Signs of the Second Coming

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It is exciting to see signs of the Second Coming of our Lord. One of those signs will be mapped out this year over North America. North America is the “promised land” spoken of in the Book of Mormon. The Lord has declared that it is a “choice land” above all others.

Over a seven-year period (21 August 2017—8 April 2024) three major solar eclipses will map out an “A” over North America. This “A” denotes the Lord as the Great Alpha and Omega (A & Ω)—knowing the end from the beginning. The prophecies of the Lord always give us what is needed to help us best prepare for our future and for eternal life. The Lord’s prophecies and signs call on us to repent so that we may partake of the full blessings of His infinite atonement. Now, it is exciting that this year we will see the Lord’s signature, “A.” He is the Great Alpha and Omega and is telling the world of His glorious Second Coming.

The Great Alpha and Omega in the Eclipses

Alpha and omega are the first and last letters in the Greek alphabet. In the scriptures, they refer to the Lord. There are 18 occurrences of A & Ω: D&C 19:1; 35:1; 38:1; 45:7; 54:1; 61:1; 63:60; 68:35; 75:1; 81:7; 84:120; 112:34; 132:66; 3 Ne. 9:18; Rev. 1:8, 11; 21:6; and 22:13. These occurrences map out His majesty. And the infinite love of the Lord can be seen in all directions. Manifest for those who have eyes to see, and ears to hear. (Moses 6:63) Now we see this sign denoting the beginning of the end, as we anticipate His glorious Second Coming.

We know in whom we can trust, and it is not the arm of flesh. Our infinite loving Lord gives us these signs in the heavens that Satan cannot duplicate. He is the great Alpha and Omega—seeing the beginning to the end. We must pay attention to His signs in the heavens. In so doing, we prepare our hearts for the great and dreadful day of the Lord. A great day for the righteous; and a dreadful day for the wicked.

Seven Cities by the Name of Salem

The first eclipse on 21 August 2017 passed over seven cities in North America by the name of Salem. Which means “peace” in Hebrew. Seven is a sacred number in the Lord’s arithmetic. So, the Lord is saying that if the people of North America will repent, we can have peace. Have we listened to the Lord? I am afraid not, and there will be consequences. He is perfectly just, and perfectly merciful.

America’s Greatest Need is to Repent

The best thing we can do is repent and “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.” (D&C 29:1-2) He will help each of us in our paths and in dealing with life’s challenges if we will “Listen to the voice of the Lord your God, even Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, whose course is one eternal round, the same today as yesterday, and forever.” (D&C 35:1) His voice is ever available for us to hear if we will repent. His angels are perfectly organized in the Kingdom of Heaven to speak His words to us. (2 Nephi 32:3-5) They are continually there for us if we will but ask, seek, and knock. (Matt. 7:7-8)

“For he that diligently seeketh shall find; and the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy Ghost, as well in these times as in times of old, and as well in times of old as in times to come; wherefore, the course of the Lord is one eternal round.” (1 Nephi 10:19) As we trust in Him, He promises, we need not fear. (1 Nephi 22:22) In the same chapter it warns, those who will not hear Christ will be “cut off.” (1 Nephi 22:20-21)

 August 14th, 2023, Eclipse

This eclipse makes the left side of the “A,” It connects with the 21 August 2017 eclipse path in Oregon and exits the United States at Corpus Christy, Texas. Corpus Christy, of course, means the body of Christ. How apropos is that?

 April 8th, 2024, Solar Eclipse

Seven years after the 2017 eclipse we will see the April 8th, 2024, eclipse. This eclipse is fascinating as it both completes the Alpha, “A”, and crosses over Missouri. Missouri is sacred to the Lord for this is where the New Jerusalem will be built. So, this is also a sign that the ideal ZION society is coming in preparation for the Lord’s Second Coming. This will be when the prophecy comes to fruition as the Bride meets the Bridegroom, (D&C 133:7-14). The Lord will bring again Zion. (Isa. 52:8; 3 Nephi 16:18)

Terri Pontius pointed out to me that this eclipse passes over eight cities by the name of Ninevah. Seven of them are in the United States, and one in Nova Scotia. The Prophet Jona called Ninevah to repentance and had great success. Is the Lord telling us that will happen again? Interestingly, Nova Scotia is inhabited by the Mi’kmaq Indians, whose DNA is more than 50% tying back to Israel. Their language has a lot of Hebrew like characters–EL for God, for example. There is good evidence that the Mi’kmaq were part of Hagoth’s entourage. This is described in part in Alma 63, as well as in this link.

This crossing is also the area where beginning in 1811 there followed a record number (2,000) earthquakes. The biggest and greatest earthquake sequence in recorded history in North America. The town of New Madrid, MO, was destroyed. Some of the native American Indians saw it as a sign of their mistreatment by the European invaders.

There is a museum in New Madrid, MO, documenting this incredible event. These earthquakes made the Mississippi River run upstream and rang bells in Boston. There were three days of darkness, and stories recorded in that museum remind one of the destructions recorded in the Book of Mormon. At the time of Christ’s crucifixion, there were three hours of destruction of several of the major cities in North America, and there were three days of darkness.

There are prophecies that the Missouri earthquakes will happen again in a major way as part of the cleansing and preparing for the New Jerusalem. With these eclipses, the Lord is giving us a repentance warning. The prophecies indicate that the Mississippi and Ohio rivers will open up the country into a major waterway connecting the Great Lakes.
On page 118 of John Pontious’ book, Visions of Glory, we read that a new canyon will be created: “This canyon essentially created an eastern and the western United States, which figured into some international intrigue later on.”

September 23nd, 2017, Sign in Heavens

Saturday, 23 September 2017, I took screenshots with an app I have on my phone. This app allowed me look at the constellations in the daytime in any direction. These shots in our living room give you orientation in conjunction with Revelations Chapter 12 being played out before us in the heavens.  Planetary alignments are common. But to have the planets lined up as they were WITH THE MOON AND THE SUN is unique. Such an event has never occurred before in astronomical history. The Lord is telling us that He is going to give birth to a ZION society. This is the ideal, pure in heart, society spoken of in the prophecies in preparation for His Coming.

In this Divine Sign in the Heavens, we have all five planets (Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, and Venus) lined up with the sun and the moon. They map out Revelations 12 for those who have eyes to see and hearts to feel. He is getting ready to bring forth the ideal ZION society, and the exciting thing is that we can be part of it. Great Heavenly Sign of Sept 23, 2017, | It’s About Time (itsabouttimebook.com)

North America–Choice Land Above All Others

The Lord led the Jaredites to this land of promise (North America) just after the tower of Babel. Then the Lord led the Lehites here in 592 B.C. And, the Mulekites were led here shortly thereafter.  Moroni shares the Lord’s promises to the Jaredites and to all who poses this “Land of Promise”:

…that they should come forth even unto the land of promise, which was choice above all other lands, which the Lord God had preserved for a righteous people. And he had sworn in his wrath unto the brother of Jared, that whoso should possess this land of promise, from that time henceforth and forever, should serve him, the true and only God, or they should be swept off when the fulness of his wrath should come upon them. And now, we can behold the decrees of God concerning this land, 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. And the fulness of his wrath cometh upon them when they are ripened in iniquity. For behold, this is a land which is choice above all other lands; wherefore he that doth possess it shall serve God or shall be swept off; for it is the everlasting decree of God. And it is not until the fulness of iniquity among the children of the land, that they are swept off. And this cometh unto you, O ye Gentiles, that ye may know the decrees of God—that ye may repent, and not continue in your iniquities until the fulness come, that ye may not bring down the fulness of the wrath of God upon you as the inhabitants of the land have hitherto done. Behold, this is a choice land, and whatsoever nation shall possess it shall be free from bondage, and from captivity, and from all other nations under heaven, if they will but serve the God of the land, who is Jesus Christ, who hath been manifested by the things which we have written. (Ether 2:7-12)

After 1,700 years and being the greatest nation ever, the Jaredites were destroyed in a huge civil war ending about 600 B.C. The Mulekites joined with the people of Lehi and were also destroyed in a huge civil war in 385 A.D. We see the “everlasting decree” of God so evident in these histories. Would that all would heed this “everlasting decree” of God. Americans must wake up, repent, and come to the God of this land, who is Jesus Christ or be “cut off.” (JS-H 40)

On the other hand, the Lord has great promises for the righteous. The righteous will be part of the glorious ZION society, which the Lord will bring forth. Hearken to His voice and receive the enormous blessings in store for the righteous. (D&C 29:1-2)

The Great Reset 2030

Satan knows the Lord is coming. His great counterattack on Christianity is occurring as we speak. The global elite (the New World Order (NWO) folks) are moving forward with their nefarious plans. Tucker Carson recently interviewed Alex Jones regarding the details of their plan. Alex has written a new book as a counterattack to Satan, “The Great Awakening.” The NWO efforts are part of what the Lord calls “the Great and abominable church of the devil” in scripture. The Lord prophesies of this time:

And the blood of that great and abominable church, which is the whore of all the earth, shall turn upon their own heads; for they shall war among themselves, and the sword of their own hands shall fall upon their own heads, and they shall be drunken with their own blood. And every nation which shall war against thee, O house of Israel, shall be turned one against another, and they shall fall into the pit which they digged to ensnare the people of the Lord. And all that fight against Zion shall be destroyed, and that great whore, who hath perverted the right ways of the Lord, yea, that great and abominable church, shall tumble to the dust and great shall be the fall of it. For behold, saith the prophet, the time cometh speedily that Satan shall have no more power over the hearts of the children of men; for the day soon cometh that all the proud and they who do wickedly shall be as stubble; and the day cometh that they must be burned. For the time soon cometh that the fulness of the wrath of God shall be poured out upon all the children of men; for he will not suffer that the wicked shall destroy the righteous. Wherefore, he will preserve the righteous by his power, even if it so be that the fulness of his wrath must come, and the righteous be preserved, even unto the destruction of their enemies by fire. Wherefore, the righteous need not fear; for thus saith the prophet, they shall be saved, even if it so be as by fire. (1 Nephi 22:13-17)

The global elite are also warmongers, as I shared in my blog article, The Military-Industrial Complex Danger. This is another way for them to depopulate the planet in their nefarious schemes.

All will be in the Lord’s Time

All of this will unfold in the Lord’s time, and not ours. And, in a way that is best for all of Heavenly Father’s children, because of His infinite love for each of us. The bottom line is – “Trust Him”. Looking back on the End-Times, we will know that all the challenges it will bring will be worth it. And the Lord has promised that the righteous will be rewarded a hundred fold.

David W. Allan

Photo: Permission Granted: Michael Zeiler, GreatAmericanEclipse.com

The Military-Industrial Complex Danger

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President Eisenhower, in his closing remarks as President, warned that the buildup of the military-industrial complex could be disastrous. Especially, if it got into the wrong hands.

The Military-industrial complex is a network of individuals and institutions involved in producing weapons and military technologies. It is not part of the government. These private organizations sell their weapons and technologies to the government at taxpayers’ expense.

Eisenhower’s warning is more significant than he thought. Going back in war history, the global elite made millions of dollars by funding both sides of WWI and WW2. That source of income for them has increased to billions of dollars for past wars we have been involved with, including the Ukraine War. The current sophistication of the Military-industrial complex has added enormously to their coffers. The high-tech military price tags are now mind-boggling.

I just watched the fascinating video of a Tucker Carlson interview with Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin. The link to the two-hour interview is at the bottom of this post if you are interested. This interview has raised a firestorm of comments. I wrote a blog article about the complicated war in Ukraine. In this blog article, I give some of the reasons for the war from my perspective. In the interview, Putin added to my list of interesting historical viewpoints.  Putin missed and I missed the enormous military funding by the West and by Ukraine as they try to defeat Russia. The West has this insane goal that they can defeat Russia through this war. The people in the West are making Putin seem to be the most evil man on the planet.

The media, who are controlled by the global elite, are painting a distorted picture of Putin to justify their insane agenda. It is about money in the pockets of the global elite rather than about doing the right thing. It is also about their goal of global control. Several other complicated issues are contributing to the Ukraine that I point out in my blog article.

