Grand Funk Legend Died & Saw the Afterlife - Mark Farner Tells All!
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- Опубліковано 23 лис 2024
- Legendary Grand Funk Railroad frontman Mark Farner opens up about the day he died - TWICE - and what he saw on the other side. Farner shares his near-death experience (NDE), describing in vivid detail what it was like to "leave his body" and cross over into the afterlife. This is Mark Farner like you've never heard him before-reflecting on life, death, and his incredible journey back.
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My brother was semi comatose & dying, was unresponsive for 2 days. The moment before he passed he opened his eyes & with a big smile on his face said "Mama". Our Mom had passed years prior. That beautiful image will live with us forever 🙌
One of my best friends was dying, in hospice, of melanoma, said to us standing at the foot of his bed, "If you could only see what I can see."
Last word my Mother said that I heard was Mama 😢I miss her so much
I was about 9 years old when I first heard your song "We're an American Band," and that song inspired me into music. After knowing the Lord, I noticed my music has slowly become more GOD centered. Again, thanks for your inspiring story! GOD BLESS!
Mt grandma saw my grandpa. She smiled too. ❤
Such a precious memory. ❤
I was a 19 year old playing a job up in Caseville, Michigan and stopped at a gas station. Mark saw my amp and guitar in the back window of my car and asked me where I was playing. I told him The Coal Miner's Daughter and he laughed and said he was familiar with the place. He was such a nice guy. He gave me a set of ribbon wound strings that he wanted me to try and we talked about Jesus. I was just starting to get serious about my faith and he was a great encouragement to me. I asked who he played with and when he told me who he was, it was surreal because Grand Funk was huge but he was so humble. I thought, "I want to be like that guy." It's great to see the Lord using him and still having His hand on his life.
Great Testimony! Thank You For Sharing! God Bless!!
When my 12 year old daughter was passing from cancer she asked me to let her go and then put her hands in the air and said she wanted Jesus.
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Glory to God! That gives you hope and peace, even though your heart was crushed
That’s heart breaking but what a precious memory you have.
So sorry for your loss!😢 God bless.
Classic line.... I left this bone suit" had me rolling never heard that before. I am stage 4 stomach cancer so things like this interest me as I am rapidly getting closer. Thank you for that line I laughed until it hurt.
Sorry to hear of your health struggles. Sending you best wishes 👍🤘
I pray Jesus heals you from head to toe amen
I hope you get thru this, but whatever happens, just know, it's God plan for you, it's gonna be all good!🌎🌝🌞🙏
Hope you found peace in Jesus.I was dying and I received a peace that surpassed all human understanding❤
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My friend passed during surgery and was revived. He said he did not see a tunnel but brilliant colors, unlike anything on Earth. Then he felt peaceful and felt like he was surrounded by a blanket of pure love. The feeling of being loved was so strong and comforting that he wanted to stay. The next thing he knew, he was in recovery. He told me he does not fear death now.
Must have been good pentathol and bright lights not a fairy tale in the sky
@@dannibarber5793my friend was in a bad car wreck. The doctors would not operate because they knew he would die anyway. He told me he floated up and he could see everything down here. Then he heard a voice that said it's not his time yet. He woke the doctors looking at him. Then they decided to operate.
@@dannibarber5793only MORONS don't believe in God. Good luck with that DUMBASS.
Amazing and true! I've been there Astral projectioning
I can testify that death isn't the end of life I was in a bad accident, and had to be resuscitated in the ER. During the time that I was dead I felt the same loving presence and knew that there was much more to me than my body. Look forward to dying. It's just the beginning.
I remember when my grandmother died, they brought her back...and she begged to go back. Within minutes she died again, and she died with a smile on her face. It was hard..emotions went crazy. I wanted to cry..yet I was happy for her. Wherever she had gone...it was such a place she wanted to go back to it. Later at home...there was a bowl of nuts on the table. I was upset about the funeral etc. , and mother asked me did I want to talk about it. I told her I was upset about granny being down in a dark hole in the cold ground etc. She told me to take a nut from the bowl...I did. "Now crack it open." she said. "Take out the good stuff." I did. "Now what are you going to do with the shell ?" she asked. "Throw it in the trash." I replied. "Why ?" she asked. "Because I just wanted what was inside....didn't have any use for the shell." She sat down with me and said..."Exactly child. When we die, our spirit (the good stuff) leaves our fleshy body, and goes elsewhere...and we leave our shell behind...we don't need it anymore. It has served it's purpose..what happens to it is no longer important. "Then why the funeral, and all ?" I asked. "Well, she began, we as humans become attatched to what we see throughout our life. We talked to them, hugged them, saw them often as they were to us. Losing this person was a sorrow...and their funeral is a tribute to them, sort of a thank you and goodbye. Granny's shell in down in the grave dear...but Granny herself...she is somewhere else now." I never forgot how she explained it to me.
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That’s beautiful
Thank you for sharing this story! 🙏🏼😃✝️
@cierakitty Thx To You & Your Mom...Beautiful!!!
Thank you for sharing such a wonderful story. BLESSINGS to your Granny, wherever she may be.
Mark, in 1971, April 9, I was a senior in high school and in Daytona, Florida on spring break. While there I was struck by, not one but two cars. I went to bed the morning of 4/9/76 and woke up in May in the hospital in East Point, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. About a mile from the airport. All I remember of this is I was with Gabriel who took me before the Throne. From a third person point of view, from behind the throne I saw the Lord saying to Gabe, “No, I’m not ready for him.” I remembered this after I was in East Point, about a month later. I couldn’t talk, I couldn’t even turn over in bed. But, here I am, 71 years old, a total sellout for my Lord and Savior. I don’t worry about anything; the Lord came to me, I’m not sure when, maybe in Halifax Hospital, in Daytona or maybe in South Fulton Hospital, in East Point. He’s said those very words, “ I’ll take care of you,” three times since. And I needed to hear it each time. But now I’m His, for good. Praise the Lord!
