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Can you still be saved after you died?
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Posted by: Frederik
According to Hagin he died and was taken down to the very gates of hell by some creature. Upon reaching the gates of hell a loud speaks from far above in an unknown tongue and Hagin is released by the creature and he floats back up and into his body via his mouth!
If words mean anything what we have is a person who died and was the resurrected from the dead. He stated he was dead (page 5) and then was supernaturally brought back from hell into his body (page 6).
"My heart stopped beating for the second time. . .I felt the blood cease to circulate. The tips of my toes went numb - then my feet, ankles, knees, hips, stomach, and heart. I leaped out of my body and began to descend: down, down down. . .The voice spoke from heaven and again my spirit came up out of that place - back to my room and back into my body. The only difference this time was that I came up at the foot of the bed."
For the second time Rev. Hagin "dies" and leaves his body. Again, he descends into the pit, and again some voice speaks from above and Hagin is "resurrected" and re-enters his body via the foot of his bed.
Hagin upon coming back to his body this time leaves parting words for his sister and two brothers. Why parting words? Because Hagin is about to die for a third time and descend into hell.
"...my heart stopped for the third time. I could fell the circulation as it cut off again - and I leaped out of my body and began to descend. . .Thank God that voice spoke. I don’t know who it was - I didn’t see anybody - I just hear the voice. . .I began to pray, "O God! I come to you in the Name of Lord Jesus Christ. I ask You to forgive me of my sins and to cleanse me from all sin. . .That was the very hour I was born again due to the mercy of God through the prayers of my mother."
This time on his way down Hagin begins to cry out to God that he is a church member, that he has been baptized in water. . . all to no avail. Yet God spoke again and Hagin begins to rise from the gates of hell. This time Hagin repents of his sins and calls on the name of Jesus and he is saved!
I am very glad that brother Hagin was saved but I have a problem when a person says that they were saved after they had died physically. Based on what he has stated we are to believe that he (1) died, (2) went down to hell, (3) and was born again while out of his body.
I realize that Hagin has probably not thought through some of the implications, but I have considered some of them. If what Hagin is saying is in fact true, the theological implications are staggering! This means a lost person can die, and on their way to hell repent of their sins and be born again. In fact, in Hagin’s case he died three times! What is important to keep in mind is that Hagin does not say that he thought he died, or that he simply left his body. No, he emphatically states that he died. "My experience of being brought back from the dead is not new. Jesus raised three people from the dead." He equates his experiences on par with those of whom Jesus raised from the dead in the Bible.