I Died & Saw Heaven. Find Out What I Saw in Heaven! | Jeannette Meadows

In this It’s Supernatural! Classic episode from 1999: Jeannette Meadows scored in the top ten percent on intelligence tests until she died on the operating table. She saw Heaven and returned to her body. When she returned to life, she didn’t know the alphabet. It took her eight months to learn to just take a bath. It is a medical miracle she can think and speak so clearly!

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SID: JEANETTE MEADOWS
SCORED IN THE TOP 10%

ON INTELLIGENCE TESTS
UNTIL SHE

DIED ON THE
OPERATING TABLE.

WHEN SHE RETURNED TO LIFE,
SHE DIDN’T KNOW

THE ALPHABET. IT TOOK
HER EIGHT MONTHS

TO LEARN TO
JUST TAKE A BATH.

IT IS A MEDICAL MIRACLE
SHE CAN THINK

AND SPEAK SO CLEARLY.

[MUSIC ♪]
NEXT, ON THIS EDITION OF

“IT’S SUPERNATURAL!”

LIFE AFTER DEATH
EXPERIENCES AND ANGELIC

COMMUNICATIONS
ARE ON THE INCREASE.

TERMINALLY ILL
PATIENTS WHOM DOCTORS

HAVE GIVEN NO HOPE
ARE UNEXPLAINABLY CURED.

PEOPLE ARE BEING
MYSTERIOUSLY PROTECTED

FROM NATURAL DISASTERS.

SID ROTH, YOUR
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER,

EXAMINES THIS
INVISIBLE WORLD ON

“IT’S SUPERNATURAL!”

SID: HELLO, I’M SID ROTH,
YOUR INVESTIGATIVE

REPORTER, AND I’M SPEAKING
WITH THE MOST AMAZING,

AMAZING CIRCUMSTANCES.

IN 1977 – YOU THINK
YOU HAVE PROBLEMS!

JEANETTE MEADOWS, WHAT
HAPPENED TO YOU IN 1977,

IN A FEW-MONTH PERIOD?

JEANETTE: IN TWO MONTHS
AND 11 DAYS

MY BEST FRIEND DIED, I
FOUND OUT I HAD GLAUCOMA,

I BROKE MY BACK
IN TWO PLACES,

THE DOG GOT STOLEN,
AND MY ONLY CHILD,

ANNETTE, DIED AS THE
RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT.

SID: WELL, HOW OLD
WAS ANNETTE?

JEANETTE: ALMOST 16.

SHE DIED 13 DAYS BEFORE
HER 16TH BIRTHDAY.

SID: IT MUST HAVE
BEEN REALLY HARD.

JEANETTE: HEARTBREAKING.
WE WERE BEST FRIENDS.

SID: HOW DID SHE DIE?

JEANETTE: SHE WAS
STRUCK BY A TRUCK.

SID: DID SHE HAVE ANY
PREMONITION THAT

THIS MIGHT HAPPEN?
THAT SHE MIGHT DIE?

JEANETTE: YES. SHE TOLD
DEBBIE UP THE STREET THAT

“WHEN YOU TALK TO THE
LORD, HE TALKS TO YOU.

HE, ME, I’M READY.
I’M GOING TO HEAVEN.”

AND DEBBIE STARTED TO CRY,
AND ANNETTE SAID,

“NO, IT’S OKAY. HE
TOLD ME I’M READY.

I’M GOING TO HEAVEN.”
SID: AND YOU KNOW,

THE PICTURE I SAW OF HER –
ACTUALLY, SO MUCH LIKE

THE GLORY OF
GOD WAS ON HER.

JEANETTE: IT WAS.

THE PICTURE
WAS TAKEN 1-5 DAYS.

IT WAS IN HER CAMERA
IN HER ROOM,

SO IF I HAD JUST GIVEN THE
CAMERA AWAY

WITHOUT TAKING THE FILM
OUT OR LOOKING AT IT,

I WOULD HAVE MISSED ONE OF
MY GREATEST BLESSINGS,

BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE
THE GLORY OF THE LORD

ALL OVER HER.
AND SHE SAID,

“MOMMY, UNLESS I’M
DOING SOMETHING FOR YOU,

I’M IN CONTINUAL
COMMUNION WITH

MY HEAVENLY FATHER.”
AND I THOUGHT,

WELL, MAYBE I SHOULDN’T
HAVE HER DO, YOU KNOW,

THE USUAL THINGS
SHE’S SUPPOSED TO DO,

AND THEN I THOUGHT,
“NO, NOT RIGHT WAY

TO RAISE CHILD; BACK TO
ORIGINAL PROGRAM.”

SID: BUT YOU BEGAN TO
HAVE SOME PHYSICAL

HEALTH PROBLEMS.
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?

JEANETTE: WELL, I BROKE MY
BACK ON MAY 27, 1977.

SID: HOW’D YOU BREAK
YOUR BACK?

JEANETTE: I SLIPPED
AND FELL,

AND I NEVER BROKE ANYTHING
BEFORE IN MY LIFE,

SO I HAD A HARD TIME
BELIEVING THAT I BROKE IT.

I MEAN, I KNEW I WAS
IN TERRIBLE PAIN,

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST
A FOREIGN CONCEPT.

SID: I MEAN, HOW MUCH CAN
SOMEONE TAKE?

YOU BROKE YOUR BACK, AND SO
WHAT DID THEY DO FOR IT?