Amen!
What a testimony. Praise God
Did he show or tell you we were the fallen angels that is why he came..
Obviously delusional brain damage but as long as your happy
You start by saying April 9, 1971 and later April 9, 1976. Which one?
Mark's description of weightlessness and being debt free was my experience. And yes, I knew things that I had always known, even before I was born. One of the first things I thought was "I'm not even worried about bills!" I believe Mark had the real deal. I had a full experience. YES! The feeling on that side is so overwhelming you do not want to leave. One way to explain to those who have not had this experience: Remember your youngest age, and the excitement you had to go play with your best friend when you were 4 and 5 years old... Magnify that by 1000 and you will start to understand the excitement and home feeling you will have when you get there. The Lord has taken me back to that experience to teach me several things after the fact. He is faithful! Beyond kind and forgiving... And mostly He is Love! Thanks for sharing Mark!
OMG!!! PLEASE, PLEASE ... ALL OF YOU WATCH THIS!!! Mark is 1000% DEAD-ON in this testimony! THIS is EXACTLY what I experienced the night I died, December 19, 2017! Word for word, everything he says here is EXACTLY what I experienced and God Bless him for being articulate enough to say it better than I did or could have! It overwhelmed me so much, that I couldn't even think of a way to accurately describe it as he does here! I literally bawled my eyes out, out loud as I watched this! Tears well-up in my eyes even as I write this because I REMEMBER IT and this validation from him just overwhelms me! GOD IS THERE, GOD IS REAL and this love and freedom he speaks about here and that I myself was blessed enough to experience for myself is there for ALL OF US, ALL OF YOU and all you have to do to receive it is believe, pray to Jesus and ASK FOR IT and it will be yours also when you cross that threshold and here on earth IF you just believe! GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU!!! PLEASE don't write this off or ignore it. 🙏❤✝
Mark Nailed it - we are debt free, because JESUS paid our debts for us!!!
??? Proof have you heard of Science ?
@@jenniferjean Science can evaluate what is in the physical world. It doesn't prove or disprove of an afterlife or what consciousness may be outside of the physical world.
We actually never had the debt...those under the curse of the law did.
Why do you feel that Jesus has to prove anything to you? If you have heard of him and still choose to deny him, then that’s your choice. He doesn’t have to prove himself to you.
And it totally becomes apparent how the world is controlled by conjured up debt by evil beings controlling the world.
I trained as a cardiac surgeon at harper hospital in Detroit glad they saved mark
The Lord used them to save him.
Right this guy goes to medical school for 12 years to be a surgeon saves his life, and "the lord did it". If he died you would blame the devil did it, or God forbid blame the competence of the doctor. I hope this guy and his family had the grace an sence to thank his real savior, that doctor.
@@RobertGraziose.... if it's the time you are appointed to die, you are going to die
and if it's not your time, you are going to live whether there are any doctors involved or not ....regardless of circumstance.
@RobertGraziose wrong ! God made all things and knowledge and without that the "dr." Couldn't save anyone! Get your head out of the sand and study God's word!
@@jackgauthier5624amen
I had a similar experience in 2006 in the Czech Republic when I was 60 years old. My wife and I had bought an old
villa there in 1994, and I had gone to Czech in early March to upgrade the villa's coal heating system from coal
to natural gas. The old villa was without heat for about 24 hours while we transitioned from a coal to gas furnace.
That night I went to sleep in an ice cold bedroom with all my clothes on and a thick goose down comforter.
Shortly, I went into a deep sleep, and I began to dream. I dreamed I was waking in darkness toward a faint light.
As I continued to walk toward the light, it got brighter. In just moments, I had walked into full daylight, and I recognized
an old church from my youth. The old Methodist Church was in Lisbon, Maryland. I continued walking past the
church's cemetery, and there I observed every grave opened and every coffin in each grave open. There were no
bodies anywhere.
At the end of the cemetery, I was approached by a beautiful young woman who looked to be about 30 years old.
She called me by name and asked me to go with her. I asked her who she was, and she said I am Mary your old
neighbor. Then it became clear to me, but the last time I had seen her she was 18 and I was 20. Oddly, I too
felt like I was half my age or about 30 years old.
We walked on together to the church I attended Liberty Baptist Church just a few hundred yards from the
Methodist Church. As we approached the old church, I could see the entire congregation in the front church
yard. There in the middle of the congregation of 100 members or more were my Mother and Father.
They looked to be in their 30's and very healthy and smiling. They communicated to me to go on with
Mary because we had plenty of time to visit later. Everyone in the congregation recognized me and I
recognized them. Despite most of them being dead for 50 years or more, they looked healthy and happy
as I remembered them.
I walked on with Mary, and she took me to this small, very clear river where we sat down on the pleasant
grassy bank. We talked about many things, and I felt so wonderful in perfect peace and perfect health
as a young man in his prime. Mary had such a pure sweet spirit as I remembered her.
Then, I started to wake up, but I didn't want to leave it was so wonderful.
The dream made me sat up in that cold bed, and I struggled to think what that dream meant. I knew I
would never forget it. Then, it came to me as it says in the Bible, "You shall be known as were known."
It was exactly that as they recognized me and I recognized them.
