我有一個朋友是巴拿馬婦女，是一個代禱勇士。在1994年6月10日，她因為胰髒癌細胞的轉移，導致狀況複雜而死亡。隨後被移到Pensacola的西佛羅里達州醫學中心的陳屍間。5個小時後，一位護士發現她身體在動，口中喃喃自語；她立刻被移到加護病房。後來她作見證，說出她相當吸引人的經歷：
她被天使引導看到了地獄及天堂的情形（她沒有遇到耶穌。）她看到水晶的大廈，天使製成給聖徒穿的義袍和王冠。她也看到了一個許多白馬的溪谷，當耶穌宣告回到地上時，白馬是給聖徒騎的。她也看到了一個溪谷有一些斑點的馬，那是給先知們騎的。天使給她動了一個勉強稱得上□quot;手術"，當她回復生命時，她完全得到醫治。（身為她的朋友，同時也是一個醫生，我有她的健康記錄和電腦斷層掃瞄結果，並且幫她把經歷寫下來，因為她的英文能力不好。）
我分享一些她的背景。這個婦女與耶穌相當親近，在一段特別的禁食期間，她與他面對面交談。她問他很多問題，諸如為何在人上嘴唇的皮膚會有一道壓痕？耶穌回答她說，當他從泥土造亞當時，在還沒有將生命的氣息吹到他裡面時，他將手指壓在亞當的嘴唇上，好像是在說："噓，安靜！"，意思是先警惕他，要控制嘴巴。她的見證簡直是令人驚異。（編者註：希望各位主內弟兄姊妹以後照鏡子時多看這個部位，注意控制嘴巴，多說造就人的話。^_^ ）
上個星期，她夢到耶穌在天空上，腰部被雲彩包圍住，他的雙手張開。他看著地球上，四處尋找他的聖徒。她看到聖徒在半空中，穿著白色的袍子，但更多有名望的人卻留在地上。
她看到很多很多人留在地上，比天空上的還多，他們全部是赤裸的。老年男人和女人，中年的男人和婦女，男孩子和女孩子，全部都是赤裸的，大聲向耶穌哭求帶走他們。耶穌沒有留意他們，繼續四處尋找穿著白袍的聖徒。
當我聽到這個夢時，我說："這就是收割期，初次的復活和被提！"她回答說："是的，這就是我的牧師說的。"我問她是否知道在地上的人們為什麼是赤裸的，她說不曉得。我告訴她看兩處經節，她看了以後很高興；
倘若穿上，被遇見的時候就不至於赤身了。(林後 5: 3)
看哪，我來像賊一樣。那儆醒、看守衣服、免得赤身而行、叫人見他羞恥的有福了！(啟 16: 15)
所以，毫無懷疑地，這不只是一個 "夢"。因為我們的結婚禮服代表聖徒的義袍，讓我們滿懷信心地時時留意從天而來的呼叫和記號。讓我們盡力地給窮人吃、給無家的人遮護、傳福音、驅逐惡魔、醫治生病的人、使人民成為門徒，如此在他再來時不會被發現是赤裸的。如保羅的話說：" 總要披戴主耶穌基督，不要為肉體安排，去放縱私慾。(羅 13: 14)"和約伯說："我以公義為衣服，以公平為外袍和冠冕。 我為瞎子的眼，瘸子的腳。 我為窮乏人的父；素不認識的人，我查明他的案件。我打破不義之人的牙床，從他牙齒中奪了所搶的。(伯 29: 14-17)"
I friend of mine, named _____ , is a prayer warrior and powerful intercessor. On June 10, 1994 this Panamanian woman was pronounced dead from complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer, and was transferred to the morgue at the West Florida Medical center in Pensacola. Five hours later a nurse found her moving and mumbling; she was then transferred back to the ICU. Her testimony is a fascinating account of things in hell and heaven that was shown to her by angels (she never saw Jesus). She saw crystal mansions, robes and crowns being made by angels for the saints, and also saw a valley of white horses for the saints' return with Jesus to claim the earth. She saw another valley of "spotted" horses which she said are reserved for the prophets. The angels performed an "operation" of sorts on her, and when she came to life she was healed. (As a friend and physician, I have her medical records and CT scans in my possession and am helping her to write her story as her English is poor).
I share that to give you some of her background. This woman is so close to Jesus, that during periods of extensive fasting she actually speaks with him face-to-face. She has asked him many questions such as the reason why people have that little "compression" in the skin directly over the upper lip. Jesus told her that when he made Adam out of clay, before the breath of life was breathed into him, he pressed his finger over his mouth as if to tell him "hush" like a "forewarning" for him to control his mouth. Her testimonies are nothing short of a wonder to hear.
Last week, ____ dreamed that Jesus was in the sky, enveloped in a cloud around his waist. His hands were stretched open, and he was looking to-and-fro over the earth searching for his saints. She saw saints in white gowns in the air, but more notable she said were the people on the ground.
She said many, many more people were on the ground than in the air, and they were naked. Old men and women, middle aged men and women, boys and girls, all naked, were crying out to Jesus to take them. But Jesus paid them no heed and kept looking back and forth for his saints who donned their white robes. When I heard the dream I said, "____, that is the harvest (the first resurrection/rapture)!" She responded, "Yes; that's what my pastor said." I asked her if she knew why the people were naked, and she replied she did not. I then showed her these two passages of scriptures, which she received with delight:
"Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked" (2 Cor. 5:3).
"Behold, I come like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes with him so that he may not go naked and be shamefully exposed" (Revelation 16:15).
And so, without doubt, this was more than a "dream." Since our wedding clothes represent the "RIGHTEOUS ACTS of the saints," let's take heed every moment to be faithful to the call and watch for the signs of his return. Let's be diligent to feed the poor, shelter the homeless, preach the gospel, cast out demons, heal the sick, disciple the nations, and so not be found naked upon his return! In the words of Paul, let us "clothe ourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ" (Romans 13:14) and as Job so eloquently spoke, "Put on righteousness as our clothing, justice as our robe and turban, be eyes to the blind and feet to the lame, be a father to the needy, take up the case of the stranger, break the fangs of the wicked and snatch the victims from their teeth (29:14-17).
Righteous acts do not "save" us; but they do make heavenly wedding gowns.