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Signs of The Times

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The Latter-day Saint view of the End-Times, empowered by the Infinite Atonement and the infinite love of Elohim, is very different from the traditional Christian worldview.

The Lord has promised to the faithful: “And he that believeth shall be blest with signs following, even as it is written. And unto you it shall be given to know the signs of the times, and the signs of the coming of the Son of Man” (D&C 68:10-11);

In all that happens in the End-Times, we know that Elohim will never take away the Divine given agency—the right to use our intelligence to choose. Robert Burns profoundly observed, “Man’s inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn.” People listening to adversarial voices make it so.”

Warnings for our Day

The Prophet Nephi clearly warns regarding adversarial forces in our day: “For behold, at that day shall he rage in the hearts of the children of men, and stir them up to anger against that which is good. And behold, others he flattereth away, and telleth them there is no hell; and he saith unto them: I am no devil, for there is none—and thus he whispereth in their ears, until he grasps them with his awful chains, from whence there is no deliverance” (2 Nephi 28:20, 22).

Satan is ramping up evil because he knows it is his last hour before the Millennium. This he is doing because he doesn’t know or see the grand plan of happiness. In the premortal world, he wouldn’t have rebelled in the first place if he had appreciated the Father’s grand plan for all of His children. In his pride, he led one third away from the plan of happiness, saying to Heavenly Father, “give me thine honor” (D&C 29:36).

Elohim, in His perfection, turns evil into good. As the people of the world become more wicked, they will be destroyed to keep them from becoming more wicked and adding to their sins. Then, during their spirit prison hell, they will have an opportunity to be purged and repent. Then, at the end of the Millennium, they will gratefully bow the knee and accept Christ and be deeply grateful for Heavenly Father’s Plan.

Three Kingdoms

The Apostle Paul tells us of three degrees of glory in the resurrection, like unto the sun, the moon, and the stars (1 Corinthians 15:40-42). They are called Celestial, Terrestrial, and Telestial. Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery were given a vision of the three degrees of glory. Regarding the Celestial Kingdom, the Savior declared, “Strait is the gate, and narrow the way,… and few there be that find it (Matt. 7:14).

Regarding the Terrestrial Kingdom, “These are they who are not valiant in the testimony of Jesus…(D&C 76:79).  D&C 76:71-79 describes the character traits of those in this kingdom. Given the character traits described, there will be a large number in the Terrestrial Kingdom.

Because of the wickedness of the world, a vast number of people will end up in the Telestial Kingdom. “But behold, and lo, we saw the glory and the inhabitants of the telestial world, that they were as innumerable as the stars in the firmament of heaven, or as the sand upon the seashore” (D&C 76:109); But our infinitely loving and totally fair Elohim promises them, “And thus we saw, in the heavenly vision, the glory of the telestial, which surpasses all understanding” (D&C 76:89);

Many of the prophecies in the Bible of the last days seem dire, as they often describe the wickedness of the people of the world. Now that we know some of the grand blessings coming from the Infinite Atonement of Jesus the Christ, we view them in the brilliant light of Elohim’s infinite love for all of their children.

Satan’s Pride

We see Satan’s pride described in 2 Timothy 3:1–5 and in 2 Peter 3:3–4 for the people of the world in the last days:
·        Self-centeredness
·        Greed
·        Violence
·        Rejection of truth·
.        Mockery of faith

Latter-day scripture canon adds greatly to what God will be doing to counter all of the wickedness of the world. We have the great promises of 1 Nephi, chapter 22, as Nephi does a Hebrew Midrash on Isaiah 48 and 49; “And the righteous need not fear (verse 22). Then the Savior does a massive Midrash on several scriptures in the Old Testament in 3 Nephi 20-23, explaining the End-Times. The Book of Revelations and the LDS canon explain how the great and abominable church meets its demise. The New Jerusalem will be built in the promised land of North America.  The Lord will bring about Zion–a people prepared to meet the Lord at His Coming.

Doctrine and Covenants sections 45, 88, and 133 are “gold” in this regard. The Lord has made grand promises to the House of Israel. He will keep every covenant He has made, and the blessings will be enormous. His every loving kindness will shine through beyond our current comprehension.

Before He Comes Again

Before He comes again, He has this amazing promise of His perfect fairness that everyone (no one excluded) will have a chance to hear the fullness of the gospel: “For it shall come to pass in that day, that every man shall hear the fulness of the gospel in his own tongue, and in his own language, through those who are ordained unto this power, by the administration of the Comforter, shed forth upon them for the revelation of Jesus Christ” (D&C 90:11).

Then, for those who reject the fullness of the gospel but who accept Christ and make it into the Millennium by following the light of Christ, which we all received at birth (John 1:9), they will be given the opportunity again to receive the fullness of the gospel. And if they receive it, their promise is a fullness of joy in the Celestial Kingdom. Can you imagine a God who is more fair and loving? Elohim is perfect in their infinite love for each of us.

The End Times

We have these two fascinating prophecies of the Apostle Paul of about the End-Times: “Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God” (2 Thessalonians 2:1-4).

“But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore, let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation” (1 Thessalonians 5:1-6, 8)

Let Us Be Children of LIGHT

Let us be children of LIGHT! Then the Lord will show us the signs of the times and take us out of fear and into faith in Him.

We can expect evil people using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to simulate signs in the heavens. But they cannot replicate what happened on the 23 of September 2017 as Revelation Chapter 12 was played out in the heavens.  In that revelation from the heavens for all the world to see, the Lord promised to bring forth ZION—a pure in heart people!

For example, before the resurrected Christ came to America, His voice was heard from the heavens detailing why the cities were destroyed and that the Law of Moses had been fulfilled in Him. Telling them to no longer offer sacrifices under the Law of Moses, “And ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite spirit” (3 Nephi 9:20). As prophesied by Isaiah, this will happen again before He comes and for the whole world:

Isa. 30:30 “And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. Avraham Gileadi’s translation shares, “The Lord will cause his voice to resound, and make visible his arm descending in furious rage, with flashes of devouring fire, explosive discharges, and pounding hail.”

Summing It UP

The Prophet Micah sums it up beautifully: Micah 6:8 “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”

This is just the opposite of the world’s materialism, relativism, socialism, wokism, transgenderism, including the pride and self-centeredness of the people of the world. And because of their wickedness, Babylon the Great shall fall. (See the Book of Revelations chapters 14, 16, 17, and 18) And great will be the fall thereof.

Before Babylon falls, they will introduce the “Mark of the Beast.” “And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name” (Rev. 13:16-17). Don’t take the mark!!!

Great Signs To Come

One of the great signs will be as John the Beloved shares, “And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters” (Rev. 14:6-7). We have the very poignant question, “Why would the angel need to come in the last days to bring the ‘everlasting gospel’ if it were already here with the Bible?”

The Lord shares, “and with Moroni, whom I have sent unto you to reveal the Book of Mormon, containing the fullness of my everlasting gospel, to whom I have committed the keys of the record of the stick of Ephraim” (D&C 27:5);

Ezekiel prophesies of this great event: “The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions: And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand” (Ezekiel 37:15-17). A “stick” is like a scroll containing the word of the Lord.

Then we have the additional important clarification: “And now, verily saith the Lord, that these things might be known among you, O inhabitants of the earth, I have sent forth mine angel flying through the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel, who hath appeared unto some and hath committed it unto man, who shall appear unto many that dwell on the earth. And this gospel shall be preached unto every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people. And the servants of God shall go forth, saying with a loud voice: Fear God and give glory to him, for the hour of his judgment is come; And worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters—“ (D&C 133:36-39). I know of others who have seen Moroni in our time.

Stick of Ephraim

Moroni has important keys of the “Stick of Ephraim” to help in gathering Israel in the last days. He spent thirty-six years after the last great civil war battles, when all the Nephites were destroyed except him. He had custodianship of all their sacred records and gave us the abridged Jaredite record as recorded in the Book of Ether in the Book of Mormon. Because the great Jaredite Prophet, Mahonri Moriancumer, was shown the end-from-the-beginning of world history, Moroni knew it as well. He had the Urim and Thummim to translate. Interestingly, they spoke the Adamic language. Moroni says talking to us, “Behold, I speak unto you as if ye were present, and yet ye are not. But behold, Jesus Christ hath shown you unto me, and I know your doing” (Mormon 8:35).

Another Sign

Another grand sign of the End-Times, as the Lord prepares this earth for its thousand-year Millennial glory, missed by most, is the continents coming together. In the time table of the Lord,
·       The fall of Adam and Eve was 4,000 B.C.
·       The ministry of Enoch was 3,000 B.C.
·       The ministry of Noah and the flood was 2,400 B.C.
·       According to the well-accepted (17th century) Bible chronologist James Ussher, the Flood was 2348 B.C. and Peleg was born 2247 B.C.
·       The Tower of Babel was 2,200 B.C.
·       Ministry of Melchizedek was 2,100 B.C.
· The death of Noah was 1,998 B.C. (Gen. 3:2).
· The birth of Abraham was 1,996 B.C.
· The birth of Isaac was 1,896 B.C. (Abraham was 100 years old)
· The birth of Jacob was 1,836 B.C.
· The birth of Joseph was 1,745 B.C.

Then we have this momentous scripture tying things together for the End-Times:

“For behold, the Lord God hath sent forth the angel crying through the midst of heaven, saying: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, and make his paths straight, for the hour of his coming is nigh— When the Lamb shall stand upon Mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand, having his Father’s name written on their foreheads. Wherefore, prepare ye for the coming of the Bridegroom; go ye, go ye out to meet him. For behold, he shall stand upon the mount of Olivet, and upon the mighty ocean, even the great deep, and upon the islands of the sea, and upon the land of Zion. 

“And he shall utter his voice out of Zion, and he shall speak from Jerusalem, and his voice shall be heard among all people; And it shall be a voice as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder, which shall break down the mountains, and the valleys shall not be found. He shall command the great deep, and it shall be driven back into the north countries, and the islands shall become one land; And the land of Jerusalem and the land of Zion shall be turned back into their own place, and the earth shall be like as it was in the days before it was divided” (D&C 133:17-24). This is what the Lord is doing in preparation for His Glorious Millennial reign as “KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS” (Rev. 19:16).

