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Carlos Colina’s personal testimony

The vision of the multitude

In his book Cómo escuchar la voz audible de Dios (How to Hear the Audible Voice of God), Carlos Colina, founder of BibliaTodo, recounts that in December 2021 the Lord showed him a future event in a vision: his own death and arrival in the kingdom of heaven.

In that vision, he found himself in a place resembling an immense stadium, filled with a multitude of millions of people praising God. Then silence fell. An angel stood up, holding a book in his hand, and began to call out names. Those who were called stood up among the multitude.

When the angel called out another name, Carlos saw a man stand up. He could see the man’s face, although he did not know him or know who he was. Then he heard these words from the angel:

«He relinquished the copyright to the film JESUS, through which millions of souls have been reached for the Kingdom of Heaven».

After waking from the vision, he researched the film and connected the man with Bill Bright, who founded Campus Crusade for Christ (now Cru) and helped bring the film JESUS (1979) to audiences. He understood that the man could have earned substantial income but had chosen to store up treasures in the kingdom of heaven.

Carlos shares this experience as his personal testimony and connects the lesson he received with his decision to place the work of the BibliaTodo translations at the service of spreading the gospel: serving Jesus Christ generously and helping others come to know his Word.

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