So? Sun Myung Moon and Joseph Smith claim that they had visions from God, too. It surely wasn't God talking to them because their "revelations" contradict the Bible. Are you going to believe someone because he said he had a vision?

I've heard this objection, and you probably have, too. Let me state as plainly as I can -- that vision was not from God and that person did not see the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus did not tell that person that the prematurely dead relative had finished his course. The person may have been under a lot of psychological pressure and the vision was a fabrication of his mind, not a real vision given by the Holy Spirit. Or it could have been a vision sent from Satan, who likes to masquerade as an angel of light. Satan can give people visions. Just because you are a Christian and you have a spiritual vision does not mean that you heard from God. New Agers and other cultists have visions. If you smoke or snort the right thing, you'll have plenty of visions, too. I have never had a vision of the Lord, but if I did, I would not attempt to convince you that anything I said was true on that basis. The only basis I can legitimately use is Scripture. Otherwise, I could see one thing and you could see another thing, and we'd all be confused.


Anyone who dies in the prime of life (other than a martyr; this is covered elsewhere) was not called home by God and did not finish the course that God intended for him. Period. If you want to compromise your faith for healing because of someone's alleged vision, that is your loss. It was God's will for the person to live a satisfied life of at least 70-80 years and to be healed and prosperous. God wanted to heal all that person's diseases. Jesus purchased healing for that person so that he would not have to die in the prime of life. For one reason or another, usually lack of instruction on healing, the person did not receive it.

If you want to fight over someone's nice "comforting" vision, that is your privilege. It will also be your privilege to be sick yourself or encourage others to accept a premature and unnecessary death when you believe such nonsense is really from God. You must draw the line with Scripture and reject anything that is inconsistent with the healing Scriptures quoted throughout these discussions. Don't be moved by anyone's vision, no matter whose it is. Only the Word should move you when it comes to doctrinal matters.