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A Greater Tomorrow
In 2004, Julie Rowe was a happy wife and mother. Then her health took a turn for the worse. While in a weakened state, her spirit left her body and entered the Spirit World. An ancestor named John greeted her and showed her many wonderful places there. He also allowed her to read from the Book of Life, which showed her a panorama of the earth's past, present, and future.
Julie saw the lives of many historical figures, such as Adam and Eve, Enoch, Noah, and Moses. She witnessed the Savior's mortal life, including his crucifixion and resurrection. She also saw the restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ through the prophet Joseph Smith, and the key events that have led to the Church's growth.
Then Julie was shown upcoming world events that will be both tragic and glorious. She saw earthquakes, tsunamis, famines, plagues, and wars, but she also witnessed how the Lord is watching over His people and is preparing places of refuge to protect them from the coming calamities. Julie was filled with joy as she saw the Saints establish the New Jerusalem and other Cities of Light in preparation for the Savior's Second Coming.
Prior to her return, she was told that at a future time she would be expected to tell others about her experience. That time has come.
As your read Julie's experience, your life will be changed as you feel the Lord's love and concern for each of us.
Julie saw the lives of many historical figures, such as Adam and Eve, Enoch, Noah, and Moses. She witnessed the Savior's mortal life, including his crucifixion and resurrection. She also saw the restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ through the prophet Joseph Smith, and the key events that have led to the Church's growth.
Then Julie was shown upcoming world events that will be both tragic and glorious. She saw earthquakes, tsunamis, famines, plagues, and wars, but she also witnessed how the Lord is watching over His people and is preparing places of refuge to protect them from the coming calamities. Julie was filled with joy as she saw the Saints establish the New Jerusalem and other Cities of Light in preparation for the Savior's Second Coming.
Prior to her return, she was told that at a future time she would be expected to tell others about her experience. That time has come.
As your read Julie's experience, your life will be changed as you feel the Lord's love and concern for each of us.
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First published January 1, 2014
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About the author
Julie Rowe
22 books26 followersJulie has been married to her husband Jeff for nearly twenty years. They have three beautiful children, Ethan, Spencer, and Aubrianna. She is the second oldest of ten children. She was raised as a military dependent, and has lived in several different places: Utah, Texas, California, Washington state, New Jersey, Hawaii, Upstate New York, northern Virginia, Kansas, Arizona, and Heidelberg, Germany.
Julie received her Bachelor of Science degree from Brigham Young University in 1999, and her teaching certificate from the University of Saint Mary in 2010. She works as a certified Emotion Code Practitioner.
She loves camping and recreational activities with her family, and attending her children’s athletic events and music concerts. She also enjoys spending time with extended family and friend.
She is an avid reader and loves learning about history, geography, science and a variety of other subjects. One of her favorite things in the whole world is to do family history work. She also enjoys meeting and talking to new people.
Julie has a passion for missionary work and a strong testimony of the importance of spreading the Good Word. She is very grateful for the tender mercies of the Lord, and has been a recipient of many. She is very grateful for the blessing and opportunity she has been given to share her story.
Julie received her Bachelor of Science degree from Brigham Young University in 1999, and her teaching certificate from the University of Saint Mary in 2010. She works as a certified Emotion Code Practitioner.
She loves camping and recreational activities with her family, and attending her children’s athletic events and music concerts. She also enjoys spending time with extended family and friend.
She is an avid reader and loves learning about history, geography, science and a variety of other subjects. One of her favorite things in the whole world is to do family history work. She also enjoys meeting and talking to new people.
Julie has a passion for missionary work and a strong testimony of the importance of spreading the Good Word. She is very grateful for the tender mercies of the Lord, and has been a recipient of many. She is very grateful for the blessing and opportunity she has been given to share her story.
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December 4, 2014
If I could give this book half a star or one quarter of a star I would. What a fraud. People, think! Don't be taken in by this person. She simply read a bunch of other LDS NDE books and/or experiences and then regurgitated them.
Why are you buying into this? Because it confirms what you already believe. What you WANT to believe. I myself am LDS and I also like reading books about NDEs but I like to read GENUINE experiences. Not generalities. There is nothing in this book that leads me to believe that this woman experienced anything unique or specific. She's lying and she's not even a creative liar. All of what she reveals has been said before but she puts hers in such bland language, she uses cliches, LDS truisms, and doctrinal points we've all heard a hundred times before. Just because she knows all the key points that we all (LDS people) know and puts them in a book, you're going to believe her?
She came to the place where I lived and gave a speech and did a book signing. She spoke for at most fifteen minutes and said absolutely nothing significant. But she sure sold a lot of books. And she dedicated the next hour and a half to signing them. What she wants is money and this is her surefire way to make it.
She's selling her "sacred experience" for money. Stop and think about that. She and those around her saw how much attention and money Visions of Glory garnered and this is simply a copycat.
Please my fellow LDS-types don't be so gullible!
Why are you buying into this? Because it confirms what you already believe. What you WANT to believe. I myself am LDS and I also like reading books about NDEs but I like to read GENUINE experiences. Not generalities. There is nothing in this book that leads me to believe that this woman experienced anything unique or specific. She's lying and she's not even a creative liar. All of what she reveals has been said before but she puts hers in such bland language, she uses cliches, LDS truisms, and doctrinal points we've all heard a hundred times before. Just because she knows all the key points that we all (LDS people) know and puts them in a book, you're going to believe her?
