Don’t Be Destroyed at His Coming

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The Apostle Peter, quoting from Moses, prophesied that the Lord would “raise up” a “prophet,” “Him shall ye hear in all things.” Those who “will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed.” (Acts 3:22-23)

The Book of Mormon Prophet Moroni, who saw our day more clearly than any other, referred to that scripture and “He said that that prophet was Christ, but the day had not yet come when “they who would not hear his voice should be cut off from among the people, but soon would come.” (JS-H 40)

We are in that “day.” In the Book of Mormon, the Prophet Nephi shares: “And it shall come to pass that all those who will not hear that prophet shall be cut off from among the people. And now I, Nephi, declare unto you, that this prophet of whom Moses spake was the Holy One of Israel; wherefore, he shall execute judgment in righteousness. And the righteous need not fear, for they are those who shall not be confounded. In other words, those who will “hearken to His voice” shall not be “destroyed.”

To the Prophet Joseph Smith, the Lord shared: “Listen to the voice of Jesus Christ, your Redeemer, the Great I AM, whose arm of mercy hath atoned for your sins; Who will gather his people even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, even as many as will hearken to my voice and humble themselves before me, and call upon me in mighty prayer.”

Hearken to His Voice

“Hearken to His voice” is throughout our scriptures; we see how important it is for each of us to repent and to come unto Him and hear His voice for what He would have us best do to prepare for His Coming and the establishment of Zion.

We have the great promise: “And blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at that day, for they shall have the gift and the power of the Holy Ghost; and if they endure unto the end they shall be lifted up at the last day, and shall be saved in the everlasting kingdom of the Lamb; and whoso shall publish peace, yea, tidings of great joy, how beautiful upon the mountains shall they be.” (Book of Mormon – 1 Nephi 13:37)

The Power of Prayer

We may hear His voice as we invoke the Law of Heaven regarding prayer (Mt. 7:7-8): “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.”

He promises He will answer if we ask not amiss, and it will be in His time as to when it is best for us. For us, it is to be patient and trust in Him. He is the Word, and His words are His voice declaring the glorious gospel message.

As we feast upon His word (Book of Mormon – 2 Nephi 31:20-21), as we read the scriptures, we can hear His voice coming through to us personally as we reach out in humble prayer and by listening to the Holy Ghost share His word designed just for us as orchestrated by the perfectly organized Kingdom of Heaven, where His angels speak His word according to the righteous desires of our hearts. (2 Nephi 32: 2-5)

Bringing Forth His Word

In spite of our weaknesses, one of the beautiful manifestations of God’s love is how he works through us to bring forth His Word in miraculous ways. His loving fingerprint becomes evident to build faith for those who have eyes to see. Consider, the book that has done more good in the world than any other is the King James Bible.

It holds the record for the most printed copies by a factor of ten with two billion copies across the globe to bless people’s lives. About 76% of the King James Bible is William Tyndale’s translation, who died as a martyr 75 years before the King James scholars did their work to bring it forth in 1611. God raised him up to work that marvelous miracle.

Most believe that the New Testament describes how Christianity was launched. In the following, I will share how God orchestrated some major miracles to bring forth His Word through Britain much more effectively than is described in the New Testament with many remarkable miracles.

Percentage-wise, for all who read it, the Book of Mormon has brought more people to Christ than any other book, and both the translation and printing were major miracles. The Lord raised Joseph Smith up to work these miracles.

Validating The Scriptures

Glottology is the science of linguistics. Using linguistics one can validate the scriptures in how God has them laid out in a way that humankind could never do.

As Brian D. Stubbs, a BYU linguistics scholar shares, “Written records unearthed in the Americas are often labeled hoaxes … but… languages… show specific ties from ancient to modern time, and thousands of speakers of the related languages are beyond fabrication.”
I have made friends with Brian Nettles, who is becoming an expert in reading from several of the artifacts in the Great Lakes area of North America where the Hebrew descendants used ancient Egyptian, as this was their language when they left Jerusalem in 600 B.C. to come to America.

The Miracle of the Drama of the Lost Disciples

Most believe the New Testament is the basis of Christianity. I share here God’s miracles in bringing forth His Word to the world separately and more rapidly than that described in the New Testament. Drama of Lost Disciples | It’s About Time (itsabouttimebook.com)
I share the page number from the amazing book by George F. Jowett, The Drama of the Lost Disciples, some miraculous events the Lord orchestrated as He brought the gospel to Britain and the world.

P 9 AD 36 Joseph of Arimathea and Christ’s family and dear friends were cast into the seas by their “remorseless enemies, in an open, oarless boat without sails…” and miraculously ended up in Marseilles.

P 13 “The only man who the Sadducees dared not oppose was Joseph, the great uncle of Jesus, known scripturally and in secular history as Joseph of Arimathea.”
“He was the protector of that valorous little band of disciples during the perilous years following the crucifixion…”

“Startling as it may appear to most Christians, and particularly to the Anglo-American world, the dominant role he performed in laying the true cornerstone of our Christian way of life should thrill our hearts with undying gratitude. His story is exclusively the story of Britain and, in consequence, America, and all Christian people wherever they may be.”
He “was the Apostle of Britain… with twelve other disciples of Christ erected in England the first Christian church above ground in the world…”

Pp 35-36 “…philologists assert that the Keltic or Cymric tongue is the oldest living language. Its root words have a basic affinity with ancient Hebrew.”
P 43-44 In the old Cymric language British means “covenant man or woman,” and Britain means a covenant land. Britain is the foreordained land to “be the advance guard of Christianity, to evangelize the world…” They “held fast to the patriarchal faith of the Old Testament.”

Abraham’s wife Sarah was promised that her seed should be called the sons of Isaac. So, we have Saxon, as derived from Isaac’s-son. And her descendants fulfills the prophecy in England and the coming later to America.

Truth Against the World

The Druid’s battle phrase was and is “Truth against the world,” which is basically my theme.

P77 Like in the Book of Mormon, “the Druidic Priesthood knew the consecrated name [Jesu] long beforehand…” Christ’s ministry and infinite atonement. The Celtic name for Jesu never changed to this day. This translated inspiring Celtic Triads tells a lot:

The Lord our God is One.
Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be
Ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the
King of Glory shall come in.
Who is the King of Glory? The Lord Jesu;
He is the King of Glory.

 P 44 “Julius Caesar wrote, 54 BC: The Druids make the immortality of the soul the basis of all their teaching, holding it to be the principal incentive and reason for a virtuous life. (Gallic War, VI, 14)”

P 77 “The Druidic circle embracing the Cross is the symbol of eternity.”
Only six years after the family of Christ had arrived miraculously at Gaul and then on to Britain, their Christian missionary effort exploded as they joined with the Druids. “In the year AD 42 Claudius, Emperor of the Romans, issued the fateful decree to destroy Christian Britain, man, woman, and child and its great institutions and burn its libraries.

To this purpose, Emperor Claudius equipped the largest and most efficient army ever sent by Rome to conquer a foe and led by its most able generals.” We will see how the Lord turns this massively evil decree into an amazingly fruitful opportunity to spread His word, so that more people can “hear His voice.”

