The Land of Promise is testified by modern scripture, by the DNA of the North American Indians, by glottology (the study of languages), and by artifacts and archeology. The oral histories of native Americans and the living voices of the North American Indians also testify that the Promised Land of the Book of Mormon is not in Central or South America.
Book of Mormon Conferences
About 12 years ago, Rod Meldrum of “Book of Mormon Evidence” began to offer Conferences that supported the thesis that the Book of Mormon peoples resided in the “Heartland” of America” rather than in South America. Since then, there has been more and more evidence to support the claim that Lehi and his family came from Israel to the North American Continent. Duane Erickson, Wayne May, Steve Smoot, Jonathan Neville and several others have contributed significantly to this knowledge base.
Recently, “The Land of Promise” Conference was held last week on June 21-22, 2024 in Spanish Fork Utah. All conference speakers supported the thesis that the Book of Mormon events took place in Israel and the North American Continent. I’m guessing about 900 people were attending the conference. There were 15 Individual speakers over the two days.
Special Guest Chief Midegah
Wayne May, the conference founder and organizer, was able to obtain a last-minute special guest to speak at the conference. It was Chief Midegah from the Ojibwe tribe. He came to the forefront about a month ago when my good friends, Brian Nettles, David Hocking, Kristen Watts, and I had the opportunity to interview Chief Midegah on YouTube. The exposure created a whirlwind. Several other YouTube hosts were anxious to interview Chief Midegah also.
Within a week, there were over a hundred thousand visits to various YouTube sites. His information has taken YouTube by storm. Chief Midegah is a Chief to be reckoned with. Details about his background and credentials can be found on the Book of Mormon Heartland website.
Conference Speakers
Chief Midegah gave two lectures at the conference sharing tons of fascinating information about native American history. He was the main drawing card for the conference. All of the conference lectures were excellent.
It was wonderful to meet the chief personally. Wayne May took this picture of us, and the Chief said to me, “David and David;” His name is David Taylor.
My good friend and researcher, Utahna Jessop, spoke about the Jaredite giants in North America. She recently found Jaredite burials near Kanab, Utah. She shared some new additional information. It was fascinating.
John Brewer kept a journal, and Utahna followed his research in detail. She has done a great job in documenting his findings in the cave that he found in Manti, Utah. When he found the cave, he was visited by an angel by the name of Ether who told him to protect his findings and do nothing for monetary gain. For those who may not be familiar with the Book of Mormon, Ether was the last prophet before the Jaredite nation was destroyed in a massive civil war around 600 B.C. ending near the Hill Cumorah in upstate New York.
I told Utahna that her findings were “pure gold.” She has an excellent DVD telling of her additional research. Some of her lectures are available on YouTube. She is a dear friend of ours and has permitted me to share her phone number (801) 717-6295 if you wish to get a DVD of her lecture from her directly.
Highlights of My Conference Address
1. Since the conference was held close to the date and time of the summer solstice (2051 UTC, 20 June 2024) and we had a full moon, I pointed out to the audience that makes the moon’s orbit the lowest while the sun’s orbit is the highest for us north of the “Tropic of Cancer.” The opposite is true for those south of the “Tropic of Capricorn.”
2. I pointed out that the great Jaredite prophet, Mahonri Moriancumer, saw the end from the beginning in his comprehensive vision. As a result, the Jaredites knew the phases of the moon, and they mapped out the plan of salvation in the majestic earthworks near Newark, Ohio. They knew, as part of his vision, that the moon would be in the position of the divine ratio—lined up with the millennium and celestial kingdom at the date and time of Savior’s birth.
3. The printing of the Book of Mormon was a major compressed-time miracle. It should have taken at least 17 ½ months to print and bind 5,000 copies, but it was done in the Lord’s compressed-time frame of just over 6 months. In addition, the Lord revealed to me that He had Joseph Smith print them so that the height by width was in the Divine ratio—a unique feature. Both of these are Divine “fingerprints” of the Lord’s doings with the coming forth of that great book and made Utah a state around that book.