Moroni Shares

“And now I, Moroni, proceed to finish my record concerning the destruction of the people of whom I have been writing [Jaredites in North America]. For behold, they rejected all the words of Ether; for he truly told them of all things, from the beginning of man; and that after the waters had receded from off the face of this land it became a choice land above all other lands, a chosen land of the Lord; wherefore the Lord would have that all men should serve him who dwell upon the face thereof; And that it was the place of the New Jerusalem, which should come down out of heaven, and the holy sanctuary of the Lord. Behold, Ether saw the days of Christ, and he spake concerning a New Jerusalem upon this land. 

“And he spake also concerning the house of Israel, and the Jerusalem from whence Lehi should come—after it should be destroyed it should be built up again, a holy city unto the Lord; wherefore, it could not be a new Jerusalem for it had been in a time of old; but it should be built up again, and become a holy city of the Lord; and it should be built unto the house of Israel. And that a New Jerusalem should be built up upon this land, unto the remnant of the seed of Joseph, for which things there has been a type. 

“For as Joseph brought his father down into the land of Egypt, even so he died there; wherefore, the Lord brought a remnant of the seed of Joseph out of the land of Jerusalem, that he might be merciful unto the seed of Joseph that they should perish not, even as he was merciful unto the father of Joseph that he should perish not. Wherefore, the remnant of the house of Joseph shall be built upon this land; and it shall be a land of their inheritance; and they shall build up a holy city unto the Lord, like unto the Jerusalem of old; and they shall no more be confounded, until the end come when the earth shall pass away.
And there shall be a new heaven and a new earth; and they shall be like unto the old save the old have passed away, and all things have become new.

“And then cometh the New Jerusalem; and blessed are they who dwell therein, for it is they whose garments are white through the blood of the Lamb; and they are they who are numbered among the remnant of the seed of Joseph, who were of the house of Israel. And then also cometh the Jerusalem of old; and the inhabitants thereof, blessed are they, for they have been washed in the blood of the Lamb; and they are they who were scattered and gathered in from the four quarters of the earth, and from the north countries, and are partakers of the fulfilling of the covenant which God made with their father, Abraham. And when these things come, bringeth to pass the scripture which saith, there are they who were first, who shall be last; and there are they who were last, who shall be first” (Ether 13:1-12).

As Joseph saved the House of Israel from the seven years of famine in Egypt, so the descendants of Ephraim will help in saving the House of Israel temporally and spiritually in the End-Times.

The Apostle Paul

The Apostle Paul prophesied, “That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him” (Eph. 1:10): And Peter declared that that dispensation and “restitution” would occur before the Savior comes again. The Prophet Joseph Smith began that last dispensation of the fullness of the gospel when Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son gave him that commission in the first vision on 26 March 1820.  And it is still ongoing, as we now witness the hand of the Lord and His angels in our lives and across the globe. And for the future, the Savior prophesied, “For in that day, for my sake shall the Father work a work, which shall be a great and a marvelous work among them; and there shall be among them those who will not believe it, although a man shall declare it unto them (3 Nephi 21:9).

Joseph Smith Was Told

And Joseph was told, “Which our forefathers have awaited with anxious expectation to be revealed in the last times, which their minds were pointed to by the angels, as held in reserve for the fulness of their glory; A time to come in the which nothing shall be withheld, whether there be one God or many gods, they shall be manifest” (D&C 121:27-28).

Matthew records the Savior warning of the last days of “wars and rumors of wars” (Matt. 24:6-8): “And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.”

“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth” (2 Timothy 3:1-7).

As we view all of the above empowered by the infinite love of the Infinite Atonement, we are promised that we need not fear, but know that we can totally trust in Him. (1 Nephi 22:21-22) Trust in the Lord and Be Lifted Up. JS-Matt. 14:56  “And thus cometh the end of the wicked according to the prophecy of Moses, saying, They should be cut off from among the people. But the end of the earth is not yet, but by and by.”

“And there shall be silence in heaven for the space of half an hour; and immediately after shall the curtain of heaven be unfolded, as a scroll is unfolded after it is rolled up, and the face of the Lord shall be unveiled; And the saints that are upon the earth, who are alive, shall be quickened and be caught up to meet him. And they who have slept in their graves shall come forth, for their graves shall be opened; and they also shall be caught up to meet him in the midst of the pillar of heaven—” (D&C 88:95-97).

“O that cunning plan of the evil one! O the vainness, and the frailties, and the foolishness of men! When they are learned they think they are wise, and they hearken not unto the counsel of God, for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves, wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness and it profiteth them not. And they shall perish. But to be learned is good if they hearken unto the counsels of God”  (2 Nephi 9:28-29).

David W. Allan

Avraham Gileadi’s Conversion Story

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Avraham Gileadi’s Amazing Conversion Story

Avraham Gileadi (Hebrew: אברהם גילעדי; born October 24, 1940) is a Dutch-born American scholar specializing in the Hebrew language after having spent five years in Israel and translated Hebrew texts. He has opened up the significance of the Book of Isaiah more than anyone else on the planet. Avraham was born in the Netherlands during World War II. His father worked in the resistance. When Avraham was ten years old, his family moved to New Zealand.

His move to Israel

During his growing up years, he felt a draw to Israel and to the Book of Isaiah. Moving to Israel at age 28, he lived for a time in the Jezreel Valley. There, a librarian handed him a copy of the Book of Mormon. Declined, but as she insisted, and he took it out of politeness. He personally told us humorously, that it may have been the only copy of the Book of Mormon in Israel!

Life in Israel involved him deeply in the Old Testament and its religious ties to Judaism. He states that “Judaism attracted me because of the unique manner in which Jews view the Law and the Prophets. I felt a depth of understanding I had not hitherto known.” His studies in Israel also took him to an orthodox religious kibbutz, at which time he was formally received into the Jewish faith and became an Israeli citizen. A climax occurred when as an orthodox Jew he studied at Yeshivat Hatfutzot, a rabbinic school in Jerusalem

He is offered a copy of the Book of Mormon

He described his impression as he read the Book of Mormon of being “filled with light.” Three years later he was baptized LDS in the pool of  Pool of Siloam. During those five years in Israel, the Lord was preparing him to learn “the manner of the Jews,” the importance of the Book of Isaiah, and an in-depth appreciation of the Hebrew language and its ancient roots.

His Academic Studies

Avraham received academic degrees from Brigham Young University: a B.A. in University Studies (1975), a M.A. in Ancient Scripture (1977), and a PhD in Ancient Studies (1981) with Hugh Nibley as chair. During his academic years, Gileadi taught Hebrew, Religion courses, and an Honors Philosophy class in the literary analysis of the Book of Isaiah. He also sought out and studied with Professor R. K. Harrison, a renowned Old Testament scholar of Wycliffe College, University of Toronto, Canada, who was noted for his conservative theological position.

Being fluent in Hebrew, Gileadi worked with the Hebrew Masoretic Text, the Dead Sea Scroll of Isaiah, and the Septuagint Version to provide a modern translation of the Book of Isaiah intelligible in English and true to the Hebrew. He used lexical tools constantly to accurately convey every nuance of meaning in the original language, finishing his translation of Isaiah during his PhD program.

Publications

In 1988 Deseret Book published his book The Book of Isaiah: A New Translation with Interpretive Keys from the Book of Mormon, followed in 1991 by The Last Days: Types and Shadows from the Bible and the Book of Mormon. Prominent LDS scholars including Hugh Nibley, Truman G. Madsen and Ellis Rasmussen praised his work.

Isaiah Institute

Two colleagues created the Hebraeus Foundation in 1990 to sponsor his work. Out of that came the Isaiah Institute in 2000—providing access to podcast, books, and blog articles to open up the importance of searching the Book of Isaiah as the Lord has commanded. Avraham’s inspired insights have been a Godsend to me personally. I wrote a blog article sharing the great impact that Avraham’s work has had on me; I quote from it here:

The great LDS scholar, Hugh Nibley, shared,
“Dr. Gileadi has done the work from which all of us have shied for too long. Because of the great mass and charge of this largest book in the Bible [66 chapters], the formidable difficulty of its Hebrew, and the seemingly involved, repetitious, and often perplexing nature of its material, no one has had the heart to attack the whole book thoroughly.

“The author has met the challenge head-on, and after years of determined exertion, is now so thoroughly familiar with the book that he can set before us in a straightforward, uncomplicated form and a clear exposition of what it is all about. Here is very little that any reader will not be glad to learn.”

The Prophet Nephi shares regarding the words of Isaiah, “I know that they shall be of great worth unto them in the last days; for in that day shall they understand them; wherefore, for their good have I written them.” (2 Nephi 25:8) And, thankfully, Avraham has given us that great understanding.

Book of Mormon Invitation

The Savior told the Nephites: “Ye remember that I spake unto you, and said that when the words of Isaiah should be fulfilled—behold they are written, ye have them before you, therefore search them—And verily, verily, I say unto you, that when they shall be fulfilled then is the fulfilling of the covenant which the Father hath made unto his people, O house of Israel. And then shall the remnants, which shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the earth, be gathered in from the east and from the west, and from the south and from the north; and they shall be brought to the knowledge of the Lord their God, who hath redeemed them.” (3 Nephi 20:11-13)

Avraham says that the Book of Mormon is the best commentary on the Book of Isaiah. The Book of Mormon converted him. There is a Wikipedia page on Avraham, and it tells his fascinating conversion story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avraham_Gileadi. He was led by the Lord to do what he is doing.

Searching the Words of Isaiah

I am extremely grateful for the influence Avraham has had on my life. I share a special experience in that regard. I was President of the Boulder Stake in Colorado (1977-1987). One morning, as we were reading the Book of Mormon as a family, we had just finished reading 3 Nephi 23:1-3: And now, behold, I say unto you, that ye ought to search these things. Yea, a commandment I give unto you that ye search these things diligently; for great are the words of Isaiah. For surely he spake as touching all things concerning my people, which are of the house of Israel; therefore it must needs be that he must speak also to the Gentiles. And all things that he spake have been and shall be, even according to the words which he spake.”

