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Rescued from the Enemy's Territory

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Rescued from the Enemy's Territory

My father’s earthly journey ended October 6, 2019, not but a few months shy of his 100th birthday. His decline came very quickly and within a span of 2 weeks he knew he was going to leave us. He was ready. The conversations we had spoken together through the written word about death and what was awaiting him were now becoming reality. There was no fear or angst in him about his impending journey into the unseen. Peace was reigning. On his last day when he was still conscious, I asked him, “Dad, are you afraid?” A strong confident answer resounded from him, “No!” In his last hours, now totally unconscious and nonresponsive, something extraordinary happened multiple times. He would raise his to-weak-to-move arms high, open his hands wide open as to reach and grab something and his non-seeing closed eyes opened wide with excitement. As he was doing this, out of his non-speaking voice a visceral groan of amazement would come with strength and clarity. Not a sound of pain nor fear but an exclamation of something glorious being seen. With his hands and arms outreached, he attempted to bring it to himself. Something quite wonderous was taking place. The prayer uttered into his non-hearing ears just a few minutes earlier was now being answered. There is no doubt in my mind as to what was happening. The veil of the unseen was being drawn back for him; the hope of Heaven was now becoming sight to his soul. The beckoning call of his risen Savior, being seen and heard, was a foretaste of what would become his possession in a few hours. Even his now shutting-down unconscious body had to respond to this glorious call to his spirit. My brother and I looked at each other with astonishment. A few hours later Pops left us. With one last squeeze of our hands in his, he breathed his last and was now in the presence of what his body had craved for only several hours earlier. Pops is now home, his journey in the enemy’s territory is over. What he was created for, relationship with Father God, is now one and complete. Inexpressible wonder!

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