4. The Lord has blessed me greatly because as a praying physicist I have chosen to do things His way rather than my way. I shared how He has made my name and work famous in the precise timing, navigation, and telecom communities. Now because He has done that for me, I am able to share the gospel across the globe. My book’s website, www.ItsAboutTimeBook.com, has well over 200 thousand visits from over 100 nations. And its popularity is ever-increasing regardless of whether I am alive or dead! If you Google “Allan variance,” you will get over three million results, and its usefulness continues to grow. THANK YOU, LORD!
Once the Lord taught me that the original copies of the Book of Mormon were printed in the Divine ratio. I had my next book (2023), Time & Eternity, The End-Times & Beyond Revealed, printed in the Divine ratio in honor of those first 5,000 copies.
5. From the scriptures, I shared that the first law of heaven is LOVE. And that celestial love is equivalent to celestial obedience because we do things to please the Lord. That takes obedience out of the “do your duty” level to the joy of bringing honor and glory to the Lord. As we do things with an “eye single” to His glory, the joy in our hearts follows. If everyone were to live the Law of Love, it would solve all the world’s problems. We would have an ideal pure-in-heart ZION society where we are all of one heart are one mind. And there would be no poor among us.
6. There are 1,800 phrases in our scriptures that tie back to the language of Adam. Their distribution and use in both the eastern and western hemispheres and over the history of the earth give pure Divine validity to our scriptures. True science harmonizes with true religion, which is a fundamental message of my book, It’s About Time.
7. In my search for truth, I have three criteria: 1) If God says it, then I know it; 2) We cannot prove a theory true, we don’t know enough, only God knows enough; but 3) If we have reliable data, we can prove a theory false. The theory of organic evolution and the big bang theory have been proven false, and the world chooses to ignore those proofs. I examine the two theories for Book of Mormon geography: Heartland and Mesoamerica. I share nine proofs that the Mesoamerica theory is false, and I share the words from the prophets that the Heartland model is correct.
8. The Lord gives us signs in the heavens. There were three recent solar eclipses over the USA making alpha and omega over the “Land of Promise.” Also, I share the Lord’s sign in the heavens on the 23rd of September 2017 of His promise to bring forth Zion in preparation for His coming—as promised in Revelations Chapter 12.
9. The story of Vinney Tolman happened in 2003 in Orem, Utah. It was a remarkable Lazurus experience for Vinney because he died and was put in a body bag. The Spirit whispered to the EMT attending, “This man is not dead!” He took action and brought him back from the dead. While across the veil, Vinney was taught ten celestial principles by his great-great-great grandfather, as he moved ever closer to the LIGHT:
1. Be authentic.
2. Understand the purpose of life. Life is not a test, but a grand opportunity to learn the truth.
3. Love everyone. God’s main motivation is to love; His creations and our lives are a direct manifestation of His infinite love.
4. Listen to your inner voice. (See Moroni 7:29-31)
5. Use technology responsibly. Many are addicted to technology–their cell phones, e.g.
6. Release prejudice. There is no prejudice in heaven.
7. Exercise the power of creation. Our Creator made us to be creators.
8. Avoid negative influences.
9. Understand the purpose of evil. All the evil in the world has caused many to turn to atheism or agnosticism because they don’t understand. (Read Chapter 2 of It’s About Time to get a full understanding.
10. Know that we are all one. The Savior prayed for us to be one (John 17), and it was brought to beautiful fruition here in the Land of Promise (Read Third Nephi 19).
September Conference in Fond Du Lac Wisconsin
Brian Nettles has organized a conference this September in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, and attendance is already sold out. He has opened up Saturday to Chief Midegah. The Chief is bringing two Rabbis and five other Native American friends. They will be sharing their Ojibwe Outreach historical information. On Friday, Brian has several other notable speakers on the Book of Mormon. It should be a fascinating conference.
Available Presentation Material
I have given countless lectures over my career path, and I believe this one had more impact on the audience than any I have ever given. Over the months of preparation, I asked the Lord, “Thou knowest who will be there, and I don’t. Will you help me prepare to best help them?” And the Lord answered my prayer. I got a standing ovation at the end, and 30 people asked for copies of my slides.
For those who couldn’t attend the conference, a view of the slides of my lecture are available. They are quite detailed since I had to go quickly over the material in the 50 minutes allotted to me. Simply click: David Allan Spanish Fork Conference.
David W. Allan (25 June 2024)