JEANETTE: WELL, IN THE
BEGINNING YOU JUST HAD TO

REST AND THEY GIVE YOU
PAIN PILLS, AND THEN WHEN

YOU GOT A LITTLE BIT BETTER
THEY WANTED YOU TO

HAVE THERAPY. AND FINALLY,
AFTER IT DIDN’T HEAL,

THEY OPERATED,
15 MONTHS LATER.

SID: AND WHAT HAPPENED
AT THE OPERATION?

JEANETTE: WELL, FIRST,
BEFORE THE OPERATION,

I HAD A COMPLETE
PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION TO

MAKE SURE I’D SURVIVE.

THEY GAVE ME A
CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH,

AND THE DAY I WENT FOR
SURGERY I PRAYED BEFORE –

WHILE THEY WERE WHEELING
ME DOWN THE HALL –

AND I ASKED GOD, I SAID,
“IF IT’S OKAY,

CAN I SEE MY DAUGHTER
AND MY GRANDPARENTS?

IF IT’S NOT, FORGET I SAID
ANYTHING.

I JUST REPENT NOW IN THE
NAME OF JESUS.” AND

AS SOON AS THEY
STARTED THE PROCEDURE,

THEY GAVE ME THE
FIRST SHOT.

MY SPIRIT LEFT MY BODY, AND
I WENT THROUGH THE CEILING

OF THE HOSPITAL INTO THE
PRESENCE OF THE LORD.

SID: WHAT WAS HAPPENING
TO YOU MEDICALLY,

THOUGH, FROM A DOCTOR’S
VIEWPOINT?

JEANETTE: WELL, THEY HAVE
TO MEDICATE YOU

REALLY STRONG BECAUSE
THE SURGERY I HAD

WAS VERY BLOODY, SO
YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE

IS REALLY LOW,
LIKE ABOUT 40.

I MEAN, IT’S JUST REALLY
LOW, BECAUSE

THEY TOOK BONE OFF
THE BACK OF MY RIGHT HIP,

AND I’VE BEEN CUT THAT FAR
FROM ABOVE MY WAIST,

ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE
END OF MY SPINE.

SO, I MEAN, YOU DON’T
REALLY NEED TO BE

IN YOUR BODY,
AND I KNEW THAT.

SID: BUT DID YOU DIE ON
THE OPERATING TABLE?

JEANETTE: YES. WELL, I –
AND IN THE RECOVERY ROOM,

TOO, BECAUSE I WAS IN
SURGERY FOR FOUR HOURS

AND IN THE RECOVERY
ROOM FOR FIVE.

I CAME OUT NOT KNOWING
MY ALPHABET.

I DIED LONG ENOUGH TO
HAVE A BRAIN INJURY.

IT TOOK ME EIGHT MONTHS TO
LEARN HOW TO TAKE A BATH

AND GET IT
STRAIGHTENED OUT.

SID: BUT WHEN
YOU DIED, YOU

SLIPPED OUT OF YOUR BODY.
WAS IT PAINFUL OR SCARY?

JEANETTE: NO.
IT DIDN’T HURT TO DIE.

WHEN I CAME BACK INTO
MY BODY, IT DID HURT.

SID: SO, YOU SLIPPED OUT
OF YOUR BODY –

JEANETTE: NO, I WENT
SPEEDILY, THROUGH

THE CEILING OF THE HOSPITAL,
ESCORTED BY TWO ANGELS

INTO THE PRESENCE
OF THE LORD.

SID: WERE YOU FEARFUL
AT ALL?

JEANETTE: NO! NOT AT
ALL, AND IT HAPPENED

SO QUICK; I MEAN, IT’S
LIKE THE BLINK OF AN EYE;

THE SPEED OF LIGHT.
IT WAS THAT FAST.

NOW, WHEN I CAME BACK
INTO MY BODY,

I CAME AT A SLOWER SPEED,
BUT WHEN I WENT THROUGH

THE CEILING OF THE HOSPITAL,

IT WAS JUST, BLINK.

SID: WELL, YOU KNOW, IT
SAYS IN THE BIBLE, “TO BE

ABSENT FROM THE BODY IS TO
BE PRESENT WITH THE LORD.”

YOU EXPERIENCED THAT. SO
WHAT WAS THE FIRST THING

YOU SAW OR FELT WHEN YOU
LEFT YOUR BODY?

JEANETTE: WELL, THE TWO
ANGELS ESCORTED ME IN

[MUSIC ♪] TO BE WITH THE
LORD. AND HE TALKED WITH

ME, AND THEN I GOT –
I CAME OUT THIS WAY,

WENT DOWN THIS WAY AND
OVER THIS WAY,

AND I WAS IN A GARDEN.
AND MY GRANDPARENTS

AND MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER
WAS THERE, AND

THEY LOOKED YOUNG, LIKE
THEIR WEDDING PICTURES,

BUT MY GRANDDAD
HAD HAIR.

I MEAN, HE ALWAYS
JUST HAD FRINGE.

SID: I UNDERSTAND.

JEANETTE: AND THEN,
I MEAN,

I THOUGHT I WAS GOING
TO GET TO STAY.

