Dream from God Prompted Man to Record Video Before Death
Teresa Neumann : Dec 21, 2010
Reid Forgrave - The Des Moines Register
"God, I can't even do this. I wake up at 5 in the morning thinking I had this silly dream, and that I thought maybe this is God's way of telling me to do something about it. So I record this video, thinking it's stupid, a dumb idea, but I'm going to do it anyways. Because the Lord was telling me to do it."
REPORTER'S NOTE: This article resonated deeply with me on so many levels. I am a native Iowan and my cousin, who lived in the same area as this family, died an untimely and unexpected death at a very young age, leaving behind a widow and several children. After reading the three-part story, I must say I think this is perhaps the most moving report that I have come across in my years as a reporter for BCN. The back story—how Eric Jacobs acted on a dream from God—is incredible. The original report is lengthy, but riveting. Do read it. I know I, for one, will be paying closer attention to my dreams. -Teresa Neumann, BCN.
(Des Moines, Iowa)—On November 13, 2006, Eric Jacobs died in a plane crash, leaving behind his pregnant wife, Heather, and four children. But there was a silver lining, if you can call it that, in a video Eric took earlier in the year when he was prompted by the Holy Spirit to get up after a dream and videotape his "last words" to his family. (Photo: Special to the Register)
Heather found the DVD two days after Eric's death.
As reported in The Des Moines Register, the video starts out with Eric saying: "Hello, everybody. If you're watching this, something bad's probably happened to me. I had this dream last night, or, this morning, only a few minutes ago, that I died early. And I don't know what to take of it. I don't know if this is God's way of saying, 'Record this,' and it was divinely inspired, or if I'm just paranoid. So I wanted to record my thoughts while I had them. And then if it was divinely inspired, then this is God's way of showing that he truly does work through people's lives. And I want you to show this to people to witness to them. Because my life was cut short."
To his sons, Jacobs says: "I need you to pray, and pray often. Don't pray for me. I'm in a good place. I need you to pray for the people who don't know about it. I need you to pray that they may come to know the Lord." (Photo: Special to the Register)
Follow the links provided to read the report in its entirety and watch a video of the Jacobs' family as they are today.