Christkindl or an earlier "Santa Claus"

Christkindl or an earlier "Santa Claus"
Evidence for Christ going to other nations found in later legends about wandering Christ-child, or Christkind going around the earth during Christmas times. Click on picture for historical documentary auto playlist of evidences for Christ's world wide treks!

Legends of Christ's Appearing In Different Guises

Legends of Christ's Appearing In Different Guises
Numerous legends, traditions, art works & early Christian writings tell how Christ went to other nations. In time, these became later stories about Christkind's = Christ-child's wanderings during Christmas seasons during the 10th to 21st centuries. See on You Tube: Christ As Cosmic Cruiser by clicking on this picture.

Friday, June 17, 2011

Eye Witnesses to the Future: A Short Study of Visions of the Future in Near Death Experiences

Eye Witnesses to the Future
(A Short Study of Visions of the Future in Near Death Experiences)
DT, 6-17-2011

One of the aspects of reports of the future, from those who testify to have Near Death Experiences, are that the future is not set in stone. Like ancient prophetic warnings of Biblical times, they are "iffy," "if the people choose to follow Christ's teachings," these things could happen, but "if" they don't, these will be the consequences.1

This point was brought out, during a radio interview by radio talk show host, Martin Tanner, interviewing Dr. George G. Ritchie, who had a NDE 12-1-1943. Thus, on 11-12-1989, on Religion On The Line,“K-Talk” KTKK 630 AM Radio, Salt Lake City, Utah, we have the following:

Ritchie: "What I'm saying now, I've never been given permission to go into any more detail than what I'm saying. It was at this stage."

Martin: "So there were other things that you saw, that you never related in your book [Return From Tomorrow] and can not tell us."

Ritchie: "Absolutely."

Martin: "OK."

Ritchie: "The major thing that I do want to say, because, and I can just touch on this, and say this much. It was like he [Christ] opened up a corridor through time that I could see into the future, what would happen, if we really followed his teachings, & the guidance of the Holy Spirit. We would quite literally go into the millennium [Rev. 20:1-7]. That was closed off, & then I saw, in another corridor, ever increasing natural disasters, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, things of this nature. And then, finally, armies marching upon the United States from the south. And then, again you must remember that this was prior to Hiroshima & Nagsaki, [Ritchie is making references to how his NDE of 12-1-1943, was before Atomic bombs were used by USA's Military on Japan, Hiroshima, 8-6-1945, & Nagasaki, 8-9-1945, towards the end of World War 2]. Ritchie says: "I saw destruction in a way I couldn't even begin to comprehend, and that was closed off. And we went back into the room [at the army hospital, where his body was]. "He [Christ] let me know that I was going to have to go back."

Martin: "Now these, let me clarify, if I could for a second. These were visions of the future, as it were, alternative visions of different things that could happen, depend on how people here live."

Ritchie: "Right. Depending on whether we were willing to quite literally surrender our will. And as he... puts it in the 17th chapter of John, in his priestly prayer: "Father, I pray that they may become one with me, as I have been one with you." In other words, this would imply, that we must totally surrender our will, & try to develop communion with him; as he has developed communion with our Father God."2

Another account of Ritchie's visions, reads: "He (Christ) opened a corridor through time which showed me increasing natural disasters coming upon this earth.  There were more and more hurricanes and floods occurring over different areas of our planet.  The earthquakes and volcanoes were increasing.  We were becoming more and more selfish and self-righteous.  Families were splitting, governments were breaking apart because people were thinking only of themselves.  I saw armies marching on the United States from the south and explosions occurring over the entire world that were of a magnitude beyond my capacity to imagine.  I realized if they continued, human life as we have known it could not continue to exist.

Suddenly this corridor was closed off and a second corridor started to open through time.  At the beginning they appeared very similar but the further the second one unfolded, the more different it became.  The planet grew more peaceful.  Humanity and nature both were better.  Humanity was not as critical of themselves or others.  They were not as destructive of nature and they were beginning to understand what love is.  Then we stood at a place in time where we were more like the beings of the fourth and fifth realm.   The Lord sent the mental message to me, "It is left to humanity which direction he shall choose.  I came to this planet to show you through the life I led how to love.  Without OUR FATHER you can do nothing, neither could I.  I showed you this.  You have 45 years."

He then gave me orders to return to the human plane and mentally said, "You have 45 years."  I had no understanding at that moment what he meant by 45 years."3



1991, in Dr. Ritchie's book, My Life After Dying, Christ had opened a corridor through time in which he was shown, among other things, how:“governments were breaking apart because people were thinking only of themselves. I saw armies marching on the United States from the south & [massive] explosions occurring over the entire world”4

May 13, 1992, Wednesday evening, I, Darell Thorpe, talked with Dr. George G. Ritchie, Jr. on the phone to clarify what he meant, by armies marching upon the United States from the south. He said that he believed that it was more likely an army from south of the border, such as from Mexico, & other south American countries.