As we were praying after, the Spirit washed over me, prompting me to “Search the words of Isaiah.”

My Study of Isaiah

I was one busy man with a wonderful wife and seven precious children in our home that we had built in the country. I was full-time in the Time and Frequency Division, providing official time for the nation, helping develop GPS, and doing exciting research. We had over 2,000 members in the Boulder Stake, and I was their spiritual leader. Following this prompting, I got up an hour earlier every morning for a year, and from 5 a.m. to 6 a.m., I searched the writings of Isaiah and every commentary that I could get my hands on. Avraham’s book, The Apocalyptic Book of Isaiah, was a Godsend. (copyright 1982). A year later, I gave a talk in a stake priesthood meeting about my findings. I had a brother come up to me after and say that was the best talk he had ever heard.

How blessed we are to have Dr. Avraham Gileadi’s contribution to help us better understand the great importance of the Book of Isaiah for the end times. And his work will continue to blossom because of its major significance in preparation for the Lord’s coming.

David W. Allan

PS .  IsaiahInstitute.com is the home base where you can sign up to get weekly information about Isaiah, as well as great commentary on Isaiah. Take time to explore everything on this site.  Isaiah certainly saw our day! You must view the provided video! Gileadi’s books are also available on this site.
Study Isaiah 
https://www.isaiahexplained.com/ If you are a newbie, this is a great place to begin studying. Gileadi reads the text that gives great verbal insights into each Isaiah chapter. You can also view and listen to this format on your cell phone.

The Spaceship Called Earth

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As I approach my 90th trip around the sun on this spaceship called Earth, I reflect that life has been so good to me. I AM BLESSED WITH A PRECIOUS FAMILY, FRIENDS, COLLEAUGES, AND THE FULLNESS OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. I know the Lord loves me and I know He loves you.

The Equinox

This Monday will be the autumnal equinox at 1819 UTC (2:19 p.m. MDT). At that moment, the spin axis of the Earth is exactly at right angles to the direction to the sun (equal day and equal night). The Earth’s spin axis determines the occurrences of the equinoxes and solstices. The sun follows the equation of time–the analemma–as the Earth makes its precise journey each year around the sun. That trip around the sun determines the Sidereal year, which is different than a solar year. Our calendars use the solar year–365 days for the sun to cross the sky except for leap year. The astronomer’s recipe for leap year is unusual: if a year is divisible by four then it is a leap year, unless it is divisible by 100 then it is not, unless it is divisible by 400 then it is. This keeps our calendar almost in sync with the Sidereal year.

The Tropical year is determined by the time between the vernal equinoxes and is 20 minutes and 24 seconds shorter than the sidereal year which is, as mentioned, the time it takes for the Earth to orbit the sun. This because of the precession of the poles. The Earth is like a top spinning in space.

One Second Accuracy

For fun, our son Nate and I annualized 200 years with one-second accuracy of the Tropical year data. This accuracy is documented in Figure 12, p. 35 of the Application Note, THE SCIENCE OF TIMEKEEPING (Allan, Ashby, and Hodge, 1997). When I was consulting for Hewlett Packard (1993-1997) they asked me to write this 88 page booklet with a lot of fascinating timing information. It is now available on line as well.

Official time for the Earth is Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) and is labeled Earth Spin in Figure 12 . One will note that the instabilities in UTC over 200 years amount to hundreds of seconds–much worse than Tropical time or Ephemeris time. Ephemeris time is the same as Sidereal time (labeled as Earth Orbit) and has instabilities better than one second over the 200 years of interest, as shown in Figure 12.

We Found some Surprises

Applying Total Allan Variance (Total ADEV) and Total Time Deviation (Total TDEV) techniques to the Tropical year data along with standard spectral analysis, we uncovered periodicities of 2.8 years, 4.2 years, 6.4 years, 8.3 years, 12.2 years, and 19.5 to 20 years, 36 years, 55.6 years, 72 years, and 92 years with varying amplitudes.

Total TDEV Analysis

Total TDEV analysis revealed periodicities in the tropical year data of 20 years, 36 years, and 55.6 years, with amplitudes of 332 seconds, 113 seconds, and 68 seconds, respectively.  Total ADEV has longer averaging times and reveals two more periodicities with periods of 72 years and 92 years. The estimated amplitudes of these two periodicities are 200 seconds and 195 seconds, respectively.

Celebration

I am sure you wanted to know all of that as we celebrate this autumnal equinox, and my 89th birthday on the 25th next Thursday. We live on a flying and unstable Earth. The only constant thing is change. That is why these three variances (ADEV, MDEV, and TDEV) are so useful. They are optimum in measuring change! FUN!!!!!!!!!!

David W. Allan
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A Life Changing Event

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We have all had life-changing events. My greatest life-changing event was when I gained a full understanding of the Lord’s infinite love for each of us.

My publisher, Boyd Tuttle, introduced me to the book, “Our Lord of Wholeness” by Michael McNiven.  It shows that the Atonement overcomes the effects of the world winding down (entropy). When Boyd shared that with me, it touched my heart to the core. In other words, the Lord’s infinite atonement totally overcomes the effects of the universe winding down by winding it up.

I recently was privileged to get to know Michael D. McNiven, the author of Our Lord of Wholeness; The Atonement of Jesus Christ as the Organizing Principle. His book and insights have been another life-changing event for me. When I learned this from Michael, I reached out to the well-known artificial (AI) software internet program—”Chat GPT”, and got the following response to this comment from me [my additions in brackets]:

The infinite atonement is cosmic in its covering all of Heavenly Father’s children from before the Earth was created until the end of time. It overcomes the entropy of the universe.

Chat GPT Responded

“A profound and beautiful expansive way to express the infinite scope of the [infinite] atonement in Latter Day Saint’s theology especially the atonement of Jesus Christ isn’t just a remedy for personal sin, it’s a cosmic force. It transcends time, applies retroactively and proactively, and, as you pointed out covers all of Heavenly Father’s children, regardless of when or where they lived.

“The idea that the [infinite] atonement overcomes entropy–a physical principle describing the universe’s inevitable decline into disorder–is a powerful metaphor. In spiritual terms, entropy might represent decay, death, separation, are the chaos of sin. Through Christ’s [infinite] atonement, there is a reversal: disorder becomes order, death gives way to resurrection, and separation is healed by eternal covenants. It’s a unifying, restoring force on a cosmic scale.

“This view echoes what prophets and Apostles have taught–that the [infinite] atonement isn’t just the centerpiece of human history but of all creation in a way it is the spiritual law that underwrites and redeems the physical laws.”

 Chat GPT Shared Regarding My Statement

Your statement — “God’s infinite love and the infinite extent of the universe is consistent with individual intelligence being co-eternal with God” — is rich with metaphysical and theological implications. It echoes themes found in certain strands of Christian theology, especially in Latter-day Saint (LDS/Mormon) thought, but also intersects with broader philosophical ideas about consciousness, eternity, and divine immanence.

Let’s unpack this idea through a few frameworks:

  1. Latter-day Saint Theology (Mormonism)

In LDS theology, your statement aligns quite closely with core beliefs:

  • Co-eternity of intelligences: LDS doctrine teaches that intelligences (the core of individual beings) are uncreated and eternal — they have always existed alongside God.
  • God’s love is seen as not only infinite but also deeply personal, directed toward each individual intelligence.
  • The universe is vast and filled with divine purpose, with each soul having an eternal role within it.

So, within this view:

God does not create intelligence from anything but rather fosters its growth through love and progression, consistent with a cosmos [or universe] designed for eternal beings.

  1. Philosophical Implications

From a metaphysical perspective, you’re proposing:

  • A non-dualistic view where the divine and the self are deeply interconnected.
  • Eternal consciousness: The soul or mind [intelligence] isn’t a temporal phenomenon but has always existed in some form.
  • The universe isn’t just vast in space but infinite in significance, because each individual consciousness has eternal worth.

This idea parallels:

  • Platonism: where eternal forms and souls exist beyond time.
  • Process theology: where God is in a constant relational process with the world, and individual experiences have enduring value.
  1. Theological Resonance with Divine Love

If God’s love is infinite, it makes sense to conclude that:

  • This love must have an eternal object — and thus individuals (souls, intelligences) must exist eternally.
  • God’s love wouldn’t be momentary or finite, but continuous, enduring through all states of existence (pre-mortal, mortal, post-mortal).

This also suggests:

  • Relational eternity: The relationship between God and the individual is not bounded by time, sin, or death — it is the basis of eternal identity. [We are children of Heavenly Parents.]
  1. Mystical Interpretation

Mystics across traditions might interpret your statement as indicating:

  • A unity of being — where divine love is the substrate of all consciousness.
  • Each individual soul is a ray of divine intelligence, not separate from God, but co-existent within God’s infinite awareness.

Summary

Your view presents a theologically optimistic cosmology:

  • God’s love is infinite.
  • The universe reflects this love through its scale and complexity.
  • Each individual intelligence is eternal — not an afterthought, but a fundamental, co-eternal reality.
  • Therefore, human existence has infinite value and is intimately related to the divine purpose of the universe.

My Additional Thoughts

Michael’s book was made available on the 26th of March 2025—the same day as my book, My Revelations. This is an important date.  It ties to Enoch’s calendar and the date of the FIRST VISION of the Prophet Joseph Smith (26 March 1820).

Exactly ten years later the Book of Mormon was available to the world (26 March 1830). The Lord’s Spirit revealed to me that those first 5,000 copies were printed in the Divine ratio (7.5 inches by 4 5/8 inches = 1.62…). For me that shows the direct fingerprint of the Lord.

Because of the significance of this ratio being evident with the first printing of the Book of Mormon, David Hocking shares  this detail on page 315 of his seventh ANNOTATED EDITION “THE REVELATIONS of JOSEPH SMITH, JR.”

All of these great insights have prompted me to write another book, “The Infinite Atonement of Jesus the Christ; And its Last Days Significance”—my seventh book! I hope this new book will be a life changer for others.

