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Solutions for American Diet Disaster

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The American diet is a disaster and has literally killed millions unnecessarily. Over the last several decades, the traditional American diet has correlated with the increase in most chronic diseases. These include heart disease, hypertension, stroke, cancer, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, autoimmune disorders, obesity, and many others as well.

Can You Avoid These Diseases?

Correlation doesn’t provide validation as to the cause of these diseases. However, the data are convincing. If we ask the more important question, are there groups of people that avoid these diseases, the answer is EXCITEDLY, YES! And, we can learn great lessons from them on how to avoid any and all of these chronic diseases. There are exciting solutions to turn this dietary disaster around.

The Lord warned us of this “diet disaster,” so it is important that we pay heed to His word. “Behold, verily, thus saith the Lord unto you: In consequence of evils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days, I have warned you, and forewarn you, by giving unto you this word of wisdom by revelation.” (D&C 89:4; bolding is mine.)

Conspiring Men

If we list the “conspiring men in the last days,” our list, surprisingly and probably, would include in part the following: the industrial food processing system, the FDA, the CDC, the WHO, the AMA, the pharmaceutical industry, the media, and certainly the global elite.

You are your Best Doctor

Everyone’s genetics are different. The best doctor is yourself; listening to your own body’s needs is fundamental. Hence, the suggested guidelines shared below are general.
Many of my own personal health solutions have come in answer to prayer and with priesthood blessings. At the same time, I am extremely grateful for the incredible progress made in medical and dental technologies. I have been blessed by these on several occasions and by the skill of those using them.

Word of Wisdom

Given that the Lord knew these evils and designs were coming, He then outlined what we should eat and what we should not ingest in this revelation given in 1833 (Doctrine & Covenants Section 89). It is known as the “Word of Wisdom:” It has this great promise:

And all saints who remember to keep and do these sayings, walking in obedience to the commandments, shall receive health in their navel and marrow to their bones; And shall find wisdom and great treasures of knowledge, even hidden treasures; And shall run and not be weary, and shall walk and not faint. And I, the Lord, give unto them a promise, that the destroying angel shall pass by them, as the children of Israel, and not slay them. Amen. (D&C 89:18-21)

The Schauermann Family Story

Our oldest daughter, Shelli, told us the fascinating story of Chris and Shary Schauermann. Chris was told by his best friend, “Man, you don’t want to marry her, she is sick all the time.” They got married anyway, and her doctor told her that because of her poor health, she should not have children; she wouldn’t be able to carry them full term. Given this advice, they decided that maybe they could adopt.

In college, Shary decided to do something about her poor health. She got hold of LeLord Kordell’s book, “Eat Right, Live Longer”. Then a friend gave her the book by Adelle Davis, “Let’s Have Healthy Children”. I have not read these books, so I cannot evaluate them for general consumption. They obviously helped Shary.

The Trusted in the Lord

Being devout Christians, Shary and Chris took it to the next step—trusting in the Lord:

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. This will bring health to your body, and nourishment to your bones. (Prov. 3:5-8 (KJV and NIV))

Thirteen healthy children and forty healthy grandchildren later, they have written their remarkable story in the book, God’s Guide to Biblical Health And Healing.

Dr. Price’s Insights on Physical Degeneration

Then we have Weston A. Price’s monumental book, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration. His research in the 1930s showed why we are seeing “physical degeneration” in the world community. Most importantly he shares what we can do about it. He documents in his encyclopedic book several groups around the world, who didn’t have physical degeneration. They all avoided the great American diet. He writes in his book, “THE PRIMITIVES HAD IT RIGHT.” They raised their own food and/or harvested it from nature and from God’s creations.

And he shares, “The faith of the primitive in the all-pervading power of which he is a part includes a belief in immortality. He lives in communion with the great unseen Spirit of which he is a part, always in humility and reverence.” I share a summary of the excellent dietary guidelines from Dr. Price’s book in Chapter 5 of my book, Time & Eternity; the End-Times & Beyond Revealed. I call it the “Gospel of the Good Earth!”

I will share some of these dietary guidelines later and give suggestions from the above revelation and from these books. Weston Price’s work was so significant that in 1999 the Weston Price Foundation was set up based on his findings. This foundation has a periodical, which we take, Wise Traditions in Food, Farming, and the Healing Arts. I have learned a lot from them, and some of my past blog articles reflect their wisdom. In addition, this blog article has important insights from them as well.

In the 2023 summer edition of Wise Traditions, there are two excellent articles with great information relative to this blog article: “OMEGA-6 APOCALYPSE” by Dr. Chris Knobbe. He explains the dangers of industrial seed oils that are used in preparing most of our processed foods. Then Joan McGovern Tendler has an in-depth article on “WHY WE NEED A HIGH-LYSINE DIET.” In this article, she also explains the problems with arginine. She has a website with a lot of really good information. 

Money Making – Food Business

Over the last century and continuing until now, the industrial food business has evolved into what makes money rather than what is for our health. As “conspiring men” have done and are doing to us, they say their products are healthy. But, in fact they have literally killed millions of Americans, as mentioned before, over the several decades of the evolution of the industrial food business. Now, essentially all processed foods are bad for you. Americans on average are among one of the unhealthiest groups in the world. Recently the mortality rate in America turned down to a negative slope—people are dying at a younger age.

Let Food Be thy Medicine

We have this famous statement from Hippocrates, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Then this needs to be “pure unrefined” food, and not following the typical American diet, which is a slow poison killing people way before what could be their vital and happy time on earth. Table sugar is historically a fairly recent food, and Americans are basically addicted to sugar in their food. I reduced by sugar intake some years ago and got my eyesight back!

Toxic Environment as Well as Toxic Food

In addition to the toxic traditional American diet, we live in a toxic environment. I share some of the details of this toxicity in a blog article.  Fortunately, I also share solutions in the article for dealing with our toxic environment, which we all live in. I highly recommend you read the article. 

As I ride my bicycle down to the post nearly every day, I can smell the toxins from the sprays that people are using; such as RoundUp, Weedon, and several others. These are typical chemical approaches for people to deal with insects and weeds. But to us, they are also toxic. Glyphosate in RoundUp is a known serious toxin.

Destructive Linoleic Acid

Dr. Joseph Mercola says, “Linoleic acid—the most destructive ingredient in your diet.” 1% to 2% of linoleic (LA) is needful. The problem is the American diet is at about 25%. I am not a biologist, and neither is Dr. Mercola. I believe all fatty acids have a place in nature—including linoleic acid. But his point is that we have seen about a twenty-fold increase over the last century. The enormous increase in the use of polyunsaturated seed-oil fats used in processed food preparation is a major problem.

This may be one of the main drivers making Americans among the unhealthiest in the world. I am glad I chose physics for my career path; organic chemistry and biology are incredibly complicated. Just getting one’s head around the twenty amino acids essential for human life—nine of which have to be ingested—is a massive set of information.

The following oils are high in LA: safflower, grape seed, poppyseed, sunflower, hemp, corn, wheat germ, cottonseed, soybean, walnut, sesame, pistachio, canola, and peanut oils. Furthermore, the problem is exacerbated because of the pressures and temperatures in which the oils are processed. Much of the food sold in America is processed using some of these polyunsaturated fats. When they are consumed, they create serious oxidative stress problems in the body. Essentially all processed foods use one or more of these oils and most restaurants do the same—making Americans sicker and fatter. Commercial processed chicken is one of the highest in linoleic acid in the American diet.

The life-time of linoleic acid is about three years. This means that if you cut-out the high usage of them from your diet now, it would take about six years to cleanse 95% of them from your bodies fat storage. As mentioned, 1 to 2 % is needful. The American diet is at about 25%, which is one of the main killers of the American people. Essentially all the killing diseases are exacerbated by the oxidative stress that high levels of linoleic acid cause in the traditional American diet.

Grow Your Own Food

There is value in growing your own food, or buying organic, or meats from animals grown without growth hormones or anti-biotics and being grass feed. Growth hormones are used to make more money and are contrary to your good health.

Chickens and their eggs that are free-range should be your choice. The good fats make you healthier and leaner, which include butter, ghee, coconut oil, cocoa butter, and macadamia nut oil. They have 3% or less linoleic acid.

The “Word of Wisdom” revelation shares to eat foods in their natural state (not processed) and preferable in the “season thereof” and “sparingly.” Don’t be gluttonous! Thomas Jefferson believed, “one should always rise from the table just a little bit hungry.”

Biblical Guidelines

When people meet Shary Schauermann, they are shocked to learn that she is the mother of 13 children. Girls far younger cannot keep up with her, and she has this radiant glow about her. The Schauermann’s diet derived from Biblical guidelines—with a few of my own comments—includes red meat (preferably grass-fed), milk (preferably whole milk and goat milk is better than cow’s milk), salt, drinking enough good water (about eight glasses per day for the average aduilt) for the body chemistry to work right, eggs from free-range chickens, and butter (made from the milk from grass-fed cows).

Then Chris Schauermann adds this warning from the Bible “And… if you can’t stop eating refined foods, especially sugar, you might as well cut your own throat with a knife. Hey, those aren’t my words, God was the one who said that. I think the knife thing is God’s way of getting our attention.”

