Archie Johnson Inger

Who was Archie Johnson Inger?

Archie Johnson Inger was an artist, author and Christian lecturer whose experiences and claims call to mind those of Maurice L. Glendenning. Both individuals were born into non-Mormon or inactive-Mormon families, but both confided in their parents while young boys that they had began to hear 'heavenly' music or voices while wide-awake. Partly because such claims were similar to those of Mormonism's founder Joseph Smith, Jr., both individuals later became associated with Mormons and Mormonism in their adult years.

For example, a news brief in the July 6, 1944 edition of the Hayward Review newspaper reported "A painting by Archie Inger will be presented by him to the Hayward ward of the Latter Day Saints church during a special program to be held at the Masonic hall on Sunday evening at 7 p.m., Bishop W.T. Webb has announced..."

While Mr. Inger produced a number of writings and paintings in his career, he is best known as author of 'Revealed Translation of John's Revelation Given by the Lord Jesus Christ to Archie J. Inger' published in Oakland, California in 1908 when he was 25 years old, which claims to be an explanation of The Apocalypse of John provided by Christ himself. The book in its entirety was intentionally not restrictively-copyrighted, and online and published editions have gradually become widely available. Google Books and other websites offer full download-able texts of the "--Translation of John's Revelation as well as a smaller companion text entitled Historical Fulfillment of John's Revelation.