She came to the place where I lived and gave a speech and did a book signing. She spoke for at most fifteen minutes and said absolutely nothing significant. But she sure sold a lot of books. And she dedicated the next hour and a half to signing them. What she wants is money and this is her surefire way to make it.
She's selling her "sacred experience" for money. Stop and think about that. She and those around her saw how much attention and money Visions of Glory garnered and this is simply a copycat.
Please my fellow LDS-types don't be so gullible!
September 30, 2017
The book is offered as a summary of a prophetic "calling" (p. X) in which the author purports to experience a series of religious visions over an approximate eleven week period, culminating on 9/28/2004 - 9/30/2004 with a period of about 48 hours of apparently continuous visions. Early visions included seeing the process of receiving later visions which become increasingly eschatological.
The visionary events are presented as an essential whole, though the organization is apparently not intended to be chronological and event sequences are often vague or confusing. The author's memory of the visions is fairly selective with some details well-recalled. Throughout most of the visionary experience the author is guided by a man named John who she asserts is one of her ancestors. Much of the discussion has a fairly heavy "new-age" flavor; for example, "every living thing...grass...flowers...trees..." (p. 12) are able to communicate telepathically with every other living thing including the author, and everything is happy and full of love and purity. All visions are also heavily biased toward Mormonesque theology and narrative history. The first prophetic visions include a summary account of the War in Heaven, a review of the author's "foreordained mission" (p. 15) to experience and recount the visions, a summary account of the Plan of Salvation, and then a series of events from the past and future life of the author.
The author then travels to a City of Light that is apparently made entirely of transparent materials. John explains that people can live wherever they want, but the vast majority appear to concentrate in cities. They do not speak English but the monoglot Author is nevertheless able to understand and converse freely. Oddly, the author specifies that "not all dogs go to heaven" (p. 23) and then has visions of dinosaurs roaming the earth. The author then joins other women in preparing food and water (apparently only women do this in the spirit world). Food and water is not needed but is still enjoyed because food has "energetic qualities" (p. 25) and the water is Living Water.
The author then travels to a Library where everything is presented in the Adamic Language (p. 27) which apparently is not the same language spoken elsewhere. People wear all sorts of clothing but military persons who were killed in action dress in their military uniforms. Even though she sees people reading (p. 28) she then discovers that books are not read in a conventional sense--instead, focusing on a book causes some form of holistic knowledge transfer (p. 29). John directs the author to two special books placed on prominent pedestals in a central location--here are the seminal works. Only one, however, is identified. It is entitled "Christopher Columbus" though there is little information about Columbus inside. The author absorbs the book at a glance and it is essentially a Mormony recapitulation of Old Testament, Book of Mormon, and early New Testament major stories, told essentially as they are in Primary.
John then leads the author to another part of the library where he removes a volume from a shelf about six feet high (an oddly specific and apparently irrelevant detail). This volume is The Book of Life and is said to focus on the author's life, containing every thought, deed, and event. However, the author's recapitulation of the book reveals it instead to be a series of major stories from the Mormon Restoration. The author specifically mentions that Jacob Haun (a non-Mormon) was a "deceiver" (p. 86) who ignored Church leaders and condemned others to massacre. I mention this because this idea is conventionally held by most Mormons but research published since this book was written questions that interpretation. The book also enumerates specific individuals and ordinances that were performed in the St. George temple by proxy by President Wilford Woodruff. The list is oddly specific and jarringly out of place (p. 91).
To this point, the book presents a fairly typical Mormon view of near-death experiences, aligning fairly well with various other claimed events. A sort of Mormony-Minty version of scriptural events mingled with conventional Utah culture. In Chapter 6, however, the author declares several significant things that are problematic. She “personally witnessed our Savior” (p. 97), also sees God the Father, and then sees Mother in Heaven, dark-haired, dressed in a light blue hijab (p. 98), surrounded by women and children who are touching her face and sitting on her lap. This singular event is problematic for several reasons, not the least of which is the author’s clear statement that she was visiting the Spirit World, where God, Jesus, and Mother in Heaven do not go. I might point out there is no scriptural or authoritative claim, ever, of an encounter with Mother in Heaven and the scriptural or authoritative list of individuals seeing God the Father is miniscule, even being exclusive of nearly all modern LDS prophets. On the other hand, the Savior has been seen by perhaps a few dozen individuals in modern times. In conclusion, this purported vision does not align with modern scripture and is, in my opinion, blasphemous.
The author then gives a few other biographical notes, including “[a]t the time of my NDE, I was 31 years old” (p. 102) which is the first, and only, reference to an NDE which I assume means Near Death Experience. She then recounts the major unresolved sin of her life—denting a car in a parking lot when she was 16 and, being unable to find the owner, driving away. Another textual difficulty is encountered in the first paragraph of page 106: “I was told that in no uncertain terms was I to share those things the Lord has entrusted in me…” which I believe is intended to mean she was not to share things but which actually states she was told definitively to share things clearly. Chapter 8 ends what most traditional near-death experiences include in rough terms. The remainder of the book is given over to speculative events purporting to illuminate the future.