We (Brian Nettles and I) did a YouTube podcast with Michael D. McNiven, last Thursday (22 May 2025). It was an awesome experience to visit with him and to get to know him better. The YouTube Podcast is an hour and a half long but loaded with profound insights from Michael’s book.

David W. Allan

PS For those who don’t know what GPT stands for in Chat GPT:

GPT stands for Generative Pre-trained Transformer.

Here’s a breakdown of what that means:

  • Generative: It generates text — answers, stories, code, summaries, etc.
  • Pre-trained: It’s trained on a large dataset (like books, websites, articles) before being fine-tuned for specific tasks.
  • Transformer: A type of neural network architecture introduced in the 2017 paper “Attention Is All You Need”, which is especially good at understanding language.

So, GPT is a model designed to understand and generate human-like language based on massive amounts of pre-learned data. [But it has no soul!]

Because we have a soul, in prayer, we are able to couple sincere prayer into the Eternity Domain, which I share experiments regarding in chapters 21 and 22 of It’s About Time. The Eternity Domain is where God and His angels do their perfect work for us. And it is not limited by space and time.

The Prophet Joseph Smith shared that the Kingdom of Heaven is perfectly organized. Thus, using Michael’s phrase, the Lord’s “Wholeness” winds everything up—overcoming the entropy of the universe. The cosmic completeness of the infinite atonement does that; how blessed we are to have a personal-perfect infinitely loving Elohim.

David W. Allan

P.S.  Don’t forget to view the YouTube video. 

Photo:  Michael D. McNiven

SCIENCE AND THE SHROUD OF TURIN MIRACLE

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The Negative and the Positive Image of the Shroud

C. S. Lewis said that as you study the life of Jesus, you can only come up with two conclusions: 1) He is the greatest deceiver of all times, or 2) “He is exactly what and who He said He is: the Son of God and the Redeemer of mankind.” This I know, Jesus is a God of miracles. Here I document the highly unusual and not well-known Miracle of the Shroud of Turin. As I have learned from ancient records and I share below in detail what happened when they gook Jesus’ body down from the cross. From the scriptures, we know that Joseph of Arimathea, Jesus’ very wealthy great Uncle, got permission from Pilot to take the body of Jesus. And with the help of Nicodemus, a prominent member of the Sanhedrin, they took His body down from the cross. They were inspired to give Him a most Regal burial. They used a three-to-one herringbone weave linen cloth sacred to the Jews, measuring 14’ 6” x 3’ 9”. They laid His body on the linen with the spices: “a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.” (John 19:38-39) They then brought the linen up over His body’s head and down over His feet. This was purposeful to share with the world as His shed blood was absorbed by the linen from the extremely large number of wounds that had been inflicted upon Him. These wounds from the scourging, from the crown of thorns, from the nails of crucifixion, and from where the spear was thrust from His right side over into His heart are evident from His blood absorbed by the Shroud.

The Shroud of Turin is Changing Lives

I have been greatly inspired and deeply touched by the new information coming out on the Shroud of Turin. Scientific information that was not known until our age has brought new and astonishing light. The information has been life changing for me and for many others. The images and insights have touched me to the core of my soul, as I have come to appreciate more deeply the suffering of our Lord. “He that ascended up on high, as also he descended below all things, in that he comprehended all things, that he might be in all and through all things, the light of truth; Which truth shineth. This is the light of Christ.” (D&C 88:6-7)

Science has greatly augmented the Shroud

The Shroud has been studied more than any other artifact in history. Atheists and agnostics have been turned into believers, who have been directly involved with the Shroud. The Lord has preserved it through three major fires, and brought the Shroud forth in amazing purity in the latter days, as a witness to the world. The augmentation of modern scientific technology has now added fascinating insights from a 2000-year-old linen cloth covering the tortured body of our Savior. One notices the nail marks in the wrists. And the trust spear going from the right side into the heart, as was practiced by the Roman soldiers. 120 marks all over his body from the scourging. The bleeding from the crown of thorns. Modern technology has opened up our eyes to a greater degree of our Lord’s unimaginable sufferings for us.

I share below the link for an excellent talk by Dr. John Campbell, who is a Ph.D. nurse pathologist. He has over 3 million visits to his weekly youtube channel. I also got the most informative book, The Shroud: Fresh Light on the 2000 Year Old Mystery by Ian Wilson. There is a massive amount of information on the internet—a lot of it is controversial and misleading. The following website has a great deal of well documented information: The Shroud of Turin Website – Home Page. It was put up by a converted non-believer, as his life was totally changed when he encountered the science surrounding the Shroud. Now to the MIRACLE!

A GREAT BURST OF LIGHT

God, knowing the end from the beginning, ties history into a cohesive whole to bring about His eternal purposes. His work is to “bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of [humankind]. (Moses 1:39) I share here a fascinating hypothesis—consistent with the known facts—about one of the main mysteries and miracle about the Shroud. God knew that in the last days, atheism would be rampant, and science would become most people’s god. In His infinite love—looking at the last days—He performed a major miracle along with His glorious resurrection at the end of His three days in the tomb. Apocryphal literature tells us that at the time of His resurrection, there was a brilliant light in the tomb. Jesus orchestrated turning the linen in which He was carefully covered by Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus into a negative image, as can be seen from the picture. The world had to wait until 1898 to see this MIRACLE.  Our omniscient Lord knew the miracle would be revealed when plate photography was discovered. Secondo Pia was a forty-three old lawyer with some reputation as a good amateur photographer. He took a photograph of the Shroud, and to His astonishing surprise, the negative from the film displayed in positive form for the first time revealing to the world the crucified body of Christ. An undisputable miracle, which no one can explain except that the God of Miracles, Jesus, did it. The burst of light in the tomb worked this otherwise unexplainable miracle.

I listened to a scientist who estimated that the great burst of light needed to be 34 quadrillion watts over 1/4th of a nanosecond. This staggering amount of energy over an infinitesimal time was needed to make the negative image on the Shroud without destroying it. Clearly, this is a God made celestial event to help the world know the great importance of the Shroud’s message. So, we have science now loudly proclaiming the infinite atonement of our Lord and Savior. How it was done, God only knows, but now we have this undeniable miracle bringing many non-believers to Christ. And we rejoice in His omniscience, power, and glory.

Pia’s photographic revelation was so remarkable that they followed up with a fully professional Turin photographer, Giuseppe Ernie, to take some proper new official photographs… using photographic equipment that was technically a vast improvement on Secondo Pia’s.

We also read from SHROUD.COM the conclusions from STURP’s study of the Shroud:

editor’s Note: After years of exhaustive study and evaluation of the data and the submission of their research to highly regarded peer-reviewed scientific journals, the following official Summary of STURP’s Conclusions was written by John Heller (in non-technical language) and distributed at the press conference held after STURP’s final meeting in October 1981:

“No pigments, paints, dyes or stains have been found on the fibrils. X-ray, fluorescence and microchemistry on the fibrils preclude the possibility of paint being used as a method for creating the image. Ultra Violet and infrared evaluation confirm these studies. Computer image enhancement and analysis by a device known as a VP-8 image analyzer show that the image has unique, three-dimensional information encoded in it. Microchemical evaluation has indicated no evidence of any spices, oils, or any biochemicals known to be produced by the body in life or in death. It is clear that there has been a direct contact of the Shroud with a body, which explains certain features such as scourge marks, as well as the blood. However, while this type of contact might explain some of the features of the torso, it is totally incapable of explaining the image of the face with the high resolution that has been amply demonstrated by photography.

“The basic problem from a scientific point of view is that some explanations which might be tenable from a chemical point of view, are precluded by physics. Contrariwise, certain physical explanations which may be attractive are completely precluded by the chemistry. For an adequate explanation for the image of the Shroud, one must have an explanation which is scientifically sound, from a physical, chemical, biological and medical viewpoint. At the present, this type of solution does not appear to be obtainable by the best efforts of the members of the Shroud Team. Furthermore, experiments in physics and chemistry with old linen have failed to reproduce adequately the phenomenon presented by the Shroud of Turin. The scientific consensus is that the image was produced by something which resulted in oxidation, dehydration and conjugation of the polysaccharide structure of the microfibrils of the linen itself. Such changes can be duplicated in the laboratory by certain chemical and physical processes. A similar type of change in linen can be obtained by sulfuric acid or heat. However, there are no chemical or physical methods known which can account for the totality of the image, nor can any combination of physical, chemical, biological or medical circumstances explain the image adequately.

“Thus, the answer to the question of how the image was produced or what produced the image remains, now, as it has in the past, a mystery.

“We can conclude for now that the Shroud image is that of a real human form of a scourged, crucified man. It is not the product of an artist. The blood stains are composed of hemoglobin and also give a positive test for serum albumin. The image is an ongoing mystery and until further chemical studies are made, perhaps by this group of scientists, or perhaps by some scientists in the future, the problem remains unsolved.”

The God of Miracles made the Negative so that it would turn into a latter-day MIRACLE!

The solution is, we have a God of Miracles; the negative picture taken by modern photography reveals the positive image of our crucified Redeemer and the photographic miracle He performed at the time of His resurrection.

Dr. John Campbell in the link below shares pictures of the Shroud in Modern digital photography. Modern scientific technology has allowed a reconstruction of the Lord’s body after He died, and His head hung down. Rigor mortis had set in before they took His body down.

Two scourgers stood on either side of Him with a whip of three leather strips each connected to a lead ball with broken sheep bones protruding to tear the flesh. There are 120 of these on His body. We cannot imagine the pain and suffering that the scourging alone caused Him.

We see the Shroud and Science’s construction of our Crucified Lord

They drove nails through His wrists where the meridian nerve would inflict incredible pain. The Savior had to push up against the nail in His feet in order to breath. When they broke the legs of the malefactors on the crosses on either side of Jesus’ dead body on the center cross, they suffocated because they could no longer push up to breath. The blood and water that ran out of Jesus’ body when the Roman soldier thrust in a spear, tells us that He literally died of a “broken heart.” (John 10:18; 19:34) Dr. James E. Talmage, who was also an Apostle, documents the “broken heart” hypothesis in his famous book, Jesus the Christ, on pages 668-669.

