He Met Jesus Face-to-Face After Dying of an Infection
As a human development researcher, medical advisor, and director of clinical support, Randy Kay was not given to fantastical ideas about the spirit realm or embellished “divine encounters.”
But after clinically dying in the hospital with an MRSA infection, Randy Kay had a life-changing afterlife experience with Jesus in Heaven. In this excerpt, Randy explains what happened immediately after he had died.
And from there, he meets Someone who changed his life forever…
My first recollection after my body ceased functioning was that of my spirit rising above my body, which I faintly saw from below.
A brilliant light pulled me upward, like the sun, only this light did not burn. It soothed. My senses were piqued, clear, and my visions were lifelike, unlike the indistinct accounts of dreams or hallucinations.
I saw gargantuan figures battling in the far distance upon fields of grass and rolling hills. Not sure of what was happening, all I could do was cry out the name of Jesus, all the while feeling peaceful without a care in the world.
Next, my feet settled on a cushiony ground. A soft figure snuggled against me as He placed His arm around me and pressed His soothing face against my cheek. His bristles were soft and His skin smooth. It was Jesus. Being with Him felt as though we had been pals for eons. I knew it. My awareness was piqued. My senses more pronounced than ever before. I smelled, saw, felt, and understood things more than at any time in my life. For the first time in my life I could breathe deeply, inhaling fragrances never before realized. The light emanating from Jesus illuminated everything around me.
“I am with you, my beloved,” Jesus said. “Always.”
I caved to the ground in awe of my Lord and Savior. His hand rested on my left shoulder as He grasped my right hand to pull me up. I was sobbing with breathless adoration being in the presence of the Almighty, my best Friend, consummate Love.
“Trust Me,” He said.
I stood as Jesus’ left arm pulled me into His side. I felt at home. No worries, no fears, no regrets … absolute comfort.
Revelations from Heaven
Randy Kay
Some wish to know how Jesus appeared. His face impressed me most since a robe covered His body, but even that did not influence me overall. His face was symmetrical with thick eye- brows, almond shaped eyes, straight nose, olive skin, full cheeks and lips, strong jawline, brownish-green eyes, pointed chin, and a full head of dark hair. His serene physical appearance seemed sur- real at first, and then I understood that the quintessence of Jesus’ appearance was a divine embodiment of love and kindness and gentleness that made His outward characteristics seem irrelevant to how Jesus appeared to me. I presumed that the light f lowing from Jesus was the burgeoning emittance of love, like we might visualize from the moon’s reflection of the sun. If anyone could paint both a radiant and comforting picture of love, that would be Jesus.
The first takeaway from my intimacy with Jesus was that His exclusive focus was on me, just me. I knew that the cares of the world rested on His shoulders, but when we were together, cheek to cheek, I felt like I was the most important person to Jesus.
Never in my life had I felt that kind of absolute devotion. I don’t know how Jesus did that, but I have talked with other NDEers who also clinically died—their hearts stopped—and each one experienced a similar if not same phenomena. He sees you as though you are the only person in Heaven and on earth, was my takeaway.
You may have heard the saying, “When you were born, the mold was broken,” meaning that no one else is just like you. More so, God sees you as though you are the most special person in all of creation. When Jesus looked at me, His eyes glistened with love. I truly believed that He saw only me. I don’t understand how He did that. Jesus assumed the cares of the world, and yet I possessed God’s exclusive attention. That same absolute attentiveness applies to each of us.
This overwhelming revelation translated into not only my personhood, it also unveiled my inimitable purpose in life. In Heaven, God exposed to me my special imprint. After being initially awestruck and caving to my knees, realizing that I stood in the presence of the King of kings and Lord of lords, Jesus and I strolled together as best friends. I journeyed along with my Companion both awestruck by Jesus and comfortable with Him at the same time. Because our hearts were kindred in Heaven, my sense of knowing God’s truth seemed almost instinctive.
