Book of Mormon Conference Review – April 2019

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The Book of Mormon Evidence Conference was a smashing success (11-13 April 2019) – showing the Book of Mormon to be a Hebrew text and proving its validity with strong Jewish traditions.

Joseph Smith prophesied that the world would prove him a prophet.  We are there.  The millennials want proof and to know what is true; we have it for them.

I have never had so many sincere complements on a presentation that I have given. I offered proof of where the Book of Mormon took place and why it is very important for America to wake up and REPENT – to come to the God of this land, who is Jesus the Christ!  The backgroud for my address came from an article I have written.

Two of the conference speakers were Jewish converts.  I received permission from Robert Kay, who is a Cohen descendent and well learned in the traditions of the Jews, to tell about his conversion story and his contributions pertaining to Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon. 

I am reading again his version of the Book of Mormon showing the Hebraisms and how it profoundly ties to the Adamic language as well as to Hebrew culture.  LDS Living published an article showing my research on the Adamic language. 

Book of Mormon Midrash

Most people don’t know what a Hebrew Midrash is:  The Torah (the five books of Moses) is explained in great detail by the Tabbies in the Talmud.  In the Talmud they often uses a Midrash to show the significance and implications of meaning to a particular verse of scripture.

At the conference I was greatly impressed to learn that Nephi, Jacob, and Abinadi were doing Hebrew Midrashs on the scriptures they were quoting from Isaiah and Zenos.  In particular, Nephi is doing a Midrash on Isaiah 48 and 49 (1 Nephi 20 and 21) in 1 Nephi 22 – showing its relevance for our day.  This chapter has been one of my favorites over the years; now it has even greater meaning.  In addition, Nephi is doing a Midrash on Isaiah chapters 2-14 (compare 2 Nephi 12-24) just after he quotes them.  His Midrash follows in 2 Nephi 25-29.

Jacob is doing a Midrash on Zeno’s allegory as he shares it and his comments in Jacob 4-6.  I have a blog article showing the significance of this allegory: Some of Zenos’s writings were found in 1906.

Abinadi is testifying of the atonement of Christ in King Noah’s court as he does a Midrash on Isaiah 53 before he was martyred.  See Mosiah chapters 14-16.  Abinadi’s testimony converted Alma.  The impact of the conversions of Alma and his son, Alma the younger, have impacted millions of lives in bringing them to Christ.

Some of the protagonists say that Joseph copied scriptures from the Bible into the Book of Mormon.  At the conference, this was proven not true.  There are 433 verses of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon and over half of them are significantly different, and those differences often reflect the Hebraisms.

The historical documentation around the coming forth of the Book of Mormon proves its divinity.  It was translated in approximately 65 days and the printing was a miracle also.

In contrast, it took the 51 King James scholars seven years to pull together the KJV of the Bible, then 76 % of what they used was William Tyndale’s translation.

Book of Mormon Museum

Jonathan Neville gave three great presentations at the conference and shared their grand plan to put a Book of Mormon museum in Washington D.C. with scriptures on the face of the museum showing that, “The Book of Mormon is a sacred book of ancient scripture that is evidence of God’s love for all people of the world.”

Book of Jasher

At the conference, I learned from David Hocking that the Book of Jasher, which is referenced in the Bible but not included, was found in Europe in Hebrew and translated into English in 1840 – ten years after the Book of Mormon was published.  The Book of Jasher has 91 chapters and covers from Adam down to Joshua.  Like the Bible, the Book of Mormon references contents of the Book of Jasher.  This itself shows direct evidence of the validity of the Book of Mormon.

David Hocking and Rod Meldrum are the editors of the newly published Annotated Book of Mormon, which sold 5,000 copies of the first printing last Fall.  They have printed 20 thousand more and they are nearly gone.  Rod has added quotes from the prophets and pictures of likely places for the geography.  I have read it and believe it is one the best books on the planet to build faith in the Lord and to show that America is the Promised Land spoken of in the Book of Mormon and prophesied of in the Bible.

