly, I had lived my entire life in disregard of God and His ways. Now I was so painfully aware of this fact. It was like this scenario: Imagine working hard all your life, then making a gamble by selling everything you have to place one huge bet, and betting on a losing team – and instantly losing everything!
But this was far, far worse because this was not my possessions that I was losing, but my very own soul! The emotional pain and anguish I was experiencing was so awful it was beyond human comprehension!! Also, I instantly understood that if I had built my life around God and the things of God, 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 (sinful) existence, I was now paying for it by experiencing a hellish state of indescribable agony and sorrow.
Next this great ball of fire descended upon me. This light was so bright, that it totally blinded me. I attempted to dim it by putting my hands over my eyes … but this brilliant, blinding light just could not be dimmed! It was like an all consuming fire … and more blinding than I can describe.
Bible: 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 (sinful) life that I had lived. I still remember being on my knees while this brilliant, blinding light broke and crushed my hard-heartedness, which was the prideful nature that dominated in me, and had actually made a home in me as a consequence of sinful (self-centered) living. This crushing process was extremely painful. But so was God’s mercy!
Next, I saw myself as though I had been living behind a curtain my entire life … that all my thoughts and deeds had I had assumed had been conceived in secret; that I was this physical body and that this world is only physical, devoid of Spirit (God). All of a sudden, this veil of illusion – this curtain – 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. Incredibly, I saw that I had been on display my entire life. Every thought, word, and deed of mine that I had assumed was conceived in secret, had been recorded since my birth and were now being fully exposed. Everything that I ever did in secret was brought out into the light for review in front of God and all the Heavenly Hosts! Now, my entire life was laid out bare before them. I knew they were all there. The awareness of their presence was clearly felt by me.
Shakespeare describes it best when he declares: “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” 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, and my consciousness never died but instead crossed-over into another dimension. But because I had lived such a narcissistic and sinful life, this transition was extremely, extremely, extremely painful!!!
The Bible states that 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 and selfish life!!!
Later in life, God taught me this: The spreading of the gospels is called the “Great Commission” because the knowledge of holy gospels had to be spread throughout the world. Because this has already been successfully done throughout the western countries, now the “Great Commission” for us all is to WALK THE TALK!
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 fore-thought to.
In this new divine light, I saw more Reality. The Reality was this:
My entire life had been one huge test and I was now being graded on literally everything! Every word, deed, and even 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” 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 plunge me into Hell rather than offend God. “It” knew perfection, which is God’s standard, and all of my actions were compared to this standard. By “perfection,” I mean pure, untainted Love. Also, because I was living contrary to God’s ways, I learned that all of creation considered me their enemy and was poised to persecute me! I learned that all of creation serves God except for human beings. This is because we are the only creatures with free will. But most of us choose to misuse it!
4. The Important Lessons He Learned
I was shown that pure love was serving God and others 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; totally unacceptable to God. I was shown that God only accepts selfless acts of love. God is Love. Love only recognizes love.
I saw that pure love is God’s divine measuring stick, and that all of my actions were compared to this divine standard. Pleasing God and doing what is right in His eyes must be one’s sole motive. Also, God revealed to me that pure acts done for love of Him purify the heart; thereby eventually leading the one who learns to live right and live selflessly back home – back to God. Becoming pure within is the way back to God.
Bible: Jesus said, “The pure in heart shall see God.” (Matthew 5:8)
Later in life I learned that walking by faith and obedience is the highest form of religion. By walking this way, God leads us down a harder road. Walking this harder path will purify us even faster! Street ministry is one way to experience this.
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, which is 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.
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.
Important note: God showed me that it is a grave mistake that we make by judging our level of goodness by comparing ourselves to the righteousness of our neighbors.
Concerning these exalted expectations of God, please don’t despair. If one perseveres on the spiritual path like a soldier, with God’s grace eventually anyone can attain sainthood … even ME and YOU! Jesus stated, “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!
Note: Even if you don’t attain God consciousness in this life, God is merciful to all those who sow sincere effort – those who try hard.
The Holy 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 self-interest in everything that I did; though, I had never consciously thought about this before. The foundation of my life was myself and all of my actions were performed to obtain some type of reward for myself; either tangible or intangible. Either I wanted money, sex, a pat on the back, a wink, a smile, someone to think well of me, etc. Thus, all of my acts had been polluted by selfish motives in varying degrees. Thus, until this point all of my life’s deeds had been totally unacceptable to God!
Bible: Our deeds and self-righteous acts are described as being like “dirty rags” before God.
Actually, I was shown that I had not even performed one deed that was acceptable to God my entire life; not even one! I was shattered, speechless, and panic stricken all at the same time. I cried, “I cannot believe it, I have wasted my entire life!” I had absolutely nothing to show for all my entire time spent on Earth.
Fun and pleasure, which were once everything to me, were not in my mind anymore. At this point, all that mattered to me 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!
God showed me that if I would have put Him on the throne of my life and lived to please Him, that this would have been the most important thing that I could have done! Then I surely would have produced acts acceptable to Him! The reason why groups like Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous are successful is because this is precisely what they do – among other good things.
