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    Thought Log 2015.08.17.1900
    Thought Log 2015.08.17.1900
    Thought Log 2015.08.17.1900
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    Thought Log 2015.08.17.1900

    By Ilyan Kei Lavanway

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    Thought Log 2015.08.17.1900 is a compilation of more than a decade of pondering and ongoing personal study of deep subject matter relating to the cosmos and man's relationship to God. The date and time displayed in the title refer to the commencement of the author's efforts to make a written record of a string of related thoughts, visions, and dreams. This book explores some aspects of the creation and various unexplained phenomena from the author's personal perspective, seeking abundant recourse to scriptural accounts. It is not intended as a doctrinal discourse and does not represent the official position of any organization. The subject matter contained in this work is of priceless personal value to the author and may have significance to posterity and other interested parties.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIlyan Kei Lavanway
    Release dateJan 21, 2016
    ISBN9781311587176
    Thought Log 2015.08.17.1900
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    Ilyan Kei Lavanway

    Ilyan Kei Lavanway is a proliferate yet undiscovered and unheralded Christian author. He served as a full-time missionary for two years in Argentina for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1986-1988. Since 2005, he has written and published over two dozen books of various lengths, ranging from a few pages to almost five-hundred pages. His education includes a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from the University of Washington, Seattle, and a Master of Science degree in Space Studies from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.Mr. Lavanway is married and has an autistic son who has Down's syndrome. Mr. Lavanway grew up in Wenatchee and Waterville, Washington State. He is the oldest of nine siblings, seven of whom are living. He spent his high school summers driving wheat trucks and combines during harvest, earning cash to support his first love, the love of flight. He was an avid private pilot in his teens.Ironically, for all his love of aviation, Mr. Lavanway's fourteen years in the United States Air Force never landed him a flight crew assignment. Nope. He was kicking it subterranean school in a capsule beneath the North Dakota plains as an ICBM launch officer for his first four years of service, followed by a year of really uninteresting work in a vault, on base. His next two years took him up near the Canadian border, to the giant, phased array space surveillance and early warning radar site outside Cavalier, North Dakota.Then, he was off to California. Academic assignments filled the final seven years of his military service. By the time he was medically retired from active duty, he had discovered his passion for writing.Since life has thrown him a few curves that make it impractical for him to return to flying airplanes any time soon, he has poured his heart into the written word.Mr. Lavanway feels he has a God-given gift and responsibility to express eternal principles that will point sincere readers to the scriptures, to the living apostles, to the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, and ultimately to a personal relationship with God the Father, and with God's Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ, and with the Holy Ghost.

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      Thought Log 2015.08.17.1900 - Ilyan Kei Lavanway

      Thought Log 2015.08.17.1900

      Smashwords Edition

      by Ilyan Kei Lavanway

      Copyright 2015 Ilyan Kei Lavanway

      Published by Ilyan Kei Lavanway at Smashwords

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment. This eBook may not be re-sold. However, it may be freely shared in whole or in part for the purposes of reviews, articles, lectures, lessons, or any other scholarly or religious endeavor. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      This written work addresses deep subject matter of great personal value. It does not necessarily represent the official position of any organization. The ideas expressed herein are the sole responsibility of the author.

      This work contains quotes from books of scripture and from General Authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

      Look for other written works in print and eBook formats by Ilyan Kei Lavanway.

      Cover image courtesy of:

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      Dedicated to Patriarch Jose Pana Zulueta

      Victorias First Ward

      Cadiz Philippines Stake

      The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

      Contents

      Preface

      Setting the Tone

      Log Entry Date 2015.08.31.1800

      Log Entry Date 2015.09.01.0640

      Divine Lineage of Firstlings

      Log Entry Date 2015.09.03.1100

      Birthplace of Peopled Planets

      Ages of Galaxies

      Footstool Earths and Atoning Agents

      Dark Matter and Dark Energy

      Making Room for Eternal Increase

      Log Entry Date 2015.09.06.1250

      Black Holes and Wormholes

      It Makes Perfect Sense

      Alien Abductions are Misnomers

      No Premortal Capitulation

      Spiritual Creation Followed by Natural Creation

      Evolution and Adam and Eve

      Probably Not Correct

      Selective and Global Mortality

      Lucifer's Plot Foiled

      Pangaea and Ground Zero

      Front Row Seats to History's Greatest Event

      Marriage of Adam and Eve

      Always Remember the Basics

      End Notes

      Other Works by Ilyan Kei Lavanway

      About Ilyan Kei Lavanway

      Connect with Ilyan Kei Lavanway

      Preface

      A question that creates doubt in some can, after careful investigation, build faith in others. - Dieter F. Uchtdorf

      It’s natural to have questions - the acorn of honest inquiry has often sprouted and matured into a great oak of understanding. - Dieter F. Uchtdorf

      The thoughts expressed herein are a compilation of several years of pondering many questions. The date displayed in the title is not the date all these ideas came to my mind, but rather the date I began making a concentrated effort to compile what I consider to be a string of related thoughts.

      Incidentally, the date appearing in the title of this book is also my mother's birthday. She and I have shared a long history of deep discussions about almost every subject in the human experience. I am sure it is no coincidence that on her birthday, I am the one receiving the gift of a flood of inspiration from God. This flood of understanding has poured into my mind and heart almost without interruption for several weeks. It will be 2016 before this book is published.

