My Time In Heaven Author: SIGMUND RICHARD | Language: English | ISBN:
1603741232 | Format: PDF
My Time In Heaven Description
About the Author
Richard Sigmund was born on March 19, 1941, in Des Moines, Iowa. His grandfather was praying as Richard was being born, and the Lord told him, "Through him, I will answer prayer." Whose prayer? The prayer of his great-grandfather, who was a Spirit-filled, Jewish, circuit-riding preacher during the Civil War.The Lord first appeared to Richard when he was four years old. As a child, he started preaching in a country Methodist church in Iowa. His grandfather knew healing evangelist Jack Coe Sr., and Rev. Coe brought Richard to Omaha in 1949 to preach. While the boy who became known as "Little Richard" preached, the anointing came upon him, and he saw angels.When he was about nine years old, he presented the gospel before the meetings of world-renowned evangelist and miracle worker A. A. Allen. Richard was with Allen for about ten years; tutors enabled him to maintain his schoolwork while he was on the road. Also during that time, Richard was with evangelist Lee Girard and presented his testimony during William Branham meetings.In his early twenties, Richard had a fruitful ministry for a time in Phoenix, Arizona, and then held tent meetings with considerable success among the Navajo in northern Arizona and in other revival meetings around the country. In 1974, while he was ministering at a small church in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, he was declared dead for eight hours after a traffic accident, during which he had his experiences of heaven and hell.Over the years, Richard has preached the gospel through television programs, radio broadcasts, and speaking engagements. He has been in meetings with Kathryn Kuhlman and Oral Roberts, and he was interviewed by Pat Robertson. Richard has ministered in England, Scotland, Australia, South Africa, Kenya, and many other countries. In South Africa, he followed David Nunn and Morris Cerullo in a special series of meetings. It was Rex Humbard who encouraged him to tell his story of a place called heaven.In the early 1990s, Richard met his wife, Priscilla, a fellow native of Iowa. After living in Texas and Missouri, they returned to Iowa, where their organization, Cleft of the Rock Ministries, is now based. Richard is associated with World Bible Way Fellowship.
- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Whitaker House (December 14, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1603741232
- ISBN-13: 978-1603741231
- Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
I was in a Christian book store looking for books on spirituality, and I came across "My Time In Heaven - A True Story of Dying... And Coming Back". I realized that it wouldn't qualify as spiritual fiction based on the title, however I was curious and wanted to read it, as I had recently read and reviewed "The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven". After I read it, I had changed my mind and I feel that it is a spiritual fiction book, unless the author has some other information that he has not included in his book.
"My Time In Heaven" is written by Richard Sigmund, a preacher, minister or pastor (I'm not sure of his title, or what he prefers to be addressed as) and it relates his experiences after he was killed in a car accident in 1974. Mr. Sigmund states that he was pronounced dead after the accident, and remained that way for over eight hours. He awoke as he was being wheeled to the morgue, sat up and said "I ain't dead yet". He writes in the introduction to his book "I could feel my bones knitting together. I could feel the scars healing while I sat up. And I breathed and spoke."
I have never met Richard Sigmund, and I have no reason to believe that he doesn't believe what he says happened to him. There is no way for me, or anyone else, to prove or disprove his claims as to what he saw in Heaven while he was there. I am giving you my opinion of his book, plain and simple, and I will let you judge for yourself if you wish to read it. The impression I got when I read it was that anyone with a sufficient knowledge of the Bible could "experience" what Mr. Sigmund experienced.
The book initially (very briefly) relates the accident that Mr. Sigmund was involved in.
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