Heaven is Beyond Your Wildest Expectations: Ten True Stories of Experiencing Heaven Paperback – October 16, 2012

If you read a lot of books on heaven and near-death experiences you will really enjoy this book. It has some of the most detailed descriptions of Jesus and heaven that I've ever read. God must really love us to be taking more and more people to heaven so they can return as living witnesses of the glory of God and heaven. The people who have been to hell and heaven in this book really do have some interesting and insightful things to say.Dean's visit to heaven is highly detailed and I learned some things I didn't know before. This also contains multicultural stories like the one about a slave to a Bedouin tribe being taken to heaven by Jesus. Some of the people in this book literally cried out to God and were taken to heaven as a result.Some of the things I learned include that there are libraries in heaven with books about each of our lives. One person explains how we each have two angels, which I suspected was true before I read this book. It was good to read that there are no language barriers in heaven. And who knew that God sings to us in heaven?What I think I enjoyed most about this book was the way the stories were told and the incredible powers of description in each story. Heaven really does come alive in your mind when you read this book.One thing I did notice was that one of the stories was much shorter than I'd read before. It was also edited better and made more sense.So I'd say this is in the top 10 of books on heaven you should read in this lifetime. I really enjoyed it. From what I've read before the stories sounded true to me.~The Rebecca Review

WOW! This is an incredible book. The stories are real and it gives us a chance to see heaven through someone else's eyes. By the time I read the first story I knew exactly that God Is In Charge over this earth and all inhabitants. You have two choices: do you want to go to heaven or hell? Let me tell you, there is no in between like Presbyterians believe in purgatory (like a waiting room( before you stand before God and justify why we didn't do something or kept sinning the same sin. You can picture what Jesus looks like to you. It will be different for everyone. Jesus is the Advocate for God's Children. There is no other way to heaven except through a close relationship with Jesus Christ, asking for forgiveness of your sins (known and unknown) and moving on.I found myself feeling a bit jealous that these people died, went to heaven for about 5 minutes to 20 minutes but they were only there long enough to see and hear the Glory of God, see Angels, hear wonderful singing of hymns, everyone is whole and happy and not sick not violent or threatening.A definite read if you are unsure about life after death. Again, You either accept Jesus Christ as your Savior or you don't. If you don't then you are in for a rude awakening by spending all eternity in hell. But that will be God's call, not mine or yours. You have the choice. Make the right one. heaven is one big party going on everyday.I am a Christian! I know where I am going! Death does not scare me. I know my sins are forgiven and I am glad we don't have to sacrifice pure and umblemished animals to receive God's forgiveness. Our sins are forgiven because God sent His Son, Jesus Christ to earth in human form as a baby, grew up being challenged by Satan, witnessing to those in his own country about the reason the Son was amongst them. He was tortured way beyond what you can ever imagine, he was given a crown of thorns stuck into his head and he carried a huge heavy cross through the streets of Jerusalem, was nailed by his wrists (strongest point to support a man in that capacity, nails in his feet and hung there to die. He died for our sins. We are nothing without Him in our lives and I don't even want to think about what COULD happen if I didn't know Him as my personal Lord and Savior.By the way, there are a lot of these kinds of books out now. Kind of the "fad of the 21st century". Not all of them are real stories. Be careful what you read.

The book gave a glimpse of heaven and it is some place I have always wanted to visit. It has been a very good read with vivid descriptions of heaven from different lenses. If this does not move people closer to God, I don't know what will. Shalom.

Everybody needs to know there is a Heaven -- also there is hell. Where do you want to go?