I DIDN’T KNOW I COULDN’T
STAY AT THAT TIME, BUT

ONE ANGEL CAME WITH ME,
AND WE WENT OVER THIS WAY

AND DOWN THIS WAY, AND
THERE WAS THE GARDEN,

BY A RIVER – AND THAT’S
WHERE I SAW MY DAUGHTER –

AND WE WENT WADING
IN THE RIVER.

AND WHEN YOU GET OUT OF
THE RIVER AND YOU STEP

ON THE GRASS, IT PUSHES
DOWN JUST LIKE YOUR GRASS

AT HOME, BUT THEN WHEN
YOU MOVE YOUR FOOT

IT’S UP AGAIN.

SID: IT HAS THAT MUCH LIFE
IN IT.

JEANETTE: IT’S – EVERYTHING
IN HEAVEN IS FLAWLESS.

IT’S PERFECT. IT IS – THE
COLORS ARE MAGNIFICENT.

THEY’RE SO VIBRANT.
IT’S SO BEAUTIFUL.

AND THE MUSIC IS SO
CLEAR, YOU CAN –

IF YOU TRY TO SING ALONG
WITH IT, IT’S ALMOST LIKE

YOU CAN’T KEEP UP.
IT’S JUST AWESOME.

IT’S JUST LIKE – IT’S THE
PLACE YOU BELONG.

IT’S WHERE YOU WERE
CREATED TO BE,

IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.

SID: NOW, OUT OF
CURIOSITY,

YOU SAW SOME OF
YOUR RELATIVES.

DID – WERE ALL YOUR
RELATIVES IN HEAVEN?

JEANETTE: NO.

THE LORD TOLD ME A LOT
OF MY RELATIVES

DIDN’T MAKE HEAVEN.

SID: HOW’D THAT
MAKE YOU FEEL?

JEANETTE: WELL, I THOUGHT,
THAT’S REALLY TOO BAD,

BUT WHAT CAN I
DO ABOUT THAT?

I MEAN, I DIDN’T REALIZE
I WAS COMING BACK.

SID: OH, YOU THOUGHT
YOU WERE THERE!

YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD A
ONE-WAY TICKET!

JEANETTE: YOU BET!

SID: DID YOU WANT TO
COME BACK?

JEANETTE: NO.
ABSOLUTELY NOT!

BECAUSE IT’S SO PEACEFUL,

SO BEAUTIFUL, SO GLORIOUS.

THE LOVE OF GOD JUST
PERMEATES EVERYTHING.

I MEAN, IT’S LIKE – IT’S
LIKE YOU’RE CREATED

FOR THAT. IT’S SO
HARD TO EXPLAIN.

SID: I HAVE FELT, LIKE
RIGHT NOW,

A PRESENCE OF GOD ON ME,
BUT HOW DOES –

AND YOU’VE FELT PRESENCES
OF GOD ON YOU.

HOW DOES THAT COMPARE
TO HEAVEN?

JEANETTE: WELL, WHEN YOU
FEEL THE PRESENCE OF GOD

ON YOU, IT’S NOT ALL THE
TIME.

BUT WHEN YOU’RE IN HEAVEN,
IT’S ALL THE TIME,

AND IT’S SUCH A WAY OF
LIFE THAT IT

SEEMS NATURAL, EVEN
THOUGH IT’S SUPERNATURAL.

I MEAN, I KNOW I’M
PROBABLY

TALKING IN RIDDLES.

THE NATURAL THING SEEMS –
IT JUST SEEMS,

OR RATHER, THE SUPERNATURAL
SEEMS NATURAL IN HEAVEN.

SID: WHAT DID THE LORD
TELL YOU AS TO

WHY YOU HAD TO GO BACK?

JEANETTE: HE SAID HE
HAD SOMETHING

DIFFERENT FOR ME TO DO,
AND WHEN I WAS FINISHED

I COULD COME BACK
HOME AGAIN.

SID: JUST OUT OF
CURIOSITY,

ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO
COMING BACK HOME AGAIN?

JEANETTE: YES, SIR!

SID: WHAT IS THE FIRST
THING YOU REMEMBER

WHEN YOU WENT
BACK INTO YOUR BODY?

JEANETTE: WELL, I CAME
THROUGH THE WALL OF THE

HOSPITAL AT A SLOWER SPEED,
AND I REMEMBER FEELING

MYSELF AND LOOKING AROUND,
SEE WHERE I WAS,

AND EVERYTHING LOOKED
VERY GRAY.

AND I THOUGHT, WELL, I
NEVER CAME THROUGH THE

WALL OF ANYTHING BEFORE,
AND MY BODY WAS LAYING

OVER THERE ON A GURNEY,
AND I HAD NO PAIN

AND NO BRAIN INJURY UNTIL I
GOT INTO MY BODY.

SID: AND THEN WHAT DID
YOU FEEL?

JEANETTE: EXCRUCIATING
PAIN.

SID: HOLD THAT THOUGHT.

YOU’RE GOING TO FIND OUT
ABOUT WHAT THE LORD SAID

AS FAR AS WHEN
HE’S GOING TO RETURN.

BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS.
[MUSIC ♪]

WE’LL RETURN WITH
SID ROTH AND

“IT’S SUPERNATURAL!”
RIGHT AFTER THIS.

[MUSIC ♪]

SID: HELLO, I’M
SID ROTH,

YOUR INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTER.

I’M SPEAKING TO
JEANETTE MEADOWS,

WHO DIED ON THE
OPERATING TABLE;

INSTANTLY LEFT HER BODY,
AND SHE WAS IN THE

PRESENCE OF JESUS.
SHE SAW HER DAUGHTER.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO SEE
YOUR DAUGHTER?

