Aliens and the Antichrist: Unveiling the End Times Deception (24 page)

Then, some time later, God eventually reestablished solar regulation for Earth’s solar system during the restoration of Earth to a habitable state. At the same time, God also most likely constructed a new multidimensional aspect to the entire universe (or heavens). This is what I believe is the primary difference between the heavens that are
now
from the heavens that
were then,
as spoken of in 2 Peter 3:6-7. The time frame for this activity makes sense for two reasons. First, the purpose of a dimensional variance is to prevent cursed beings from accessing and corrupting higher realms; in a sense, it’s a spiritual quarantine. Because there were no cursed beings before Lucifer’s sin, a dimensional variance wasn’t needed until after the rebellion.

Second, hell most likely wasn’t constructed until after God put an end to Lucifer’s initial rebellion. The construction of hell required a dimensional variance within Earth. (If you skipped to this section, you need to drop back to the onion theory section to understand the multidimensional structure of the universe more thoroughly.)

Even though Lucifer (now Satan) was defeated, his kingdom destroyed, his unlimited access to glorified realms removed, scripture makes it clear that he’s definitely not chained up in hell (Tartarus) with many of the other fallen angels who played a part in his rebellion. He and some of his followers were still allowed access to God’s throne on occasion, in order to attend specific counsels (Job 1:612). It was most likely such a counsel as the one mentioned in the book of Job, where Satan was given access into the Garden of Eden in order to attempt to deceive Adam and Eve. God specifically authorized this event in order that Adam and Eve would be tested, to see if they would use their freedom of choice to obey God, rather than listen to Satan. Satan’s access to Eden would have abruptly ended for the last time if either Adam or Eve rebuked him, but we all know how the story went.

Once Satan achieved this victory in the Garden of Eden, his level of access on Earth was increased once again, and his kingdom was reestablished in the first heaven, which surrounds the upper atmosphere of Earth. If this were not the case, he wouldn’t be called the prince of the power of the air (Ephesians 2:2), and the god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4). In addition, other fallen angels who are aligned with him wouldn’t be able to rule over entire regions of Earth with such power that they are able to fight against God’s faithful angels conducting operations for God. This was exactly the case with the archangel Gabriel, when he was detained by the prince of Persia for twenty-one days before the archangel Michael arrived and helped him to penetrate the first heaven in order to deliver a prophetic message to Daniel (Daniel 10:12-13). The archangel Gabriel stated plainly to Daniel that a second fight would take place when he had to leave, noting the fact that he was going back through the upper atmosphere (first heaven) to leave Earth, where the battle would take place (Daniel 10:20).

Ephesians 2:2
(bold emphasis added)

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the
prince of the power of the air,
the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience:

2 Corinthians 4:4
(bold emphasis added)

In whom the
god of this world
hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

Daniel 10:12-13
(bold emphasis added)

Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set your heart to understand and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. But
the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.

Daniel 10:20

Then said he, Do you know wherefore I come unto thee? And now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.

Therefore we know that Satan’s dominion was reestablished on Earth, though with certain limitations, and from these facts, it can be deduced that Satan most likely used similar tactics in order to gain footholds elsewhere in the cosmos, as I mentioned earlier. His time is running out, though, and his friends are running out as well. His past is catching up with him, closing in on all sides. He’s doing

his best to rally his allies, however, because he knows his time is short. The ultimate showdown is about to commence.

PART III 

THE NEAR FUTURE

At this current point in time, nothing of monolithic, earth-shattering, reality- twisting proportions is currently happening on Earth. In fact, the last massive earth-shattering event to grace the globe was the arrival of Jesus. Since he was here, the only things of monumental importance (from the heavenly perspective) that have occurred had to do with him in one way or another. Other than that, everything has been business as usual, at least from the perspective of the universe. Many people can actually live their lives thinking that this small, simple life is all there is, and there’s nothing up in their faces demanding their attention and stating otherwise, for the most part. This is especially the case in first world countries where religious persecution isn’t the norm.

The western mind is especially dull to the realm of the eternal. The only exception to this dullness, interestingly, lies in the imagination of science fiction writers, who bear peculiar insight into the greater reality much more than people realize (which I will soon briefly elaborate on).

A subtle shift in the collective consciousness of the people of the entire Earth is slowly transpiring, however. New Agers can feel it, though they incorrectly interpret it. Christians feel it as well, though their picture is somewhat antiquated (seen through the eyes of nontechnological people who are missing the pieces of the reality which we now grasp, yet do not realize it).

