TEENAGER RETURNS FROM HELL WITH A MESSAGE

25And they went up out of Egypt and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,”26And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not ”27And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:”28 And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.”

Key Verse: Genesis 45:28 “And Israel said, it is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.”

A youth died and came back to life with messages from Jesus Christ before he finally died in a community hospital in Benue State in August 2015

He stayed with his elder brother who was a pastor but was living in sin He was later sent to western Nigeria to work in cocoa farms and had a fatal accident there He was riding a motorcycle along a bush path at top speed and suddenly met cows crossing the road He swerved off the road, hit a tree and his legs got stuck into it with broken bones He hung there for 3 days until they found him hanging there in critical condition. They rushed him back to his brother in Benue but as the brother went out to seek for help, the people ran away. He was carried to the hospital, but he died despite frantic efforts of doctors and nurses. They covered him with a sheet and sent for his brother to remove his corpse for burial.

The 19-year-old young man suddenly came back to life, got up and narrated his supernatural encounter with Jesus Christ. The bewildered doctors, nurses, patients and visitors gathered around him to hear an amazing - testimony: Immediately he died, he saw himself with a multitude of people of all races, age and gender walking along a broad way It soon dawned on him that he had died

He looked ahead and saw the junction of separation where a narrow way led to the right He was shocked that the people ahead of him all followed the broad way to damnation He thought within himself, 'Ah! These people must be fools! Don't they know that it is the narrow way that leads to life? As for me, once I get there I will turn right because I have been taught in church ' When he got there, he tried to turn right but could not He then realized that turning to the right was a decision to be taken while still alive by repentance from sin and faith in Christ He realized he was on the way to hell and began to feel scorching heat and hear horrible cries of damned souls

Suddenly, a mighty voice called him thrice, asking if he knew where he was going? He answered that he was on his way to hell fire and began to plead for mercy. The Lord showed him mercy; He commanded him to go back, confess his sins, do his restitution and give a warning message to his people. The Lord promised to send an angel to bring him to heaven afterwards. He said all his sins were loaded upon his chest as he carried them on the broad way to hell He made several confessions: stealing handsets, selling a stolen tipperload of sand and cheating his fellows while sharing the money.

He also confessed of defiling a child, etc He begged for forgiveness and asked his brother, the pastor to help him go round and do restitution on his behalf. The brother diligently went to those places and as he confessed to them, they all said, “Yes, it is true but now we forgive him ” Nurses, patients and others wept openly, confessing their sins and repenting to the glory of God. Meanwhile his brother returned and reported that he was not able to see some of the people

The young man turned and prayed, “Lord Jesus, I have done as You commanded but we could not see some of them Please Lord, will You forgive me?” The Lord Jesus replied, 'Yes I forgive you ' The young man shouted with joy and gratitude. He led the people gathered around him to the Lord in prayers. He bid farewell to his family, blessed his little sister then told one of his brothers to repent He then shouted, “The angel to take me home has arrived See him!” He pointed at the angel, but the crowd could not see the angel. He was hale and hearty and in sound as he bid them farewell, then slumped and died