Boris Pilipchuk: “I saw Heaven”

Officer Resurrected

An interview with Boris Pilipchuk- an Internal Affairs officer in Ukraine.


INTERVIEWER: - And now, Boris, tell us how you felt. What did you see?

BORIS: - It felt as if I was conscious. I began seeing with my own eyes. I began seeing
everything as if from above. My spirit came out of me and looked at my body. Doctors in
their white gowns had gathered around me. Numerous pieces of equipment were connected to my body. The doctors tried to stabilize my condition; they ran about, exhausting all their
efforts, but to no avail.

Then I began to ascend towards heaven. The earth became smaller and smaller. It became so small, that it disappeared totally. During this entire time, I could hear a continuous whistling in my ears. I ended up in an extraordinary place, which was so illuminative that I began to feel good. I saw a golden staircase that shone with glorious splendor. The staircase was rather wide. On either side of the staircase were golden railings, along which from the bottom to the top were winged angels in white clothes, with golden belts. Their hair was white, their faces shone like lightning and their eyes were like two lanterns. 

Their hands and legs were the color of shiny copper chips. Around the staircase and under it, stood a great number of angels, these were without wings. All the angels were singing psalms in a language I did not recognize at first. After a moment I completely understood the words of the psalm. They sang: "O worthy are you Lord of all glory and praise. You, Lord, created the heavens and the earth. You are worthy of our praise!"


Then I saw an extraordinary light at the end of the staircase. The light wasn't like that of the
sun or of a welding instrument, which has a harmful effect on the eyes. It was extremely
bright, warm, calming, full of joy and peace. I was full of delight, to such an extent that mere
words cannot describe how I felt. My delight continued to increase and there was no limit to
the joy I felt. I don't know how to describe this vision, this feeling, in words, but I would like
you to imagine the picture the Lord showed me. Later, I heard a voice, coming from the
direction of the light, which said: "My son, come to me and I will show you something. I will
help you".

From the great number of angels, two angels walked up behind me. One stood on my right
and the other on my left, just a short distance from me. I didn't turn my head, I didn't look
behind me and I didn't gaze around, but it appeared as if I could see 360 degrees about me. I wasn't nervous and didn't feel any form of discomfort. I was absolutely calm and so peaceful that words cannot express how I felt, not then and not now. I didn't ask anyone any question, such as where I was? What's happened to me? What will happen later on? I felt completely confident in myself, as if I was standing in a familiar place. I felt as if I lived there
permanently.

Then the Holy Spirit, transferred me to a vast open plain, in which very beautiful white horses pranced. In the center of the field stood a great city, in the form of a cube. When I noticed it, I began to draw close to it. I approached it in a different way, not as a man normally walks on the ground. I moved without my feet touching the ground. It was as if I was gliding. The angels escorted me. The closer I got the city, the more intense was the delight I experienced, from what I saw.

There were several very high walls of various colors. There were 12 colors in all, which
radiated and shone like a bright light. (Later on, after my resurrection, when I studied the 21-
22 chapter of the book of Revelations in the Bible, I found a confirmation of what I had seen).

I saw the foundation of the city, which was made up of the 12 precious stones of this world. I
saw a pearl gate, three large pearls on each wall. I didn't measure them, but one pearl was
larger than two meters, in my opinion. I saw only six gates, because I was led into the city
through one of its corners. I saw the two sides of the cube. Then l was taken through one of
the gates into the city. As we passed through them, I saw two inscriptions. One was above the gate and the other was under the gate. The name of one of the tribes of Israel was written above the gate, and under it the name of an Apostle was written. Unfortunately I do not remember which gate led me into the New Jerusalem, but now I would like to know that.


When I entered into the city through the gates, I stood in admiration. The city was made
completely of gold. The gold was so pure - I had never seen such brilliance before. I had seen how brightly gold articles in a jeweler's store shone, but this was not comparable, to what I saw at that moment. Gold streets, houses of gold, gold doors - everything was made of gold, transparent like glass. I could never have imagined that gold could appear transparent and so pure. I read about this in God's word, but I could not really imagine it. I just couldn't imagine how a hard metal could appear transparent. Now that I had seen this fine gold, I just wanted to touch it. I touched the walls and entered some houses observing everything. I did not ask the angels, where I was to go from here. I seemed to know the way. 
I was overcome with such a feeling as if I was in a place of my own.
As I continued further into the city, I was now near the center. I saw a large tree in one spot
that had pear-shaped fruit on it. The size of the fruit was about the size of two average sized
fists put together. The leaves on it reminded me of the leaves of a lime tree, only they were
larger and like leaves of a burdock tree. When I got near the tree, I wanted to take a fruit from it and began to reach for one. Suddenly with enthusiasm I stretched out my hand, which to my surprise was not like an ordinary hand but was transparent. When I was about to pluck a fruit, the angel who stood a little distance behind me, on my right side, stretched out his hand and stopped me. 

Motioning with his finger, he informed me that for now, I shouldn't pluck the
fruit. Without any form of regret or disappointment from the angel's action, I left the tree.

Generally speaking, within the city, I never experienced any kind of discomfort, or disorder.
When I left the tree, I saw an extraordinary bright light at the center of the city. It was very
interesting that I did not see a single shadow, not from the trees and not from the houses.
There were no shadows, nor were there any lamps. I did not see the sun nor any object that
gave light, but the light was extraordinary bright and so pleasant to the eyes. It was delightful beyond measure.

When I saw the source of the illumination, I bowed my head and felt an overwhelming urge to fall to my knees. But before I could bow, I heard a voice saying, " My son, I have shown you all that is necessary for you at this time, and you should return now, to declare My glory,
power and dominion, to declare all that you have seen and heard". Then I began to pray and plead to the Lord, asking Him to let me remain there, where I was. I cried, "Lord I don't want to return". But the Lord said, "You have a wife, and three children. You have to return to them, for it is not time for you to be here yet". Then again I began to beseech the Lord saying,
"Lord, I don't want to return. Allow me to remain with You". But the Lord said to me, "My
Son, be meek and self-controlled, do not murmur, go back. You have to declare My glory.
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