Claudius could not believe the skill and zeal of the Christian military led by two cousins: Caractacus and Arviragus, who were beating Rome’s best army. The Romans met women warriors fighting alongside their men in righteous combat. After two years, Claudius, recognizing the futility of the struggle and the terrible drainage on his finest Legions, called for a six-month truce, and invited the two Christian generals to Rome.

We see the hand of the Lord in two major marriages that happened during this truce: 1) “Hoping to clinch the peace, Emperor Claudius offered to Arviragus, in marriage, his daughter, Venus Julia,” who then becomes a Christian. 2) Also, during the truce period back in Britain, the “Roman Commander-in-Chief, Aulus Plautius, marries Caractacus’s sister, Gladys (Celtic for Princess). Then Plautius becomes a Christian. Emperor Claudius “honorably” brings Plautius back to Rome—relieving him of his military obligation to Britain.

His wife, Gladys, is “A brilliant woman of wide cultural learning, she was a past scholar in classical literature and wrote a number of books of prose and poetry in Greek and Latin as well as in her native language, Cymric. Their home was a meeting place for the talented and they were to be as intimately acquainted with the Apostles, Peter, and Paul, as Gladys had been with Joseph, Lazarus, Mary Magdalene, and the rest of the missionaries at Avalon” in Britain.

After these two Divinely orchestrated marriages crossing enemy turf and bringing about major Christian conversions and opening the door in Rome for Christianity to be promulgated, we see again the hand of providence after Caractacus defended for nine years the Christians in Britain with the Romans suffering several military defeats, Caractacus is betrayed.

Like Judas betrayed Christ helping to bring about the completion of the infinite atonement for all of Father’s children, this betrayal brings about an amazing chain of events helping the Christian purpose to be amplified greatly in Rome and throughout the world.

Caractacus and his whole family are taken as prisoners to Rome, and he in chains with his family walks in dignity with freedom of spirit behind the Emperor’s chariot through the crowded streets of Rome as he is tried before Claudius and the Roman Senate. Probably no Roman enemy military leader was more highly respected by the Romans in the bloody history because of how he “seriously decimated the crack Roman Legions in combat.” (p 104)

Contrary to Roman law, Caractacus’s daughter Gladys walked by his side into the Senate. Again, orchestrated by the Divine, his speech before the Senate turned the tide. It turned the heart of Claudius and he gave him and his family their freedom. It was a speech like Lincoln’s Gettysburg address. The children in Britain used to put it to memory, it was so profound.

“The only restriction imposed in the pardon of Caractacus was that he must remain at Rome, on parole for seven years, and neither he nor any member of his family was ever to bear arms against Rome. To this Caractacus agreed and never once thereafter did he break his pledge. When he returned to Britain seven years later, even though the war was then raging between Briton and Roma led by the unrelenting Arviragus, Caractacus and his family remained aloof, honor bound.

While he remained in Rome he enjoyed all the privileges of a freeman.  With his family, he resided at the Palatium Britannicum—‘the Palace of the British’—which was soon to become world famous in Christian deeds and history.” (p107)

The pagan Emperor Claudius was so taken by Gladys that he adopted her and gave her the name of Claudia. This opened up enormous doors for bringing forth God’s word to the world then and has rippled down to our time in God-inspired miraculous ways.

His Word Blesses Our Lives

Our hearts need to be full of gratitude for the countless ways God has miraculously brought forth His word to bless our lives.

Now we live at that day, when if do not hearken to His voice, we will be “cut off” or “destroyed” at His Coming. The positive rephrasing of those scriptures tells us that, “If we want to be with Him at His Coming, we WILL HEARKEN TO HIS VOICE.”  Then we will not be deceived and will have joy as we totally come unto Him. May we do so, I pray.

David W. Allan

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The Most Important Verse In the Book of Mormon

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Guest Post: Chauncy C. Riddle

This is the most important verse in the Book of Mormon. That is a strong value judgment. But there are some reasons why it might be so.

The verse is 2 Nephi 26:24:

“He (God) doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the world; for he loveth the world, even that he layeth down his own life that he may draw all men unto him. Wherefore he commandeth none that they shall not partake of his salvation.”

“Benefit” means doing good, blessing, and ministering to others. God does this because of his heartfelt love for each human. The totality of all human beings is “the world” in the scriptures. Christ has suffered for the sins and pains of each and every human being in order to be able to bless each one with forgiveness of sins, resurrection, and glory.

He hopes to bless each human will all, with exaltation in eternity. But he respects each person and will put upon each only that which each has shown he or she wants to receive and does follow the covenant path to become able to receive. Not everyone can stand to receive all that God tries to give them. The reasons why this verse is the most important verse come under three headings:

1. This verse gives us a most important feature of our knowledge about our God.

2. This verse solves the problem of evil in the world.

3. This verse sheds great light on the commandments God has given us

Knowledge About Our God

1. This verse gives us a most important feature of our knowledge about our God.
Usual discussions of the nature of God sometimes focus on how much he knows, what he can do, and where he is.

Our God is said to be omniscient, that he knows everything that can be known, past, present, and future. In the Book of Mormon, Jacob exclaims: “Oh how great the goodness of our God. For he knoweth all things and there is not anything, save he knows it.” (2 Nephi 9:20). This means God is never puzzled or in the dark about anything. He knows and understands all things. Therefore he knows how to bless each of his children.

Usual discussions also emphasize the power of God, that he has all power. This means that he can do anything that can be done. The Savior said: “All power is given unto me in heaven and in the earth.” (Matthew 28:18). Thus he is never frustrated by the inability to bless each human being.

Our God is also present everywhere in the universe. “Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.” (Psalms 139:7-10) This is to say that wherever any of his children are in the universe, God finds and blesses them.

And our God is also good, which is to say that he blesses or helps each of his children to enjoy as much blessing as each can stand to receive. And this is where our special verse from the Book of Mormon quoted above applies. It is well understood by mankind that God blesses his children. What is not as well known is what this verse explains: God only blesses his children. Some persons are wont to attribute curses to God, and the scriptures actually use that word.

But this verse in the Book of Mormon tells us that any so-called curse from God is actually a blessing and will result in some great benefit and opportunity for the recipient. Thus, God only blesses. Everything he does is to advance the happiness, power, and well-being of his children. But again, he will not put upon any child of his any blessing in eternity that a person cannot profit from. Thus some are damned to spare them blessings which would cause them to regress. And this damnation itself is a blessing.

The Problem of Evil in the World

2. This verse solves the problem of evil in the world. Anything is evil if it is not as good as it could or should be. Every human sin is evil, something which need not and should not be.

For every human sin shortens the blessings and welfare of the sinner’s fellow beings. God’s commandments are given so that we will have guidance and power not to do evil, but to bless only, even as God does. God holds each human being accountable for all evil each has done, and our Savior counts any evil we do to any person as if we had done it unto him. If we repent of doing evil, our Savior forgives us. But if we will not and do not repent, he must hold us accountable on the day of judgment.

But there is a lot of evil in this world that is not the doing of any human being. There are diseases, natural disasters such as storms and volcanic activity, opposition from wild animals, heat and cold that devastate, etc. The point of this special scripture from the Book of Mormon is that all so-called evil in this world is the hand of God delivering something to his human children which will eventuate blessings that they will eventually recognize and be grateful for.