The rate of this change has accelerated with considerable momentum, especially within the past one hundred years. Many people are looking to the stars with a different perspective. A sense of being on the edge of something big is brimming within the hearts and minds of many people. Furthermore a conditioning has been preparing people, especially within the context of a plethora of exceptionally enlightened science fiction authors who are unknowingly seeing into the future to some extent, as I previously stated. The metaphysical concept of alternate realities is clear in the minds of many people, and the prospect of life in outer space is widely accepted, though frequently ridiculed on the surface. Simply consider the popularity of movies such as
Star Wars
and epic television shows such as
Star Trek,
both of which bear a strikingly accurate depiction of the heavens.

People are waiting, anticipating something big, but they’re not sure what it is. When it comes, in the blink of an eye, the shockwave of that initial, explosive event will reverberate across Earth in an unprecedented epiphany, though many will not be able to explain what it all means.

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Could the Rapture of the Church Be a Mass Alien Abduction?

Could it be that the rapture ofthe church is a bit different from how most Christians imagine it?

If everything I’ve been writing about in this book concerning faithful and fallen angels, and the host of heaven (both of which are synonymous with the modern definition of aliens), as well as the ancient Earth, with its pre-Adamite society, is accurate, then it can safely be postulated that at least some angels faithful to God utilize advanced technology. They probably don’t have to have it in many cases, but they use it in order to supplement or enhance their abilities. Consider the angel who guarded the entrance to the Garden of Eden and the tree of life after Adam and Eve were kicked out of the garden (Genesis 3:22-24). Did he absolutely have to have a flaming sword? What kind of weapon was that, any- way—a light saber? Why didn’t the angel just wave his hand in order to prevent access to the tree of life? Could it be that he actually
needed
that sword?

Genesis 3:22-24
(bold emphasis added)

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So He drove out the man; and
He placed at the east of the Garden of Eden Cher- ubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way,
to keep the way of the tree of life.

Could it be that the angels who were flying a sky chariot with fire all around it and who apprehended Elijah and took him to heaven, actually
needed
a vehicle capable of flying?

2 Kings 2:11-12
(bold emphasis added)

And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha saw it, and

He cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.

The Bible speaks of angels walking (Genesis 19:1-3) and flying (Genesis 28:12; John 1:51; Revelation 14:6), but perhaps a vehicle gets certain angels where they want to go a little faster, just as an automobile gets people where they need to go a little faster, even though they don’t absolutely have to have one, since they can always walk. Nevertheless isn’t it true that technology is the natural expression of intelligence in the material universe? I acknowledge that these incredibly powerful, ultraintelligent beings could actually use something as antiquated as a chariot if they wanted to, but I think it’s more likely it was another type of vehicle, and its description is given through the eyes of someone who knew of no other type of vehicle. That’s why the power moving the chariot is referred to as a horse, albeit made of fire.

Now spirit horses in particular are actually mentioned in several places in scripture, and I see no reason why the inhabitants of the first heaven wouldn’t ride them, especially when going into battle, just as we do in this world in certain places, though longer journeys probably require something a bit faster. Most likely the majority of the visions of spirit horses that are actually horses, and not symbolic imagery, are from horses in the first heaven right above our heads (2 Kings 6:17—could refer to both spacecraft and spirit horses, just as the armies of Earth may include soldiers mounted on horses and an assortment of vehicles). I doubt angels riding spirit horses cross the entire universe, though a spirit horse might have a few tricks up his sleeve. Overall, I think it would help people somewhat to get away from thinking of heaven and angels as purely magical and apply some logic to contemplating everything that scripture says about them.

The invisible realms can be known by that which is visible (Romans 1:20). Just as this world has a mix of the natural (creatures, technology, logic, principles, and so forth) and supernatural (powers, prophecy, miracles, and so forth), so it is in the heavens. A prime example of what I’m trying to explain can be derived by simply analyzing movies like
Star Wars
and
Star Trek
with a more eternal kingdom- oriented perspective. Scripture makes much more sense this way. These movies clearly depict the universe with a colorful mix of all manner of life-forms, technol-

ogy, and beings with varying abilities, intelligence—and in some cases, supernatural power.

In
Star Wars,
remember that only the Jedi Knights imbued with the force (supernatural power) were able to make and use light sabers. Recall in
Star Trek
that most beings needed technology, while others, such as the Q, were so powerful they didn’t need it at all. As such, I expect the heavens to be very diverse in these details, which are so clearly depicted in science fiction and in the Bible. The Bible supports a more science fiction type of perspective, rather than an antiquated fairytale paradigm. Reality at large is very diverse, yet interestingly, human reasoning has a natural tendency to learn about reality by accepting only one dimension of it at a time. People assimilate knowledge by categorizing and classifying, and in many cases, they unnecessarily eliminate even the possibility of that which is unknown.

