Book: Doctrines & Visions of the Future: Analyzing Themes from Prophetic Teachings of the Latter-day Saints by Nate Richardson & Renee Martin

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ABBREVIATED CONTENTS

Part 1: The Doctrine

  • Doctrines of the Gift of Prophecy & Visions
  • Doctrines of the Time Being Near & Needed Preparation
  • Doctrines of Trials, Persecution, Evil Government, & Needed Cleansing
  • Doctrines of Escape & Gathering for Safety
  • Doctrines of the Latter-day Mission to Build Zion
  • Doctrines of Disaster: Economic Collapse, Civil War, Plagues, Invasion, Earthquakes
  • Doctrines of Spiritual Powers: Angels, Translation, Veil, Teleportation
  • Doctrines of the Final Stages: Lost Tribes, 144,000, New Jerusalem, Second Coming
  • Topical Summaries of Prophet Quotes on the Future from Crowther’s Prophecy Book

Part 2: The Visions

  • Proposed Sequence of Events
  • Summaries of the Visions
  • Themes in the Visions
  • Full Text of the Visions of the Latter-day Saints (Classic and Recent)
  • Protestant Visions
  • Highlights & Analysis of the Visions of Glory Book: The Controversy, The Nature of Spiritual Things, & Future Events

The scriptures and quotes are hand selected from reputable sources. Contact the author if you find any errors or have something to contribute. For the free PDF or questions discussion or teaching opportunities contact RichardsonStudies@protonmail.com or visit RichardsonStudies.com.

This work is based on a decade of collecting quotes scriptures and visions on the last days and finding themes running through them. Once someone said to me that there’s nothing doctrinally accurate about visions, and that comment spurred me to launch this project to put together not just a collection of visions, but a collection of doctrines supporting themes found in the visions. This investigation has revealed consistent themes appearing through many visions, scriptures, and teachings of latter-day prophets over the past 200 years. This extensive research will empower the reader to come to their own conclusions on the nature and usefulness of visions as related to studying future prophecy.

The authors have chosen not to make any profit on this work. The PDF document is available for download at no charge, and the paperback is available at minimal printing cost allowed on Amazon. The only interest in releasing this research is to benefit Zion, and we therefore do not perform this labor for money.

Usage Terms: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). You are free to share and adapt this work, provided proper credit is given to the author. Full license text: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The full text visions and scriptures related in this book are CC0, fully in the public domain.

The authors are longtime active members of and teachers in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Back Cover Description:

Ponder Anew What the Almighty Can Do!

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been blessed with visions dreams and prophecies in “the last days” (Acts 2:17). In this book we will dive into doctrines of the future and themes regularly appearing in the visions of the saints, on topics both dreadful and exciting! May we embrace the gift of prophecy, and benefit from the many messages the Lord is sharing with His Saints in these last days!

First we study many scriptures and quotations from Latter-Day Saint leaders on future prophecy. Many latter-day saints are unaware of the many teachings of the prophets about future events. Becoming acquainted with these doctrinal teachings will expound the mind and help the saints cultivate the gift of prophecy. In addition to many scriptures and quotes of latter-day prophets, many summaries of quotes of the prophets from Duane Crowther’s book on future prophecy are included. Some topics of future prophecy treated include economic collapse, wars, plagues, flooding, collapse of the government, foreign invasion of America, persecution of the Saints, earthquakes, miraculous preservation of the faithful, gathering, translation, the lost tribes, the redemption of Zion and building of the New Jerusalem, Adam-ondi-Ahman, the Second Coming, and more. Some topics on the spiritual nature of things include the nature of visions, spiritual communication, ancestors, angels, cosmos, the pre-mortal spirit world, elemental intelligence, and more.

Rather than focusing on specific dates and predictions, we value visions for the themes they provide. We recognize that some elements of visions are symbolic, and that a focus on key doctrines rather than specific predictions. We caution students of the visions to avoid extremes and stay strong in the church. Similar to a study of the apocrypha, a discerning reader can find many treasures from these visions. We will study visions from early church history from Joseph Smith, Heber C Kimball, John Taylor, George Albert Smith. We will also study themes appearing in more recent supplementary visions of the saints including Patriarch Charles Evans, Alma Erickson, Sols Caurdisto, Moses Thatcher, Bishop Koyle, ‘Spencer’ and others including several protestants. In addition to the full text of many visions, this book provides analysis including an apparent sequence of events, vision summaries, and topically organized excerpts from many visions.

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