JEANETTE: WELL,
I WAS DELIGHTED.

I MEAN, WE WERE JUST
TELLING EACH OTHER

HOW MUCH WE
LOVED EACH OTHER

AND WE WERE LAUGHING
AND GIGGLING.

YOU KNOW, WE WADED IN THE
RIVER AND JUST, YOU KNOW –

SID: WHAT DO YOU MEAN
“WADED IN THE RIVER”?

YOU JUST TOOK YOUR
SHOES OFF AND –

JEANETTE: WELL, I DIDN’T
HAVE ANY ON THAT I

KNOW OF, AND WE JUST WADED
IN THE RIVER AND WE JUST –

YOU KNOW, AND WHEN WE
GOT OUT ON THE GRASS,

YOU KNOW, WE STEPPED
DOWN, AND IT WAS PERFECT

WHEN YOU MOVED YOUR FOOT.
AND THE RIVER WAS JUST

SPARKLING GEMS – I MEAN
DIAMONDS, RUBIES,

EMERALDS – ALL KINDS
OF BEAUTIFUL THINGS.

IT’S JUST – AND THE STREETS
WERE SOLID GOLD.

THEY’RE NOT PAVED WITH
GOLD – GOD’S NOT CHEAP.

SID: AND DID YOU SAY
ANYTHING TO YOUR DAUGHTER?

YOUR DAUGHTER SAY
ANYTHING…

JEANETTE: WE WERE TELLING
EACH OTHER HOW MUCH

WE LOVED EACH OTHER AND,
OF COURSE,

I MISSED HER, BUT,
YOU KNOW,

IN HEAVEN HOW CAN
YOU MISS ANYTHING,

YOU KNOW? BUT WE
JUST COULDN’T –

WE NEVER COULD STAND TO
BE AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.

IN FACT, THE PAST YEAR
BEFORE SHE DIED,

WE HAD PRACTICED SPENDING
TIME AWAY FROM EACH OTHER

BECAUSE I KNEW ONE DAY SHE
WAS GOING TO GO AWAY

TO SCHOOL OR GET MARRIED,
AND IT WASN’T,

YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO HAVE
A BALANCE IN OUR LIFE –

A HEALTHY BALANCE.

SID: DID THE LORD TELL YOU
ANYTHING IN HEAVEN?

JEANETTE: YES.

WELL, BESIDES ABOUT MY
ANCESTORS,

THAT A LOT OF THEM DIDN’T
MAKE HEAVEN.

SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS
HE SAID WAS THAT

IT HURT HIM WHEN WE DIDN’T
SPEND TIME WITH HIM

AND BE INTIMATE WITH HIM,
AND I THOUGHT,

WOW, THERE’S SO MANY
PEOPLE THAT ARE

CHRISTIANS – OR SAY
THEY’RE CHRISTIANS –

I WOULDN’T THINK THAT ONE
OF US WOULD MATTER

IF WE DIDN’T SPEND TIME,
BUT WE FORGET,

BECAUSE IN OUR NATURAL
THINKING WE CAN ONLY

SPEND TIME WITH SO
MANY PEOPLE, BUT WE HAVE

A GOD THAT’S OMNIPOTENT
AND OMNIPRESENT,

AND SO THEREFORE HE HAS
A GREATER ABILITY TO

FELLOWSHIP WITH US THAN
WE DO MAYBE TO

FELLOWSHIP WITH A
ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE.

AND, I MEAN, I DIDN’T
REALIZE HE WAS THAT HURT.

I GUESS I DIDN’T REALIZE
HOW SPECIAL WE WERE,

OR WE ARE, TO HIM,
TO THE LORD.

SID: IT MUST HAVE BEEN
VERY, VERY DIFFICULT

FOR YOU TO LEAVE
THAT TYPE OF LOVE

AND COME BACK TO EARTH.

JEANETTE: OH, FOR SURE!

BECAUSE IT’S PERFECT!
IT’S FLAWLESS!

IT JUST ENGULFS YOU.

YOU JUST FEEL SO MUCH
A PART OF EVERYTHING.

THAT’S WHY I REALLY
DIDN’T THINK I WAS

GOING TO COME BACK.

NOW, I DIDN’T GO
ALL OVER HEAVEN.

I DIDN’T SEE EVERYTHING.

BUT, I MEAN, I JUST FELT
LIKE SUCH A PART OF IT.

I MEAN, JUST EVERY ATOM OF
YOUR BEING JUST FELT LIKE

IT SHOULD BE THERE, IT
SHOULD STAY THERE.

IT JUST IS
INCREDIBLY AWESOME.

IT’S LIKE THAT’S WHAT
YOU’RE CREATED FOR:

THE FELLOWSHIP, THE
WORSHIP OF THE LORD –

SID: WHAT A SHOCK IT MUST
HAVE BEEN WHEN YOU

FOUND YOURSELF BACK
IN YOUR BODY.

WHAT IS THE FIRST THING
YOU THOUGHT OR FELT

WHEN YOU SLIPPED
BACK INTO YOUR BODY?

