Hi, I'm Robert Jeffress, and I'm glad to serve as your Bible teacher every day on this great radio station on today's edition of Pathway to Victory.

With so many people claiming today to have had near-death experiences, it begs the question that we're going to answer today as we continue our series of Place Called Heaven.

And the question is simply this, are there people alive today who have already visited Heaven?

Welcome to Pathway to Victory with author and pastor Dr. Robert Jeffress.

You know a lot of today's best-selling religious books featured suspicious accounts of people who died, went to Heaven, and then came back to share what they'd seen.

Now do these sensational stories provide reliable information about our eternal home.

Today on Pathway to Victory, Dr. Robert Jeffress answers the question, have some people already visited Heaven.

Now here's our Bible teacher to introduce today's message.

Dr. Jeffress, thanks David and welcome again to Pathway to Victory.

This month I'm presenting what I believe may be the most important teaching series of the entire year.

Decades of personal study have culminated in a practical study I've called a Place Called Heaven.

Now it's possible you own my book by the same title, but today when you give a generous gift to support the ministry of Pathway to Victory, I'd like to send you a brand new gift book that I've written just for you.

It's called Encouragement from a Place Called Heaven.

This is a book of encouragement for anyone going through a time of loss, whether it's the death of a loved one or perhaps recovering from a difficult surgery, or maybe going through stressful times.

Heaven is always our greatest hope, and it's not a figment of your imagination.

Heaven is not a mere state of mind. Heaven is a real place, prepared by our Heavenly Father.

And my book will help you revel in this fact, and it will help you to keep looking up, no matter what challenges come your way.

When you give a generous gift to support the growing ministry of Pathway to Victory, be sure to request my new gift book Encouragement from a Place Called Heaven.

I'll say more about my book and other resources after my message, but right now we're ready to begin today's study from Hebrews 9.

Perhaps you've read the sensational stories about people who claim they have stepped temporarily into Heaven.

Well, today we're going to answer the relevant question. Have some people already visited Heaven?

God is calling me.

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