UPDATE
on December 30, 2000 message:

Back from heaven, with message!

On December 30, 2000, I e-mailed and posted a message about a young man who died from a brain tumor, went to heaven, and came back with a message about the Lord's soon return.   What I sent was from notes taken by a friend from a television testimony given by Bible Teacher Billye Brim.

Since then, I have investigated and have been able to locate and speak with Billye's source, Steve Morin, the husband of the young man's cousin, Rhonda.  Steve is close to the family and recounted the whole story with me and corrected some details.   Below is more accurate version of what actually happened, no less exciting than what I first reported!.

Rhonda's cousin, Jamie, in his early 20s, developed a brain tumor.  In about January 1999 the surgeons went into his brain but discovered that the tumor was inoperable.   Jamie never regained consciousness.  He was declared brain dead and was placed on artificial life support.

The doctors asked the parents if they would donate his organs for transplant purposes, pointing out the need of others.  At first the parents said no, but that they would pray about it.  While waiting, the doctors placed Jamie on ice to preserve the organs.  His heart was still beating, but only at about two beats a minute.

A week to ten days later, the doctors approached the parents again.  This time the parents said to go ahead and take the organs.  The parents were devastated at the loss of their son, and the mother was crying.  She said, "I want to see him one more time."  The doctors said it would take some time to take him off the ice and allow him to warm.  The parents waited.

They finally got to see their son one last time.  But while viewing him, to everyone's shock, Jamie suddenly opened his eyes, lifted his hand, grabbed his father's arm and squeezed it, looking straight into his father's eyes!  Stunned, the mother exclaimed to the doctors, "Is this normal?"

Miraculously, Jamie was conscious!  The doctors discovered that he had brain waves again!  He began to improve.  In about two weeks he began to speak a little.   In about 3-4 weeks he was able to relate what had happened to him.

Jamie shared that his spirit had left his body and gone to heaven.  He saw departed relatives there, including his grandmother and grandfather.  He saw his sister, who had died of cancer when she was very young, but now in heaven she was grown.   The sister said to him, "I want you to meet your other sister."   Jamie did not know that he had another sister, but she told him that this was a sister who had been lost due to a miscarriage by his mother that Jamie had never known about!  That baby was also fully grown.

Jamie saw Jesus, who spoke to him and said, "You go back and tell everyone you know that I am coming very, very soon."

Jamie replied, "They know that."

Jesus quickly answered, "No, they do not know that!  You go back and tell them that I am coming very, very, very soon."  (This time, three verys, with emphasis.)

Of course, we know that Jamie did exactly as he was told.  But he never totally recovered, and he died later in 1999.

Jamie was sent back temporarily by the King of kings to give us this message.    It is both comforting and confirming. 

The message was given to me, and now I am passing it on to you.