The
book is the personal encounter and testimony of Dr. Eben Alexander, a
neuro-surgeon who had a near-death experience (NDE) while in a coma for 7 days
due to a severe bacterial infection caused by meningitis.
He
describes his personal history before and after the coma and explains in length
his experiences in the other spiritual world.
This vast happening took him into realms which humans can only
experience after they pass from this world, but he was told by his celestial guide
that he would learn a lot but that he would return to his life on earth. The condensed message is:
· You have nothing to
fear
· You can’t do anything
wrong
One
insight which Dr. Alexander perceived was that the purpose of evil exists for man to exercise his free will. Even though, it seems a common Christian idea
taken from the Bible, I don’t agree with it.
“The LORD has made
everything for its own purpose, Even the wicked for the day of evil.”
~
Proverbs 16:4
Some
people do believe that God created evil, and it is part of the dualities like
up and down, left and right, and positive and negative. Since God is only good, He could not create
evil. God can only create what is in
HIM. God cannot relate or change
evil. That is one reason why He cannot
change the evil ways of man. People
often asked, “why isn’t God doing anything about wars, or why did this disaster
happened, or why is the weather so strange?” God created laws and principles
which rule the universe and He gave man free will to become the Lord over
creation. He also gave us an additional
commandment which we were to obey until we became mature enough to rule the
universe.
“The Lord God took
the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are
free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of
the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly
die.”
~
Genesis 2:15-17
Is
says that in the Garden of Eden, there were two trees, one was the Tree of Life
representing Adam, and then there was another tree, the Tree of Knowledge of
Good and Evil, representing Eve. Unfortunately, Eve made a bad choice by
disobeying the commandment: do not eat of this tree unless you shall die. For whatever reason, a similar story has
appeared in many religions and cultures around the world. Through the
revelation given to the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, we learn that
Lucifer, the angel of light and truth who was to help and serve Adam and Eve
while they were immature, misguided Eve and lied to her.
“Now the serpent was
more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the
woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
“The woman said to
the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say,
‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and
you must not touch it, or you will die.’”
“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said
to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be
opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
“When the woman saw
that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also
desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to
her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were
naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.”
~
Genesis 3:1-7
Because
of this disobedience and betrayal the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil
represented by Eve brought evil into the world and murder was committed within
the first human family.
Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While
they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
~ Gen 4:8
In
that way Dr. Eben Alexander became a modern day prophet, revealing many deep
secrets of the unseen universe.
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