Hagee - The three heavens : angels, demons, and what lies ahead

THE
THREE
HEAVENS

ANGELS, DEMONS AND WHAT LIES AHEAD

JOHN
HAGEE

Copyright 2015 by John Hagee

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This book is lovingly dedicated
to Derek Prince, distinguished
scholar and celebrated Bible
teacher to the nations of the
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a lover of Israel and orphans,
and my dearest friend and
beloved mentor.

It began as a normal day; I was at the office by 7 am, working on my next sermon series, when I received an unexpected call from Diana. She explained that our five-month-old grandson, Wyatt, had been admitted to the hospital with RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), a serious lung infection, and asked me to pray. We prayed for Wyatts healing, and I made plans to meet her at the hospital.

However, before I could leave my office, Diana called again, informing me that Ellie, our eighteen-month-old granddaughter, was also being admitted to the same hospital with the same virus. My day was no longer normal. The Hagee family prayer chain was in full force, and we began to circle the wagons.

When I arrived at the hospital, I learned our two grandchildren were in adjoining rooms, which made it easier for Nana and Papa to divide our time between them. After a full day of assisting our daughters with our ailing grandchildren, Diana and I went home so I could prepare to leave town for a speaking engagement. I quickly packed, we drove to the airport, and Diana returned to the hospital.

As my wife walked back into Wyatts room, she found him struggling for breath and his mother, our daughter Christina, frantically calling the nurses station for help. A pediatric intensive care specialist raced into the room and instantly diagnosed Wyatt with a collapsed lung. He ordered our baby grandson into the pediatric intensive care unit and called for the respiratory therapist, who prepared to inflate Wyatts tiny lung.

With the procedure successfully completed and Wyatt breathing without distress, Christina and Diana expressed their gratitude to the doctor for his swift and effective intervention. The specialist introduced himself by saying, Mrs. Hagee, my name is Sam Zuckerman. Im Jewish, and I have visited your church during the Night to Honor Israel. Because you are a woman of faith, I would like to tell you about an event that I believe will impact you as it has me. Diana was fully engaged and ready to hear what he had to say.

Once I reached my destination I immediately called home from the airport to get an update on our cherished grandchildren. As the Bible so rightly states, Childrens children are a crown to the aged (Proverbs 17:6 NIV). I can say amen to that, for our thirteen grandchildren are our pride and joy!

Diana gave me her usual minute-by-minute update on Ellie and Wyatt and then said, John, I have to tell you something remarkable that happened tonight! And without taking a breath, she began to share the amazing account of a young patient Dr. Zuckerman had once treated.

The doctor said that three years earlier, a colleague and his wife had experienced a sudden tragedy in their family. The husband was the chief operating officer at the hospital where Dr. Zuckerman worked, and these friends had made the decision to add a pool to their backyard since their two children, Alexandria and Jackson, had learned to swim. The day the pool was completed, the family was informed by the installer that they could not use it for several days due to the high concentration of chemicals in the water.

David and Sherry took their two children into the house to prepare for dinner and celebrate the long-awaited addition to their home. Their youngest child, Jack, was an exuberant little boy of about four, so no one was alarmed that he did not come when first summoned for dinner. However, after his parents called for him several more times, there was still no sign of Jack, and it was unlike him to not respond at all.

The search was on, and suddenly David thought the worst: Could Jack possibly be in the pool? The father ran outside, and after searching the backyard, his fears were confirmed: his son was lifelessly floating in the pool, fully clothed and facedown.

David immediately pulled Jackson from the toxic waters as he frantically shouted for Sherry, who was frozen in shock, to call 911. The father attempted to revive his beloved son but instinctively knew the situation was grim.

The call to 911 was made; David continued CPR on Jackson for nearly ten minutes on the pool deck. The boy remained unresponsive, but his parents never gave up on saving him.

Finally, David and Sherry heard the piercing sound of sirens approaching their home. They were coming to their home... for their son. It was surreal.

Sherry kept their daughter inside the house as the ambulance and fire trucks arrived, explaining to Alex that Jack had fallen in the pool and that he would be taken to Daddys hospital. Neighbors then took Alex to their home so she would not witness her brother being worked on.

The emergency responders quickly assessed Jack and began administering medications and inserting IVs. The EMS crew continued the fathers valiant attempt to revive the lifeless boy but could not detect a heartbeat.