Since angels carried Lazarus to Abraham’s Bosom, since Jesus and the archangel will escort believers to Heaven at the Rapture, and because so many people have “seen” or “experienced” angels at death, it’s biblically reasonable to conclude that when Christians die angels do escort them to Heaven. Because he remains certain of the sparkles he saw, I hope and pray that one day his heart will be opened and he will see with his heart what he saw with his eyes - a spiritual realm of peace that God offers to him, if he will trust in Jesus. He even confirmed the clarity of his mind and his vision at the time. But he saw what he saw, and he doesn’t deny the reality of what he saw. And God graciously gave him a glimpse of what could be his, if he would just believe. All of her life, she prayed for my brother’s salvation. This was an answer to my mother’s prayers. God let him see the peace of a believer at death, the fulfilled promise of Heaven being opened, and our mother’s safe passage to Heaven, being escorted by “sparkly” angels. And I believe that our gracious God gave my brother a glimpse into the spiritual realm. I believe it was God’s intention for my brother to be alone with our mother at that moment. I believe my brother was given a glimpse into the spiritual realm. When I told him about the parable in Luke 16, and explained that angels carried Lazarus to his resting place, and then told him that I believe what he saw were angels, he responded, “Well, I don’t know about that. But I know what I saw.” Why? Because of the biblical references above, because of other accounts of the sense of the presence of angels at the death of believers, and because, in the Bible, angels have appeared to look like stars ( Rev 1:20, 12:4). I believe what he saw was the angels that came to escort her to Heaven. And then he saw sparkles that drifted up to the ceiling. My brother sat alone with my mother during the nighttime hours and he watched as her breathing became more and more shallow. That proved to be good choice, since the bridge to the upper peninsula was closed before we would have reached it. So we waited until the next morning to leave. A winter storm was predicted to be severe, and had already begun. My husband, daughters, and I lived ten hours away, and there was no easy air transportation to her town in the upper peninsula of Michigan. Her physical condition had deteriorated and her death was imminent. My mother had been in a nursing home for four years, when her life on earth was coming to an end. The are many accounts given by people who were at the bedside of a dying person when they saw someone, or something, they perceived to be an angel.
We are told that Jesus will descend and the archangel with Him (1 Thess 4:16). At the time of the Rapture, the souls and bodies of those who are alive and belong to Jesus will be taken to Heaven. The Archangel Will Accompany Jesus at the RaptureĪnother support for believing angels escort the dead to Heaven is found in 1 Thessalonians 4. As Christians, we go there immediately at death (2 Cor 5:8). Paradise, as Jesus called it, is now in the Third Heaven, which is God’s dwelling place. According to Scripture, it was in the “heart of the earth.” However, when Jesus ascended to Heaven 40 days after His resurrection, He took all those who were at rest in Abraham’s Bosom with Him. Angels Ministered to LazarusĪngels carried Lazarus to Abraham’s Bosom, which was also called Paradise by Jesus (Luke 23:43).
Lazarus’s name was written in Heaven (Luke 10:20), but his was not. The rich man was in the place of torment, i.e. Why? Because his eternal destiny was not Abraham’s Bosom. Note: the rich man also died, but there is no mention of him being carried by angels. Luke 16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried. Read: Where did OT Saints go at death? Abraham’s Bosom? Where was that?) He died and was carried by angels to Abraham’s Bosom (The place where Old Testament believers went at death. Jesus’ Wordsĭuring His earthly ministry, Jesus told a parable about a beggar man, named Lazarus. Let’s look at both biblical and experiential support on this. In addition, there are many accounts of people who have sat at the bedside of someone dying, and claim to have seen an angel or felt the presence of angels. However, there is biblical reasoning to support the idea that angels accompany us on our transition from this world to Heaven. No one can answer this question with biblical proof.
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