The Bible and Life

Friday, June 2, 2023

Pushing Death Away

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Pushing Death Away

I was at a warehouse for my work, and I started talking with a guy there. He had asked me if I had ever seen a ghost. I told him I'd have been a hospice volunteer for twelve years, and have seen one, and been with others who have seen them.

He told me several ghost stories that he was told about his family. One was about his uncle who was dying of cancer. This took place years ago while they were still in Mexico City.

Juan’s uncle was sick with cancer and was bedridden for many months while he was struggling with the disease. One day he and his aunt were walking into the room, and they saw his uncle pawing in the air with both hands! Kind of like a cat pawing at something.

His wife asked him what he was doing pawing in the air like that? He replied that there’s a young woman here to take me away to death! And I am not ready to go! His wife asked him who was the young woman. He said that he did not know who she was, but she was trying to grab his arm to take him to death!

As she reached for his arm he would try to push her away. Because she did not exist in the physical world, it looked like he was just pawing in the air! Juan said that his uncle died a week later!

Our discussion then turned to people not dying alone, and actually having some type of spiritual guide that takes you away into the next life. I informed him that as a hospice volunteer for the last twelve years many of my patients would have spiritual people come and visit with them before their death. That gave him a lot of reassurance. [1]

[1] A story shared with me by an acquaintance.

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Flying Things!

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Things Flying

E. Taylor is a conductor on the sleeping cars on the Southern Pacific Railway in California… He says, While on the train between Mojave and Barstow, on the night of October 4^th, about 11 p.m., the moon shining very brightly and no cloud in sight, and no wind, I was sitting by the car window looking out, when my eye fell on the moon which was as clear as I ever saw it.

Right across the face of the moon was a large cross, as plain as my hand before me. I rubbed my eyes and looked again, and saw it as before. I then raised both windows, put my head out and saw not only the cross but a man on the cross with his arms extended, and the lower part of the cross dripping with fresh blood, very red. I then called for the porter… and asked him to look at the moon and tell me what he saw.

He replied, describing the cross with a man on it and the blood dripping from it and asked, “What are the things flying about with wings?”

Mr. Taylor looked out again, and the air between him and the moon was filled with moving objects in the distance, like the multitude of butterflies. The porter inquired, “What does this mean?” and opened a window for a lady from Chicago, who gazed in astonishment and described the same objects. Then they heard singing surpassing anything they had ever heard on earth, which could be distinctly heard above the rumbling of the train.

This scene lasted for nearly an hour, these people watching and describing what they saw and heard. Mr. Taylor says he broke out in a profuse perspiration, until his clothing was wet. He became so filled with joy that he wanted to shout aloud, but refrained as the car was filled with sleeping passengers.

In the course of nearly an hour, the scene gradually faded away. The lower part of the cross was the last of the scene, but the singing continued for some time longer.[1]

William James Roop, M.A.B.S.

[1] Seymour, William Joseph. The Azusa Street Newsletter. Published by the Apostolic Faith Mission in Los Angeles, California from 1906-1908.

Monday, May 29, 2023

A Visit To Hell

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A Visit to Hell

I had stopped at the Love's Truck Stop to pick-up some fuel in Waller, Texas. In the next fuel island was an old friend, fueling up his truck. We worked together for a few years, but we both worked for different companies. His name is Sammy, he is an immigrant from El Salvador, and he has been working for Brenntag for over ten years.

Sammy started sharing with me a lot of different spiritual experiences he was having throughout his life. He said it started when he was praying whether or not he should change jobs. Sammy said that God told him to keep his current job.

After a few different stories about his life, Sammy shared with me about a man in England, named Tandell, that gave his testimony on a radio show.

Mr. Tandell said that twenty years prior, he had raped and murdered a woman from Thailand, in London, England. He said that he would never be caught, but after twenty years he had a major heart attack and his heart completely stopped!