For God’s hand is in all things. Nothing happens in this universe except with his permission. He lets what we call evil treatment by humans and by natural disasters in nature function as avenues for blessings greater than the evils humans suffer. Thus each human should be grateful for any suffering he or she undergoes, understanding that if he or she will turn to God as a little child and humbly submits to the so-called evils that come upon them, that paves the way for greater blessings from God.

“For the natural man (a man without Christ in this mortal world) is an enemy (does not love) to God, and has been since the fall of Adam (because of the influence and temptations of Satan) and will be forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit (accepts Jesus Christ as his father and guide), and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint (having the companionship of the Holy Spirit) through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love (for Christ and for all of God’s creation), willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him (to bless him), even as a child doth submit to his father (for that person who comes unto Christ counts Christ as his father)” (Mosiah 3:19)

This discussion of evil makes no sense to those who do not believe in the immortality of the human soul: no pre-mortal and no post-mortal human existence. For only in the post-mortal life do all the evils of mortality become known as blessings.

Thus everything God brings to pass happens because God is using it to bless his children, to help each enjoy all the blessings and powers of God himself if they can stand to receive such magnificence.

Shedding Great Light on God’s Commandments

3. This verse sheds great light on the commandments God has given to us, his mortal children. Salvation in Christ is to change our personal character from the way we were, as the natural man in this mortality, into the character and nature of Christ himself. This is done by the individual exercising faith in Christ unto repentance from everything we are and do that is not like him, to “come unto the measure of the fullness of the stature of Christ.” (Ephesians 4:13)

This explains why our Savior commands us to: “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that you may be the children of your Father which is in heaven, for he maketh his sun to shine upon the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust … Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father in Heaven is perfect.” (Mathew 5: 44-48) This is what Christ himself does, and he bids us to follow his example.

This verse in the Book of Mormon is the most important verse because it clarifies for us the most important characteristic of our God: that his heart is filled only with unmixed, pure love for all of his children and for all creation. Knowing the most important thing about God our Father is the most important thing any human could know. And gaining and using that pure love from him in order to purely minister to others is the most important thing any human will ever do.

Guest Post: Chauncy C. Riddle  

Author of  “Think Independently”.

Looking Back To Timely Articles

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We live in an age of ever-changing technology and rapidly changing world events. In this marvelous age of communication, I have authored two websites,  Allanstime.com and It’s It’s About Time book.com.  I have also authored two books.  My first book, Is About Time, was written and published in 2014 with several five stars on Amazon, over 2,000 copies, and over a hundred nations visiting my websites. And my newest book Time and Eternity – End Times & Beyond Revealed, has just been released and is doing well. It is also available as Kindle, and we have had several requests for an audio version, which we are preparing.

Looking Back To Timely Articles to Better Build Our Future

In this fast-paced world, meaningful and timely articles from both of my websites are often concealed behind a new message.  Even though many of the messages continue to be timely under our present circumstances, they are often forgotten.  Looking back to previous articles can often spark an “ah ha” reaction as you read them anew in the present time. The truths of science will not contradict the truths of religion, and as the Savior promised the TRUTH shall set you free (John 8:32, 36), and if He sets you free, then you are “free indeed.”

I Share the Following that I Believe will be the Most Helpful for you; They are now in Appendix C in my New Book

From this website, It’s About Time Book.com, I have published 236 articles.  I have selected 62 pieces that are most relevant for this time frame. These selections also support the information that is written in both books.

My web manager and I have tried to make it as easy as we can for you.  Simply go to the upper right-hand corner of the home page and click on the magnifying glass.  It will open up the search bar. Type in or copy and paste the title of the article you would like to read.  You will be taken directly to the post.

I believe the Creation, the Fall of Adam and Eve, and the Infinite Atonement are the three most important pillars of eternity, therefore, I have listed them first.

Hoping to Help You from this List

Infinite Atonement
Seven Steps to Atonement
Resurrection Capstone to Atonement
Time and Eternity the End Times Revealed
Giving you the best time of your life
Know the truth experiment
The great and abominable church
Who is Moroni

[The following article has been the most popular validating the scriptures scientifically.]
Don’t bypass [LDS Living picked up on it as well.]

Historian Flavius Josephus testifies of Christ
Joseph Smith a prophet for this time
New Book of Mormon miracles
Book of Mormon printing miracle
William Tyndale King James Bible
The book that influenced the world more than any other
Trust in the Lord a new discovery
Atonement timekeeping algorithm Zion parallels
The Firm Foundation Expo Highlights OCT 2022
Ministering Angels and Science
[What I didn’t hear at] General Conference; just search “General Conference.”
Time to Embrace TIME & ETERNITY
Game Changer – The Lord’s View
New James Webb Space Telescope opening up the heavens
Hurrah for Israel
[Regarding EVOLUTION, read Professor Chauncey C. Riddle’s] Tornado in a Junkyard
Optimum Living and Fullness of Joy
Why is the Allan Deviation So Useful?
Jesus Planned Miracle Triggered Crucifixion
The Bible is not a Myth
Passover Last Supper Easter
Evolution and Big Bang Theories Are Pervasive [and have been proven false]
Validity of Prayer Is Proven by Science
Thomas Jefferson and The American Dream
Ancient Hebrews in Ancient America

[The following blog article is particularly interesting; it is a partial book report of George F. Jowett’s Drama of Lost Disciples. The blog article has the same title as his book and tells the amazing story of how the family of Christ came to England and set up a missionary presence greater than that described in the New Testament. Joseph of Arimathea was their ordained Apostle. Mary Madelene was one of the greatest missionaries—being the first to have seen the risen Lord. It seems that St. Patrick was a product of this missionary effort as well, and then he “converted Ireland to Christianity! He was not Catholic.”]

Drama of the Lost Disciples
Saint Patrick’s Day Reflections
The date of the first vision
Archbishop Viganos call for an alliance
My involvement with GPS development
[Rotator cuff surgeries are becoming more common and can be avoided; search]
Healing Shoulder Pain [This also includes back pain]
[Healthy regular exercising causes the bones to trigger a voltage signaling the brain, which can help avoid osteoporosis:] 
piezoelectric effect in our bones
Building A Strong Immune System

[The Message of Gladness is a musical composition with a Zion, a millennial message that our son, Sterling composed from lyrics I had pulled from the scriptures. It was sung at our missionary farewell in 1997 prior to our going to Cote d’Ivoire to share the gospel. The sacrament service and program were most inspiring. We recorded it and listened to it many times during our year and a half in West Africa—often with tears in our eyes because of the profound messages and powerful music—like Handel’s Messiah. We share the program here for the first time:] The Message of Gladness

[Below are several blog articles describing the tactics of the globalist elite and exposing their efforts to make of us slaves by taking away our God-given individual sovereignty. Globalists are using artificial intelligence (AI) to police the internet with plans to know our every thought and action in order to control us. God wants us to protect our God-given intelligence as sacred. Many university professors hate Jordan Peterson as a combatant of their secular ways. His analysis of the Ukraine war is insightful. Most don’t appreciate the price paid for America being a land of liberty. The theory of organic evolution and the big bang theory is atheistic in nature and have been proven false. Regarding COVID, having a strong immune system is the key. My hope is that these blog articles will help you have hope. God is at the helm, and we know we can trust in Him.]

