This week on Sid Roth’s It’s Supernatural, James Durham has frequently gone to heaven, and he says as a believer in the Messiah you can go too. Not only does he teach how from the Bible, but many receive impartations for heavenly visions, dreams and revelation. What are we waiting for?
Is there a supernatural
dimension?
a world beyond the one we know?
Is there life after death?
Do angels exist?
Can our dreams contain messages
from Heaven?
Can we tap into ancient secrets
of the supernatural?
Are healing miracles real?
Sid Roth has spent over 35 years
researching the strange world of
the supernatural.
Join Sid for this edition of
It’s Supernatural!
Sid: Hello. Sid Roth here.
Welcome to my world where it’s
naturally supernatural.
I have to tell you.
The presence of God is so strong
that I am literally trembling
under the presence of God at
this moment.
My guest has gone to Heaven
frequently and he was instructed
in Heaven how the scriptures
tell us that we can access
Heaven while we’re alive as
believers in the Messiah.
And he teaches, and multitudes
then begin going to Heaven after
they’re exposed to his
teachings.
So my guest James Durham, at age
three went to Heaven.
But his parents were just
nominal Christians.
No paradigm for anything.
What happened at three?
James: Well Sid, at three, I
just, one night I just got
lifted up into this place that
was absolutely amazing to me.
I was in a place of perfect
peace.
There was such unity there that
I had never experienced on
Earth.
Just saw the animals, that
people were together and I just
felt something so wonderful and
so unique that I desired to be
there.
I had no idea what it was, but
it was wonderful.
Sid: And then at four, I mean,
at four, I can’t remember three
and four.
At four, he doesn’t know the
Bible stories.
His parents would go a few times
a year to church, if that.
What happened at age four?
James: When I was four years
old, I had an open vision and it
was felt like I was actually
translated to a different
location.
And I was standing, and I was
watching these animals.
As they were coming by me they
were going up a ramp into some
kind of a building, and they
were going two by two.
And the little animals coming
by, that was very fun to watch,
but when the big cats, the lions
and tigers, it really terrified
me.
I had no idea what I was seeing
and I cried out, and when I
cried out the vision ended.
Sid: Well what he was seeing
obviously was Noah and the ark,
going two by two.
When you told your parents this,
were they excited?
James: They were excited, but
not in a good way.
When I cried out, I woke up my
older sister and so I was
actually punished for this.
And when I told them what
happened, they didn’t believe
me, and so I was punished for
lying.
Sid: Okay.
At six, you’re going at this
time you’re going to like a
Bible camp and Sunday school,
and you have another what you
call an open vision.
To me, an open vision is you’re
seeing it happen right before
your eyes.
What did you see?
James: Well Sid, that’s exactly
what happened.
I was sitting in the pew during
a worship program.
It was a Vacation Bible School
and this was a new experience
for me.
But as I sat on that pew,
literally I saw like the floor
open in front of me and the
flames of Hell just erupted up
from that opening in the floor.
And I felt like I could just
slide right into that fire and
be in Hell.
At that moment, I was only six
years old, but I felt convicted
of sin, that I needed Jesus from
what I had learned in Vacation
Bible School.
So I gave my heart to Jesus.
Sid: He devotes his life now to
being a chaplain.
He was a chaplain in the Army
for how many years?
James: Almost 30 years.
Sid: And but the thing that
intrigues me is when these
visits to Heaven started in
2008.
Explain James: In 2008, two
things happened sort of
simultaneously.
First of all, God put it on my
heart, pray for Israel, every
day.
Every day I would get face down
on the floor and repent for the
things our nation had done to
Israel, cry out, Shalom
Jerusalem and Shalom Israel.
And about that same time, I went
to a large revival.
And one night I came home late
from the revival, and when I
laid down in bed my head hit the
pillow, I was literally
translated to Heaven.
I stood in this place in Heaven.
Some people called it The Throne
Room, but it was not really a
room.
It was huge.
But I was standing looking at
the throne of Jesus, and I was
in so much awe of Jesus.
I was literally paralyzed with
awe of Jesus.
