A review by reynoldsreads
Imagine Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God's Promises, and the Exhilarating Future That Awaits You by John Burke

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5.0

This book is … life-changing.

John Burke examines people’s accounts of near-death experiences (NDEs), people who have clinically died and claim to have visited the afterlife before coming back to life. There is a remarkable consistency in these reports across cultures, religions, and personal beliefs, and they all line up with Scripture amazingly well. Taken together, they can give us a pretty good picture of what Heaven is like.

Although there are thousands of NDE stories out there nowadays, Burke chooses examples for this book from doctors, lawyers, scientists, pilots, and other such people who have little to gain monetarily from selling such a story and a lot to lose in credibility if they are caught in such an extravagant lie.

And the picture they paint of the Heaven that awaits us is just … indescribable. Enhanced senses, colours you’ve never seen before, a beautiful city and surrounding countryside, reunions with loved ones — family, friends, pets! — a physical body in peak condition, a life review that focuses on your relationships and how you showed love to others, and a “Being of Light” who radiates pure, unconditional love (and uses colloquialisms and has a great sense of humour!)

I cannot stress how highly I recommend this book! It will change the way you think about a lot of things — in this life and the one to come!