As a very young believer I asked all the questions I could to
God, my pastors, my professors and anyone else I could, about
UFOs, evolution and other controversial phenomena. I have always
been satisfied with the answerers I got especially concerning
UFOs.
To deal with the subject of UFOs I have taught people for over
thirty years to ask three very important questions. Almost
everyone Christian or not has asked questions regarding UFOs.
What I noticed years ago was that unbelievers only asked two of
the three questions. Believers are compelled by the scripture
itself to ask all three questions. It is the answer to the third
question that raises a warning flag on the whole matter.
1. Are they real? Millions of people around the world have seen
UFOs; some of them are rather notable. President Jimmy Carter,
Bob Larson, and Astronaut Gordon Cooper are a few of the
initiated. It would seem unadvisable to fly in the face of all
these witnesses or to call them unreliable. Are UFOs real, yes
in the sense of having appeared to so many people around the
world.
2. What are they? The most common answer to this question is
that they are ETIs or extra terrestrial intelligences. Because
of the conclusions outlined in the Air Forces Blue Book
investigation and a host of other studies, I make an entirely
different conclusion. The Blue Book said because they had the
ability to change direction at speeds far above supersonic that
they appeared to be "metaphysical" in nature and not physical.
Science doesn't dare use terms like "spiritual", it is not an
empirical term so they use its cousin, metaphysical, which means
exactly the same thing. The bible has spoken of angels of the
Lord and angels and minions of the god of this world (Satan) as
being among us for as long as we have inhabited this planet.
This being the case it would be safer to say they are ECIs or
"extra celestial intelligences." A world bent on human knowledge
to explain everything and a penchant for believing that we are
not alone in the universe is not likely to accept this idea. In
this case I'll go with the bible and not man.
3. What message do they convey or leave for us. Bible believing
people are not at liberty to dismiss this question. In fact
there is no phenomenon, new revelation, prophetic utterance or
any other worldwide advent that can go without being scrutinized
by this question. The Apostle Paul outlines the question for us
in a very clear and emphatic statement about messages or
revelations received from any source at all.
Paul said...But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any
other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you,
let him be accursed. Galatians 1:8 Do the reports from abductees
or any other message left behind by UFOs concur with the bible
message of the gospel? The answer is unequivocally no. In some
cases the reports conflict. Some people said they were told the
ETIs would intervene at a propitious moment in our history to
show us how to harness nuclear power. Other reports said they
would intervene to show us how to completely eradicate any use
of nuclear power whatsoever. But in no case have any abductees
said that they were willing to admit that Christ was the Messiah
of the world. They would not say he had died for the sins of the
world, been resurrected and was yet to return to judge the
living and the dead. Some of them even denied knowing about
Christ at all. Since almost every one in this world knows about
Christ, believer or not, what does that say about the
"intelligence" of the ETIs?
In these days just before Armageddon just about every phantasm
known to man is being laid upon us to facilitate the dislodging
of our faith. Under question number three it behooves us to give
up the most commonly accepted answer to question number three,
and hold fast to the gospel.
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