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Long, Jeffrey. God and the Afterlife. HarperOne, 2016. Chapter 7, Jeremiah J, pp. not specified.
God and the Afterlife - Jeremiah J - Chapter 7 - 2016
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Jeremiah was undergoing surgery to repair a hernia when complications caused his heart to stop. This cardiac arrest during surgery created a life-threatening emergency requiring immediate medical intervention. Prior to this experience, he had believed in God but didn't think anyone or any religion truly understood what happens after death.
During his NDE, Jeremiah went directly to a place of light without any tunnel or sensation of travel. He understood that the universe in its entirety is God and all connected. There was complete connection and harmony with existence, though not absolute knowledge. He was personally in God's presence and fully conscious, experiencing God as something that simply Is—regardless of belief. The oneness is God; all is one and the same. He understood that God is all around us and in us on the earthly plane as well. The experience forever changed him. He now comprehends that while there is no absolute knowledge, God does exist as a certainty beyond faith or belief. God's existence is not dependent on human belief—God simply Is. This revelation transformed his previous uncertainty into absolute knowing based on direct experience rather than faith. Jeremiah's encounter emphasized the omnipresence of God, the interconnected nature of all existence, and the reality of God that transcends human religious understanding or belief systems. His experience moved him from questioning believer to certain knower.
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Cardiac arrest during hernia surgery with heart stopping
Direct conscious experience in God's presence with specific insights
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