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Another Missing Christian Teaching

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A Vital Missing Christian Teaching was Removed During the Dark Ages.

The greatest of all the gifts of God is eternal life (D&C 14:7), and Jesus said in his last great High Priest’s prayer, “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” Hence, the most important Missing Christian Teaching is to help you and me come to know the Father and the Son. (John 17:3)  The Creeds have destroyed that knowing.  We need to know the true nature of God – His character and attributes and emulate them.  Did you know that Heavenly Father in His infinite love and ability to do so gave each of us a mission for our mortal journey during that pre-mortal epoch?  Then following the Spirit and exercising true faith will take us back home to receive all the glorious promises offered in Eternal Life — life with God, life like God, which promises are not known in most Christian religions.

In 1990, I participated in a comparative religion debate at the University of Colorado.  Each person was given seven minutes to share their religious beliefs.  We had a Jewish Rabbi, a Catholic Priest, two different Protestant ministers, a leader from the Baháʼí Faith – headquartered in Haifa, Israel, and we had an atheist.  I was then serving in the Denver Mission Presidency and was asked to represent our church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and I was able to share our beliefs including the Fatherhood of God.  It was a most interesting evening, and went on for three and a half hours!  I made friends and had good visits with the Rabbi and the Priest afterward — wonderful gentlemen.

The Priest said to me, “May I ask you a question?”  I, of course, said, “Please.”

“Do I understand you correctly, that you believe you can become a god?” He quarried.

I responded with a question, “Did Jesus say to be perfect like our Heavenly Father is perfect?”

He responded, with an enlightened emphasis, “I never thought of that scripture in that way!”

Most of us are our own worst enemies regarding our true potential.  We need to believe as the scriptures tell us that we are “children of God,” (Romans 8:16) and Their “offspring.” (Acts 17:26-29)

Knowing that the students would not be able to remember what I shared in a seven-minute summary of our religious beliefs, I prepared a handout for them. There are some fascinating information and statistics in the handout.  Since then, I have updated the information, and it is available in the link listed at the end of this article.
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A Missing Christian Teaching

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In millennial preparation language, the Lord declares this profound statement: “And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold I make all things new…” (Rev. 21:5)

Fiona and Terry Givens new book entitled, “ALL THINGS NEW”, comes from the above scripture. The book shares two truths that are missing from Christianity: 1. The understanding of “Premortality”, and 2. The “Parenthood of God.”

Fortunately, these truths have been restored with deep meanings and implications.  In this blog article, I deal with the great importance of premortality, as part of Heavenly Father’s perfect plan of happiness.

Premortality

Two of the world’s best experts, Sarah Heinze, and Roy Mills have written about pre mortality because of their personal experiences. I introduce and expand upon the validity of their experiences and information in my book, “It’s About Time”. Their premortal account supports the scriptures and amplifies upon them significantly.

Premortality – Midwest Earthworks

It is particularly fascinating to me that the Jaredites and the Nephites, in the Book of Mormon, paint the picture of the importance of the premortal state as part of a 4 and ½ square mile earthworks near Newark, Ohio.  Fortunately, these were documented by Squire and Davis back in 1848, before most of them were destroyed.  I share a link below describing these earthworks.

Why is it Important to Understand Premortality

The importance of the truth about premortality is to know we are literally spirit offspring of Heavenly Parents and hence gods in embryo with the potential to become like our infinitely loving Heavenly Father and Mother.  When we were with them there in that premortal epoch and witnessed their love and celestial greatness and goodness, we were motivated to do everything we could to be like them.

They created the earth for us to gain a physical body, to house our spirit, and through the perfect plan of happiness come back to them in celestial realms of glory.  In so doing we fulfill our grand purpose here in mortality as described in the following blog article: What Is Our Purpose in Life?  How blessed we are to have had these beautiful truths now made available in exciting detail for all to partake of if we will.

Remembering Heaven

We are also fortunate that recently an award-winning movie was made by Sarah and Brent Hinze, REMEMBERING HEAVEN, documenting the premortal.  It was shown at BYU Friday evening, October 8th, 2021.  It was wonderful to be there and see Sarah and Brent again.  We became very good friends with them in 2013 and 2014, when I was writing my book www.ItsAboutTimeBook.com down in Mesa, AZ, and we spent a lot of time in their home.  Brent is a very good racket-ball player, which became most apparent to me, as we played together; he is much better than I.