And as I looked at him, just
love flowed out of me, and I
just felt like this is my Jesus.
And I felt like I was just
connecting with him in such a
powerful way.
And it was a life-changing
experience for me.
Sid: And then a few days later,
a second vision.
What happened?
James: Well I actually, I asked
the Lord if He would allow me to
go back to that same place
because I had a question I
wanted to ask.
Sid: What was that?
James: I wanted to know, the
Bible… Sid: I have a lot of
questions.
How about you?
Wouldn’t you like to ask?
James: Good luck asking.
Ephesians 2:6 says, “We were
seated with him in heavenly
places.”
So I actually, I wanted to know,
this is kind of self-centered,
but I wanted to know, where is
my seat in Heaven.
Sid: But wait.
That’s exactly what the
scriptures say.
We’re already seated in heavenly
places.
So that’s a fair question.
Did you get your answer?
James: I did, but not directly.
I had almost the same
experience.
Came back late at night from the
revival meeting, very tired.
But as soon as my head hit the
pillow I was translated back to
that exact same spot I had been
the night before.
And there was Jesus, and I was
in awe of Jesus again.
I was literally paralyzed, in
awe of this amazing Jesus.
And as time went on, I began to
think, I believe I had a
question, but I can’t remember
what it is.
Sid: I’ll tell you what.
Hold that thought because Jesus
gives him three assignments.
We’ll find out about it when we
come back.
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Sid: Now I was talking to James
Durham about his visit to
Heaven.
And something intrigued me,
because I’ve had prophetic words
myself that there was an ancient
door that was getting ready to
open in my life.
When you went to Heaven,
describe that ancient door.
I want to understand this.
James: Well Sid, when I was
lifted, this was sometime later.
I had been to Heaven a few
times.
But I was lifted up and I saw
this ancient arch wooden door,
and it was an amazing door.
It looked like it was very, very
old, but the wood still looked
very strong.
What amazed me was that it had
hinges on both sides and there
was no doorknob.
So by human means, there was no
way that I could open that door,
but I felt like I was supposed
to go through the door.
And my only opportunity was to
ask the Holy Spirit help me
somehow to understand how to get
through this door.
And suddenly, the door swung
open.
Sid: What was the first thing
you saw when it swung open?
James: Actually, I was looking
into what appeared to be a room.
But it was dark in the room,
because where I was standing was
a much brighter light, and I
couldn’t see very clearly inside
the room.
But I was led by the spirit to
go inside the room.
And as I walked through the
door, I heard audibly three
times, the Holy Spirit
announced, “An oak of
righteousness, an oak of
righteousness, an oak of
righteousness.”
Sid: What does this mean?
James: And I immediately thought
of the words from Isaiah and
that this was the secret place
of the most High God.
Sid: Now when he was in the
secret place of the most High
God, God commissioned him to do
three things.
What were these three things?
James: Well the Lord told me
that He wanted me to, number
one, write a book, and I did not
want to write a book.
Sid: Why James: I always said, I
will never write a book.
So I had to eat my words for
many, many years.
Sid: I’m sure.
James: To write the book.
Second thing He said was move.
And I loved the house where we
were living.
It was exactly kind of like my
dream house and a dream office.
But I immediately began to get
the house in order to move.
The third thing He told me to do
was to go back and invite people
to come to the secret place and
to give an impartation for
heavenly visitation.
Sid: Now would there be a lot of
preparation involved before you
invite people?
When did you first do this with
others?
James: Well I was hoping there
was going to be a lot
instruction and a lot of time
before I actually had to do this
because I felt like people would
think I was crazy to come back
saying things like this.
And so I asked the Lord, “How
long do I have?”
He said, “Until this Sunday,”
which was like two days away.
Sid: Well did you do it?
James: I did it.
I did it.
Sid: And what happened?
James: Well some people received
that.
Some people actually visited
Heaven.
But other people, I got some
strong rejection from some of
the people and I really
understood that I was going to
receive that rejection.
It made it clear to me right
away that when you obey God and
you say things like this that
are so far out of line with the
way people normally think, you
will experience some rejection.
Sid: You know, then multitudes
have been, when he teaches, have
had experiences of going to
Heaven.