The author claims that in the end times, the LDS Church will establish three types of evacuation centers, named Tent Cities, Places of Refuge, and Cities of Light. The latter two will be principally inhabited by active Mormons while the Tent Cities appear to be nothing more than typical refugee camps. The Places of Refuge are noted as being primarily located at current Girl’s Camp locations (I suppose that Scout Camps then become merely Tent Cities, which is somehow very credible). Mormons will be called to evacuate to these places in an orderly fashion. At some point after these evacuations a litany of disasters will occur, including: foreign troops invade the West Coast; destructions; famines and plagues; economic distress; civil unrest; war; martial law imposed by the United Nations; microchip implants (a la Revelation 13:16) in the hand or forehead; bomb threats and bombs; signs in the heavens; earthquakes and tsunamis; the West Coast destroyed; the East Coast visited with somewhat less destruction; an earthquake measuring 9.0 to 9.5 on the Richter Scale (how does one gauge the Richter Scale in a vision? Do they really use the Richter Scale in heaven? A 9.0 to 9.5 earthquake wouldn’t do all that) will create a new land mass in the gulf of Mexico and will divide North America by a new sea; NYC is bombed; plagues (again) and biological attacks with a vial of liquid that has a “slight whitish hew (sic)” (p. 131); European disturbances; and troubles in Israel. We are told that the foreign invading troops are Russian, Chinese, and North Korean, and their uniforms are described in detail. Also, Mexicans and Canadians will invade across their respective borders.
Adam-ondi-Ahman, famous in Mormondom, becomes the site of major gathering. Even though it is located right next to the river that becomes a huge sea that divides the North American continent (see Chapter 11), somehow Adam-ondi-Ahman is not inundated or disturbed. There, the Lost Tribes come from: Northern Europe, Iceland, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East; to report to what appears to be the first presidency of the LDS church (three men in dark suits and ties). Chapter 13 briefly returns to the camps, which we discover have force fields—an “invisible shield or barrier” (p. 146) that keep terrorists out and even strikes them dead if they get too uppity. Then we travel to Jackson County, Missouri, also miraculously spared from the continent-dividing inundation, where a massive temple has been constructed. Here, Orson Pratt’s twenty-four compartments have been magnified as twenty-four separate temples, each covering about an acre, and all joined together by a large metallic dome covering a multi-acre central courtyard—the dome is unsupported, yet in turn supports a massive spire that is over 1,500 feet tall (how does one judge that?). This makes the structure one of the tallest structures ever built (and, at the time of the book’s publication, it would have been the tallest building ever). A beautiful fountain, located in a courtyard, issues pure water, said to be pure energy, or Living Water (p. 151) which people like to drink. The book’s frequent conflation of the scriptures’ allegorical living water with an actual liquid substance is interesting. The Ten Tribes then “c[o]me forth from their hiding places” (p. 153) apparently for the second time. The book concludes with the Second Coming of Jesus, though few details are offered, except noting that this earth “would eventually become the Celestial Kingdom” (p. 155).
The end-times, as described in the book, appear to be generally aligned with contemporary cultural interpretations. Events generally follow along with revealed scripture but in a fairly simplistic way. The primary message seems to be that when your church leader invites you to go to girl’s camp, by Jiminy, you better go. The end-times vision also aligns pretty well with Conservative “Tea-Party” paranoia about forcible micro-chip implantations, Communist invasions, the United Nations usurping national sovereignty, and unrestrained immigration from Mexico.
In conclusion—the book purports to be a prophetic vision that shows a “Greater” future but I wonder what I’m supposed to have learned from this series of visions. The author does not appear particularly credible, especially since these visions are explained as prophetic visions but occurred also as part of a near-death experience. Obviously the author was very ill, but what was the actual diagnosis? Exhaustion and dehydration from influenza appears to be the most likely. The author also notes she was sedated during her vision which (to me) infers more of a vivid dream than perhaps an actual vision.
The general events in the book align fairly well with revealed scripture, mingled with Talk Radio philosophy, and are not new or unknown except to someone who has not read the scriptures. Much of the Mormon cultural package is projected into the Spirit World which should prove enjoyable to critical ethnologists. Some notable events have peculiarly specific additions (for example, Noah hearing people walking around on top of the ark, looking for a way in, while the rain is falling), but these additions appear wholly extraneous. Some strange details also are offered—for example, service men killed in action wearing their service uniforms in the Spirit World. But none of this really adds to an understanding of gospel principles. What is so important in these visions that really needed to be conveyed? And why is it conveyed through a (to me) random person instead of being conveyed through the established Church hierarchy? And why is it being conveyed again? All of these questions are to me highly problematic and completely ignored by the author. I fully understand receiving stewardship over family, and so forth, but for the author to purport a prophetic calling to expound visions of the future to the public does not correlate with standard teaching. Coupled with the (again, to me) blasphemous claim of witnessing God the Father and Mother in Heaven, all these questions place the book into a category that I guess I would best describe as speculative fiction.
The visionary events are presented as an essential whole, though the organization is apparently not intended to be chronological and event sequences are often vague or confusing. The author's memory of the visions is fairly selective with some details well-recalled. Throughout most of the visionary experience the author is guided by a man named John who she asserts is one of her ancestors. Much of the discussion has a fairly heavy "new-age" flavor; for example, "every living thing...grass...flowers...trees..." (p. 12) are able to communicate telepathically with every other living thing including the author, and everything is happy and full of love and purity. All visions are also heavily biased toward Mormonesque theology and narrative history. The first prophetic visions include a summary account of the War in Heaven, a review of the author's "foreordained mission" (p. 15) to experience and recount the visions, a summary account of the Plan of Salvation, and then a series of events from the past and future life of the author.