What really happened on 9/11
The Transparent Truth Shall Set You Free
Conspiracy Theory or Conspiracy Fact
Moral Decay In Our Universities
Jordan Peterson
Complicated War in Ukraine
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is Destroying Liberty
Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Evolution and Faith
Evolution and Big Bang theories
COVID-19 Facts and Cures
Turning Bad Into Good
The Covid-19 Vaccination Debate
Not Getting the COVID Vaccine
Top Doctor Reveals Jaw-Dropping Misconduct Regarding Covid
COVID-19 vaccine made before the Pandemic
There is Hope, Not Fear Regarding Covid
Harmful Conspiracies Destroy Faith

On my other website www.AllansTIME.com, if you scroll down to the bottom to “Religious Writings,” you will find several free articles, complementary to both of my books, and in many cases a resource to them.

May the Lord bless you and yours, in your search for TRUTH: (See John 8:12, 32, 36). As you treasure up His Word, you will not be deceived (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.

David W. Allan

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Have You Been Born of God?

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What does it mean to “Be Born of God”?  The Prophet Alma, in the Book of Mormon, gives us some insight into what it means to “Be Born of God”. Mormons don’t often think of themselves as born-again Christians. That phrase is often associated with evangelicals. But should it? The Savior’s invitation to be “born again” is to all. We are at war: Christ versus Satan. It’s about Time for us to stand up for what we believe in.

Alma said, “And now behold, I ask of you, my brethren [and sisters] of the church, have ye spiritually been born of God? Have ye received his image in your countenances? Have ye experienced this mighty change in your hearts? …if ye have experienced a change of heart, and if ye have felt to sing the song of redeeming love, I would ask, can ye feel so now?” (Alma 5:14, 26) Can you say, as the people responded after King Benjamin had shared the great plan of redemption,

And they all cried with one voice, saying: Yea, we believe all the words which thou hast spoken unto us; and also, we know of their surety and truth, because of the Spirit of the Lord Omnipotent, which has wrought a mighty change in us, or in our hearts, that we have no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually. And we, ourselves, also, through the infinite goodness of God, and the manifestations of his Spirit, have great views of that which is to come; and were it expedient, we could prophesy of all things. (Mosiah 5:2, 3) [Bolding is mine.]

The Importance of Being Born Again and the Spirit of Prophecy

Prompted by the “Spirit” I felt to write my two books, It’s About Time and Time & Eternity, the End-Times and Beyond Revealed. In Chapter 11 of the second book, I explicitly share the importance of being “born again,” as one of the “Seven Births” that are part of the Plan to Eternal Life.”

As the Savior told Nicodemus, a person can neither “see” nor “enter into” the “Kingdom of God” unless he/she is “born again” of water and the Spirit. (John 3:3-5) And John the Baptist shares that the Savior offers baptism “with the Holy Ghost, and with fire.” (Matt. 3:11) It is the fire of the Spirit that brings about this “mighty change of heart.”

That mighty change comes independent of the ordinance of baptism; it comes when we have fully repented and have truly given our hearts to God and ask and seek for it, then it can come. The ordinances of the gospel are necessary during our path to eternal life, but not sufficient. The Lord looks upon the heart and also asks for a broken heart and contrite spirit.
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God’s Grand Ironies

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Ironies are expressions of one’s meaning by using language that signifies the opposite. Ironies are often used to provide emphasis on a particular concept. It is apparent that God uses ironies to get our attention and to help us on our path back to Him.

We have the Savior’s birth irony, that the King of kings and Lord of lords was born in a humble stable is an irony of majestic contrast. This babe in the manger saves the world. The heavens and the earth proclaim his birth in the humblest of circumstances. His death and resurrection resounded around the globe, as the heavens and earth witnessed—three days of darkness in the Western hemisphere—couldn’t light a fire. This darkness is in ironic contrast to Him, who is the Light of the world. As we explore these ironies, we can better understand Heavenly Father’s perfect plan of happiness.

The Divine Ratio

We often think of the Christmas star as a five-pointed star, we notice it contains the Divine ratio. If you will go to this link: http://www.allanstime.com/Spiritual/Hopewell_Civilization_Great_Octagon/divine_ratio_mystic_symbol_500.gif , you will observe the following ratios making the Divine ratio when solved:

For the five pointed star b/a = (a + b)/b = phi = (1 + square root of 5)/2 = 1.618… Phi is the Greek letter designation, and interestingly phi – 1 = 1/phi, which is unique. We find the Divine ratio is ubiquitous in nature and in the Lord’s arithmetic. While the five-pointed star may denote Christ’s birth, ironically, the five nails used in His crucifixion are displayed in the above link, and one sees this “Mystic symbol,” showing these five nails, have been found in thousands of places in North American Indian records, and it denotes their Creator: “Yod Hey Vau.” For the Hebrews it is YHVH, and for us it is Jehovah.

As one studies the “Mystic Symbol,” one can think of the left nail denoting Heavenly Father, who has given us His Son–the next nail. The next horizontal nail may denote the Holy Ghost revealing the gospel to Prophets (the 4th nail), to redeem fallen humankind denoted by the fifth leaning nail.

We see the Divine ratio in the 4 ½ square mile earthworks near Newark, Ohio, mapping out the plan of salvation, as constructed by the Jaredites and refined by the Nephites. We see it in the Giza Pyramid.

The Spirit whispered to me in answer to prayer that the Divine ratio, phi, was the ratio between the height and width of the first 5,000 copies of the Book of Mormon printed in Palmyra, New York, in preparation for the restoration of the Lord’s Church. Dedicating my new book to God, I chose this ratio for its dimensions (8 ½” x 5 ¼”).  Note, 8.5/5.25 = 1.62. As of yet, I have not found that ratio in any other books except in the original printing of the Book of Mormon and in Time & Eternity, the End-Times and Beyond Revealed.

Time & Eternity, the End-Times and Beyond Revealed

My new book is now available on Amazon, and you can see already what people are saying about it. They have it on sale for $20.95, and you can “look inside.” It is a game changer. It has been a fascinating book to research and to write. The irony of the book is it shares God’s love and hope and perfect plan in ironic contrast to what Satan and the world would have you believe.

” Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he” (Prov. 29:18). We have every reason to be filled with faith, love, and hope. People are turning to social media and to science instead of to God. The Prophet Jacob says it well:

  • 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)

The major “cunning plan of the evil one” today is LGBTQ+. Satan is confusing massive millions with this identity crisis–especially young people. It is self-centered and narcissistic. Ironically the opposite to God’s Perfect Plan of happiness, which is come unto Christ and lose your life in unselfishly serving and loving others to help them know the TRUTH and be free of Satan’s selfish enticements (John 8:12, 32, 36).

