11-year-old Colton Burpo from the American city of Imperial (Nebraska) claims that as a child, during the operation, he visited paradise, sat on Jesus' lap, saw his great-grandfather and talked with his deceased sister, about whom he had not been told anything before
When Colton was four years old, during a family trip to Colorado, the boy fell ill, and upon returning home it turned out that his appendix had burst and the child was put in for surgery. While Colton was undergoing surgery, his parents - Todd and Sonya - prayed for him, fearing losing their son.
When, after the operation, the boy woke up, then, to the amazement of his parents, he said that during this time he communicated with his sister, who died a year before his birth (when his mother had a miscarriage), and Colton did not know anything about this family history before. writes the British newspaper "Daily Mail".
“She (sister) began to hug me and said that she was glad to see at least someone from her family in heaven. She has no name - she was never given one there. And she can't wait for her mother and father to go to heaven on their own to meet her,”Colton said.
The boy also told his stunned parents that while he was undergoing surgery, he saw them praying, and also saw his great-grandfather, who died more than 30 years ago. At the same time, the child was able to recognize his great-grandfather in the photograph, where he is depicted as young, but did not recognize him in the photograph taken shortly before the death of his great-grandfather.
“I remember Jesus, those streets are made of gold and many different colors. I sat on Jesus' lap and felt safe. God - He is the largest of the paradise inhabitants and can control the whole world,”Colton said.
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When the boy was asked to describe paradise, he replied that "there are all the colors of the rainbow, this is a place of beautiful colors and shades."
“The gate was made of gold and had precious stones on it. It's never dark there. On the contrary, it is always bright there. There everyone has wings, and everyone can fly … There everyone is wearing white robes with ribbons of different colors, and everyone has a radiance over their heads.
According to the boy, he even saw John the Baptist in Paradise, but then he did not know who he was, he was later told about him in Sunday school.
As the newspaper notes, Colton's parents even wrote a book about what happened to their son.