The author then travels to a City of Light that is apparently made entirely of transparent materials. John explains that people can live wherever they want, but the vast majority appear to concentrate in cities. They do not speak English but the monoglot Author is nevertheless able to understand and converse freely. Oddly, the author specifies that "not all dogs go to heaven" (p. 23) and then has visions of dinosaurs roaming the earth. The author then joins other women in preparing food and water (apparently only women do this in the spirit world). Food and water is not needed but is still enjoyed because food has "energetic qualities" (p. 25) and the water is Living Water.
The author then travels to a Library where everything is presented in the Adamic Language (p. 27) which apparently is not the same language spoken elsewhere. People wear all sorts of clothing but military persons who were killed in action dress in their military uniforms. Even though she sees people reading (p. 28) she then discovers that books are not read in a conventional sense--instead, focusing on a book causes some form of holistic knowledge transfer (p. 29). John directs the author to two special books placed on prominent pedestals in a central location--here are the seminal works. Only one, however, is identified. It is entitled "Christopher Columbus" though there is little information about Columbus inside. The author absorbs the book at a glance and it is essentially a Mormony recapitulation of Old Testament, Book of Mormon, and early New Testament major stories, told essentially as they are in Primary.
John then leads the author to another part of the library where he removes a volume from a shelf about six feet high (an oddly specific and apparently irrelevant detail). This volume is The Book of Life and is said to focus on the author's life, containing every thought, deed, and event. However, the author's recapitulation of the book reveals it instead to be a series of major stories from the Mormon Restoration. The author specifically mentions that Jacob Haun (a non-Mormon) was a "deceiver" (p. 86) who ignored Church leaders and condemned others to massacre. I mention this because this idea is conventionally held by most Mormons but research published since this book was written questions that interpretation. The book also enumerates specific individuals and ordinances that were performed in the St. George temple by proxy by President Wilford Woodruff. The list is oddly specific and jarringly out of place (p. 91).
To this point, the book presents a fairly typical Mormon view of near-death experiences, aligning fairly well with various other claimed events. A sort of Mormony-Minty version of scriptural events mingled with conventional Utah culture. In Chapter 6, however, the author declares several significant things that are problematic. She “personally witnessed our Savior” (p. 97), also sees God the Father, and then sees Mother in Heaven, dark-haired, dressed in a light blue hijab (p. 98), surrounded by women and children who are touching her face and sitting on her lap. This singular event is problematic for several reasons, not the least of which is the author’s clear statement that she was visiting the Spirit World, where God, Jesus, and Mother in Heaven do not go. I might point out there is no scriptural or authoritative claim, ever, of an encounter with Mother in Heaven and the scriptural or authoritative list of individuals seeing God the Father is miniscule, even being exclusive of nearly all modern LDS prophets. On the other hand, the Savior has been seen by perhaps a few dozen individuals in modern times. In conclusion, this purported vision does not align with modern scripture and is, in my opinion, blasphemous.
The author then gives a few other biographical notes, including “[a]t the time of my NDE, I was 31 years old” (p. 102) which is the first, and only, reference to an NDE which I assume means Near Death Experience. She then recounts the major unresolved sin of her life—denting a car in a parking lot when she was 16 and, being unable to find the owner, driving away. Another textual difficulty is encountered in the first paragraph of page 106: “I was told that in no uncertain terms was I to share those things the Lord has entrusted in me…” which I believe is intended to mean she was not to share things but which actually states she was told definitively to share things clearly. Chapter 8 ends what most traditional near-death experiences include in rough terms. The remainder of the book is given over to speculative events purporting to illuminate the future.
The author claims that in the end times, the LDS Church will establish three types of evacuation centers, named Tent Cities, Places of Refuge, and Cities of Light. The latter two will be principally inhabited by active Mormons while the Tent Cities appear to be nothing more than typical refugee camps. The Places of Refuge are noted as being primarily located at current Girl’s Camp locations (I suppose that Scout Camps then become merely Tent Cities, which is somehow very credible). Mormons will be called to evacuate to these places in an orderly fashion. At some point after these evacuations a litany of disasters will occur, including: foreign troops invade the West Coast; destructions; famines and plagues; economic distress; civil unrest; war; martial law imposed by the United Nations; microchip implants (a la Revelation 13:16) in the hand or forehead; bomb threats and bombs; signs in the heavens; earthquakes and tsunamis; the West Coast destroyed; the East Coast visited with somewhat less destruction; an earthquake measuring 9.0 to 9.5 on the Richter Scale (how does one gauge the Richter Scale in a vision? Do they really use the Richter Scale in heaven? A 9.0 to 9.5 earthquake wouldn’t do all that) will create a new land mass in the gulf of Mexico and will divide North America by a new sea; NYC is bombed; plagues (again) and biological attacks with a vial of liquid that has a “slight whitish hew (sic)” (p. 131); European disturbances; and troubles in Israel. We are told that the foreign invading troops are Russian, Chinese, and North Korean, and their uniforms are described in detail. Also, Mexicans and Canadians will invade across their respective borders.