2-18-1993, 7th meeting of Friends of International Association For Near Death Studies. Different events of the future had been shown to a person who alleged to have a NDE: Different natural disasters, armies marching upon the United States from south of the border, & else where. Mob rule in different cities around the country. Ever increasing gang violence in many cities. Different secret combinations had infiltrated the different nations of the world, as well as in this country. They were working to bring about the down fall of the nations, & the United States. How ever, these events of the future were not set, but rather, they were based on how we all decide to live right now. For we can either continue to retrogress down, or we can decide right now to change our future by becoming as good & loving a person as possible!5

In 1995, Dannion Brinkley, Twinsoulmedia@aol.com author of Saved by the Light, he wrote in At Peace In The Light, about the visions of the future, from the time of his NDE, 9-17-1975. Brinkley wrote how 13 beings of light, "...gave me 117 predictions, many of which have come true. They revealed to me changes in the earth as well as changes in the way the government sees itself. They showed me the rise and fall of different countries in the Middle East, and how those shifts in power would occur. They also gave me a preview of the coming struggle in Western culture over health care, as well as the economic collapse of the dollar and the decline of the cities. They showed me an array of good things as well. Information about medicine was made clear to me, for instance, that revealed a positive future. They made it clear to me that if we do not recapture our spirits, we will not be able to cope with the future."6

Howard Storm's NDE visions of the future are interesting too:7

"And we [the angels & Storm] talked about the future & that there are all these wonderful gifts & powers that we have--powers & gifts beyond description. So I asked them what the future on earth was going to look like. They told me & showed me. In the not-too distant future, everyone will communicate telepathically ,...people will be able to travel galactically & effortlessly without any equipment, without any technology, just wish it & it will be. We would be anywhere.... people will live & develop spiritually unti it is time to become fully spiritual being, & they will leave their body just the way a butterfly uses the chrysalis. And... men will control the weather....there will be no buildings. There won't be any...cars,...machinery... there will be very little technology because people will have so little need for it. In other words, people will be able to go anywhere they want to simply by thinking it. And they`ll be able to do that spiritually & they'll be able to do that physically if they choose to."

"People will be able to travel all over the universe, & people will be able to travel to other dimensions. But the focus of the work will be this garden--this school. People won't really be that interested in exploring other worlds because the focus will be on this world & when they ascend, then they will move on to other worlds. So it's not like-- nobody's in a hurray to leave here until they have done the work that they feel is really necessary."

"People will be struggling to learn, struggling to develop, struggling to enhance their spirituality. It will be work & people will fail. Every once in awhile, people will feel anger & the whole collecttive population will feel it & say: "How have we failed? What have we done wrong? This person has felt a negative emotion. Maybe it's a good thing & may it's part of their development." Everybody will care about everybody else, & that is where they want this world to be. We'll live in harmony --as lovers & caretakers of this planet & of the creatures in it & of each other & people. Their entire occupation will be (besides their own spiritual development) the collective development of everyone around them, especially beyond. This is kind of absurd to break it down into ratios, but people will spend about 50% of their time nurturing the young which is any one who hasn't passed on, `cause anyone that matures, goes. And a very small fraction of your time will be taking care of business--like controlling the climate of the whole planet which will be done practically & collectively in harmony with everyone else. Our work will include growing food. The remainder of the time will be in people's own development of their own unique capabilities: some people might want to explore music, & some people might want to explore philosophy, & some people might want to explore science in terms of understanding how the mechanics of this physical world work. Other people might just enjoy being in harmony, & just might want to meditate like on the ocean.... That would be for their own spiritual development. Each person will develop uniquely. The world will be full of churches .... Each person will have a church, & people will go & share their spiritual development with each other."

"All this is going to happen & it's going to happen soon, & we can either work against it or we can work for it. They were going way beyond my credibility. I mean, they were showing me...this vision, & I'm going: "I love it. It's great. But it can't happen. You don't know what it is like down there...it's dog-eat-dog....You don't understand how really mean it is down there. Is this absolutely the futur?" And they said: "No, this is the future that we are working towards & we want you to work towards." And I said: "Is it going to happen or not?" And they said: "That depends on a lot of factors. This is what we want to happen." I said: "It seems to me you can make anything happen." And they said: "You haven't learned anything! They allow us the freedom to not...They aren't going to make it happen; they aren't going to force it to happen, but on this, they're getting anxious. They're getting tired of this game--war, hate, starvation, greed, nationalism games. They're really burned out on it. They figure everybody's learned as much as they can possibly learn from it. So they're really interested in bringing this whole stage of human development to an end & moving on to the next. So it's more than just a possibility; it's a real strong possibility."