Did Biden’s Foreign Policy Start the War in Ukraine?

I listened to Glenn Beck’s interview with Tucker Carlson just after he got back to the States. Most of the interview was about Tucker’s interview with Putin.

Beginning at minute 41 of Glenn’s interview with Tucker, Tucker shares an extremely important perspective about what caused the Ukraine war. Tucker points out the craziness of Biden’s foreign policy by pushing Ukraine to join NATO, which would allow NATO to put nuclear weapons on the border of Ukraine against Russia. So, as Tucker points out, it is the craziness of Biden’s foreign policy that caused the war. No way was Putin going to let nuclear weapons against Russia be placed on the border of Ukraine against Russia.

As I share in the following blog article, the warmongers want war so they can make more money. Biden is a puppet to the global elite, who are in the warmongering business: The Military-Industrial Complex Danger | It’s About Time (itsabouttimebook.com).

It is like the New World Order folks (the global elite) orchestrating the 9/11 disaster, then blaming the terrorists. 911 What Really Happend (itsabouttimebook.com) As Tacker points out, the Biden foreign policy prompted the Ukraine war, then blamed Putin.

Russia Today

The people in Russia love Putin and feel he is a great leader. I have been to the USSR, now Russia, four times over four decades, and the changes are enormous. And, for the most part, the changes are very good. From the time the wall came down until now the percentage of Christians has gone from 30% to well over 70%. Now, with the wokeism epidemic in America, there are probably more Christians in Russia than in the United States. Russia is not affected by this wokeism epidemic.

In 2022, Putin signed expanded anti-LGBTQ laws in Russia. In a news release on Oct 27, 2023, Putin formed a closer alliance with the Orthodox Church. The country has embraced what officials call “traditional values,” and Russia has sought to put more restrictions on abortions.

My Trips to Russia

Before the wall came down in 1989, I made my second trip to Russia in August of that year at the invitation of Dr. Nickolay Koshelyaevsky. Nick was the official timekeeper for the USSR at that time.

My wife and I first meet Nick in Paris in the Spring of that year at the BIPM. We were at a meeting of the Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Second (CCDS). I was representing the US, and we were staying at the same hotel as Nick. We gave him a copy of the Book of Mormon, and an inspiring long-story short. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

In 1996, I was in charge of the tutorials for the International Frequency Control Symposium in Hawaii, and Nick was also there. We were privileged to take him through the Hawaiian Temple. He was the first Russian to go to that temple. So, a special article was published about his conversion story in our church’s ENSIGN magazine the following January.

In 2014, Nick invited me to give a lecture at an international Symposium on Time and Space in Suzdal, Russia. On my flight to Moscow, I was impressed with the number of young, energetic, enthusiastic Russians—speaking good English–who were on their way back after visiting America. It would have never happened before the wall came down.
The first Sunday we were there, Nick took us to the Moscow Ward—the congregation for our church. They had us both give talks and share our testimonies. I learned there that all twelve tribes of the House of Israel were mentioned in their patriarchal blessings.

I was chauffeured to Suzdal. It is a unique city in Russia; it was the only one where the Christian cathedrals were not destroyed during the revolution. And, they are beautiful. There was a totally different feeling there than when I was there the two previous times in the USSR before the wall came down.

A year later in 2015, I was invited to give a paper and chair a panel on the Modified Allan variance (MVAR). This was at an International Navigation Conference in St. Petersburg. MVAR has become in international approved metric in the navigation community.

The variety of healthful foods at the hotel where I stayed was better than anything I had ever seen in America. I took two cases of my book, It’s About Time, to Suzdal and to St. Petersburg. The book harmonizes science and religion, and I sold them all. They were very well received.

That was when I learned that Putin had been baptized Christian and wore a cross. As I discuss in my blog article the answer to the question, “Is Putin a good guy or a bad guy?” The answer is yes! So are we all until we are “born again” with changed hearts by Christ. Then we have no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually. (Mosiah 5:2; 2 Nephi 4:31; Alma 19;33) Their military nuclear armament and missile capability are off the charts. Putin does not want a nuclear war; he knows the consequences. He believes in reasoning together.

Conference in St. Petersburg

I had some very unique experiences with the St. Petersburg conference. My wife and I had been there once before giving a relativity paper that Professor Neil Ashby and I had written. We contracted with Neil to do the relativity equations for GPS. This was before the wall came down, and the security measures were enormously different. Then, they said they had two million troops at their borders in fear that the USA would attack. Since then, our church has established three wards (separate congregations) there. I walked the streets without fear and took tours of this incredibly beautiful city.

I had arrived early to deal with the jetlag and so I could go to church there on Sunday. I had the following inspiring experience finding something better than GPS to navigate.

Since I am my own boss, I felt to add some religion to the paper they asked me to write. When I submitted it, they kindly asked me to withdraw the religious material. It was a fun addition to the paper. The Lord had given me an equation showing how we can be ONE with God. I knew the review committee would read it, and I have the full paper on my website, Allan’s Time.  www.allansTIME.com/publications.

I also wrote a blog article based on this equation that the Lord gave me. It has a large number of visits from across the globe.

 Military-Industrial Complex Perspective

I have come to know many brilliant scientists in Russia. As an example, their GLONASS navigation system came after GPS. It has some significant advantages over GPS. We forget who put up the first orbiting spacecraft: SPUTNIK. We were all amazed as we saw it go overhead every 90 minutes. Several years ago, I was asked to write two chapters in a book regarding their military might. They wanted my knowledge of their time and frequency capabilities.

The global elite don’t care about lives. They are pro-depopulation strategies. Funding the military-industrial complex not only fills their coffers, but it also helps get rid of people. So, they and the media they control paint as ugly a picture as they can of Putin. We see the insanity of them wanting to defeat Russia through the Ukraine war. The elite have their bungalows and underground cities in case of nuclear war.

The preparedness of the Swiss is interesting.  We have been in their homes. Every new home has to have a bomb shelter, and shooting rifles accurately is their primary sport, and they all have them. Unfortunately, they are not prepared spiritually as well as they could be, but neither are we in the West.

What Can We Do?

The more we expose the global elite’s nefarious plans, the less effective they are. The best thing we can do is as Christ did. He did the will of the Father perfectly. To come to Christ with the deep desire, “Thy will not mine be done.” And to be valiant in living our testimony of His enormous, most important, full infinite atonement. We each have missions given to us by Heavenly Father that would be best for us in our mortal journey. In Father’s infinite love for each of us, His angels are ever there for us to speak the words of Christ, as we ask, seek, and knock. (2 Nephi 32:3-5; Matt. 7:7-8; D&C 29:1-2)

David W. Allan

Tucker Carlson – Putin Interview

If you want an interesting video on who is funding the military-industrial complex, this video is good.

I just watched an interesting interview of Tucker Carlson by Glenn Beck just after he got back to the states: Tucker Carlson Takes On Critics of His Interview with Putin | Ep 210 | BlazeTV.

Our son, Nathan, put me onto a podcast with a Russian, Constatine, who is very knowledgeable, and had some good criticisms of the Tucker Calson interview with Putin.
However, almost all these podcasts leave out the fundamental equation from God: If we keep the commandments, we are blessed. If we don’t, He will not bless us in wickedness.

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Rod Meldrum and Jonathan Neville Podcasts

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Rod Meldrum and Jonathan Neville discussed historical ground-breaking material about LDS Church history in two recent Book of Mormon Evidence podcasts. Each discussion was an hour long. (Links Below)

Did you know Benjamin Winchester changed the course of history for the Church? Did you know there were two sets of gold plates for the Book of Mormon? Did you know that Zarahemla is across the Mississippi River from Nauvoo, Ill.? Did you know the Sidon River in the Book of Mormon is the Mississippi? Did you know Zarahemla and Sidon are Phoenician words? Artificial Intelligence (AI) and modern Stylometry reveal the truth, as Jonathan and Rod point out.

Benjamin Winchester

Benjamin Winchester wrote three articles appearing In the Times and Seasons indicating the Book of Mormon took place in Mesoamerica. These articles were attributed erroneously to Joseph Smith. The Prophet Joseph tried to change Benjamin’s mind and couldn’t. Joseph prophesied of Benjamin’s apostasy, and that he would do great harm to the Church. Joseph said Winchester was “rotten at heart.”

Jonathan’s book, The Lost City of Zarahemla, From Iowa to Guatemala—and Back Again, details how Winchester deceived the Church. I share Jonathan’s perspective here: “In 1842, a zealous, committed Mormon [Benjamin Winchester] invented a way to gain more converts. All he had to do was link the Book of Mormon to popular books, including a national bestseller, about Mesoamerica. This proof would be irresistible to the public. Except the prophet disagreed with the tactic. Convinced he was right, he battled Joseph Smith. Formally suspended and silenced, he fought back. He arranged for the publication in the Times and Seasons of articles that specifically linked the Book of Mormon to Mesoamerica. The consequences? Joseph Smith resigned from the paper. The champions of the Mesoamerican theory apostatized from the Church. And the Mesoamerican theory would undermine faith in Joseph Smith’s role as prophet, seer and revelator for the next 174 years. This man’s zeal and subterfuge have remained a secret despite the devoted efforts of historians, educators, and church leaders to uncover the truth. Until now.”

The Lord knows the end from the beginning and can turn bad into good. So, I find it fascinating that the Lord gave Joseph a revelation in March 1841 – “Let them build up a city unto my name upon the land opposite the city of Nauvoo, and let the name of Zarahemla be named upon it.” (D&C 125:3) These controversial articles in the Times and Seasons came later, and they changed the course of history significantly for the Lord’s Church. Here, the Lord has given a revelation to those paying attention to His word to avoid Winchester’s deceit.

In the infinite wisdom of the Lord, this revelation didn’t say Zarahemla was there for His all-knowing wise purposes. The magnificent ruins in Central and South America caught the eye of many Church leaders and academics in the Church. And most believed the articles in the Times and Seasons, promoting the Mesoamerica model, were attributed to the Prophet Joseph. That model came to be believed by most members of the Church. I believed it, as did Jonathan Neville!

Now, AI and modern stylometry techniques show those articles were written by Benjamin Winchester, and the Church members have been massively deceived. Now, we can prove that North America is where the Book of Mormon took place. The Book of Mormon geography is here in this “Land of Promise”—North America.

Edna Allan’s Major Insight

My wife, Edna, knowing the Lord can turn bad into good, had a major insight. She believes the Lord knowing this deceit turned bad into good. This deceit caused the Church to take the gospel to the people in Central and South America much more than otherwise. Because the Church leaders and members believed the Book of Mormon took place in Central and South America, they focused missionary work in that direction. The blessings to those good people have been enormous. Indeed, the course of history for the Church has changed for the good in spite of the deceit.

Exposing The Deceit

Now, the Lord is exposing that deceit, as the North American Indians (Lamanites) are blossoming as a rose in fulfillment of prophecy. Rod and Jonathan, in their podcasts, document this deceit in detail. They share the history of how this deceit came about.

Also, I am privileged to be part of Book of Mormon Heartland showing where the Book of Mormon really took place. This geography model exposes this deceit.  At the same time, in the above links, I prove the Mesoamerica model false.

Because the Lord turned this deceit into good, there are now 8 million members of the Church in Central and South America combined. Interestingly, there are only 7 million in the United States and Canada combined. The combined membership in Central and South America would be much fewer if this deceit had not occurred. Now, 15 million of the 17 million members of the Church are in the Americas.

Membership growth curves have changed dramatically over time. Now the membership in Africa is exploding, while the growth is flat in the Americas and in most of the rest of the world. The main cause of that flattening is Satan’s Wokeism and all the secularism that has invaded our education systems. The proven false theories of Darwinian evolution and the Big Bang are pervasive.

If you go to the statistics on the Church’s website, you will notice that there is no Central America. All the Central America countries are lumped in with North America. I had to add up the membership from the individual countries to get a Central America statistic. I did this from the Church’s Wikipedia page.