JEANETTE: I REALLY
COULDN’T THINK CLEARLY

BECAUSE I – I WAS THINKING
CLEARLY BEFORE I GOT BACK

INTO MY BODY, ABOUT COMING
THROUGH THE WALL OF THE

HOSPITAL AND FEELING
MYSELF TO SEE IF

I HAD SUBSTANCE, BUT
AFTER I GOT INTO MY BODY,

MY HEAD WAS FOGGED
UP. I COULDN’T THINK.

SID: WHAT DID THE DOCTOR
SAY HAPPENED

TO YOUR BRAIN?

JEANETTE: WELL, THEY SAID
I HAD A

CLASSIC BROCA’S APHASIA.
SID: WHAT IS THAT?

JEANETTE: LACK OF BLOOD
AND OXYGEN TO THE BRAIN.

IT’S LIKE WHEN A PERSON
HAS A STROKE OR THEY DIE.

SID: NOW, BEFORE
THIS SURGERY,

THEY EVALUATED YOU
PSYCHOLOGICALLY,

AND AS FAR AS YOUR
INTELLIGENCE, AND

WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU
ABOUT YOUR INTELLIGENCE?

JEANETTE: DR. RYBACK HAD
SAID THAT I WAS IN THE

TOP 10% OF THE NATION
IN INTELLIGENCE.

SID: AND AFTERWARD, HOW
BAD WERE YOU –

AFTER THE SURGERY?

JEANETTE: WELL, I HAD
POOR INTELLIGENCE,

I DID NOT KNOW
MY ALPHABET.

I COULDN’T REMEMBER THE
MOST SIMPLE THINGS.

I COULDN’T REMEMBER – I WAS
TRYING TO – IN MY ROOM

THERE WAS A TV,
AND I WAS TRYING TO

PUSH A BUTTON ON THE
TV BUT I COULDN’T.

I WAS TOO WEAK AND SLEEPY.
I WAS TRYING TO FIND WORDS

BECAUSE I KNEW I NEEDED TO
HAVE WORDS, AND SOMEBODY –

I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW THE
MEANING OF THE WORD “NO”.

I THOUGHT IT HAD MORE
THAN ONE MEANING

SO I NEVER SAID “NO” BECAUSE
I JUST DIDN’T KNOW

WHAT IT MEANT. I SHOOK
MY HEAD

AND THEN THEY’D SAY,
“DON’T MOVE!” SO, I MEAN –

SID: WHAT ABOUT JUST
SIMPLE TASKS, LIKE EATING?

WERE YOU ABLE TO DO THAT?

JEANETTE: I WOULD – WELL,
NOT IN THE BEGINNING –

BUT SOMETIMES I WOULD
STICK MY FACE WITH A FORK,

AND IF I WANTED TO
SMELL SOMETHING,

I WOULD HIT YOU
IN THE FACE.

NOT INTENTIONALLY, BUT IT
WAS VERY EMBARRASSING.

I WOULD JUST HIT THE
PERSON IN THE NOSE.

SID: IS IT – BUT, YOU KNOW,
TO COME FROM THAT –

FROM HEAVEN! AND THEN COME
BACK TO LIFE LIKE THIS.

I IMAGINE YOU WANTED TO
GET BACK “HOME” REAL FAST!

JEANETTE: YEAH, WELL,
I CRIED A LOT

AND I PRAYED A LOT.

SID: SO, AND WHAT WAS
GOING ON WITH YOUR BACK

AT THAT TIME?

JEANETTE: I WAS IN
EXCRUCIATING PAIN.

SID: HOW DID YOUR HUSBAND
TAKE THE DEATH

OF THE DAUGHTER?
YOU’RE NOW AN INVALID,

YOU CAN’T EVEN DO
NORMAL FUNCTIONS;

WHAT DID YOUR HUSBAND
DO ABOUT THIS?

JEANETTE: WELL, HE WAS
TRAVELING IN BUSINESS

SO I DIDN’T SEE HIM
A WHOLE LOT,

BUT HE WAS – BUT MY
GIRLFRIEND SANDY

WAS TAKING CARE OF ME,
AND SHE TOOK CARE OF ME

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
FOR THREE WEEKS,

BUT IT WAS MORE
LIKE THREE MONTHS.

BECAUSE OF ME DYING,
I NEEDED MORE CARE.

I MEAN, I WOULD WALK –
I WOULD TROT –

THIS IS MONTHS AFTER –
MAYBE TWO MONTHS

AFTER THE SURGERY,
AND AFTER I DIED.

I WOULD BE WALKING AROUND
THE STORE AND I WOULD

FORGET WHO I WAS,
WHERE I WAS.

I WOULD GO TO SIGN MY
CREDIT CARD AND SANDY

WAS WITH ME, AND
YOU KNOW, SHE SAID,

“SHE’S REALLY WHO SHE
SAYS SHE IS.”

OR, YOU KNOW, “WHO
THE PLATE SAYS SHE IS.

SHE’S JUST, YOU KNOW” –

SID: I MEAN, EVEN NOW,
HOW ARE YOU FUNCTIONING

SO ARTICULATELY WITH WHAT
HAPPENED TO YOU,

TO YOUR BRAIN?

JEANETTE: WELL, I’VE HAD
LOTS OF PRAYER,

SPEECH THERAPY, LEARNING
DISABILITY THERAPY.

I’VE BEEN TO SCHOOL
A SECOND TIME

IN MY LIFETIME.

