Televangelist Jack Van Impe, 84, better known as "The Walking Bible," nearly died in his hospital bed back in April, but six months later, he made a miraculous recovery.
He is now sharing his near-death experience with the world and at the same time warning people against the rise of "Chrislam."
"I was on my deathbed. Doctors only gave me a 20 percent chance of living, 80 percent chance of dying," Van Impe told WND.com.
His wife Rexella, who is also the co-host of his show "Jack Van Impe Presents," was given the scare of her life on April 10 when doctors called her, urging her to come to the hospital because her husband was passing in and out of consciousness. That was one week after Van Impe finished undergoing open-heart surgery.
"They called Rexella and said, he's in bad shape. They said, 'It's 5:30 in the morning, do you want to see your hubby again, get here right away Rexella.' I just thank God for my wife. Doctor Levin said this woman came in every day for 42 days and sat there for five hours and held your hand. You wouldn't be alive young man... if it hadn't been for her love,'" he said.
Van Impe surprised everyone when he regained consciousness and started getting his vigour back. As soon as he was able to do his show again, the televangelist took the opportunity to preach the dangers of a rising religion called "Chrislam," which is a combination of Christianity and Muslim.
A Muslim Brotherhood is strongly promoting the religion, with over 100 billboards already put up all across the United States urging Americans to "Find Jesus in the Quran" and trying to convince them that "Muhammad believed in: peace, social justice, women's rights."
The billboards have already appeared in Texas, Georgia, Iowa, California, and several other states. "Muhammad: A Mercy to Mankind," a billboard in Dallas says. Another proclaims: "Same family, same message: Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Mohamed, peace be upon them all."
But Van Impe said Americans should not be fooled by their lies, and criticised those who put up the billboards for promoting "deceit" and giving "disgrace" to the name of Jesus Christ.
"I have plenty to say because since they put out these billboards I've been searching my New Testament. I've been searching the Quran, and they have 396 lies and errors about our Jesus and their Jesus. They are not the same. And that's why Moses, who they're claiming is one of their followers, said in the first commandment 'thou shall have no other gods before me,' and that includes Jesus, who is our God, Romans 9, verse 5," he said.