Unfortunately, the 2024 “Come Follow Me” manual for the Church still shows pictures from Mesoamerica. Even though the Mesoamerica model for Book of Mormon geography has been proven false.

However, we have seen progress. I taught the “Institute of Religion” class for the Moroni Stake in our Church for eleven years. The original Book of Mormon manual for that course of study had many pictures depicting Mesoamerica geography for the Book of Mormon. They made a new manual and took out all of those pictures.  “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.” (John 8:32)

Two Sets of Gold Plates

Most don’t know that there were two sets of gold plates used in translating the Book of Mormon. Jonathan Neville has written an excellent book about this important topic: Whatever Happened to the Golden Plates? He also helped me with a blog article sharing this fascinating dimension for these sacred records coming forth.

Joseph shared that Moroni wrote the Title Page for the Book of Mormon. It was underneath the plates Joseph translated that were given to Joseph from the stone box in the Hill Cumorah. Two-thirds of them were sealed. These are the plates from which Joseph translated the Book of Lehi. The 116 pages of that translation were lost by Martin Harris’s wife, with Satanic designs. He was then instructed by the Lord to translate the Book of Mosiah through and including the Book of Moroni.

Notice the two paragraphs of the Title Page tell us that it is an abridgment of the record of the Nephites and an abridgment of the record of the Jaredites, respectively. These abridgments were made by Mormon and Moroni, respectively. The Title Page mentions nothing of the unabridged portion coming later from the small plates. It is estimated that the large plates taken from the stone box weighed about 60 lbs.

After finishing that translation from the large plates, Joseph was then instructed to give the large plates to a messenger. That messenger took them and put them into the repository in the Hill Cumorah. This is a room of records that was in the Hill Cumorah different from the stone box. As Jonathan points out from his research, that messenger was Nephi, one of the three Nephites. (3 Nephi 28) Nephi then took the small plates from the repository to Joseph Smith in Fayette, NY. Joseph had been instructed to go to Fayette to the Peter and Mary Whitmer home. The Whitmer family were kind supporters of the completion of this sacred work. Joseph then finished the translation from 1 Nephi through and including at least part of the Words of Mormon in the Book of Mormon.

This is a beautiful example of the FIRST shall be LAST, and the LAST shall be FIRST (D&C 29:30). “… the first shall be last, and that the last shall be first in all things whatsoever I have created by the word of my power, which is the power of my Spirit.” The last of the Book of Mormon was translated first, and the first part was translated last. “Brother Nephi” showed these small plates to Mary Whitmer, and she said that was how he introduced himself.

After the translation was finished in Fayette, the Three Witnesses were privileged to be shown the large plates by Moroni. They did not handle them but heard the Lord’s voice witnessing of their truth. All three of these witnesses later became disaffected with the Church, but never denied their testimonies. In a court of law, this would be sufficient evidence for the validation of this sacred record.

Again, as Jonathan points out, Joseph then took these plates back to the repository in the Hill Cumorah. These are the plates that Joseph showed to the eight witnesses near Palmyra. These witnesses were privileged to heft and turn the leaves of the small plates. Joseph’s father was one of those witnesses and said the plates weighed about 30 pounds.
No part of these plates was sealed.

John Whitmer, one of the scribes for the translation of the small plates, copied off some of the characters. This is the famous “CARACTERS” document. AI and Stylometry have identified John as the scribe. These characters are not “reformed Egyptian”, but Demotic Egyptian. That was the language used at the time Lehi left Jerusalem. Bryan Nettles verifies this in a blog article. You can see a picture of the “CARACTERS” document in this blog article.

Some confuse the “CARACTERS” document with the Anthon transcript. It is not. Joseph copied and translated some characters from the large plates, while in Harmony, PA. Martin Harris took these to experts to validate them. This is where we have a fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy regarding the Book of Mormon: (See Isaiah 29:11-24 and JS-H 63-65)

  • Isa. 29:11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
  • 12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

The Found City of Zarahemla

As mentioned, Jonathan Neville wrote the wonderful book, The Lost City of Zarahemla. He later told me, he should have named it, “The Found City of Zarahemla.” I find it fascinating that the Lord gave the revelation to Joseph Smith to name the city across from Nauvoo, Ill, Zarahemla. In His infinite wisdom, the Lord not only did it just before the Mesoamerica, Times and Seasons, deceit problem. The Lord also did not say it was the same site as the city and land so important in Book of Mormon history.

The Lord knew we would find that out later. Which we have after the massive Church’s effort to take the fullness of the gospel to the people in Central and South America. And the Church missionaries have had great success in doing so.

Now we know it is the day when the Lamanites (North American Natives) are blossoming as a rose in preparation for the Lord’s coming. We are learning more and more about the Native Americans. We now know not only where the City and the Land of Zarahemla are. Recent discoveries have shown an amazing, Spotted Bee Balm, an herbal remedy found in that area. It reminds one of the following scripture:

And some who died with fevers, which at some seasons of the year were very frequent in the land—but not so much so with fevers, because of the excellent qualities of the many plants and roots which God had prepared to remove the cause of diseases, to which men were subject by the nature of the climate— (Alma 46:40)

We remember when the saints settled in Nauvoo, they had serious problems with malaria. Now you can go to www.RocktheWorldBotanicals.com and take advantage of this newly discovered herbal blend. Its purest form and greatest abundance is where the Land of Zarahemla was!

Non-member Assistance

It seems that the leadership of our church has taken a neutral stand regarding Book of Mormon geography. Since many of the religion professors at BYU believe in the Mesoamerica model, I am guessing their influence has something to do with why we see Mesoamerica images in the Church’s 2024 “Come Follow Me” program.

Yet, the Lord has set an everlasting decree that whosoever possesses this land shall serve the God of this land, who is Jesus Christ. If they do not, they shall be “Swept off.” The people of North America cannot say, if they are destroyed, they didn’t know. (Ether 2:7-12) The Book of Mormon is very clear on the critical need for the people of this “Promised Land” to repent.

I find it fascinating how the Lord has orchestrated with non-members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Phillip Beale has shown the path of how the Lehites got to North America.  Russell Burrows has found some 4,000 ancient artifacts in the southern Illinois, Indiana area. Many North American Natives are reaching out to assist in sharing that the Book of Mormon is of their ancestry. The DNA of many of the native North Americans have strong Israelite markers. We read in the Title page the Lord’s purpose for the Book of Mormon:

It “is to show unto the remnant of the house of Israel what great things the Lord hath done for their fathers; and that they may know the covenants of the Lord, that they are not cast off forever— And also to the convincing of the Jew and Gentile that JESUS is the CHRIST, the ETERNAL GOD, manifesting himself unto all nations.” Now the Book of Mormon is in 115 languages, and more are coming.

The printing of the first 5,000 copies of the Book of Mormon in the Divine ratio was a major miracle. I was praying about this miracle. And, the Lord revealed to my mind and heart that these 5,000 copies were printed in the Divine ratio: 7 ½ inches / 4 5/8 inches = 1.62. In honor of this miracle, I had my new book, Time & Eternity, printed in the Divine ratio as well.

David W. Allan

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Proof of the Book of Mormon Location

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Proof of the Book of Mormon location is supported by significant evidence in the history of the Great Lakes. You might say, the Great Lakes were Greater than they are now. And the greater “Great Lakes” and their contributories help reveal the Native American peoples in the Book of Mormon.

Significant evidence exists that the Great Lakes were greater than they are now. We will see why Mormon would say that they, “were nearly surrounded by water.” (Alma 22:32) I share a map below from a 1915 Monograph #53 by Frank B. Taylor and Frank Leverett. They were with the US Geological Survey. The map shows that Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and Lake Heron were all combined: this is the “West Sea” in the Book of Mormon. It was enormous; it was more than 500 km across based on the areas of these three lakes as they are today. Lake Algonquin–the “west sea”–was much bigger than that at the time of the Jaredites, Lehites, and the Mulekites.

Lake Algonquin

The Native Americans called it Lake Algonquin. Lake Erie and Lake Algonquin are connected by the St. Clair and Detroit rivers (8 feet of drop in 62 miles, 1.3 ft/mi). Historically then, it seems the “West Sea” was connected to the St. Lawrence River by the Ottawa River. It was called the Algonquin River by the Natives connecting the “West Sea” to the St. Lawrence Sea Way. It is also named after the Algonquin word ‘to trade”—dropping less than 1 foot per mile on its way to the St. Lawrence River and to the Atlantic Ocean. That shipping route avoided Niagra Falls. Lake Erie is named after the Erie Indians, and Lake Ontario is named Lake Iroquois by the Native Americans. One meaning of Iroquois is “Original People,” and their population has strong Israel DNA ties. The “West Sea” was also connected to the Sidon (Mississippi River) and to the Illinois River—dropping only ½ foot per mile.

Algonquin People

The Algonquin population also have strong Israeli DNA ties. From their oral traditions, the Algonquin people had their first landing on the St. Lawrence River near Montreal. Their third landing was near Detroit, which would be close to the Land Bountiful in the Book of Mormon and to Lake Erie. The resurrected Lord first visited the Nephites at the temple in Bountiful. (3 Nephi 11)

One of the meanings of the word Algonquin is interesting:  “They are our relatives/allies.” Sounds like a ZION mentality. Back then, since the Algonquin Lake was not only connected to St. Lawrence via the Ottawa River but also to the Mississippi and the Illinois Rivers, it is no wonder the Mulekites ended up in Zarahemla across from Nauvoo. (D&C 125:3) This is the first place the Mississippi River could be crossed on foot back then, when coming up from the Gulf of Mexico.

Key Migrations Unknown to the World

As best I can I like to look at things as the Lord does in how He orchestrated these key migrations to and from America. He had them keep records so we could learn from them God’s will for them and to be preserved for us. Included in these records are critically important information for our day. Given the above information about the greater “Great Lakes,” let us look at some key migrations and some associated artifacts. I will share the migrations of the Jaredites, Mulekites, Hagoth, and the Mi’kmaq. There is a lot more that could be shared about ancient shipping across the oceans. The book, Atlantic B. C., by Philip Beale is a real eye-opener.

Jaredites

The Jaredites are associated with the Adena culture. Their burials have been found in most of the contiguous 48 states and Canada. Utahna Jessop has a fascinating documentary on this culture: Ancient Giants Erased from History.  They are unique in that their language was not confounded after the Tower of Babel, at their request.  The Lord told them they would be the greatest nation in world history (Ether 1:43). He promised to lead them to a land choice above any other (Ether 1:42). Clearly, this was North America, which they inhabited for about 1,600 years. They were destroyed in a massive civil war ending just west of the Hill Cumorah in western New York.

President Marion G. Romney’s “Destiny of America”

“I will give you a lesson today that the Lord has taken great pains to bring to us… In the western part of the state of New York near Palmyra is a prominent hill known as the “Hill Cumorah.” (Mormon 6:6) On July twenty-fifth of this year [1975], as I stood on the crest of that hill admiring with awe the breathtaking panorama that stretched out before me on every hand, my mind reverted to the events that occurred in that vicinity some twenty-five centuries ago—events which brought to an end the great Jaredite nation.

“As I contemplated this tragic scene from the crest of Cumorah and viewed the beautiful land of the Restoration as it appears today, I cried in my soul, ‘How could it have happened?’ …This second civilization to which I refer, the Nephites, flourished in America between 600 b.c. and a.d. 400. Their civilization came to an end for the same reason, at the same place, and in the same manner as did the Jaredites’.

“Now my beloved brethren and sisters everywhere, both members of the Church and nonmembers, I bear you my personal witness that I know that the things I have presented to you today are true—both those pertaining to past events and those about events yet to come. The issue we face is clear and well-defined. The choice is ours. The question is: Shall we of this dispensation repent and obey the laws of the God of the land, who is Jesus Christ, or shall we continue to defy them until we ripen in iniquity?”

The Prophet Moroni Saw or Day More Clearly Than any Other

Moroni saw our day more clearly than any other prophet. The need for North Americans to repent or be “swept off” is critical.

