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Aliens From Outer Space Or Demons From Hell - Are Ufo’s And Alien Beings In The Bible? A 2-Part Message
Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Jul 7, 2021 (message contributor)
Summary: Many stories in the Bible are attributed to alien/extraterrestrials or alien technology. What does the Bible say?
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There has been a significant increase in stories in the news media regarding the sighting of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and congressional hearings with alarming eyewitness testimony. The question has arisen: are UFOs manmade holographic projections, or are they Inter-dimensional spiritual beings from a galaxy far, far away? Did God create them elsewhere, or did He only create them here in our solar system?
There is also a growing number in the church who believe that ancient aliens from another dimension or distant galaxy once visited and continue to visit planet Earth. With the countless books and movies made about space travel, it is no wonder that so many are fascinated with the possibility of extraterrestrial (ET) alien beings existing from other worlds.
Some even believe ETs influenced Earth's history and could have corrupted the human race after Adam and Eve's fall. Numerous evolving theories and endless possibilities are conjectured to support these suppositions, but there is no empirical evidence to support them.
Many stories in the Bible are attributed to aliens or alien technology, such as the pillars of cloud and fire that guided the Israelites after the Exodus from Egypt (Exodus 13). Even the Manna God used to feed Israel is said to have come from alien technology (see Exodus 13,16). Most Alien advocates say that the Prophet Ezekiel saw a spaceship and that the Apostle John saw a doorway, stargate, or some other type of trans-dimensional portal from Heaven to Earth (see Revelation 4:1-2). What the Bible says for sure is that Jesus is the doorway to Heaven.
"I am the door: by me, if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture." (John 10:9 ESV)
The Bible states that God has no beginning because He is the beginning!
"I am the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end," says the Lord God. "I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come—the Almighty One." (Revelation 1:8 NLT)
The Bible tells us that only God inhabits eternity. For Him, time is relative. He has always existed "before all time" (Jude 1:25 NIV). He created time and can compress or expand it based on what He wants to do.
"…A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day." (2 Peter 3:8-9 NLT)
God never runs out of time or is limited by it. The Creator of all things exists and operates in multiple dimensions beyond our understanding. He is far greater than our finite minds can understand within our minuscule knowledge of this world and reality. Human Beings are limited to living and moving freely in only three dimensions and part of the time dimension (fourth), as they can only move forward. Humans cannot move through time to try and make right a sinful wrong committed, but Jesus can - and did - by forgiving all past, present, and future sins on the Cross!
THE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CREATION
The Bible says that God has always existed before time began. He formed "the Universe" at His "… command so that what was seen was not made out of what was visible" (Hebrews 11:3 NIV).
Jesus created the Universe out of the dimensions of space and time that are not visible to humans. He is "the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation" (Colossians 1:15-16 NIV); Jesus was with God, the Father "…in the beginning" (John 1:1 NIV). Through Jesus, the Universe was made. He is the "…radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his beginning, sustaining all things by his powerful Word...." (Hebrews 1:3 NIV). His creative wisdom was "destined for our glory before time began" (1 Corinthians 2:7 NIV). God predetermined to give us His grace "in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time" (2 Timothy 1:9 NIV) and provide the "hope of eternal life" which was "... promised before the beginning of time" (Titus 1:2 NIV).
THE MULTI-STAGES OF CREATION
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth. 2 Now the Earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning — the first day." (Genesis 1:1-5 NIV)
The verse above describes the primary stages of Creation. There were six "evening(s)" and "morning(s)," which became the "day(s)" (v5) of the Creation week. The word "evening" (Heb: 'erev') represents the darkness of time immediately preceding and following the setting of the Sun. Darkness obscures the light and the ability to discern order and identify shapes. It is "formless and empty" (v2).