Darkness encompassed me round about – darkness that is blacker than any night man has ever seen. I could look up and see the lights of the Earth.
I began to descend down, down, into a pit, like you’d go down into a well, cavern or cave. I could see my family in the room, but I couldn’t contact them. I did not lose consciousness I leaped out of my body like a diver would leap off a diving board into a swimming pool.
This numbness spread to my feet, my ankles, my knees, my hips, my stomach, my heart and I leaped out of my body. The following is an excerpt of his near-death experience as described in his book, I Believe in Visions, by Rev. Kenneth Hagin was the pastor of Rhema Bible Church and the Kenneth Hagin Ministries which publishes the Word of Faith Magazine. At the age of 15, Kenneth had a near-death experience resulting from a malformed heart – a condition he was born with. But it came as a real shock to him when he found out that they weren’t. He even believed that Jesus and all his disciples were Southern Baptists. He was a believer and follower of Jesus Christ and he knew this assured him a place in heaven. In Christian circles, he was “saved” and on the path for heaven. As a child, he first made his commitment to Christ and was baptized with water. He was born and raised a Southern Baptist. Reverend Kenneth Hagin (1917-2003) thought that by the time he was nine he had done all that was necessary to get a place in heaven.