Mr. Tandell was rushed to the hospital while the paramedics tried to work on him. This man said that he was looking down on his body from above when the paramedics arrived. He then started walking away with a very thick, black cloud chasing after him! He would say later the thick, black cloud was time closing in on him!

Tandell was running from the thick, black cloud, when he came to three tunnels. He said the tunnels were his three big mistakes in life. He chose to go down one of the tunnels. He was running down the tunnel with darkness closing in on him! He came out of the tunnel, and started walking on a rope bridge. This rope bridge spanned a lake of boiling blood!

When he got to the other side, demons that resembled frogs standing upright jumped on him and started stabbing him with knives, and kept killing him over and over again, but he could not die! This went on over and over again until he woke up in the hospital! He woke up screaming for help!

The doctors revived his heart by shocking his chest. That’s what brought this man alive again, and back from the dead! This man knew immediately when he was revived, that he was being punished for the murder that he had committed twenty years ago!

He asked the doctors and nurses to call the police immediately. He was a murderer, and he wanted to confess his crimes! The medical staff was confused, but they called the police anyway.

Two detectives arrived, and he confessed to the murder, and everything else that he was guilty of. He confessed to all of his crimes to the police, but especially to the murder of the woman!

The courts pronounced him guilty and gave him a life sentence in prison. This man spent the remaining years of his life in prison reading the Bible! That’s how he died years later, in his prison cell reading his Bible![1]

William James Roop

[1] A story shared to me by a friend.

Saturday, May 27, 2023

A Great Dark Ball

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A Great Dark Ball

Edna Slingerland, a child of eleven years living in Portland, Oregon has been in communion with Jesus for three years, and her parents write that she has had many visions given her.

Saturday evening, November 24^th after an hour spent in reading the Bible and talking to Jesus, the Lord gave her this vision. She saw a great dark ball, black as could be, and as it rolled slowly, a large grey surface came in sight, and the words came to her, “Pacific Ocean.” As it rolled on, she saw a large bright spot, bright as an electric light, and the words “Los Angeles” came.

Then in the brightness of it, Jesus’ face showed and a throng of angels dancing and rejoicing. Then scattered over the black ball, she saw here and there, a very small bright spot and in each of them, the face of Jesus showed only partly.[1]

William James Roop, M.A.B.S.

[1] Seymour, William Joseph. The Azusa Street Newsletter. Published by the Apostolic Faith Mission in Los Angeles, California from 1906-1908.

Friday, May 26, 2023

Rules For Young Men

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Here is a quote from William Temple, a great Christian who lived from 1628-1699, on the rules for the development of young men. I hope that it will be a blessing to you.

"The best rules to form a young man are:

to talk little,

to hear much,

to reflect alone upon what has passed in company,

to distrust one's own opinions,

and to value others that deserve it."

William James Roop

Thursday, May 25, 2023

My Father is back!

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My Father is back!

I had a new trainee today. He is a short little Hispanic man. His name is Juan Alegria. Alegria is the Spanish word for "happy." Then he was true to his name. He was happy all the time! But after asking if I believed in ghosts, and saying that he did indeed, he told me his ghost story.

His father had passed away about a month before, Juan flew back to his father’s house in Mexico City for the funeral. That’s when his father appeared to him!

Juan said he was standing over the commode urinating when he noticed something at the corner of his eyes! He looked to the left and saw his father standing there! His father was just standing there looking at him! He was shocked and afraid because his father’s been dead and buried for a month!

He finished his business and then walked away for a few minutes to collect his thoughts. A short time later, he walked back into the bathroom and his father was still there! His father didn’t say anything, he just stood there and looked at him!

Juan was scared and didn’t know what to think about the situation. So he decided to leave the house. It was a very beautiful and large house in Mexico City. His father was middle-class and was very proud of the home that he had built.

We discussed afterwards that perhaps his father’s spirit was stuck in the house, because his emotions were so attached to it. His father also owned two shoe stores and a bakery, and was very proud of his success. Whether or not that it could be a true phenomenon is unknown. But it does kind of make a little sense.[1]

William James Roop