Proverbs 23:1-3 (NIV) When you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what is before you, and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony. Do not crave his delicacies for that food is deceptive. Daniel chose, “to abstain from those kinds of food which came from the king’s table.” God gave him “knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dream…”(Daniel 1:17-20, – D&C 89:18-21)

Use Wisdom in Your Health Choices

Dr. Mercola’s video seems consistent with the OMEGA-6 APOCLYPSE article by Dr. Chris Knobbe. You can watch his video at this link: Linoleic Acid – The Most Destructive Ingredient in Your Diet. Since neither of them are biologist, you can look at their information from their perspective, but then use your common sense and wisdom given from God regarding your own health needs. The Word of Wisdom revealed by the Lord is my general guideline and has helped me greatly throughout my life.

Dr. Knobbe’s story is an interesting one as an ophthalmologist. During his investigations into the OMEGA-6 APOCALYPSE, he identified a few populations across the globe eating traditional diets—like Dr. Price had found. Their diets had not been contaminated with American unhealthy dietary ways. And, happily, he found in his own profession, those whose macular degeneration was reversed “by switching to an ancestral diet.”

High-Lysine Diet

In this same issue, as mentioned before, is Joan McGovern Tendler’s in-depth article on “WHY WE NEED A HIGH-LYSINE DIET.” Joan points out that the lack of adequate lysine in our diet can lead to many disease problems. She lists some of the possible problems that can arise with inadequate lysine in the diet: candida, inflammation, colds or allergies, shingles, cold sores, calcium or iron deficiency, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, hair loss, anxiety, depression, low energy, or poor short-term memory. She says, “A diet that is low in the amino acid lysine and high in the amino acid arginine can lead to all these problems—and more.”

Good sources of lysine are red meat, fish, eggs, tofu, legumes, and then I suggest adding a one-gram daily supplement of lysine. Interestingly, back in the 1970s, she points out that Linus Pauling found that six grams of lysine and eighteen grams of vitamin C “gave relief from angina.” (See FOOTNOTE) She further points out that lysine is one of two amino acids turning into ketones—complementing a ketogenic diet.

Ketogenic Diet

I am not suggesting a ketogenic diet, but based on the excellent research work of Dr. Benjamin Bikman at BYU. I measure my ketones regularly. It is easy to do; you just breathe into a ketometer, which you can easily buy online. Then I regularly measure my nitric oxide (NO) level in my saliva using test strips that I get from HumanN.com:  I have found that if my NO level and ketones are high, my angina is low. I had a heart attack caused by stress in 2016. I have had some problems with angina since. Thanks to what the Lord has taught me, I can now keep the angina under control.

Take Control of Your Health

Again, be your own doctor and nutritionist, and as Dr. Mercola says, “Take control of your health.” As you listen to your body, mind, and spirit, I promise you God will guide you in a healing direction. God designed our bodies to heal. Let wisdom prevail; the Lord gave us the “Word of Wisdom” revelation to this end.

David W. Allan

FOOTNOTE: Notice that one gram is 1,000 mg. You will see 1,000 mg on some labels. Sometimes they use MG, which is wrong. In metrology, M denotes a million, while m denotes a thousandth. Also, g denotes grams, and G denotes a billion and/or the gravitational constant.

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The Glorious Resurrection Diminished

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Over time the role of the glorious resurrection has been diminished or made less important than the crucifixion in the minds and hearts of most Christians. This should not be. Satan has successfully diminished the great importance of the infinite atonement, which was cap-stoned by the resurrection.

Today most Christians look to Jesus and His suffering on the cross to cover their sins for their path to salvation. The glorious resurrection of our Lord and of all Heavenly Father’s children is mainly left out in their deliberations toward salvation. And, the glorious resurrection of the saints back then is hardly mentioned. In the Bible, it also takes a lesser role. Matt.27:52-53. The resurrection of the saints back then is like “by the way this also happened.”

Bible Emphasis on the Resurrection

The Bible does not emphasize how the Christians back then went from the depths of despair to the heights of ecstasy with the resurrection of our Lord and of the many who “went into the holy city and appeared unto many.” We can only imagine the joy they felt in their souls when this happened.

The resurrection of our Savior and of the saints exploded the Christian movement at that time. Modern Christianity misses the excitement the early Christians felt, and which we should still feel. Apocryphal literature gives us a much better feel for these glorious events.

Early Christians Rejoiced

There is a need to be like the early Christians and be enthralled with the glorious resurrection. The Savior told the early saints that He would be crucified and rise again. But they didn’t want to believe this horrible prediction from Him that He would be crucified. Being under the cruel Roman rule, they hoped He would “restore again the kingdom to Israel?” (Acts 1:6)

We can only imagine the incredible trauma the saints went through while Christ was suffering for the sins of all humankind. Then when He was resurrected three days later, this trauma turned to exceeding great joy. In addition, the details of the joy they felt when, “the graves were opened, and many bodies of the saints which slept arose. They came out of the graves after his resurrection and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many,” (Matt. 27:52-53) Unfortunately, important details have been left out of the Bible record. Apocryphal literature gives us much greater insights.

The Atoning Sacrifice

In the LDS scriptures, the “Atoning Sacrifice” is only mentioned once. In our LDS scriptures, we discover that there are seven critical steps to the Infinite Atonement of our Lord and Savior.  The atoning sacrifice is only one of them. All seven of them are critical to the infinite atonement. Yet, in my church we often hear in testimonies and in sermons people express their gratitude for the atoning sacrifice, when they should be expressing their gratitude for the infinite atonement, if they better understood. President Russell M. Nelson mentions the “infinite atonement” in his testimony.

Modern Christians have a similar problem in their worship looking to the cross and not to the infinite atonement. We mortals cannot comprehend the glorious dimensions of the infinite atonement, but the more we do the closer we come to knowing our infinitely loving God.

The Resurrection Miracle

Given that the glorious resurrection of our Lord and Savior is the best-documented miracle in recorded history, why is it “left out” in the thinking of the millennials, of the wokeness people, of the atheists, and of the agnostics? Intellectual integrity should bring them to this most glorious documented miracle. The glorious resurrection is the capstone to the infinite atonement, which is the most important miracle in history.

The Resurrection Brings us into God’s Presence

The Book of Mormon makes it perfectly clear that it is Christ’s resurrection that brings us back into God’s presence. (2 Nephi 9:22; Alma 42:23) Without His resurrection, we “are just toast!” The same message is in the Bible but is more obscure. (1 Corinthians 15:13-44)

With His infinite atonement, Christ overcame death and hell. Our gratitude for our anticipated glorious resurrected bodies should penetrate to the depths of our souls, if we truly understood.

Without Resurrection Fullness Not Possible

Let us join with the early saints with the deepest feelings of gratitude to our infinitely loving Heavenly Father, who gave us His Beloved Son to provide that path for a fullness of joy, as He overcame death and hell. A glorious resurrected body is a crowning jewel in our mind’s eye as we contemplate His perfect Plan of Happiness.

David W. Allan

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Wokeism and the Book of Mormon Cure

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Wokism Wokeism is the promotion of the ideology that someone is “informed, educated, and conscious of social injustice and racial inequality”.  It sounds good, however, it has deep roots in relativism, which is there is no absolute standard of truth or values.

The very moral principles that this country was founded on are under attack. For instance, traditional values such as patriotism and religious faith are being assaulted.

The global elite are using Wokeism to defeat the cause of ZION and to stop the Lord’s work. The global elite are using magician-like tactics to entertain and to make the world believe they are doing something good, when in fact it is not only deceitful but horrendously bad.

The Book of Mormon has the cure for how to avoid this massive defeatism being perpetrated on the world’s populous.

Book of Mormon Evidence Conference

On September 15 – 16, I will be speaking at the Book of Mormon Evidence Conference in Salt Lake City on the topic of “Wokeism and the Book of Mormon Cure”. I will be outlining the New World Order’s deceitful ways. More importantly the cures for how to overcome this malicious attack on the world community.

Presidential Candidate

Vivek Ramaswamy is running for President of the United States and has written an excellent book, WOKE, INC. Inside Corporate America Social Justice Scam. He exposes how corporate America has this hidden “nefarious” plan. In their magician-like tactics, they pretend they are doing something good, when, in fact, they are doing something horrendously bad by using wokeism to destroy our American identity.

Vivek shares:
“Woke culture posits a new theory of who you are as a person, one that reduces you to the characteristics you inherit at birth and denies your status as a free agent in the world.
[Clearly, this is Satan’s plan.] And it deploys powerful corporations to propagate this new theory with the full force of modern capitalism behind it.

Ramaswamy says, “The true solution is to rebuild a vision for a shared American identity that is so deep and so powerful that it dilutes wokeism to irrelevance, one that no longer leaves us susceptible to being divided by corporate elites for their own gain.” Vivek’s solution is very good. I have written an article sharing his great insights and solutions. I will be sharing some of his awareness in my address in September.

You can read more of Vivek Ramaswamy’s views in this blog article: 

Profoundly, the Book of Mormon adds a powerful spiritual dimension to the cure for wokeism. The Prophet Moroni saw our day more clearly than any other prophet, and his insights are paramount.

David W. Allan

P.S. The Firm Foundation Seminar (Book of Mormon Conference) will be held on September 15th and 16th 2023 at the Hilton Hotel: 255 South West Temple St. Salt Lake City. 9 a to 8 pm each day.  I look forward to meeting you there.

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The Greatest Formula In The Book of Mormon

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What is the Greatest Formula in the Book of Mormon? The greatest formula? Is it possible that the following is the greatest?

“Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.” (2 Nephi 31:20)

The Sequence of the Formula

1. Faith (to press forward with a steadfastness in Christ), hope (having a perfect brightness of hope), and charity (and a love of God and of all men).

One of the special keys to faith in Christ is: “If you shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ…” Faith in Christ takes effort, for it is a “doing.” “But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?” (James 2:20) The action involves feeling strongly about what we are doing, not a weak nibbling, but a strong, wholehearted pursuit of whatever goal the word of Christ has brought to us. And one must be constant in this pursuit of obedience, not blowing hot and cold. Enduring to the end is to be so faithful that we become like Christ himself, who sought not his own will but who carefully and exactly fulfilled his father’s will.

2. Become as our Savior.

There is no greater goal any human being could have than to become as our Savior, relishing eternal life and its work of blessing others with the powers of godhood unto all eternity. To apply this formula one must keep the great commandment: “Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with all thy heart, might, mind and strength, and in the name of Jesus Christ thou shalt serve him.” (D&C 59:5)

3. To love God, the Father, with all of our heart involves at least three strong feelings.

First, that we honor Him as the greatest person we know about because of his unfailing righteousness (always blessing others). Second, we should be overwhelmed with gratitude because of the multitude of blessings God has showered upon us. No matter how great our problems are, our blessings always way outweigh our problems. Thirdly, we should be grateful for his offer to share all that he is and has with us, if only we can stand that weight of glory. His commandments are the keys to qualifying to be able to accept and live with that glory.

Loving God with All our Heart, Might, Mind, and Strength

To love God with all our heart also means that our hearts are filled with His love for all of His  children and all of His creations. Mormon counsels us to, “pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are true followers of his Son, Jesus Christ;” (Moroni 7:48)

To love God with all of our might means to use all the power and influence we have in this world to do his work of blessing others. We implement this by scanning our horizon constantly to see who we can bless and how we can bless them, even as our Father does. Then we proceed to use all the power we possess to execute those blessings we have seen are needed.

To love God with all of our mind means to treasure his truth. Our access to his truth, the real truth, is to receive the Holy Ghost, for by the power of the Holy Ghost we can know the truth of all things. To comb through our mind and carefully separate out the lies and half-truths planted there by Satan is a necessary precursor to basking in the knowledge of truth offered by our Savior.

To love God with all of our strength means to use our physical body to do God’s work of blessing others. Lending a helping hand to giving blood to bless others fulfills this opportunity. The greatest opportunity our strength affords is to beget children and to nurture and bless them in Christ.

Thus if we “press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men” we will come to that greatest of all blessings given by God, the gift of eternal life and eternal lives.

Chauncy C. Riddle

More Guest Posts by C Riddle:

We Do Not Know Much About Ourselves

The Most Important Verse In the Book of Mormon

The Most Important Temporal Warning

The Most Important Spiritual Warning in the Book of Mormon

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The Importance of Family First

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Family is the most important unit in time and in eternity. Did you know that the importance of family was pulled from the Biblical record? Because of the celibate nature of the monks, translators, and transcribers, the importance of family was expunged from many records. Now we have many newly found ancient apocryphal records for our perusal. I have used several of these apocryphal writings in previous blog articles, and they give many very important insights into the life of the Savior and clarify ancient history. Many of them point to Family being first.

Importance of the Family

When I was Stake President in Boulder, Colorado, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we had the theme, “FAMILY FIRST.” Since then, I have learned to qualify that theme statement. God should always be first in our lives. Even though the family is the most essential unit in time and eternity. Without God’s help, the family cannot come to its full enjoyable potential and functionality. The family is the primary learning and growing place during our mortal journey. In addition, Jesus asked us to be perfect like our Heavenly Father is perfect. Being like our Heavenly Parents is the ultimate fullness of joy we seek.

Love is the Primary Motivation

The family can only come to its full potential when keeping God’s commandments both in time and in eternity. The first of which is to love “The Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul (body + spirit (D&C 88:15)), and with all thy mind. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” (Mt. 22:37-40) The most important neighbors are the members of our own families. Did you know the Torah is the “Law of Love?”

God’s Physics for Prayer for His Family

In Chapter 21 of my book, It’s About Time, I share that the Eternity domain is where God and His angels do their magnificent work. The Eternity domain is a fifth dimension beyond space and time. I share seven experiments documenting God’s physics and the existence of this Eternity domain. In Chapter 22, using the results from Chapter 21, I share how prayer works, and that each of us has a permanent diallel-field line connection to God. When we were born spirit children of our infinitely loving Heavenly Parents, we were given a diallel-field line umbilical cord made of spirit matter giving us 24/7 connection to our Heavenly Parents.

This is why prayer is the most oft-repeated commandment in the scriptures. Families can most effectively learn the truths of God by coupling into that prayer channel. The evil spirit teaches us not to pray. Personal prayer, husband-wife prayer, and family prayer are binding ties to best help us know the TRUTHs of God. It is through prayer that we can come to know of the Lord’s infinite love for us. Then, by knowing we can emulate, as we internalize His eternal truths. The Lord counsels us to pray always that we may withstand the fiery darts of the adversary. (D&C 10:5; 27:15-18)

Eternal Family is God’s Crowning Goal

God’s infinite love for each of us is beyond our comprehension, and eternal family is our Heavenly Parents’ crowning goal for each of us. This is depicted in the 4 ½ square-mile ancient earthworks near Newark, Ohio—mapping out Heavenly Father’s perfect plan of happiness. Ancient Newark Earthworks in Ohio, USA. These were built by the Jaredite civilization and perfected by the Nephites to tell the world of God’s marvelous plan for us.

God created the world in the first place for us, as Their spirit offspring. All of God’s creations are for us to enjoy. Heavenly Father’s perfect plan opens an incredible door for each of us toward a fullness of joy and eternal happiness in Their presence and as families.

“Until Death do us Part”

Due to misunderstandings of the Bible, distortions, and deletions in the Bible record, most Christians end their marriage ceremonies with the vow, “until death do us part.” This denies the obvious truth that true family love and true husband and wife love transcend the grave. Apocryphal writings help us clear up these misunderstandings. “Love is the power of God that binds two souls and makes them one; there is no power on earth that can dissolve the bond. The bodies may be forced apart by man or death for just a little time, but they will meet again. Now, in this bond of God, we find the marriage tie;” (The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus Christ by Levi, 98:10-12)

In the perfect fairness of God, everyone will have an opportunity to be part of an eternal family before the end of the millennium. It is our choice whether to receive the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ and celestial family ties or not. Therein is the doorway to the fullness of JOY! God will force no one to heaven; to do so would make it, not heaven.

The Family of Christ

The record of the family of Christ has also been in large measure expunged from the Biblical record. There is a lot of fascinating information in apocryphal literature about Jesus’ siblings, His extended family, and His offspring. Jesus had six siblings. His brother James was one of the Apostles.

His mother’s sister, Miriam, was a remarkable person and a great contributor to the cause of truth. She had a beautiful voice and knew of the Savior’s mission. She often sang at their gatherings—bringing the Spirit with lyrics that told of Christ’s mission. When Christ was resurrected, He first appeared to His mother, Mary, then to Miriam, and then to Mary Magdalene—His wife.

Jesus, as a rabbi, needed to be married according to Hebrew tradition. Jesus and Mary Magdalene’s daughter, Sarah, was born in Nazareth. Jesus’ mother, Mary, was probably the midwife. Mary Magdalene was a profound missionary in England. Their daughter, Sarah, married into royalty in France and died and was buried there. Our daughter, McKaylee, has traced my wife’s lineage back to Sarah.

I am guessing the drawing attached here depicts Nazareth. The people from left to right: or most probably Mary Magdalene, then Jesus’ mother, Mary, and then the little one Sarah.

Jesus built a lovely home in Capernaum for His mother, Mary, and they often had meetings there. It is often referred to in apocryphal literature as Jesus’ home, as well. Mary still had her home in Nazareth on Marmion Way. This home is probably where Sarah was born.

Jesus’ step-father, Joseph, died when Jesus was only seventeen, and while Jesus was ministering in Asia. But Joseph lived long enough to sire Jesus’ six siblings. Jesus’ siblings were close and knew of his diving mission. They could see how special He was. Their parents had taught them well.

Jesus loved to lodge and visit Lazarus and Lazarus’ sisters in Bethany. Apocryphal literature indicates they were relatives. Lazarus had three sisters: Ruth, Mary, and Martha. Ruth was married and lived in Jericho.

“Her husband was the keeper of an inn; his name was Asher-ben. Now, Asher was a Pharisee of strictest mien and thought, and he regarded Jesus with disdain. And when his wife confessed her faith in Christ, he drove her from his home.” (The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus Christ by Levi, 77:4-6) Ruth—being greatly concerned with her husband’s rejection of Jesus–came to Bethany seeking Jesus’ counsel. He told her to be loving and kind and patient and her husband would come around.

After Ruth visited with Jesus, Jesus went to Jericho ministering and performing many miracles so that Asher would see His works. The scriptures tell us that Jesus’ works testify of Him being the Messiah. Asher could see this and came to be a believer. Later, he visited Lazarus and his family in Bethany, and so that he could learn from Jesus, the promised Messiah.