This film won all the major Utah and Latter-day Saint film awards this year, including the Best Feature Film Documentary at both the LDS Film Festival and the Utah Film Festival, Best of State Award for Utah, and Audience Choice Award at the LDS Film Festival (where it sold out in record time).

Premortality Ties us Back to Our Heavenly Parents

The perfect plan of happiness was explained to us by our Loving Heavenly Father in our premortal epoch.  We rejoiced as God’s children with our anticipated opportunity to come to earth, to gain a body, and to experience mortality.  We knew it would be challenging, but that as we looked to the Christ, who walked the mortal path perfectly, and as we embraced His teachings and came to know and partake of  God’s love, we knew the grand plan was there for each of us to be like our Heavenly Parents.  THIS IS ENORMOUS!

David W. Allan

Newark Earthwork Explanation Link

 

 

 

 

What Is Our Purpose in Life?

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What is our purpose in life? Many great thinkers of the ages have struggled with the answers to this hard question. Scrutiny seems to simply cause more inquiry such as: How and why does the Lord create evil or allow it? Why is there so much pain and suffering in the world?

If there is a loving God who loves us, why does He allow so many bad things to happen – causing people to want to exit the planet? Suicides are now epidemic with all the ugliness, pain, and suffering in the world. Victims of this horrible resolution have even infected our youth at an alarming rate.

One individual who suffered from doubt and lack of hope was C.S. Lewis, one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century. During his teenage and apostate years, he felt that the strongest force for atheism was expressed in a poem of Lucretius:

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

How can we help individuals who are void of hope? How can we best help ourselves and one another better understand the purpose of life? How can we best help people who are suicidal?  The soul is eternal, and suicide will only lead to regret on the other side of the veil.
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Book of Mormon Conference – The Three Gospels

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The Firm Foundation sponsored the 28th International semi-annual Book of Mormon Evidence Conference on September 23 – 25th, 2021.  I have been privileged to address an audience for this semi-annual event and share my testimony for twelve of those fourteen years.

A Special Day

My presentation was given on September 25th,  which also happened to be my 85th birthday and the audience sang “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” to me.  In addition, several members of my family were in attendance, which made the day extra special, which is the best birthday present they could give me — to appreciate my exciting research.

My discourse was well attended and I received a wonderful response from the audience.  After the lecture, an individual from the audience asked if I would be willing to share my slides because of the abundance of material that was presented and I agreed.  (See Link at the Bottom of Post)

The Three Gospels

The title of my presentation was: “The Three Gospels and Preparation for the Lord’s Coming. “

1. The Gospel of the Good Earth –  Preparing our body, mind, and spirit.  Get out of the harmful modern foods and know what to eat to be the healthiest so that the “destroying angel will pass by.”

2) The Gospel of the Bible –  Preparing a people for the millennium. All who have faith in Jesus Christ and keep His commandments will make it into the millennium regardless of denomination.

3. The Gospel of the End-times – Preparing a Zion people. The fullness of the gospel will help bring about ZION to prepare us to meet the Bridegroom at His Coming.

  • These three “Gospels” are the most important blessings God has given and is giving in these last days in preparation for the return of His Beloved Son, and for His Kingdom to come on earth as it is in heaven (Matt. 6:10).
  • Those who integrate and internalize these three gospels will be the best prepared for His Glorious millennial reign.

It is my prayer for you that you may internalize and share these three gospels and be prepared for His glorious coming.  To this end have I done the research and prepared this important information to help you in your preparation for His Coming!  IT IS EXCITING TO KNOW HE IS COMING SOON.

Enjoy – The Three Gospels Slide Presentation

David Allan

P.S.  After my slide presentation, my publisher, Boyd Tuttle of Digital Legend,  sold all the copies of my book “It’s About Time” that he had in his booth.  You can buy it on the book’s website: and it is available as Kindle or in audio formats.

 

 

 

Why are Mormons Leaving Their Church?

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This is close to my heart because someone near and dear was one of them.  She is a very devoted Christian and very bright.  She and her husband have raised a beautiful family.  She served a mission for our church and married in the temple, but has chosen to reject Mormonism.