Adam-ondi-Ahman, famous in Mormondom, becomes the site of major gathering. Even though it is located right next to the river that becomes a huge sea that divides the North American continent (see Chapter 11), somehow Adam-ondi-Ahman is not inundated or disturbed. There, the Lost Tribes come from: Northern Europe, Iceland, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East; to report to what appears to be the first presidency of the LDS church (three men in dark suits and ties). Chapter 13 briefly returns to the camps, which we discover have force fields—an “invisible shield or barrier” (p. 146) that keep terrorists out and even strikes them dead if they get too uppity. Then we travel to Jackson County, Missouri, also miraculously spared from the continent-dividing inundation, where a massive temple has been constructed. Here, Orson Pratt’s twenty-four compartments have been magnified as twenty-four separate temples, each covering about an acre, and all joined together by a large metallic dome covering a multi-acre central courtyard—the dome is unsupported, yet in turn supports a massive spire that is over 1,500 feet tall (how does one judge that?). This makes the structure one of the tallest structures ever built (and, at the time of the book’s publication, it would have been the tallest building ever). A beautiful fountain, located in a courtyard, issues pure water, said to be pure energy, or Living Water (p. 151) which people like to drink. The book’s frequent conflation of the scriptures’ allegorical living water with an actual liquid substance is interesting. The Ten Tribes then “c[o]me forth from their hiding places” (p. 153) apparently for the second time. The book concludes with the Second Coming of Jesus, though few details are offered, except noting that this earth “would eventually become the Celestial Kingdom” (p. 155).
The end-times, as described in the book, appear to be generally aligned with contemporary cultural interpretations. Events generally follow along with revealed scripture but in a fairly simplistic way. The primary message seems to be that when your church leader invites you to go to girl’s camp, by Jiminy, you better go. The end-times vision also aligns pretty well with Conservative “Tea-Party” paranoia about forcible micro-chip implantations, Communist invasions, the United Nations usurping national sovereignty, and unrestrained immigration from Mexico.
In conclusion—the book purports to be a prophetic vision that shows a “Greater” future but I wonder what I’m supposed to have learned from this series of visions. The author does not appear particularly credible, especially since these visions are explained as prophetic visions but occurred also as part of a near-death experience. Obviously the author was very ill, but what was the actual diagnosis? Exhaustion and dehydration from influenza appears to be the most likely. The author also notes she was sedated during her vision which (to me) infers more of a vivid dream than perhaps an actual vision.
The general events in the book align fairly well with revealed scripture, mingled with Talk Radio philosophy, and are not new or unknown except to someone who has not read the scriptures. Much of the Mormon cultural package is projected into the Spirit World which should prove enjoyable to critical ethnologists. Some notable events have peculiarly specific additions (for example, Noah hearing people walking around on top of the ark, looking for a way in, while the rain is falling), but these additions appear wholly extraneous. Some strange details also are offered—for example, service men killed in action wearing their service uniforms in the Spirit World. But none of this really adds to an understanding of gospel principles. What is so important in these visions that really needed to be conveyed? And why is it conveyed through a (to me) random person instead of being conveyed through the established Church hierarchy? And why is it being conveyed again? All of these questions are to me highly problematic and completely ignored by the author. I fully understand receiving stewardship over family, and so forth, but for the author to purport a prophetic calling to expound visions of the future to the public does not correlate with standard teaching. Coupled with the (again, to me) blasphemous claim of witnessing God the Father and Mother in Heaven, all these questions place the book into a category that I guess I would best describe as speculative fiction.
October 9, 2014
This book was basically unreadable. What should have taken me a few hours to read took me a month because it was so poorly written and boring. If I hadn't read Visions of Glory first I would have been really lost reading this. I read it on the recommendation of my mom and sister, but it didn't move me. I would recommend Visions of Glory if you are interested in NDE. I don't give out 1s very often and especially not for something that wasn't offensive, but this was just painful to read.
October 4, 2014
Skip this one. You'll get more out of visions of glory. However, she does do a good job repeating Mormon theology over and over until it turns stale.
March 29, 2015
Where do I start? I hate to belittle anyone, but I had a hard time believing a woman who has so many emotional issues (she writes like she had the worst trials in the world and couldn't get over any of them) before her "experience" with seeing beyond the veil. Before this experience, she hadn't slept for two days. She was so distraught, it sounded more like a psychotic break than a spiritual experience. The majority of the book is like the world's longest Sunday School lesson. Don't get me wrong, I love Sunday School...if you've read this book, you get what I mean. Certainly nothing new in the first 3/4 of the book, and then when she does list what she "saw" as the future, it's all stuff you can find in other books and writings. At the end, when she wakes up in the hospital, she gets out of bed and walks around. Nothing said about the IV and other monitors that would certainly be attached to her, if this really happened as she describes. They would have stuck that IV in her first thing because she had been sick and vomiting and hadn't eaten in days. I should stop there. It's not worth going on. I'm sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 4, 2015
All I can say is wow, but not a good way. Most of this book is dedicated to retelling the history of the gospel through Earths history, something you can get from any LDS seminary or Church Education manual. The last 20 pages or so is where she goes into her own thing. I don't doubt she had a NDE and saw these things, I doubt the source was from God. She talks about future events what the LDS Church will do. I think it's interesting that in her other book she says we are entitled to personal revelation for ourselves and those we have stewardship over. That's true. The prophet is the only one to receive revelation for the church and world. That's where I think she crosses the line. If the Lord wanted us to know about what is expected of us and what we will be asked to do as a church he will tell us through his prophet. The Lords house is a house of order. The spirit of God would not have her relate events that are not in her stewardship.
July 30, 2014
I wish I could get those few hours back. I listened to her Mills Crenshaw interviews and was extremely underwhelmed with her so-called vision. It lacked substance and importance. Most if it was a re-hashing of exactly is in the scriptures, of course with a Mormon spin on things, and what you grow up learning as a Mormon, with very little insights. The book is pretty much exactly what I heard in the interviews. At least VoG had much more detail and more dramatic explanation of events. When I read a book of fiction like this, I hope for a little more creativity. Any time she is asked an interesting question, her answer is, "I'm not allowed to reveal that at this time." Convenient. Only the last few chapters covering future events were slightly interesting. I recommend just skipping to this portion and ignoring the rest.