Opposition In Order to Grow

One of the most difficult ironies most people have trouble with is that Heavenly Father’s Perfect Plan of happiness is made perfect by our mortal imperfections. Most people struggle with the concept that we need opposition in order to grow. The war in heaven resulted in the Lord casting Satan and his angels down to the earth. He could have cast them into outer darkness, but for that reason, we needed opposition here, they are very much here. One of Satan’s deceitful phrases is, “There is no devil!” Good and evil are totally ironic contrasts, but necessary for us to obtain eternal happiness. “I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things” (Isaiah 45:7).

Many people—typically atheists—say if God is good, why does He allow all the evil and suffering in the world? I explain this grand irony in great detail in Chapter 2 of my first book, IIt’s About Time. Attitude determines altitude. If we ask the Lord what can we learn from our challenges and life’s difficulties, then we can learn and grow and be grateful for the learning experience. Ironically, some of the greatest people have suffered the most—Christ is the supreme and perfect example. His infinite atonement took Him from the deepest of possible human suffering to the greatest heights of ecstasy with His glorious resurrection.
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Ancient Records to Reveal Abominations

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This exposure will include both those in His Church and outside, who have been caught up in Satan’s subtle deceitful ways. The Lord has given us the tools so that we can avoid deceit and know the truth. In the midst of all the storms of life, how perfect is His Plan of Happiness prepared for the righteous? In His fairness, all nations will know of Satan’s deceit, as these ancient records are brought to light.

Records by the Gift and Power of God

We are so fortunate to have the Book of Mormon—translated by the “gift and power of God,” and we can anticipate exciting and extremely important ancient records coming forth by that same power. We will see what an enormous blessing they will be when they come forth. The scriptural accuracy of these records is of profound value in our search for truth versus error. We have God’s promise that if we will treasure up His word, we shall not be deceived (JS-M 37; JS Matt. 24:30; JS Mark 13:26 in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word will be established (2 Corinthians 13:1)).

Translation Errors in the Scriptures

Translation errors are not uncommon. We are all imperfect and what can we expect other than a translator will introduce his/her paradigm into the translation—believing it to be correct. I share in my new book that Sir Isaac Newton found significant Bible translation errors. David Bercot, after studying the teachings of the primitive Church, wrote the book, Will the Real Heretics Stand Up? He determined that current Christianity is influenced more by St. Augustine, Martin Luther, and others, than by the pure teachings of Christ due to translation errors and misinterpretations of the Bible.

Translation Errors in the Scriptures of the Restored Church

Even in the restored Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we have mistranslations that have crept into the Book of Mormon because of people’s paradigms. For example, a dear friend of ours, Gwen Winters, pointed out that in the original Book of Mormon, which was translated correctly by the “gift and power of God,” Alma 37 reads:

21 And now, I will speak unto you concerning those twenty-four plates [the Jaredite record], that ye keep them, that the mysteries and the works of darkness, and their secret works, or the secret works of those people who have been destroyed, may be made manifest unto this people; yea, all their murders, and robbings, and their plunderings, and all their wickedness and abominations, may be made manifest unto this people; yea, and that ye preserve these directors.

22 For behold, the Lord saw that his people began to work in darkness, yea, work secret murders and abominations; therefore the Lord said if they did not repent they should be destroyed from off the face of the earth.

23 And the Lord said: I will prepare unto my servant Gazelem, a stone, which shall shine forth in darkness unto light, that I may discover unto my people who serve me, that I may discover unto them the works of their brethren, yea, their secret works, their works of darkness, and their wickedness and abominations.

24 And now, my son, these directors were prepared that the word of God might be fulfilled, which he spake, saying:

25 I will bring forth out of darkness unto light all their secret works and their abominations, and except they repent I will destroy them from off the face of the earth; and I will bring to light all their secrets and abominations, unto every nation that shall hereafter possess the land. [bolding is mine]

Directors to Guide; Interpreters to Translate

The word directors were changed over the years to interpreters, which has a very different meaning. Directors are like a Liahona that guided the Lehites to the Promised Land of America in 592 B.C. Interpreters are like the Urim and Thummim (seer stone) used by the Prophet Joseph to translate the Book of Mormon by the “gift and power of God.”

Directors to Guide “my servant Gazelem” to Obtain Ancient Records and Translate with Seer “stone” for “my people who serve me” to Discover the Secret Works of Darkness, Wickedness, and Abominations of “their Brethren”

As stated in verse 24, “These directors were prepared that the word of God might be fulfilled.” In the future, we have these extremely important events where the Lord, “will prepare unto my servant Gazelem, a stone, which shall shine forth in darkness unto light, that I may discover unto my people who serve me, that I may discover unto them the works of their brethren, yea, their secret works, their works of darkness, and their wickedness and abominations.”(Bolding is mine)

So the Lord will do this for those who are serving Him—true disciples of Christ—to reveal “secret… works of darkness” among “their brethren.” In other words, the rank and file were caught up in this “wickedness and abominations.” Further, these secret works of darkness will be made known “unto every nation that shall hereafter possess the land.” In other words, these secret works of darkness, wickedness, and abominations will be made known to Americans, who have come into the possession of this “Promised Land.”

This special “servant Gazelem” will use the “directors” to take him to the “Hill Shim” (see New Book of Mormon Miracles | It’s About Time (itsabouttimebook.com)) which is the grand repository of ancient records. Then with the seer “stone” mentioned in verse 23 and by the “gift and power of God” he will translate the “24 gold plates” and the “brass plates,” which reveal the end from the beginning and “their secret works of darkness, and their wickedness and abominations” in due process as the Lord guides this monumental effort. The Lord has promised, “I will bring to light all their secrets and abominations.”

Moroni Saw our Day and these Goings on

Moroni, who saw our day more clearly than any other prophet, Who Is Moroni? | It’s About Time (itsabouttimebook.com), describes how these secret combinations destroyed the Jaredite nation about 600 B.C., and the Nephite nation about 385 A.D., and he gives this profound warning to us in Ether Chapter 8:

20 And now I, Moroni, do not write the manner of their oaths and combinations, for it hath been made known unto me that they are had among all people, and they are had among the Lamanites.

21 And they have caused the destruction of this people of whom I am now speaking [the Jaredites], and also the destruction of the people of Nephi.

22 And whatsoever nation shall uphold such secret combinations, to get power and gain, until they shall spread over the nation, behold, they shall be destroyed; for the Lord will not suffer that the blood of his saints, which shall be shed by them, shall always cry unto him from the ground for vengeance upon them and yet he avenge them not.

23 Wherefore, O ye Gentiles, it is wisdom in God that these things should be shown unto you, that thereby ye may repent of your sins, and suffer not that these murderous combinations shall get above you, which are built up to get power and gain—and the work, yea, even the work of destruction come upon you, yea, even the sword of the justice of the Eternal God shall fall upon you, to your overthrow and destruction if ye shall suffer these things to be.

24 Wherefore, the Lord commandeth you, when ye shall see these things come among you that ye shall awake to a sense of your awful situation, because of this secret combination which shall be among you; or wo be unto it, because of the blood of them who have been slain; for they cry from the dust for vengeance upon it, and also upon those who built it up.