Destroying Family

Satan knows it is his last hour. He and his minions are doing everything they can to destroy the traditional family. The transgender movement is a case in point. Satan has set up confusing scenarios for the millennials. The media is complicit with the adversary. More and more young people are rejecting the good traditions of their parents, and atheism is on the increase.

The glorious purpose of life has been camouflaged by Satan and his minions, and now the suicide rate is skyrocketing. And the younger generation is being affected the most. People are tending to believe more in science than in God. Technology advances are impressive. But as a physicist, I have come to know the Master Physicist. To be in step with Him is the greatest opportunity of our existence.

 Husband-wife relationship

The God-given sex drive by itself can be selfish. Not keeping it within the bounds the Lord has set can lead to pornography, rape, fornication, adultery, homosexual activities, and other sexual distortions. Within the bounds the Lord has set, it is sacred and beautiful, as the husband desires to please his wife, and the wife desires to please her husband. The sacred scriptural description is they become “one flesh.”
in their sacred marriage covenant, they have the divine potential to become co-creators with God to bring forth life on earth. The creative potential of that new life adds to the creative potential of humankind. Jordan Peterson, the world’s best psychologist, profoundly shares this same message.

When the husband and wife are bound together spiritually as well as physically, this is the beginning of the fullness of JOY the Lord has in store for the righteous. We cannot comprehend a happier path.

Satan, using the global elite, is trying to take it in the other direction with birth control, and depopulation strategies—like COVID-19. And is doing his best to destroy the traditional family.

 A Strong US President

We need a US President who is strongly Pro-family. Vivek Ramaswamy is your man. One of his main platform bullet points is how important the traditional family is. And as he clearly points out, there are only two genders. His general platform is wake-up America and come to its full potential.  And, he closes his talks with, “God bless America.”

I just received the following Fourth of July, 2023, e-mail from Vivek: “Happy Independence Day, David. We are the explorers, the pioneers, the unafraid. In God we trust, and in the government, we distrust… We are the land of the free, because of the brave.

“One year ago, we did our neighbor parade and then went straight to the hospital where Apoorva gave birth to Arjun. Today, [his one-year birthday] the little man joined us… so grateful for our family and our country.” Arjun now enjoys his older brother and his parents who are 100% devoted to the cause of liberty and to the American dream. Fifty years after signing the Declaration of Independence both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on the Fourth of July. So, Arjun was born on the Fourth of July 246 years after the signing of the world-famous, Declaration of Independence.

If Vivek is elected, I believe we will have a much happier Fourth of July next year. If his message is heard during this presidential campaign, that will help a lot in moving America back to her foundation of liberty and in God we trust. In the poles, he has passed up all the other Republican presidential candidates except for DeSantis and Trump. He is now closing in on DeSantis with only 6 points between them.

Sacred Home Environment

Let us make our homes a sanctuary of righteousness—following the Son of Righteousness. There the truths of God are taught and lived and shared. A family that serves one another and serves others is a family filled with the love of God. The pictures on their walls, the music enjoyed, and the feeling in the home reflects God’s infinite love for each family member.

The media is largely biased in satanic directions. But by proper filtering of media material, a family can find enjoyable, educational, and spiritually uplifting material.

Guided by the Spirit, (D&C 91:1-5) we can learn much from ancient writings about “FAMILY FIRST.” What we find in our search is glorious, and it fills one with hope and understanding of the Lord’s great divine paramount purpose for family. Without the family unit in eternity, a fullness of joy is not possible. Most people don’t think of it, but without our resurrection provided by Christ’s infinite atonement a fullness of joy is not possible. (D&C 93:33-34)

It is my hope and prayer that your family and ours will have the Spirit of Zion, where everything we do is motivated by the pure love of Christ. In so doing, we are best preparing for His glorious return, and to be part of His eternal family where we will FIND A FULLNESS OF JOY!

David W. Allan

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What is Apocryphal Literature?

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With its definition coming from the Greek, Apocrypha means “concealed” or “hidden”. In general, apocryphal literature means “outside of the approved canon of scripture”. It is “concealed or hidden” from the accepted canon.

We see Apocrypha literature in some Bibles, but these writings are a small subset of the whole of apocryphal literature. Here are two scholarly articles describing the history of apocryphal literature.  1. Lost Gospels.  “Contrary to popular opinion, the Latter-day Saints gave a great deal of attention to apocryphal and related literature long before the current interest generated by the discoveries of this century [1900s].” 2. Apocryphal Writings

Interestingly, the apocryphal literature I have been learning from is not mentioned by these scholars and is not part of the Apocrypha found in some Bibles. In the last several months, led by the Spirit, I have learned a great deal from apocryphal literature from various sources.

As I read apocryphal literature, I like to make sure it does not contradict what the Lord has revealed with the restoration of the fullness of the gospel. What I  have found are many truths not contained in these sacred canon.

Seek the Spirit

Concerning the Apocrypha found in some Bibles, The Prophet Joseph Smith was told by the Lord, “Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you concerning the Apocrypha—There are many things contained therein that are true, and it is mostly translated correctly; There are many things contained therein that are not true, which are interpolations by the hands of men. Verily, I say unto you, that it is not needful that the Apocrypha should be translated. Therefore, whoso readeth it, let him understand, for the Spirit manifesteth truth; And whoso is enlightened by the Spirit shall obtain benefit therefrom;” (D&C 91:1-5)

The key then is to have the Spirit as one reads apocryphal literature. As Moroni got ready to bury the gold plates in 420 A.D. from which Joseph Smith miraculously translated the Book of Mormon, he gave this great counsel: (Moroni 10:3-5) “Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ponder it in your hearts. And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost. And by the power of the Holy Ghost, ye may know the truth of all things.”

Moroni Saw Our Day

Moroni saw our day more clearly than any other prophet.  He knew not only that the Book of Mormon would come forth, but a lot of other books and information—validating  God’s word that would come forth.  We need to learn from all that God has revealed and will yet reveal.

Living, as we do, in this digital era with computers, the world-wide-web, and now artificial intelligence (AI) is taking over the world.  Very few realize the painstaking effort to preserve sacred writings—including apocryphal literature. We tend to go to the internet with our questions instead of to God. We also hear the common modern phase, “Look to the science,” which I assure you can be very misleading.

Receiving a “Sure Witness”

Before the printing press, everything had to be copied by hand—character by character. We need to be more grateful than we are for these ancient and sacred writings. Notice, Moroni shares the very important null hypothesis test, “if these things are not true.” Then, he gives us a sure witness of the Holy Ghost in Moroni 10:3-5. The miracles associated with the printing of the Book of Mormon show God’s validation of this “marvelous work and a wonder.”

I have written ten blog articles benefitting greatly from ancient apocryphal literature that I have been privileged to study. I list them below. I pray the Lord’s Spirit be with you as you ponder, study, and pray. We are so blessed to have these sacred “concealed or hidden” writings. It is exciting to know that a lot is yet to come. Let us open our minds and hearts to receive the TRUTHs of God—confirmed by His Holy Spirit.

1. Importance of Missing Scripture
2.  Sacred Bethel, Bethany, Bethlehem
3. How  Close is the World of Spirits
4.  The Full Infinite Atonement
5.  The Infinite Atonement and Paradise
6. Burrows Cave Artifacts Authenticity
7. Two Hundred Names for Jesus
8. The Gospel Before The Four Gospels
9. Don’t Pass Up History Study
10. Jesus’  Planned Miracle Triggered The Crucifixion

I hope you rejoice with me in the exciting and inspiring insights one can gain from ancient apocryphal literature.  May it draw us ever closer to our infinitely loving God. The Lord says that He speaks to all nations and tongues to teach His word.  And, to help them to come to know Him. (Alma 29:8)  I have found many TRUTHs in apocryphal literature to help us to come to know Him. To know Him is eternal life–the greatest of all the gifts of God. (John 17:3; D&C 14:7)

David W. Allan

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SACRED BETHEL, BETHANY, & BETHLEHEM

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Sacred events occurred in these three places. “Beth” means house in Hebrew. Bethel means “The House of God.” Bethany means “The House of the Poor.” Bethlehem means “The House of Bread,” which is most appropriate, as the birthplace of Jesus Christ–the bread of life. We will see the great importance of Bethel, Bethany, and Bethlehem as we find these key town names in the Bible.

There are many other occurrences of “Beth” in the scriptures with great and often sacred significance. Family being the most important unit in time and in eternity, the home Beth of a family is very important to the Lord. Relatively recent research has found BethLehi, where Lehi and his family lived before leaving for America—their new “Promised Land.”

When I was helping the Israelis improve their atomic clock system, we stayed in Bethbelgium, adjoining the laboratory, where we worked. Some of the Jews in Belgium had donated this nice facility to the laboratory.

Bethel and Bethany

The home of Lazarus was in the town of Bethany, where Mary anointed Jesus with very expensive ointment in preparation for His crucifixion and burial. This sacred ordinance performed by Mary on our Savior makes Bethany a sacred place.

Apocryphal literature indicates that the family of Lazarus were relatives of Jesus. Jesus clearly loved going there and lodging there. Bethany is about two miles east of Jerusalem, just over the Mt. of Olives. And it is next to the road going to Jericho from Jerusalem. Jesus and His disciples often frequented the home of Lazarus, Mary, and Martha.
Simon the Leper also lived in Bethany, and Jesus had healed him. Simon held a feast for Jesus, and Lazarus attended.

