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 Undivine Revelation July 13, 2008
I decided to read this book after the author of "23 Minutes in Hell" made a reference to her experience in his book. After reading both books, I do not believe Miss Baxter's story. In fact, the story that Bill Weise portrayed in "23 Minutes in Hell" is more believable than the story in "A Divine Revelation of Hell". The first thing that I noticed about this book was the repetition. Miss Baxter, throughout the book, repeated herself continuously throughout the book. I believe if you threw out the repetitions, then the story could be as short as a magazine article. The second thing that I noticed about this book was how simple it wss to read. This, most times, oculd be a good thing but in this case the level of reading is so low that a child could understand it. Her writing is not very professional at all. It appears that the book was just thrown together without doing any editing. She does include actual biblical material but she has twisted it to fit what she wanted it to be. As a Christian myself, I believe that once a person is saved they are always saved. As I was reading this book, I got the impression that she was saying that it is possible for a Christian to lose their salvation. As I see it, Miss Baxter was only interested in making money off peoples interests in this particular topic. She may have succeeded in doing this but she didn't convince me that her experiences were real.
 Very Good Book. Will Scare the Pants Off of You. July 11, 2008
This is the scariest book that I have ever read. If you are to believe what Mary K. Baxter claims to have witnessed, it will cause you to really think about your mortality. This book is thought-provoking. I personally scared me into going to church more and really being thankful for what I have. I recommend it to everyone!
Do not recommend this book May 23, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is not a good purchase. However sincere the author may be, it contains questionable material. I would not recommend this reading to anyone. I don't know the author or her intentions, but I find it hard to believe that Jesus gave this vision to her.
 Interesting read, but no to be taken literally. May 20, 2008
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I read this book yesterday, after a guest speaker came to church and mentioned it.
I believe Ms. Baxter believes everything she saw and did experience things. But I am not sure of the extent of her interpretation or vision being tailored to have the most impact on her. I think what she saw we probably given to her in a way that would be most real to her, so she could explain it. Every writer's own experience and perceptions infuse their work, and I think this could be evident in what she saw. I don t make the presumption to think what she experienced was or was not real, I cant possibly do that, as I am not her. I just feel that her beliefs and reality are POSSIBLY infused in what she saw and experienced.
For example, the descriptions of the demons in hell. They very much resembled the art of medieval times - body of a bear, head of a bat, broken wings. Perhaps they really do look like that, but I wonder if it wasnt a version of horror that would impact her the most so she could honestly write how terrifying it was.
Other reviewers have written that they were surprised that Jesus left her in hell to experience it. Of course I could be wrong, I am not privy to the mind of the Almighty, and I did not experience what Ms. Baxter did. That being said, it just seems so mean and NOT "what would Jesus do". So it detracts from the complete plausibility of how she describes things.
There were other parts I wondered about... People's works being held against them, even though they had accepted Christ. My understanding is saved by faith, not works; sin is sin to God be it murder or lies, but if you believe in God and Jesus dying to wipe the sin slate clean, then you are saved from hell.
The last part that troubled me was the description of Heaven, and again, perhaps what she saw was what (in her mind) was true beauty. BUT, the description of parts of heaven being solid gold with inset pearls and jewels, buildings made of giant blocks of diamonds, I thought was shallow and materialistic. I cant believe God decorates like VEGAS! Like there is ANY value or place in heaven for the stupid materialistic things that some people covet on earth, just makes no sense to me at all.
All that being said, the basic message; be sorry for what you have done, believe in God and Jesus, try to live a good life because of what you believe, is solid though out the book. There is a good message in almost every chapter, it is just the semantics that tripped me up. Personally, I think God would prefer people to believe in him because of all the good he does, rather than for fear of ending in hell. But that is just my opinion.
Hope this review helps.
This woman's visions are not from God May 2, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am a Christian. What this woman talks about was very interesting when I read it. In fact, I was scared straight for a few days.
However, the visions she had of heaven and hell are completely against scripture. Did Jesus forget to add a few details to what heaven and hell would be like? Especially after John said, "...to everyone who hears the words of prophecy written in this book: If anyone adds anything to what is written here, God will add to that person the plagues described in this book. And if anyone removes any of the words from this book of prophecy, God will remove that person's share in the tree of life and in the holy city that are described in this book." Rev. 22:18.
The pictures of heaven and hell have already been given through the book of Revelation. The book of Revelation was the end all of what heaven and hell would truly be like.
That there might be some correlation between what the scripture says and what this woman saw does nothing to corroborate the truth of what she says.
I'll grant that her own experiences may have been genuine.
I will not grant that this is scriptural.
I hope this poor woman, if she's still alive, comes to her senses and doesn't continue to disseminate her own visions of what has already been revealed in the Bible.
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