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I Went to Paradise...But I WASN'T Saved

November 2, 2026
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Teresa Roybal shares a supernatural encounter where she says she was taken to Paradise before realizing she wasn’t saved... To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/885/29

Sid Roth: Hello. Sid Roth here. Welcome to my world, where it's naturally supernatural. My guest had the shock of her life when the Lord took her up to the shores of paradise. She could see the city of God, encountered the overwhelming love of Jesus, and returned with a message. No darkness, no fear, no demonic power can stop the God who never lets go. 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. It's called the greater glory. Do you believe?

Announcer: It's supernatural.

Sid Roth: Welcome, Holy Spirit. Go and flow. Theresa Reiball at 17 years of age began a perfect day at the beach that turned into a nightmare. Describe the day you skipped school. And by the way, you weren't a regular skipper of school.

Theresa Reiball: I never cut school before, and it did not go well. So I went. It was before the season opened, so it was just me, my friend, my brother, and my sister, and a couple of other people on the beach. It was pretty deserted, but it was a perfect beach day. And my friend insisted that I go swimming with her, and I was not a swimmer. But I braved the cold, and I went in the ocean, and very quickly, we were both in trouble. And the current came and swept me so much further out than her that I couldn't see her anymore.

I couldn't see the sand. I couldn't see anything but ocean. And I panicked, and I tried so hard. And I made up my mind that I was going to overcome this, and I was going to get back. And I was amazed how quickly I was exhausted. And I knew that I was in very, very serious trouble. Ultimately, after my body just completely gave out, the cramps in my abdomen, my legs, the exhaustion of my arms were like lead weights. And I thought, I'm only 17. I'm not supposed to die. But as the moments passed, I couldn't keep my head above water.

And I knew that I was dying. I was not raised with a foundation of faith, although I had a wonderful Irish Catholic father. But there was no real foundation of faith in my life at all. So what happened was I was so confused. My spirit left my body, and I was watching myself drown.

Sid Roth: And you were like above, and you were watching your physical body drown.

Theresa Reiball: My physical body was bobbing. And I didn't understand what was happening to me. And then I was just black. Everything was black. I was unconscious. And the next thing I knew, I was unsure. My brother had swam out to me with absolutely no knowledge of how he could get back or he could get us both back. And then out of nowhere, a young surfer swam through his board into the ocean, swam out. I was unconscious. They both put me on top of the surfboard and got me back to shore. And then I became extremely ill.

I remember the shock of my life evaporating so quickly shook me beyond words.

Sid Roth: How How did you deal with that right after?

Theresa Reiball: Well, because I didn't have a foundation of faith, um and because I was tormented by the question, where would I be? Where would I be right now? Would I be in heaven? Does heaven even exist? Would I be in hell? Who is God? Everything in my life stopped cold. And the only thing I could think about was would I exist in a different form somewhere else or would I just be no more? I was driven and absolutely obsessed with finding out if God is real, if there is a God, what is his name? I remember praying, and I would say, God, if you are there and you can hear me, who are you?

What is your name? I I was so angry instead of being grateful that I was saved, I was angry that I was so frightened and so confused and that I didn't have any answers. And I went into this kind of Solomon Ecclesiastes mode of vanity, vanity, all is vanity. What is the point of life if you can so quickly not exist anymore?

Sid Roth: Theresa then was invited to a revival meeting about 5 weeks later. So you're still desperately looking for answers. You go to this meeting. What happened?

Theresa Reiball: I went into this meeting, and it was one of many religious explorations. I was taking comparative religion classes. I was checking out Hinduism, Buddhism. I was not committed to the end result being Jesus. I only was committed to finding out truth. So in the search, I go to this revival meeting. I was seated in the very last row in the corner seat right next to this tent tie-down pole. I was so uncomfortable. I'd never been in a charismatic Pentecostal situation. I felt like it was like a circus. I mean, people were so over the top.

And the only experience I had ever had was a periodic Catholic mass. So I mean,

Sid Roth: It's quite a difference.

Theresa Reiball: I mean, dancing, jumping, shouting, praising, 120 voice choir, a rock and roll band that had recently gotten saved, who was a little rough around the edges. And I immediately said, this is not for me. I mean, I'm definitely out of here. And as I was going to leave, I felt this overwhelm of sorrow. And I think I felt the sorrow because they were so joyous. And the contrast was dramatic. And I closed my eyes, and I started to scream at God. And I said, I mean, are they right? I mean, are you real? I mean, is your name Jesus?

I mean, what is going on here? And if you really are there, why aren't you answering me? Because I had been devoutly praying, crying out to God for almost 6 weeks. And I And so I'm I'm angry, and I am hurting. And then shock. These two men come up behind me because I didn't know that the preacher walked down the aisle, and he was pointing at me, and he was telling me to come up front. He had a prophetic word, word of knowledge for me. I was so engrossed in my own agony, I didn't even respond.

