What does the Bible say about out of body experiences i had surgery jan-23-2012 my heart stopped i seen flowers and it was warm and sunny i could not touch the flowers they would move?

Answer 1

The Bible speaks of dreams, visions, and revelations that people have had, or thought they were having at the time, from Genesis onward - from the Patriarchs to the Apostles - all having a form of communication with God. But not all of these are truly from God as the god of this world uses the 'power of the air' to touch our minds with thoughts which naturally make us dream.

But in the last days, more dreams and visions will come from God as Peter tells us quoting Joel 2:28-31:

New King James Version (NKJV)

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 'And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,

That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;

Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

Your young men shall see visions,

Your old men shall dream dreams.

18 And on My menservants and on My maidservants

I will pour out My Spirit in those days;

And they shall prophesy.

Today, some scientist have determined that most of the 'near-death experiences of seeing lights and other things, is just a normal 'protective' function of our human minds/brains preparing for shutdown. But in effect, it is up to the individual to believe or not as they alone had the experience.

Answer:

The Bible says that "the dead have no thought processes... and know nothing" [Eccle.9:5 & 10]. According to the Bible, death is a dormant, unconscious, dreamless "sleep" from which man will awaken one day in a resurrection.

"...Lazarus has fallen asleep... Lazarus is dead..." (John 11:11-14 NIV), Jesus says.

Therefore... the "dream" you experienced while in surgery, according to the Bible was just that -- a dream.

Dreams seem quite real to us... yet, like your "moving flowers," certain physical aspects of reality tend to recede and distance themselves from us as our sleeping legs and arms aren't really moving, walking or running [i.e. trying to run in a dream results in the feeling of one's legs pinned to the ground].

Paul had a dream which he recorded in the Bible that was real enough to him, also.

"I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to visions [dreams] and revelations from the Lord. I know a man in Christ [speaking of himself] who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven [again, in his vision]. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know-- God knows." (II Cor.12:1-2 NIV)

Paul says the vision he had was real enough to him. So, real that he wouldn't verify that he didn't really experiencegoing to the "third heaven" of the Father's throne.

Instead... he left it for God to determine.

And the Bible [God's Word] does indeed make that determination for us, that we can know. Paul knew the answer, also, as no one knew the scriptures better than he at that time. He knew exactly what God says about the dream he had.

Paul states that the "dreamer" was "a man in Christ" [a man of God] -- and God has this to say about that:

"...Listen to My Words: 'When a prophet of the LORD is among you, I reveal Myself to him in visions, I speak to him in dreams. But this is not true of My servant Moses... With him I speak face to face..." (Num.12:6-8 NIV).

While the Bible doesn't address the specific dream you had in surgery, and it doesn't appear to be one of God revealing Himself or speaking directly to you in your dream -- from the various Truths revealed in the Bible discussed here; one thing is certain: Since it was a dream you were having during surgery... your "thought processes" were active and functioning -- the Truth revealed in the Bible makes it abundantly clear, therefore, that you were at the very least -- NOT dead.

Answer:The Bible says little if anything about what occurs during a NDE. Though many Christians claim to have experienced this phenomenon, we are hard pressed to enlist biblical accounts with which to draw similarities to NDEs. Many NDE advocates turn to the Bible to support their interpretations of this phenomenon. The biblical event that New Age writers frequently try to link with NDEs is taken from Acts 9:3-6 and 26:12-23, which respectively relate Paul's encounter with Christ on the road to Damascus and Paul's own account of his experience.