It's Supernatural!

Sid Roth: Hello. Sid Roth here. Welcome to my world, where it's naturally supernatural. My guest died, went to heaven, was sent back, and instructed to teach us how to have heaven on earth next. I've thought for myself in every area of life but one. I knew nothing until I discovered a realm where the truth isn't what it seems. A realm where the truth becomes reality. I've spent over 50 years investigating the world of the supernatural. Every moment has led up to the main event. Millions of Jewish people will be saved all over the world. God's heart is for all to believe, for none to perish.

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Sid Roth: Welcome, Holy Spirit. Go and flow. Raised in a Catholic home, Mike Olson pursued musical theater and a career in acting before a life-changing encounter at age 19 led him to an experiential relationship with the Messiah of Israel. Tell me about your journey.

Mike Olson: Well, I grew up in a Catholic home, and as most Catholics I knew back then, they had a head knowledge of Christ. They knew he died on the cross, but they never took it personally. It was just like a story we told. I knew about God, and uh I sensed I sensed his presence even when I wasn't a Christian. And yet, I was lost. I came from a home where there's a a sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse. And uh so I was very lost.

Sid Roth: It's a miracle of God you even survived from what you tell me.

Mike Olson: Absolutely. Yeah. Yes. Most people uh really don't survive. Uh and sometimes they they just give up or they commit suicide, you know. And so God just gave me the grace to endure for that time. As I came into my teenage years, I I I wanted to become an actor. I used to be in musical theater in in in high school, and then after that, some people approached me in high school uh when they came to the productions, and they said, hey, I'm an agent. I would like to sign you up. Uh and I'm like, oh, great.

So I went to New York City and went to the new school for social research for acting, and I was being trained in acting. I'd go on commercial interviews. I became a Christian during that time.

Sid Roth: About age 19

Mike Olson: 19

Sid Roth: and and you actually were in a Nazarene church.

Mike Olson: Yes. So it was October 12th, 1980. And my brother had come out of prison, and he he had told me about this church where it was like a folk band, and it was exciting. You'd like to go. And so we're like, okay. So I I I said, yeah.

Sid Roth: Did he tell you about they raised their hands?

Mike Olson: They he said they raised one hand.

Sid Roth: One hand? Oh, you only went to you didn't go to a folk No. They raised one hand.

Mike Olson: No. So anyway, I went to this Nazarene church, heard the message of the gospel of salvation through Yeshua, and I was like, wow, that's what I need. So I I went to the altar, but they didn't tell me. I kept going to the altar every Sunday. Every time they had an invitation, I'd go me, pick me, pick me. I was so hungry, and they said, we're going to baptize you next. And I said, great. So they took me out to the pool in the backyard, and I said, I was already baptized as a Catholic as a baby.

And they're like, no, no, you need this baptism. I'm like, okay. So dunking I went and came up, and I was I still felt hungry. And so we had some

Sid Roth: How were you dressed when you went to church that day?

Mike Olson: Well, I had spiked hair, dyed magenta, I had leopard pants on. I mean, I come to this Nazarene church and looking pretty pretty wild. And

Sid Roth: Did they accept you?

Mike Olson: Then you know what it happened was the I sat towards the back, and the little old ladies, they would like, don't say anything to him. I heard this later. Just love on him. You know, and that's what it takes. People just loving on you, not judging you. You got to be more like us. No. They just loved on me, and then gave me a hunger for more of God. And so then some radicals in the church, they had gotten baptized in the Holy Spirit, and they and they knew about speaking in tongues, and they they told me about it.

I was like, well, how do you do it? They don't do it in our church here. And they said, well, just go to your bedroom and cry out and say, Holy Spirit, I need you, fill me. I'm like, I can do that. But I was so radical. My parents thought I was crazy already because I'm like, you have idols in this house, and I was smashing statues, pulling rosary beads. And my parents were like, what is going on with this kid? So then I go into my bedroom, and I said, okay, they said, come Holy Spirit.

So I said, come Holy Spirit, fill me with your presence. I want to speak with a heavenly language. And I started speaking in tongues loud, not quietly, loud. And my parents' bedroom was the next bedroom over. And I thought they really must have think I lost lost it totally. But I was so filled with the Holy Spirit that night. It also changed me to to say what what am I living for? What am I doing? And so I was in a church service, and the Lord spoke to my heart and said, Mike, would you give up acting for me?