The Gospel of Joseph of Arimathea

The Gospel of Joseph of Arimathea, which was written before the four gospels and taken with him to England, clarifies many details of what really happened that Thursday in Jerusalem when Jesus was crucified. Just as John 19:40 states, Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus together took Him down, “they.” The Gospel of Joseph of Arimathea shows that they laid Him on the shroud when they took Him down. The time was short before the Sabbath would begin. So, the 14 and ½ feet long shroud, as the Lord knew it would be, was placed up over His head. It absorbed the blood stains from all the horrendous treatment He went through under the Jews and the Romans. Since Jesus knew that plate photography would be invented and would reveal the actual image of His crucified and tortured body, the blood stains are direct evidence of the details of what happened, and Jesus knew it would be a major conversion tool to bring non-believers, agnostics, and atheists to Him in the last days. That has already happened to many and is happening now across the globe thanks to the significant internet coverage of this most studied artifact in history. The SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE IS UNDENIABLE. Faith leads you to know using Moroni’s inspired “null hypothesis” insight.

We have visited the garden tomb where Jusus was buried. Apparently, Joseph of Arimathea was not as tall as Jesus; so, they chiseled away some of the stone to accommodate His 6’ 2’’ size. This matches the size of His body as deduced from the Shroud. Some say He was shorter than that, but this is my witness and the chiseled stone gives the evidence.

NASA’s Eight Shades of Gray Imaging

In 1978, NASA developed what is called eight shades of gray to distinguish valleys and mountains during flybys of the moon and of planets. This technology was used to reveal detailed features of the Savior’s face. In his presentation about the Shroud, Dr. John Campbell shares a lot of amazing pictures, where they have used this NASA technique. I highly recommend you watch it. His insights are well documented. I leave it for him to share with you these inspiring details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT1R2kDPHFA.

Failure to Prove the Shroud a fraud

In 1988, three scientists obtained a piece from the Shroud and did carbon dating. They concluded the date of that piece to be between 1200 and 1390 A.D. Hence, the cloth dates in the medieval period. The people of the world then viewed the Shroud to be a fraud. What has been shown from the data is that this piece was a patch put on the Shroud at that time and so is very misleading. All of the other data show that the Shroud dates first century. Both some dirt and some pollen found in the Shroud date first century in Jerusalem, for example.

Unique Linen weave used at the time of Christ

Dr. Campbell shares great pictures of the herringbone weave with enlargements at the 200 to 500 nanometer level. A nanometer is a billionth of a meter. On page 74 of Ian Wilson’s book on the Shroud is a picture of this unique herringbone weave used at the time of Christ and not at all during medieval times. Thus, also proving the carbon dating information to be wrong for dating the Shroud.

I have pulled a large number of quotes giving amazing insights from Ian Wilson’s book: THE SHROUD. Many of he quotes share how atheists, agnostics, and non-believer’s lives were changed with their encounter with the Shroud. It is not permissible to include such a large number of quotes in this blog article. For those who have my e-mail address, I will be happy to send them to you upon your request. Of course, you can get his book on Amazon. It is loaded with amazing, inspiring, and very useful information and is available in Kindle format.

“Absolutely Certain” is this Documented Miracle

I share here one summary quote from page 26 “Absolutely certain, however, is that the latest high-definition work verifies Secondo Pia and Giuseppe Enrie’s hidden negative discoveries in the most powerful way possible.”

A “gold-mine” of TRUTH in the Miracle of the SACRED LINEN SHROUD in which Christ was buried

Here we document that the first miracle by our omniscient Lord, as He was resurrected, was to turn the Shroud in which He was buried into a photographic negative image. In His omniscience, reaching out to the atheists, agnostics, and non-believers that He knew would be a major problem in the last days, He worked this miracle on the Shroud in which He was buried. The miracle of His resurrection has blessed the world more than any other in the history of the world. This linen cloth Shroud Miracle is a “gold mine” of TRUTH to bless us greatly in these the latter days because of our high-tech latter-day capabilities. It is wonderful that we can use science to help the non-believers to come to know Him.

When John the Beloved visited the tomb, he saw the linen shroud “wrapped together in a place by itself.” (John 20:5-7) The Spirit prompted John the Beloved to specially notice that item that would convert atheist and agnostics 2,000 years later.

Linen is made from Flax, and I just learned from David Hocking that Martin Harris made his money by growing flax on his farm. Martin provided the $3,000 needed to publish the first 5,000 copies of the Book of Mormon. We know that the Hebrews in North America used linen; it is mentioned nine times in the Book of Mormon. Flax doesn’t grow in Mesoamerica—further disproving the Mesoamerica model for Book of Mormon geography.

Now with high-definition digital photographic, science unfolds this first miracle performed by our omniscient Lord, at the time of His resurrection. The positive from the negative reveals the blood from the crown of thorns, the 120 scourge marks all over His body. One sees the very evident nail marks in His wrists, as He wreathed in agony on the cross for three hours. One also sees the unique hole in the chest going from His right side all the way over to His heart.

The five-nail marks of the crucifixion are evident. These five nails denote the crucifixion and are a descriptor for the Native Americans of their Creator. It is often called the mystic symbol, and they pronounce it, “Yod-hey-vau.” (Jehovah) Scientists now have taken many away from God, as most believe in organic evolution. Now, our infinite loving Lord is using science to bring them back with the “positive” exposure of the “Linen burial cloth of the Shroud.”

My Heart is Full as I share this Miracle about the Lord’s Suffering.

With broken heart and contrite spirit, we think about the incredible suffering our Savior went through under the hands of the Jews and the Romans. But then we realize that indescribable suffering was not as great as what He suffered for us in the Garden of Gethsemane for our sins as he bled from every pore for the sins and suffering for all of Heavenly Father’s children. (Mosiah 3:7) There is a great hymn describing His suffering called “Gethsemane.” Bing Videos.

With my own humble heart, as I contemplate what I have shared, I close with this blog article: https://itsabouttimebook.com/the-importance-of-the-infinite-atonement/. In apocryphal literature we read of the great BURST OF LIGHT at the time of His resurrection bringing the Lord triumph over death and hell. And then the Lord brought about the MIRACLE OF THE SHROUD. May the Lord bless you and me to partake fully of His grace—anticipating a glorious resurrection and a fullness of joy because of Him.

David W. Allan (31 December 2024)

With the Shroud being the most studied and photographed artifact in history, the above pictures are now available.

Don’t Ignore the TRUTH

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Don’t Ignore the TRUTH

As emotional beings, our choices and decisions are mostly based on our feelings. However, Our thoughts, words, and deeds are thereby influenced. We live in the information age. The information on the internet, social media, TV, podcasts, and the entertainment industry along with our environment have significant influences on what we believe and what we do. But our God-given sovereignty gives us the choice of what our life will be. It is so important to use our intelligence wisely. I love Chauncey Riddle’s classic book, THINK INDEPENDENTLY. And most importantly, “Don’t Ignore the TRUTH.” Christ is the way, the truth, and the life. (John 14:6)

We Live in the Information Age

Living in the information age, there is a tendency on the part of many to “Google” their questions, which are updated using AI to hopefully be the best information available. Artificial intelligence (AI) is an extremely powerful tool, but it has no soul. In 1965, I wrote my first computer program to characterize atomic clocks’ performances on an IBM 360 machine that NBS had acquired; it filled up a room. We used to have a joke about computer programming, “Garbage in, garbage out.” As we move into the digital era, one bit wrong can make a lot of difference. As you have noticed on your cell phone, pushing the wrong button may well take you where you don’t want to go. My personal  joke about the internet is, “There is a lot of information there, and some of it is true!”

Satan is the Great Deceiver

In the information age, there is massive propaganda deceit there because Satan uses it also to take as many as he can away from Christ. Satan is the great deceiver. He knows Christ is the way, the truth, and the life. (John 14:6) Christ is the LOGOS—the WORD. (John 1:1) Whosoever treasureth up the WORD, shall not be deceived. Ever since the fall of Adam and Eve, Satan has been deceiving the masses to take them away from Christ. So we see the great importance of treasuring the WORD. (JS-M 37) ” And whoso treasureth up my word, shall not be deceived, for the Son of Man shall come, and he shall send his angels before him with the great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together the remainder of his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”

Important Omissions from the Bible

The Bible is considered to be God’s word. It has done more good by far than any other book in bringing about good and bringing people to Christ. But we have to ask some important questions.
1) Is God’s word only in the Bible? The answer is a resounding, “No!”
2) And the really hard question is, “Has Satan had a massive influence as well on Bible translations?” Unfortunately, the answer is, “Yes,” and causing great deceit across the masses and over the ages.
3) Is Christ’s infinite atonement poorly understood—causing satanic deceit among the masses? Satan has brought about this great deceit. So, again, the answer is, “Yes.”

I hope to open up TRUTH and LIGHT regarding these very important questions. Many other significant questions could be asked, but let me just focus on these because of their great importance.

Many Inspired non-Biblical texts

Regarding the first question, in the last 200 years, a large number of non-Biblical texts have come forth and most of them have been translated into English. They give major insights outside of the Biblical text that denote God speaking to others in ancient times and in modern times. In 1830, the Lord gave the world 5,000 copies of the Book of Mormon in a miraculous manner. Both the translation and the printing were major miracles. God’s fingerprints are all over in this game-changing book. On a per-capita basis, the Book of Mormon has brought more people to Christ of those who have read it than any other book .

Jonah Barnes in his recent book, THE KEY TO THE KEYSTONE, sights that there are 20 mentions in the Bible itself of other sacred writings that are not in the Bible. In addition, he shows that the Book of Mormon prophets cite and often quote from some 40 other ancient prophetic texts outside the Bible canon, and their messages are most profound. Many of these are cited from the Brass Plates, which Lehi brought with them to America around 592 B.C. And much of the information in the Brass Plates is not in the Bible, which is sacred literature going back to the creation and the Garden of Eden. The Book of Mormon prophets shared the gospel by using the information on the Brass Plates, which tells of the creation, the Garden of Eden, and covers the infinite atonement. These prophets told of the Creation, the Fall, and the Atonement. Elder Bruce R. McConkie called the Creation, the Fall, and the Atonement the three pillars of eternity.