Six months later back in the US I had an appointment with my VA Cardiologist. I was given a full cardio
stress test for being 60 years old. Dr, Blailock had called me in to review the findings from my cardio
exam. He asked me how I felt, and told him I felt fine. He told me straight out I had a heart attack in
the last six months. Then he asked me about a dozen symptoms I should have experienced during
the heart attack. Then, he finally asked me if I had an unusual dream in the last six months I couldn't
forget. I told him yes sir I did, and he asked me to recite it for him. I recited the dream to him in detail
as I described above.
Dr. Blaillock then told me I not only had a heart attack but a near death experience. He said that cold
was a big help, and I told him there was something more than the cold room. In 2016, I saw him again
for my 70 year old stress test. He told me I was doing good to have an irregular heart beat and a
heart murmur. He told me he still remembered my dream, and it made him think a little more about
life and death. I told him it had the same influence on my life style..
Thank you for sharing your wonderful NDE. It sounds like it was incredibly beautiful and peaceful.
Wow! What a story. Thanks
That was an awesome story. That makes a lot of sense about debt. Debt in all forms can be crushing. I never really looked at it in the same way as he was telling the story but now I do. Thank you. I was baptized and saved Oct of 1992. And every morning when I wake up I thank the Lord Jesus.
That is SOO good Craig, wake up and thank God for what you have, what he gave you You will never be disappointed
Another duped Christian. Tell your God to get back here now because there are children being graped, beaten, olested, ex-trafficked, urdered every second, minute, hour of every stinking day!!! Where are their angels, huh? Where is Jesus to stop the suffering. Marks model makes no sense, and neither does yours. Ya know what all NDEers have in common? They're all right back here in this HELL REALM! Most won't even get that last sentence. Most will get recycled ♻️ right back here upon death. The astral realm is tricky, just like the trickery in this realm. Good luck in getting out of here permanently.
Hey, Marque...we just lost Dennis 'Machinegun' Thompson, last of the MC5.
We met decades ago with Terry Knight. I ran a fan club for the Pack before you were in GFR. I remember giving you, for your birthday at the Riviera Terrace, a little black box. You put a coin on the top and a little hand came out and grabbed it. You loved it so much, you hit up everyone in the place for a coin! And we spelled your name with the 'que.'
Anyway, I'm 78 now and you totally speak the truth. I welcome the day that I feel the Peace of the Lord after a hard life. We are the fortunate sons and daughters of God who will meet Him in person. Jesus is our brother. God bless you, old friend. Rock on...
Kick out the jams mother feffers i also loved Terry knight and the pack. 🐕🌻🦋🦋🦋
I had the same experience in 1995. Total love and happiness on the other side. Mom and dad met me . But I was told by life was just beginning so get back. I was 44 . The heart attack was from stress. My life took off for things I accomplished daily, monthly, yearly. I'm 74 now and still doing amazing things I never thought possible. In short, this life is a stepping stone. Listen to Mark. He's exactly right!! God bless all. Be safe, be kind.
We have been blessed. When God lets us expierience that joyfullnes that is in heaven and he shares some of His infinite wisdom with us, then lets us know we have more to accomplish before it's "our time" is an expirience we cherrish and draw on every day of our life. I have too, experienced this. Ever peacefull and reassuring that we have pourpose and Gods love is ever lasting. My experience happened almost 50 years ago, yet it's embedded in my Spirit forever.
I rember as a kid, grand funk at denver Coliseum, the bass shook thick concrete😮a riot out side cops and clubs 😮didn't have a ticket😢could here them out side😮 a cop hit a girl's but with his stick where half her body was in where glass had bean broken alice cooper played there too😮 chech and Chong alice and red bone 6 dollars! when the cop hit the girl she fell in side got to see the concert must of bean late 60s what a time 😂 God speed
I wish he could have said what he SAW and what kind of place it was, what it looked like. He said he didn't remember the purpose from the knowledge he gained there, then went on to tell all about the knowledge he had from it, calling it "debt consciousness". It was word salad, or maybe I just didn't understand. If someone has no guilt as a narcissist, is he "debt free"?
Beautiful testimony. Thank you brother. Did your mom & dad attend church?
It was in your mind...just a fantasy. When you're dead, you're dead, by definition.
My Mother died really hard of Cancer. She was a saint and certainly didn’t deserve to endure what she did. HOWEVER. She died on a Sunday morning September 17th 1978. She was only 46. And the moment she left,she went through every cell of my very troubled 22 year old being. She Woke me from a dead sleep. I sat up and was overcome by the most peaceful feeling I ever felt. I was 35 miles away from the Hospital. within two minutes the telephone rang. It was Dad telling me she was gone. I said “I Know”. I have never feared death since that morning and I’m convinced that transition is the coolest thing that ever happens to us. That was 46 years ago. Cheers. Don’t Fear the Reaper.
Need to be a Christian. Our choice.
Thank you for sharing your story. We're very close in age. I'm a little younger and remember 1978 very, very well.
That reminds me of a story from Janis Amatuzio's book Forever Ours. She is a retired pathologist and former medical student. A colleague of hers told her while her father she dying he told her to go ahead to the convention which was 1000s of miles away when she felt guilty about leaving him. He told her it would be alright. At some point while the plane was in the air she felt the most overwhelming peace she ever felt. It was so intense that she put down the book she was reading. When she got off the plane, she found out her father had passed and it was at the same time she felt that amazing peace. 1000s of miles away at the same time her sister was in an elevator when the elevator suddenly stopped, and the lights flickered on and off a few times before the elevator moved again. I recommend her book. She was at first apprehensive about publishing it fearing she would be laughed off the forensic planet but after 9/11 she decided it was no longer about her. She self published it not expecting much but flew off the shelves as quickly as it appeared and became a best seller in 2002.