What Are Some Of The Causes of Discontent?

She recently shared with me the details of why she left the Church.  I felt the sincerity of her heart as she shared how hard that decision came.  I am deeply grateful she was willing to openly share these feelings with me.

She sent me the link to the book, CES Letter, by Jeremy T. Runnells which she suggested I read giving some of the reasons why she had left the Church.  CES stands for the Church Education System, and he had reached out to them for answers.  I downloaded the book and went through it in quite a bit of detail, as he explains why he left the Church because  they couldn’t, “answer my concerns and questions.”

As I went through the book, I found many miss leading quotes and misinformation.  Unfortunately, many of them were from BYU professors and Church intellectuals that I knew were wrong from my personal research.  A lot of people are leaving the Church because of these confusing and contradictory statements.  For example, Jeremy says there are 100,000 changes in the Book of Mormon since it was first published.  This is incredibly misleading.  I have a copy of the original and have read it, and was thrilled with the consistency with the current edition.

Are There Problems Within Mormonism?

Every church has it problems and Mormonism is not alone.  Several years ago, I was attending a General Conference of the Church in the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, when I heard President Benson, the President of our church at the time, say that the condemnation the Lord had placed on the Church had not been lifted, as he quoted from Doctrine & Covenants Section 84:

49 And the whole world lieth in sin, and groaneth under darkness and under the bondage of sin.
50 And by this you may know they are under the bondage of sin because they come not unto me.
51 For whoso cometh not unto me is under the bondage of sin.
52 And whoso receiveth not my voice is not acquainted with my voice, and is not of me.
53 And by this you may know the righteous from the wicked, and that the whole world groaneth under sin and darkness even now.
54 And your minds in times past have been darkened because of unbelief, and because you have treated lightly the things you have received—
55 Which vanity and unbelief have brought the whole church under condemnation.
56 And this condemnation resteth upon the children of Zion, even all.
57 And they shall remain under this condemnation until they repent and remember the new covenant, even the Book of Mormon and the former commandments which I have given them, not only to say but to do according to that which I have written—
58 That they may bring forth fruit meet for their Father’s kingdom; otherwise there remaineth a scourge and judgment to be poured out upon the children of Zion.

(Bold is mine)

Today we are seeing the effects of that condemnation as people fall into the clutches of unbelief, vanity, and sin, and do not know the voice of the Savior.  Also, many leave the Church because of so much conflicting information, which dashes their trust in a consistent theology.  Let us look deeper.
 
The Book of Mormon is basic to our religion.  The fundamental purpose of the Book of Mormon is to bring people to Christ and help prepare for His glorious return so that we are not “under the bondage of sin…” and “know the  voice of the Savior.” 51 “For whoso cometh not unto me is under the bondage of sin.”   The Book of Mormon, as a second witness with the Bible, is designed to help us get out from under that bondage and receive His mercy and grace.  This is fundamental to Mormon theology.

Two Credible Defenders of the Faith and Book of Mormon

There are many credible researchers and defenders of the Book of Mormon, both members and non-members.  I share two examples that come from outside independent sources.

1. Rob Kay, is a good friend of our daughter, McKaylee, and her husband, Scott.  Rob is a Jewish convert, with a strong Hebrew background who at age fifteen, by chance, picked up a copy of the Book of Mormon and immediately recognized it as a Hebrew document.  “This book is written in the manner of the Jews.” Three years later he joined the Church.  He let me put his remarkable conversion story on our website; the link is below.  His profound understanding can be supported by his website posts, and the link is below as well.

He took the 1840 edition of the Book of Mormon, which was the last one Joseph Smith was able to edit before he was martyred, and created a three-volume set, called, Voices from the Dust —  showing the Hebrew structure, but in English.  I have read his adaptation three times, and have greatly rejoiced in his insights and the content from this new, but old Hebrew perspective.

One of the things I learned from Rob and from another Jewish convert friend, David Doane, is that the Book of Mormon is full of Hebrew Midrash occurrences. The concept of Jewish Midrash was totally unknown to Joseph at the time he translated the Book of Mormon, yet the Book of Mormon has several profound examples, as Rob Kay has explained.

