Visions, dreams and revelations
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2. Can the Lord, through a dream or a vision, show where the souls of
the dead are? |
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Yes, He
can. In the days of the apostles He allowed John to see the souls of those
who had been killed for Jesus’ sake. Here is what he wrote in the book of Revelation:
“And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of
them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they
held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and
true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the
earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said
unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their
fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were,
should be fulfilled” (Revelation 6:9-11). |
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In our
days, God has permitted some widowers to see their wife in heaven or in the
glory in order to comfort them. God has also permitted some believers to see
some souls who are in Hades (Hell). Many years ago a young brother told me
that his father (who is now dead) one day had a vision in which an angel of
the Lord took him to Hades and showed him the souls of the dead who were
suffering dreadful torments, and among those souls he saw the souls of those who
fell in the second world war. Among the brotherhood in the world many have
had similar experiences. |