A DIVINE REVELATION OF THE SPIRIT REALM

I heard a cry so desperate that it filled my heart with despair. "No hope, no hope!" the voice called. The mournful, hopeless cry came from a coffin. It was an endless wail of regret. "Oh, how awful!" I said. "Come," said Jesus, "let's go closer." With that, He walked up to the coffin and looked inside. I followed and also peered in. It seemed that the evil spirits could not see us. A dirty-gray mist filled the inside of the coffin. It was the soul of a man. As I watched, demons pushed their spears into the soul of the man in the coffin. I will never forget the suffering of this soul. I cried to Jesus, "Let him out, Lord! Let him out!" The torment of his soul was such a terrible sight. If only he could get free! I pulled at Jesus' hand and begged Him to let the man out of his coffin. WHY SOULS ARE LOST Jesus said, "My child, peace, be still. This man was a preacher of the Word of God. There was a time when he served Me with all his heart and led many people to salvation. Many of his converts are still serving Me today. "But the lust of the flesh and the deceitfulness of riches led him astray. He let Satan gain power over him. He had a big church, a fine car, a large income. He began to steal from the church offerings. He began to teach lies. Most of what he spoke was full of half-truths. "He would not let Me correct him. I sent My messengers to tell him to repent and preach the truth, but he loved the pleasures of this world more than the Life and Word of God. He knew not to teach or preach any other doctrine except the truth as revealed in the Bible. "But before he died, he said that the Holy Spirit baptism was a lie and that those who claimed to have the Holy Spirit were hypocrites. He said you could be a drunkard and get to heaven, even without repentance. "He said that God would not send anyone to hell - that God was too good to do that. He caused many good people to fall from the grace of the Lord. He even said that he did not need Me, for he was like a god. He went so far as to hold seminars to teach this false doctrine. He trampled My Holy Word under his feet. Yet, I continued to love him. "My child, it is better to have never known Me than to know Me and turn back from serving Me," said the Lord. "If only he had listened to You, Lord!" I cried. "If only he had cared about his soul and the souls of others." "He would not listen to Me. When I called, he would not hear Me. He loved the easy life. I called and called him to repentance, but he would not come back to Me. "One day he was killed and came immediately to this place in hell. Now Satan torments him for having once preached My Word and having led souls into My Kingdom. This is his torment." I watched the demons as they continued to march around and around the coffin. The man's heart beat, and real blood spurted from it. I will never forget his cries of pain and sorrow! As we left, I saw another group of demons coming up to the coffin. They were about three feet tall, dressed in black clothes, with black hoods over their faces. They were taking shifts tormen-ting this soul. THE DANGER OF PRIDE I thought about how pride in all of us at times makes us unwilling to admit mistakes and ask for for-giveness. We refuse to repent and humble ourselves, and we go on as if we alone were forever right. Listen, friend: hell is real, and demons are real! Please do not give in to evil spirits. Please do not go to hell! Then God showed me a giant clock, stretching out across the whole world. I heard it ticking. The hour hand was nearing the twelve o'clock position, and the minute hand reached around until it stopped at three minutes before twelve. Stealthily, the minute hand moved toward the hour. As it moved, the ticking became louder and louder until it seemed to fill the whole earth. The Lord spoke, and His voice sounded like a trumpet: "Listen and hear what My Spirit is saying to you. Be ready, for at a time you do not expect, I will come again. Hear the clock striking. It is twelve o'clock. The Bridegroom has come for His bride." Then I realized that He had turned from showing me the horrors of hell to revealing the future and some of the events about the Second Coming. With conflicting feelings, I realized that the time for that glorious event is almost here. Anticipating the Lord's coming, I echoed the words John shouted on Patmos, "Even so, come, Lord Jesus" (Revelation 22:20). [From: A Divine Revelation of the Spirit Realm by Mary Baxter with Dr T L Lowery, Whitaker House, USA, 2000].