In Hebrew, there is no punctuation, and Rob has no chapters and verses in his three-volume set, “Voices from the Dust“.  So, I was totally fascinated as I read his adaptation to observe that the sectioning he uses often begins with one of the 1,800 Adamic phrases that I have found in my research.  I was pleased that LDS Living Magazine picked up on this work from an article I wrote.  It is a unique perspective.

2. Jonathan Neville, who, in my opinion, is the best church historian because he is not attached to any church research system subject to correlation. He is “freelance” and a very brilliant researcher, and a retired lawyer, and has found many mistakes in the Church history books – mainly using the Joseph Smith Papers and many other dependable research resources.  I recently reached out to him as a friend.  He was familiar with the Runnells CES Letters book and has written a blog article addressing the question of the accusation that the Book of Mormon was plagiarized, which was one of the concerns of the person mentioned above.

Jonathan shared with me:
“I started a blog responding a while back”  This is a blog written in response to Jeremy Runnells’s letter to the CES director.

Jonathan said: “Recently I responded to FairLDS’ attempt at a response to the CES letter.”

In his usual fair and insightful way, he deals with plagiarization, misinformation, and relevant questions that have caused members to question their membership in the Church and the Book of Mormon.

Science Vs. Faith

For me, the bigger world problem is all who are turning away from God and assuming science will save them.  In a recent survey, 93% of the leading American scientists believe the Bible is a myth.  In the Book of Mormon, both Nephi (1 Nephi 13:38-41) and Joseph in Egypt (2 Nephi 3:11) prophesied this would happen, and that the Book of Mormon would come forth and validate the Bible.  It is doing that in a major way in  fulfillment of those prophecies, which also validates the Book of Mormon because these prophecies are coming about as we speak, and Jesus said, “By their fruits ye shall know them.” (Matt. 7:15-20)

We know religion is a matter of faith, but I believe the following article gives undeniably validation of the scriptures including the Bible, and showing the fingerprint of God and evidence of the Adamic language.  I used the scientific method to validate these findings.

I pray for all our Christian Missionaries who are using the Bible to bring people to Christ and His great gospel plan of happiness and peace in the midst of the storms.  All who believe that gospel will make it into the millennium.  I also pray for our missionaries who are bringing the fullness of the gospel as contained in the Book of Mormon to as many as will.  We know the gospel will go to all before He comes.  Let us join arm-in-arm to get the good news out there – live it and share it. (John 15:8)

My Own Research, Findings, and Testimony

As to Joseph Smith, it is as Jeremy Runnells says, he is either a modern-day prophet or he is the greatest fraud ever.  This reminds me of C. S. Lewis’s comment about the Savior: he said, “There can be only one of two conclusions: 1) He is the greatest deceiver of all time, or 2) He is exactly what and who He said He is: the Son of God and the Redeemer of mankind.” 

Again, Jesus gives us how to know, “By their fruits, ye shall know them.” (Matt. 7:20)  The information in the following link is adapted from a book about 100 people who knew Joseph intimately.  I would much rather rely on their testimonies than on the many others who did not know him and chose to denigrate him not knowing the facts.  Both the translation of the Book of Mormon as well as the printing were major miracles for anyone who is willing to look at the history with a desire to know the truth.

Another fascinating fingerprint from the Lord  came to me.  At 4:28 (MST) on 20 March 2017) was the moment of the Vernal Equinox. Spring sprung upon us!  The early morning hours are my best time for meditating.  I had the impression that morning that the ratio of the height to width of the first printing of the Book of Mormon was in the divine ratio or the Golden mean.  The divine ratio is ever-present in nature.  Dr. Hugh Nibley, Brigham Young University said, “Measurement is the very essence of creation.”  The Lord has said, “Behold, all things are created and made to bear record of me.” (Moses 6:63) When I got up – having a replica of one of the 5,000 copies of the Book of Mormon first printed – I measured it, and found it to be exactly as the Spirit had taught me.  (190 mm high x 117 mm wide; 190/117 = 1.62.  The golden mean is 1.618033989…, an irrational number)  We have more than two thousand books in our library, and I have not found another with the divine ratio.  I thank the Lord for this insight.