Bethany is mentioned eleven times in the New Testament, but not at all in the Old Testament. In contrast, Bethel is mentioned prominently in the Old Testament, but not at all in the New Testament. The Ark of the Covenant was in Bethel in the days of the Judges—making Behtel a sacred place. (Judges 20:26-27)

My Bethany Israel Experience

In 1987, I was invited by the Israelis to help them improve their official atomic clock timekeeping system for the State of Israel, (UTC(INPL)). We spent a week in Jerusalem at their standards laboratory. We ended up publishing some interesting papers together over the five years I worked with my colleagues there.

After this first trip, I went back three more times to help them. I took a special GPS timing receiver that we had developed and made to tie their timing laboratory more accurately with the rest of the world’s atomic-clock timing community. My wife was able to be with me for all four trips and five of our children were able to go to Israel as well. Being where the Savior walked and taught and worked out His infinite atonement is a life-changing experience.

During our first week in Jerusalem, a professor prided himself in knowing all of the interesting historic places both for the Jews and Christians.  Every afternoon he would take us to some fascinating place in Biblical history. I asked him if he would take us to Bethany. He was puzzled.  He had not heard of Bethany and clearly did not know where the town of Bethany was.

Where Did Bethany Go?

On Friday of that week, he said, “We are going to find Bethany.”  I knew about where it was because of the New Testament description. We got into his van and drove to a monastery on the south end of the Mt. of Olives, where he received directions. He then drove us to the “Bethany Souvenir Shop” which is all that is left of the town of Bethany.  Since Bethany was the place of the tomb of Lazarus, it simply did not make sense to us that the town of Bethany didn’t exist.

Two weeks later we went on a tour with Dan Rona, who was born in Haifa and is a convert to our church.  He is a dear friend, and he took us to the place where it is believed that Lazarus was raised from the dead.  Dan shared that because of this miracle, the name of the town went from Bethany to the Town of Lazarus.  In Arabic, it is called al-Azariya–meaning the place where Lazarus lived.

Christ’s Planned Miracle

It is interesting that the Jews had a tradition that the spirit of a dead person lingered around the body for three days.  The Savior purposely waited four days to raise Lazarus to demonstrate the “glory of God” to the world. “Jesus saith unto her (Martha), Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou should see the glory of God?” (John 11:40)

Jesus knew that raising Lazarus from the dead would bring the Pharisees to plan His death.  However, He also knew that the outcome would be for the “glory of God”.  He yielded and performed the perfect and infinite atonement. This action would give the world the greatest gift and miracle ever witnessed–the full blessings of the infinite atonement. The miracle at Bethany was the trigger.

Christ’s incomprehensible gift would save the world from sin and death.  His suffering, death and resurrection would overcome spiritual and physical death brought about by the fall of Adam and Eve and cover or sins and sufferings, as we come unto Him.  Everyone who “believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16) with a glorious resurrected body. Without the resurrection one cannot have a fullness of JOY. (D&C 93:33-34) Jesus’ resurrection set on fire the Christian movement.

The now-changed name, al-Azariya, “Town of Lazarus” bears record of that amazing miracle, which gave rise to the greatest miracle of all. The resurrection of our Lord is the best documented and most important miracle in the history of the entire earth. Even though it occurred over two thousand years ago, Christ’s suffering, death, and resurrection changed the world far better than we can comprehend.

Bethlehem and Bethany

Bethlehem being the birthplace of our Savior, slept there his first night on earth. Bethany is the last place He slept here on earth—giving it that sacred significance.

In Hebrew tradition, Rabbis needed to be married. The celibate monks and other transcribers, because of their religious paradigms removed the information about Jesus, as a Rabbi, being married to Mary Magdalene.

The Bride and Bridegroom ceremony is very important in Hebrew tradition. Where did this take place for Jesus and Mary Magdalene? Was it in Bethany? There is a mural in Glastonbury, England of our Resurrected Lord standing by the side of Mary Magdalene—holding her hand—and she is pregnant.

Our wonderful daughter, McKaylee, is our genealogy researcher, and she has traced my wife’s lineage back to Sarah, daughter of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.

Let BethZion be our Home

How blessed we are to live in the day and time when the “Lord will bring again ZION.” How exciting it is to know we can be part of BETHZION. In Zion, motivated by the pure love of Christ, we will have the ideal celestial society. I hope and pray that our homes may be so. May we all live and share the Lord’s “Message of Gladness”—the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Therein is the promise of a FULLNESS OF JOY and our participation in BETHZION!

Then there will be the most sacred cities of all: The New Jerusalem and the restored Jerusalem of old. Jerusalem, the most fought over city in world history will come be what the name means: The City of Peace! (Ether 13:1-12)

David W Allan

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Be Thou Humble and the Lord will Lead Thee

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Be Humbe Choosing to be humble is much better than being forced to be humble. Humility is freedom from pride or arrogance. We start by not being prideful. Being proud is the opposite of humility. We live in a world of prideful people. “Be thou humble and the Lord will lead thee… to love.” (D&C 112:10-11) Remember, a humble heart gladly receives truth from anywhere!

The prideful elite, who are trying to take over the world, are a major case in point. Most of them are atheists. They often say, “Look to the science,” with the inference that we don’t need God. And their science is often distorted. We have many examples throughout history when people have been forced to be humble. Often the Lord has major lessons for them to learn in their humiliation.

The global elitists in their pride will be destroyed at the Lord’s coming. They will have to wait until the end of the millennium to accept the Savior, whom they will gladly accept when they are given a view of the grand plan of our Loving Heavenly Father. Those who chose not to accept the Lord will suffer a second death—outer darkness.

Blessed Are the Humble

Blessed are the humble, who are pure in heart, for they shall see God. (Matt. 5:8)

Blessed are those who humble themselves and hearken to His voice and call on Him in mighty prayer for they shall be gathered as a hen gathers her chickens. (D&C 29:1-2)

Blessed are the humble for the Lord shall “Lead thee by the hand and give thee answer to thy prayers.” (D&C 112:10)

Here are some significant historical examples of those who have been compelled to be humble, and we see the enormous consequences. Consider for example the Japanese. In August 1945, the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki brought about the Japanese surrender. It brought a very proud and arrogant people–seventy million–to humiliation.

General Douglas MacArthur’s kindness to them—helping them to rebuild after the war—brought many changes to their society. Their quality control and industrial development improved dramatically. They became open to Christianity. I have been privileged to work with several Japanese, and I find them very kind and very smart.

Before the Japanese surrender, they were an enormous military threat to the Chinese nationalists. They were prideful and militant and malicious to the Chinese and destroyed many cities. I just finished reading the amazing life story of Gladys May Aylward as a Christian missionary in China during that time. Gladys Aylward – Wikipedia

She tells how she was brutally kicked by them—causing severe internal organ damage and was also shot by them. Her story is told in the book, The Little Woman, and a movie tells her incredible story as well, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness. Ingrid Bergman plays her part. She marched a hundred orphaned Chinese children over two mountain ranges to get them to safety. Unbelievable journey and she lost none of them.

The Lord Used Humble Circumstances to Bring About Great Good In South Korea

The Koreans were subjugated and humbled by the Japanese as well. The Japanese surrender brought about freedom for South Korea

Now South Korea has the strongest economy on the planet. They use a version of the Talmud reportedly hoping to emulate the Jews’ high academic standards by studying Jewish literature. Almost every household has a translated copy of a book they call “Talmud”, which parents read to their children, and the book is part of the primary-school curriculum.  In 1974, Marvin Tokayer, an Orthodox American Rabbi, produced in the South Korean language the first collaborative book, 5,000 Years of Jewish Wisdom: Secrets of the Talmud Scriptures.

Per country size, they visit my book’s website more than any other country including the USA.  Per country size, S. Korea is twice the USA in page views on my book’s website www.ItsAboutTimeBook.com. The original Talmud is the rabbinical wisdom as they have expounded the five books of Moses (Torah) often using Hebrew Midrash methodology. We had Sam Chung, a South Korean guest worker at our lab in Boulder—a very kind and smart gentleman.

Beginning in the 1940s, Latter-day Saints serving in the United States military began holding meetings in South Korea. In 1951 Kim Ho Jik converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, while doing his graduate work at Cornell University. He returned to Korea and began working with servicemen to preach the gospel to those in his country. Once the Book of Mormon had been published in Korean, their conversion rate increased dramatically.

Even as the Korean War raged, many were baptized. A year after the war ended in 1953, a Korean-speaking Sunday School was organized. By the mid-1960s, thousands had accepted the restored gospel. In 1973 the Seoul Korea Stake, the first stake in mainland Asia, was organized. Korean Saints had a strong desire to participate in temple ordinances for themselves and their ancestors. Their conversion rate is 33% higher than the Church’s average

The Humiliation of the Israelites and Consequences

The Lord seriously got the attention of the Israelites with their forty years in the wilderness. As they came out of Egypt, the Lord invited them to go into the promised land and to trust in Him. He sent spies from each of the Twelve tribes, and they came back sharing the abundance that was available in the “promised land.” But all but Joshua and Caleb had fear about going in because of the giants in the land. Not trusting in the Lord, they felt they would be destroyed. Only Joshua and Caleb gave a good report and said we can go in because we trust in Lord.

Because they failed to trust in the Lord, He humbled them in a major way. We read in Deuteronomy Chapter 8:

  • 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
  • 3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

Because of their lack of trust in the Lord, only Joshua and Caleb and their children who were born during those forty years were allowed into the promised land.