25 For it cometh to pass that whoso buildeth it up seeketh to overthrow the freedom of all lands, nations, and countries; and it bringeth to pass the destruction of all people, for it is built up by the devil, who is the father of all lies; even that same liar who beguiled our first parents, yea, even that same liar who hath caused man to commit murder from the beginning; who hath hardened the hearts of men that they have murdered the prophets, and stoned them, and cast them out from the beginning.

26 Wherefore, I, Moroni, am commanded to write these things that evil may be done away, and that the time may come that Satan may have no power upon the hearts of the children of men, but that they may be persuaded to do good continually, that they may come unto the fountain of all righteousness and be saved.

It is fascinating that the coming forth of these ancient records by the “gift and power of God” will help “clear the air” and prepare a people for Christ’s glorious millennial reign. These secret works of darkness and abominations will be revealed and destroyed along with those who uphold them. Note, the Lord commands us to be awake when these things come among us–implied to do what we can to help expose them and put them down.

A more Recent Translation Error

We take it as a given that Joseph Smith’s translation was by the gift and power of God. I noticed a more recent mistranslation error that crept in over the years. For Christmas in 1954, my parents gave me a most wonderful gift—the 1953 edition of the scriptures for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was that book that helped me bring many souls to Christ during my Eastern States Mission (1956-1958), and I truly fell in love with the author of them. I learned in my recent research that the phrase “and shall reject the fulness of my gospel” (3 Nephi 16:10) had been removed from this 1953 edition. I noticed it had been put back in my 1979 edition of the scriptures. This scripture is a central message of both of my books, (It’s About Time and Time & Eternity, the End-Times and Beyond Revealed, available from Amazon and from www.ItsAboutTimeBook.com), as the Savior declares as He has been commanded by the Father do so: “At that day when the Gentiles shall sin against my gospel [the Bible gospel], and shall reject the fulness of my gospel, and shall be lifted up in the pride of their hearts above all nations…”

The only ones who can reject the “fulness” are those who have it through the restoration of the Prophet Joseph Smith in bringing forth the Book of Mormon containing the “fulness of mine everlasting gospel” (D&C 27:5). So, the Savior is saying, “when,” not “if,” that happens and the Gentiles commit the atrocities listed in Third Nephi 16:10 then, “I will bring the fulness of my gospel from among them. And then will I remember my covenant which I have made unto my people, O House of Israel, and I will bring my gospel unto them” (3 Nephi 16:10-11). I am guessing the above phrase was removed because they felt we hadn’t rejected the “fulness.” The signs are evident; we are at that juncture when the FIRST (Israel) is becoming the LAST, and the LAST (the Gentiles) have become the FIRST with the restoration, but have now “rejected the fulness of my gospel,” as we see far too many Americas [the Gentile nation spoken of] are in moral decline and doing all the sins listed in 3 Nephi 16:10D

How Blessed we are to have our Good God in Charge

We live in that exciting time when “nothing shall be withheld” (D&C 121:28), as the Lord opens up the path to prepare the way for His Coming. For those who are serving Him, they have the very bright hope that the records coming forth—translated by the gift and power of God—will destroy the secret abominations and those who perpetrate them. Clearly, the most important thing we can do is to repent and come fully to the God of this land, who is Jesus the Christ, and to love Him and serve Him and love Him with all our heart, might, mind, and strength.

David W. Allan

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Avoiding Contention and Building Faith

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Knowing that the devil “is the father of contention” (3 Nephi 11:29) and the great deceiver, there are significant ways to reduce contention and increase faith. We are promised we will not be deceived as we “treasure up his word” (JS-M 37).

Contention can be proven false, because it is of the devil. Then we can move on to what is true. We can use an essential Law of Heaven to learn God’s TRUTHS; “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For everyone that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened” (Matt. 7:7-8). Living that law builds faith and opens the door to TRUTH and LIGHT, and removes contention and deception.

Truth and Light

I use three criteria in my search for TRUTH and LIGHT.

1.       If God says it, I know it and I will not be deceived (JS-M 37).
2.       A theory or hypothesis cannot be proven true; we don’t know enough. Only God knows enough. And
3.       A theory or hypothesis can be proven false if one has reliable falsification data.

For me, these are very powerful tools in my search for TRUTH and they can significantly ameliorate contention—moving a person out of darkness into truth, light, and liberty (John 8:12, 32, 36). We know Christ is the “the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6).

Can Organic Evolution Be Proven False?

In Chapter 6 of my first book, It’s About Time—using the best scientists on the planet and their books and data—I share the proof that the theory of organic evolution is false. This has enormous consequences since this false theory has permeated the world’s education systems and atheism has increased as a result–causing a lot of contention and deception.

Organic evolution is being taught in some classes at BYU—my alma mater.  Also, on the BYU campus, in the Bean Museum, there is a permanent model of the evolution of man from lower forms of life. This shows the secular influence on this, the main university of my church, and this has brought about a lot of contention and deception there.

When I went to BYU, I was fortunate to be taught by Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Chauncey C. Riddle.  When I took a class from him back in the 1950s, he used the Book of Mormon to prove the evolutionary theory false. Unfortunately, students who are attending BYU as believers in biblical “Creation” have turned into “Atheists” because of professors teaching organic evolution.  This is a serious problem at BYU, but it is much more serious at non-religious educational institutions.

Atheism

Because of the increase in atheism, more are believing the Bible to be a myth. I share below how atheism can be proven false. And if there is no fall of Adam and Eve, then there is no need for Christ’s atonement to overcome the effects of the fall.  Hence, organic evolution is anti-Christ.

Joseph in Egypt and the Prophet Nephi foretold of the Bible being disbelieved in our day (1 Nephi 13:38-41; 2 Nephi 3:11). But the Lord knows the end from the beginning and also prophesied that the Book of Mormon would come forth in a needful time, and one of its many missions was to give validity to the scriptures—opening the door to those who have lost faith to come back to the beautiful truths of God. Next, I will show you how it does this remarkable thing.

Trusting the Validity of Scriptures

In my research, I have found evidence of 1,800 phrases that tie back to the language of Adam and provide undeniable validation of the scriptures. The Book of Mormon has been the main tool that led me to these insights, as I have exercised the above Law of Heaven. [Don’t Bypass “And It Came To Pass” | It’s About Time (itsabouttimebook.com)] I am pleased that LDS Living also picked up on this: [The Powerful Book of Mormon Phrase We Always See but Never Think About – LDS Living. That these 1,800 data points are distributed as they are throughout our scriptures provides this validation. It could not be thus except by Divine orchestration. Search them out and see for yourself–how they are used and by whom they are used.

There are several others who provide compelling evidence that the scriptures are true. The great historian, Flavius Josephus, is a great example. Dr. John Lennox is an incredible and very likable Christian apologist. I believe, if all Christians and their leaders, took a firm stand on the validity of the scriptures and shared the above information, it would help increase faith in the world and reduce contention and deception. Also, see remarkable evidence showing that we can “Trust in the Lord.”

Another Contentious Issue

Another contentious issue I see in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is regarding Book of Mormon geography: Heartland vs. Mesoamerica. Many say it doesn’t matter, but the Lord says it matters greatly (Ether 2:8-12). In this scripture, the Lord declares emphatically regarding North America, “that it is a land of promise; and whatsoever nation shall possess it shall serve God, or they shall be swept off when the fulness of his wrath shall come upon them.” It is critical that Americans repent, and turn back to the God of this land, who is Jesus Christ, or this nation will be destroyed. This message should motivate every American to repent and come to Christ.