I believe we should let each person follow their hearts in terms of their religious beliefs and be happy therein.  As I see it, the confusing teachings that are causing many to leave the Mormon religion are based on misinformation that Satan has put out there. Unfortunately, many have “thrown the baby out with the bathwater” and no longer believe in Christ.  Interestingly, the Lord gave Joseph Smith the name of His Church: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  Indeed, we who follow the teachings of the restoration of the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ coming through the Prophet Joseph Smith count ourselves among true Christians, as we come unto Him with full purpose of heart, and hearken to His voice.

My life has grown in light and truth spiritually and temporally mainly because of internalizing the beautiful truths of the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ.  It is not only the “good news;” it is for me the BEST NEWS!  I believe the success the Lord has given me scientifically is because He knew how I love to share this most important message, and I am so pleased that we have over 70 thousand visits a year to my book’s website www.ItsAboutTimeBook.com from across the globe and increasing.

David W. Allan

links:

Rob Kay’s website:  The Mormon Yeshiva

Rob Kay’s conversion story: “Voices from the Dust.”

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Hearken To My Voice

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In premortal, Satan offered a plan that would destroy our agency (free choice) with the claim that he would “…redeem all mankind,” and he rebelled against Father’s perfect plan of happiness, “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 4:4, bold is mine)  We all knew of this rebellion, and we all rejoiced when Christ said, “Father, thy will be done, and the glory be thine forever.” (Moses 4:2)  Satan, in his chicanery, will take captive all who will “not hearken unto” the voice of the Son of God.

Satan’s Rebellion caused a War in Heaven

That rebellion caused a war in heaven and it is being  enraged today by the globalists (Rev. 12).  In fact,  the globalists, who are working for Satan, are making every effort to take away our God-given sovereignty – the right to choose.  Satan knows it is his last hour before the Savior comes.

His main tools are to keep us from “hearkening to His voice,” which brings peace, love, and joy, and instead move us into hate and fear.  There he can entice us with all the other voices, and some may sound very good at the time, but they are designed to lead away from the voice of the Son of God and into captivity for those who listen to them.

The Church Is Under Condemnation

And now the church is under condemnation because of this sin “And by this, you may know they are under the bondage of sin because they come not unto me.  For whoso cometh not unto me is under the bondage of sin.  And whoso receiveth not my voice is not acquainted with my voice, and is not of me.  And by this, you may know the righteous from the wicked, and the whole world groaneth under sin and darkness even now.  And your minds in times past have been darkened because of unbelief, and because you have treated lightly the things you have received – Which vanity and unbelief have brought the whole church under condemnation.” (D&C 85:49-56)
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How to do Infinite Good

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Heavenly Father has infinite love for each of us, and through His Beloved Son, He has done, is doing, and will do infinite good on behalf of His children.

So as God is going about doing infinite good, so can we, as we focus our time and talents in prayer to know how we can bring about the greatest good.  There is no limit to the amount of good we can do as we ask, seek, and knock (Matt 7:7-8); He has an infinite supply of good that we can tap into.  If we do what we do with an eye single to His glory, then that maximizes the good we can do.  He will not only bless our efforts; we will have joy in the doing and in the service we render to others.

God’s Ways are Higher than Man’s Ways

Isaiah shares this profound perspective (Isa. 55:8-9) “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

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The Great Division

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Great Division Prophesied

The Lord Promises when this great division comes, “he will spare his people.” (2 Nephi 30:10), but “the wicked will be destroyed.”

Isaiah the Prophet sent a warning from God and said, “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter” (Isaiah 5:20).

The Apostle Paul clearly tells us that “the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared” (1 Timothy 4:1-2).

Great Division  Examples

.        Christ versus Satan.
·        God’s Ways versus Humanism.
·        Individual sovereignty versus state sovereignty.
·        Liberty versus slavery.
·        Pride versus humility.
·        Love versus hate.
·        Having children versus depopulation.
·        Family versus transgender mentality.
·        Having a strong God-given immunity versus getting everyone vaccinated against COVID.
·        Being ONE with God versus power, gain, and control of the population.
·        Zion (the pure in heart) versus communistic agenda.
·        Religious freedom versus atheism.
·        Know God versus no god.
·        The devil and his angels are continually trying to deceive us versus there is no devil and no sin; do what you want.
·        Truth and light versus falsehood and darkness.
·        Peace and joy versus fear tactics.
·        Sanctity of life versus abortion and suicide
·        Service versus selfishness.
·        The righteous use artificial intelligence (AI) to do many wonderful things versus the wicked use AI to police the internet and to take away our freedoms.
·        Lovers of freedom versus globalists wanting to enslave us.
·        Looking forward to life beyond versus no hope of redemption.
·        Partaking of the full blessings of Christ’s infinite atonement and the fullness of the everlasting gospel versus following the lusts of the flesh.