And I was like, God, that was my career. That's the only thing I knew. That's I loved it. But he wasn't being mean to take it away from me. He had something better for me. And so I just said, you know, Lord, I offer this to you. I give up my acting for you cuz I know you're going to bring me into what you want and how I could be effective to the world.

Sid Roth: Tell me about your supernatural call into ministry.

Mike Olson: Okay. So I uh went from the Nazarene Church, and I found an Assembly of God church cuz they were doing the things that I had heard about and that I want to be participating in where they raised both hands, and they danced, and they sang, and they and they spoke in tongues. And I'm like, yeah, this is I can feel home here. So I go to this little um Assembly of God church, and you know, they were short of girls in this church. I don't know why, but there was a lot of guy young guys, but there was not enough girls.

So I had to go around. So the pastor's son says, hey, this girl's coming, and I knew her from Guatemala on the mission field. Her name is Patty, and she's going to come be the church secretary. And I said to the pastor's son, I said, I'm going to marry that girl.

Sid Roth: What?

Mike Olson: Yeah. I said

Sid Roth: How could you do that?

Mike Olson: And I don't even know. It was like prophetic word came out of my mouth, and I was like, I didn't even know her. I didn't see her. I didn't know what she looked like. But you know what? 3 years later, we were married. And uh we got married. We're in this little church. We were teaching in the Christian school. And then this night, we're we're separate. She's on her side. I'm on my side. And I'm sitting there, and I go to sleep, and all of a sudden I wake up, and it 's like Paul. I didn't know if I was in my body, out of my body, but I had this open vision.

And it came down from the ceiling, and it was it was like the Bible was open wide, flames of fire. And it came down, and the Holy Spirit came down like a dove. And I knew what the Lord was doing. He goes

Sid Roth: What?

Mike Olson: He goes, I'm calling you to preach my word. I'm calling you to ministry. But I felt such shame cuz I I was a new believer. Even when I got married, I was a little rough. My wife had a rough uh run of it with me.

Sid Roth: Did you wake up Patty when this

Mike Olson: I did. I woke up Patty. I said, do you see it? She goes, no. She she knew I heard from God. She knew I I had when I was an early Christian, I I uh read this book by my brother Lawrence, Practicing the Presence of God. And his whole book was about just being still before God and and and tuning your ear to listen to him cuz you know, so many times as Christians, we we pour out our prayer request, and then we leave. He wants us to stay and listen. Listen to his voice. He has stuff just to tell us.

Maybe things that we can avoid if we just hear his voice to for direction. Then from that experience being called Well, first we go to different churches, and the ministers would call us out and say, hey, you, young man, we'd set we're in the back of the church, you're called to preach the gospel. I'm like, okay. We'd skip out of that church, go to another church. You're called to preach the gospel. I'm like, okay, God, I'll do it. So from there, we uh moved from uh Staten Island. And it was really funny when we moved from Staten Island, and we had this mouse infestation in our apartment.

So I had to call the exterminator. So exterminator comes up to the door, and he sees that I have a mat on the door that says, as for me and my house, we'll serve the Lord. He goes, are you a Christian? I said, yes, I am. He goes, I have a word for you. Yeah, you're getting ready to move to Indiana, and it's of the Lord. You're supposed to do this. God is calling you there. Wow, God, love this. You You send messengers to us. So we moved to Indiana, and first we started at this little Calvary Chapel helping out there.

And then we went to a a non-denominational church. And then from there, we ministered to the Amish. We go from the Amish Mennonite community um to Illinois for a while, but then we went up landed in Kentucky. And when I got to Kentucky, I thought we were going to help these Mennonites out, and the Lord had different plans. And he said, hey, I want you to do something for me. And I'm like, what does he want me to do? I always complained to the Catholics and the Lutherans there, so boring and dead. And the Lord says, you become one, and I want you to minister to them.

So I told my wife, the Lord told me I'm I'm going to become an Anglican priest. And my wife's like, what? She goes, I'm not calling you father. The Bible says, call no man father. And I said, don't worry about it. Everyone in the congregation will call me father Mike. So you're just going to have to deal with it. But our congregation was like a mixed of uh a lot of different denominations. Anyway, and so we had people from Bethel coming in and preaching. And so it was more like a charismatic Anglican church.

Sid Roth: And then Corey shows the glory.

Mike Olson: Yes. So we also had a lot of uh disabled handicapped kids. I don't know why, but the Lord drew them to our church, and uh we loved it cuz we like to minister to them. So then this woman comes in our church one day bringing Corey. And she says, I hear this is the church for handicapped kids. And we're like, sure, come on in. So Corey comes in, and he's a cute little kid. And then he came to our first service, and he started throwing paper airplanes at me while I'm preaching. And I'm like, oh God, help me, please.