Choosing to be Humble is the Best Way

Alma shares the great lesson that if we can be humble without being compelled to be humble, then we are much better off: Alma 32:6, 12-16:

And now when Alma heard this,… with great joy; for he beheld that their afflictions had truly humbled them and that they were in a preparation to hear the word. I say unto you, it is well that ye are cast out of your synagogues, that ye may be humble, and that ye may learn wisdom; for it is necessary that ye should learn wisdom; for it is because that ye are cast out, that ye are despised of your brethren because of your exceeding poverty, that ye are brought to a lowliness of heart; for ye are necessarily brought to be humble.

And now, because ye are compelled to be humble, blessed are ye; for a man sometimes, if he is compelled to be humble, seeketh repentance; and now surely, whosoever repenteth shall find mercy; and he that findeth mercy and endureth to the end the same shall be saved.

And now, as I said unto you, that because ye were compelled to be humble ye were blessed, do ye not suppose that they are more blessed who truly humble themselves because of the word? Yea, he that truly humbleth himself, and repenteth of his sins, and endureth to the end, the same shall be blessed—yea, much more blessed than they who are compelled to be humble because of their exceeding poverty.

Therefore, blessed are they who humble themselves without being compelled to be humble; or rather, in other words, blessed is he that believeth in the word of God, and is baptized without stubbornness of heart, yea, without being brought to know the word, or even compelled to know, before they will believe.

We see the great importance of choosing to be humble: “And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble, and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.” (Ether 12:27)

The Importance of Humility

The Prophet Micah Shares the Importance of Humility. He summarizes it profoundly: “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?” (Micah 6:8) This was Lowell Bennion’s favorite scripture. Lowell Bennion was one of the great LDS famous teachers at the University of Utah.

My Favorite Scripture Includes Humility

Matt. 22:37-40. “Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Living these two great commandments is the pathway to fullness of JOY and Eternal Life, as well as the solution to all the world’s problems. Being meek, humble, and pure in heart is encapsulated therein.

May we lovingly and humbly live and share the glorious truths of the fullness of the gospel, I pray. Then are we making Heavenly Father most pleased: (Moses 1:39; John 15:8). That loving humble path leads to a fullness of JOY and ETERNAL LIFE. Heavenly Father’s infinite love for us is beyond are comprehension and is His primary motivation. And again, a humble heart gladly receives truth from anywhere!

David W. Allan

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How Close is the World of Spirits?

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When we die, our spirits go to the world of spirits. Most Christians think of it as heaven or hell.  We can learn much about the world of spirits from the more than 13 million documented near-death experiences (NDEs). 

Going to the scriptures and information from inspiring ancient earthworks we learn more. We find Heavenly Father’s marvelous and perfect plan of salvation mapped out before us. Understanding the world of spirits brings great insights. Most don’t know how important our communication with the world of spirits is.

Near Death Experiences

In these NDEs, they die, but come back and are able to share what they saw and experienced. Howard Storm will tell you “Hell is real!” He died as a self-serving atheist and went to hell. He saw the horribleness. Reaching out to the Savior totally changed his life when he came back. (see pp 153-154 of  my book, It’s About Time, describing Howard’s experience).

In that same book in Chapter 21, I share experimental evidence that time and space are mortal constraints. When a person dies they move into the spirit world in what we call the “Eternity Domain.” This is where God and angels do their great work. The Spirit World is both close by and far away because it is in the Eternity Domain. It includes both paradise and hell.

Our Spirits are the Offspring of God

As the Apostle Paul declares to the Greeks on Mar’s Hill, our spirits are the offspring of God. (Acts 17:33-34) When Jesus taught us to pray, He said, “Our Father which art in heaven.” (Matt. 6:9) Many times when Jesus refers to His Heavenly Father, we see the phrase, “Father which is in heaven.”

As His spirit offspring, we are gods in embryo. And in the Sermon on the Mount, the Savior asks us to be perfect like our Heavenly Father is perfect. (Matt. 5:48) We cannot perfect ourselves, but Christ can, as we come unto Him. (Moroni 10:32-33) In Genesis we read that we are created in God’s image, male and female. (Gen. 1:26-27) In Hebrew tradition and in apocryphal literature we read of our “Mother in Heaven.” Our gender is determined by our spirit birth from our Heavenly Parents. That solves the transgender question!

Inspiring Earthworks Information

In 1848, Squire and Davis documented 4 ½ square miles of magnificent earthworks near Newark, Ohio. These inspiring earthworks map out Heavenly Father’s plan of salvation. These earthworks show the spirit world being a transition epoch between mortality here on earth and the coming millennium epoch.

The Jaredite and the Nephite civilizations are described in the Book of Mormon. We find that Carbon dating indicates these earthworks were first built by the Jaredites and then refined by the Nephites. The Jaredites and Nephites were so inspired by Heavenly Father’s plan of salvation and exaltation that they wanted the world to see. These earthworks show their love and gratitude to our Heavenly Father for His Perfect Plan of Happiness.

Further, these earthworks show that Heavenly Father’s plan of salvation is for all of His spirit children. They illustrate that, because of free choice, one-third of Heavenly Father’s spirit children do not receive physical birth on earth. These are those who chose to follow Satan in our pre-mortal epoch. They became the devil and his angels here on earth. The good spirits are those who have chosen to follow Christ in our pre-mortal epoch, and all of them receive physical bodies here on earth.

When we do the math, we see that there are twice as many good spirits as bad spirits.  These earthworks map out our potential pathway to celestial realms of glory. And it is fascinating that depiction is all the way from our pre-mortal epoch. It took massive effort to build them. The path to paradise is depicted, as is the path to hell.

The depiction of the Celestial Kingdom is in a direction from the Millennium of 51.8 degrees to true north. It is also fascinating that angle denotes the Divine ratio. http://www.allanstime.com/Spiritual/Hopewell_Civilization_Great_Octagon/index.html It is the same angle as the Giza Pyramid, which denotes the Egyptian’s pathway to heaven. The Divine ratio is 1.618… That ratio is the distance from the base of the pyramid to the apex divided by 1/2 the base distance.

The World of Spirits

We see that the spirit world is composed of both the good and the bad. The good spirits in the spirit world include both those who have not yet been born as well as those who have died and gone to paradise. Those going to paradise (heaven) have chosen Christ during their mortal journey. As mentioned above, those who followed Satan in our pre-mortal realm are denied the privilege of getting a mortal body.

The world of spirits also includes those who are privileged to be part of the First Resurrection. As Christ broke the bands of death with His glorious resurrection, His resurrection cap-stoned the infinite atonement–providing a resurrection for all mortals. There was great rejoicing as many of the saints came out of their graves following His resurrection and went into the Holy City and appeared unto many. They are the beginning of the glorious First Resurrection. Like the Prophet Moroni, they have the opportunity to minister to us as well from the spirit world. (D&C 133:36)

The Kingdom of Heaven

The Kingdom of Heaven is perfectly organized, while the Kingdom of God is not because of us imperfect mortals, who make it up. This is why the Savior asked us to pray, “Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” The Lord also asked us, “Seek first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” (Matt. 6:33)

In so doing we are asking the Lord’s angels to help us do the will of the Father, as the Savior did perfectly. Then we have His great promise that “all these things shall be added unto [us].”. The work and will of the Father is: “This is my work and my glory to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.” (Moses 1:39) And the Savior said, “Herein is my Father glorified that ye bring forth much fruit; then are ye my disciples.” (John 15:8)

The Worth of Souls

The worth of a soul is great in the eyes of God. He created the earth in the first place for His spirit offspring to gain a body. “The spirit and the body is the soul of man.” (D&C 88:18)

Only because of the resurrection of our bodies has the Savior opened the door to a fullness of JOY in celestial realms. (D&C 93:33-34; 3 Nephi 28:10) In our pre-mortal epoch, each of us was given our life’s plan orchestrated by our infinitely loving Heavenly Father to best find our way back to Him. This included when and where we would be born. (Acts 17:26)

God’s angels are there in His perfectly organized Kingdom of Heaven to assist us in our mortal journey. But because of Father’s respect for our agency (free choice), His angels will never violate our choices. It is our choice whether we listen to them or not. They speak the words of Christ (2 Nephi 32:3, 5) according to what is in our eternal best interest. Both the good angels and the bad angels are around us. It is our choice who we chose to listen to.

We are all born with the Spirit of Christ to know good from evil. (John 1:9) Often the angels that minister to us are our relatives. Our fourth daughter, Celeste had three children. Her unborn son Jonathan appeared to her and told her he needed to be born. Sarah Heinz, in her book, Life Before Life, has documented several similar experiences for women, who saw their children’s spirits before they were born.

Our Creator Created Us to be Creators

Our Perfect God, our Creator, created us to be creators. In His infinite knowledge, He knows the solution to every problem. As we meet life’s challenges, problems, and opportunities, the Lord and His angels are always there to help us. (Matt. 7:7-8)

I cannot count the number of times I have asked and received answers. I know that His answers will always be in my eternal best interest. Our prayers will be answered according to His timing, not ours. He always knows what is best for each of us.

In our innate creative abilities, we are open to endless opportunities and ideas that can help the world be a better place. However, He leaves us on our own to do so and to enjoy personal growth. As we do so, we become more like our Creator and be creators. While  we create things that help bring peace, love and joy, we are taking upon us His characteristics. His main motivation is love. Following the Lord’s example, we learn to love as He loves.