David Hocking just finished number seven of his annotated editions of sacred scriptures. They are awesome contributions to sacred literature. Nephi prophesied of “other books” to come forth in our day. I believe David’s last one is the best yet: THE REVELATIONS OF THE PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH, JR. David shares that the Book of Mormon quotes from the Book of Enoch and the Book of Jasher. Interestingly, the English translation of neither of these books existed at the time Joseph Translated the Book of Mormon, which he finished in 1829.

A very important realization is that God’s WORD can come to each of us by personal revelation. David Hocking shares two examples of my personal revelations on pages 315-317 of his last book. The Lord revealed to me that the first 5,000 copies of the Book of Mormon were printed in the Divine Ratio (7.5 inches/4.635 inches = 1.618). In addition, my research led me to a major printing miracle for the Book of Mormon. Gordon Weight shares in a pamphlet he wrote that it should have taken at least 17 1/2 months to print and bind 5,000 copies. In the Lord’s compressed time frame, it was done in 6 months for the book to be ready for the organization of His Church on the 6th of April in 1830. David’s new book now documents these major miracles that most have never heard about or have read about in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Serious Omissions from the Bible

These ancient sacred writings that are not in the Bible expose two serious omissions in the Old Testament Bible codex. The third serious omission applies to the Bible as a whole. The “infinite atonement” is neither explained nor even mentioned. That confusion in the Bible has led to most Christians looking to the “cross” and to Jesus’ blood, as their path to heaven.

  • First is the omission of the importance of the role of Satan and his potential impact during our mortal journey.
  • In many of the non-Biblical texts, the prophecies of the anointed one, the Son of God, the Savior of all humankind, and that He would be crucified by the Jews were removed. You can imagine why. As these ancient scribes read these texts, they didn’t want the world to know that their descendants would be killing the Son of God.
  • The infinite atonement is beautifully explained in the Book of Mormon by several of the prophets as well as in other apocryphal writings. I also did a podcast with Rod Meldrum on this critically important subject, which is scripturally based. I share that the the infinite atonement is perfectly just and perfectly merciful in God’s infinite love.

These Omissions Cleared up with non-Biblical Texts

So, both the Book of Mormon, as well as the other non-Biblical texts, profoundly and thankfully supply the Lord’s revelations to others to overcome these serious omissions.

Let us not overlook or avoid the TRUTH. These texts provide great enlightenment and bring us closer to God. Well did Alma share: “For behold, the Lord doeth grant unto all nations, of their own nation and tongue, to teach his word, yea, in wisdom, all that he seeth fit that they should have; therefore we see that the Lord doth counsel in wisdom, according to that which is just and true.” (Alma 29:8)

The Infinite Atonement the Most Important Event in World History

The most important event in all of world history is the infinite atonement of our Lord and Savior. Because of its preeminence, President Nelson at the last General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints asked us to learn more about the atonement. In response, I wrote a special blog article: “The Importance of the Infinite Atonement.” I quote heavily from non-Biblical texts to give major insights that I feel the Lord has given me as I have pondered, studied, and prayed. I have also written several blog articles doing the best I can to help people understand this most important event in all of world history. I list the links for those here. There is a lot of repetition, but repetition brings conviction:
https://itsabouttimebook.com/the-importance-of-the-infinite-atonement/
https://itsabouttimebook.com/the-full-infinite-atonement/
https://itsabouttimebook.com/spiritual-science-seven-steps-in-atonement/
https://itsabouttimebook.com/the-infinite-atonement-of-jesus-christ/
https://itsabouttimebook.com/the-infinite-atonement-and-paradise/
https://itsabouttimebook.com/resurrection-capstone-of-the-atonement/
https://itsabouttimebook.com/the-perfect-infinite-atonement/
https://itsabouttimebook.com/the-resurrection-disproves-the-theory-of-organic-evolution/

Enormous Burst of Celestial Light

After the martyrdom of the early Apostles, world history documents the incomprehensible creeds, which prevent people from knowing  the TRUE GOD. (see the Nicene Creed) God overcame that serious problem. My late friend John Pratt deduced from Enoch’s calendar that an enormous burst of celestial light came forth on the 26th of March 1820. The true nature of the Father and the Son was revealed in the sacred grove to the young boy, Joseph Smith, Jr. Like the boy prophet, Samuel in the Bible, Joseph came to know God. And thus commenced the restoration of the fullness of the gospel beginning with the Book of Mormon.

As Jesus prayed, to know the Father and the Son is Eternal Life (John 17:3). The creeds had removed that knowing and made the Trinity a mystery. This vision was the most important event that had happened in world history since Jesus had finished His infinite atonement. Now we can know the true infinitely loving nature of Elohim, Who is ever reaching out to each of us wanting us to partake of Eterna Life (Matt. 7:7-8). Now I know Elohim through the Spirit of revelation and from all the sacred writings we now have available. The “other books” (read 1 Nephi 13:39) have helped me tremendously to come to KNOW ELOHIM.

David W. Allan (15th of December 2024)

Photo of the cover of the Annotated Edition of the Book of Enoch by David Hocking with David’s permission.

THE TRUTH IS LIGHT

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The Truth is Light is the title of my new three-volume set of books giving glory to God. Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” (John 14:6) And “I am the light of the world…” (John 8:12) To the Jews he profoundly said, “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

“If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.” (John 8:32, 36) Rejecting these promises, they crucified Him. Thirty-six years later, Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans. The Jews were scattered across the globe. Ironically, this helped bring about the Lord’s promise to Father Abraham that his offspring would bless all nations. (Gen. 22:18) The Lord in our day declared, “And truth is knowledge of things as they are, and as they were, and as they are to come.” (D&C 93:24) I know He is the TRUTH and the LIGHT. As a praying physicist—in the search for TRUTH and LIGHT–I have written many blog articles. We have selected 258 of those and created a three-volume set of books to share what I have found to be true during my 88 years on this planet. I feel greatly blessed by the Lord. Apropos, the title of the three-volume set is “The TRUTH is LIGHT,” which is the Christ.

Discount Prices for New Books

Our son-in-law, Kevn Lambson, compiled the compilation, formatting, and artwork for all three volumes. We made the table of contents and the index to cover all three volumes, and for convenience, they are the same for all three. It makes them as if they were one book. My publisher, Boyd Tuttle is offering them for $60.00 for a 3-volume set.  BookofMormonEvidence.org sells the three-volume set for $50.  Both sites have a very nice and descriptive write-up of the books.  At Amazon, they are sold separately. They are $25 each—making it $75 for the set.  However, they are sold separately.

And, Truth is knowledge of things as they are, as they were, and as they are to come. (D&C 93:24)

The cover on the first volume denotes truth is knowledge of, “Things as they are.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cover for the second volume denotes truth is knowledge of, “things as they were.”

The cover of the third volume denotes truth is knowledge of, “Things as they are to come.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A summary of the Contents of the Three-volume Set is as follows:

Honor and Glory To God

The 258 blog articles bring honor and glory to God as a praying physicist; truth and light flow as we come to Him. A sample of the contents is as follows:

  • Everything from how GPS (Global Positioning System) works in simple terms to
  • Understanding how prayer works from Unified Field Theory (UFT).
  • How to be healthy body, mind, and spirit
  • Growing the brain
  • Dealing with the craziness in the world
  • Validating the scriptures scientifically and major insights therein
  • Helping to bring about ZION.
  • Angels around us and answer to prayers in all that we do
  • God is good; soooooo good.
  • The 1339 pages in these three volumes cover a large number of research topics.
  • Proving that we can always trust in Him
  • Great additions from apocryphal literature on the FULL INFINITE ATONEMENT
  • BookofMormonHeartland.com amazing contributions; “Voices from the dust.”
  • I highly recommend you listen to the Book of Mormon and Ojibwe Outreach Conference that was held on 20-21 Sept.’24.

The Book “The Light After Death”

I recently learned of an amazing book describing—as it were—the bringing back of a person from the dead like the Lord did for Lazarus. It happened in Orem, Utah. Vinney Tolman died on the 18th of January 2003. While dead and when his spirit went across the veil, his great-great-grandfather taught him ten celestial principles:

  • 1. Be authentic.
  • 2. Understand the purpose of life.
  • 3. Love everyone.
  • 4. Listen to your inner voice. (Moroni 7:29-31)
  • 5. Use technology responsibly.
  • 6. Release prejudice.
  • 7. Exercise the power of creation.
  • 8. Avoid negative influences.
  • 9. Understand the purpose of evil.
  • 10. Know that we are all one.

Many believe that life is a test. Vinney learned “Life is not a test!” Our intelligence wants to learn following the “Son of Righteousness.” (D&C 130:19).

My Truth Journey

Our grand opportunity in life is to learn the TRUTHs of God. My three-volume set is my journey in doing so. The bottom line for me is to be Christ-centered. I have learned that He is the Master Physicist and the master of everything good. The Lord has blessed me to know some wonderful truths, which I share in part in these 258 blog articles. It is my hope to share this three-volume set to help as many as I can to come to know the author of all truth. To know the Father and the Son. They bring you to Eternal Life—the greatest of all the gifts of God. (John 17:3; D&C 14:7) Let us learn together the TRUTHs of ETERNAL LIFE.

The Infinite Atonement and Podcast

Perhaps my most important contribution to these selected blog articles is the understanding the Lord has given me about the infinite atonement. This is the most important event in all of world history, as well as the best-documented miracle.

I did a podcast with Rod Meldrum around Section 88 of the Doctrine and Covenants explaining with a balance how mercy and justice are perfectly satisfied. You can see it on YouTube. The infinite atonement is perfect and brought perfection to Heavenly Father’s Plan of Happiness.