@@jeanmarie4507 Not true. Unconditional love requires nothing. There are 1000s of religions on this earth. Who are we to say which religion someone should follow.
May sound strange but I went through the same thing when a friend passed away I was working in my yard when I got the feeling the person passed m I got a txt a few min later from his grandson .
I too had a near death experience and like Mark I left the body and experienced a very calming and beautiful place - and I when I came back - I realized we do live outside our bodies - We only have these skin suits to experience the human experience... but life is eternal outside of the human body !!
Nobody has any Bonafide
truth to that statement. Will it be a disappointment if you never existed for eternity after death?
Rubbish, it's your brain chemicals doing that.
These nde's are real truth. Be still and hear God's voice. Ask and you shall recieve.
Peace and love always.
@@silkscreenart5515 You get the 'truth' to that statement when you take up meditation. You have consciousness. Without consciousness you would have no reality. Consciousness is who you are. Consciousness is the knowing and awareness that you exist - the part of you that thinks and feels. Consciousness is the I AM of your existence. It is a paradox. You know you have consciousness and yet you cannot see, hear, smell, taste or touch your own consciousness - and yet it exists.
What few realize is that the body and all seemingly physical things are not matter but energy. Our physical form is made of molecules, molecules are made of atoms, atoms are made of electrons, and electrons are made of life force or energy. And energy is Consciousness. Your Consciousness is connected to the all-pervading spiritual Consciousness of the Universe. Nothing is solid. Everything ultimately is a Sea of vibratory Consciousness. In other words, everything is Mind. And the energy inherent is Love.
Scientists use their consciousness to measure and observe the outward manifestations of matter - in the world of form. And what is form? Form is a manifestation from energy grouped into electrons, atoms and molecules. Science now knows that all seemingly physical objects are not physical at all but ultimately come from energy. In other words, reality has no form but is made up from a sea of energy. And this sea of energy is consciousness. You have consciousness. And your consciousness springs from the Source of the greater Consciousness.
Scientists come to the false conclusion there is no Intelligence or God because they are using consciousness through the five senses of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. The five senses of humans are perceived through the use of sensory organs. They will never get to the Truth and to Ultimate Reality of existence if they employ their consciousness through the false illusion of the five senses.
In order to know the Supreme Intelligence and Creation behind all that is, in order to know Truth and Reality, you have to turn your awareness inwards to your inner consciousness and not through the five senses. Meditation is the key and the science to knowing the Ultimate Reality. In meditation you are now using consciousness to focus in upon Consciousness itself! That is the Secret Path that sages in the past have kept to a select few. But now meditation is known world-wide and accepted.
Science is recognizing, through quantum physics, that form is an illusion and that energy and consciousness is the reality. And in order to become aware of that energy and consciousness one has to direct one's consciousness and awareness away from the illusion of the five senses and turn one's energy and focus within oneself upon consciousness itself - stilling your mind and focusing in upon that Silence and Void. This is meditation.
Before taking up the practice of meditation, your consciousness was pulled outwards through the 5 senses to the outer world of matter. Hence, that is the reality that you see and believe in. In order to see the Ultimate Reality of your existence and become aware of the Presence of Cosmic Consciousness or God, you turn your awareness inwards and still your mind completely so that no thoughts, no image or memory pulls you back to the world of the five senses. You now focus your consciousness and awareness in upon the Void within yourself. You keep holding your attention upon that Space and slowly you will find that that Space is the "I AM" - the consciousness of Cosmic Consciousness. You will find that your consciousness is connected to the "I AM".
Having reached this "awareness" of the Space, it will create a vacuum. And one day that vacuum will be filled by the Presence of God or Infinite Intelligence or whatever name you call it. When that happens, you have made contact with Source and you will have no doubt of its existence that lies beyond all forms.
It is written in the bible, 'Be still and know that I am God'. What must you still in order to know God? Your thoughts! By turning your awareness inwards and focusing your attention upon your own consciousness, you will discover the Reality of the I AM of your existence. Consciousness in its pure state is veiled and hidden behind our thoughts. Our thoughts are what pulls us back to the five senses of the outside world and hence we lose our true identity in the world of matter and form.
The fundamental Truth that material scientists are not aware of, is that the Universe is Mind. Everything is a sea of Mind - a sea of Consciousness. Ultimately nothing is physical.
@@silkscreenart5515why should it matter to you?
Hello Mark glad to know you are alive and kicking. I'm a guitar player in a cover band that played Grand Funk Covers. I have been a fan of yours for over fifty years WOW. Loved to hear you share this experience.Thank you so much. Shine On my Brother🙏🙏🙏🎸🎸🎸
I died twice during open heart surgery, but I did not have Mark's "near death experience" - However, I watch a lot of these NEAR DEATH video's and I think that there is a measure of folks out there who are in a placed to spread the WORD of God -- I am a Christian after surviving what I did and never had a near death experience (NDE)- I did not need a NDE to make me that way, I feel blessed for Mark that he got to experience God;'s Grace and continue to live with us. - Oh, and Mark, if you ever read this - thank you for your music from the 70's.
We may or may not have an experience like this. It doesn’t matter. What matters is having faith in Him!
its bigger than the bible and your hebrew fairy tales.
I didn't see anything unusual or magical, just black. Religious people are hilarious through 😆
@@jameshrenn smoke some dmt
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I had a similar experience when I "died" at she 20 on an operating table & was revived. I told doctor's later what other people in the hospital were doing while I was "gone"--& later this was confirmed, so I believe it was a valid "NDE"...