The Prophet Moroni gives us a magnificent and very significant summary of the Jaredites in the Book of Ether in the Book of Mormon. Regarding North America, the Lord gives them and us an extremely important promise:

“And the Lord would not suffer that they should stop beyond the sea in the wilderness, but he would that they should come forth even unto the land of promise, which was choice above all other lands, which the Lord God had preserved for a righteous people. And he had sworn in his wrath unto the brother of Jared, that whoso should possess this land of promise, from that time henceforth and forever, should serve him, the true and only God, or they should be swept off when the fulness of his wrath should come upon them. And now, we can behold the decrees of God concerning this land, 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. And the fulness of his wrath cometh upon them when they are ripened in iniquity. For behold, this is a land which is choice above all other lands; wherefore he that doth possess it shall serve God or shall be swept off; for it is the everlasting decree of God. And it is not until the fulness of iniquity among the children of the land, that they are swept off. And this cometh unto you, O ye Gentiles, that ye may know the decrees of God—that ye may repent, and not continue in your iniquities until the fulness come, that ye may not bring down the fulness of the wrath of God upon you as the inhabitants of the land have hitherto done.” (Ether 2:7-11)

Mulekites

The Jaredite and Mulekite nations had their passageway to North America through the St. Lawrence seaway and the greater “Great Lakes.” The Lord told both the Jaredites and the Lehites of a Promised Land greater than any other. We see how the Lord kept His promise by providing North America—ameliorating the climate and conditions to make this a blessed land for them. This the Lord did and is doing from Adam down to the “Land of the Free” today. His great promises for them and us are incredibly important today, as we prepare for His coming.

I have heard several talks by my good friend, David Doane. I have had many personal conversations with him as well. He is a fascinating Jewish convert. His research shows that the Mulekites came up the St. Lawrence in Phoenician ships, and established themselves in Zarahemla. Zarahemla is a Phoenician word. The Lord told the Prophet Joseph Smith to name the city across from Nauvoo, Ill, Zarahemla (D&C 125:3). The Book of Mormon shares that the river there is called the Sidon, which is the Mississippi River, which is also a Phoenician word. When the Mulekites joined with the Nephites, several Phoenician words appeared in the Book of Mormon text. David Doane explains how and why they came in Phoenician ships.

Wayne May told me of a Phoenician artifact in a museum in Dear Born, MI, found on the shores of Lake Michigan near Chicago. He sent a picture of it to me.

The Vikings had several settlements in eastern Canada where they lived year-round. The petroglyph writings on the cliffs along the waterways from ships coming from northern Europe are much higher than current water levels. So, we know that current water levels are not as they were then.

Glottology

Glottology is the science of linguistics. Brian D. Stubbs states, “Written records unearthed in the Americas have often been labeled as hoaxes. But, languages show specific ties from ancient to modern times, and thousands of the related languages are beyond fabrication. Many people label artifacts as hoaxes because the material does not conform to their paradigm that Hebrew, Christian, and Egyptian relics should not be found in North America.”

John Whitmer, who helped scribe for Joseph Smith, from the small plates in Fayette, NY, copied characters from the small plates. My good friend, Brian Nettles, has been able to translate some of those. They are Demotic Egyptian, which was the language used at the time of Lehi and Nephi’s writings.

Author, David Hocking shares how the Hebrew language links to North America with the numerous Hebrew names ending in “ah.”  Many of these names are also found in the Book of Mormon.

For example: Utah is a Ute Indian word meaning “In the tops of the Mountains,” and ending in “ah.”  So, using the Ute Indian word in Isaiah 2:2-3, “And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established in [Utah] the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.”

The Ten Commandments

I know of three occurrences in North America of ancient Hebrew renditions of the Ten Commandments in what is called “block Hebrew”.  I have a replica of one of those we saw in a museum in Ohio with the inscription and figure of Moses in block Hebrew at the top.

Hagoth

The Book of Mormon tells us of Hagoth, who built several ships and took thousands of people “north”—probably up Lake Algonquin—the “West Sea.” (Alma 63:4-9) And then most probably east down the Ottawa River to the St. Lawrence seaway.

I believe the Mi’kmaq were part of the Hagoth entourage. The Mi’kmaq settled at the mouth and south of the St. Lawrence seaway. The Mi’kmaq have the tradition of Noah’s flood. The Jesuits found them easy converts to Christianity. Wayne May shares that the Jesuits made a prayer book for them in the Mi’kmaq language, which has several characters similar to Demotic Egyptian, and many of them with the same meanings. That prayer book is still used today by the Mi’kmaq people. Demotic Egyptian was spoken at the time Lehi left Jerusalem in 600 B.C. Over 50% of their population’s DNA ties to Israel.

Geologist, Wayne May has shown direct comparisons of Demotic Egyptian with the Mi’kmaq language and some of the characters have the same meanings.

Narrow Neck

One meaning of the Indian word, Niagara, means “Narrow neck.” Because there were significant changes in the land at the time of all the destruction that happened at Christ’s crucifixion. We are not surprised by the evidence that the Great Lakes area was much larger and very different from what it is today.

In the elevation chart below, you see the distance between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario is 35 miles. The distance a Nephite can walk in a day and a half, as it is described in scriptures (Alma 22:32). Clearly, the “narrow neck” is not Panama. My expert friends have more than one possibility for the “narrow neck” in North America as described in the Book of Mormon.

Book of Mormon Heartland

I am on the board of directors for Brian Nettles, BookofMormonHeartLand.com program. Where we are showing “voices from the dust” from artifacts in the Mississippi drainage area. I did a recent podcast for him on one of these amazing artifacts.  These “voices from the dust”, prophesied by Isaiah 28:4, are telling of Christianity in North America and of the infinite atonement described so profoundly in the Book of Mormon.

This elevation chart below of the Great Lakes to the Atlantic is fascinating.

What we know now is that the Straits of Mackinac join Lake Michigan and Heron. They make the largest freshwater lake in the world, 45,300 sq mi (about 120,000 sq km). How awesome it was back then, when Lake Algonquin was much bigger, and important to them for shipping. Mined copper from that area has been found in other parts of the world.

Lake Algonquin Anciently

The US Geological Survey Monograph 53 is titled The Pleistocene of Indiana and Michigan and the history of the Great Lakes. It was authored by Frank Leverett and Frank Bursley Taylor and published in 1915 12. The monograph describes the glacial features and the great glacial lakes of a district in Indiana and Michigan lying between the areas covered by Monographs XXXVIII, and XLI. The pre-Wisconsin glacial and interglacial formations are given attention, but the principal subject of discussion is the Wisconsin drift of the Saginaw lobe and the neighboring portions of the Lake Michigan and Huron-Erie lobes.

The links for the above map and elevation chart are here:
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Book of Mormon Heartland

At BookofMormonHeartland.com you will find podcasts sharing “voices from the dust” as the ancient Native Americans tell their story of the resurrected Lord visiting North America and sharing the fullness of the gospel with them. I have been privileged to help with these.

The Book of Mormon Message is True

All of this leads us to know with certainty that the Book of Mormon message is true with Christ being here in North America. Here, He came as a glorified resurrected being sharing the fullness of the gospel. That book is another witness that Jesus is the Christ joining with the Bible. In the Book of Mormon, we learn of God’s perfect and infinite love for us. We learn of His perfect and infinite Atonement amid all our imperfections. We are privileged to live in that day when the Native Americans are now blossoming as a rose. “Voices from the dust” are telling the Book of Mormon story in the heartland of North America. These transpirings are in fulfillment of prophecies in preparation for the Lord’s glorious Second Coming.

David W. Allan

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The Perfect Infinite Atonement

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How do you comprehend the incomprehensible? As mortals, we cannot! But let us seek with body, mind, and spirit to internalize the Lord’s Perfect Infinite Atonement amid all our imperfections. We are promised Eternal Life (John 17:3)–the greatest of all the gifts of God, as we do so. (D&C 14:7)

Other Books To Come Forth

Seven is the number of perfection or completeness in the Lord’s arithmetic, and there are seven steps to His Perfect and Infinite Atonement. Furthermore, there are seven sub-steps within each of those incredible steps the Savior completed for us.  In addition, in the Book of Mormon, Nephi tells us of “other books” (1 Nephi 13:39) to come forth in our day. And we are seeing that happen in amazing ways to help us better understand the “Perfect and Infinite Atonement.”

Dezert-Owl

Dezert-Owl, who has become a good friend, has over 30 Tranz-Literations and several supporting dictionaries on Amazon, on LULU.com, and on KOBO.com. HIs GOSPEL OF THE WISE-STRANGERS by Joseph of Arimathea is 247 pages of GOLD. This the gospel that Joseph of Arimathea took to England. And Dezert’s “The CRUCIFIXION REPORT of PONTUS PILOT to TIBERIUS CAESAR” is a major contribution.

Ferrar Fenton

Ferrar Fenton, M.R.A.S. (1832-1920) was a London businessman, manufacturer, and financial organizer. He is perhaps most well-known for translating The Bible into Modern English, commonly referred to as the Ferrar Fenton Bible. Fenton’s translation was a life time avocation–desiring to go back to the original languages; he purposely avoided other translations–seeking the purity of the original revelations of the Bible. He spent approximately fifty years working on his translation. His goal was “to study the Bible absolutely in its original languages, to ascertain what its writers actually said and thought. Ferrar Fenton – Wikipedia.

Aquarian Gospel Of Jesus Christ

The AQUARIAN GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST by Levi is a monumental contribution covering the Savior’s life from birth until Pentecost. The above books go far beyond the traditional apocrypha that one finds in some Bibles, and there are others we could mention as well.

Christians Miss the Richness of the Infinite Atonement

Essentially all Christians miss the richness of our Lord’s infinite and perfect atonement. Most in my church as well. I hear members and leaders express gratitude for the atoning sacrifice, and in the last LDS General Conference (1-2 April 2023) I heard several express gratitude for the atoning sacrifice and the resurrection–missing the Lord’s glorious visit to the Spirit world as the sixth step in the infinite atonement–opening up missionary work there and letting the prisoners go free.  There are nearly ten times more folks in the Spirit world than here below.

Most Christians look to the cross and to the blood of Jesus to cover their sins. They look to His suffering for them for the path to redemption. They miss, “He that ascended up on high, as also he descended below all things, in that he comprehended all things, that he might be in all and through all things, the light of truth; (D&C 88:6)” His glorious resurrection is the capstone to His infinite atonement. It is His resurrection that overcame the physical death brought about by the fall of Adam and Eve. Because of His resurrection, all will be resurrected. It His resurrection the brings us back into His presence. It His resurrection that opens the door to a fulness of joy (D&C 93:33-34). It is His resurrection that commenced the glorious “first resurrection.”

There is only one place in the Bible that in passing mentions the beginnings of the glorious first resurrection: (JS-Matt. 27; the bold is added in the Joseph Smith translation.)

  • 56 And the graves were opened; and the bodies of the saints which slept, arose, who were many,
  • 57 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.

The Book of Mormon tells the rest of the story how the first resurrection included all the saints all the way back to Adam and Eve. Because of His resurrection the graves were opened for all the saints all across the globe. What a spectacular-barely-mentioned event–probably greatly blessing millions of souls.

A World Turned Upside Down

In a world that is turning upside down, as Satan knows it is his last hour, and while anticipating the glorious return of our Lord and Savior, there is nothing more important for us to do than to come unto Him. Those who do not will be “cut off” at His Coming. As we contemplate what He has done, is doing, and will do for us, it fills our souls with the deepest of gratitude.  As we come unto Him and repent, mercy is extended to us satisfying the demands of justice and overcoming the effects of the fall of Adam and Eve.

