Blog 398
August 31, 2025

MIRACLES NEVER CEASE
Rev. Robert L. Wise, Ph.D. explores the world of divine interventions from an objective point of view. An Archbishop in the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches with a Ph.D., Rev. Wise relates his interviews with persons who experienced the touch of God.
WHAT HAPPENES WHEN YOU DIE
PART II
The previous blog addressed the most asked and the most unanswered question through the centuries. What happens when we die? The resurrection of Jesus Christ assured us that death has been defeated, but what follows? What might be expected after our own death? Last time I shared what people with near-death experiences saw. This time I investigate what happened to the person.
Orthopedic surgeon Tony Cicoria was talking on the phone and had just hung up when a blue flash shot out of the receiver. He felt his body flying backward and a confusing sense of going forward. When he looked back, his body was on the ground. “I’m dead,” he thought. A woman neaaarby dropped down and immediately began performing CPR. Suddenly, Dr. Cicoria was surrounded by a bluish-white light with an enormous sense of peace and well-being. He felt himself accelerating upward. At that moment, Dr. Tony Cicoria returned to his body. He thought this is the most glorious feeling I’ve ever had.
The book and film Miracles from Heaven relates what happened to Annabel Bean. Struck with two life-threatening digestive disorders that made her want to give up her life, she was sitting on a big branch 30-feet off the ground when it snapped. She fell into a hallow at the base of the tree and was trapped for six hours. During this time, Annabel went to heaven. She remembers it as being very bright. “I sat on Jesus’ lap,” she said. “He told me the firefighters will get you out and there will be nothing wrong with you.” Annabel wanted to stay with him in heaven, but was told there were other plans ahead she must be involved in. When the firemen finally got her out of the tree, Annabel’s critical illness was gone.
Fifty-year-old Tessa Romero had just dropped her children off at school when she suddenly had heart failure. For 24 minutes there was no heartbeat. Tessas felt herself leaving her body and looking down on herself. At the same time, she never felt more alive and conscious and was yet invisible to those working around her. Tessa felt an overwhelming sense of peace and the cessation of all physical and emotional pain. In her book 24 Minutes on the Other Side: Living Without Fear of Death, Terra Romero describes how her perspective on life changed and all fear of death disappeared. Her by-word became hope.
You don’t have to die to experience what these people now know as a fact. Jesus of Nazareth promised, “I have come to give you life and life more abundantly.” (John 3) This path has already been prepared by Jesus Christ. Faith allows you to put all dread and fear aside. The best is yet to be!
And remember that miracle never ceases.
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Did you discover something miraculous during the past year? I’d be delighted to hear your story. Please write me. Please email me your story at: miracles@miraclesnevercease.com.
Remember to expect the unexpected! And let the miracles begin!
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You’ll find another Robert L. Wise’s latest books to be inspiring, too. One of the most significant Christians of the 20th Century, Dietrich Bonhoeffer attempts to stop Adolph Hitler!