Below, I share three profound examples of the ministering of spirits from the world of spirits:

Enlightenment – Faith Greater Than Pain

Example 1:  I just finished a most remarkable book, Faith Greater than Pain by Lynn “Doc” Cleland and Susan Imhoff Bird.  The book tells the story of Sarah Goode Marshall, who was the first Mormon handcart pioneer to reach the Salt Lake, Utah, valley. A 34-year-old widow with 6 children; the oldest of which was twelve

She was motivated by her powerful commitment to her newly found faith. A woman who left England, her family, her home, and everything she knew. Doc, who is her 4th great-grandson, was so impressed with her story, stamina, and experience that he tried to replicate it in 2009. He ate the same meager rations, and pulled a handcart like Sarah did the 1385 miles from Iowa City to the Salt Lake Valley.

My wife and I were privileged to meet Doc at the “Book of Mormon Expo” and now have him as a personal friend.  Doc shared with me how it was “no coincidence” that Susan Imhoff Bird co-authored the book. It is an amazing story all by itself and could be another blog article of significant interest. Because of Susan’s and Doc’s spiritual sensitivities, they were able to write Sarah Goode’s words, as if from her never written journal. This book brings the spirit world really close and is a beautiful example of how close spirit world really is to us. The message of the book is so remarkable, a movie is planned to share it with the world.

One of the profound experiences Doc had as he entered the Salt Lake valley, was being told by a Prophet, “There are no coincidences!” Doc told me the story of how Susan Imhoff Bird became an author–helping tremendously to write the book–was no coincidence.

 Heaven Is For Real

Example 2: Another must-read book is, Heaven is for Real. There is also a movie with the same title. This amazing story is of little four-year-old Colton Burpo seeing heaven, Jesus, his great grandfather (Pops), and his sister, who had died during her mom’s pregnancy. The book and the movie have inspired millions.  The movie is well done. However, the book is well-documented and better than the movie. Colton had a ruptured appendix, and during the time they were operating on him, his spirit left his body and he went to heaven.

I love it when Colton sees the drawing of the Savior by Akiane Kramarik, and Colton says in his innocence, “Dad, that’s the one!”  Akiane’s paintings of Jesus are the most recognized portrayal of Christ in the world. Hers are very different than what one sees across the Christian community both now and over the last two thousand years. The pictures we typically see of Jesus are not accurate; false traditions have crept in.

Akiane’s amazing art and poetry abilities are amazing gifts from God. He showed her at a very young age a scene from heaven. She painted “The Prince of Peace” when she was only eight years old. It sold in 2019 for $850,000.

She has been featured on the Glenn Beck show, on the Oprah Winfree show, and on several others. She uses her earnings in charitable ways. She was born in 1994 and has written two books. Over a billion people have visited her website: akiane.com. For her, the spirit world is nearby.

Karie Allan Clingo’s Sketch

Our daughter, Karie, sketched a drawing of what she thinks the Savior looks like. It is very much like Akiane’s.

“I love to envision the Savior’s smiling face in my efforts before Him. I believe in the promise, “Verily, thus saith the Lord: It shall come to pass that every soul who forsaketh his sins and cometh unto Me, and calleth on my name, and obeyeth my voice, and keepeth my commandments, shall see my face, and know that I am.” (D&C 93:1)

George Ritchie

Example 3: Then we have George Ritchie, the physician and psychiatrist’s account, of seeing a spiritual laboratory during his NDE. In his book, Return from Tomorrow, years later he saw these same objects be created in reality patterned after the creation of their spiritual images that he saw in the spirit world. We know so little about the spirit world, but what we know is so magnificent and exciting to realize. We see it as a beautiful part of Heavenly Father’s perfect plan of salvation and exaltation.

The Importance of Listening

As we humbly listen to others with love in our hearts, we are open to learning. As we open ourselves to listen to the good spirits that God has lovingly placed around us, we hear the word’s of Christ. (2 Nephi 32:3, 5) The Lord askes us to always have a prayer in our heart so that we don’t listen to the bad angels around us. (D&C 10:5)

In Heavenly’s perfect plan of happiness, we are so blessed to have the ministrations from His good angels to help guide our lives. They are there to help us fulfill our missions in mortality and to bring us the greatest happiness. There goal is God’s goal to lead us on that path to Celestial realms of glory and a fullness of JOY.

Except for the Lord’s cataclysmic events, it is like he told Elijah. He speaks with His angels with a “still small voice.” (1 Kings 19:11-13) He speaks in our minds and to our hearts. Love, joy and peace accompany His words.

THANK YOU, Heavenly Father for Your perfect plan of happiness in the midst of all our imperfections. It gives us great hope. May we continually treasure up thy word; then we know we will never be deceived. (JS-M 37)

David W. Allan

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The Full Infinite Atonement

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In reviewing the beliefs of the Christian community, I feel most don’t appreciate the incredible and glorious full infinite atonement. This includes those members of my own church. and the love of God has given us this most important gift.  Most think of it as his suffering for us. However, it is that and so much more in the FULL DIMENSIONS OF THE FULL INFINITE ATONEMENT. As we look two thousand years ago, it is remarkable what we can learn–bringing us closer to God.

Scriptural Understanding

My search for understanding goes to all the scriptures, to fascinating apocryphal literature, and to personal revelation. My search has been most rewarding and has brought me closer to God. As I have prayed and listened to the Spirit, my heart has been opened to better understanding and comprehension. I am delighted to share some of my insights the best I can. I hope you  feel the same JOY and appreciation I feel with this deeper understanding.

In an earlier article, I shared the seven steps or dimensions of the infinite atonement with seven sub-steps in each step.  In step six, the Savior visits the spirit world, which is an enormous part of the infinite atonement. This step is not appreciated by all most all Christians. Step seven is His glorious resurrection, which most don’t think of as part of the infinite atonement. However, it is the capstone. With out His resurrection we would be toast. It is His resurrection that opened the door to a fullness of JOY for all who will come unto Him. It is His resurrection that brings us into the presence of God.

Dimensions from the Scriptures

The Apostle Paul profoundly states we are the offspring of God, and as the Lord told Moses, we are created in God’s image, male and female. In ancient Hebrew tradition, Eloheim has both genders. (Acts 17:28-29; Genesis 1:26-27. We have infinitely loving Heavenly Parents, who gave birth to our spirit bodies. This is the real you, and our spirit bodies were created by Them to last forever.

Our spirit bodies are immortal! Our intelligences housed in our spirit bodies give us agency–the ability to choose. (D&C 93:30-31) This gives us individual sovereignty.

Because we are the offspring of God, we are gods in embryo. Our choices make all the difference in our lives; our infinitely loving God honors our desires. If we were forced to heaven, it could not be and would not be heaven. Before we were born, our infinitely loving Heavenly Father shared “His Plan of Happiness and Joy.” He told us of our opportunity to gain a physical body in our path to be like our Heavenly Parents. Ironically, as part of the plan, the fall of Adam and Eve brought about both a spiritual and physical death, which was totally and perfectly overcome by the full infinite atonement.

The Savior’s glorious resurrection overcame physical death—which is the crowning step in the infinite atonement. He also overcame spiritual death. However, in the perfect plan, the gift of eternal life is offered. But it can only be appreciated and received by those who desire the gift. (D&C 88:33) We best express our desires as we come unto Christ and internalize and share His glorious gospel. We do this best when we are primarily motivated by our pure love for God and for all of His children.

Importance of Faith

This plan was explained to us in our pre-mortal epoch. We would need to exercise faith during our mortal journey. That faith would need to be focused on our Savior. While He overcame the effects of both the fall of Adam and Eve, He also suffered for our sins, as we repent and exercise faith in Him. For those who don’t accept the Christ, they will suffer for their sins. (D&C 19:15-18)

Faith in Christ is paramount. We read, “My Beloved Son, which was my Beloved and Chosen from the beginning, said unto me—Father, thy will be done, and the glory be thine forever.” (Moses 4:2)

However, Lucifer stepped forward saying, “Behold, here am I, send me, I will be thy son, and I will redeem all mankind, that one soul shall not be lost, and surely I will do it; wherefore give me thine honor.  Wherefore, because that Satan rebelled against me, and sought to destroy the agency of man, which I, the Lord God, had given him, and also, that I should give unto him mine own power; by the power of mine Only Begotten, I caused that he should be cast down; And he became Satan, yea, even the devil, the father of all lies, to deceive and to blind men, and to lead them captive at his will, even as many as would not hearken unto my voice.” (Moses 4:1, 3, 4)

The Jaredites and Nephites in the Book of Mormon, were so profoundly inspired by Heavenly Fathers’ Perfect Plan of Happiness and Joy, that they built a four and half square miles of earthworks near Newark, Ohio, to share with the world Father’s marvelous plan.  The carbon dating of the earthworks shows that they were originally built by the Jaredites. Then the Nephites refined them, who fully appreciated what the Jaredites had done .

There were over a hundred thousand earthworks in North America built by the Jaredites and the Nephites, and only about a half percent of them remain. Most of the earthworks were destroyed because of the evolutionary attitude of John Wesley Powell and others. They believed that the Native American Indians were savages—giving white Americans “eminent domain” over them. My wife Edna and I have been fortunate to visit the earthworks near Newark, Ohio. All that we saw that was still evident denotes the Celestial Kingdom and the Millennium epochs in Heavenly Fathers’ plan, which is now, ironically, part of a golf course.