7 Steps to the Infinite Atonement Of Jesus Christ

1. In GETHSEMANE (Alone) He suffered for our sins, so much that He sweat great drops of blood (Lk 22:44; Mosiah 3:7-10).

2. BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN (Rejected by His own, Israel) (Mt. 26:21; Zech. 11:12-13; John 10:33; Mt. 26:67; Mt. 26:33-34; Mt. 27:25; Mt. 23:37; Heb. 1:6)

3. BEFORE THE ROMANS (Rejected by the Gentiles, the world) (Mk. 15:2; Mk. 15:15; John 19:2; John 19:2; Mt. 27:29; Mt. 27:29-31; John 19:10-11)

4. SEVEN SAYINGS ON THE CROSS (All of the previous sufferings came on Him, and this time He bore them alone) (Lk. 23:24; 23:43; John 19:26-27; John 19:28; Ps. 22:1; Mk. 15:34; Mt. 27:46; Lk. 23:46; John 19:30)

5. GAVE HIS LIFE VOLUNTARILY (He did perfectly the will of the Father) (John 10:18; John 5:30; 6:38; Mt. 20:18-19; John 18:37; John 19:34)

6. VISIT TO THE SPIRIT WORLD (There are nearly 10 times more souls there than here) (John 5:25; “Aquarian Gospel of Jesus Christ” by Levi: Section XX Chapter 172:15-23; “Jesus did not sleep within the tomb… And in the realms of souls…the Lord went forth and taught… In council, all the masters sat and talked about the revelations of the coming age.” Luke 16:19-31; The Savior bridged the gulf – organizing the enormous missionary work there. Great rejoicing over all the dispensations back to Adam – gathered and proclaimed the goodness of God. (Doctrine Covenants 138)

Prison doors open and the prisoners go free as they come to Christ. (1 Peter. 3:18-20; 4:6; Doctrine & Covenants 138:22. They that hear shall live.  Live according to God in the spirit; judged according to men in the flesh. (John 5:25-29; 1 Pet. 4:6) Father’s hearts turned to the children and children’s hearts to the fathers; otherwise, the purpose of the earth wasted at His Coming (Malachi 4:5-6)).

7. GLORIOUS RESURRECTION (The best-documented miracle in history) (John 19:38-42; Mt. 28:1-8; Mk. 16:6; John 20:1-9; John 20:11-18; Mt. 28:8-9; Lk. 24:34; Lk. 24:13-35; Lk. 24:36-53; John 21:1-17; Mt. 28:16-20; Mk. 16:15-18; Acts 1:1-12; Acts 2:1-47)

Professor Hugh Nibley –  Acts 1:3

Professor Hugh Nibley shares that Acts 1:3  is one of the most unusual verses in all of our scriptures: “[Christ] showed himself alive after his sufferings by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things about the kingdom of God.” In this blog article, I share a link to a two-hour lecture Nibley provides from apocryphal literature how he taught the temple ceremony and that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene. The Christian community believes that Good Friday commemorates the day of Christ’s crucifixion. I prove this tradition wrong in a  blog article, as He was crucified on Thursday and was three days in the tomb.

Visits Other Lands After Resurrection

The people of Finland have a very strong oral tradition, which was recently recorded telling of the Savior visiting them after His resurrection.  In 1981 I was giving a three-week lecture tour in China.  When visiting Xian, I was walking around in a museum of stelae, and this one stela caught my eye as it had a Hebrew-robed figure with a nap sack on his shoulder.  Then I noticed his feet were bare and he was standing above water.  Then I saw the marks on his feet.  I immediately asked my tour guide if she could read the inscription with the man, and she replied, “It was in ancient Chinese,” and she couldn’t read it.  I, of course, took a picture, which I have in my personal files.  My witness is that the Savior visited them and there are other artifacts in China suggesting the same.

All Twelve Tribes of the House of Israel are in the patriarchal blessings in both Russia and Mongolia. I suspect the same will be true in China when they are given the fullness of the gospel.

He Walked The Americas

Taylor Hansen researched the legends of the native Americans for 25 years and wrote a book, He Walked the Americas.  When I got the book, I couldn’t put it down and stayed up all night reading it.  She is not a member of the Mormon Church, but what she shares in story and picture form aligns amazingly with the visit of Christ as a resurrected being to America, as described in the Book of Mormon. (3 Nephi Chapters 11-30)

I Have Other Sheep

The Savior prophesied, “And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.” John 10:16  So we have the witness of the resurrected Christ all around the world.  When He was in America, he proclaimed, “And verily, verily, I say unto you that I have other sheep, which are not of this land, neither of the land of Jerusalem, neither in any parts of that land round about whither I have been to minister.   For they of whom I speak are they who have not as yet heard my voice; neither have I at any time manifested myself unto them.

But I have received a commandment of the Father that I shall go unto them, and that they shall hear my voice, and shall be numbered among my sheep, that there may be one fold and one shepherd; therefore I go to show myself unto them.” (3 Nephi 16:1-3) We wonder how many other peoples He visited, whose stories are yet to be told? The AQUARIAN GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST by Levi tells of several others that he visited after His resurrection.

The Best News

The perfect infinite Atonement is completed by the glorious resurrection. It opens the resurrection for all and the perfection of the earth. It gives the greatest hope possible to all of Father’s children in His perfect plan of happiness in this fallen world.  As Paul announced, “If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept.  For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.  For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.” (1 Corinthians 15:19-22)
The gospel is not only the “good news;” it is the best news.

“For man is spirit. The elements are eternal, and spirit and element, inseparably connected, receive a fulness of joy;” (Doctrine and Covenants 93:33) It is because of the resurrection that the fullness of joy is possible. How can we tell the wonders of His ways and the magnitude of His perfect infinite atonement?

Share this NEWS with rejoicing

The Scriptures are replete in the telling.  The more we ponder, pray, and study the importance of what He has done, and is doing for us, and will do for us, the more we want to share this NEWS with rejoicing with the whole world – shout it from the roof-tops.

His glorious resurrection is the capstone to the perfect infinite atonement and is the best-documented miracle in the history of the earth. When it happened that early Sunday morning, it was witnessed by the hundred Jewish soldiers standing guard as a brilliant light came down from the heavens, and over the night they heard three times: “Adon Mashich Cumi,” which means, “Lord Christ arise.”

The last time was just before sunrise. “the heavens blazed with light… And then the white-robed form tramped on the Roman seal, and then he tore it into shreds; he took the mighty stone in hand as though it were a pebble from the brook, and cast it to the side. And Jesus opened up his eyes and said, ‘All hail the rising sun! the coming of the day of righteousness!’

From Mortal to Immortal

“They saw the body of the Nazarene transmute they saw it change from mortal to immortal form, and then disappeared. The soldiers heard a voice from somewhere; yea, from everywhere, it said, ‘Peace, peace on earth; good will to men.’” (Chapter 172:26-41

In Pontius Pilot’s account, he sent his trusted secretary, MALCUS, “He said that at about the beginning of the fourth watch, They Saw A Soft And a Beautiful-Lyght Up Above the Sepulcher… The Entire Place was lit up and there seemed to be A Crowd Of The Dead Walking around in their grave clothes. Each Of Them Seemed To Be Shouting And Filled With Ecstasy while All Around And Above, was Heard, The Most Beautiful Music he had ever experienced: And The Whole Sky Seemed To Be Full Of Voices Praising: YHV: Yahll’Vol’Hay/God. At This Time there seemed to be a reeling and rocking back-and forth of The Entire Earth…” (THE CRUCIFIXION REPORT OF PONTUS PILOT TO: TIBERIUS CAESAR) The Earth was rejoicing with the resurrection of its Creator.

Gratitude

The best way we can show our gratitude for the Perfect Infinite Atonement is to have total faith in Him who gave us this enormous and most important gift, to repent of all our sins, to share this glorious message of the gospel, to live the law of love, which is equivalent to obedience to all the commandments.  If He had not completed all seven steps of the infinite atonement, all would be lost. Because His Perfect Infinite Atonement overcame both the physical and spiritual deaths brought about by the Fall of Adam and Eve, this disproves Darwin’s theory of organic evolution. If there were no Fall, then there would be no need for an atonement to overcome the effects of the Fall. Therefore, organic evolution is anti-Christ.

If everyone lived the law of love that Christ taught, it would solve all the world’s problems.  Completely, receiving and internalizing the perfect infinite atonement is the doorway to the greatest happiness in this life and a fullness of joy in the world to come. We cannot comprehend “INFINITE,” but the more we do the closer we draw to Him who perfectly completed it for all of us because of His infinite love for each of us, and because of Heavenly Father’s and Heavenly Mother’s and the Savior’s infinite love for us to give us the gift of our Beloved Savior. Amid all our imperfections, it is a Perfect Plan of Happiness.

David W Allan

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In Honor of my Dad

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I was journaling the other day and ran across my dad’s obituary. In honor of my Dad, I would like to share memories of a remarkable man. He was an enormous blessing in my life to be close to him during my growing-up years. His creativity was so inspiring to me. The picture is of my Mom and Dad.

I was doing some work for USNO (United States Naval Observatory) in Florida. I was helping them design an environment for their atomic clocks to avoid the effects of EMP coming from lightning. My mom called me and told me that Dad was not doing well. We immediately changed our plans and caught the next flight from Miami to Salt Lake City.

Miracle Number 1

I had never been to Miami before and drove straight to the airport in 18 minutes.

Miracle Number 2

They were just ready to close the doors for that flight to Salt Lake.  A minute later we would have missed spending the last night with Dad.

We had left our car in Riverton at our daughter Jeannette’s place. Our beautiful and compassionate Jeannette picked us up at the SLC airport at about midnight. We got down to the rest home in Springville about 2:00 a.m. Dad was unconscious, but moving around in great pain. His body was fighting heavy infection from bedsores. They increased his pain medicine dose, which helped a little. My wife, Edna, and I were able to express our love for him over the night—believing that he could hear us

About 7:30 a.m., Mom called to see how he was doing. She said she felt he would be leaving us that day. I called Jeanne, my younger sister, and she said she was on her way to the rest home. While I was talking to Jeanne, Dad passed.  It was February 19th, 1994.

Miracle Number 3

With a smile on his face, Edna saw his hands raise as someone was taking him home. I believe it was  my grandfather to with a peaceful smile on his face, he was gone.  Over the night his face showed grim–his dad. The pain was gone!  When Edna told me he had passed, I put my arms around her and cried like a baby. I don’t know how a mortal man could have loved his father any more than I do my DAD! Thank you, Lord, for eternal families.

Precious Memories

During the four-hour flight to Salt Lake, I wrote eight pages of highlights from my experiences with Dad. I re-read those eight pages the other day and was in tears of gratitude for the privilege to have this great man as my father. It came to me that he was 87 when he died and my wife and I are 87.

Sylvester Allan’s Obituary

Patient and loving husband father, grandfather, and great grandfather, SYLVESTER (SMUSS) ALLAN 87 of Mapleton died 13 February 1994 in Springville following a long illness. He was born 7 January 1907 in Mapleton. He married Florence Carrick 2 December 1925, which was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple.

“Smuss will be remembered as a multifaceted man, with a non-judgmental nature, with a deep love of mankind, and a large circle of friends. He was especially devoted to his family. His sons-in-law and daughters-in-law felt loved and accepted as if they were his own.

Beyond his work, which was also multidimensional, he had a life of service. He was a charter member of the Lions Club, for both Springville and Mapleton and served also a term as President. He served for 32 years for the Strawberry Water users and four years as its President. He served on the Mapleton City Council.

In his time he was known as one of the most famous river guides in the mountain West. Even though this was in part his profession he brought to it his unique personality–out of which grew large numbers of friends from all over the country. Anyone who has ever been with him on such an outing will remember with relish his famous forty-mile Dutch-oven stew. He has guided tours on many major rivers including the Colorado, the Green, the Yampa, the Snake, the headwaters of the Columbia at the Big Bend, the Middle Fork of the Salmon, the Main Salmon, and Yukon rivers. In addition, he also worked as a river guide for the US Geological Survey.

In addition to farming, he worked with lumber and construction business. Two pieces of his work which will be appreciated by local people are he helped construct the road at Bryce Canyon and the solid walnut benches in the old White Church in Mapleton. He worked at the powder plant and was manager of the Ford-Ferguson Tractor Repair. To neighbors, family, and friends, Smuss could fix anything. His kindly nature often so folks in his shop enjoying the visit while getting something repaired.

