Do our beloved relatives who have passed away see us who are living?

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gb9

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100% true story

my dad died when i was 17. when we ( my mom, grandma, and her sister in law) got home from the visitation at the funeral home , about 9 30 at night, the little dog my parents had did not meet us at the door, as he always, always did.

when we got into the house, he came out of the living room. when i walked into the dark room, and went to turn the light, i looked over and say a shadow on the couch. when i turned the light on, there was nothing there. except the smell of my dad's favorite cologne.

so i would say yes.
 
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Gideon300 said:
I do not believe those who have passed away have any contact with this world. What would be the point? They can do nothing. In some cases, they would se much heartache and tragedy. Hardly a cause for rejoicing. As far as I know, there is no basis for believing they can see what is going on here. The "witness" is to God's faithfulness to the people on earth prior to leaving here, not during someone else's experience.
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Randy Alcorn has some interesting fictional books called Deadline and Dominion. In each, a believer dies and we see his or her perspective from Heaven. At one point an angel says something like, "Many on Earth wonder if they should pray for the dead when, instead, they should wonder if the dead pray for them."
So if they CAN see us., the point may be that those Saints that have gone before us pray for us. Kinda makes sense. Why would we stop praying..talking to God...just cause we're in Heaven?
He also touches on the sorrow those in Heaven still experience...that the "no more tears" is for the time when God establishes the new heavens and Earth.
Anyway, interesting reads. Makes one think. Personally, is a good reminder for me that Jesus IS building something new for us. It's easy for me to forget that and get tired in this world. But still needs to be taken with a grain of salt because the author (as he admits) doesn't REALLY know what Heaven will be like.
 
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JaumeJ

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I was having a wonderful European tour, that is traveling by myself to several countries .The trip was wonderful, and I was delighted at all the new knowledge of other peoples
When I arrived to Amsterdam something strange occurred. I was preparing to go to London, truuly enthralled by all of this new wonder when, suddenly, utter pain and sorrow struck me. It was so strong, I fell onto my bed. Laying there confused as to what was going on, I thought, I should straighten up and fly right, for this could well be my only visit to these countries.
Returning to Schipool Airport the following day, yes, the following day. My name was being paged to come to the information desk.
I did, and I was given a number to call, my uncle in Montreal. My father had passed away the day previous.
When I arrived to O'Hare Airport, Chicago, his funeral had already taken place in California.
That sorrow attack occurred the moment my father died, but I was not given to know that at that moment.
On the flight to California, I was exhausted, and actually falling asleep on the plane, I dreamed my father came up out of his grave to take me with him.
The sorrow attack, I believe , was from our true Father, and that weird dream meant nothing at all, or was from the enemy.
We all sleep until the resurrection, when we are to be taken up by angels to meet our Savior in the cloud. Perhaps some of the very special people of th Bible are alrleady with our Father, but the vast majority of us will either be brought up out of the dust, or intantly transformed and brought up out of the flesh.
 
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JaumeJ said:
I was having a wonderful European tour, that is traveling by myself to several countries .The trip was wonderful, and I was delighted at all the new knowledge of other peoples
When I arrived to Amsterdam something strange occurred. I was preparing to go to London, truuly enthralled by all of this new wonder when, suddenly, utter pain and sorrow struck me. It was so strong, I fell onto my bed. Laying there confused as to what was going on, I thought, I should straighten up and fly right, for this could well be my only visit to these countries.
Returning to Schipool Airport the following day, yes, the following day. My name was being paged to come to the information desk.
I did, and I was given a number to call, my uncle in Montreal. My father had passed away the day previous.
When I arrived to O'Hare Airport, Chicago, his funeral had already taken place in California.
That sorrow attack occurred the moment my father died, but I was not given to know that at that moment.
On the flight to California, I was exhausted, and actually falling asleep on the plane, I dreamed my father came up out of his grave to take me with him.
The sorrow attack, I believe , was from our true Father, and that weird dream meant nothing at all, or was from the enemy.
We all sleep until the resurrection, when we are to be taken up by angels to meet our Savior in the cloud. Perhaps some of the very special people of th Bible are alrleady with our Father, but the vast majority of us will either be brought up out of the dust, or intantly transformed and brought up out of the flesh.
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I’m so sorry for your loss, brother. I hope you’re doing OK.
 
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