But why is it?
I’m hearing, I think there’s a
new believer.
But I’m hearing so many people
now, believers are having visits
to Heaven.
Why is that happening now?
James: Well Sid, I believe the
reason it’s happening now is
that time is very short.
In the First Letter of John, he
says, “This is the last hour.”
And I believe that God is
getting the bride ready and He’s
calling people to Heaven to give
them instructions, the
preparations, the correction,
whatever discipline they may
need to be ready.
And I believe that we’re at the
time of the great End Time
harvest, and God is calling the
harvesters to Heaven to train
them and to empower them, and to
gift them to go back into the
harvest and win lost souls for
the Kingdom.
Some people were going to Heaven
and some were not.
So on one of the visits I asked
the Lord, “Lord, why is that?
I just don’t understand it.”
And the Lord said, “The number
one reason is grace.”
That when we go Heaven and He
tells us to do something, if we
don’t do it, judgment will come,
and He does not want to give
judgment right now.
He wants to give more grace and
more mercy.
And so he’s waiting until people
are ready to obey, and that’s
God’s grace.
Sid: Now why did He choose you
to talk about the ladder of
going up to Heaven and coming
back like the angels did?
Why you?
James: I think because there’s
absolutely nothing special about
me.
I think at that time I had been
away for 30 years in the
military.
I was basically unknown in the
church, in the Body of Christ,
and the Lord wanted someone who
was unknown.
So that when I would share with
people I had been to Heaven, I
figured they would look at me
and say, well if he can do it, I
can do it.
Sid: I like to say that.
Anything James can do, you can
do better.
James: Amen.
Sid: We’ll be right back and
maybe you’ll pray for us.
We’ll be right back to
It’s Supernatural!
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It’s Supernatural!
Sid: Now James, on
one of your trips to Heaven,
Jesus gave you a couple of
stones.
Tell me about that.
James: Well Sid, he asked me if
I wanted these stones.
They came one at a time.
The first one that came was
about the size of an egg and it
was a ruby, and it landed in my
left hand, and I could feel it
just as real I could feel
anything I touched.
I was excited.
I thought that when I came back
to Heaven I’d still have that in
my hand.
Sid: I understand.
James: I thought I was going to
be able to show this egg-sized
ruby to everyone.
But it started to melt in my
hand, and when it started
melting in my hand there was
extreme fire that came into my
hand.
It was very painful.
And then the stone that came
into the other hand was also
melted into my hand, and it was
also on fire and very painful.
It was a stone for releasing
gifts of healing and ministering
impartation to people.
And my hands were on fire seven
days a week, 24 hours a day for
more than two years.
And the only relief I could get
was to go put my hands under
cold water and get relief for a
few moments.
As soon as I took my hands out,
they would be on fire again.
And I immediately noticed that
my wife started feeling the same
thing.
So I know that what God placed
in my hands is transferable, and
that it can be passed to other
people.
And I believe that some people
here tonight are going to begin
to feel the fire of God in their
hands, going to begin to feel
the power of God moving in them,
and it’s going to bring a
healing anointing, and an
anointing to release the love of
God to people.
Sid: Tell me about two or three
people that actually were healed
as they heard you speak.
James: One of the most dramatic
was speaking in a church in
Chicago and the, a woman who had
had her neck broken in three
places went into a trance.
Her neck had been fused and she
was in great pain, and couldn’t
move her head.
And in that trance the Glory
came and God restored the
vertebrae in her neck.
And not too long after that, I
was sharing that in another
conference, and while I was
speaking the Glory fell.
The presence of God came and
another woman, no one praying
for her, no one else really
knowing she had gone through
almost the same thing.
The doctors said, “The rest of
your life will be controlling
the pain.”
Her neck was totally restored in
the presence of God, the Glory
of God.
And I believe that Glory and
that presence is here with us
tonight and it’s going to be
with everyone who is watching
this program, God is going to
release that anointing to them.
Sid: James, I have to describe
what I witnessed before the show
started.
I was talking to James and my
eyes went down to his hands, and
his hands, it looked like there
were scars.
