Luciano's Vision of Heaven and Hell After Violent Attack

During that second crisis, I experienced something completely different from the beautiful garden I had seen before. The first time I had felt myself being lifted upward into a glorious light. This time, there was no beautiful light drawing me toward the heavens. Instead, I experienced something terrifying. And what happened next would leave an impression upon me that I could never forget.

Part seven, the beginning of my second spiritual experience.

When I lost consciousness again inside the ambulance, I felt as though I was being pulled away. But this time, the movement was different. It was slow, heavy, and frightening. I felt as though powerful arms had seized me and were dragging me toward an unknown place. I could not see who or what was pulling me. I could only feel the overwhelming fear. Then suddenly, I found myself in a place surrounded by darkness.

I looked around. There was no beautiful garden, no shining river, no peaceful music, only darkness. And in the distance, I could hear voices. Cries and sounds of distress echoed through that place. Fear overwhelmed me. I remembered everything about my earthly life. I remembered my family. I remembered the warnings I had ignored. I remembered the choices I had made. And I remembered the words of the people who had spoken to me about eternity.

I thought about the account Jesus gave in Luke chapter 16 concerning the rich man and Lazarus. In that account, the rich man remembers his earthly life and his family. And there, in that frightening experience, I too could remember everything. I began to pray. I called upon God. I feared that I had entered the place I had once refused to believe existed. Then, in the middle of that darkness, I heard something.

Heavy footsteps. They seemed to be approaching. And as they grew louder, I heard a sound like enormous gates being forced open. I stood there, overwhelmed with fear. I did not know what was coming. I did not know what I was about to see. But I knew that this experience was unlike anything I had witnessed before. And then those footsteps came closer.