So this one night I was preaching and uh trying to get all my ducks in a row, everything. He's throwing airplanes at me. And then during the worship

Sid Roth: Paper airplanes?

Mike Olson: Paper airplanes. And I'm like, oh Lord. So anyway, he was starting to enter into worship. I saw him entering in dancing in the aisles, and and all of a sudden the Holy Spirit landed on him, and his mom cried out. She goes, what is this? Corey was covered in silver dust. He looked like the Tin Man. His whole head was covered in kind of glory. And

Sid Roth: It looked like silver.

Mike Olson: It looked like silver though, and I've seen gold dust. We had in our church we we started having miracles. We had gold dust coming on us. And anyway, so Corey dancing around, I'm trying to figure out what to do with him. He gets this uh manifestation on him. And then the Lord speaks to me, Mike, you're so worried about keeping order in the service, but Corey was like David, danced before me with all his might in his little mind and little heart. And I anointed him tonight. So I said, okay, Lord, take Corey now. And I asked everyone in the congregation, please come forward.

And I said, Corey, give me a little hand. I want you to lay hands on everyone in that church tonight. And he did, and the anointing fell. And then as we're finished, no more manifestation. It was gone.

Sid Roth: You know, Mike's life had already taken some remarkable turns, but nothing could prepare him for what came next during a double lung transplant. His journey suddenly crossed the line between life and death leading to a visit to heaven where he met the donor of his new lungs. Be right back. Messianic Vision has been creating historic supernatural and the most amazingly effective mass Jewish evangelism resources. I must highlight just a few of my favorites. Imagine Times Square, bigger than life, Jewish faces on our billboard with a stunning message, I am Jewish, and I believe in Jesus.

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Mike had a double lung transplant, died, and went to heaven. Tell me about that.

Mike Olson: Well, I was diagnosed uh with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis uh in 2014. I went to the pulmonologist's office, and he said, Mike, I'm sorry to tell you you have a terminal lung disease, and you need to get your affairs in order. Uh you need to You can't You're not going to be able to work. You're on 24/7 oxygen. And so uh I I I see you maybe but have about 2 years to live.

Sid Roth: Mhm.

Mike Olson: And I was like, oh man. Uh didn't know what to do. And he I didn't have emotions. So he's like, do you understand what I said? I said yes, but I'm going to check in with someone else. So I went home, and I checked in with Messiah, and I said, Yeshua, why? I didn't say why poor me. I said, what do you want from this? And I heard him say, Mike, trust me. Two words, that's all he said.

Sid Roth: Trust me.

Mike Olson: And it And it was very interesting. The Holy Spirit came upon me, and a supernatural peace invaded me, body, mind, soul, and spirit. And I was in perfect peace. I was like, okay, let's go, Lord. What do you want me to do with this? And I just started reaching out and and and ministering as to people who were dying of the disease. So

Sid Roth: Tell me about your trip to heaven.

Mike Olson: I waited 4 years on oxygen 24/7. And I had the promise. I just felt the Lord told me, you're going to get a transplant, Mike. And so 4 years passed. Um

Sid Roth: It wasn't one that was similar to yours.

Mike Olson: Yes. They found one uh 6 months after, but it had a uh mass on the donor's lungs. So they said you can't. So then I waited 3 and a half years to the second call. Friday my wife has a dream. My wife's not a dreamer. So she had a dream that I got the double lung transplant. And we're like, well, hopefully that's the case. And then she had some friends come. They wanted to come pray for me. Uh Fay and Cindy came to my house. And when Cindy came to the door, she goes, on our drive over here, I saw a vision, open vision of a pair of lungs coming down from heaven and being placed into your chest.

So we're like, okay, Lord, we'll see. So Sunday comes the next day, and I'm in the art cabin, and I do folk art. So I was kind of doing all my art stuff and and uh I hear the Lord's voice. And he says, Mike, put that up. You don't have time for that. And I obeyed. I packed up all my art supplies, got into the kitchen, and Patty goes, Jewish Hospital's on the phone. They found a perfect pair of lungs for you. Talk to the lung surgeon. So I get on the phone. I go, you're kidding me.

He goes, I'm not kidding you. You need to get down here right now cuz uh we have a perfect set uh He goes, it's incredibly perfect for you. So we go down there, get down to the uh prep area in there. So we get into the OR. It's like a 15 hour surgery. So I don't know

Sid Roth: That's a long surgery.