It sounds like you left your body and hovered over it and traveled to various parts of the hospital but didn't go to the Other Side? Were you pronounced dead? Not sure that's an NDE. People can willingly astral project. They can leave their body and astral travel but not necessarily to meet with God.
Jesus sets us free. I have experienced that freedom Mark talks about and it is real.
Jesus was a magician nothing more. Foolish to follow him to no where
@@BkBk-gy6vr Sorry to hear the way you feel. Something tells me one day you may rethink your beliefs.
@@ronyoutu the only being that can save you is yourself. Certainly if you ask, Jesus can help, Buddha can help or any other ascended master or God can help, but you’re the one that heals yourself if you are determined to do it.
@@ronyoutu boy you believe a lot of things, good luck with that
@BkBk-gy6vr Good luck with that! Every knee will bend, and every tongue confess that Jesus is the Christ.
I knew exactly what Mark was talking about. I've witnessed so much that has been sent to me from God, and I didn't have to die to see it. Now, I live with the knowledge that grows every day. Now I know what awaits me when it's my time to go. I live with God in my soul, and he is with me everywhere.
Amen
Where does repentance, sanctification, salvation, eternal life and death, Scripture, Christ's sacrifice on the cross and His burial and resurrection come, etc into the conversation?
I've died twice, when you leave your body all your earthly burdens are gone, you feel free of any physical or mental burdens. The feeling you get the most is "love" and that love is the love of God which you actually feel in every cell of your body. Its overwhelming. Both times I died I was told by God I had to return and finish my journey.
I have died and been sent back too. And I had the same experience of feeling God's power and care in every cell of my body the entire time I was there. As you said, there are no physical or mental burdens there. To use the analogy of a feather in the wind, we are the feather when we leave here. We travel around through all kinds of amazing zones, and we are directed by a greater power. It's not our call as to whether or not we bypass a zone, stay in a zone we like, or anything else. We make absolutely no decisions in the other world. And it's a wonderful place to be.
How wonderful to find what a genuine person Mark Farner is, having grown up with his music from day one. Thank you for keeping it real and not bringing religion into it. And he's absolutely right -- energy is forever. The Eternal Return.
"Eternal return" sounds like reincarnation to me ... looks like you brought religion into it. Mark is a Christian who knows how to talk to the nonbelievers without alienating them.
Amen, Alex. And there's a HUGE difference between religion, and true
faith in GOD.
@@raygsbrelcik5578 amen. I'm glad you know this my friend. Jesus is the only Way. The only Truth. And the only Life worth living. ✝️
What a great story Mr. Farner, and so glad you are still here, and playing music...Hope you have a wonderful Birthday tomorrow👍✌
Finally a nice comment.
Marks a good soul. Nice guy if you ever get to meet him. Glad your still with us buddy!!
Mark has always been profound...he has a beautiful soul ☮️ ❤ 🙏
Ok
Yes. The lyrics of many early Farner songs were soulful, showed concern for all mankind. Sorry if "mankind" is not an inclusive word...but maybe you get my intent.
@@jfo3000 Mankind is all inclusive. Stay true to yourself and your convictions ☮️ ❤️
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I have to say that was one of the most relevant dense testimonials I have ever heard. He said so much I could relate to and he's speaking from the heart. I was a big fan back in the late 60's, and played in a cover band, we played I think Mean Mistreater? and Closer to home, I'm your Captain.
I got to see Grand Funk 3 times back in 1970=74 it was the best of times in my life!
My band did those songs also....@ Deep End in Park Ridge,Il. Late 60's and early 70's.
myself as well.
I would have to say that "Survival" was my favorite Grand Funk album. 1971 I believe.
@@jeffgarmon1 I agree.
I went through a very similar experience Mark. Mark is absolutely telling the truth. For those that have fortunately not have had this experience, we understand your skepticism. I would like to also say, I love your term "bone suit". 😃👍👍
I call it ..our BARS OF BONES...
Good luck, Mark. One of my music heroes, you have been one of the most talented people to ever have played music. Singing,guitar,harmonica,keyboards….and all top notch. Keep trying to find peace and remember…you owe a debt to no one. Many people owe YOU a debt. You have made millions of people happy in your lifetime of entertaining us and letting us listen to your music, so you need no regrets. I am 70 now,and have seen about every musical group there is and were,but speaking of regret….I never got to see Grand Funk with you in it. Peace,brother. Sounds like you came out on the other side with all you need to know.
I'm 74 now, had the pleasure of seeing Mark/Grand Funk live in concert twice. The last time (I just Googled to be exact), 4/18/71 Winterland in San Francisco with Bloodrock. "D.O.A." by Bloodrock blew me away but Grand Funk performed "Gimme Shelter" that is still reverberating in my mind. The fact that Mark is a Christian is awesome. I met the Lord on 3/16/76 in a powerful way.
That was so well said. Mark is one of the giants in the entertainment industry.
"Debt Conscience" is a unique way of looking at life & I believe you, Mr Mark. You surely believe it....
A spirit of "conviction" sent by the Holy Spirit. A gift from the Lord to help straighten the way perhaps?
Debt and regret can really weigh you down.
It can also make you do things you normally would never do, making the debt and regret even worse.
Amen brother!
It’s killing me .😶
Not the intelligent skeptical who know the bible more than any dishonest indoctrinated fool. I feel sorry frustrated like any other Christian when finally reading what most christians only know 5% of is getting pretty absurd .
