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Fortner, Michael D. The Truth About Angels and Near-Death Experiences. Trumpet Press, Chapter 11, RaNelle Wallace, Pages 188-191, 2023
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Suggestive Evidence
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Low Compatibility
Progressive spiritual levels, self-judgment
RaNelle Wallace's experience contains biblical elements severely compromised by unbiblical theology. The positive aspects include recognition that ignoring responsibilities is sin, experiencing consequences of actions on others (sowing and reaping), and transformation through divine light. The life review showing unrepented sins aligns with biblical judgment themes. The gulf between spiritual levels echoes Luke 16's account of the rich man and Lazarus.
However, fundamental biblical doctrines are contradicted. The teaching that we are "self-governed and self-judged" directly opposes Scripture's clear teaching that God judges (Hebrews 9:27, 2 Corinthians 5:10). The concept of Jim choosing his spiritual level and being able to grow contradicts the finality of judgment after death. The Bible teaches no progression after death - destinations are fixed. This resembles Mormon theology of degrees of glory more than biblical heaven and hell. The idea that "no one forces truth upon us" contradicts Jesus being THE way, truth, and life. The suggestion that those who lived wrongly can be content in lower spiritual realms denies biblical descriptions of hell as torment. This experience promotes dangerous false hope that rejecting Christ still allows for happiness and growth after death.
RaNelle Wallace ignored multiple divine warnings about a future plane crash and died when their small aircraft crashed in 1984. She was badly burned with most of her face burned off, including her lips and eyelids. Despite praying for angels on their wing tips during the flight, they crashed. She died in the ambulance while her husband, who only had burned hands, sat beside her.
During her death, she traveled at tremendous speed through a narrow tube that became very tight, frightening her. She passed what seemed like galaxies with colors and lights brushing against her. Two men traveled beside her, talking about her. During a pause in the journey, she had a comprehensive life review where she relived events, understanding for the first time why she had done things and the impact on others. She saw sins she hadn't repented of and realized ignoring responsibilities was a sin. She experienced both the pain she caused others and the good she had done. Finding herself wanting, she wanted to melt in the agony of self-indictment, though no one else judged her. Approaching heaven, she saw a speck of light that grew larger and brighter than the sun. The light made her pure and traumas were forgotten, transformed by peace. She met her grandmother who appeared in her twenties and communicated telepathically. She also saw Jim, a drug dealer acquaintance, at a lower level of light separated by a gulf. Though he had lived wrongly, he chose to stay at that level and seemed content, able to grow but limited in progress - part of damnation. She learned that no one forces truth upon us; we are self-governed and self-judged. |