Mike Olson: It's a long surgery. They my wife was monitoring. They'd call her, you know, in between. And she was sleeping at home, and she got wakened up. And she called. She goes, what's going on? And they said, one lung in. She says, okay, I'm coming down there. They get the second lung in. Everything seems to be going well. And then the guy second surgeon was coming to suture me up cuz I was cut across this way. And the last clamp they prematurely they took it off too early, and I bled out. All the blood in my body.

Sid Roth: Wow.

Mike Olson: And so it was it was I guess for them it was horrible. They were scurrying to get me back to life. And so but during that time I was coming off the operating table, and I'm going, I think I'm dead. And I'm like, I'm a jokester, and I said, well, I seem to be floating up. So then uh I saw these swirling rainbow lights. They were angels, and they were singing, Mike's coming home. Mike's coming home. As I'm coming off the table, I hear these voices, who do you think you are? You're not good enough.

You big shot, who do you think you are? I said, you shut up. You can't talk to me like that. I belong to Jesus. And those voices stopped. And then as I saw the angels and the swirling angels and singing Mike's coming home, the Lord said, he's just here for a visit. And I was instantly in heaven standing there.

Sid Roth: Now did you meet Jesus?

Mike Olson: Yes. So

Sid Roth: And you even met someone else. The donor of his lungs was in heaven. Go ahead.

Mike Olson: Yes. So I'm in heaven, bright light as far as I can see, the glory light of heaven was just bathing me internally everywhere. I just felt had this feeling like I'm home. I'm finally home. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. And I was there, and I was happy. I I couldn't remember any sin I ever committed cuz Jesus's blood washed it all away. And everything in heaven pulsated with the glory of God. Jesus was just so He filled all in all. His His very essence, his very presence, and I just felt such a peace.

And then all of a sudden I thought, wait a second, this guy died to give me his lungs. So out of my spirit, not even out of my mouth, I said, I want to thank my organ donor.

Sid Roth: That's why you're in heaven, you said.

Mike Olson: While I'm in heaven. And all of a sudden I looked to my left, and it was Jesus standing there. And next to him was the organ donor. And he had his head bowed, and I'm trying to talk to the organ donor like, dude, thank you for giving me these lungs. And uh And he's like, we're here before the Lord. And so then the Lord came, and he put his hand on my shoulder, and and he said, Mike, these are your new lungs. Receive them. When he said, you know, these are your lungs, receive them, I had to agree with heaven.

Yes. And you know what? Maybe the lungs came from the storehouse in heaven. I don't know, but Jesus told me I needed to receive the lungs he had for me. And I said, yes, Lord. And I had a quick thought, I could either stay or come back. And I thought I had some unfinished work to do. And I wanted to be back with my son and my uh and and my wife. And then I was back in the OR. And And the interesting thing was I was in a coma for 10 days, but my wife was home.

And she sat on the couch with her sister. They were preparing for me if I ever got home from out of the coma. And she sat down. She said, I just had this knowing coma over me. And she told her sister, I don't know how I know this. Mike's in heaven thanking his organ donor. And so that he waited till like they took the uh breathing tube out, and they called Patty and said, come to Jewish Hospital. You need to talk to your husband. And so she came. She sent my friend Jeff ahead of her.

He's a kind of kidder. And he goes, Mike, when you were out there in the Netherlands, did you uh experience anything? And I said, yeah, I went to heaven, and I met my organ donor. And my He starts bawling, and And I'm like, what? What are you bawling for? And then my wife says, I knew it Mike before you even said it, and I wouldn't have believed you. So God gave me confirmation that you were there.

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Sid Roth: I'm a sinner.

Announcer: I'm a sinner.

Sid Roth: Thank you for forgiving my sins.

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Sid Roth: I make you now, my Lord,

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Sid Roth: live inside of me.

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Sid Roth: Amen.

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Sid Roth: Mike, a short prayer, but have it change the life of someone. Look in the camera and pray.

Mike Olson: You know, you might be saying to yourself, man, is heaven real? It is real. And that is your eternal home. He wants you to be with him for all eternity. Yeshua loves you deeply, and it's just a prayer away, like we just prayed. Just invite him in. And he'll take you on adventures that you would never dream of here while you're here, but you'll be a carrier of heaven then. And you'll be able to speak into people's lives. And I believe that you will see Jesus in all his glory one day. And you we're being changed into his image from glory to glory to glory.

And I pray you would be changed into his image.

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