❤❤❤❤. Jesus paid the debt He did not owe, to free us for the debt we could not pay! 🙏🙏🙏
Beautiful and wonderful account of his experience. You can see in his face what an amazing effect this has had on him. God and Jesus are real .❤
I just cannot overstate how powerful the emotions I get are when I hear, “Closer To Home”. God bless you Mr. Farner.
I saw you at 1972 ?north Carolina ft Bragg you came out with gold bands on your arms and you looked as the crowd and said wow I never saw so many short hairs and you said I understand your problems brother ,blow it this way and we all light up and blow smoke your way. great concert. you look good for being older then me. great story. thx Mark
He's getting closer to his home.
♥🎵🎼🎶
"I'm your Captain" Grand Funk Railroad
Well.said ;)
Jesus is his captain.
🎶 "I'm your captain, I'm your captain
Though I'm feeling mighty sick
Everybody listen to me
And return me my ship" 🎶
Jesus' last words on the cross...." It is finished"....better translated as "Paid in full".....
Actually He was referring to Mt. 5:18. We still have to carry our crosses, we still sin, so we have to confess. As Jesus said, not all that call His name will be saved, but those who DO the Father’s Will and Mt. 5 as Mt. 25 are perfect examples of what we should do. Not on our own merits but because of what He has done for us. As St. Paul says in 1 Cor. 4:4 “For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.”
Jesus' Dad sent him on a suicide mission.
@@atgredno no no. He was building an outhouse before he went into the garden😮
@@atgredFaith + Nothing = Salvation. Nothing we do can earn us eternity in heaven. He did it all!!! We believe.
That's not what Jesus meant.
If Mark Farner can get saved anyone can. John 3 :16
Or Alice Cooper!
ACTS 2:38
John 3:5
Why is he your example? It is not like he is the worse sinner.
John 3:16 is not THE Gospel, 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 is.
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 King James Version
1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you THE GOSPEL which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye ARE saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how^ that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures
^through the shed BLOOD of JESUS!
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 1599 Geneva Bible
1 Moreover brethren, I declare unto you THE GOSPEL which I preached unto you, which ye have also received, and wherein ye continue,
2 And whereby ye ARE saved, IF ye keep in memory, after what manner I preached it unto you, except ye have believed in vain.
3 For first of all, I delivered unto you that which I received, how^ that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures,
4 And that he was buried, and that he arose the third day, according to the Scriptures
^through the shed BLOOD of JESUS!
Exactly right. The first thing is not the pain of the body gone but rather the Peace I suddenly had. I spend everyday in Peace and refuse to give it away now. Thanks for sharing.
I had the same experience in 2018. I shot through a tunneI and was told and shown things which I remember very clearly. It took me many months to come to terms with this knowledge and at the same time act normal and get on with my life. There is a good reason we aren't supposed to know everything down here.
Well put. Thank you!
Forgiving yourself is the hardest part
Well said
That's why you MUST give it to Jesus. Only He can truly forgive us, because he paid the wages of sin.
but... still ...
@@fazole 👍 that sin is what Mark F. was referring to as debt. I think Mark didn't want to say specifically " sin " as he would had lost a viewers at that moment. I understood it right away what he meant.
No, Tom Petty clearly stated that the waiting is the hardest part.
MARC-I really needed this today. Thank you🙏
_GOOD GOD!!......This has got to be one of the very best testimonials of life _AFTER_ an NDE that I've ever seen... anywhere! His comment on the overwhelming power of _DEBT_ on our overall positive progress in this tough physical life is right on! The keys to the kingdom were laid out right in front of you, my friends! Namaha, 🕉
Some kind of Wonderful Mark. Look forward to hearing the new project.
Love this. I'm a believer too.. God bless all our journeys.
That's a TERRIFIC STORY!!!! Thank-You for sharing!!!!
I'm getting closer to my home 😊
Thank you for sharing, Mark.
Mark, I have followed you since the 70s when you came out with heartbreaker and inside looking out. Remember how you looked and how cool you are and “ice cold water running through my veins.”I thought was the coolest line. At that time I equated it to drugs, sex and rock,and that seemed cool at the time. as I’ve grown older it’s so good to see you again and you’re talking about God. That’s what I really needed all along and I’m glad we’re both there.🙏
This is so true, and so very profound. The thing that I suffer with, now, the most, is the regret from not having been a better person when I should have been, and could have been, if only I had known better, then ... and known then what I know now. It truly is like a debt that can't be paid back; because, now, it's too late ... the damage has been done. And, it can't be undone. And, all that I can do now, during the years that I have left, is to live with the regret and the remorse. The regret of not knowing better, at the time, and the remorse for the damage that it caused to other people that I dearly love. It really is a heavy burden to bear.
Mark, I so thankful you’re still with us. I’ve been a huge fan since JR High school in the late 60’s. Learned to play guitar listening to your songs. “I’m Your Captain” being my favorite and was so blown away when I saw you, Mark and Don live in San Antonio, TX., at the now gone, Hemisphere Arena…You came out sliding on your knees and you guys put on one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen. I’m 69yrs old now and still love to sit and play GFR. I going through a very tough time health wise right now and have been since diagnosed with throat cancer in 2020, and I want to say “THANK YOU” for this message today Mark, it honestly moved me. GOD BLESS and keep rockin my brother…..!✌️🎸
Thank You.. I'm going through a Very Tough Time.. You Helped Me.A Lot !!
Doing his best to explain this experience... I have never had one of these...thanks for this....