It was so red and it look liked
there were scars almost all
over.
Do you understand what I’m
saying?
It was so obvious that I said to
him, “What’s going on?”
And we all, it wasn’t just me.
Several looked at your hand and
before our eyes, the redness and
what looked to be like burns
almost, disappeared while we
were watching that.
I’d be remiss before God if I
didn’t tell you, pray whatever
God wants you to pray right now.
James: Right now, I’d just like
to say, Sid, that over and over
I’ve experienced angels coming
into our presence and they’re
holding the angels that have
come into the presence.
They started coming in this
afternoon.
They’re still moving in.
And those angels are touching
people right there, right now,
and I believe they’re also,
they’re coming into the homes of
all the listeners.
And these angels are drawing
people on to the Father,
bringing them closer to the
Father.
I believe that tonight there’s a
lifting up to the Father.
And when those angels began to
manifest, healing angels also
came.
And I believe that we have
healing angels throughout the
room tonight.
And the Lord is saying right
now, we just pray over you and
we release to you right now, the
love of the Father, we release
that anointing to you that you
would feel a supernatural flow
of the Father’s love.
And that when those angels of
holiness come and touch you we
release them right now to touch
you and lift you up, and draw
you to the Father in Heaven.
And as those healing angels
begin to manifest, we release
those angels to minister
healing.
And I’m hearing that many people
are being healed right of severe
headaches, of chronic headaches.
And right now, you’ve just been
healed by the power of God being
brought by these healing angels.
The Lord said that upper
respiratory infections are being
healed right now.
Right now if you have an upper
respiratory infection, just let
that healing angel touch you,
release the power of God while
the Glory is manifesting and
powerfully present here and in
your home as you watch this.
There is a healing in the
abdominal region, people
receiving it right now for all
kind of different issues in the
bowels.
Chronic problems are being
healed right now by those
healing angels.
They’re coming to you.
So right now in the name of
Yeshua HaMashiach, we release
that anointing for healing and
for holiness, and we ask those
angels, give to people what God
sent you to give.
We receive it and we believe it
in the mighty name of Yeshua
HaMashiach.
Amen and Amen.
Amen.
Sid: You see, when James goes to
Heaven, he’s instructed by God
to teach certain things.
One trip, he was taught about
the Kabod, the Glory, the
heaviness of God, the presence
of God and how wonderful that
is.
And the Lord taught him there
were seven levels, the Kabod of
Glory.
Tell me the top level that He
explained to you.
James: The top level, Sid, is
the unity glory.
And I believe we see that in
that same chapter of Ephesians.
Ephesians 2:6, that we’re seated
with him in heavenly places.
But you read on a little further
and we’re told in Verses 13
through 18 that the dividing
wall has been brought down,
separating the Jewish believers
from the gentile believers, and
one new preacher, one new man is
coming forth, one new human
being is emerging from that.
And in Verse 18 it says, that in
this newness along with unity
with Jesus, the Holy Spirit is
giving us access to Heaven, and
we literally are becoming
members of the family of God.
We’re part of the household.
You have a chair in Heaven and
it’s time to go sit in that
chair and visit the Father, and
visit Jesus in Heaven.
Amen.
Sid: Tell me as quickly as you
can, what is going to happen in
this unity of Jew and gentile?
When Jesus said, “You’ll do the
same works that I have done and
even greater,” is that what he’s
talking about?
James: Sid, I believe that’s
exactly what he’s talking about.
And what the Lord showed me is
that as Jesus, when he
ministered on Earth, was able to
see what the Father was doing
and hear what the Father was
saying, literally Jesus was
experiencing Heaven and Earth at
the same time, and that you and
I can have that same experience.
You and I can experience Heaven
and Earth simultaneously.
Sid: But step one to experience
Heaven and Earth is to make
Jesus your Messiah and Lord.
You don’t need my words.
Get right with God now.
James: Amen.
Sid: Next week on
It’s Supernatural!
My guest as a young person
started playing the violin and
what she found out is people
started getting healed.
I mean, people would feel the
pain just coming out of their
body.
Metal started turning to bone
when she plays the violin.