I just finished reading this book and found it very interesting. There are other reviews stating the stories in the book are hokey and unbelievable however, my conviction is not to judge by what others have experienced. Our judgment becomes futile because we didn't have the experience each writer had about heaven or hell. I do know both are very real because I've experienced both but I won't go into my experiences. Each of us experience NDE or visions in different ways because we each are individuals of diverse personalities and temperaments. Each experience these 10 writers had will either give you peace and assurance or keep you running the other way. The choice is ours, we can believe or we can disbelieve these experiences but don't sit in judgment if you've never experienced what these writers experienced. As far as religion is concerned, God is not interested in your religion as much as he is interested in your heart. These experiences have nothing to do with religion they have everything to do with the heart of each individual. With that being said, read the book with an open mind and heart and if you do you'll be rewarded with a greater appreciation for God and his love for you. God granted each of these individuals their experience to show them the reality of who he is and what he has for every individual if they choose his way. The fullness of each of these experiences cannot be given the greatest of telling because the human mind cannot wrap itself around a God who is omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent. God is unfathomable, so accept each individual experience in just that way. Each detail may seem unreal but you must remember it's a human being trying to explain God and what they've seen. Each writer in their own way is endeavoring to explain to the reader what they saw, what they experienced but can't fully because you have to be there to see what they saw and what they experienced.

I truly enjoyed reading these accounts of life after death. Even if you don't believe someone can go to heaven and come back to tell about it, these stories are very thought provoking. To imagine all that is written in this book as true, gives me great hope and peace as I do know the Saviour. These encounters helped me see more with my minds eye of what awaits me.

This book gives such an insight into heaven that it is difficult to take it all in , however the pictures it paints are so breathtakingly beautiful that you would have to be a fool to not believe . Come Lord Jesus .

I’m usually quite cynical when I read books from people professing to have received revelations or “visions” or a “near-death experience of Heaven. However, I prayerfully & tentatively approached reading all the stories. I’m not quite sure what to make of some of what was said.. However, I definitely believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, laid aside his divine privileges, lived as a man, was tempted in ways we were tempted but managed not to sin (i.e. was able NOT to offend Father God Creator of Heaven & Earth in anyway NOR go His Own Independent Way), took up all our sins (our failings, our indiscretions, our tendency to go “our own way”) and paid the FULL PRICE for all eternity for all who will call upon His Name, ask Him to deliver them from evil, forgive their sins, and through the Power of His Holy Spirit come into their lives & enable them to Direct and Guide their lives in a way which is pleasing to God of Heaven. Why do I say this? For three reasons basically 1) First because a number of years ago, I had a “near death experience” and a car accident in which I was NOT meant to survive but lived and believed I had a brief visit to “Heaven” but was sent back. 2) Secondly, because of my life experience & of the near-miss fatal accidents in which I’ve called on Jesus and said “Jesus, Son of God, I believe you are the Son of God, Please deliver me... I commit my spirit & future into Your Hands” and have had “unexplained rescues.” 3) Thirdly because I now believe there is a spiritual side to each and every one of us and we either have to believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and offered Himself on the cross for our sins so we could enjoy Him for all eternity in Heaven with God the Father as He said in the Gospel of John in Chapter 14 verse 6 that “[He is] the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and no one comes to the Father, but through [Him]” or we could choose to go “our own way” and disbelieve and discredit all Jesus claimed to be and all He said about Himself and take the consequences of our own wilful and independent “I’m alright thanks and I’ll be OK on my own and I want to do my own thing and live my own life and besides I’m not at all keen on all this God or Jesus Business and want nothing to do with Him”.. As C.S. Lewis, the highly respected Academic who taught on the Faculties of Oxford University & Cambridge University said in his book “The Great Divorce”, IF we keep saying to “God of Heaven” NOT “Your Will Be Done”, there May come a point in which God the Father says to us “then your will be done”... with all the consequences of absence of light, love, peace and ALL THINGS good... I found reading this ebook quite sobering & VERY THOUGHT-PROVOKING..

The testimonies in this book are just astonishing, giving witness that Heaven and Hell are real, that our God who makes all things perfect had us in His heart when He sent Jesus to earth so we can know Him now , access His throne, and experience His unconditional love so others can come with us. The majesty, beauty and authenticity of these spiritual accounts help us imagine a little better what awaits every believer in the Messiah, and how great and infinite is our Creator and Father. Nothing can be hidden. Do not wait. Read and live in Him. It is worth the cost.

Wonderful to read of heaven and our hope for eternity. God us so majestic. We have such a great hope.