November 16, 2014
Like many of the previous reviews, I did not appreciate this book. Maybe the author did in fact have this experience, but I found it neither interesting or insightful, and because if it's popularity among Latter-Day Saints, I believe it is a little bit of an opportunistic publishing. The fact of the matter is that we are to follow the Prophet. I'm glad I read it only because I will no longer wonder if its magical contents will shed light on the second coming. I would not recommend this book. I felt it was a waste of my time and would much rather stick to the words of the prophets.
August 5, 2016
Loved this near death experience she shared. It complements what the scriptures teach and also very similar to other LDS near death experiences. I saw nothing that would contradict the scriptures or what have been prophesied by prophets. Awesome!
September 25, 2015
Amazing book, must read for all!
November 20, 2016
It's a repeated message. Adding this to additional warnings and enlightenings I've read. It was a good book for reviewing scriptural stories and references. A good book overall.
July 28, 2014
This is a near death experience book very similar to Visions of Glory but not as scary. Lots of scripture references. Loved the book and will share with many. The time to prepare is NOW! Please read the book.
June 19, 2014
A thought provoking and inspiring book.
I loved it from start to finish! So inspiring.I am sure others will find it just as inspiring as I have.
I loved it from start to finish! So inspiring.I am sure others will find it just as inspiring as I have.
August 27, 2020
I am impressed with people who place themselves in a vulnerable position by putting out personal stories. You can feel her pain that she has carried with her from her miscarriage. I mourn for her in that.
As far as end of days readings go, this book was extremely boring. The writing is poor and there are no exciting details. Half the book is a regurgitated church manual summarizing scriptural and churcj history events, but witnessed first hand. No new details were added to the run of the mill storylines. The foreign invaders were the typical Russia/China. The only unique idea was the three different camps in the last days, which was reminiscent of the three degrees of glory doctrine. But that concept was only a few pages, and not interesting enough to carry any weight.
I've listened to some interviews with and about her. She seems far more charismatic in person. While she is an associate of Daybell, she has recently distanced herself from him. This book doesn't have much crazy cult stuff, but this was her first publishing (I believe). The weirder doctrines came after this publishing.
As far as end of days readings go, this book was extremely boring. The writing is poor and there are no exciting details. Half the book is a regurgitated church manual summarizing scriptural and churcj history events, but witnessed first hand. No new details were added to the run of the mill storylines. The foreign invaders were the typical Russia/China. The only unique idea was the three different camps in the last days, which was reminiscent of the three degrees of glory doctrine. But that concept was only a few pages, and not interesting enough to carry any weight.
I've listened to some interviews with and about her. She seems far more charismatic in person. While she is an associate of Daybell, she has recently distanced herself from him. This book doesn't have much crazy cult stuff, but this was her first publishing (I believe). The weirder doctrines came after this publishing.
May 19, 2016
By their fruits ye shall know them. She testified of the reality and divinity of Jesus Christ. She bore witness of the truthfulness of Holy Writ. She affirmed the importance of defending the family and it's central role of God's eternal plan. She prophesied of events that are to be, all of which are in harmony of prophesies we have already received.
If you're looking for a well articulated book, you won't find it here. It's written by one who is in no way trained as an author. As is generally the case with those who have had Near Death Experiences. They're just average people, who had an incredible experience. But when one reads such a book, it seems like that is not what one is expecting to find. While reading this book, a selection of verses came to mind. Ether 12:23-26.
Anyone who states "... I simply wish to testify that I know, without a doubt, that we have a very kind and loving Heavenly Father and that His Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, is our elder brother, our Savior and our Redeemer. They love us more than we can even imagine. They have provided a wonderful plan for us." cannot be wicked, nor can they intentionally be seeking to deceive and lead away. (Page 97)
If you're looking for a well articulated book, you won't find it here. It's written by one who is in no way trained as an author. As is generally the case with those who have had Near Death Experiences. They're just average people, who had an incredible experience. But when one reads such a book, it seems like that is not what one is expecting to find. While reading this book, a selection of verses came to mind. Ether 12:23-26.
Anyone who states "... I simply wish to testify that I know, without a doubt, that we have a very kind and loving Heavenly Father and that His Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, is our elder brother, our Savior and our Redeemer. They love us more than we can even imagine. They have provided a wonderful plan for us." cannot be wicked, nor can they intentionally be seeking to deceive and lead away. (Page 97)
April 4, 2015
I really liked this book. I was confused alot in Visions of Glory towards the end of Spencer's personal visions. I felt Ms. Rowe explained things plainer and in terms I could comprehend. I was very intrigued of how many similarities her visions and revelations were like Spencer's in Pontius' book. I feel very strongly that I needed to read these 2 books. Visions of Glory and A Greater Tomorrow. After spending a few years preparing for whatever it is that I was prompted to prepare for, now I can see the future a little more clearer. Obviously I will pray to my Heavenly Father to know for myself if these testimonies are true. But reading about these other testimonies including "some light reading" of Skousen, I feel prompted to do more spiritual preperations rather than just the temporal. I think these testimonies of Ms. Rowe and of "Spencer" have come at the right time for me. A time when I am at a crossroads of what to do next for me and my family. I am starting Ms. Rowe's next book, "The Time is Now" next.