IN FACT, ONE DOCTOR SAID I
HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY

TO HAVE TWO LIFETIMES
IN ONE;

TWO EDUCATIONS, TWO
OCCUPATIONS,

AND TWO FAMILIES.

AND DR. RYBACK AT NIH
IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND

SAID THAT IF ANYONE COULD
BE IN MY RECOVERY ROOM,

CHART IT’S
MEDICALLY IMPOSSIBLE

FOR ME TO BE THIS WELL.

AND HE ALSO HAS A
PRIVATE PRACTICE.

SID: BUT YOU TOLD ME THAT
YOU SPEAK MOSTLY

BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD
RATHER THAN YOUR MIND.

JEANETTE: YES.

BECAUSE IF I – IF
YOU WANTED ME TO –

LET’S SAY YOU WERE
HAVING A MEETING AND

YOU WANTED ME TO
SPEAK TO PEOPLE.

I WOULD HAVE TO WRITE IT
OUT LIKE A REPORT

AND READ IT, PROBABLY.

SID: SO HOW ARE YOU
SPEAKING TO CLEARLY NOW?

JEANETTE: I BELIEVE IT’S
THE SPIRIT OF GOD,

BECAUSE IN THE NATURAL,
WHEN I NEED TO

DO SOMETHING, IF IT’S NOT
A PRETTY MUNDANE THING,

I HAVE A TIME
GETTING IT TOGETHER.

YOU KNOW, I DON’T ALWAYS
HAVE THE RESOURCES

TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I’M
SUPPOSED TO DO

TO FIX SOMETHING OR
DO SOMETHING,

OR I MIGHT
OVERLOOK A POINT.

SID: WELL, I UNDERSTAND
THAT THE LORD TOLD YOU

[MUSIC ♪]
ABOUT HIS RETURN.

HE TOLD JEANETTE EXACTLY
WHAT THE TIME WOULD BE

OF HIS RETURN.

WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK AND
DISCUSS THAT.

[MUSIC ♪]

SID: HELLO,
I’M SID ROTH,

YOUR INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTER,

AND I’M HAVING FUN WITH
JEANETTE MEADOWS, BECAUSE

JEANETTE, BY ALL RIGHT,
SHOULD BE A VEGETABLE.

IN FACT, A DOCTOR
TOLD YOU THAT.

JEANETTE: YES.
DR. ROBERT BROWN.

HE USED TO BE AT
ST. JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL

IN PORT CHARLOTTE. HE
TOLD ME BY ALL RIGHTS I SHOULD

BE A VEGETABLE.

SID: BUT YOU’RE
FUNCTIONING JUST FINE.

OH, JESUS TOLD YOU
ABOUT HIS RETURN!

JEANETTE: YES.
SID: I ALMOST FORGOT!

WE’D HAVE SO MANY
UPSET PEOPLE!

WHAT DID HE TELL YOU?

JEANETTE: HE SAID, “I AM
COMING SOON –

SOONER THAN YOU THINK.”

SID: SO YOU REALLY
BELIEVE THAT?

JEANETTE: YES.

BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE THAT
ARE OLDER THAN ME HAVE,

YOU KNOW, HAD THE LORD
TELL THEM THAT,

AND SO I FIGURE IF
THEY’RE OLDER THAN ME,

THEY’RE CLOSER TO HEAVEN –
NATURALLY SPEAKING –

THAN I AM.
SID: WELL, I MEAN,

I CAN SEE WHAT GOD
DID WITH YOUR BRAIN.

I CAN SEE BECAUSE YOU
WALKED IN HERE JUST FINE

WITH WHAT GOD DID WITH
YOUR BACK.

YOU WERE SUPPOSED
TO BE AN INVALID

THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

JEANETTE: WELL, THEY
SAID IT WAS MEDICALLY –

THEY WERE SURPRISED.
IT WAS A MIRACLE

THAT I DIDN’T HAVE A
SEVERED SPINAL CORD

BECAUSE EVERY TIME –
THEY DIDN’T KNOW THIS

UNTIL THE OPERATION –
EVEN THOUGH I HAD

ALL THE TESTS, BECAUSE
EVERY TIME I REACHED UP TO

GET SOMETHING OR STOOP
DOWN TO PICK SOMETHING UP,

THE L5 VERTEBRAE
LITERALLY FLIPPED.

SID: AND WHAT ABOUT
THAT GLAUCOMA?

DO YOU SEE OKAY?
JEANETTE: YES, FINE.

SID: YOU KNOW, WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT A NEPHEW

OF YOURS, SOMETHING
VERY AMAZING.

YOU WERE DRIVING A CAR.
HE WAS IN THE CAR.

TELL ME ABOUT
THAT EXPERIENCE

WITH YOUR NEPHEW.
JEANETTE: OKAY.

HE HAD A VISION OF HELL,
WHILE WE WERE

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.

WE WERE TALKING
AND HE GOT REAL QUIET.

HE SOUNDED LIKE
HE WAS CRYING,

AND I SAID, “CHRIS, IS
SOMETHING WRONG?”

HE SAID, “AUNT JEANETTE,
I’LL TELL YOU IN A MINUTE.”

I SAID “OKAY”, AND HE
SAID THAT

HE SAW HELL, HE FELT HELL,
AND HE SMELLED HELL,

AND HE SAW TWO PEOPLE
THERE HE KNEW.

SID: WHOA!