Using criteria 3 as mentioned above, using reliable falsification data, I share proof that the Mesoamerica theory is false in this blog post:   Where Does The Book Of Mormon Really Take Place? It only takes one reliable falsification data set to prove a theory or hypothesis false; I found eight!

In the December 2012 issue of the Ensign, Elder L. Tom Perry stated, “that the United States is the promised land foretold in the Book of Mormon.”  In addition, President Russell M. Nelson has stated:

“The Book of Mormon reveals the inheritance of Joseph, son of Israel, who was not forgotten when the land was distributed to the tribes of Israel. This was promised in the Abrahamic covenant. Because… Joseph’s inheritance was to be a land choice above all others. It was chosen not because of its beauty or wealth of natural resources, but because it was chosen to be the repository of sacred writings on golden plates from which the Book of Mormon would one day come. Choice because it would eventually host the world headquarters of the Restored Church of Jesus Christ in the latter days. And it was chosen because it was a land of liberty for those who worship the Lord and keep His commandments. (President Russell M. Nelson, President of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, Yes, Mormons are Christians, Legends Library [2017]).”

It is evident that North America is the only location that fits the criteria for where the Book of Mormon account took place. I would love to see the world come to know the great value of the Book of Mormon and of its “promised land” geography. Just like knowing the geography of the Bible helps, I believe knowing the Book of Mormon geography would help remove contention and confusion in the Church membership and especially at BYU where many of the religion professors believe and teach the Mesoamerica false model. It is interesting that the Book of Mormon mentions Christ five times more often than the Bible!

Two Major World Contentions

1. A major contention in the world is that Satan is leveraging all he can with the GLBTQ+ confusion and conflict.   The conflict takes people away from Christ, especially young people.

I believe that if we were more focused on the first two great commandments, our loving example would shed the needed light on those who have lost faith to help bring them back–being valiant loving Christians. Believing in Christ is one thing, but being changed by the grace of His infinite atonement is a life-changing thing. Being born-again Christians, as our scriptures teach us, is TO BE ONE WITH HIM, BODY, MIND, AND SPIRIT! (Mosiah 27:25; Alma 5:14; 7:14; John 3:-3-5; and 1 Pet. 1:23). , My new book proclaims the same—BE BORN AGAIN.

2. The Critical Race Theory is another source of contention. For those advocating “the critical race theory,” there is a beautiful scriptural solution. Each of us is of infinite worth as children of Divine offspring. (Acts 17:2-29) Judging others leads to this contention. Let us not judge and let us bring out the potential goodness in others and help them develop their God-given gifts. Let us be color-blind to race as the Lord has asked us to be. Everyone is important, and putting others down is totally contrary to the Christian ethic of loving your neighbor.

Two Unknown Book of Mormon Miracles

The year 2017 was a very eventful year with a total solar eclipse passing over America over seven cities by the name of “Salem,” which means peace in Hebrew, and on 23 September the 12th Chapter of Revelations was played out in the heavens.

Most don’t know that the historical data show that it should have taken over 22 months to type-set and print the first 5,000 copies of the Book of Mormon, when, in fact, it happened–miraculously– in less than seven months, and some scholars estimate that Joseph Smith’s days spent in translating this ancient record were about 65–another miracle as well.

Also, in 2017 on the 20th of March at exactly 4:28 AM (MST)– I looked at the clock–I was praying about these miracles of the coming forth of this AMAZING ancient record, and I had the impression that the printed dimensions of the first 5,000 copies of the Book of Mormon–heretofore unknown–were in the Divine ratio. Having a replica, I got up and measured it: 7.5 inches high x 4 5/8 inches wide (7.5/4.625 = 1.62, the Divine Ratio). This Divine revelation came exactly at the moment of the vernal equinox. THANK YOU, LORD for another one of Thy fingerprints manifesting Thine infinite love for us! In Thine honor, I have made the dimensions of my new book in the Divine ratio: 1.62 = 8.5 inches / 5.25 inches, as it explains Thy Perfect Plan of Happiness in the midst of all our imperfections. This is indeed one of Thy grand ironies with a wonderful Divine purpose in it for each of us.

Message of Gladness

During my 87th trip around the sun and onward as the Lord gives me the strength to do so I rejoice in sharing the ‘Message of Gladness” across the world: The Message of Gladness | It’s About Time (itsabouttimebook.com). Bringing people back to faith and ameliorating Satan’s contention and deception. Pray always that we may conquer the influence of Satan and his minions. (D&C 10:5)

Faithfully yours,

David W. Allan

PS My new book, Time & Eternity, the End-Times and Beyond Revealed, is designed to bring hope, as people come to know the beautiful future our Loving Heavenly Father has prepared for His children: Time to Embrace TIME & ETERNITY | It’s About Time (itsabouttimebook.com)

The Book of Mormon is in more than 110 languages, and it can be listened to in audio: https://www.learnoutloud.com/podcaststream/listen.php?url=http://feeds.feedburner.com/book-of-mormon-mp3-eng&all=1&title=45992 and all the scriptures can be read at the following BYU link: Scripture Citation Index (byu.edu)

David W. Allan

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A Gift of Time and Eternity

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I am pleased with how well my new book, Time and Eternity, The End-Times, and Beyond Revealed, has been received, which I introduced at the Book of Mormon Evidence Conference, EXPO. I believe it is a game-changing book, and those who have already read it agree. I share comments below from some of them who are near and dear family and friends.

My Thanksgiving Gift To You

For those who didn’t have the opportunity to buy my new book at the EXPO, my Thanksgiving offer to you for my new book is same as the EXPO special price of $20 for Time and Eternity, The End-Times, and Beyond Revealed. As an addition to the gift, I will pay the shipping. Just send me a check along with your address. I will do the same for my other book, It’s About Time. With that one, I am offering a free copy to those who have lost faith, if you think they will read it. Just send me $5 to cover the postage for them, and I will sign it for them as well, if you would like me to.

At the conference, our publisher had a super special deal: both of my books plus Chauncey Riddle’s, Think Independently, for $40. I’ll do the same and I will pay for the shipping as well. HAPPY THANKSGIVING! My contact information is below.

What People Are Saying

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Modern Technology Reveals the Mind of God

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In recent years with the advent of digital computers, modern technology has opened up to us a touch of the infinite mind of God as the Master Mathematician.

Now that modern technology has revealed this, we see it all over in His creations. These numbers and mathematical properties have been there all along, and now we get a taste of the infinite loving mind of our Creator.

Let me explain a couple of terms in lay person’s language to better understand the marvelous nature of the omniscient mind of God. We can think of mathematics as an abstract way to quantify things. For example, I have three apples; the quantity is three. There are seven planets in our solar system. There are seven archangels, seven dispensations of the gospel, seven days of the week, and seven thousand years for the Lord to perfect the earth to be the celestial kingdom, we know that seven is the number for perfection and completeness in the Lord’s arithmetic.

