How Jesus Saved His Own Portrait...The True Story of Akiane's Lost Masterpiece

I have met this man. He came to me when I was drowning in a bad rip tide. I must have been more than a half a mile from shore. I remember goin under looking up at the light above me thinking "God, if it is my time,here I am, but I don't think my journey is over". Next thing I know I was being lifted up, able to breathe and there were 2 men with me. The one that spoke was your Jesus. He told me I would be fine and then I was on shore. I watched them walk back into the sea, then they were gone. It was the eyes I remember most. I saw those eyes in your picture and cried. I have met 3 people who have claimed to have met Jesus and I showed them your Prince of Peace. They all said that that was who they met. God Bless you.

How anyone at 9 years old can paint such a beautiful portrait is indeed, a gift from God❤

This is exactly what I saw in my dreams. In 2018 when my relationship with God was through the roof, I could feel his presence every single minute of the day. One day I slept and had a dream about Mathew 18:20. I remember it was my hometown prayer group, and we were singing and praising God. One person was reciting Mathew 18: 20 while others were singing out loud. Then I turned my head and I saw him. Short hair and he was bright, lighting up the place. and He was standing in the middle. I shouted looking at Jesus but nobody else saw him and then I woke up. I'm grateful God gave me that experience, It will forever be the best experience I've ever had.

Jesus took my son up to Heaven and showed him around and allowed. I showed him this painting picture and asked if this is what Jesus looked like.. my 7 year old son said, “Yes, exactly.” Looked at it a few moments while smiling. I had a vision of the Holy Spirit coming into my heart a few months before my sons dream. I know he’s telling the truth. I also know my son and I have a mission to spread the truth of the gospel. I just don’t know which direction to go just yet.. Pray for my son, myself and my family.

I am crying right now. please pray for my brother alex he got a vehicular accident last night. we humbly ask for prayers

When my daughter first saw this photo it was on my home screen. She said “Mommy that’s Jesus” she was only two years old ❤️

Absolutely the best artist I have ever ever laid my eyes on,,and to paint it twice to perfection,,Jesus had painted this himself through this young Lady,,Bravo Akiane

It’s 2023, this means that this admirable painting is now 20 years old! The effort that she did on the painting making it look really realistic at a young age was really amazingly mind blowing!

Can"t really explain why a guy like me have my eyes filled with tears by watching this. May God bless you Akiane.

Akiane herself is a gift from God. I find it hard to imagine that an 8 year old child could paint such a masterpiece. I saw a video of a young boy who died and was recusitated and claimed that he was in heaven and saw Jesus. When he saw the painting he said that was him. That wouldn't surprise me at all. The story brings tears to my 75 year old eyes. God bless you and keep you Akiane.

I've never seen his face, but he saved me when I was 15. He's been with me every since...

This is MY Jesus. I was very close to death and in and out of consciousness. I was taken on three journeys by the man in this painting. It took the 3rd journey for me to realise the man was Jesus. When I recovered and I tried to describe this man. It was this face I tried to describe. This is MY Jesus.

Those eyes so kind and full of love and wisdom. Amazing that it was painted by a child. You are touched by God. Thank you.

Evil can never hide Jesus from the world. He will always shine bright from the heavens. What an amazing story and that’s the best painting ever. God bless her and her gift. God bless us all.

I saw him many years before the painting was painted. I told my family I saw him punky modern looking. I would try to describe him and his eyes when he gazed at you and his voice so soothing. Telling them I saw him nothing like the pictures I had seen of him all those years. They used to get upset. Then one day at a thrift store I was looking at different books and bingo there he was. I went yelling through the store for my husband. People thought I was nuts but I found him and I showed him the picture in the book. That is the Jesus I saw that said I must come back. It is not my time. My husband was surprised to say the least. But could see how happy I was that I finally could show him how I saw Jesus. How extremely gloriously happy it made me.

I don't understand why anyone would dislike this wonderful picture of Jesus or consider it controversial. It's beautiful.

John 5 : 18 “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first."

I had a near-death experience where everything was in brilliant 10k (not 4k, 10k!) The very air molecules were composed of love. Through a field of flowing grass, I walked up a gradual incline of a golden dirt path and there was a man in white with a beard and the most gorgeous, beautiful blue-green eyes ever. His eyes looked like the Greek seas. The more you stared the more you wanted to swim in them, such variation of aquas. I felt an unbelievable peace gazing into his eyes. He put his hand on my shoulder and staring directly into my eyes, he said to me, "You have more work to do." I came back here and didn't know who that was. A decade goes by and I see the film, "Heaven is for Real" where the child says this painting is the most similar to what Jesus/Yeshua looks like. I was shocked. That was the man I saw! It was the eyes you painted that did it. There's no forgetting those eyes (although they are more beautiful in person). Overall though, that is what he looks like. Thank you so much Akaine for painting this and the one in 2017. You had an impact on my own faith journey and for that, I am forever grateful.

Thank you so much Akiane, through this painting, I just had my first experience with Jesus. I grew up as an atheist, I don't trust any churches, but I travelled a long spiritual journey in the 41 years of my life, and I am not an atheist anymore, but still on my way. I prayed the other day, that I do not know why, but that I do not really have a personal relationship with god and that Jesus seems like a stranger to me. Today I was led to a viedeo of yours and I stopped it in the middle, to go in the kitchen. The picture of the Prince of Peace was on full screen in that moment. I came back from the kitchen and saw Jesus in your painting on the screen and I just started to ask him a Question. His eyes became so real in that moment and we had a conversation, he even started to smile kind-heartedly at me, as I apologized for bad things I did in my life. For the fist time I felt how he is. Only you could make this possible for me, not any church. I cried. Thank you so much Akiane. I love you.

Y’all this is no joke. I was worshiping and a song came on talking about doves eyes. Since I’m a very visual person, I began to draw what I felt they looked like. That night I felt God tell me to watch “heaven is for real”, and in the very first scene, this girl was painting Jesus‘ eyes. The eyes looked like the doves eyes that I had drawn that morning. god is so creative