JEANETTE: AND HE SAID THAT
IT SMELLED LIKE SULFUR,

THAT THE PEOPLE HE SAW
THAT HE KNEW DIED AND THEY

HAD ON THE CLOTHES THEY
HAD ON WHEN THEY DIED,

AND THEY WERE ALMOST
BURNED OFF.

I SAID, “HOW DO YOU
KNOW WHAT THEY HAD ON?”

BUT I DIDN’T ASK
HIM THAT THEN.

I ASKED HIM THAT LATER.
BUT HE SAID

“YOU KNOW”, AND
HE TOLD ME HOW HE KNEW.

AND THEN – BECAUSE HE HAD
SEEN THEM ABOUT THAT TIME

JUST BEFORE THEY PASSED
AWAY,

SO HE SAID THERE WERE
DEMONS BITING PEOPLE,

HAD LONG TEETH AND CLAWS,
I BELIEVE HE SAID,

AND HE FELT THE
HEAT OF HELL.

THIS IS ALL WHILE
WE WERE DRIVING

DOWN A MOUNTAIN ROAD.

SID: WHAT WAS HE LIKE
BEFORE THIS EXPERIENCE?

WAS HE A VERY
RELIGIOUS TYPE OF BOY?

JEANETTE: NO.

SID: CLOSE TO GOD?
JEANETTE: NO. A LITTLE BIT,

BUT NOT REALLY. HE
SAID – FIRST HE SAID,

“I’M NEVER GOING TO
DISOBEY YOU AGAIN.”

I SAID, “WHAT?” HE SAID,
“I’M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING

YOU ASK ME TO DO.” I
SAID, “CHRISTOPHER!”

BECAUSE IT HAD SUCH
AN IMPACT ON HIM.

SID: JEANETTE, YOU REALIZE
THERE ARE PEOPLE WATCHING

THIS RIGHT NOW, AND SOME
OF THEM ARE EVEN LAUGHING,

SAYING, “HAH! THERE’S
NO SUCH THING AS HELL!”

WHAT WOULD YOU
SAY TO THEM?

JEANETTE: WELL, NO MATTER
WHAT YOU BELIEVE,

ONE SECOND AFTER YOU
STOP BREATHING,

YOU’RE GOING TO KNOW THE
TRUTH OF HEAVEN OR HELL.

I DON’T CARE WHO YOU ARE
OR WHAT YOU ARE.

YOU WILL NO LONGER BE
AN ATHEIST,

OR WHATEVER YOU THINK
YOU ARE.

ONE SECOND AFTER YOU
STOP BREATHING,

YOU WILL KNOW THE TRUTH
OF HEAVEN AND HELL.

SID: YOU KNOW, I’M
THINKING,

AND I’M REFLECTING
RIGHT NOW, AND

I’M SAYING TO MYSELF, YOU
STILL STRUGGLE A LITTLE BIT

WITH YOUR MENTAL ABILITY
BECAUSE OF THE

BRAIN DAMAGE
THAT OCCURRED,

SO YOU TOLD ME YOU WERE
100% DEPENDENT ON GOD

TO FUNCTION BECAUSE YOU
OPERATE THROUGH YOUR SPIRIT.

BUT YOU KNOW SOMETHING,
JEANETTE?

I BELIEVE THAT WHAT GOD
HAS DONE WITH YOU IS

A GREAT BLESSING, BECAUSE
MOST OF US ARE SO

DEPENDENT ON OURSELVES,
AND WE DON’T RECOGNIZE

THE NEED TO BE
DEPENDENT ON GOD.

JEANETTE: I KNOW. YOU
KNOW, I WONDERED IF

THAT WAS WHY I HAD TO DIE:
THAT I MIGHT BEAR FRUIT.

I MEAN, IT SEEMS KIND OF
A DRASTIC MEASURE,

BUT, I MEAN, WHEN YOUR
BRAIN JUST SWITCHES FROM

SIX DIFFERENT THINGS
CONTINUALLY, AND YOU’RE

JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU’RE SUPER-INTELLIGENT

IT’S REALLY HARD TO TRUST
GOD SOMETIMES.

AND EVEN THOUGH I
HAD FAITH,

I BELIEVE – WELL, I KNOW
I’M CLOSER TO GOD NOW.

ABSOLUTELY CLOSER, BECAUSE
I KNOW THAT I HAVE TO PRAY

AND ASK GOD TO SEND
SOMEONE TO HELP ME IF

I NEED TO DO SOMETHING,
AND I HAVE TO ASK GOD

FOR HIS WISDOM FOR
THE SITUATION I’M IN,

TO KNOW WHAT TO DO,
AND I HAVE TO WAIT

UNTIL I HEAR BECAUSE I
CAN’T TRUST MYSELF.

AND I KNOW I CAN’T
BECAUSE IN THE PAST

I DO SAY THINGS BACKWARDS;
I GET THEM OUT OF ORDER,

AND I KNOW MY WEAK POINTS,
AND I KIND OF HAVE TO

GUARD IT, YOU KNOW.

SID: WELL, JEANETTE,
BETWEEN YOU AND ME,

IS THERE A PART OF YOU
THAT’S ANGRY WITH GOD?

BECAUSE HE COULD
(SNAPS FINGERS) LIKE THAT

YOU COULD BE PERFECT
IN THIS EARTH.

JEANETTE: NO. I’M NOT
ANGRY WITH GOD AT ALL.

SID: WHY NOT?

