David B. Haight's Near-Death Experience | An LDS Apostle's Witness of the Savior

Send us Fan MailHas an LDS apostle described a near-death experience? In October 1989, Elder David B. Haight of the Quorum of the Twelve stood at general conference — "a well man" — and testified of what happened during the health crisis that nearly took his life six months earlier. Praying for his life to be spared as he lost consciousness, he found himself in a calm, peaceful setting, aware of two persons on a hillside and "conscious of being in a holy presence and atmosphere." During the days of unconsciousness that followed, he was shown a panoramic view of the Savior's earthly ministry "in impressive detail, confirming scriptural eyewitness accounts" — the upper room and the first sacrament, Gethsemane, the mock trial, the crucifixion, and the Savior's ministry to the spirits of the departed. His witness: "I knew this truth before. I had never doubted nor wondered. But now I knew." This episode shares his full testimony, and why his experience — like the Brother of Jared's — stands as an invitation: these thinning of the veil experiences are offered to the many, not the few.Q: What did Elder Haight see during his near-death experience? A: He described a calm, peaceful setting with two persons in the distance on a hillside, and then, over the days that followed, a panoramic view of the Savior's ministry — the washing of the apostles' feet, the institution of the sacrament, Gethsemane's agony, the mock trial, the crucifixion, and Jesus teaching the departed spirits — impressed on his soul "over and over again."Q: What did the experience change for him? A: In his words: "I knew this truth before. I had never doubted nor wondered. But now I knew because of the impressions of the Spirit upon my heart and soul of these divine truths in a most unusual way." His witness centered on the Atonement as "the most important single thing that has ever occurred in the entire history of created things," and on the sacrament as its continuing reminder.YouTube "David B. Haight's Near Death Experience" Video: https://youtu.be/7sMVK3DOqnsYouTube Thinning of the Veil Channel: YouTube Thinning of the Veil Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCAA9WnYhYvCp1ffCe-AGUQQWebsite: Thinning of the Veil: https://www.thinningoftheveil.com/Venmo:  https://account.venmo.com/u/thinningoftheveilPayPal: https://paypal.me/thinningoftheveil?country.x=US&locale.x=en_USBook: "Patterns of Revelation":  https://www.amazon.com/Patterns-Revelation-Spiritual-Foundations-Hearing-ebook/dp/B0BWGLZ8VXEmail: [email protected]: https://www.instagram.com/thinning.of.the.veil/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thinning.of.the.veil/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thinning.of.the.veilCITIATIONS:David B. Haight, "The Sacrament and the Sacrifice", Oct. 1989: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1989/10/the-sacrament-and-the-sacrifice?lang=engSupport the show