"I said: "You show me all these things & you lay all these feelings about these things on me, & I can't do anything about it." And they said: "You can do something about it." Essentially the idea is the "critical mass" idea. That's the basic idea that one person, by simply not argueing about whether it can or cannot be done, but simply knowing that it must be done & believing that it will be done, convince one person, then another person...The only way to change things is by convincing everyone that this is what the possibility is. With enought people in a very short time, the whole world is turned around, converted..." (& we can therefore start) "moving in that direction." "The future that I talked about, this future world of peace & harmony, isn't even going to begin to happen--they aren't going to unlock the real spiritual gifts until we give every human being in the world the opportunity to be a human being...." Storm goes on to say that the hungry & homeless have got to be given a chance to live normal lives. So that they can develop in other ways without thinking about food or a place to stay all the time. "The signs of the vision that they showed me...Since I've been back 3 years, I keep seeing signs, & I go: "Wow! I can't believe. They weren't kidding. It's really happening. And the signs are all over the place. And everybody I know that's into signs of the times feel the same way, that it's not just a vague promise or wish; it really is happening. It's wonderful to be alive at this time. This is a dramatic transformation of planet Earth from man moving out of his bestial, animal phase into his spiritual phase." [At least it would seem that some people are headed in that direction, & are progressing. While others seem to be retrogressing to the other extreme. Comments mine, DT]

"In the future there will still be stuggle; there will still be the resistance on the part of many of us to take that next step because it is difficult work, but you'll have people working with you & helping you. I will suffer; you will suffer when we see one of us resisting their spiritual progress & development. And we'll be with them, working with them, praying with them, trying to love them so that they can make that next transition into a more enlightened view of the world. You know, the word "Utopia" means "No place." The future isn't a Utopia. It's the fulfillment of this planet's destiny. In some ways I was kind of disappointed in the vision of the future because I was expecting a deluxe Star Wars....When you approach the door, it goes (open with a sound effect). You know, everyone would have picture phones & helicopters. I mean, I wanted high-tech future, & they're telling me the future is full of people playing with dolphins, swimming with the whales, & talking to animals, communicating telepathically, people making designs in the clouds, a man lying on his back looking up in the sky making beautiful fromations with the clouds, & other people going by thinking: "Oh, George, you're playing with the clouds again." "People revering this earth so much that they really not only don't to tamper with it, but they try to create it into a great state of beauty. The entire earth is a garden--different kinds of gardens--cactus gardens, tropical gardens--with people living in harmony with them. Now, I had somewhat of an attitude of detachment from all of this because I thought: "Oh. That's nice for those people that are coming, but I still didn't have much sense that it had anything to do with me."

"(Question: What can you tell us about the future of the United States?) I generally do not like to comment too much about this because it's bad. They showed me the future of this country. This country at the present time is doing more harm than good. We're consuming too much & giving back to little. We've been given so much, & unless this country changes, morally & spiritually, they're going to have to take it away from us & give it to somebody else. What they showed me was always: "This is the way things are going." "This is the way things can be." They even showed me the possibilities like: "This could happen or it could be this." I said: "Show me what is going to happen. If you know what's really going to happen, then don't show me all the possibilities, just show me. Don't give me all the possibilities." They said, "We can't do that because we take away all your choice." They can never do anything to take away your will. No Good Being (angel) can take your will away from you, which means to limit your choice to limit your possibilities. I'm free to choose...We have to constantly choose a "preferred future,"... sharing our wealth & our knowledge, our hope & our goodness for the rest of the world, & we are not doing that. When you have alot, like we have alot, & you allow people to starve to death-- that's bad & we do it everyday. I participate in it, & you do. So immediate profnosis is us failing behind the economically, agriculturally, & one of the ways that they said it was going to happen is our agricultural system is going to break down, & the rest of the world is going to start to surpass us economically. We've been given a favored position in the world, & we can either use that in the spirit that gift was given or have it taken away...."8

The following is from: Kevin William's research conclusions, The NDE and the Future

Dannion Brinkley's major prophetic visions yet to happen:
(a)Oil used as a weapon to control the world economy


(b)The economic collapse of the world economy


(c)A war between China and Russia


(d)Democracy in Egypt overthrown and fanatics rule


(e)An alliance between the Chinese and Syrians


(f )Catastrophic natural disasters in America


(g)The fall of America as a world power


(h)The rise of an environmental religion beginning in Russia


(i )A leader from Russia to become a U.N. leader


(j )The possibility of a World War III


(k)
A scientific discovery to alter DNA and create a biological virus that will be used in the manufacture of computer chips (see this article)
Concerning Dannion's visions of the future, the Being of Light told him the following:
Watch the Soviet Union. How the Russian people go, so goes the world. What happens to Russia is the basis for everything that will happen to the economy of the free world. (Dannion Brinkley)
(a)
Increasing natural disasters on the Earth (hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, volcanoes).