Totally submitting one’s life to the one God and striving to live His precepts sets the foundation for a proper, successful life. Previously, I had thought that people who had lived like this were fanatics. But I now saw that this was what the Eternal One expects from us all. It is not fanaticism, but the minimum requirement!
Then, I saw that once God was on the throne of my life if my actions I performed were motivated solely by a desire to please Him, they would be acts of pure love. These acts of pure love are not dirty rags, as the others had been. God would readily accept these selfless acts as holy deeds!!!!
I must stress the point that this is the most important part of my enlightening experience. Actions motivated solely by love of God or doing what is right are holy deeds – not “dirty rags” – and have the power of “spiritual dynamite” that can be felt right up in Heaven! I saw this with my own eyes!
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.
If I would have attained the kingdom of God, I would have passed the most important test one will ever encounter. Compared to this test, all other tests are worth less than nothing. Only if you pass this test has your life been successful. This is the test of your character or the “Test of Life.” Believe me, whether we like it or not, the Lord is testing us all! Having an impeccable character is far more valuable than winning the Powerball Lotto! It is the absolute prerequisite to attaining God consciousness.
The only way to know Him is to become in His image. Note that you don’t have to be a Christian, but you must strive to be a person such as Jesus! The famous quote of Christ, “I am the way, the truth, and the life, no-one comes to the Father but through me” means to be in His image. My death experience repeatedly pointed to this truth.
At this point, if I had been in touch with my physical body, I would have pulled out all of my hair in anguish and I would have torn all my clothes to pieces in agony over the realization that I had discarded this “more than a golden opportunity.” The pain I experienced was greater than mere human words can convey. This “golden opportunity” I am referring to is to live a holy life in this dark world – a world that is full of temptations and distractions at every turn.
It states in eastern mysticism that all the angels in heaven desire a human body. The reason is that being faithful to God in this carnal world demonstrates a higher love of God than the angels can demonstrate. Unlike humans, they perform their dharma in a temptation-free environment. But if we can successfully perform our dharma in a temptation riddled environment like we live in now, we demonstrate a higher love of God than them! Thus we are greater in God’s sight! Now you know one of the main reasons that unfaithful souls on Judgment Day have such a great gnashing of teeth. It’s because they see that their golden opportunity of living a human life was squandered!
The Bible states that there will be “gnashing of teeth” on Judgment Day for the ungodly. On the other hand, for the godly ones it is written, “No eye has seen nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
Winning the Lord’s favor is far better than having the most beautiful women or winning the lottery! If we follow God’s recipe, anyone can win! The good news is that your neighbor winning does not exclude you from winning. In fact, God desires everyone to win, and no one to lose! This reveals how great God loves everyone. But His love can’t make you win, although it can inspire and motivate; it’s only your own wise actions which will be the deciding factor!
The key here is to always strive to live the Golden Rule as Jesus affirmed in Luke 10:25-28.
Other religions have very similar teachings, although not exactly the same. This shows that God wants everyone to follow it. However, Christ’s Golden Rule is certainly the most excellent formula. Here are the similar teachings from other religions which parallel the Golden Rule:
Hinduism: This is the sum of duty: Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you. (Mahabharata 5:1517)
Buddhism: Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find harmful. (Udana-Varga 5:18)
Confucianism: Surely it is the maxim of loving kindness; do not unto others what you would not have them do unto you. (Analects 15:23)
Taoism: Regard your neighbor’s gain as your own gain and your neighbor’s loss as your own loss. (T’ai Shang Kan Ying P’ien)
Judaism: What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow man: That is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary. (Talmud, Shabbat 31a)
Islam: Not one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself. (Sunnah)
Sikhism: I am a stranger to no one; and no one is a stranger to me. Indeed, I am a friend to all. (Guru Grath Sahib, pg. 1299)
Jainism: One should treat all creatures in the world as one would like to be treated. (Mahavira, Sutrakritanga)
Baha’i: Lay not on any soul a load that you would not wish to be laid upon you, and desire not for anyone the things you would not desire for yourself. (Baha’u’llah, Gleanings)
Zoroastrianism: Do not do unto others whatever is injurious to yourself. (Shayast-na-Shayast 13:29)
The more that my past was examined, the more tears and regrets consumed me. In high school I had considered my friends and I to be the best of the lot, but from God’s viewpoint we were among the lowest of men! At one time I had considered most other people beneath me, but in this new perspective I saw I was beneath most others. Now, the entire celestial kingdom was mocking me as I had once mocked others! Due to my prideful attitude, I was among the lowest of sinners. Because I had thought so well of myself and so badly of others – especially less fortunate people and God’s devotees – I had sealed my own hellish fate!
I had actually been serving the false-god (Satan), although unconsciously. My prideful, self-centered attitude had put me at odds with God. Since I had lived a totally self-centered lifestyle, absolutely everything I did was sin!
In this divine light, I saw God’s heavenly barometer. I was on the lower end. Because of my arrogant, puffed-up attitude for which I considered myself on the top, I was actually on the bottom. Some of my bedfellows were the arrogant lawyers and businessmen that most people despise because of their egotism. I was spiritually as low as them because, inwardly, I was as prideful and egotistical as they were.
