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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.83,0:00:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gordon/700 Club:
Ian McCormack had traveled for two years chasing adventure around the globe, we wound up on the island of Mauritius, an island known for great surfing and diving.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.61,0:00:20.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NWoman on Video:
Ian McCormack loved the ocean, he was an avid diver, but nothing prepared him for what he was about to encounter.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.79,0:00:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NMcCormack:
As we dove into the water something smashed into my forearm, it felt like thousands of bolts of electricity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.06,0:00:35.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My whole arm was swollen double its normal size, my arm was blistered where the tentacles had hit me like burn blisters.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.85,0:00:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could feel the toxin quickly moving up my lymph glands.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.67,0:00:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought Ian, what on earth have you done in your life to deserve this kind of punishment.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.25,0:00:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NWoman on Video:
Ian was stung by five box jelly fish.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.42,0:00:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One can kill a person in four minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.66,0:00:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he wasn’t ready to die.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.06,0:00:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was young, loved to travel, party, womanize.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.72,0:01:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had also been an atheist and didn’t know what was waiting for him in the after -life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.53,0:01:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With precious time passing by, and several failed attempts for help, Ian finally got an ambulance to take him to the hospital.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.37,0:01:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Ian knew it was probably too late.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.78,0:01:22.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NGordon:
Welcome to the 700 Club, Ian McCormack – Ian it is wonderful to have you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.85,0:01:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NMcCormack:
Its great to be here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.25,0:01:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NGordon:
Your story is one of the most amazing miracles I have ever heard.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.39,0:01:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was your life like before you got attacked by the jellyfish.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.83,0:01:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NMcCormack:
Very much a non-Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.30,0:01:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Partying, traveling, surfing, nightclubs.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.84,0:01:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Religion was something that old people involved in, and mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.31,0:01:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NGordon:
Your mother was a Christian?\NMcCormack:
She was what you would call in the states Episcopalian, or Church of England.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.92,0:02:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I had been brought up as a child in it, but I thought it was for grandmother and old ladies – not for young people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.52,0:02:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NGordon:
Not for you?\NMcCormack:
No, so I went looking at Eastern religions, and traveling – that was what I was doing surfing around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.43,0:02:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NGordon:
So you get in your diving, you get stung by FIVE box jellyfish – not just one – but FIVE.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.18,0:02:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one is enough to kill you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.78,0:02:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NMcCormack:
That’s right.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.84,0:02:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NGordon:
And kill you in how long?\NMcCormack:
The quickest I have heard when you have been stung across the throat, around the heart, 3 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.67,0:02:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many people die within 15-20 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.46,0:02:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some even 10.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.86,0:02:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It depends on what part of the body you are stung on.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.13,0:02:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And others have lived up to 1 ½ hours.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.03,0:02:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I was hurt, the fisherman turned white, and said Ian one of these will kill you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.58,0:02:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you see the black Safarian turn white, it is very troubling.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.17,0:02:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I could feel the poison moving quickly into my body.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.31,0:02:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew I had very little time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.04,0:03:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They got me into the boat and said Ian urinate on your arm We need to get to a hospital immediately.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.02,0:03:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was frightened, I was very frightened.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.32,0:03:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NGordon:
I assume you knew you were dying?\NMcCormack:
The poison was moving so quickly, it was paralyzing right down my right side.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.50,0:03:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the time I got in the ambulance I was completely paralyzed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.34,0:03:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My body went through death rattles.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.54,0:03:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was frightening.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.51,0:03:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NGordon:
When did you know that you were actually dead? Because you were…\NMcCormack:
Well as I was going into the hospital in the ambulance, I saw my life flashing before me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.66,0:03:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought perhaps I won’t make it, is there life after death.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.16,0:03:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as I am questioning all of these things, my mother appears in a clear vision, in front of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.57,0:03:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on her knees praying.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.43,0:03:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn’t realize, but back in New Zealand, she was the only Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.14,0:04:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had just seen God reveal my fate to her and said that your elder son is nearly dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.64,0:04:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NGordon:
So your mother is alive, she is in New Zealand, she gets a visitation?\NMcCormack:
I would say so, a vision, a clear vision of my face and God audibly speaking to her.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.92,0:04:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NGordon:
And he said?\NMcCormack:
Your elder son Ian is nearly dead, start praying for him now.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.09,0:04:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NGordon:
And she starts praying? And you and the ambulance.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.83,0:04:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NMcCormack:
See her doing this – and she is saying call out to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.87,0:04:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter how far you are from God you are son – he will forgive you! Call out from your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.11,0:04:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought – well I don’t believe in God, and it’s too late, how can he forgive me? But I knew my mother was a Christian, and I thought well maybe there is a God.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.82,0:04:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there is, show me your face, help me to pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.16,0:04:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So suddenly the Lord’s prayer appears in front of me – forgive us our sins – so I asked God to forgive me and forgive others who have sinned against you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.91,0:05:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought well I can do that – and God showed me pictures of two faces of people that I had difficulty forgiving.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.51,0:05:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a chance to forgive them, give your life to the lord, thy will be done.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.14,0:05:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NGordon:
All during your adventure to get to the ambulance to the hospital.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.48,0:05:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you had been abandoned.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.10,0:05:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People didn’t want to pick up dying guy – and do anything for you…\NMcCormack:
One actually pushed me out of his taxi because I didn’t have any money.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.09,0:05:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was one of the faces – the Indian taxi driver – and God was asking me would you forgive him.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.93,0:05:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s not easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.80,0:05:34.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can say the words, but to do it from your heart is not that easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.57,0:05:41.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Jesus said if you don’t forgive others who have sinned against you, your heavenly Father will not forgive you of your sins.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.74,0:05:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I thank God that I forgave them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.08,0:05:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(haha) The Lord’s prayer – I prayed from my heart – I felt like weeping, but I was proud – I controlled my emotions.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.82,0:05:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The peace that came in has never left me in 28 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.46,0:06:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NGordon:
What happened next?\NMcCormack:
Well I knew that I had given my heart to God, and there was a peace that had come, but my body was still dying.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.34,0:06:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They got me to the hospital and I could feel myself coming out of my body.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.60,0:06:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could hear them talking and saying that is all we can do for you as they shoved an anti toxin serum into me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.31,0:06:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought I would stay awake all night, but I had no strength, I felt like I had a machete in my eyes and I thought I would gather more strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.27,0:06:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As it happened, the machines monitoring my heart flat lined and I was pronounced dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.10,0:06:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NGordon:
And you heard that?\NMcCormack:
Yeah, and I am out of my body, alive, looking and I am thinking…\NGordon:
You heard the flat tones, and you heard a doctor say…\NMcCormack:
They are running to my body, and I am alive out of the body, and you can tell by everything that is happening that I am gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.34,0:07:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I am out of their hospital and in complete darkness – so I am like has there been a power cut, have the lights gone out, or have I died? So I am groping around in the darkness looking for a light switch – it is so dark I cannot see my hand in front of my face.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.73,0:07:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I bring my hand toward my face and it goes through my face – that is impossible.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.67,0:07:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two hands, both hands, nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.11,0:07:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I have the terrifying realization that I could be alive out of my body.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.35,0:07:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The closest thing I could thing of was that I had met people who had amputations and they could feel their limb was there– phantom pain it is called – the medical term.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.27,0:07:53.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I am going could my physical body be back in that hospital – where am I? And then I could feel evil – the most intense evil! It was like invisible eyes looking at me, it was like a spiritual darkness.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.41,0:07:59.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard men shouting out of the darkness at me saying “Shut up!” I thought – I said nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.11,0:08:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not realizing my inner thought was a speech and they could hear – who turned the lights out – another man “he deserves to be here”, I said “deserves to be where?” – another man in front of me “you’re in hell!” In hell? I didn’t believe in it – you know what I mean? it’s supposed to be a party place, I am wrestling with this whole concept and then I have a realization that this could be hell, could be Hades.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.74,0:08:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next minute I am thinking God has every reason to send me here and yet I reflected on the fact that I had prayed in the ambulance.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.21,0:08:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next minute a radiant light pierces through the darkness and draws me out.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.16,0:08:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NGordon:
So you remembered your prayer, and you remembered the peace that the prayer brought, and as soon as you remembered it the light came?\NMcCormack:
Yes – Psalm 23 – the Lord is my shepherd even though I walk through the valley of the shadow death – the Hebrew word is deep darkness – I shall fear no evil.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.70,0:08:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the evil was all around me – but it couldn’t touch me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.24,0:09:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing can separate me from God – neither life nor death.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.61,0:09:08.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I didn’t know scripture but after – the scripture just came alive to me – of what actually happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.65,0:09:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was walking in darkness and saw a great light, he has delivered me from the king of darkness.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.02,0:09:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I had seen sunlight come through windows as a child and dust go up in it – and I was like a spec of dust going up – walking in darkness and seen a great light.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.85,0:09:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was being drawn up and saw a tunnel of light – what is that? I am now drawn into this narrow tunnel.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.51,0:09:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus said narrow is the way – and I moved down this tunnel at the speed of light – waves of radiance come up – first wave – comfort – I thought that is a living emotion – it’s a living light.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.92,0:09:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another wave – peace – oh the peace of God goes right through me.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.23,0:10:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don’t know what to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.63,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus said – I am the Prince of Peace.