Timothy Ballard Address

The capstone talk of the conference was Timothy Ballard’s.  Tim has probably done more than any other human on the planet to stop the horrible human trafficking problem.  He has consulted with President Trump on this problem, been on the Glen Beck show, written the bestselling book, The American Covenant, and has saved a large number of children along with arresting many of those involved with this heinous sin.  One of the amazing arrests of 15 perpetrators of child pedophelia and the saving of 125 children in that operation was so significant that Columbia Pictures is going to make a movie of it that should be out this November, “The Sounds of Freedom.”

Tim also shared a synopsis of his bestselling book, The Lincoln Hypothesis, showing how the Book of Mormon changed Lincoln’s life and religious freedom in this country.  It is an amazing story and a story everyone should know.

It is so exciting to see the Lord’s hand in sharing the gospel around the world and to be a part of it.  The best thing we can do is to “learn of me…” (Matt. 11: 28-30) “find rest unto your souls.” Live and share His glorious message of LOVE.

David W Allan

The Bible & The Land of Liberty

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The Bible had more influence on making America (USA) a land of liberty than any other book. In fact, KJV Bible has had more influence for good in the world than any other book ever written.

Where are we now with the Bible and prayer being rejected by our government and in schools?  Moral decay is evident and the millennials are turning into non-believers at a rate of one percent a year with now one-third of them in that category.  The attitude is trust in science and technology to solve our problems and not trust in God.

The Land of Liberty

The Bible was the moral code behind the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.  In support of that moral code Noah Webster’s, The American Spelling Book of 1783 is sprinkled with quotes from the Bible.  It set a publishing record with one hundred million copies being printed over a hundred year period.  It was a major influence in setting a moral code for the nation along with the KJV Bible.

Noah Webster believed, “God’s word, contained in the Bible, has furnished all necessary rules to direct our conduct.”  He further stated, “In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government, ought to be instructed…  I mean primitive Christianity in its simplicity as taught by Christ and His apostles… in the revelation of His will to men… in man’s accountability to God for his conduct in this life; and in the indispensable obligation of all men to yield entire obedience to God’s commands in the moral law and in the Gospel.”

Early on, citizens studied and highly valued their bibles.  For instance, Private Walter G. Jones had two holes all the way through his KJV Bible saving his life during the Civil War.  Almost all the soldiers on both sides of the conflict had KJV Bibles in their haversacks, and there are many more stories where soldiers’ lives were saved when bullets hit their Bibles.

This Promised Land

In Chapter 23 of my book “It’s About Time”,  I fully explain how his “Promised Land” was raised up by the Lord for the restoration of the fullness of the gospel in preparation for His Glorious Second Coming, and of the great importance of this Gentile nation to come to the God of this land, who is Jesus the Christ.

We Were A Christian Nation

Because the people of this nation have in large measure, turned their backs on the God of this Promised Land. We face a major purging time if we don’t repent. In a recent survey, ninety-three percent of the leading American scientists believed the Bible is a myth and, more and more of the world as well, trust in science rather than God.  My book, It’s About Time, is a counter attack on this secular satanic encroachments on Christianity and to help bring about faith in Christ.  True science and true religion must harmonize, or they are not true!

There are two fascinating prophecies by Joseph in Egypt and by Nephi, son of Lehi, that in the last days people will disbelieve the Bible. However, The Book of Mormon will prove the bible true (2 Nephi 3:11; 1 Nephi 13:38-41).  This is one of the main messages of my book — to show the grand harmony between science and religion.

In my presentation at the Firm Foundation Expo on April 11th, 2019, I prove from God’s word and from logic, that America is not only the “Promised Land” but why it’s so important to know where the Book of Mormon took place.