I totally get what Marks saying…most won’t…for those with eyes to see and ears to hear👍
You too?
that song Im getting closer to my home brings on a all new meaning by listening to Mark Farner, Thank you for sharing this experience with us
Beautiful explanation...i keep recycling my past...hallelujah....Mark you open my spirit for loving,forgiving.....
I have been there. I am afraid of it sometimes because it felt so good.
Try experiencing it for two weeks straight. The bliss/glory is so overwhelming that you have to sit down and just smile. We have put too much of our human interpretation into the NT so that we continue with deep attachment to the carnal man but know nothing of Spirit/Theos except to imagine it.
@@mujaku I felt like the first time was not real but then it became almost like swimming once you learn. I care for people and pets. My concern for them is what made me return. I remember stopping breathing and gasping for air until I became used to it. That's when I experienced such bliss. No pain, no worries just love and light. Sorry I ran on so much. I don't have any of those around me that I would understand.
Wow, a truly profound testimonial that really touched me deeply. I believe him. I started watching this video because I saw Mark Farner with Grand Funk Railroad when they played in Hyde Park, London, at a free concert in 1971. They were the headliners and Humble Pie with Peter Frampton, and Heads, Hands and Feet with Albert Lee were the opening acts. It's amazing all these years later to connect with Mark on this level.
I was at the same concert,incredible day👍😁
so awesome. His group was the first band heard live. I loved it
I'm getting closer to my home ☀️ Rock on Mark, from a Flintoid born at Hurley in July '67 The Summer of LOVE 💕 I LOVE YOU BROTHER. I also got to see you perform at the Palace of Auburn Hills. I took my brother, brother in-law, and mother's boyfriend from Canada. It was fantastic 💥 Thanks for everything, your a great person and say HELLO to Jeff Bland(o) for me. ✌🏻 🕊️
Thank you Mark! That was a good word. Apparently something I needed to hear.
Mark, I listened to your music all my life. I'm now 68 years old and still listen to GFR. Seeing you as a born again Christian goes to show that anyone can be saved even me. You talked about those things that you regret doing, now I better understand the debt consciousness, aka guilt. Thank You Mark, May God bless you abundantly. Happy to know you are feelin' alright, no pun intended.
Delusional religious crap
You are and were the best rock star ever. Mark is a legend. His music inspired my bands for decades.
I had all their albums on 8 tracks in the mis 70s. Stored them in a foot locker. lol
RAILROAD
Love thy neighbor as well as thyself, meaning love yourself too.
Beautiful....Wonderful....Insightful and Educational. Thank You!!!!!!!! 💖😊🙏
Hi Mark. Thank you for sharing your near death experiences ❤️ I'm familiar with many other people who have had similar experiences. You all seem to have returned enlightened. Love you, brother.
"I was set free, I was debt free." Like the cross on Farner's chest, thanks be to Jesus for paying our debt!
Yes Jesus paid our (debt )on the cross…. So true…thanks Mark…I’m from Port Huron Michigan and so I remember (Grand Funk Railroad) as a teenager….I’m now a Christian as well…😊
Christians are desperate losers...actually insane. A little truth is a dangerous thing.
He was probably on drugs when this happened.
@@LoveTravelUSA-ps5mb No he quit smoking pot 43 years ago…He had a near death experience..
I spent four days in a coma. I can assure anyone that asks of two things. Hell is real, and we do have a mansion in heaven.
I did make and post a video on it title in hell in a coma. Not trying to push my channel; just trying to convey what is real.
Thank you. For explaining you experience.
Hey Mark!!! I saw you and grand funk in Memphis Tenn way back in the day man!
Great to see you again!
Grand Funk were IN then- apparently sunk. Kids laughed at me I bought " Closer To Home" years after release. In 1973/74- they were BACK! I got to see Mark Farner in 1987. Never got to hear " On Time" but I did hear their version of " Gimme Shelter" on " Survival" LP. Am glad I at least saw Mark Farner!
He Lived his life of freedom, exactly the way that he wanted to.
But there's always that one thing, we never do count on.
You was born for it to happen to you.
Great song from a great album
.." I left this Bone suit".. tell me Mark couldn't make a great song out of that statement .. let's not forget this is the guy who single-handedly took a led Zeppelin audience for somekind a' wonderful ride! .....that is,
until Peter Grant literally pulled the plug on him...
I saw them both in the 70s. GFR was better and they didn't have to copy STH from Spirit to get there.
You happen to forget that there were two other guys with him at Cobo; Don and Mel. That band had THREE TREMENDOUS MUSICIANS IN IT, and just because Farner "wrote" the songs, THERE AIN'T NO FUNK WITHOUT DON AND MEL. It was the THREE OF THEM.
I had the great fortune to spend an afternoon with Mark back around this time period. It was a huge thrill for me. What a cool guy. Such a great memory!
It sounds awesome! But I'm glad you're still with us.
Hi. Grew up w GF. Out on 11-9! My birthday. Fabulous story. Thats what l call getting closer to home! Looking forward to hearing your new music. ✝️
John 6:26 “Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”
28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”
29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
30 So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”
35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37 All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”
This version is askew.... the phrase God the father, is a new age term, not in the original Bible
@@toenailtom654 Get real. The Greek word for Father is in many passages in the oldest Greek New Testament manuscripts, in the words of Christ. Stop believing everything you hear. Your stupidity is not equal to truth.
@Fred.Carpenter So why are you telling me?
Keep it in church man
@@jeffreyg4626 Why did you watch Mark Farner talk about the afterlife if you didn’t want to hear about it? I’ll keep it wherever I want to.