Satan the Great Deceiver

We have the wonderful promise that if we will “treasure up His word, we will not be deceived.” (JS Matt. 37)  Given all the misinformation out there, this is a sure anchor in a world diving down in sin.  In contrast, it is wonderful seeing so many repenting and turning to the Lord.

In 1984, Anatoliy Golitsyn wrote the “eye-opening” book, NEW LIES FOR OLD.  He was the most significant KGB defector ever during the cold war, and he shared in that book the disinformation strategy of the USSR.  In other words, they would tell you a lie, as if it were the truth to make you think the way they wanted you to.  They used this very effectively, and I had personal knowledge of it at the time because of my security clearance.  Our US security system was seriously compromised at the time because of the effectiveness of this strategy.  It has only gotten worse since.  Most of the media are totally compromised and complicit with the “get everyone vaccinated” mentality.

Now, we have the same strategy being used by the globalists, and much of the world is buying into it.  For example, the CDC has promoted the theory that the only solution to the COVID pandemic is to get everyone vaccinated.  In science, you can prove a theory false if you have reliable falsification data.  In the links below, I share that this theory is false!

Taking it forward as if true, the globalists have had enormous consequences economically, religiously, and emotionally to the world community with the COVID pandemic.  Another recent example is Joe Biden’s proposal for a “new biomedical research agency,” when studied, as Dr. Joseph Mercola points out could turn into a “Digital Dictatorship.”  Many of the key players promote eugenics.  Hitler practiced eugenics in wanting to develop a superior race and get rid of the undesirables.

Avoid Being Deceived

Using God’s word to avoid being deceived, we can ask the hard questions as to what the globalist’s goals are.  We find them to be depopulation and wealth transfer.  This is exactly what is happening with the globalists orchestrated COVID pandemic.

We know who will win as this great division plays out.  We can totally trust in Him and find love, joy, and peace as we do so.  We live in that exciting time when God’s word has been validated scientifically.  Thus, those who have lost faith can find it if they have integrity.

I share several links below to validate the information above.  God bless you and yours as you “treasure up HIs word”.  Let us join together to stand up for the TRUTH.  We know He is the way, the truth, and the life. (John 14:6)

USEFUL LINKS:

Interview with Dr. David Martin documents the COVID pandemic being a mass murder strategy. Continue reading The Great Division →

Importance of Missing Scriptures

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Professor, Hugh Nibley, of Brigham Young University, states that Acts 1:3 is one of the most unusual verses in all of our scriptures: “[Christ] showed himself alive after his sufferings by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.” (JS Acts 1:3).

Nibley gave a two-hour lecture about what Jesus taught the Church during those forty days. I share the links for those below. Most of which is not in the Bible.  Nibley pulls his information from apocryphal literature that has come forth since the restoration through the Prophet Joseph Smith.

Foundation Going Forward

Nibley says that the forty days of teachings by the Savior to the ancient church after His resurrection gave them their foundation going forward – including the importance of the five major ordinances.  The cap-stone ordinance is eternal marriage.  The literature he has researched shares that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene. Being with the resurrected Lord forty days launched Christianity in a major way. The saints were unstoppable in their testimony of Him.

As Jesus was baptized as He said, “…thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness.” (Matt. 3:18) To fulfill all righteousness, Jesus also needed to be married.  In the greatly misunderstood scripture, “…in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage…,” the Christian world has been led to believe their is no marriage in heaven.   As taught by the Savior during those forty days, marriages need to be performed on earth for the living and the dead, as the crowning ordinance in the Lord’s temples.

His forty-day teachings also included the importance of the temple ceremony designed to bring us into the presence of God.  As Nibley succinctly says that things have an end; progeny doesn’t. Progeny is very important to the Lord.  Family is the Order in Heaven; hence, we the Savior asks to pray, “Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name…” (Matt. 6:9) During those forty days, the five ordinances of the gospel were clearly taught to the ancient Church by our Savior: baptism of water and the Spirit, priesthood, endowment, and marriage.