Lucifer’s Rebellion

Lucifer’s rebellion caused a war in heaven, as told by the Apostle John (Rev. 12:7). These earthworks illustrate that a third of the children of our Heavenly Parents followed Lucifer, the son of the morning. (Isaiah 14:12-14) Lucifer was very brilliant and subtle with his message, claiming that he would save everyone. However, his plan would have destroyed our agency to choose. Free choice is fundamental to our growth and our doorway to the fullness of JOY.

Satan and those who followed him were cast down to the earth, as part of the plan. (Rev. 12:4) This is one of the many ironies in God’s perfect plan in the midst of all our imperfections.

Opposition In All Things

Opposition is part of the plan. It gives us the opportunity to grow as we exercise faith in our Savior, as we meet life’s challenges. But because of the wonderful gift of agency to choose and the law of opposition, sin came into the world with the Fall of Adam and Eve. Opposition is a needful and critical part of the plan. The Prophet Lehi profoundly explains the Law of Opposition in Chapter Two of Second Nephi.

In that same chapter, Lehi shares a beautiful summation of Heavenly Father’s Perfect Plan:

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

Jehovah was both the Firstborn of our Heavenly Parents, and also the “Only Begotten” of the Father (Colossians 1:15; Luke 1:35; JST John 1:14; D&C 76:13). Speaking for the Lord, Isaiah shares: “I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me, there is no Saviour.” (Isa. 43:11); Jesus clearly clarifies: “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6)

From Apocryphal Literature

From apocryphal literature, we can better appreciate the glorious full dimensions of the infinite atonement. Chapter five of the Gospel of Joseph of Arimathea shares that Joseph “took the scroll of his parentage” to Bethlehem, with a servant, so that his lineage could be easily established Finding “every home… filled up” they were kindly offered a stable. That night “Mary suffered the pains of giving birth and cried out in pain. Nearby, there were some Levitical Shepherds, who were tending the sacrificial sheep… hearing her cry, they went over to help. They provided a shepherd’s basket… filled with straw” and the “baby was wrapped in swaddling cloth.” (Chapter 5)

Bethlehem means “the house of bread.” Christ is the bread of life. It is fascinating that these “sacrificial sheep” were the type and shadow of the Savior’s sacrifice. There they were, close by, at His birth.

This chapter also declares that an angel appeared to Joseph, proclaiming that the baby born of his wife, Mary, is the hope for all humankind. “THE ANOINTED MESSIAH.” The wise men, who visited the babe, were knowledgeable in “The Books of the Cosmic Light”. They follow the star. Evidence shows this information was in the writings of Abraham, which also testified that this Babe would touch the lives of all humankind.

Journey of Young Jesus Christ

Jesus was one of eight siblings, “developing a strong body and a sharp mind, for he was uniquely talented. He was wise beyond his years and excelled in perfection with his hands.” (Chapter 5:51) The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus Christ by Levi tells of His remarkable ministry in Asia. Christ’s stepfather, Joseph, died when Jesus was seventeen.

Jesus spent time with the seven sages in Egypt. They blessed Him, and He shared with them His rejection by “my own kindred… And they will spurn me, scorn my work, accuse me falsely, bind me, take me to the judgment seat of carnal men who will convict and slay me on the cross. But men can never slay the truth; though banished it will come again in greater power; for truth will subjugate the world.” (Levi, 60:11-13)

Atonement of Jesus Christ

In Gethsemane, where He went three times in prayer ALONE to plead to the Father, His suffering for our sins was so great that He bled from every pore. A “Red-Glowing MOON on the horizon, empathetically looked on (Chapter 23:212 Gospel of Joseph of Arimathea)  On the cross, He prayed, “My Mother, Abba Father, this is my chosen destiny, and for this, I have been prepared.” (Chapter 24:341 with my words interspersing for clarification)

He was not killed by the Jews or the Romans. His indescribable suffering ended only when this part of His infinite atonement was finished–step five. He said, “No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself” (John 10:18). The seven steps of the infinite atonement are summarized in this blog article: https://itsabouttimebook.com/spiritual-science-seven-steps-in-atonement/ The Earth mourned with the suffering of our Savior during those three hours from noon until 1500 (3:00 p.m.).

We read, “that insomuch that it did shake the whole earth as if it was about to divide asunder (3 Nephi 8:6).” “And behold, the rocks were rent in twain; they were broken up upon the face of the whole earth, insomuch that they were found in broken fragments, and in seams and in cracks, upon all the face of the land (8:18).”

My Unique Experience

I used to be a white-water guide. When I would lie on my back on my sleeping bag in Ladore Canyon on the Green River. I would look up and my soul was touched as I witnessed all the “rocks… in broken fragments, the seams and in the cracks, denoting their witness of His suffering on the cross. I knew them well as I climbed this area many times. My heart is touched to this day by that witness of Mother Earth’s empathetic suffering for our Redeemer.

Jerusalem rocked To and Fro

The Aquarian Gospel records, “A Roman soldier in compassion said, ‘This agony is too great; relief shall come.’ And with a spear, he pierced his heart… And then the earth was shocked again; the city of Jerusalem rocked to and fro; the hills were rent…” (Levi 171:10-14)

Christ’s Death and Resurrection

As the Savior’s spirit left His body and went to Paradise, the New Testament is nearly silent about those three days in which His body lay in the tomb. The above-cited blog article fills in that gap for this most important sixth step in His infinite atonement. https://itsabouttimebook.com/the-infinite-atonement-and-paradise/ .

Similarly, the New Testament is silent about what happened that night just before His resurrection. There were a hundred Jewish soldiers guarding the tomb. All of them heard a voice at midnight, “Adon Mashich Cumi, which meant, Lord Christ, arise.” This command from the heavens was heard three times over the night. “The soldiers blanched with fear, and still to flee meant death for cowardice, and so they stood and watched.”
After the third time, an angel came down and “tramped on the Roman seal… he took the stone in hand as though it were a pebble from the brook, and cast it to the side. And Jesus opened his eyes and said, ‘All hail the rising sun! the coming of the day of righteousness!’” (Chapter 172 Levi)

Pontius Pilot’s Record

Then Pontius Pilot’s remarkable record states, “all who had been hungry for His blood walked away from Calvary in near Sorrow and Shame. As though the insanity that had been upon them had passed away and their souls knew the sorrow that their minds could not—that they had been instruments in The Death Of The Son Of God.” (page 20)

Pilot’s wife had the “gift of foresight” and shared, “Beware, Beware And Touch Not That Man: For HE is Pure. Last night I saw him in A Vision. He was walking on the waters; … He spoke to the tempest and to the fishes of the lake: all were obedient to him.” (page 20)

Pilot’s trusted servant, Malcus, reported to him: “At About The Beginning Of The Fourth Watch [this is like 3 a.m.] A Soft And A Beautiful-Light Up Above the Sepulcher.” Then after Christ was resurrected, “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 heard. “And the whole sky seemed to be full of voices praising: YHV/God.”  “At This Time there seemed to be a reeling and a rocking back and forth of the Entire Earth.” (pp 16-17, verses 147-152) The Earth was rejoicing in the resurrection of our Lord and of the resurrection of many of the righteous dead, “who went into the holy city and appeared unto many (Matt. 27:52-53).”

The Most Transcendent Event

This most transcendent event–the full infinite atonement–totally covers the effects of the fall of Adam and Eve. It then in our day will bring about a paradisiacal millennial epoch. The Lord will bring forth a new heaven and a new earth. And, because of the full infinite atonement, the Lord will bring forth again a new heaven and a new earth at the end of the millennium. And lastly, the full infinite atonement shows Jehovah’s infinite love for each of us in the final judgment. Gloriously, those who have accepted Him are then presented by Him–our advocate–to the Father on a celestialized Earth. The earthworks near Newark, Ohio, depict these glorious events yet to come.

As my wife and I stood on the perimeter of that 20-acre perfect circle denoting the celestial Kingdom we felt a special spirit. It denotes the place where our Heavenly Parents will rejoice with those who have chosen to follow the path outlined and provided by their perfect and Beloved Son. They have promised us a “fulness of joy.” Can we even imagine a more perfect plan?

It is fascinating that the line connecting the millennium to the Celestial Kingdom is at an angle denoting the Divine Ratio to the true North. It is the same angle as the Giza pyramid, which denotes the Egyptian’s path to heaven. Everywhere we look we see the infinite love of our Creator God designed to bring us back home. We read, “GREAT EXCITEMENT Arose About The Sepulcher Being Empty.” (Pontius Pilot’s Report, verse 144, by Desert-Owl.) 

The Growth of Christianity

The Lord’s resurrection was the main driving force for the rapid growth of early Christianity. Modern Christianity seems to have lost track of that great momentum. I would love to see it come back, and I believe it will as the Bride prepares herself to meet the Bridegroom at His Coming. The exciting thing is that we can be part of that ideal ZION heavenly society, which is coming, as we come unto Him and listen to His voice (D&C 29:1-2; 93:1).

David W. Allan

P.S. Here is an E-book version of the Gospel of Joseph of Arimathea. It has been translated into modern English. There are some mistakes, and it is not as complete as the one referenced above, but there is a lot of good information there.

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