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'UFOs and aliens' - A Christian perspective - Part 1
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Part one of a three part series. View part 2 here.
In the beginning (Gen. 1)
I remember it well, it is one of my favorite movies; “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”. Richard Dreyfus played the leading part. For many people the movie was the embodiment of many theories about aliens and UFO’s that they personally had held, or had been told about, speculated upon or read in various books and magazines over the years.
Of course one has to be careful when reading articles, viewing photos and especially YouTube videos. I believe there is some real photo and video evidence out there. However with modern computer equipment, even a 15 year old can fake a photo or video with a little practice. A simple example of a fake UFO photo is below.
Fake UFO Photo
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How it was done
But I have a different slant about UFO’s and the ‘alien’ life forms that have been reported around or in these craft. But more on that later.
Some books on UFO’s have included the writers theories about the Biblical description that Ezekiel gives of an encounter with a being/s and a kind of ‘craft’. You can see the description that he gives in Ezekiel Chapter one. Is this ‘craft’ in Ezekiel a UFO? And, are the beings ‘aliens’? Many who have written about this biblical passage in books and magazine articles are misinterpreting and/or misrepresenting the incident that happened thousands of years ago.
Many, many years ago, a Gospel song was written about the Ezekiel incident. My Uncle would sing the song, at family gatherings. The song was titled "Ezekiel Saw The Wheel". I don't remember the words or how the tune goes, but somehow I remembered the title. But I digress!
What Ezekiel did see was a vision of God’s Glory riding on a Throne-Chariot. Ezekiel first saw a fierce whirlwind coming from the north. Then he saw four living creatures, each of which had four faces (lion, ox, eagle, man), four wings, straight feet, and hands under its wings. The creatures symbolize those attributes of God which are seen in creation: His majesty, power, swiftness, and wisdom.
But what about modern times? Alien abductions, UFO sightings, animal mutilations and more have been attributed to beings from some other planetary system far, far away. Currently, we can watch UFO Hunters on TV. UFO's come right into our homes via Cable or Satellite. But how much do we dare believe?
The chain of events in modern times that have brought us to where we are today with regards to UFO’s and ‘aliens’ started with the events that happened back in the late 1940’s. Actually 1947 is the 'birth year' of UFO phenomena in America.
June 24, 1947 - Kenneth Arnold, a Pilot sees 9 disks while he was flying over Mount Rainier, Washington. He said that they "looked like saucers skimming over water". His description became the world wide moniker of these 'alien' craft. They became known as "Flying Saucers".
July 7, 1947 – The Roswell Incident. Roswell New Mexico. The military reportedly had recovered ‘alien’ bodies from a UFO crash.
Skipping ahead in time now;
September 19, 1961 - Betty and Barney Hill, a mixed race married couple were on vacation in Canada. They crossed back into New Hampshire heading back home. They claim they were abducted by 'aliens', experienced 'missing time' as well as a buzzing sound and tingling over their bodies. Their experience is well documented in a book by John G. Fuller called "The Interrupted Journey" in 1966.
November 5, 1975 - Travis Walton, from Snowflake, AZ who was working as a logger when he was reportedly abducted while on the job many miles from home by a UFO. He was found 3 days later in a phone booth in his hometown, stark naked and scared. His experience was later made into a movie called "Fire In The Sky" in 1993.
The cases I have mentioned here are just a few of the thousands of cases on file with many UFO investigation organizations, the U.S. Air Force and other U.S. Government agencies. All of the incidents whether current or back in the 40’s, have some similarities.
I will tell you that I do believe that UFO’s are real..............but!
I do not subscribe to the theory that they are our “Benevolent Space Brothers” who are here to save the earth. (Why would they take Al Gore's job away from him???)
I also do not believe that they are from another far off planetary system as has been portrayed by so many writers.
I have my own theories based on Scripture. I will write more on this in Part 2. See you then!
You can find many UFO reports over at Roger Marsh's UFO Examiner page. Be sure to see his Bio. He has a diverse background and has spent many years investigating UFO sightings.
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