And so the ushers, they pick me up. They put me in the middle row. I'm crying like a crazy person. They walk me down, and he says, young lady, there's a call of God on your life. God's hand is on your life. And he has heard all of your cries. He has heard your prayers. And he said, but God's hand is not the only hand on your life. Satan's hand is on your life. And as a matter of fact, if he had his way, you would be dead right now. When he said that to me, I couldn't believe my ears.

And he said, did you almost die recently?

Sid Roth: He said that.

Theresa Reiball: He said, did you almost die recently? And I said,

Sid Roth: You don't tell a 17-year-old girl did you almost die recently.

Theresa Reiball: No. No. And I said, yes. And he said, what happened? Drown. What happened? Drowned. I almost drowned. He was so happy cuz he had a correct word of knowledge. So he took a minute of glory like, wow, I can't believe I got that right. And then he said, God's hand is on you, but Satan hand has also been on your life. And then he says to the crowd, Satan tried to kill her, but the Lord saved her. And everybody bursts into pandemonium, you know, happy screams. And I'm crying my heart out. My nose is running all over my face.

And then he said, young lady, God's hand is on your life. There's a call to ministry on your life. So he lays his hand. He prays over me. He lays his hand. And then my body falls to the ground. I have to tell you this. I didn't tell anybody this except my mother and my father. And then when I got married, the reason I didn't tell anybody said is because my family, my brothers and sisters, they were not Not only were they not believers, but they were blasphemous. And what I experienced was so holy, I knew it was going to bring greater judgment on them if they blasphemed, which I was afraid they would.

So I didn't share it. So the Lord said to me a few years ago, you need to share what you saw. And so my body fell to the ground, and my spirit was seized, seized out of my body. And I went like a torpedo through the tent roof cuz it was an outside revival meeting. Through the tent roof, through the sky at nighttime, through the clouds, through the stars at about a million miles an hour. I don't know if it was the speed of light.

Sid Roth: I'll tell you what. Hold that thought. We'll be right back.

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Announcer: Call or go online at sidroth.org/9699 to make your donation of $69 or more for the supernatural Bible. And you'll also get Sid Roth's book, It's Supernatural. Plus, get a convenient Yeshua bookmark. Or to get two supernatural Bibles, two It's Supernatural books, and two Yeshua bookmarks, call or go to sidroth.org/sp9699 and make a donation of $109 or more and get free shipping.

Sid Roth: So Theresa skip school for the first time in her life, goes to the beach, having a wonderful time, goes in the water, pulled under. Next thing she knows, she's looking from above at her body. Who is it under the water?

Theresa Reiball: It was bobbing.

Sid Roth: Bobbing.

Theresa Reiball: It was bobbing.

Sid Roth: Okay.

Theresa Reiball: I think the Lord was lifting it up.

Sid Roth: Pick us up there. Explain.

Theresa Reiball: So so I go through this process of searching. I'm tormented by what happened. And I'm in this revival meeting. And this man has the word of knowledge. So he lays his hand on me. He prays over me. And my spirit is yanked out of my body. It's called the rapture. I'm enraptured. Her pazo out of my body, traveling through the tent ceiling, through the night sky, through the clouds. And then I enter into utter blackness blackness. And I'm soaked, and I'm in my spirit body, which takes a while to figure out. And I feel everything.

And I'm traveling through a massive ocean above the sky. Don't let them tell you it's a little firmament water vapor. It is a massive ocean above the sky. And I travel through this ocean above the sky at a million miles an hour like a bullet. And then very far in the distance, I see a glimmer of light. And I'm traveling, and I realize I'm being taken to that light, that little glimmer of light at a great distance. So as I approach the light, the light is uh shining through the ocean. I come through this ocean.

I'm lifted out. I make this mental note. Not a drop of water is left on me. I I remember this.

Sid Roth: How's that possible? You just came out of the ocean.

Theresa Reiball: Cuz you're a spirit.

Sid Roth: I see. Okay.

Theresa Reiball: Cuz you're not in flesh.

Sid Roth: Okay. I got it. I got it now.

Theresa Reiball: You're not in flesh. So I come out of the ocean. I see in the distance a magnificent city in the distance. And then the the shore is pristine powder, immaculate white. And the foliage is It's the garden paradise. It's the paradise of God. And the foliage is absolutely magnificent. The colors, the sky. So I am laid down on the shore and I don't have the ability to move. So I'm laid down on the shore, but out of my peripheral vision, I'm looking and I see the garden is full of things that are alive. The trees are alive.

And everything has vibrant personality and a voice. So the flowers, the trees, everything is worshiping and praising God. And they respond to me. They are clapping that I am there. They are full of joy that I am there. But the main thing is that the light I don't need to be told because I understand it is Christ. He lights the entire heavenly sphere. The light If I was in my natural body, it would blind my eyes, but I'm not in my natural body. So the light is so pure white blinding, so powerful, and it saturates absolutely every inch of this paradise.

