While I hadn’t ever thought of us as “preppers,” he made a good point. After seeing the items we were carrying (propane and ammo), he asked, “Are you guys going camping or something?” I laughed as my husband sheepishly explained that were just stocking up on some “essentials.” “Oh, are you guys preppers?,” his friend asked. Last weekend, during a not-so-uncommon trip to Cabela’s, my husband ran into an old friend from his mission and they started catching up. What ever happened to John Pontius (visions of glory), Spencer (Thomas Harrison), Julie Rowe and their ilk Is there a new mormon warning us about the last days. My thoughts: It’s about a man’s dream or vision.
The first time I heard about Visions of Glory was from my father-in-law. We also reflected on the counsel we had received from our Church leaders over the years to store food, water and supplies.Īnd so we started prepping, modestly at first. My Thoughts on Visions of Glory by John Pontius.
Our doubts aside, reading these predictions caused us to consider how well spiritually and temporally prepared we were for such times if we ever encountered them. the divine glory filling the temple, the purification of the prophets. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison 14 September 1934 24 April 2002 was an American journalist, essayist and memoirist She is best known for her autobiographical work, particularly her account of growing up as one of Jehovah s Witnesses, and for her travel writing.Her first book, Unlearning the Lie Sexism in School, was published in 1969 Harrison was one of the first contributors to Ms magazine.Harrison. Almost all of them point to a timeline in the very near future.Īs compelling as these accounts are to people who know they are living in the last days, we both realized it was possible that 1) the author was lying, 2) the author had been deceived or 3) the author had misinterpreted their experience. Since then, he’s read other books by people who say they have seen similar if not identical visions of the same events, usually as part of a near-death experience. Isn’t this the same kind of thing people were saying on New Year’s Eve in 1999? Harrison of Salt Lake City) who claims to have seen visions of events that will happen in the near future involving economic collapse, natural disasters, and the invasion of America by foreign troops. I couldn’t wait to hear about his experience, but all he wanted to talk about was a book he’d come across (suggested by another family member) called “Visions of Glory.” The book is an account by a Church member (who some believe to be Thomas G. When he got back, his mood was more somber than I would have expected. Below is an excerpt.įor my husband, it all started a few years ago, when he went on a camping trip to Zion National Park. This article was originally posted on LDS.net. VISIONS OF GLORY A HISTORY AND A MEMORY OF JEHOVAH S WITNESSES by Harrison, Barbara Grizzuti and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
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