Matthew Johnson wrote:



> And why are you so sure of THIS? His story, brief and tantalizing as
it is,
> remeinds me of another brief account from the Patericon of the
Fathers of the
> Monastery of the Caves in Kiev: a certain monk named Matthew, died
and came back
> from the dead. The brethren of the monastery asked him what he saw,
but he
> refused to say anything except "save yourselves, save yourselves!".
>
> Even _this_ he said only after a long time (I forget just how long)
of living in
> isolation in his cell, fasting and praying. Just as he was about to
die again
> was when the brethren broke into his cell and asked the question.

Reminds me of something that happened in Korea 30 or 40 years ago. In
the Far East there are those who tell of Yama (Korean Yumna Daewang)
the king of the world where people go when they die.  Many believe that
he fixes the time of one's death and that nothing can alter nor
postpone that day. Anyway, the story in a Korean newspaper went like
this.

An elderly woman in a rural village died but later returned to life.
She, a grandmother, said that while she was dead, she went to Yumna
Daewang (Great King Yumna) and he told her she was three days early and
her death was not schedule for three days, so he sent her back to
earth.  Three days later she died again.

Other people who "came back from the dead" report quite different
experiences, so it would not be wise to think that all will meet Great
King Yumna when they die.  I doubt if monk Matthew talked with Yumna.

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