Smuss is survived by his wife Florence, four children: Beverly (and Mal) Malheiro of Sun Lakes, Arizona, Dean S. (and Jean) Allan of Springville, David W. (and Edna) Allan of Fountain Green, Utah, Jeanne (and Doug) Strong of Springville, a brother Ira Allan of Mapleton, and a sister Eva Thomas of Spanish Fork. In addition, there are 25 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

Services will be held Saturday 19 February 94 at 11:00 AM in the White Church in Mapleton. Friends may call at the Wheller Mortuary on Friday evening 6 to 8:00 PM. There will also be a pre-funeral service viewing at the White Church at 10:00 AM. The interment will be at the Evergreen Cemetery.”

God’s Miracle Number 4

A dear friend of ours has the gift of seeing folks on the other side of the veil. At the viewing, she saw Dad with a big smile and dressed in his temple clothes. At the graveside, she saw him in white without his temple cloths; he had passed by the angels, etc., and was in celestial realms. He was enjoying seeing his grandchildren playing on the grass during the time of the grave dedication ceremony. I am sure he is continuing to do great work for the Lord in heaven because of his great loving nature.

It was so wonderful to see my Dad partaking of the Perfect and Infinite atonement in the midst of all our imperfections. It is Christ who perfects us as we come unto Him; we cannot perfect ourselves (Moroni 10:32-33). Moroni summarizes the great message of the Book of Mormon with that incredible promise from our infinitely loving God.

David W. Allan

PS See the incredible WWII movie, The Scarlet and the Black, taking place in Rome based on a true story with Gregory Peck and Christopher Plummer. And then see Joseph Smith the American Prophet narrated by Gregory Peck. There are two mistakes in the latter movie. Joseph translated the Book of Mormon from two sets of plates. And it is well documented that Joseph used the Urim and Thummim to do the Book of Mormon translation, and not with a stone in a hat.

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There Is No Devil

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The claim that “There is no devil” is one of the greatest lies perpetuated on the Earth.  A similar great lie is, “There is no conspiracy.” In so doing, the devil and his angels work with those who listen to them and claim that “There is no devil” —under the guise of doing good while perpetuating the most hideous atrocities.

In our pre-mortal existence, we chose to follow Christ when Heavenly Father presented His perfect Plan of Happiness. Lucifer and those who followed him chose otherwise—proposing to save all by taking away their right to choose. Thus, there was a war in heaven, and Lucifer became the devil (Isa. 14:12-16; Rev. 12:4,7-9). Now, the devil and his angels gain great power by the lie that there is no devil. Teaching that conspiracies are made up to deceive. Their overall goal is power and control and to take away individual sovereignty.

The Devil’s Atrocities

Examples of the devil’s atrocities are the rich and power-hungry global elite supplying weapons for both sides for World Wars I and II while making billions of dollars. They have gone on with making billions off of the industrialized military complex with the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the Ukraine war, and now the war on Israel.

They are very clever and the media promotes their false propaganda that they are about doing good—amid all these atrocities. The heart-rending 9/11 disaster is one of their enormous atrocities. It is well documented that 9/11 was a controlled demolition. They and the media designed it to look like a war on terrorism—appearing to be on the defensive when in fact they were on the offense.

The global elite’s evolutionary model of humankind makes their so-called brilliance narrow-minded. While they want to get rid of people, God’s plan is the opposite. They think of us as gun fodder and as evolved dispensable creatures. Wordsworth’s poem gives us a glimpse into God’s inspired Plan for us:

“Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting;
The soul that rises with us, our life’s star
Hath had elsewhere It’s setting,
And cometh from afar;
Not in entire forgetfulness,
And not in utter nakedness,
But trailing clouds of glory do we come
From God who is our home.”

Our infinitely loving Father gave each of us our life’s plan that would best bring us back to Him, if we would but choose the right. I see God’s hand in every direction (Moses 6:63). A beautiful and inspiring example of God’s handiworks is Handel’s inspired Messiah dictated from above.

 Global Elite Ignore Historical Facts

The global elite ignore historical facts. The best-documented miracle in history is the life mission and infinite atonement of our Lord and Savior. I believe Flavius Josephus was and is the most essential historian ever.  We all have unique missions.  I believe he was highly unusual as we see him as a Jew, and a Roman, and surprising to almost everyone, there is substantial extent evidence that later in his life he became a Christian Bishop in Jerusalem. I have the complete works of Josephus.

While the global elite believe the Bible to be a myth, I share 1,800 phrases tying back to the language of Adam that scientifically validate the scriptures. Both Joseph in Egypt (2 Nephi 3:11) and Nephi (1 Nephi 13:38-40) prophesied that this would happen–both the myth and the validation. Further more, we have direct evidence of the resurrected Lord coming to America. In this podcast, I share details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5CLywoOI3s And, near Newark, Ohio, the native Americans map out Heavenly Father’s Perfect Plan of Salvation in a  4 1/2 square miles of earthworks.

Choose Christ

Our greatest opportunity in our mortal sojourn with celestial realms of glory as our goal is to choose Christ by exercising faith in Him. We have His promise that as we treasure up His WORD, we will not be deceived by the adversary (JS-M 37; D&C 10:5). We are also here on Earth to use our intelligence to help make the world a better place. We read, “And if a person gains more knowledge and intelligence in this life through his diligence and obedience than another, he will have so much the advantage in the world to come (D&C 130:19).”

I wrote a blog article about using our intelligence wisely: The Glory of God is Intelligence. All good comes from Christ; all evil comes from the devil. But, then there are all the gradations in between where we have the opportunity to use our intelligence wisely. God is pleased if we choose to augment His work. “Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples (John 15:8).”

We can use our eternal intelligence in three fundamental ways: 1) to choose Christ; 2) to use our intelligence to create to make the world a better place; or 3) to choose the devil. Our Creator created us to be creators. It is a grand opportunity for us to be creators during our mortal journey and to augment the work of the Lord. There is great joy and satisfaction in so doing.

The best thing we can do with our intelligence is to help as many as we can to come to know the Father and the Son (John 17:3). That knowing is the path to the greatest of all the gifts of God—ETERNAL LIFE (D&C 14:7). Then we can expose the works of the devil and his angels. Their works lose their effectiveness when exposed. Their works of darkness are brought into the light and diffused.

2024, a Spectacular Year

I believe this year, 2024, will be a spectacular year. You will see the global elite trying to destroy the US Presidential election process. Also, the “mark of the beast” will likely show his ugly head with the global elite trying to take control of money. So that you cannot buy or sell without their permission. The prophesied Davidic servant will begin his great preparatory ministry laying the ground work for the Lord’s glorious coming. President Ezra Taft Benson prophesied of a “great division” both inside and outside of the Lord’s Church, I believe we are seeing that happen (2 Nephi 30:10).

 Great Plan of Happiness

How blessed we are to know who is really in charge of the Grand Plan of Happiness. He knows how to turn every evil into good and will do so in due process. If we chose Christ, we get to help Him bring about ZION and the ideal society motivated by the pure love of Christ.
David W. Allan

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PS: As an example of how I have used my intelligence to serve the scientific community, I believe the Lord gave me the inspiration for the Allan variance. Googling “Allan variance” and you will get about 3.5 million results, and it is growing in usage.

Following that work my colleagues and I developed the Modified Allan variance and the Time variance; these are denoted in the literature as AVAR, MVAR, and TVAR. All three of these variances became international metric standards in 1988. They are used widely in the time and frequency, navigation, and telecom communities and in ever-increasing areas of metrology.

Using These Variances

Using these variances, Gus German and I worked together for ten years. The first five years we worked on the Unified Field Theory that the Lord revealed to us. The seven experiments coming out of that work are shared in Chapter 21 of It’s About Time. The last five years, we worked on GPS denial problems using an ensemble of precision quartz-crystal oscillators supplied to us by Bliley Technologies.

We presented the results of what is known as EQUATE at an international Frequency Control Symposium in San Francisco in 2011. And, a year later I wrote a tutorial sharing my work in characterizing the performance of timekeeping devices. Now, that tutorial is on my books’ website for all to have access to: “Conversion of Frequency Stability Measures from the Time-domain to the Frequency-domain, vice-versa and Power-law Spectral Densities.”
The last page of this tutorial is a chart showing the timekeeping ability of everything from egg timers to earth time, to atomic clocks, and to international time, UTC. The timing folks at NASA/JPL were so intrigued with this chart that they put an enlarged version of it on the wall in their timing lab. I helped the folks at JPL synchronize the H-maser atomic clocks at their three Deep Space Tracking stations using a GPS Common-view receiver that they paid us to build for them. It later became an international time-transfer technique for the generation of international time, UTC.

Science of Timekeeping

For those not familiar with the science of timekeeping the following simple illustration will be useful. We let νo be the nominal frequency of a clock. Its actual frequency at time t is ν(t). We define y(t) = (ν(t) – νo)/νo. If y(t) = νo then the clock is perfect, which never happens because of noise. The time error of a clock, x(t) is the integral of y(t). To explain, suppose an atomic clock has a y(t) of a positive one nanosecond per day and continuing at that rate. Then that clock’s x(t) will move ahead in time a nanosecond every day.

A nanosecond is a billionth of a second. That is the time it takes light to travel 30 cm (about one foot). This is the level of precision needed for the atomic clocks in the GPS satellites.

The Allan variance is ½ the average value of <(y(t + τ) – y(t))^2> averaged over a data set. The y values are adjacent and each averaged over τ. As the averaging time, τ, is changed for a data set the level of noise, as well as the different kinds of noise, are revealed. I used it in developing the AT1 algorithm in 1968, which generates official time for the USA. I believe the Lord also gave me that algorithm; it is still “ticking today” with improvements added by my outstanding colleagues. The Italians and the Israelis asked me to implement this algorithm for them. I did that in 1969 and 1987-92, respectively. For those having some math skills, the math behind AT1 is also on my books’ website.

Because of my work, my name is known across the globe because of these variances and my work in helping to develop GPS. So because of that, I get to share the “Message of Gladness”—the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ across the globe; and this is my JOY (Alma 29:9).

Links for Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, “Od to Joy”.

Beethoven 9th – Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Riccardo Muti

Beethoven 9th – Oslo Philharmonic with conductor Klaus Mäkelä

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What Time Is It?

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Ironically, the times the world community has responded to the question, “What time is it?” have changed dramatically over time. Knowing what time it is, has been driven mainly by technological needs and advancements. We will see enormous religious implications to what time it is! We read, “…there should be time no longer (Rev. 10:6).”

Traditionally, time has been kept astronomically. Ironically, the invention of atomic clocks has driven the advancement astronomically! In my lifetime, timekeeping accuracy has moved forward an amazing billion-fold. Historically, the agrarian world cared more about the seasons than about what time it was.

First Atomic Clock

Harold Lyon’s ammonia MASER was the first atomic clock (1949). I went to work at the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) in Boulder, Colorado, in 1960. The physics of the ammonia maser is fascinating, and NBS had one I got to work on. After the invention of the maser, Charles Townes went on to invent the LASER (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation). Can you imagine how many LASER scanners there are across the world, considering there is one at every store’s checkout stand? These most useful devices come from the physics of timekeeping!

Pendulum Clock

Galileo used his heartbeat to measure the period of a swinging chandelier in the cathedral in Pizza, Italy. There is a baptism by immersion font in that same cathedral. (We have been there). From those heartbeat measurements, Galileo deduced some interesting laws of physics—preceding Newton. The pendulum clock was invented by Christiaan Huygens in 1656. It became the world’s standard timekeeper, used in homes and offices for 270 years.

Timekeeping World Changed

The timekeeping world changed dramatically in 1735 with John Harrison’s invention of a marine chronometer. (See Dava Sobel’s LONGITUDE). With Harrison’s chronometer, mariners could determine accurate longitude, which was essential for accurate sea navigation, as the Earth spins under the heavens.

This chronometer gave significant superiority to the English Navy. In 1833, the famous Greenwich Observatory time ball was installed. Thus, the ships at port in London could see to synchronize their chronometers before they went out to sea!

