Once symptoms appeared, a person would die about twelve hours later. Some people survived by some natural immunity or divine intervention. The plague ultimately killed more than half of those who were exposed to it. It didn’t take long for most people to realize that our Federal Government no longer existed and that this propaganda was coming from the foreign troops themselves. The logic they used was, “Why else would they be here with food and medicine, instead of with guns and bombs.” Our own government seemed to be urging all US citizens to just submit and accept the changes in civil authority. For the first time in memory, the United States was no longer able to meet its own basic needs, and the rest of the world was welcoming us into this new world order. They proclaimed with great fanfare that this was the beginning of a “new world order.” They claimed that everything had changed in the world. But they could not proceed to just destroy the Church because of the troops who did not agree, and because of the fact that nearly all of the remaining population were members of the Church or were indebted to it for their lives and welfare.Ī considerable amount of printed propaganda began coming from what appeared to be the remnants of our Federal Government. The troops from Asia were not dissuaded and thereafter decided that the Church was an enemy that had to be shut down or destroyed. Quite a few of the troops who resisted were members themselves. The few US troops among them refused to act against the Church, as did many from Europe. When they found the Church organized and functioning as a de facto government, it frustrated their plans, and it also created a split in their ranks, largely by national origin. In a short time it became apparent that their primary goal was to establish their own government in place of federal and local governments. The organization of the Church seemed to thwart their plans to be in control. This was the first city the troops had entered that didn’t just give up and hand control of civil matters over to the foreign troops. The Church had taken charge of rebuilding and reorganizing and did not stop just because relief efforts had arrived. Because of the collapse of civil authority, the Church had become the only organized group of people remaining. They started taking advantage of any chaos that existed. But as the weeks progressed, they became less and less tolerant. When the troops arrived in the Salt Lake City area, they were complimentary of the Church and surprised at how far the relief and restoration had progressed. They had a job to do, and they did it with brute force and little empathy, which may have been necessary in that setting, at least at first. They did not have any regard for civil rights, or even human rights. The lawlessness began to ease as the marauders were caught and summarily executed by the troops. I will talk more about this plague in the next chapter. I knew as I was “flying” over it that the plague had been manmade, and the troops had been inoculated against it, but it took many months before the survivors of the plague realized the true source of it. Of the total population before the earthquake, I estimated that 25 percent died in the plague.
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But the troops who arrived seemed to be mostly immune to it, though a few of them died as well. It swept across North and South America and around the world, killing billions. Each wave was more virulent, killing healthier people, and killing them quicker. In this part of his vision, he recounts:Ībout this time, a devastating plague swept across the nation. At one point in the book, he talks about how in the end of days, a "devastating plague" will sweep through Earth and kill many people. It's interesting to read his experience and compare it to the world that we live in today. The near death vision that John Pontius had has captivated many people over the years. With over 100,000 copies sold, there is a reason why Visions of Glorycontinually sells.