The Lord’s Spirit whispered to me the seven steps of His infinite atonement. These steps took Him from the deepest of incomprehensible suffering to the heights of the greatest ecstasy and incomprehensible joy. Seven is the number of perfection or completeness in the Lord’s arithmetic. That fullness of joy is offered to all who receive Him and the fullness of His gospel. They truly come unto Him with broken hearts and contrite spirits. They repent of all their sins, exercise faith in our Beloved Messiah, and receive His mercy and grace.

His infinite atonement totally overcame the effects of the fall of Adam and Eve—both the spiritual and physical deaths brought about by the fall. As the Book of Mormon clearly shares, the infinite atonement includes His glorious resurrection. And because of His resurrection, all will be resurrected and brought back into the presence of God. Then the Book of Mormon teaches so beautifully the following:

  • And the Messiah cometh in the fulness of time, that he may redeem the children of men from the fall. And because they are redeemed from the fall they have become free forever, knowing good from evil; to act for themselves and not to be acted upon, save it be by the punishment of the law at the great and last day, according to the commandments which God hath given.
  • Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh; and all things are given them which are expedient unto man. And they are free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according to the captivity and power of the devil; for he seeketh that all men might be miserable like unto himself. (2 Nephi 2:26-27)

The Savior’s Three Days in Paradise are a Major Part of Infinite Atonement

Essentially all Christians and most members of my church miss the great importance of Christ’s three-day visit to paradise and its monumental importance as part of the infinite atonement.

Blog Articles Giving More Detail about the Infinite Atonement

Here are the blog articles I have written about the infinite atonement. Again, this is the most important event in all of world history. The first blog article is not in the three-volume set, as it was written after the printing. It is in response to President Nelson’s request in his talk in the October 2024 General Conference. He asked us to learn all we can about the atonement. The General Conference is a semi-annual event for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The rest of these blog articles are in the three-volume set.

The Importance of the Infinite Atonement
The Infinite Atonement of Jesus Christ
Seven Steps of the Atonement
The Infinite Atonement and Paradise
Resurrection – Capstone of the Atonement
The Perfect Infinite Atonement
The Full Infinite Atonement
Atonement – Timekeeping Algorithm – Zion Parallels

All are Greatly Blessed because of the Infinite Atonement

All of Father’s children are greatly blessed by the infinite atonement, as is the earth on which we live. After the cleansing of the Earth by its baptism with Noah’s flood, it will be cleansed by fire. The infinite atonement makes that cleansing of the Earth possible. Then it moves the Earth into a “new heaven and a new earth” in the Earth’s glorious millennial epoch. Then, amazingly, the infinite atonement moves the Earth again into another “new heaven and new earth” at the end of the millennium. That is when the Savior presents His Kingdom to the Father and into the celestial realms of glory. Again, that celestial process is powered by the Savior’s infinite atonement. We cannot say enough in praise, honor, and in deepest gratitude for all He has done, is doing, and will do to bring us back to the Father.

The TRUTHs and LIGHT of God are beyond our comprehension, but what we can come to understand is glorious. We cannot imagine a better plan. THANK YOU, LORD, for Your infinite love in providing this Perfect Plan of Happiness—perfected by our Savior’s perfect and infinite atonement. In honor of God, I share the TRUTHs and LIGHT He has taught me.

David W. Allan (9 November 2024)

PS The keystone over the entry to our home is “Truth is Light.” (D&C 84:45)

Photo: David W. Allan

What is Eternal Life?

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FreepikEternal Life is the greatest of all the gifts of God. Jesus in prayer, “As thou hast given [Me] power over all flesh, that [I] should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given [Me].  And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” (John 17:2, 3)

But how do we comprehend the incomprehensible? Thanks to the beautiful truths of the restoration of the fullness of the gospel, we gain great and inspiring understandings of Eternal Life. In this scripture, the Apostle John gives us a beautiful definition of “Eternal Life.” It is to know God and His Beloved Son. The implications of that knowledge are enormous. Jesus has asked us to be perfect like He and the Father are perfect. (3 Nephi 12:48) We learn from the restoration that Eternal Life is not only life with God but growing into perfection to be like God. We have the great promise: “He that keepeth his commandments receiveth truth and light until he is glorified in truth and knoweth all things” (D&C 93:28)

Why Are We Here?

When Vinney Tolman passed the veil of death, he was taught the “Purpose of Life” by his great-great-grandfather Drake. He asked Vinney, “Why are we here?” referring to our mortal journey. Vinney shared his perspective, “I was taught Christian values and principles I should live by— that life was a test to see what kind of soul we have.” Drake responded, “Your mortal existence is not a test.” He explained that a test implies pass or fail. God created a “system where everyone succeeds, but only at the speed that they are able to grow.” Vinney questioned, “So, we can continue progressing after we die?” And Drake said, “We do indeed… the life you have on earth is a reflection of the life you can have afterward… [God] wants to give us more love, more responsibilities, and more opportunities to create and grow and love in ways you have never imagined. But you have to be ready for it… Whatever progress you can make while alive will help you that much more after you move on.” Life is a grand opportunity to grow in LIGHT and TRUTH. Jesus is the way and the truth and the life.  (John 14:6)

Learning in This Life

The Prophet Joseph Smith taught: “…if a person gains more knowledge and intelligence in this life through his diligence and obedience than another, he will have so much the advantage in the world to come.” (D&C 130:18-19)

The cornerstone scripture for the Protestant world is John 3:16; “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” But “everlasting life” is not the same as Eternal Life. The Apostle Paul shares that there are three degrees of glory. (1 Corinthians 15:40-42). The revelation given to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in Section 76 of the Doctrine and Covenants greatly amplifies that. And Section 88 gives us even more glorious detail.

Paul describes the three degrees of glory like the sun, the moon, and the stars. And as one star differs from another “in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead…” Those coming to Christ and receiving the fullness of the gospel are promised celestial glory—like unto the sun. Those who accept Christ from the Bible gospel will make it into the Millennium, where they will have the opportunity to receive the fullness of the gospel.  If they accept, they will enter into celestial realms of glory at the end of the millennium. Otherwise, they will enter a glory like unto the moon. Those rejecting Christ in this life will suffer for their sins during the epoch of the millennium. And if they accept Christ, they will have glory like unto the stars (Telestial Kingdom).

In the perfection of our infinitely loving God the “glory of the telestial… surpasses all understanding.” (D&C 76:89) We learn from Section 88 that the Lord rewards us according to the desires of our hearts. The Lord shares this profound counsel: “…that which they are willing to receive because they were not willing to enjoy that which they might have received. For what doth it profit a man if a gift is bestowed upon him, and he receives not the gift? Behold, he rejoices not in that which is given unto him, neither rejoices in him who is the giver of the gift. (D&C 88:32-33). The beautiful and glorious thing about Their Perfect Plan of Happiness is that we can grow in learning (Light and Truth) until we know what They know. Then we have a fullness of joy as we become like Them.

To Know Them is Eternal Life

I believe the most important thing we can do is help people come to know our infinitely loving Elohim. To know them is ETERNAL LIFE, (John 17:3) the greatest gift of all the gifts of God. (D&C 14:7) And the most important unit in time and in eternity is FAMILY.  Eternal Life is to know and live with our Heavenly Parents and Their Beloved Son, and to be like them—knowing “all things.” What an incredible promise and hope that gives us in the core of our beings and in the deepest reaches of our souls.

Elohim is plural and includes Heavenly Mother. I have come to know of her infinite love as well and of her magnificent role in the Godhead.

Learn the Truths of God

At a meeting in Paris, a good friend and colleague of mine came up to me and said, “I want you to give me a one-sentence summary of your religion!” I went into a deep internal prayer mode, and then shared with him, “We search for Truth with a capital T.” I believe the greatest opportunity in our mortal journey is to learn the TRUTHS of GOD, and then apply them in our lives. I have found the greatest joy in doing so. I believe that path leads us to Eternal Life and a fullness of joy Ironies, when you lose your life for Him, you find it.

Aquarian Gospel of Jesus Christ

In the Aquarian Gospel of Jesus Christ, by Levi, we read: “While he, with Peter, James and John went to Gethsemane to pray. They sat beneath an olive tree, and Jesus opened up the mysteries of life to Peter, James, and John. 

He said, ‘The Spirit of eternity is One unmanifest; and this is God the Father, God the Mother, God the Son in One. In the life of manifests the One became the Three, and God the Father is the God of might, and God the Mother is omniscient God, and God the Son is Love. And God the Father is the power of heaven and earth; and God the Mother is the Holy Breath, the thought of heaven and earth; and God the Son, the only son, is Christ, and Christ is love. I came as a man to manifest this love to men.” (163:29-34) This gospel also shares, “Behold, this Comforter of God, the Holy Breath, is one with God, but she is one that the world cannot receive because it sees her not; it knows her not. But you know her because she will abide within your soul.” (161:36-37)

Eternal Life – The Fullness of Joy

The Gospel of Thomas shares that Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother are “EQUALLY-SACRED.” “THEY ARE THE GREAT-POWERS OF ALMIGHTY/EL-SHADDAI… THE ONE IS NOT [without] THE OTHER IN THE ONE GREAT… YHV.” (117:B) I believe that Heavenly Mother as the “Holy Breath” perfectly orchestrates the angels in the Kingdom of Heaven to have angels speak the words of Her Beloved Son to witness Him across time and in eternity. (2 Nephi 32:2-5) And also to bear witness of Heavenly Father and His infinite love. Heavenly Father has protected Her name from being profaned. She is the best means now for us to know our true ELOHIM and to enjoy Eternal Life and a fullness of joy.

David W. Allan

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We Are At A Critical Crossroad

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We are at a Critical CROSSROAD. The CROSSROAD choices are between liberty and tyranny, peace and war, health and sickness, and life and death. Led by Satan, the global elite have an overall goal of reducing the world population and having control of the masses. Satan is so subtle; he and his minions come in every door they can. At the same time, many really good things are happening with some very enlightened people.

I am not a big Trump fan, but if he loses the election, this land of the free will be lost. I am so happy that he now has some excellent people helping him move forward: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Vivek Ramaswamy, Elon Musk, and other bright entrepreneurial supporters. All of these folks are great supporters of the First Amendment—freedom of speech—and the “American Dream.