I saw that the handicapped and mentally retarded people, the ones at whom I had once laughed at, were exalted above the masses of people because they were humble and innocent. They had remained relatively pure because they had not looked down on others or thought badly of and never judged their neighbors. They were similar to cars idling in neutral. They were not moving forward spiritually, but neither were they moving backward as most of the human race sadly is! In hindsight, I came to realize that, spiritually, they are situated at the same neutral level as the animals. Since animals do not have free will, they cannot pollute themselves with sin. Therefore, they are innocent and do not live in darkness like the majority of the human race.
God requires Jews, Christians, and everyone else to strive for perfection and attain the perfect love which Christ commanded us to attain in order to be saved. He expects all of us, including atheists, to strive to live the noblest lifestyle we can. For this reason, those who study holy books like the great philosophers, but who don’t strive to walk its path, are unknowingly paving their way to hell!
I was shown that, unlike the times of the ancient Hebrews, God is behind all the monotheistic religions in the world today. However, within these paths, truths and falsehoods are also mixed. I was shown that if great multitudes of people used a certain healing practice or followed a monotheistic religion for several hundred to thousands of years, they would obviously receive some benefit from it or else the practice would not have endured. They are receiving some benefit from it because God has His hand in it. Because of this, practices which are foreign to us – or of ancient wisdom – should not be routinely discounted. The reason why such people are benefiting from these practices is because God is helping them. Wherever the Lord is involved, know that mercy and healing are also there! Know that the merciful Lord has His hand in countless things throughout the world. I have learned that just because I don’t understand something, it doesn’t mean that God is not somewhere within it. Also, it is not necessary for a person to understand the validity of all the spiritual paths – unless, of course, you desire to become personally involved with one. So, I learned it is always wise for us to bow our heads low, be humble, and think carefully before passing judgment upon some practice that is foreign to us.
God also revealed to me the kind of love that He has for people. He looks at all of us through the eyes of eternity. His overriding desire is to remove the darkness from our souls; to purify us. The suffering He has to put us through to achieve that end is secondary. In order to atone for big sins we must experience great suffering. But it will greatly minimize our sufferings if we learn to accept it and see God’s hand in the painful things in our life that we cannot change. We must learn to see the “silver lining” in our troubles. We minimize our suffering by voluntarily humbling ourselves, doing penance for our sins, and walking the spiritual road.
5. The Truth Concerning Reincarnation
Many of us, myself included, have looked at the seeming injustices of the world and said to ourselves, “If I were God, I would run this world differently” or “If there is a God, then why is there so much suffering in the world?” Many things in this world appear to us to be unfair. Well, God straightened me out – and now hopefully you too. He took me on top of “His Holy Mountain” where I saw the whole creation from His viewpoint. It was as though I were sitting on the cornerstone of eternity and for a moment in time my mind merged with God’s! In that moment I saw the timeless journey of each soul – not just this present short life. I was shown that we have all lived before! That everyone born in this world is born with a debt; some people have small debts while others have large debts. I saw that the entire creation was perfect! It only appears imperfect because we as humans have limited knowledge which prevents us from seeing its perfection. If I had the wisdom and power of God, I would not change a thing! Indeed, I saw that God is perfectly wise and just.
Adherents of the Catholic teaching on purgatory or the ancient teachings of reincarnation both develop the priceless virtue of fear of God. Thus, devotees of both of these philosophies are equally motivated to get off their lazy, pleasure seeking butts and do something for God in their lives to overcome themselves. In reality, the philosophy of the Catholics and the eastern mystics about how to deal with sin are far closer ideologically than that of the Protestants and the Catholics! Followers of the ancient form of reincarnation or the purgatory philosophies both understand sanctity; whereas, most Protestants sadly have only a very shallow understanding of it.
Also, the Jews at the time of Jesus believed in reincarnation.
Bible: “I tell you that Elijah has already come and people did not recognize him … Then the disciples understood that He (Jesus) was talking to them about John the Baptist.” (Matthew 17:12-13)
Bible: The disciples asked Jesus, “Teacher whose sin has caused him to be born blind? Was it is own or his parents’ sin?” (John 9:1-3)
How could the blind man’s fault be considered when he was born blind?
Bible: Jesus proclaimed, “One must be born again to see the kingdom of heaven.” (John 3:3)
Everything I had previously learned or believed in before my death experience, I counted as being less than nothing. Now my mind was like a blank slate and I was beginning life anew. I literally felt as though I had just been born. Everything was brand new to me and my life was now a gift. Now, I would not take it for granted as I previously had done.
God truly blessed me beyond imagination. He showed me everything I had done wrong. It was as though I was given a divine spanking for it. And it really hurt!
Then he graciously showed me how to live in a selfless and sinless fashion. He gave me back my life and said in a wordless way, “Now live it; but in the proper way!” And now you have also been taught! God had personally taught me (and now you) the basics of spirituality. I was given a fresh, new start and I began to practice living properly. And now, hopefully you will make a brand new start as well!
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