The National Bureau of Standards (NBS) in Washington D.C. started broadcasting the time in 1919 from radio station WWV. They used a precision pendulum chronometer and got the correct time from the nearby United States Naval Observatory (USNO). Then, Quartz clocks were invented in the 1930s with significantly superior timekeeping ability. These were the main timekeepers until the invention of atomic clocks.

Idea of the Atomic Clock

In the 1940s, Nobel Prize winner, Isador Isaac Rabi is credited with the idea of an atomic clock. One can think of the oscillating frequency of a photon coming from an atomic transition in an atom or molecule. We add up the oscillations of these photons and make an atomic clock.

The time and frequency Rabi award was named after him. In 1983, he was the first recipient. I was privileged to have breakfast with him on the day of the award ceremony in Philadelphia. I was greatly honored to be the second recipient a year later.

Atomic Time Generated

If you are going to replace the spinning and orbiting Earth as a clock, then that clock needs to never stop. Keeping atomic clocks running continuously is no small matter. Continuous atomic time was first generated by Louis Essen and Jack Parry at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, England. So, in June 1955 atomic timekeeping had its birth in the world at NPL using a transition in cesium. The cesium transition was much more accurate than Lyons’ ammonia maser. Lyons went on to build the world’s first cesium-beam frequency standard, NBS-1, in 1952, but he never turned it into a clock.

 Move To Boulder, Colorado

In 1954, the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) was moved to new laboratories in Boulder, Colorado. You can see Roger Beehler working with NBS-1 in this link: https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/time-services/brief-history-atomic-clocks-nist. You can see all the rest of the NBS/NIST cesium-beam standards up to NIST-7. In contrast to astronomical phenomena, atomic frequency standards have gotten ten times better about every seven years.

The square root of the Allan variance can be written in a form that gives an estimate of how stable and accurate an atomic frequency standard can be: σ y (τ) = Δν/(ν Signal to Noise). The fractional frequency is defined as y = (v(t) – vo)/vo, vo is the nominal frequency of the transition of interest. If ν(t) is exactly on frequency, then y(t) is zero. But that rarely happens. The atomic transition line width is denoted by Δν. The Signal/Noise improves as Nτ, where N is the number of atoms or molecules interrogated per second, and τ is the time over which y(t) is averaged.

One can see from this equation, that as the transition frequency line width, Δν, improves the stability and accuracy potentially improve. The longer the atoms or molecules can be interrogated, the smaller is  Δν. In a cesium-beam atomic clock, the atoms can only be observed for a few milliseconds. When the cesium fountain was invented, the observation time went up to nearly a second, and the accuracies and frequency stabilities achieved improved greatly as well.

One can also clearly see from this equation that the higher the atomic transition frequency the better can be the accuracy and frequency stability. The cesium transition is a microwave frequency. By going to optical and ultraviolet frequencies great advances have been achieved in accuracy and frequency stability. These frequencies are about 100,000 times higher than the cesium microwave transition. In my career time, atomic clock accuracies have improved from 10^-10 to 10^-18; that is a hundred-million-fold improvement.

GPS is One Example

AMAZING. Many Nobel Prize winners have contributed to these incredible advancements in timing technology. Technology has benefited enormously as well. GPS is one great example. The current best atomic clocks are 10,000 times better than are needed for GPS. GPS timing works at the nanosecond level–that is a billionth of a second. That is the time it takes light to travel 30 cm (about a foot per nanosecond).

Official Atomic Time in USA

Since 9 October 1957 NBS in Boulder, CO has maintained an atomic time scale, (NBS-A). The primary cesium-beam frequency standard moved to Boulder in 1954, but time was broadcast from WWV in Beltsville, Maryland. WWV then had a precision quartz-crystal clock and was still getting its time from USNO.

A Millionth of a Second

On 24 April 1963, Jim Barnes and Lowell Fey carried a portable quartz-crystal-oscillator clock from Boulder to Beltsville, Maryland, and back with a precision of 5 µs (A microsecond is a millionth of a second). Then, timekeeping commenced in Boulder using an ensemble of precision quartz-crystal oscillators. Their portable clock trip took NBS-A time to Boulder, and the primary frequency standard was just across the hall. This gave an accuracy for NBS-A to ten significant digits. This was ten times better than the Earth as a clock.

Generating Official Time for the U.S.

Jim Barnes then wrote the first atomic-clock time-scale algorithm program to use the calibrations from the cesium-beam atomic frequency standard across the hall. He then used the calibrated quartz-clock ensemble to carry time forward until the next calibration. When Jim became the Section Chief, I was given the responsibility for generating official time for the United States. I did that for most of my 32 years we lived in Boulder, Colorado.

Algorithm, AT-1 Still Ticking

I believe the Lord gave me the algorithm, AT-1, in 1968, for generating official time for the USA. Then we had an ensemble of eight atomic clocks and the US primary frequency standard to work with. The AT-1 algorithm optimally combines the readings taken from an atomic clock ensemble. The computed output of that algorithm is designed to be better than the best clock in the ensemble. Significant improvements have been made to AT1 by my outstanding colleagues and friends over the years. New and different kinds of clocks have been added with their own challenges and improved performance differences.

With those improvements, as far as I know, AT-1 is “still ticking” today. In 2018, I received the IEEE $10,000 Keithley Award, “For leadership in time determination and precise timing instruments.” I thank the Lord for His help in this work. It has been most insightful and enjoyable.

A Two-Part Device

For human-kind of timing, we can think of a clock as a two-part device. First, a clock has a periodic event device that oscillates at a steady frequency. Second, it has a counter to count those oscillations. For example, most wristwatches and clocks today use a quartz-crystal tuning fork as the oscillator or periodic event device. It oscillates at 32,768 Hz (cycles per second). A 2^15 binary divider is then used to generate one-second intervals, which are then counted to give you a display of hours, minutes, and seconds for your clock or wristwatch.

When measured precisely, we know that every clock is oscillating at the wrong rate and its time is in error. The only clock that is right is the one we define to be right. For the USA, it is UTC(NIST). For the world, it is UTC (Universal Time Coordinated.) Official world time used to be Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). The name was changed from GMT to UTC in 1972, with the introduction of “leap-seconds” as needed to chase the earth’s fluctuations in time.

A Momentous Day for Timekeeping

Friday the 13th of October, 1967, was a momentous day for timekeeping. The world community shifted from astronomical timekeeping to atomic clocks for keeping time. Atomic clocks have been shown to be much more accurate than any astronomical phenomena. And as mentioned before, atomic clocks have improved by a factor of ten about every seven years. This is like Moore’s law. Today, accuracies of 0.1 picoseconds per day are realized. This is ten thousand times better than is needed for the atomic clocks in GPS. A picosecond is a million-millionth of a second.

A New Definition of The Second

On that day in 1967 the world received a new definition of the second. It is defined as, “9 192 631 770 periods of the ground-state hyperfine transitions of cesium-133.” The previous definition was the Ephemeris second, which is defined by the Earth’s motion around the sun, as well as lunar motion. It is better than a second for timekeeping purposes. The above oscillation frequency for cesium was arrived at by the Paris Observatory, the Greenwich Observatory, and the United States Naval Observatory. The astronomers involved were Bernard Guenot, Humphrey Smith, and William Markowitz, respectively.

I was privileged to know all three of these gentlemen. The 9 192 631 770 periods agreed with the Ephemeris second, as these three gentlemen determined. The cesium definition remains today. With the high accuracies that have now been achieved in atomic clocks, a new definition is a major topic among the scientists involved.

What is Time?

“What Time is it?” is a very different question than, “What is Time?” The most important “time” is God’s TIME. Yet, most don’t have a clue what God’s TIME is. I explain God’s TIME in my two books: It’s About Time and Time & Eternity, The End-Times & Beyond Revealed,” as best I can. Here, I have discussed “time” as generated by humans. In my books, I discuss its relationship to God’s calendars and His TIME. I also discuss what the Apostle John means, “time no longer (Rev. 10:6).” The concept of God’s “One Eternal Round” is profound as well. This is a fun trip through understanding what time is and what time isn’t. Perhaps for more fun for the academics across the world than for my Christian compatriots. But, knowing where we are in God’s TIME should be very important to my academic friends as well.

Time is Metaphysical

It is important to know that time cannot be extracted from the Universe; it is metaphysical. It is an idea in our minds. My dear friend, emeritus professor of philosophy, Chauncey C. Riddle, has the best definition of time that I have seen. He shares, “Time seems to be the possibility of change.” This was particularly interesting to me, because in my master’s thesis, the metric developed optimally measures the change, in a variance sense, in the timekeeping rate of atomic clocks. The world knows it as the “Allan variance.”

As I Google the “Allan variance,” today I got 3,550,000 results, and the usefulness continues to grow. I believe the Lord inspired me in this as well. In 2016, the IEEE/UFFC celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the publication of my thesis. They published a special issue with 16 different papers highlighting different uses of the Allan variance.

At the conference, they gave me the highest IEEE/UFFC award with the citation, “For seminal work to the UFFF community regarding time determination, time prediction, time dissemination and timekeeping through contributions to atomic frequency standards, space-based navigation, time and frequency stability analysis, time-scale algorithms, and timekeeping devices.”

Time Is Not Time

So, time, as we use it and define it, is not time, but a time interval. Scientists assume time runs uniformly throughout the Universe—including Einstein’s relativistic considerations. We contracted with Professor Neil Ashby to do the relativity equations needed for GPS. We are good friends and have written several papers together. Scientists share nothing of time-warp events, which have been documented. We know from our UFT experiments that time and space are mortal limitations. The scientist’s assumption above is incorrect.

God’s Physics

In God’s physics, we learned of a fifth dimension outside the four relativistic dimensions of time and space. We call it the Eternity Domain. This is where God and His angels do their work in the Kingdom of Heaven. Under God’s direction, the Kingdom of Heaven is perfectly organized. That is why the Lord asks us to pray, “Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Sincere prayer takes us into the “Eternity Domain” where we may learn the TRUTHS of GOD and help bring heaven on earth!

Where Are We in God’s Time?

A significant portion of both of my books deals with where we are in God’s TIME. Please go there to learn what I have learned about God’s TIME. Knowing God’s TIME and preparing for eternity is the most important thing we can do and help others to do. Most of my energies are spent in this direction. I ask the question of the Lord, “What is Thy will to best help me to serve today?”

The Lord never directs every step in our lives. Given the incredibly important gift of free choice, which is part of our intelligence, He wants us to think for ourselves. TO THINK! That sounds exciting. We grow emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually in that Divinely designed process of using our agency to use our time and talents to serve.

THINK – LEARN – SERVE – LOVE!!!

“Seek learning even by study and also by faith (D&C 109:7).” To think and learn the TRUTHS of God that we may better love (Matt. 22:36-40) and serve (Mosiah 2:17). My personal joke is to learn faster than I forget! THINK and LEARN and SERVE and LOVE!!! Therein is the greatest joy in time and eternity. Wise men sought for and found the Savior of the World anciently. Wise humans today are doing the same.

One who thinks comes to Christ in humility. There he/she enjoys the fruits of faith, repentance, and receiving of His mercy and grace. He/she receives the greatest of joy in this life and a fullness of joy in the life to come. It’s about time and eternity! I REJOICE in all the Lord has taught me about time and eternity. But, I am still a babe in the woods. This I know, He is the Way, the TRUTH, and the LIGHT, and the life (John 14:6).

David W. Allan

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The End from the Beginning

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Trust in the Lord because He knows the end from the beginning. His omniscience and infinite love for each of us is most inspiring. We have His great promise that we can couple into the beautiful TRUTHS of God and of Eternity as we pray (Matt. 7:7-8). And, as we treasure up His word we will not be deceived (JS-M 37). As we ask, we will receive. As we seek, we will find. As we knock, God’s TRUTHS will be opened to us. But it will be in His time, not ours, as He knows best.

