First, I saw a brief glimpse of the room I was sleeping in but noticed everything looked fancier and was golden hued.

The scene shifted: I was in a very small chapel. The Book of Mormon sat on the ground and I was looking down on it. A voice told me stuff about the Book of Mormon (as though it was true), though I can’t remember exactly what was said. At first I didn’t recognize the room as being a chapel (the ceiling was lower than normal chapel ceilings), however upon seeing the artwork I asked the voice if we were in a Mormon Chapel and the voice said we were. One difference was I remember there might have been candle sticks or something ornate sitting on the tables at the front (for the sacrament) and the pulpit. This seemed sort of like how Catholic chapels might look (I know very little of Catholics though), and not Mormon chapels (which are relatively austere).

There was another person in the room who might have been the bishop, but he suddenly dropped down dead to the floor. As I will describe later, I believe this is symbolic of apostasy within the Mormon Church and the possibility of it being deceived by the antichrist.

The scene shifted and I was on a grassy slope overlooking a valley in the alps. Again, the voice described more about the Book of Mormon. It started telling me why Christians have such extreme hate for The Book of Mormon:

(Most) Christians believe that they are saved by their knowledge of Christ (“belief”, “faith”), and nothing else. Indeed, a few (misinterpreted) scriptures imply that all one must have is faith in order to be saved. This belief unfortunately has encouraged many Christians to live sinful lives – because they believe there is no consequence for sin as long as you believe in Jesus! I address this view a bit in my article dark side of organized religion.

The Book of Mormon attacks this View:
1) It has lengthy discourses directly saying that the view that everyone will be saved is satanic (2 Nephi 28:7–9).

2) It clarifies that our purpose on earth is not just to “worship God” but to learn to reject evil and choose good (2 Nephi 2:15-27). If our only purpose was to worship, then of course faith would be the main thing that matters. But if our purpose also is to become the best version of ourselves, then the commandments become super important.

Therefore, many mainstream Christians who know a bit about Mormons end up feeling offended: Our doctrine teaches that they aren’t secure in their salvation, and likely will go to bad places in the afterlife as a consequence of living lives sin. Couple this with the fact that mainstream Christians tend to live more sinful lives compared to Mormons (see divorce rates, chastity, alcohol, volunteering, etc.), and you get the ultimate insult! Mormons think they are going to hell. No wonder they despise Mormons.

But the attack of the Book of Mormon on Christians gets even more personal: As said before, most Christians have staked everything on having exactly correct knowledge (rather than following Commandments). Call this knowledge “faith” if you like. Well, now Mormons have turned around and told them that their knowledge is in fact incomplete and needs to be corrected with additional scriptures. Again, the ultimate insult! (though it is hard for Mormons to relate, because for us since commandment following trumps knowledge, we don’t feel terribly offended when our knowledge is questioned.)

If you disagree with the need for additional scriptures due to the last verse of the book of revelations, my response is in this article.

I asked where we were and was told that we were on the grounds of a Christian affiliated organization that helps troubled Children. My view went up and I saw we were on the grounds of a modern looking building made of metal and glass jutting out from the slope to have a wonderful view of the valley below.

After this, my vision become more blurry until it ended.

Symbolism

Apostasy within Mormon Church

I believe the first part of the vision represented how the Mormon Church is going to be deceived by the antichrist (a reoccurring topic in my dreams).

The bishop dropping down dead represents the death of true authority in my religion and perhaps the entire collapse of the religion.

Moreover, the strange appearance of the chapel represented the state of this apostasy: The low ceiling represents worldliness (most worldly rooms don’t have high ceilings), but also represents lack of the holy spirit and holiness (high ceilings and large open spaces maket a space seem more holy).

Additionally, the ornate objects on the tables (perhaps candles) represents the traditions of man creeping into the religion (just like how many of the ornate stuff in Catholics Churches originates from worship of saints (which is apostasy and is a tradition of man)). They also represent the love of money creeping into the Church – Church buildings shouldn’t have ornate treasures on display because 1) the focus shouldn’t be on wealth but on Jesus; and 2) Churches should spend resources helping others over decorating themselves.

Finally, there still was some artwork on display in the chapel that helped me identify it as a Mormon building. I believe this art represents vestiges of truth and goodness that still remain in the Mormon church.

The Holy Mountain

I believe the mountain I appeared on represented mount Zion, which shall come to earth in the last days.

Therefore, overall, the vision represents a change of the guard of God’s servants: I started off seeing a clergy person in the Mormon Church literally drop dead (the end of the Mormon Church). And ended up seeing a holy mountain, which partly represents a new organization that God will bring to earth that will replace earthly organizations and bring forth his true Gospel.

The futuristic / modern building on the grounds represented the fact that this “holy Mountain” is going to be New and Different – not like the old religions we are used to.

I believe the “troubled Children” represents our personal states (or at least my own state). I am still a troubled child and was only brought to the “holy mountain” so that I can be corrected. Seeing the organization was “Christian oriented”, it appears the it mainly sought to help Christian youth – likewise, accepting Jesus Christ in the real world increases the amount of divine correction God will send.

Steps Leading to Vision

1. I had a stomach sickness and knew that sometimes people have increased spiritual experiences while sick. Therefore, I prayed that the silver lining of my sickness would be a spiritual dream or vision.
2. I was feeling so bad the only thing I really could do was read the scriptures, but couldn’t really do that either so decided to try to fall asleep.
3. While laying down I repeated mantras in my head about Jesus and imagined I was in an auditorium on a balcony, and there was a deep gulf between my balcony and a different ledge, and I was reaching across the gulf as far as I could. So basically, I did the same mantras and imagery as what prompted my last vision (here).
4. I felt energy surging through my body.
5. I had auditory hallucinations trying to disrupt my trance (in this case my Dad talking on the phone saying he was having a hard time getting a visa to enter eastern Russia).
6. I felt my soul leave my body and a sense of motion.
7. My vision then commenced without any dreams or sleeping occurring beforehand or after the vision.