December 27, 2016
I just finished this book by Julie Rowe, and I would like to thank her for sharing her spiritual insights with the world, and preface that I do not doubt that she had a near-death experience. As for the writing itself, there were some grammar errors that drove me nuts. I also did feel that she borrowed some wording about the biological plague that she talked about from Sarah Menet's "There Is No Death." That was a red flag for me. It made it look like she might have regurgitated someone else's experience as well as her own thoughts - but, hey, I will give her the benefit of the doubt. Maybe she did see the exact same thing as Sarah Menet. I don't know... I did appreciate her point of view though and am glad I read it.
April 29, 2015
I appreciated her sharing her experience, but it was really difficult to get through the writing style, especially since there was very little added to my life from making the concerted effort to read it. "I was shown," appears monotonously on (nearly?) every single page. Some polishing could have made it easier to be unperturbed by the repetitive, straightforward information. It didn't illuminate much for me, since most of it consisted of what felt like a summary run-down of scriptural and historical events; but I value her experience for what it represented for her, and I appreciate her willingness to share.
January 21, 2015
Books like this drive me a little crazy. I think it is a great story and I am glad she recorded her story, I just don't know if it is a story I particularly wanted to read.
I like the first half when she was talking about people in the scriptures, I don't think anything she said there was particularly new, almost anyone could have written those summaries after reading them in the scriptures. Which is why it was a bit weird for her to add so many specifics and "new" details about the future.
I do feel like her experience is relevant and important to her, but too many people read books like this and get out of it to get going on their food storage or go buy a really good tent.
I like the first half when she was talking about people in the scriptures, I don't think anything she said there was particularly new, almost anyone could have written those summaries after reading them in the scriptures. Which is why it was a bit weird for her to add so many specifics and "new" details about the future.
I do feel like her experience is relevant and important to her, but too many people read books like this and get out of it to get going on their food storage or go buy a really good tent.
December 29, 2021
To sum this book up: a very personal vision in a near death experience, written in a repetitive, scriptural format. She shares her personal testimony through the whole book and reexplains scripture, church history and symbolic things to come in the last days, many written in a vague way and quoting scripture often. I realize this is HER personal experiences given to her to strengthen her testimony. Most of this can also be learned as you search and read the scriptures and from the extensive writings of latter-day prophets and apostles. We listened to this book as a family. I do not recommend the audio version. It was read in a boring, robotic tone. It was quite painful to listen to.
September 24, 2015
I have no problem with this lady's dreams/visions. I am not convinced that she actually went anywhere...her body did not die...thus her spirit, didn't leave the body. however, she likely had some good dreams and visions. BUT- she had been having them for years and years, as was explained in book two.
Kind of interesting to read, but nothing I don't already know from the scriptures and growing up in the church.
Kind of interesting to read, but nothing I don't already know from the scriptures and growing up in the church.
August 26, 2014
Very interesting to see things through her eyes as she saw events and people through the history of the world and into the future in her NDE. I learned some things and understood better with clearer logic why things happened as they did but wonder how or if future events will unfold as she saw them. I do appreciate being introduced to this foreknowledge.
August 20, 2014
For anyone who is interested in near-death experiences or glimpses into heaven this is a must read. I enjoyed this book. I only gave it 3 stars because the organization wasn't my favorite and she didn't include too much detail. However, I found what she had to say very interesting.
September 7, 2014
This is the first book I've read about a NDE. It goes right along with my beliefs of life beyond the veil. It has also made me want to get more prepared for the times that are coming. I highly recommend it.
December 16, 2015
Well, honestly, I didn't care for the book. I don't doubt that Julie had an amazing and beautiful experience. Bottom line is that I didn't like the way the book was written. Just felt it lacked something....
May 9, 2015
Save your time and money and don't read this book. It is little more than a long winded juvenile sunday school lesson.....and a bad one at that.
I don't even know if I want to add it to my list of books that I have read.
So. very. bad.
I don't even know if I want to add it to my list of books that I have read.
So. very. bad.
September 27, 2014
I was skeptical of this book at first, but as I read it I was surprised how much i liked it.
January 9, 2015
Julie is not an author but this book is fascinating as it follows her near death experience and the visions she saw of the past and future.
February 22, 2020
When I was a kid, I remember perusing a lot of old used books stores and the books sections in thrift stores with my dad. I loved the treasures I would collect. Eventually, I noticed that he made a point to look for, and always purchase, any anti-Mormon literature he came across. Whenever he did this, I’d ask him why, and he’d reply, “So nobody else does.” I guess he couldn’t bring himself to throw any books out out because I remember his eclectic collection of anti-Mormon books sat on the top shelf of his bookcase in the den, some dating back into the 1800s. It’s a funny little habit he had that just stands out to me still, and I admit I have a tendency to always check for anti-Mormon books any time I’m in a used book store.
I picked up this book from the DI for the same reason, so nobody else would, but also from a bit of curiosity. I, admittedly, already think Julie Rowe is a bit kooky-dooks and have been fascinated by how people can be sucked into her simony since my mom went through a bit of a phase a few years ago, thinking she needed to sell her home and vehicles to buy a bunch of food storage and a big white tent. So I couldn’t resist the chance to read her book without her actually profiting from it.
Today, I read through the book. Let me save you a read. Of the 157 pages of text, the first 120 pages say nothing of interest (except that her NDE was brought on by a mysterious illness that included extremely high liver values, which coincidentally, can also cause severe hallucination, something I learned through researching my own liver condition a few years ago...). It essentially says she was shown everything we read in the scriptures, those scriptural stories are all just retold in her own words, with the very occasional doctrinal error. Only the last 30 or so pages are filled with the “good stuff.” (Cities of light, Russian paratroopers in California, and the UN attacking the US, etc.)