In this “Promised Land” a bride will be prepared to meet the Bridegroom. If we will truly come to Christ and repent of all our sins, it will be our great blessing to be part of that holy gathering.  Let us be pure in heart; live the Law of Love; be a Zion people that we may be part of the Bride to meet the Bridegroom.

David W Allan

What Time Is It?

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How many times have you asked, “What time is it?”

Einstein is reported as saying, “If you ask me what time it is, I will tell you, but if you ask me what is time, I cannot!”  If he didn’t say it, he should have!

Time, as we think of it flowing throughout the universe is a metaphysical concept – abstract – an idea in our minds.

Some Fun With Time and Some Mind Benders

  1. Doc says, “Joe, I got some bad news for you. You’ve got six months to live.” Joe says, “Six months? Doc, I can’t pay your bill in six months, I can’t do it!” Doc says, “OK, I give you a year…”
  2. Chinese kid was born before the due date. Parents named him Sudden Lee.
    Did you hear about that guy who fell into the infinity pool? Yeah… it took him forever to get out.
  3. The future, the present and the past were arrested and sentenced, and things got tense.
  4. Moses had the first tablet that could connect to the cloud.
  5. Why do the French eat snails? They don’t like fast food.
  6. Here is one for you; a twelve hour stopped clock is perfect twice a day!  And if you could make it go backwards infinitely fast, it would always read the correct time!
  7. True story: I noticed by smart phone was receiving responses to my text messages 4 minutes before I sent them out.  Being a time guy, I asked, “How could this be?”  My wife and I got a good laugh about why this might be: “mind readers!”  I discovered my phone was in manual mode and had gained 4 minutes since I bought it over a year ago.  I fixed it!  Cell towers are synchronized to GPS, so now I am with you; not a head of you!
  8. Another true story: My wife and I celebrated our 22nd wedding anniversary in Guam on the 20th of February, 1981.  I had been invited to give a talk in New Delhi about precise time and frequency distribution systems; the UN had paid for my ticket, and I obtained a $50 coupon to buy a second ticket for Edna.  So we arranged that after the conference, we would travel on to Guam to celebrate the 20th; we had a great time in Guam.  We got on the plane that evening and arrived in Hawaii the next morning, and it was the 20th of February all over again.  Two anniversaries in a row; can’t beat that.  Who but a time-nut would have planned that so?  A little time warp due to our spinning earth and our mixed up timing system.  I have a solution for that in my book: It’s About Time.

What is TIME?

Man’s time is not time; it is time-interval – the accumulation of time-intervals, like a second, a minute, an hour, a season, a calendar, a span from some origin or point in time (like the birth of Christ). We measure time in our minds.  A lot of people think time seems to be going faster.

For example, time can feel slow or “stand still” when you are waiting for a loved one to come out of surgery or when you are waiting for a response after a job interview.  Days can seem long when you are lonely or sad.

On the other hand, we seem to lose track of time when we are busy. “Time flies” when you are having fun, actively engaged in an event or circumstance that is fulfilling or when you are happy.  Vacations seem all too short.

Time seems to collapse (time warp) when you meet an old friend that you have not seen in 25 years. You may feel like it was just yesterday that you were together.

Nothing demonstrates the flawed notion of time better than aging. A young person may think that 30 is over the hill. A 50 year old may feel am 80 year old is ready to die.  And a 70 year old looks in the mirror and can’t believe what they see because inside they feel like a 20 year old.  I am 82 years young, and feel a lot of life is ahead of me — its exciting!

Making some sense of “Time” on this planet

One of the best definition of time that I know of is from my good friend, Prof. Chauncey Riddle, “Time seems to be the possibility of change.”

The Allan variance is the optimum estimator of change in the rate of an ideal atomic clock. http://itsabouttimebook.com/allan-variance-in-laymans-terms/  We cannot measure time, since it is metaphysical, but we can measure time interval more precisely than anything else.

The four dimensions of Einstein’s theory (space and time) are mortal constraints.  Einstein includes man’s time in his relativity equations, and his theory makes GPS work as well as it does.  We contracted with Professor Neil Ashby to develop the relativity equations for GPS.

