I had an experience when I was young along with my mother, ain't, and a cousin. I've wondered why we were blessed by God to see this ever since. I'm 31 now this happened around age 9 to 11 somewhere in that range. I want opinions or anything that someone who reads this has as input. So here's the story. We were at a small campground in southern Indiana called Pride's Creek. We were walking along the lake and I saw a cloud with every bright light shining through it and it could not have been the sun. The sun was out in the open on the other side of the sky. As I look at the cloud it slowly starts to open up. I mean literally open like a portal or something. I point it out and now all of us are watching in amazement as this cloud completely opens to a beautiful bright light brighter than the sun but it didn't hurt your eyes. There was clearly plain as day a literal golden staircase in the opening and in what felt like forever a man came to the end of the staircase and he was radiating light brighter than anything else. You couldn't see his features but you could see it was a masculine frame. He stood there with his arms open and then we watch this cloud start closing up and in an instant it was closed and was just a regular cloud in the sky. I've prayed and pondered since then for answers. Why did we see that? Why would God allow us that incredible sight? What's the purpose behind it? Are we really the only ones that saw it? My uncle was fishing around the corner of the lake and he didn't believe of us and he saw nothing. It was not possible to miss this amazing happening in the sky! Does anyone have a take on this? And opinion? Anything remotely similar? What do you think we were blessed with that for? Please someone who reads this feel free to speak on this.