All glory to God! Great to hear! Free indeed, thanks to Jesus
You are debt free from sins. The Lord Jesus is already paid for your trip to heaven all you have to do is believe in him and his resurrection. Repent of your sins and ask the holy Spirit into your heart. And you will be saved
I do not think you can feel the way he did at that moment, because we all have to be in life, no matter what belief system you have. He was FREE
Amen, David. Jesus is the truth, the way and the life. No one comes to the Father but through Jesus.
@elainelowrance8396
Proof please. Just because you believe in him dosen't make it so.
That's no surprise. There were people who saw and walked with Jesus who didn't brlieve
@@elainelowrance8396Uhuh...well in the 2024 years since Jesus croaked ..thru NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN....Billions of folks NEVER had a chance to know Jesus...and that remains the same today...I guess the Big Man gonna be sending billions of His Loved Children to He\\ forever...👺
Oh my goodness Mr Mark Farner I just discovered Grand Funk Railroad and I'm 56 years old and I have literally fell in love❤❤ and now to hear your experience oh my Lord it makes me just love you so much more God bless you
In the mid 1970's in Portland Oregon Mark signed my brother's Paul arm and gave him a pick! Paul was about 18 and super into photography! Thank you Mark for being cool and kind!💝🙏🏻💝
I briefly died due to a reaction to anesthesia during throat surgery when I was 13. Simply put, the very atmosphere of Heaven is total peace and simplicity.
Learned playing by ear jamming to their music when I was 14 ! Great story but where did he get the Hat!! Closer to Home best song ever!!!
Mark Farner is Grand Funk.
Without him there is no Grand Funk.
God bless you sir.
3:22 I felt closer to home after watching. 🎵 I'm getting closer to my home! ❤
Thanks for sharing this sacred experience!
To my funeral, "Closer to my home" is perfectly suitable...a great Song with a long "Coda". Many thanks Mark and the band for this incredible music! God Bless...
Jesus Words Ring True - the Vatican forget about it
"The individual is handicapped because they cannot imagine that something ultimately evil is among them" J Edgar Hoover
"First we overlook evil, Then we permit evil. Then we legalize evil. Then we promote evil. Then we celebrate evil. Then we persecute those who still call it evil." Fr. Dwight Longenecker
“In the Last Days, Good will be called Evil and Evil will be called Good.” Are We There YET ?
All that from Hoover who himself was pretty damn evil LOL!
If we aren’t there yet, we are darn close!
J Edgar would certainly know about those demons...
Yes.
I just Love ya Brother Mark. Peace and Happiness always!
Very good explanation of the human condition that we are prisoners of on this planet.
If The Son therefore shall set you free, you shall be free indeed.
Wow thanks Mark. I'm going to listen to some Grand Funk Railroad today.
Thank you soooooo much. After trying to figure out all of what I've been diligently studying from the Bible over the last 30+ years, then over the last 2 years with changing my prayer to meditation using Dr. Joe Dispenza and discovering Billy Carson and what he's revealing though what he's studied in comparison to the Bible. It's very revealing. AND THIS MAN (in the video), has just described EXACTLY what I needed to hear. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!
Billy Carson, he's very unassuming. It goes way back doesn't it, and nobody can really explain it.
Your a good man. God bless you.🙏
Love this man and his music!!!
Love the music.
You and your music was there when I met my spouse and we listened to you all through our wonderful marriage and thank you. I would sing your songs or songs you did to my wonderful spouse and they loved it. Now they are passed away but your testimony helps. We both walk in Faith in sweet Jesus. All those years ago, time passes.
Mark...one of if not THE best musicians I've ever had the pleasure of seeing live twice...When he does actually pass from that "bone suit" I can just hear the angels singing "we're having a party yeah ee yeah ee yeah and everybody's invited" 😊
It's not debt it is sin. No body wants to acknowledge sin or say sin. And we can not set our self's free, as Mark states, from the sin. Only Jesus Christ our Savior can set us free. It is not of our self's. Only Jesus! Jesus should get all the glory and honor!
WORD
I was thinking that too with the "debt" thing. Sin is the anchor that holds us down. Maybe that's how he interpreted it in his mind. And yes, Jesus is the only way to Heaven. The only way we can get into Heaven is through salvation. Sin CAN NOT enter the kingdom of God.
Debt and Sin is the same thing.....
Sin is slavery. Debt is one of them. Any form of addiction is a sin. All these things lead us away from God Almighty. Debt can mean a lot of things. He is right. The only thing we should owe is to love our fellow man.
You're missing the point. If you're still a Goy slave you missed the whole damn point that Christ made. He threw the money changers out of the Temple. Until you do that you are still in sin.
What an awesome message !!!
He's right about the rulers of this place. Manipulative archons usually via different types of entrapment.
Fallen Angels
@@katjay3125exactly!
@@katjay3125 Sort of...The Nephilim narrative was really about the rape of Eve by the Archons and this did not happen on Mt Hermon.
The primary difference in narratives is the archons have never acted against their will but do evil as a natural inheritance of their father (who was a liar from the beginning). Their father is known as Yaldabaoth and he created humans but not spirit. He is the god of this material existence. The true Christ who was not a Jew and stands above this god of the material world.
IOW's Yahweh is not Christ's father and it is Yahweh who openly declares the New World Order which Christians say they are against but cannot be if they worship Yahweh. Yahweh demands worship where the true Christ does not.
Mark thank you for your music I've had many good times listening.🙏
Wonderful testimony. I listen to your guitar solos as a kid - and always put you up there with the greats. Based on the spirit of your music - you have my trust. I enjoyed how bold and honest you expressed your testimony.
Thank you Mark Farner...