(b)
Families are splitting and governments are breaking apart because people are thinking only of themselves.


(c)Armies will march on the U.S. from the south.


(d)
Explosions will occur over the entire world of a magnitude beyond our capacity to imagine. If they continue, human life as we have known it will not exist.
(a)
Wars will continue to spread from the Eastern Hemisphere to the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Russia and China.


(b)
A great threat to global peace will come from China which is preparing itself for a global war.


(c)
The U.S. government will collapse because a staggering national debt will cause it to fail to meet its financial obligations.


(d)U.S. banking institutions will collapse due to natural disasters.


(e)The U.S. will be thrown into political, economic, and social chaos.


(f )
Terrorist activities and wars will occur first in the Middle East, then in Italy (the Vatican and Rome).


(g)
A shift of the Earth's axis will result in massive earthquakes, volcanic and tidal waves disasters. (see this article)


(h)
America will lose its ability to defend itself, leaving the country vulnerable to invasion by foreign troops, particularly by China.
Concerning the future of the world, the Lady of Light specifically told Ned:
Pray for the conversion of China. The conversion of China to God is necessary for the salvation of the world. (Ned Dougherty)
(a)The Earth will drastically changed because of turmoil, wars and death.


(b)
A giant explosion in the Earth's atmosphere will cause much land to be destroyed.


(c)The U.S. government will collapse.


(d)
A volcano will explode which will result in many cities in the U.S. being put in darkness.


(e)People will kill over food and water.


(f )Cities will fall and new ones will be built.


(g)Few cities will be left, but people will be content.


See also:

ANCIENT & MODERN NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES AS EVIDENCES FOR THE RESTORED GOSPEL

"Nigh unto Death": NDE Research and the Book of Mormon

End Notes:

1-  Kevin William's research conclusions, The NDE and the Future (Internet: www.near-death.com/experiences/research32.html )  http://www.near-death.com/experiences/evidence11.html

2- KTKK K-Talk, 630 AM Radio, Salt Lake City, Utah, 11-12-1989, Religion on the Line, Host, Martin Tanner, guest: Dr. George G. Ritchie Jr., author of Return From Tomorrow, (USA: A Spire Book, 1978), and My Life After Dying, Becoming Alive to Universal Love, (USA: Hampton Roads, 1991), 29-30. You TubeEvidence That The Constitution is Hanging By A Thread #6, see 4:20 into this video.

3- Other Near-Death Experience Revelations http://www.neardeathsite.com/prophecy3.php

4- George G. Ritchie, M.D., My Life After Dying, pp. 29-30; see also Brent L Top and Wendy C. Top, Beyond Death’s Door, Understanding Near-Death Experiences in Light of the Restored Gospel,(Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, 1993), 240.

5- George G. Ritchie, Jr., M. D., My Life After Dying, Becoming Alive to Universal Love, (Hampton Roads, 1991), 29—30; Journal of Near- Death Studies, vol. 7,#1, Fall 1988, pp. 4—18; SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH CHAPTER OF THE FRIENDS OF IANDS, 7th meeting, 2-18-1993, written by DT. Salt Lake City, Utah Chapter of the Friends of IANDS, News Letter #7, March 1993.

6- Dannion Brinkley, with Paul Perry, At Peace In The Light, (New York, New York: Harper Paperbacks, Harper Collins Publishers, 1996), 6-7. Bold added here. Twinsoulmedia@aol.com to contact Dannion. http://www.dannion.com/contact/index-contact.htm

7- See also: You Tube: Howard Storm, On the Future World

8- SOURCES: During the month of April 1992. DR. LYNN JOHNSON gave me [DT] a letter of a type script of Howard Storm's near death experience. Earlier he had given me a copy of Howard Storm's experience on some tapes. This type script was based on the tapes. The information of this type script was typed by JBB, Silverdale, WA, from 1988 cassette tape from N.D.E. Research Institute, Ft. Thomas, KY.

Howard Storm's inteview with Martin Tanner, July 15th, 1990 on "Religion on the Line" 630 AM RADIO, (KTKK- "K-Talk"), Utah. Later, on Thursday, September 17, 1992, at the 3rd meeting for IANDS's branch for the Salt Lake City valley area in Murray Utah, at the Cottonwood Hospital. (IANDS = International Associations & Near Death Studies). I obtained another version of Howard Storm's NDE, which was being made available at that meeting. Dr. Johnson told me that it was another version, besides the others he had given me earlier. This version was based on a tape recording made in 1989 at the NDE Research Institute, in Kentucky. The typescript of this 1989 taped version has been entitled: An Experience of Howard Storm.