I fell asleep on April 26, 2025. I had fallen asleep on the couch while watching a movie with my son. I woke up at about 12:30 in the morning, in the middle of a dream. Interestingly, I remembered quite a bit of the dream. I remembered it starting, and I remembered waking up in the middle of it.
I dreamt that the church had called a special meeting. It was almost like a session of General Conference, but it was a temple meeting — which was odd, because they don’t really have temple meetings. The first speaker was Chief Midegah.
“Chief Midegah, a leader within the Anishinaabe nation (also known as the Ojibwe people), has discussed his people’s prophecies and teachings, including those that resonate with the teachings of the LDS Church. He has explored the similarities between his people’s traditions and the Book of Mormon, suggesting that the Book of Mormon might reflect certain aspects of their culture. He also has coroborated some of his people’s teachings directly with Jewish Rabbis who have declared these native teachings to be in alignment with the Laws of Noah.
Some of his people’s teachings are passed down orally, while others are found in written scrolls. These teachings, both written and oral, have been found to align with the teachings of the Restored Gospel. In addition to his insights on the Book of Mormon, Chief Midegah has also discussed the Seven Fires Prophecy, a prophecy within his people’s traditions. He has explored the connection between this prophecy and the two sticks mentioned in the Book of Mormon.” – AI
This was interesting: Chief Midegah has not exactly had full support from the LDS Church. He’s very passionate and has expected the Church to take him seriously. I don’t believe the Church has completely entertained what he has to offer to the level he expected.
As explained above, his people have an oral history, as well as some scrolls, that provide a history supportive of the Book of Mormon. However, I believe he became disenchanted and joined the “Bickertonites” branch of The Church of Jesus Christ — meaning he was baptized into that church. I think part of this was because he felt he should have been taken more seriously than he was by The Church of Jesus Chirst of Latter-day Saints.
In this dream, he was bringing his ancient history to the table, and it was almost as though it was being translated. The impression was that it was revelation and would become additional scripture. I can’t tell if there was an actual process for this to take place, or if we were simply speculating about how it might play out, but my mind was considering various ways in which the documents could potentially be translated into scripture. This could have been done by the prophet himself, an inspired individual, or a team of people.
I guess I find this dream so interesting because of recent conference talks that I believe hinted at the coming forth of additional scripture. I also find it interesting because the Chief Midegah story kind of died out 3 months ago. As I listened to him talk about the scrolls, their oral history, and his personal experiences, there was one moment I can remember when I felt the Spirit in relation to what he was doing and saying. But when I tried to listen to his lectures, they bored me to death. The stories were slow. Listening to natives speak in their native languages was difficult. The parallels he was explaining were long, slow, and weren’t always clear to me — but that does not mean they weren’t true.
I cannot remember if it was through him and his stories or through something else, but I started to realize that the story of the Book of Mormon could cover the entire continent, from North to South America. I realize now that things are far more complex than we could have imagined. The Ojibwe history, the continent theory, the Heartland theory, and the Mesoamerica theories are all likely parts of the full history.
I’ve often thought about it and wondered why there wouldn’t have been curious people or explorers within the native populations who would have traveled north and south, east and west, to fully understand the vastness of these lands. I think they would have.
Anyway, my dream ended during the process of these additional scriptures coming forth. Will they come through Chief Midegah or through someone else? I don’t know. It could have just been a dream. Or it could have been an understanding of what’s to come in a pattern that feels familiar. We will see.
THOUGHTS ON BICKERTONITES
If this was a true revelation to me through a dream, I find it interesting that it involved Chief Midegah, especially because of his joining the Bickertonite church. I went and read up on them and how they came to be. It looks like the Bickertonite movement started with a group of Saints who believed Sidney Rigdon should have become the prophet after Joseph Smith’s death.
From what I can tell, Sidney Rigdon did something wrong and was essentially kicked out. Then, under Brigham Young’s leadership, the Church tried to assimilate Bickerton’s followers, but they refused because of the doctrine of polygamy. Later, Bickerton had a dream, which led him to preach and start his own church.
If the history I read is accurate, the Bickertonites are not very different from other Christian sects today, except for the fact that they believe in the Book of Mormon and have apostles. Like the Community of Christ, they seem to be changing and watering down a lot of the original doctrine.
As I read about them, I thought about the priesthood line of authority and what you might expect to see in “the true church.” Regarding the line of authority: Sidney Rigdon clearly had the priesthood and authority at one point — but did he lose it along the way? The same question could be asked about any of the other splinter groups.
As for the Bickertonites specifically, they use only one priesthood and have abandoned the Aaronic and Melchizedek priesthoods, which were foundational under Joseph Smith. It also seems that, unlike Joseph Smith’s church — which was a temple-building church — the Bickertonites do not have temples. They do, however, have apostles.
WHO SHOULD THEY HAVE FOLLOWED?
I believe there will be a great sifting within the Church in the last days. We may be given the opportunity to choose for ourselves: will we follow the right church?
We have been told that if we do not have the companionship of the Holy Ghost, we will not survive. One of those critical choices could be deciding which church and/or which leaders to follow in the future.