There has been, and still is going on much disputation about Joseph Smith translating the Book of Abraham, and yet, he wrote truths seventy years before Einstein discovered them. But what does Einstein and the Book of Abraham have in common ?
Lets find out ;)
First we will look at the scientific site. For that, let's go a little into Einsteins theorys.
The special theory of relavtivity
Space and time are inseperatly connected to eachother.
This means, if something influences space, it will also influence time. In one space time speeds up, in another space time slows down.
General Theory of Relativity
A further question bothered Einstein, „Why do objects attrackt eachother?“
What power holds the moon around the earth, what power holds the earth around the sun. What is that force?
Einstein explained that „power“ with a very simple example.
Take a mattress, and place a rock upon that mattres. While all surrounding area keeps staying flat, the area dierectly surrounding the rock leaves a depression. If we now roll a marble towards the rock, the rock will attrackt the marble. As heavier as the rock is, as earlier, and as faster will the marble be attrackted towards the rock. We can say the rock „controles“, or „governs“ the marble. ( my own words )
This he called „space curve“, and was an further development of Newtons simple „gravity“.
The same influence the rock has on the marble, can we see with the planets in space. As bigger as a planet is, as more does he controle, or „govern“ the lesser objects. Everything that crosses its spacecurve will get effected by it's pulling power.
Today, scientists even use that space curve to speed up, and to bring into direct course their satelites and spaceships.
Now, what makes all of that even more intersting, is what we learned from Einsteins special theory, that space and time inseperably connected to eachother, meaning, when an heavy planet influences space ( like the rock influences the form of the mattress ), it also has an effect upon time, and upon the speed of how time passes.
If you put an extremely heavy rock on the mattress, it will create a hole. This in space is called a „black hole“. Everything that falls into that hole, may that be another planet, a cheeseburger, light or even time, it will „disapper“, or „stand still“.
You can literally say that there, time stands still. And in science, this is probably the closest definition of eternal life
What we learn in short
- As bigger as a planet is, as more does he influence, or „govern“ lesser objects surrounding it
- As bigger as a planet is, as slower will time pass on it
- Being extremely big ( black hole), time will stand still
What does this have to do with Abraham?
We learn2 And I saw the stars, that they were very great, and that one of them was nearest unto the throne of God; and there were many great ones which were near unto it;
3 And the Lord said unto me: These are the governing ones; and the name of the great one is Kolob, because it is near unto me, for I am the Lord thy God: I have set this one to govern all those which belong to the same order as that upon which thou standest.
4 And the Lord said unto me, by the Urim and Thummim, that Kolob was after the manner of the Lord, according to its times and seasons in the revolutions thereof; that one revolution was a day unto the Lord, after his manner of reckoning, it being one thousand years according to the time appointed unto that whereon thou standest. This is the reckoning of the Lord’s time, according to the reckoning of Kolob.
- Kolob is a great star, „governing“ the smaller ones ( like the sun „governs“ earth )
- Kolob messures time differently, time passes by slower than on earth
- Where God resides, past, present and future are continually before the Lord
D&C 1307 But they reside in the presence of God, on a globe like a sea of glass and fire, where all things for their glory are manifest, past, present, and future, and are continually before the Lord.
8 The place where God resides is a great Urim and Thummim
Currently, science believes that in the middle of each galaxy, there is a black hole, controlling and keeping together, or „governing“ all the stars, and starsystems around it. Time in the middle of our galaxy moves slower, and further on the outside faster. If there truely is a black hole, time will even stand still.
This leaves to ponder.
First, since time towards the middle becomes slower, Kolob will most probably be towards the center. Second, when in the middle is a black hole, where time stands still, may it be possible that God dwells on a black hole ?
Simply, we don't know. But interesting to ponder
5 And the Lord said unto me: The planet which is the lesser light, lesser than that which is to rule the day, even the night, is above or greater than that upon which thou standest in point of reckoning, for it moveth in order more slow; this is in order because it standeth above the earth upon which thou standest, therefore the reckoning of its time is not so many as to its number of days, and of months, and of years.
6 And the Lord said unto me: Now, Abraham, these two facts exist, behold thine eyes see it; it is given unto thee to know the times of reckoning, and the set time, yea, the set time of the earth upon which thou standest, and the set time of the greater light which is set to rule the day, and the set time of the lesser light which is set to rule the night.
7 Now the set time of the lesser light is a longer time as to its reckoning than the reckoning of the time of the earth upon which thou standest.
8 And where these two facts exist, there shall be another fact above them, that is, there shall be another planet whose reckoning of time shall be longer still;
9 And thus there shall be the reckoning of the time of one planet above another, until thou come nigh unto Kolob, which Kolob is after the reckoning of the Lord’s time; which Kolob is set nigh unto the throne of God, to govern all those planets which belong to the same order as that upon which thou standest.
As closer as we come to Kolob, time passes.
10 And it is given unto thee to know the set time of all the stars that are set to give light, until thou come near unto the throne of God.
Abraham got all the insight that Einstein learned thousands of years later, and we can only asume that Abraham knew even much more.
What Abrahem called „govering“, Einstein called „space curve“. Both thaught that „greater“ objects do influene, or govern the lesser ones. Both taught that time speeds up on smaller objects, and slows down on bigger objects.
Isn't that a great testimony of the Book of Abraham?
