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 enlarge | Authors: Don Piper, Cecil Murphey
Publisher: Revell
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  515 reviews
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Format: Large Print
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Pages: 304
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0800731662
Dewey Decimal Number: 200
EAN: 9780800731663
ASIN: 0800731662
Publication Date: September 1, 2006
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 Piper's Heaven Contradicts Scripture August 5, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I read almost half of this book even though long before that I knew something was wrong with it. It's not my opinion of this book that matters but what God's word has to say about the things Mr. Piper says and describes.
First of all, Piper said "I didn't see Jesus" when he was in "heaven." Wouldn't Jesus be the first person one would see? Wouldn't He be the first one we would WANT to see? The Savior who loves us so much and died for our sin, wouldn't He be there at the gate, waiting for us when we come home? Piper's description of heaven was weak and left me cold. It was like a large family reunion that had little to do with God or utter amazement of being in heaven.
Don Piper's story contradicts the Bible where God has said it is "appointed to man ONCE to die and then comes the judgment." When a person dies, they don't come back. That's what the Bible says. They go to hell if they rejected God's salvation or they go to heaven if they accepted it. The Apostles Paul and John saw heaven by the direct leading of God but they didn't die in order to see it. They were very much alive and aware. Paul was told he was not allowed to describe what he saw. So, why was Piper? John was told to write what he was shown and guess what? John also saw Jesus Christ when he was taken up to heaven. He saw the Lamb on His throne and he saw the angels giving Him glory. It was a place of amazing holiness, permeated by the presence of Christ. Christ was the center of the heaven that John saw and wrote about. What a staggering contrast between that and the "heaven" described by Piper.
This is what Jesus Christ said of heaven: "Eye has not seen nor ear heard what God has prepared for those that love Him." Outside of what John was told to write, we know very little of what heaven looks like. Jesus did not describe heaven as a place of gold streets and gates of pearl. Scripture makes it clear that heaven is the place of God's throne, that it is a holy place. Jesus Christ described hell in detail and talked about it more than he did heaven.
What Don Piper described was not heaven but the New Jerusalem described in the book of Revelation--a place that has not yet been fully made and which will one day be brought down to the earth AFTER the millennial reign of Christ. The New Jerusalem is not heaven but Scripture says that it will come down out of heaven. Don Piper did not see the New Jerusalem because it has not yet been revealed from heaven (except by John's description) and Piper did not see the heaven where God is right now because Scripture contradicts his story.
I don't know why Piper wrote this book and said all these things or why it took him over a decade to decide to write it. Maybe he has been deceived and really believes he had some kind of experience. But, remember, many unsaved people have had "heavenly" experiences too and supposedly come back to tell about it. The Bible is clear that the unsaved will not see heaven, yet many of them have described what they think was heaven. Whenever any man contradicts God's word, we need to side with what God said and leave the rest alone.
 A JOYFUL book to share with everyone! August 4, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was written in the most beautiful and descriptive manner. A true joy to read. I have shared it with many of my friends. I recommend it to anyone.
 Not what I expected August 1, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The out of body experience covered about 4 pages and that was it really. The rest of the book just chronicled the trauma and recovery from the terrible injuries from the accident. Although, this was a terrible time for the author, the main thing was supposed to be about the OBE. Well that's why I bought the book. I would have thought 90 minutes in heaven would have given more insights into the next world. I was rather disappointed. I don't want to put down the traumatic experience of the author but the book was about his physical recovery rather than about any insights into what happens when we leave this mortal place.
Does he still believe in Santa Claus too? July 31, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm amazed at how insane religious "faith" is. I grew up Catholic but as soon as I was old enough to reason for myself (around 1st grade), I started to realize that the bible was nothing but fiction. For those who take it literally, I can only extend my sympathy. That being said, can anyone have a more cliched version of heaven? Angels wings beating, beautiful music and pearlescent gates? And wouldn't it get boring just doing what he described for eternity?!! Also, supposing there is any truth to this, what happens when you meet up with friends that never got along on earth...suddenly, everything is great? Heaven sounds incredibly boring, kind of like going to church but having the mass last forever. And if I had to spend eternity with the likes of Don Piper and the rest of those bible thumpers, I'd have to try and figure out a way to send my soul to oblivion, or even hell for that matter...Let's face it, as much as we'd like to believe otherwise, and also that Big Foot and Santa Claus are real, when our lives end, we're worm food. I'd like to believe there's more to life than this but even if there is, I don't think it's anything like Don Piper and the rest of the fundamentalists describe any more than we'll be enjoying 40 virgins (although that's more to my liking personally than what Don described). But if believing in a religion and afterlife provides comfort and moral guidance (kind of like thimb sucking for adults), then go ahead. Unfortunately, I never drank the kool aid.
So disappointed I couldn't finish. July 30, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Not well written at all. Constantly repeating the same thing over and over. It's terrible that this man was injured, but page after page of him constantly stating how much pain he was in got old fast. I made it halfway through the book, but when I got to the part where he had some staples removed and had to steel himself from "screaming at the top of my lungs", because he couldn't remember hurting that excruciatingly His words), I gave up. An entire page devoted to getting some simple staples out? It just goes on and on. I had hoped for some insight into Heaven, but all I got was a poorly written story of a guy with a very low pain threshold. Best of luck to Don Piper, but stay out of the book writing business. I wish I could get my money back.
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