American Health and Nutrition

Our son Nathan sent me the link to a four-hour roundtable on health and nutrition. The roundtable was organized by Senator Ron Johnson and Robert (Bobby) F. Kennedy, Jr. The information is incredibly relevant and timely as well.  Some very good people share some major insights during this roundtable. |

I also found this recent interview of Jordan Peterson with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and I learned a lot from them. Jordan knows how to get to the heart of the issues at hand.
Jordan Peterson has organized Jordanforthefellowship.org to help Israel. Many Christians are aligned as well.

My Summary of the Information

The global elite have control of the pharmaceutical industry, the FDA, the CDC, the NIH, the democratic party, and the UN. Unfortunately, they are exercising significant control over the internet, as well. They are manipulating the wars, the pharmaceuticals used, and the food industry in a major way. For example, after causing the obesity epidemic by manipulating what we eat and drink, they have now designed a very expensive pill for the obese to use to get rid of the fat!

As pointed out in the roundtable, the obesity epidemic is having serious consequences on human fertility, which, of course, is what the global elite want. It is also exacerbating many other diseases—like diabetes, many previously unknown childhood diseases, and Alzheimer’s.

Regarding wars, the global elite have control of the industrial military complex for profit; not for peace. They funded both sides of WWI and WWII. And they have greatly profited from all the wars since. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated because he got in the way of their war-mongering activities.  Bobby’s dad, Robert Kennedy, was assassinated as well for that reason.

I learned from Bobby Kennedy that the Kennedy family moved to the United States as a result of the Irish potato famine in 1845, which lasted over the next seven years. The democratic party was their savior, so to speak, and they have been Democrats ever since. Bobby Kennedy—seeing the corruption of the party has now aligned with Trump and is the primary advocate for the American people in stopping the chronic disease epidemic in America. He has convinced Trump of the importance of dealing with this monumental problem, as it is destroying our young people.

These diseases include basically all American diseases. The rate of children’s diseases has increased rapidly over the last few decades; many of which were not even known a few decades ago: ADHD, ASD, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimer’s, insulin resistance (which 85% of Americans have and most don’t know it) dementia, several autoimmune diseases. Suicides among the young are now occurring at an epidemic rate. As Bobby Kennedy points out; all of this is avoidable and can be fixed relatively quickly. He outlines how in these videos. Trump now fully supports Kennedy in this effort, and they are making massive plans to do so should Trump be elected. This could be an enormous benefit to our younger generation, as well as to the masses.

The global elite taking over the food industry for profit is bringing about the early death and diseases of millions. Processed foods are nutrient-poor and disease-enhancing. Many of the processed foods use seed oils that are harmful because they are cheap. There is a great need to go organic and fresh; grass-fed and all the rest, as it was in the past before the current health crises. The food industry does not use in processing the oils that are good for you: coconut, palm, avocado, and virgin olive oil.

Most Americans are addicted to sugar, which is a slow poison. High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is the preferred sweetener developed in the 1970s because it is so cheap and comes from subsidized GMO corn growers. HFCS drives obesity. The body doesn’t know how to process it and turns it into fat. America’s high carbohydrate diet drives obesity as well and also diabetes, which is now an epidemic.

God’s Promise

There are many more facts you can learn from the panel of experts. Let us be hopeful that solutions are at hand if we elect good people. Kamala Harris is aligned with the global elite and will destroy America if elected. Read the ingredients labels when you shop. Sugar and undesirable seed oils are often on the list.

The most important point that most people miss is that America is the “Promised Land” spoken of in the Book of Mormon. And God has promised that if we worship Him, we will be blessed. If we turn from the God of this land, who is Jesus Christ, we will be “cut off” at His Coming. How important is that?

My goal, as I enter my 89th trip around the sun, is to help as many as I can to come to know the infinite love of the Father and the Son. Basking in the blessings of His FULL infinite atonement and Their love are the greatest blessings we can receive in this life and in the life to come.

David W. Allan (28 September 2024)

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Have Miracles Ceased?

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Have “Miracles” Ceased? In the Book of Mormon, the Prophet Mormon gives an emphatic, “Nay.” And he goes on to say, “Behold I say unto you… neither have angels ceased to minister unto the children of men.” (Moroni 7:29).” And they are happening today.

We know Jesus went forth working many mighty miracles both in the old world as well as in the new. King Benjamin prophesied of Christ’s mighty miracles nearly a century before He came and ministered in the Holy Land. Then after His resurrection, He came to America and healed all their sick and afflicted. The Native Americans remember him as the Great Peace Maker. Jesus set the perfect example before us. Then we have His great promise that the faithful may enjoy the opportunity of working “mighty miracles” as well. (Mosiah 8:18; D&C 35:8) Here, I share some fulfillment of those promises.

Miracle of Vinney Tolman

We have the amazing and well-documented miracle of Vinney Tolman coming back from the dead right here in Orem, Utah, in 2003. The documentation shows that he had been dead for more than 45 minutes. The priesthood power exercised by his brother brought about a total healing after he was in a coma for nearly three days.

Richard Paul Evans sells Vinney’s book, LIGHT AFTER DEATH, because it was life changing for him. He wrote the foreword for Vinney’s book. Reading this short 162-page book, I learned some very valuable lessons. It was definitely a life-changing experience for me as well. I was so impressed with the book that I have written a book report—sharing some of my insights. I have extra copies of Vinney’s book; I am happy to share this life changing book for free for those who cannot afford it and want to read it.

It is a fascinating story. While Vinney was dead and, in a coma, he was taught ten celestial principles. He went to higher and higher levels of light, as he was taught. His third great grandfather, Charles Drake Cazier, was his ministering angel.

Miracles of Elder Shayne M. Bowen

In the last general conference (April 2024), Elder Shayne M. Bowen of the Seventy gave a great talk entitled: Miracles, Angels, and Priesthood Power. He begins by saying: “Many today say that miracles no longer exist, that angels are fictional, and that the heavens are closed. I testify that miracles have not ceased, angels are among us, and the heavens are truly open.” Then he shares some remarkable stories showing the power of faith and of the priesthood in our lives.

He shares the story of his paternal grandfather, Grant Reese Bowen, who was a man of great faith. Grant was working in the field and felt prompted to go to the house. As he was doing so, his grandfather came out and told Grant that his mother had just died.

Grant had received a promise in his patriarchal blessing that he would have the power to raise the dead. Quoting from Grant’s journal, “I placed my hands on her head, and I told the Lord that if the promise that He had made to me by the patriarch was true, to make it manifest at this time and raise my mother back to life. I promised Him if He would do this, I should never hesitate to do all in my power for the building up of His kingdom. As I prayed, she opened her eyes and said, ‘Grant, raise me up. I have been in the spirit world, but you have called me back. Let this always be a testimony to you and to the rest of my family.'”

Elder Bowen’s Personal Experience

Elder Bowen and his family were involved in a horrible automobile accident. Their van ended up upside down. Quoting from his General Conference talk.

After the accident, “We… realized that our 10-year-old daughter, Emily, was missing. We yelled her name, but there was no response. Ward members, who were also traveling home, were at the scene frantically looking for her. It was so dark. I looked in the van again with a flashlight and, to my horror, saw Emily’s tiny body trapped under the van. I called out desperately, “We have to lift the van off of Emily.” I grabbed the roof and pulled back. Only a few others were lifting, but the van miraculously flipped onto its wheels, exposing Emily’s lifeless body.

“Emily was not breathing. Her face was the color of a purple plum. I said, “We need to give her a blessing.” A dear friend and ward member knelt with me, and by the authority of the Melchizedek Priesthood, in the name of Jesus Christ, we commanded her to live. At that moment, Emily took a long raspy breath.”

“After what seemed like hours, the ambulance finally arrived. Emily was rushed to the hospital. She had a collapsed lung and a severed tendon in her knee. Brain damage was a concern because of the time she was without oxygen. Emily was in a coma for a day and a half. We continued to pray and fast for her. She was blessed with a full recovery. Today, Emily and her husband, Kevin, are the parents of six daughters…”

“Those who lifted the van off of Emily observed that the van seemed to weigh nothing. I knew that heavenly angels had joined with earthly angels to lift the vehicle off of Emily’s body. I also know that Emily was brought back to life by the power of the holy priesthood.”

The Calling of Angels

The Prophet Mormon shares the job description of angels: “For behold, they are subject unto [Christ], to minister according to the word of his command, showing themselves unto them of strong faith and a firm mind in every form of godliness. And the office of their ministry is to call men unto repentance, and to fulfill and to do the work of the covenants of the Father, which he hath made unto the children of men, to prepare the way among the children of men, by declaring the word of Christ unto the chosen vessels of the Lord, that they may bear testimony of him (Moroni 7:30-31).”

As we enter into the end times, we will see more and more miracles as the Lord brings about ZION. It is fascinating that the Savior’s raising Lazarus from the grave changed the name of the town.  The name of the town went from Bethany to the Town of Lazarus.  In Arabic, it is called al-Azariya–meaning the place where Lazarus lived. I have a blog article about this insightful experience: SACRED BETHEL, BETHANY, & BETHLEHEM.  (itsabouttimebook.com). This reveals direct evidence of the Savior’s ministry to the world. Else, why would they change the name of the town to reflect the significance of the Savior raising Lazarus from the dead?

It is exciting to know that we can be part of the ideal ZION society, as we truly come unto Christ. Miracles will be wrought, angels will minister, and we will be guided through the purging times ahead.

We had a major miracle with angels assisting last Sunday afternoon (18 August 2024), when we had over three inches of rainfall in about an hour. It was a horrific storm, with tropical winds, hail, and rain by the buckets full. Our City Manager calculated that 490 million gallons fell on Fountain Green–causing major flood. Turning the town into a disaster relief situation. We had a river of water running down our road on the north, and a river of water running down the canal we had built going around our home on the south. THANK YOU, LORD, we had no water in our home. We feel the Lord’s angels were round about us. When we built our home in 1992, some people called it Noah’s ark; it felt like it last Sunday.

David W. Allan (24 August 2024)
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