Maybe she did have an NDE. Maybe this is really how it all goes down. But honestly, it’s such a myopic, white people in the US (nay, white people in the inter mountain west) view of the end of the world that I find it rather laughable. Further, there is no basis for her more recent claims that she can travel the world spiritually, that she can energy heal, that she can speak with spirits, that there is any truth to the idea of multiple mortal probations (which Joseph Smith called a doctrine of the devil, and which negates the atonement), etc. Maybe she started out okay, but her investment in her own spiritual powers, contrary to whatever she claims, has clearly led her off the deep end. Not to mention the simony. (Buy her more recent revelations by attending one of her energy workshops for the low low price of just $500!)
As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it’s important to recognize that revelation and authority always go hand in hand. Joseph Smith’s first vision would have meant nothing without the authority to organize the church. Whatever revelation she may have had lacks the authority to be authorized as truth for anyone other than herself. Like those of most false prophets, Rowe’s revelations mingle plenty of scripture with a little of her own philosophy to help with the convincing of men.
All this, plus the writing is simplistic and bad.
I mentioned that my dad never threw out his funny collection. He loved books too much. I can’t imagine, even with my love of books, that I’ll feel any guilt when I throw this one in the trash. ✌️
I picked up this book from the DI for the same reason, so nobody else would, but also from a bit of curiosity. I, admittedly, already think Julie Rowe is a bit kooky-dooks and have been fascinated by how people can be sucked into her simony since my mom went through a bit of a phase a few years ago, thinking she needed to sell her home and vehicles to buy a bunch of food storage and a big white tent. So I couldn’t resist the chance to read her book without her actually profiting from it.
Today, I read through the book. Let me save you a read. Of the 157 pages of text, the first 120 pages say nothing of interest (except that her NDE was brought on by a mysterious illness that included extremely high liver values, which coincidentally, can also cause severe hallucination, something I learned through researching my own liver condition a few years ago...). It essentially says she was shown everything we read in the scriptures, those scriptural stories are all just retold in her own words, with the very occasional doctrinal error. Only the last 30 or so pages are filled with the “good stuff.” (Cities of light, Russian paratroopers in California, and the UN attacking the US, etc.)
Maybe she did have an NDE. Maybe this is really how it all goes down. But honestly, it’s such a myopic, white people in the US (nay, white people in the inter mountain west) view of the end of the world that I find it rather laughable. Further, there is no basis for her more recent claims that she can travel the world spiritually, that she can energy heal, that she can speak with spirits, that there is any truth to the idea of multiple mortal probations (which Joseph Smith called a doctrine of the devil, and which negates the atonement), etc. Maybe she started out okay, but her investment in her own spiritual powers, contrary to whatever she claims, has clearly led her off the deep end. Not to mention the simony. (Buy her more recent revelations by attending one of her energy workshops for the low low price of just $500!)
As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it’s important to recognize that revelation and authority always go hand in hand. Joseph Smith’s first vision would have meant nothing without the authority to organize the church. Whatever revelation she may have had lacks the authority to be authorized as truth for anyone other than herself. Like those of most false prophets, Rowe’s revelations mingle plenty of scripture with a little of her own philosophy to help with the convincing of men.
All this, plus the writing is simplistic and bad.
I mentioned that my dad never threw out his funny collection. He loved books too much. I can’t imagine, even with my love of books, that I’ll feel any guilt when I throw this one in the trash. ✌️
October 22, 2017
After admitting that I'd read Visions of Glory by John Pontius, my sister gave me this book, and the follow up book two, The Time is Now by Julie Rowe. If Visions of Glory was a 30K foot view of what's to come, this is at the 5ft, looking you straight in the eye.
The author comes across as a humble woman of normal upbringing but has suffered with a lifetime of health issues. She experienced near death (she died several times) and like others who have written in this genre, saw visions of the past, present and future state of the world. This book is interesting, in that she explains up front her religious persuasion (Mormon) but expresses how this doesn't change what she saw or is writing about. Rather, it's raised in the vein of (and I'm putting this in my own words)...we know that things are going to be bad, and this was just a confirmation of how awful they will be.
I will say it takes a person of faith to read what she writes and not walk away with a lot of "are you kidding me?" But at the same time, what she writes rings true. So much so I read it one day and the sequel the next.
Do I recommend this? Highly, because if you want to be prepared, have the incling things aren't right in the world and feel like you are alone in your beliefs, you aren't. I can see that thousands of others are on board with Rowe's visions although we all don't have to experience what she does to believe).
The author comes across as a humble woman of normal upbringing but has suffered with a lifetime of health issues. She experienced near death (she died several times) and like others who have written in this genre, saw visions of the past, present and future state of the world. This book is interesting, in that she explains up front her religious persuasion (Mormon) but expresses how this doesn't change what she saw or is writing about. Rather, it's raised in the vein of (and I'm putting this in my own words)...we know that things are going to be bad, and this was just a confirmation of how awful they will be.
I will say it takes a person of faith to read what she writes and not walk away with a lot of "are you kidding me?" But at the same time, what she writes rings true. So much so I read it one day and the sequel the next.
Do I recommend this? Highly, because if you want to be prepared, have the incling things aren't right in the world and feel like you are alone in your beliefs, you aren't. I can see that thousands of others are on board with Rowe's visions although we all don't have to experience what she does to believe).
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