Plan of Happiness

Because of Him and His “Perfect Plan of Happiness,” our hearts are filled with hope and rejoicing. We contemplate the future with trust in our hearts. This, despite all our imperfections. In the grand ironies of God, He will bring perfection out of imperfection. He will bring Joy out of suffering and misery. He will give us perfect resurrected bodies out of bodies that crumbled in the dust. He fills our hearts with love in contrast to Satan’s hate. We can make a very long list of these amazing ironies, “God’s Grand Ironies”.

Sincere Prayer

Every sincere prayer couples us into the Eternity Domain, where God and His angels do their perfect work for us. As we pray, He will open to us our pre-ordained missions for our mortal journey. Time and Space are mortal limitations; Not His. This is why He asks us to pray, “Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.” The Kingdom of Heaven is perfectly organized. As we pray, we can help it come on earth as it is in heaven. The Lord will bless our efforts, as we do so—bringing joy to our souls.

Trust in the Lord

I would like to share an example in my own life of the blessing of trusting in the Lord. The other morning, I was praying and thanking the Lord for the incredible blessings He has showered upon me. Knowing that He knows the end from the beginning, my mind went back to when I did my master’s thesis.

In 1965 I was working on the thesis at the University of Colorado. It came as it did because I trusted the Lord to do things His way rather than my way: Inspiration for the Allan variance. I could not have done my thesis without the magical table on page 43 of Sir Michael James Lighthill’s Monograph at Cambridge, FOURIER ANALYSIS AND GENERALIZED FUNCTIONS, which he just completed the year before.

My late and good friend, boss, and colleague, Dr. James A. Barnes taught me how to use this Monograph for my thesis, which gave birth to the Allan variance, the Modified Allan variance, and the Time variance, which became the international metric standards for time and frequency, navigation, and the telecom communities respectively. With Jim’s insightful help and inspiration from the Lord, my thesis was published in a highly recognized journal in February of the following year: the “Allan Variance”.

Results of the Allan Variance

The table on page 43 of Lighthill’s Monograph gave me the means. I could transform these three variances from a time-domain analysis of the data to knowing the different spectral colors. These spectral colors in the frequency domain gave us great insights into proper data modeling. For example, seeing these spectral colors in clocks, navigation systems, and telecom systems gave us much better models for the data. These models gave significant insights into what was going on in the data.

These variances have been also used in many other areas of technology and in medicine. The Allan variance nicely characterizes flicker noise. Flicker-noise is ubiquitous in nature. We also recently characterized turbulence-noise in 200 years of Tropical year data—going as f-4/3. Where f is the Fourier frequency modeling the data. There are many other natural processes. For example, flicker walk-noise, flicker run noise, which we observed in the long-term variations in the Earth’s spin rate. White-noise, random-walk noise are also commonly observed. Being able to tell the difference between measurement noise, clock-noise, and environmental perturbations is very important. These variances can detect these Fourier components using easy time-domain statistical analysis.

The Newton Chair

Lighthill was a brilliant-applied mathematician, who solved, for example, the acoustic problem of how to quiet down jet engines so that airports could be in proximity of cities. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and held Newton’s chair up until he died in 1998, just before Stephen Hawkings.

The Daily Telegraph described Newton’s chair as one of the most prestigious academic posts in the world. Commonly named after Sir Isaac Newton, the most brilliant scientist in world history, who held the chair for 33 years. The formal name is the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics.

Most people don’t know that Newton spent more time studying religion than science—being very devout. He had proven that the Church of England was wrong in many aspects of its theology, and this threatened his fellowship at Trinity College. He and his friends petitioned King Charles II, and the King placed Newton in the chair with exemption for Newton to “all holy orders.” Newton had also shown the great apostacy of Christianity during the dark ages and prophesied of a restoration of the Lord’s gospel.

What the Lord  Taught Me

What the Lord taught me, as I was praying, is that He knows the end from the beginning.  Lighthill’s Monograph was brought forth for me to use for my thesis. Jim Barnes knew about it and taught me how to use it. I am sure many others have benefitted from that Monograph. But, the Lord is in the details because of His infinite love for us over time and space.

As Moses shares what the Lord told him (Moses 6:63):
“And behold, all things have their likeness, and all things are created and made to bear record of me, both things which are temporal, and spiritual things; things which are in the heavens above, and things which are on the earth, and things which are in the earth, and things which are under the earth, both above and beneath: all things bear record of me.”

Thy Will Be Done

Let us completely trust in Him since He knows the end from the beginning. “Thy will be done” was the perfect pattern the Savior set before us. That is the path to a fullness of JOY and partaking of the Doctrine of Eternal Lives. May we join hands in doing so and be ONE with Him I pray.

David W. Allan

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PS Because I have tried to do HIs will, I have been greatly blessed. Because of my work with GPS, atomic clocks, timekeeping algorithms, and precising timing instrumentation, the Lord has made my name famous. He knew I would share the gospel (the good news). I call it the BEST NEWS! I am a praying physicist. It is because of Him and not any brilliance on my part more than anyone else that He has helped me learn and grow in TRUTH and LIGHT.

My books (It’s About Time, which harmonizes true religion and true science and Time & Eternity, The End-Times & Beyond Revealed) are about bringing people to Christ. My books’ website now has nearly 200 thousand visits from over 100 nations. Yesterday, I had 406 visits. The heart message of almost all my posts and of my books is God’s infinite love for each of us and of the enormous blessings of the Lord’s infinite atonement. As we trust in Him, He wells up in our hearts the glorious future He has in store for those who hearken to His voice. Listen and learn the TRUTHS of ETERNAL LIVES.

And it Came to Pass – Glory to God

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“And, it Came to Pass” and “Glory to God” are included in probably the most cited Christmas scripture in the bible. Luke 2:1-14,

1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
3 And all went to be taxed, everyone into his own city.
4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) [Bethlehem means “House of bread” in Hebrew.]
5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men

I believe we were part of the heavenly choir singing with all our hearts, “Glory to God.” Interestingly, in the Aquarian Gospel of Jesus Christ by Levi, we read about His resurrection: “The soldiers heard a voice from somewhere; yea, from everywhere, it said, ‘Peace, peace on earth; good will to men.’ They looked, the tomb was empty, and the Lord had risen…” (172:40-42)

William Tyndale, an Unsung Hero

Even though William Tyndale was martyred 75 years before, seventy-seven percent of the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible is William Tyndale’s translation. Recognizing Tyndales’s brilliance and inspiration the 47 scholars spent seven years to bring it to publication in 1611. Tyndale is an unsung hero with 70% of the KJV giving the world the most accurate English translation.

Tyndale’s inspiration for translating the Bible into English preserved the Adamic phrase, “And it came to pass.” The late Professor Leanora Leet shows from the ancient Hebrew Kabbalah, that “And it came to pass,” has the gematria meaning, “El,” which is God. This phrase ties to important past historical events. Here we have Luke using it to highlight the world’s pivotal event of the birth of our Savior.

Adamic Phrases

The Lord has led me to 1,800 Adamic phrases in our scriptures. When you look at their use and distribution by the prophets, they validate our scriptures. Both Nephi and Joseph in Egypt prophesied that one of the many reasons for the Book of Mormon coming forth was to validate the Bible. (1 Nephi 13:38-41; 2 Nephi 3:11) And the language of Adamic phrases helps to do that.  “It came to pass” is just one of those phrases.  It is a phrase we see but never think about.

Do We Have it Backward

We have to ask the question, “Do we have this backward?” We celebrate His birth much more than His resurrection. We also know the Savior was born in the Spring. The 25th of December is a pagan holiday tradition and is tied to the winter solstice. Both His birth and His infinite atonement tie importantly to the Hebrew calendar. We know from scripture that He was born on the 6th of April. (D&C 20:1).

The Nephites started their calendar at His birth. And we read, “And it came to pass in the thirty and fourth year, in the first month, on the fourth day of the month, there arose a great storm, such a one as never had been known in all the land.” The Earth was responding to His three hours of unimaginable suffering for all the sins of the world, as He hung on the cross. During those three hours, great destruction happened in North America. (3 Nephi 8:5-19). This was followed by three days of total darkness, as His body lay in the tomb. (3 Nephi 8:20-23)

There are seven steps in the Lord’s infinite atonement: 1) Gethsemane; 2) Before the Sanhedrin; 3) Before the Romans; 4) His crucifixion; 5) He voluntarily gave His life (Jn 10:18); 6) Visit to paradise; and 7) His overcoming death for all being the first to rise. The whole world has it wrong, and the Book of Mormon along with the vision of Joseph F. Smith has it right. (D&C 138) Comprehending the infinite atonement is comprehending the incomprehensible. I have not seen or heard of anyone who appreciates the magnitude of the sixth and seventh steps.

Nephi told us that many plain and precious things had been taken out of the Bible by the great and abominable church of the devil. (1 Nephi 13:20-36) And because of these many changes and deletions, the Lord promised Nephi that He would bring forth the fullness of His Gospel unto the Gentiles. Thus, we have the glorious message of the Book of Mormon and latter-day scriptures. Much more is yet to come.

The First Resurrection

The righteous spirits over the four thousand years back from Christ’s resurrection to Adam and Eve were anxiously awaiting His visit to paradise. They knew that three days hence Christ would break the bands of death; they would receive their glorious-resurrected bodies. When He arose, because of Him they would also arise rejoicing in their redemption and go to loved ones. This happened all across the globe. When Moroni abridges the Jaredite record, it is mainly about their wars to remind us in a major way what will happen to us if we don’t repent. But he also tells us that the Lord declared that their 1,600 years here in North America would be the greatest nation in the history of the world. (Ether 1:43) Can you imagine the number of righteous Jaredite saints who arose on resurrection day all across North America? The “First Resurrection” included all those millions of righteous saints back to the fall of Adam and Eve.

That must have been one of the most glorious and majestic days in all the history of the Earth. Nephi prophetically shares, “Behold, they will crucify him; and after he is laid in a sepulcher for the space of three days he shall rise from the dead, with healing in his wings;” (2 Nephi 25:13) The Nephites had it right celebrating his glorious resurrection. We are now learning of thousands of records coming forth from the Nephites in North America describing this most important event and as He came and visited them. I recently was invited to do a podcast discussing stones that were found in the heartland of North America. The Atonement of Jesus Christ is the central theme of the interview.  This amazing stone with the North American Native Indian’s word for Christ at the top:  “Yod Hey Vau” for Jehovah depicts the three days in the tomb. 2 Nephi 25:13. I have also written a blog article that tells part of the story. The native Americans used the five-nails used in His crucifixion to denote his name; it is called the mystic symbol, and is their name for Jehovah.

The Nephites celebrated his glorious resurrection more than His birth. They had it right, we have it wrong. We should be celebrating Easter more than Christmas, as the early Christians and Nephites did.  What is the most important common holiday of the year for Arabs, Jesus, and Gentiles?  It is Easter for the Jews, the Gentiles, and the Arabs.

Christ’s Glorious Resurrection

It is fascinating, the Crucifixion Report of PONTUS PILOT to: TIBERIUS CAESAR has an incredible account of the resurrection day. The soldiers guarding the tomb beginning at the 4th watch (3 a.m.) saw a beautiful light above the sepulcher. Then after His resurrection, the entire place was lit up.

The resurrected saints were “shouting and filled with ecstasy”. They heard the most beautiful music ever experienced. The Earth rejoiced by lovingly rocking back and forth in great honor of their Creator’s resurrection, as He broke the bands of death and hell. (verse 147-151 in the Crucifixion Report of PONTUS PILOT to: TIBERIUS CAESAR).

Isaiah prophesied “voices from the dust.” The Book of Mormon came out of the Hill Cumorah. Now, thousands of records are bearing testimony of the infinite atonement and Christ’s visit to America. Isaiah’s prophecy, “voices from the dust” is still coming to pass. (Isa. 29:4-5)

Let us sing, “Glory to God in the highest” because of His resurrection, which gives us our resurrection. Without it, we are damned. With it all stand before God. His perfect mercy and perfect justice will in due process bring us to the place where we will be the happiest. His infinite love brings that about. “Glory to God.”

David W. Allan
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