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Experience the Kingdom of Heaven Here on Earth
When Steven Musick was 19 years old, he joined the Navy as a chiseled 195-pound physical specimen. Part of why he joined the Navy was to continue his education. Little did he know that a seemingly minor medical mistake would change the trajectory of his entire life.
In the fifth week of boot camp, everyone was inoculated with the swine flu vaccine. It was a perfectly normal procedure, but Steven developed an allergic to the vaccine. When he was brought to the emergency room and given the antidote, it got much worse because he was also allergic to the antidote.
As soon as the antidote entered his bloodstream, Steven blacked out. He woke up in an intensive care isolation… 5 weeks later! By the time he snapped out of his coma, his 195-pound body was reduced to 126 pounds.
But he had a gift that he did not understand at the time. He had the opportunity to be in the presence of Jesus in heaven, where his life was reoriented before he was told that he can’t stay in heaven.
Back on earth, he began to see what the Kingdom of Heaven is really like as it began to manifest in “bubbles of heaven”. These bubbles were small reminders of what heaven was like. He learned to sense when heaven was about to show up in various situations.
Steven now knows why he wasn’t allowed to stay in heaven. His job is to help people experience the Kingdom here on earth.
It’s our cultural norm to not extend the love of God. But if your impetus is that you want to extend the love and care of the Loving Father to people, that overcomes all of their resistance and the cultural norms of the enemy.
Steve shared this piece of advice: Go back in your life and see if you recognize periods that were awe-inspiring. Periods that were big surprises. And think about whether that was the Kingdom of heaven in your space.
Listen to Steven’s and even John’s stories on how bubble of heaven show up in our everyday lives.
What You’ll Learn
- What it was like to meet Jesus in heaven?
- Did Steven ever doubt his experience?
- What is the “experiential drift”?
- What are “bubbles of heaven” moments?
- What it’s like to experience heaven here and now
Resources
- Life After Death by Steven Musick
- Steven Musick’s website
Bio 
Steven Musick is the founder of the investment management firm, Destiny Capital. Since 1977, Steven has been in the profession of managing family wealth and has nurtured Destiny Capital from a one-man operation to the comprehensive firm it is today. Additionally, Musick has three master’s degrees. Two from the American College: Management and Financial Services, and one from the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies in Global Studies.