      When God promises to open the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing such that there is not room enough to receive it, I can testify that he is not merely speaking of material or temporal blessings. He is speaking mostly of knowledge and understanding and gifts of the spirit, things that have eternal value and pay eternal dividends.

      I left off from working on this book for about two months to publish three short works. One is a personal experience regarding a deceased relative I had never before known in mortal life. That experience occurred Friday morning, 18 September 2015 and is recorded in my book, Dream Log 2015.09.18.0900. The others are two short books I published for a close family friend in the Philippines, named Daisy A. Delfin. During the process of transcribing, formatting, and publishing her books - Testimony of Sister Daisy A. Delfin and Extraordinary Experiences of Sister Daisy A. Delfin - I discovered the Lord has given me a spiritual gift that I had not heretofore known was mine.

      I discovered the gift by exercising it without even knowing I was applying it. Now, I am grateful to see clearly how it is one more fulfillment of my patriarchal blessing. I am excited and happy about it. These simple joys help me endure periods of adversity.

      I hope I can develop and apply further spiritual gifts, talents, and abilities in the preparation and publication of this book and many more to come.

      Please bear in mind that the content of this work is by no means a representation of official doctrine. This work is my sole responsibility and expresses my personal opinions.

      My thoughts are subject to refinement and correction as I learn more. This is a work in progress. I make a written record for myself, as I am prone to forget many ideas if I do not write them down and reflect upon them from time to time. I share this work for the sake of posterity, and because I hope to address questions others may have, and perhaps lead others who are more intelligent and more inspired than me to find further understanding and see with more accurate perspectives.

      Most importantly, I share this work hoping all who read it will turn to God with their concerns and questions. I am aware that God teaches us line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little.

      I pray this work will illustrate that all things, including mysteries we cannot yet understand, questions we cannot yet answer, phenomena we cannot yet explain, and oppositions we cannot yet fathom, ultimately point to the existence of a living God and his miraculous plan of happiness whereby mankind may escape and overcome evil and become like God.

      After all, God's work and glory is to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man (see Moses 1:39). Everything God does supports that. Everything the adversary does opposes that.

      Brother Tad R. Callister, Sunday School General President for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, wrote an article titled 5 Ways to Become a Teacher Come from God, dated 21 July 2015. In his article he shares five insights. His third insight, Read the scriptures first, is the one that touched me most profoundly. It is an insight I feel applies to my own process of learning by study and also by faith (see Doctrine and Covenants 88:118). Brother Callister states: ¹

      "I have found that when I read the scriptures and have a question, there is often the temptation to go immediately to the commentaries for the answer. But if I restrain myself from doing that and instead wrestle with the issue, usually some personal inspiration will come. Sometimes the answer I get is the same as in the commentary, but now the answer is mine, not theirs. Other times I may gain an insight that was customized for me and is different from the commentaries.

      "If I had gone straight to the commentaries, I would have lost those benefits. President Marion G. Romney made this candid observation: 'When I drink from a spring I like to get the water where it comes out of the ground, not down the stream after the cattle have waded in it' (quoted by Elder J. Richard Clark, 'My Soul Delighteth in the Scriptures', Oct. 1982 general conference)."

      Setting the Tone

      Please allow me to share a few verses of scripture that I hope will set an appropriate tone for this work:

      It is impossible for a man to be saved in ignorance. (Doctrine and Covenants 131:6)

      Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. (Isaiah 28:9-10)

      For he that diligently seeketh shall find; and the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy Ghost, as well in these times as in times of old, and as well in times of old as in times to come; wherefore, the course of the Lord is one eternal round. (1 Nephi 10:19)

      O that cunning plan of the evil one! O the vainness, and the frailties, and the foolishness of men! When they are learned they think they are wise, and they hearken not unto the counsel of God, for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves, wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness and it profiteth them not. And they shall perish. But to be learned is good if they hearken unto the counsels of God. (2 Nephi 2:28-29)

      Yea, he that repenteth and exerciseth faith, and bringeth forth good works, and prayeth continually without ceasing - unto such it is given to know the mysteries of God; yea, unto such it shall be given to reveal things which never have been revealed; yea, and it shall be given unto such to bring thousands of souls to repentance, even as it has been given unto us to bring these our brethren to repentance. (Alma 26:22)

      Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. (Malachi 3:10; 3 Nephi 24:10)

      Seek not for riches but for wisdom, and behold, the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto you, and then shall you be made rich. Behold, he that hath eternal life is rich. (Doctrine and Covenants 6:7; 11:7)

      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. (Doctrine and Covenants 89:18-21)

      The power and authority of the higher, or Melchizedek Priesthood, is to hold the keys of all the spiritual blessings of the Church - To have the privilege of receiving the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, to have the heavens opened unto them, to commune with the general assembly and church of the Firstborn, and to enjoy the communion and presence of God the Father, and Jesus the mediator of the new covenant. (Doctrine and Covenants 107:18-19)

      "God shall give unto you knowledge by his Holy Spirit, yea, by the unspeakable gift of the Holy Ghost, that has not been revealed since the world was until now; Which our forefathers have awaited with anxious expectation to be revealed in

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