I knew that my time in Heaven served a purpose, and I believe that purpose includes my sharing some deep insights with you. Jesus revealed my uniqueness in Heaven, exposing my truest self. I know that He also wants to expose your singularity and specialness as well. Before you were born, God fashioned you and me for a reason. That reason is for a Kingdom impact. But before you can make that impact, I want to tell you how special you are to God.
Jesus Showed Me the Past
In Heaven, Jesus showed me a life review similar to vignettes you might see through a flashback. They appeared as fast-paced movie scenes with me as the imbedded main character. Each scene elicited God’s grace and comfort, even for those situations in which I failed. While witnessing them I was actually reliving the smells, sensations, and the sentience of others as well as my own feelings.
Jesus showed me a scene while praying with my grandmother so that she could receive Christ; and the same when I prayed with my father as he confessed Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior; and then he showed a frail boy lying within a hospital bed. I had previously met this boy when I was a teenage agnostic while working in the hospital as a volunteer. I served him a meal.
“I’m dying of cancer,” the boy had said to me decades earlier. Not knowing quite what to say, I simply responded, “Oh.”
“Don’t worry,” he said. “I’m going to Heaven, and you’ll be there someday too.”
“Oh, I don’t believe in Heaven, but I’m sure if there is one, you’ll be there,” I answered.
“I’ll pray for you,” he said.
A few days later I stopped by the boy’s room again. His bed was empty. I checked with the nurses’ station, and a nurse said, “He’s not with us anymore.”
“He went home?” I asked.
“No,” she said. “He died a couple days ago.”
That was my playback in Heaven. Little did I know that one day his statement, “You’ll be there someday too,” was today, now, as I viewed those moments with the boy in retrospect. I had forgotten this part of my life until God played it back to me in Heaven. Now I understand that this boy’s prayers helped bring me to know Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior.
I believe God showed me this story, and the other stories of salvation, to reveal to me the Kingdom impact of our prayers. When we pray, “God’s will be done on earth as it is in Heaven,” we are literally praying God’s will into existence on earth. We are making a Kingdom impact. And that impact is yours and mine to make— no one else in this world can make it for us.
Randy’s story doesn’t stop there…
To hear more of Randy’s experience and his revelations from heaven, check out his story in Revelations from Heaven: A True Story of Death, the Afterlife, and 31 Supernatural Discoveries!
What was it like to be face to face with Jesus?
What does Heaven look like?
And what did Randy Kay learn from his afterlife encounter?
As a human development researcher, medical advisor, and director of clinical support, Randy Kay was not given to fantastical ideas about the spirit realm or embellished “divine encounters.”
But after clinically dying in the hospital, Randy Kay had a life-changing afterlife experience with Jesus in Heaven.
In his first book, Dying to Meet Jesus, Randy shared this experience, but not the supernatural insights and profound discoveries he received. Now, Randy senses a timely assignment from the Holy Spirit to answer the question so many readers have asked: what did you learn while you were in Heaven?
In Revelations from Heaven, Randy leads you into a heavenly encounter of your own, revealing 31 revelations that God is unveiling to you. These insights include…
Emboldened Prayer: A biblical perspective on encounters in Heaven and how they embolden our prayer lives.
Conversations with Jesus: Insights that were exchanged while Randy communicated with Jesus in Heaven.
Angelic and Demonic Activity: How there is a very real, invisible realm battling over the souls of humanity.
Race and Ethnicity in Heaven: In eternity, how do people see one another and how does God see them?
The Sights, Sounds, and Senses of Heaven: In Heaven, the five senses are enhanced and there are new senses that earthly language cannot explain.
Heaven’s Perspective on Sadness and Grief: How tears are kept and collected in bottles.
The Difference Between “Paradise” and Heaven: When a believer dies, where do they really go?
Take hold of the amazing truths that Heaven has released through Randy’s incredible experience, and see for yourself the powerful life-change that can accompany Revelations from Heaven.
