
It wasn’t until he finally saw the painting of Christ by 8-year-old prodigy Akiane Kramarik, who claims to have seen heavenly visions from the age of four, that Colton said it was right. Todd and Sonja Burpo showed Colton many paintings of Jesus to find out which one he thought came closest. This painting of Jesus Christ by Akiane Kramarik is what the Savior looks like, according to Colton Burpo.ĥ. Colton says Jesus had “markers” in the palms of his hands and on the tops of his feet, and that he wears white with a purple sash and a gold crown with a pinkish diamond in the middle. He told his father that Jesus’ eyes are so pretty.Ĥ. He says Jesus has brown hair and hair on his face.


Colton says he sat on Jesus’ lap at one point while he was in heaven. Colton says he saw animals of every kind - including Jesus’ rainbow-colored horse and dogs, birds and friendly lions.ģ. There are more colors in heaven, and the flowers and trees are beautiful. The city of heaven, he said, is made of something shiny, like gold and silver. Colton describes heaven’s gates as being made of gold with pearls on them. He asked them to sing, “We Will We Will Rock You,” but they wouldn’t.Ģ. Angels sang to him because he was scared. Here are some of the things little Colton says he saw:ġ. A film based on “Heaven is for Real” will be in theatres on April 16th.īefore Colton’s descriptions of heaven are released on the big screen, we thought we’d give you a sneak peek.

They decided to share Colton’s message of faith through a book, “Heaven is For Real,” which is now a New York Times best seller. When the little boy from small-town Nebraska described where his mother and father were during the surgery and what they were doing while he was “up and out of his body,” Colton’s parents, Todd Burpo (a Protestant pastor) and Sonja Burpo, knew he was telling the truth. In heaven, everyone has wings (except Jesus) and it’s always light, according to Colton Burpo.įour months after his emergency surgery, 4-year-old Colton Burpo started telling his parents about experiences he had in heaven while he was lying in the hospital bed having an emergency appendectomy.