We also have done a Unified Field Theory experiment showing evidence of a fifth dimension, which we call the eternity domain.  Man’s time is not a constraint in this domain, and this is where God and His angels do their work, and it is where we couple when we pray. The infinite atonement of our Lord and Savior is operative from this eternity domain and covers us in our mortal journey.

God’s Time is Eternal

Remember, God is without constraint. God’s time is eternal. It has no beginning and no end.  God’s TIME has its full purpose in bringing “to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.”  (Moses 1:39)  Christ overcame death and hell – providing resurrection for all and eternal life – life with God and life like God – for all who will believe in Him and accept of His glorious gospel message.  How blessed we are to have the fullness thereof.  Let us live it and share it making the best use of time that we may enjoy eternity.

David W. Allan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Healing in His Wings

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Do You Know There Is A Loving God?

In the ironies of God we see healings and answers to prayers among the believers, but the non-believers miss out.  Science has now proven that the “relaxation response” couples us to the Divine and brings about healing as God designed.  C. S. Lewis, when he was going through his own apostasy from Christianity, said the poem of Lucretius shared his feelings:

 

Had God designed the world,
it would not be
A world so frail and faulty as we see.

Then later Lewis poignantly stated that if you “Try to exclude the possibility of suffering which the order of nature and the existence of free wills involve . . . you find that you have excluded life itself.”  Lewis became one of Christianity’s greatest advocates with the realization: there can be only one of two conclusions regarding Christ: 1) He is the greatest deceiver of all time, or 2) He is exactly what and who He said He is: the Son of God and the Redeemer of mankind.  The resurrection of Christ is the best documented miracle in history.

Cell Function Demonstrate God

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Allan Variance – Spirit of Revelation

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The Spirit of Revelation

Sir Isaac Newton, who is best known for his contribution to the scientific revolution of the 17th century stated: “Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation. I keep the subject constantly before me and wait ’til the first dawning opens slowly, by little and little, into a full and clear light.”

What a beautiful narrative describing the spirit of revelation.

In the early 1800’s the Prophet Joseph Smith’s thoughts on this topic seem most poignant: “THE SPIRIT OF REVELATION is in connection with these blessings. A person may profit by noticing the first intimation of the spirit of revelation; for instance, when you feel pure intelligence flowing into you, it may give you sudden strokes of ideas, so that by noticing it, you may find it fulfilled the same day or soon; (i. e.) those things that were presented unto your minds by the Spirit of God, will come to pass; and thus by learning the Spirit of God and understanding it, you may grow into the principle of revelation, until you become perfect in Christ Jesus. [Joseph Smith, History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 7 vols., introduction and notes by B. H. Roberts [Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1932-1951], 3: 381.)]

Both Issac Newton’s experience and Joseph Smith’s summery compliment Merriam-Webster Dictionary’s definition of “Revelation”.

A: “An act of revealing or communicating divine truth. B: something that is revealed by God to humans. C: an act of revealing to view or making known. D: something that is revealed especially E. an enlightening or astonishing disclosure “

My “Spirit of Revelation” Experience

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The Torah – A Law of Love

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The following is a fascinating exchange between an Elder and a Rabbi regarding the Torah, the Talmud and the Book of Mormon.  Torah is “The Law of the Lord.” the Five Books of Moses.  The Talmud includes”Oral Traditions” and interpretations of the Torah as passed down through the centuries and is like scripture to the Jews.  “Love” is a central value in Jewish theology and ethics.  At the center of “Love” is “Peace and Joy”.  The Elder and the Rabbi discover an amazing relationship between these two theologies through the understanding of joy.

The Law of Love

I taught institute for eleven years for the Moroni Stake for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  During that time I was researching the “Law of Love.”  I found this fascinating article in BYU Studies: https://byustudies.byu.edu/content/elder-among-rabbis.  I made contact with Dennis Rasmussen, Professor of Philosophy at Brigham Young University, and he gave me permission to share this article with my institute class.  Here, I only share a summary of his fascinating experience and insights.