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Fellow of the Royal Society, and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Srinivasa Ramanujan (Ra-ma-mu”-dzen) from Madras, India, was a deeply religious Hindu who credited his world-renown mathematical capacities to divinity – revealed to him by a family goddess. “An equation for me has no meaning,” he once said, “unless it expresses a thought of God.” A movie has been made of him, “The Man Who Knew Infinity.”  I also mention him in a former blog post, “Remarkable Angel Assistance Stories”.   We see numbers all over in nature as part of God’s “creation mathematics.
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Beautiful Mathematics in the Mind of God

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I have learned that God is the Master Physicist, Master Mathematician, and the Master of any good discipline you may think of. We worship an awesome God. I believe God smiles as we uncover His majesty.

If you know someone who has lost faith or is an agnostic or an atheist, here is your answer for them. Dr. Jason Lisle Ph.D. is a devoted Christian and astrophysicist and founder of the Biblical Science Institute. He has a most remarkable video with detailed pictures demonstrating the beauty of the mathematics of the mind of God. There is no secular or atheistic explanation for these—showing a touch of the beauty of God’s mathematics.

The Mathematics of God

Let me explain a couple of terms in lay person’s language to better understand the marvelous nature of the omniscient mind of God. We can think of mathematics as an abstract way to quantify things. For example, I have three apples; the quantity is three.

Fellow of the Royal Society, and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Srinivasa Ramanujan (Ra-ma-mu”-dzen) from Madrasa, India, was a deeply religious Hindu who credited his world-renown mathematical capacities to divinity – revealed to him by a family goddess. “An equation for me has no meaning,” he once said, “unless it expresses a thought of God.” A movie has been made of him, “The Man Who Knew Infinity.”  I also mention him in a former blog post, “Remarkable Angel Assistance Stories”.  We see numbers all over nature as part of God’s “creation mathematics”,

Different Colors of Noise

Next, we usually think of noise as being acoustic—something we hear or don’t want to hear. But in general terms, we can think of noise as the variability of any quantity. For example, the numbers describing the height of the flood stage of the Nile River each year when analyzed over the 2,000 years of recorded data have a variability called flicker noise–sometimes called pink noise. We can think of white noise like a flip of a coin—heads or tails are equally probable. With each flip, we have no memory of the past flips. Random-walk noise on the other hand can be modeled by taking one step forward if the flip of the coin is positive and one step backward if the flip is tails. In this case, your position has a perfect memory of all the past flips.

Flicker Noise or Pink noise

Flicker noise has a spectral noise behavior halfway between white noise and random walk noise. Flicker noise tends to lose the memory of past flips but retains a good memory of recent flips. Flicker noise is ubiquitous in nature; everything from resting neuron voltage to the scintillation variations in the starlight; “Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are?” You are flickering like flicker noise! Further, flicker noise is self-similar; in other words, if you analyze a section of a flicker-noise data set, the section looks very much like the whole data set with similar spectral noise-color properties and amplitude.

God’s Pictorial Beauty

Dr. Benoit Mandelbrot first discovered some of the beauty in God’s mathematics back in the 1980s. Click the link “Mandelbrot set”.  At the bottom of the page, you will see pictures like the few we have shared here. These images from God’s mathematics have always existed, but Mandelbrot’s insights with the availability of the digital computer revealed them to us:

These detailed images have infinite depth—showing the infinite mind of God and the beauty we see in nature because of His creation mathematics, and the images are self-similar. AMAZING!  Enjoy a touch of God’s mathematics.

As Dr. Lisle shares the beauty of these self-similar fractal processes coming from a mathematical equation, one comes to know a touch of the beauty that the Master Mathematician uses in creation. It demonstrates that God’s mind is infinite. His love for us, His children, is infinite. It is fascinating that the beauty in the Mandelbrot set has always been there as part of God’s infinite mind in His Creations, and if we look closely, we will see them all over in natural processes. Like flicker-noise they are self-similar and ubiquitous in nature.

Flicker Noise is a Limiting Noise in Atomic Clocks

Because flicker noise is also a self-similar process, this made Mandelbrot’s work extremely interesting to us, because flicker noise is a limiting noise process in precision clocks—like atomic clocks needed for GPS.  Back in the 1960s, Jim’s and my theses had demonstrated how to characterize flicker noise. The spectral density of flicker noise is proportional to 1/f, where f is the Fourier frequency used to model a data set. Characterizing flicker noise is mathematically a challenge because the integral of 1/f (flicker-noise) blows up mathematically at both integration limits. This means that both the average value for a flicker noise process and its classical variance don’t mathematically exist –do not converge to meaningful values.

It reminds me of agency (free choice). We can choose the right or we can choose the wrong. The good Lord gave us all a conscience to do so–the light of Christ–and we are most grateful for our individual sovereignty “to choose our life and what it will be.”

Because of Flicker Noise in Atomic Clocks

In 1977, I was invited to Tokyo, Japan, to give a talk on my research on the presence of flicker-noise in atomic clocks at an International Flicker-noise Symposium. There, I met Dr. Voss, who demonstrated how flicker-noise describes music variations—a fascinating talk.

Later, I invited him to give a talk at a Frequency Control Symposium in Philadelphia, PA. Again, it was a fascinating talk. Using computer simulations of noise, he shared the sound of music made from white noise. It sounded horrible—drive you crazy. Then he shared some music made from computer-generated random-walk noise–it put you to sleep. Then he shared some computer-simulated music made from flicker-noise, and it was very pleasing to listen to. Remember flicker noise is halfway between these two noise processes in terms of its spectral properties.

Because, flicker-noise processes are ubiquitous in nature, the Allan variance is used across the globe to characterize and identify these flicker-noise processes. The Allan variance, the Modified Allan variance, and the Time variance, which my colleagues and I developed at the lab in Boulder, nicely differentiate flicker noise from the several other kinds and colors of noise that are invariably present in nature and are commonly present in any time-series data set.

The Secret Code Seen in Creation

So, for all you non-believers out there, in this link Dr. Jason Lisle shares with the world a piece of the infinite beauty and depth of the mathematical Mind of God.  Secular folks and atheists simply cannot explain how this could be. Our second daughter, Karie Allan Clingo, shared this link with us. Thank you, Karie, for sharing this inspiring talk–amazing insights into the mathematical mind of God.

David W. Allan

P.S. Since July 2022, Dr. Lisle has shared recent data about the new James Webb Space Telescope, which shows agreement with the Bible creation model and not with the “Big Bang.”

Fractals

A fractal is a never-ending complex pattern. They are created by repeating a simple process over and over you will get an amazing number of beautiful images, as offspring from Mandelbrot’s work. He has a fun TEDx talk.

Natures Fractal:   Natural beauty in nature.

Heavenly Fractals:  Zoom into the infinite.

Benoit B. Mandelbrot (20 November 1924 – 14 October 2010) was a Polish-born French-American mathematician and polymath with broad interests in the practical sciences,… Benoit Mandelbrot – Wikipedia

Thank you, Lord, for your inspiring mathematics and for everything else—making our trip here on Earth so beautiful.

David W. Allan

Photos:  CC Pixabay – CC Public Domain Pictures