And it's saturating me. And at first, I'm just full of wonder and amazement, although I'm still not free to move. I'm absolutely not free to move. But out of my peripheral vision, I'm seeing all this, and I'm amazed by it. But then it changes. And I become terrified. I was not saved. I was not saved. I become terrified, and the environment becomes so consuming in this holy fire that I'm sure I'm going to be extinguished instantly. And in my spirit body, I go, Jesus, Jesus, cuz I know now. I know nobody has to tell me he is the Lord.

He is God. So I'm Jesus, Jesus. So all of a sudden, I'm lifted by invisible hands. I'm lifted off the shore, and I'm washed washed washed over, under, washed, washed, washed. I'm clean. I'm clean. I'm clean now. I'm filled with joy. I'm at one with this paradise. And all of a sudden, my body starts to play like it's a harp. Music. Music is flowing out of my spirit body. Magnificent music. I'm a musician. Anyway, so I'm like, this is amazing. So it's just flowing out of my body, and then I open my mouth and I'm worshiping God in the tongues of angels.

And it's just pouring. And this is the most incredible experience. Holy, holy, holy, holy. Joy, joy, joy, joy. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus. It's so beautiful. And then I'm picked up, and I'm turned around. And I'm Oh, I don't want to go home. I don't want to go home. I want to stay. And I went exactly the way I came right through, right back into the ocean. Billion miles an hour it felt like. I don't know what the speed of light is, but that's what it felt like. I was traveling like a torpedo through the ocean. Going back, I entered the Earth atmosphere again.

I see the tent where the tent meeting I was at. I go right through the ceiling of the tent, and I step right into my body. And everything, all of my worship from heaven that I was worshiping just explodes out of me. So I'm now laying on a tent floor. Everybody is gone except a couple of musicians. And I'm on the 10th floor, and I'm just bellowing the worship and praise of God in tongues, bellowing, bellowing, bellowing. And this is little old lady, and she's praying next to me. And she says, oh, that's very good.

Oh, that's very good. Yes. Very Oh, yes. Praise the Lord. And I'm thinking, you have no idea.

Sid Roth: I'll tell you I'll tell you something. We have run out of time. But it starts She said the name Jesus. That's how it started. It starts with you saying, Jesus, I make you my savior and my Lord. Discover your path to true freedom. Receive Theresa Reiball's free audio download Breaking Free. It's time to transform your pain into purpose. It's time.

Theresa Reiball: Yes.

Announcer: Go to sidroth.org/4232 D. Still supernatural after 50 years. Thank you, Holy Spirit. Go and flow. This unique Bible that I designed emphasizes what everyone should know that the books found in the Old and New Testaments are the most Jewish books ever written. I want you to see how Jewish and non-Jewish believers in the Messiah become one new humanity. You'll understand the place of Israel in God's plan. You'll operate in signs and wonders. This is the normal biblical way to reach Jewish people. First, it releases an explosion of Jewish and Gentile salvations. And the entire church is revived.

This supernatural Bible with its many extra features equips you to fulfill your God-given part in the greatest end-time harvest in history. Call or go online at sidroth.org/9699 to make your donation of $69 or more for the supernatural Bible. And you'll also get Sid Roth's book, It's Supernatural. Plus, get a convenient Yeshua bookmark. Or to get two supernatural Bibles, two It's Supernatural books, and two Yeshua bookmarks, call or go to sidroth.org/sp9699 and make a donation of $109 or more and get free shipping.

Announcer: Second by second, we go about trying to keep up with the quick pace of our lives. Have you ever asked yourself, what am I really accomplishing? Is this what I've been created for? If you could only spend just 1 minute with God, your life would never be the same. From It's Supernatural Press.

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About It's Supernatural!

It's Supernatural! deals with subjects that most shy away from in this seeker-sensitive age. It emphasizes the supernatural, biblical viewpoint that the secular networks do not understand. And at the end of each program, host, Sid Roth, tells the viewers how they can have intimacy with God.

About Sid Roth

Sid Roth, host of It's Supernatural! television program, is a Jewish believer in Jesus the Messiah. In 1977 Sid started a ministry called Messianic Vision and a nationally syndicated radio broadcast by the same name (he started the TV program in the 1990's). But the Messianic Vision is more than a ministry or a program; it is a desire to reach out with the good news of the Messiah "to the Jew first" (Romans 1:16). This is not just God's historical order for spreading the gospel, but also His eternal spiritual order. When we follow this "law of evangelism," God opens a supernatural door to reach large numbers of Gentiles (even more than if we had gone to the Gentile first). God's heart is to reach all people. His strategy is "to the Jew first."

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