JE and SUS featuring Lucy Stimpson- Maynard from the album Uplifted recorded and produced by Bob Ross

In my testimony of becoming a Christian I explain that I became afraid of dying as I was really worried about having no awareness of existence (see Blog March 27th “Afraid of Dying” | Risen)

Well, I recently read this is on -line blog and thought “That’s exactly what I meant! “

When you wake up, even if you don’t remember your dreams, you are aware that some time has passed. An entirely different thing happens with certain types of anaesthesia. For the patient, everything stops, including the passage of time.

I recently had an endoscopy. Once they’d hooked me up with the IV and the sensors, everybody stepped out of the curtained in area where I was lying for a short time. And feeling around, I noticed my phone in my back pocket, so I pulled it out and called my brother. I got his answering machine, so I told him that I was prepped and waiting for my endoscopy. And I immediately heard a voice from the other side of the curtain telling me, “We’re done, Rik. Give me a minute to pull your IVs.”

For however long that procedure took, the universe, for me, did not exist. And that is what I think actual death is. The non-existence of everything. Time, space, and everything else, vanishes.

I am so grateful, that now I am a Christian, I can totally disagree with the blogger’s belief that death means the non-existence of everything.– John 3:16 promises me that.

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