Joseph Smith’s Contributions to the Scriptures is Enormous

In his 38 1/2 years, Joseph Smith brought forth more scriptures since the Bible than any other Prophet we know of in all of the history of the earth.  Those scriptures tell us of God’s dealings with His children all the way from Adam down to his day, as well as preparing us for the glorious “Second Coming” of our Lord.

We are 180 years from the date of his and his brother Hyrum’s martyrdom on Thursday, June 27th of 1844, Joseph Smith.    Indeed, Joseph is the great prophet to lead this last Dispensation of the fullness of time — spoken of by the Apostle Paul: (Eph. 10:1).

Important Missing Scriptures Coming

In addition, we learn from these scriptures that there are other very important “missing scriptures” – including the “plain and precious things which have been taken away from them (the Bible). I have found amazing and inspiring truths in apocryphal literature.

These missing scriptures “shall make known to all kindreds, tongues, and people, that the Lamb of God is the Son of the Eternal Father, and the Savior of the world; and that all men must come unto him, or they cannot be saved.” (1 Nephi 13:40)

The Links for the Forty Day Ministry of Jesus

In 1964, Professor, Hugh Nibley gave two addresses at Brigham Young University that cover Christ’s “Forty Day” ministry.

Forty Day Ministry Part 1 https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/hugh-nibley/forty-day-ministry-part-1/

Forty Day Ministry Part 2 https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/hugh-nibley/forty-day-ministry-part-2/

Additional Insights

I found the “Martyrdom Conspiracy” by Keith Terry Henry Holmes, to be a fascinating read.

We are fast approaching the “End Times” when many more scriptures will come forth. IT IS AN EXCITING TIME TO BE ALIVE! ZION is coming in preparation for the Lord’s Coming. Let us do everything we can to prepare for that ideal society the Lord will bring forth.

David W. Allan (17 September 2024)

 

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The Right Way

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1. The Son of Righteousness has it “Right”.

2. The Astronomers have it “Wrong”.

The summer solstice occurs  on Father’s Day, Sunday, 20 June 2021, 9:32 PM MST.  At that moment the North-Pole spin axis is pointing most directly to the sun and making the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere.  This date is different every year because the 24-hour spin rate of the earth is not synchronous with the length of the solar year.

To deal with this lack of synchronicity, astronomers came up with a recipe by adding leap years to try and keep the calendar in sync with the solar year.  The solar year is defined as the time it takes the earth to go around the sun as viewed with respect to the celestial sphere of the stars.  This complicated recipe, as shown in the chart below showing the dates of the summer solstices, requires that we have a leap year if the year is divisible by four, unless it is divisible by 100 then it is not a leap year unless it is divisible by 400, then it is a leap-year. Summer solstice – Wikipedia

Wrong Scientific Assumption

One can see that this recipe is not accurate, as it drifts by about a half of a day every 400 years if you look at the decrease in the solstice times for the years 1800 to 2200.  This chart was made under the typical scientific assumption that things change slowly, as is done, for example, in the false evolutionary theory model.

The Son of Righteousness, the Lord, works through cataclysmic events – helping to bring about repentance and to bring us to God and His Perfect Plan of Happiness if we will but look to Him.

His Second Coming

The events around His Second Coming will be more cataclysmic than any since the Fall of Adam and Eve.  And His coming is imminent.  It will make this chart obsolete, as the earth moves to its new home during Christ’s millennial reign where He will be our light and we will no longer be in this solar system. No “leap-years” there!

As the earth moves from its telestial to its terrestrial state, we will see the end of worldliness (wickedness), as part of a major purging that is ahead.  The best thing we can do is to be focused on Christ, who is the “way, and the truth, and the life,” and no one comes to the Father but by Him. (John 14:6) – living and sharing His glorious gospel message.

Trust Him

Through Him, we go from the sun to the Son to the Father of the Son of Righteousness and a fullness of joy.  Trusting Him and partaking in the uncountable blessings of the infinite atonement is the WAY to that fullness of joy with loved ones.  It is the Perfect Plan of Happiness. HAPPY FFATHER’S DAY to all you faithful fathers.  GOOD ON YOU for sharing light and truth with your children.

David W. Allan