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Trust in the Lord – A New Discovery

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Learning to trust in the Lord, and not “the arm of flesh,” is fundamental to our mortal journey.  I have been studying this phase for decades because of its importance.  In the early morning hours of 25 January 2019, the Lord gave me a new discovery on how it harmonizes the King James Version of the Bible (KJV) and is an inspiring example of the divinity of this great book.

King James Bible Message

There are exactly 1189 chapters in the KJV – which number aligns perfectly with Psalms 118:9, which is the main message of the KJV, “Trust in the Lord.”  Then the Lord also puts this phrase, “Trust in the Lord,” back-to-back in the previous verse, Psalms 118:8.  Then I was additionally shown that by Divine design the center chapter of the entire KJV is Psalms 117:1-2, and that there are 594 chapters before this chapter and 594 after, and 594 + 594 = 1188, which aligns perfectly with Psalms 118:8.  So uniquely, the main message of the KJV, “Trust in the Lord” is highlighted by the Lord in both the total number of chapters and as well by the center chapter.  How special is that? What does Psalms 117 say?
“O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.  For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever.  Praise ye the Lord.” 
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Synchronizing Deep Space Network

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How GPS helped NASA/JPL synchronize their Deep Space Network tracking stations and my personal involvement in that process.

I just learned of the passing of a friend and colleague from Boulder, Dick Davis.  Dick was an amazing electrical engineer, and he was part of the team that developed TV captioning – earning them an EMMY AWARD.  Later on he was part of my time and frequency dissemination research team.

I had listened to a JPL talk at the Frequency Control Symposium in Atlantic City, NJ, on how they synchronized the Deep Space Network using quasar signals and hydrogen maser atomic clocks. The DSN locations were in Canberra, Australia, Goldstone, CA, and Madrid, Spain. They would point their 64 meter wide dish antennas at the same quasar in the center of our galaxy, and then using the excellent time stability of the hydrogen maser atomic clocks, they would correlate the signals being received between these DSN sites.
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GPS or Come Follow Me

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Trust in GPS?  Or God?

When Christ began his ministry he invited Peter, and Andrew his brother to follow him: “And he saith unto them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.  And they straightway  left their nets, and followed him.”  At that moment, he became the GPS or guide for his apostles and for all mankind.  “Come follow me” and gain eternal life.

During my 82 years on this planet, we spent 32 of them in Boulder, Colorado, (1960-1992) helping develop the nation’s official time — based on atomic clocks.  During that time I also helped in the development of GPS.  It has been an inspiring ride. I spent many man-years on GPS alone – helping with the atomic-clock part of that system.   The GPS usage is growing rapidly, and the GPS user device market is expected to be $3 billion in four years.  Everybody loves their GPS, which Google Maps has taken over.  How did people get along without it? Continue reading GPS or Come Follow Me →

Finding Peace On Earth

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We are also dreaming of a system better than GPS that could help bring “Peace on earth.”  This will require collaboration with other countries in a large variety of scientific activities.  Our goal is to use technology to help further the effort of “Finding Peace on Earth Good will toward men.” I will show you how and why precise timekeeping plays a major role in this goal.

Precise timekeeping has improved by a billion fold during my 82 years on this planet, and it has been exciting to be part of it.  It is the most accurate and precise of all technologies and growing faster with enormous benefits to the human family.  GPS is an example: the heart of GPS is precisely synchronized atomic clocks; it would not work without them.

(By reading this blog article, it may help you under stand in five minutes how GPS works. )    The incredible accuracies of the ever improving atomic-clock technologies opens an opportunity to make an advanced GPS with much greater precision than it has now and with enormous benefits.  It is now about 5 meters accurate; can you imagine 1 millimeter?
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