JEANETTE: BECAUSE
I LOVE HIM.

SID: IT’S ALMOST – THAT’S
AN ILLOGICAL QUESTION.

IT DOESN’T COMPUTE,
DOES IT?

THAT’S A TOTALLY ILLOGICAL
QUESTION.

JEANETTE: WELL, THE DEVIL
COMES TO KILL,

STEAL, AND DESTROY;
NOT GOD.

SID: AND WHY ARE YOU HERE
ON EARTH, AND NOT IN HEAVEN

WITH YOUR DAUGHTER,
WHO YOU LOVE?

JEANETTE: BECAUSE THE
LORD WANTS ME TO SHARE

MY TESTIMONY AND TELL
PEOPLE WHAT I SAW,

AND THAT HEAVEN IS REALLY
REAL, AND THAT WE’RE

GOING TO BE WITH HIM
ONE DAY IF WE CHOOSE.

SID: GOD’S CALLED
YOU TO DO THIS.

JEANETTE: YES.

SID: WOULD YOU LOOK INTO
THAT CAMERA STRAIGHT AHEAD

OF YOU AND TELL PEOPLE THE
REALITY OF HEAVEN AND HELL,

AND THE LOVE OF GOD?
TELL THEM.

JEANETTE: WELL, THIS IS A
WAKE-UP CALL TO THE EARTH,

TO EVERY PERSON.

EACH ONE OF US IS A BREATH
AWAY FROM ETERNITY.

AND IT SOUNDS SIMPLISTIC
TO SAY IT’S LIFE OR DEATH,

OR HEAVEN OR HELL, BUT
YOU’D BETTER KNOW WHERE

YOU STAND, BECAUSE WHEN
YOU STOP BREATHING,

IT’S GOING TO BE OVER.
IT’LL BE YOUR LAST CHANCE.

THERE’LL BE, YOU KNOW,
NO OTHER OPPORTUNITY,

SO MAKE YOUR PEACE
WITH GOD NOW,

BECAUSE GOD LOVES YOU.

HE WANTS TO COMMUNICATE
WITH YOU AND BE INTIMATE

WITH YOU, AND HE JUST
LOVES US SO MUCH THAT

WE CAN NEVER EVEN –
HE LOVES US MORE

THAN ANY EARTHLY
PARENT FIGURE OR FATHER,

AND THINK HOW MUCH WE
LOVE TO BLESS OUR CHILDREN.

I COULDN’T DO ENOUGH
FOR MY DAUGHTER.

SHE WAS AN
EXEMPLARY CHILD.

SHE COULDN’T DO ENOUGH
FOR HER MOM OR HER DAD.

SHE WAS JUST A
WONDERFUL CHILD,

AND I MEAN, GOD LOVES US
MORE THAN THAT.

HIS LOVE IS PERFECT, AND WE
NEED TO RECEIVE THAT LOVE.

IT’S SO, SO IMPORTANT,
AND I JUST BELIEVE

I’M SUPPOSED TO TELL
PEOPLE THAT THERE’S

SUCH A WONDERFUL PLACE.

I MEAN, HE’S ALREADY
TOLD US IN HIS WORD,

AND HE SENT
PEOPLE BACK BEFORE.

BUT IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO
JUST SEEK GOD

WHILE HE CAN BE FOUND.

SID: AND YOU KNOW,
THE ONE THING THAT

REALLY AFFECTED ME
THAT YOU SAID,

IS THAT JESUS TOLD HER
THAT HE’S HURT

THAT YOU DON’T
SPEND TIME WITH HIM.

I MEAN, THAT’S HARD
FOR US TO FATHOM!

THAT JESUS IS HURT.
AND YOU THINK,

“WELL, I DON’T HEAR
ANYTHING”,

“I DON’T FEEL ANYTHING”,
SO WHY SHOULD I

SPEND QUIET TIME
WITH HIM?

WHY SHOULD I PRAY TO GOD,
TELL HIM HOW

MUCH I LOVE HIM?

HE’S HURT.
HE’S HURT.

I TELL YOU, HE’S HURT
BECAUSE

HE LOVES YOU SO MUCH.
SPEND TIME WITH HIM.

TELL HIM – YES, JEANETTE?

JEANETTE: AND
SOMETIMES EVEN WHEN

THERE’S NO COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN YOU.

IF YOU’RE JUST KIND OF
SITTING THERE IN THE

PRESENCE OF THE LORD, AND
YOU’VE JUST LET THE LORD

KNOW YOU’RE GOING
TO STAY THERE.

YOU HAVE A HALF HOUR,
WHATEVER,

TO SPEND. SOMETIMES HIS
PRESENCE JUST ENGULFS YOU,

THAT YOU FEEL THE PRESENCE
OF THE LORD AROUND YOU

EVEN THOUGH
THERE’S NO ACTUAL

VERBAL COMMUNICATION.

AND IN HEAVEN YOU CAN
SPEAK BY THOUGHT TRANSFER,

YOU CAN SPEAK BY THE
WAY WE’RE SPEAKING.

SID: BUT THE ONE THING WE
DON’T HAVE

IS ANY MORE TIME.

I’M GONNA TAKE THIS TIME
TO WARN YOU:

YOU DON’T KNOW WHEN YOUR
END WILL COME,

SO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT IT NOW!

CRY OUT, “JESUS!”

THAT’S WHAT YOU SHOULD DO.