Hey, this is Meredith. We're taking this week off to celebrate Easter and the resurrection,

so we wanted to share with you a story of resurrection from our archives. What if you could see

heaven with your own eyes? For an hour and 45 minutes, Dean Braxton's heart stopped,

and what happened in that time changed him into a different man. We'll be back

next week with a new episode of The Unfolding. For now, enjoy this one from the archives.

Page 43 of The Unfolding is the story of Dean Braxton. When I realized I was dying, instead of me

having fear and panicking and the things that I thought I would have, all of a sudden it rose upon me with this great hope of, I'm going home.

God's story has been unfolding.

Since the beginning of time.

He invites you to be a part of it.

Another page in the unfolding.

When Jesus was hanging on the cross, the book of Luke records a conversation he had with a thief

hanging next to him. The thief said, remember me when you come into your kingdom. And Jesus replied,

Today, you will be with me in paradise. It's a verse that brings hope, especially when you're

mourning the loss of a loved one. We try our best to

imagine what heaven is going to be like. According to the Pew Research Center, more than 70%

of us believe in heaven, but what we know about it, it's very limited. What if you knew beyond a

shadow of a doubt that heaven is real and you could spend eternity with Jesus. If you could see it with your

own eyes, would that change you? Dean Braxton was a normal guy living a pretty normal life

when he had an out-of-this-world experience that changed him forever. At the time of this, I was living

in the Washington state area. I was a supervisor, probation

officers for the juvenile system, and I ran two of the most viewed courts in the sense that

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