With these details in mind, take note that no scripture ever mentions that angels are all-powerful; they have limits. Also realize that God doesn’t do everything himself, nor is he a micromanager. God takes extensive risks in his delegations, and he constantly delegates to his angels many activities in the affairs of his creation. In light of these facts, it should be understood that the event of the rapture of the church referred to in numerous places in scripture will be a coordinated event with Jesus heading an extremely quick “flyby” with a massive fleet of angels within their sky chariots (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Psalms 68:17). It will be faithful angels who will be taking the physical bodies of saints from Earth, stealing them off to heaven, probably exactly the way they took Elijah (2 Kings 2:11), but on a much larger scale. What might this entail?

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
(bold emphasis added)

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and
the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:
and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Psalms 68:17
(bold emphasis added)

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

2 Kings 2:11

And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

Consider for a moment the possibility of a fleet of intergalactic, interdimen- sional spaceships, capable of containing an excess of one billion people (all the saints of the past since the crucifixion, and all the saints presently on Earth). Imagine the sky proliferated with spacecraft, and hundreds of millions of people suddenly disappearing. The angels will arrive and quickly circle the globe in their sky chariots, taking millions of people as they pass by. I won’t even bother to go into detail in describing Ezekiel’s wheel (Ezekiel chapters 1 and 10), other than to say that there’s every indication (at least to me) that technology seems to be in the picture.

During the rapture of the church, this massive arrival will most likely only be visible by the people being taken up. The purpose of this mission will not to be made manifest, but simply to gather the saints prior to the “great tribulation” (a time of unparalleled suffering, both in magnitude and intensity, unlike ever before in the history of the world). Note that while the rapture of the church may not be visible, the massive arrival to occur at the second coming of Christ will not be discreet at all. Isaiah 66:15-16 speaks of “chariots like a whirlwind” raining fire down on the Earth.

As for the rapture of the church, however—as suddenly as the angels arrive, they will disappear without a trace, in the twinkling of an eye (1 Corinthians 15:52), leaving the entire world to dither in complete dismay. Probably the only people who might see anything at all, if anyone, will be military personnel working at military installations like NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command). I doubt they’ll say anything, but shortly after that time, their secrecy won’t matter much anymore.

Isaiah 66:1
(bold emphasis added)

For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render His anger with fury, and His rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by His sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the

slain of the LORD shall be many.

1 Corinthians 15:52
(bold emphasis added)

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

For a great many years, many Christians have argued over when and even if the rapture of the church will occur. While I hate to add my voice to a debate that will eventually solve itself (which is one of the reasons I sidestepped this topic in
Aliens in the Bible),
I have recently felt compelled to study this doctrine in depth, digging through various commentaries, especially those of Finis Dake’s in
God’s Plan for Man.
Another reason why I avoided the topic of the rapture of the church concerns one of the aspects of biblical interpretation that I don’t like very much. Theology, in many respects, can be like politics; people can get extremely emotional about biblical interpretations if they believe the stakes are high enough. Unfortunately, all too often, ideas, beliefs, and concepts that aren’t crucial to one’s salvation are given too much importance, which results in a great deal of unwarranted bickering and emotionalism. I enjoy philosophizing, pondering, questioning, analyzing, and debating issues of faith, but only to the point that it’s constructive, or at least entertaining. The fun quickly departs, however, when basic protocols of dignity and respect are breached.

Ironically, Christians sometimes stop acting like Christians when discussing their views of the Bible. Anyone familiar with theological critiques will see phrases like “grossly inaccurate,” “false teachers,” “false prophets,” “promoting heresy,” “deceivers,” and the list goes on. Such comments often stem from legalism. If I have done this, please forgive me. I try to save such comments for stuff that really counts, like defending my belief that Jesus is the only way to the Father, and that God is not a created being (hence, alien). Even then, I try to focus more on pointing to the truth, rather than berating someone that needs to hear the truth without being ripped apart. This very issue of legalism is what upset Jesus the most concerning the behavior of the scribes and Pharisees. They would break all Ten Commandments in order to enforce one petty man-made rule.

If you, the reader, already have firm convictions regarding when or even if the rapture of the church will occur, before I lose your vote, I want to make myself perfectly clear concerning my mindset about this matter. I think the primary reason why the doctrine of the pretribulation rapture of the church is given so much weight by some people, is because it has been dubbed as an “escapist fantasy.” Those who call the doctrine of the pretribulation rapture of the church a “heresy,” among other colorful terms, do so because of their fear that the church is being setup for a fall. Christians are asleep, they say, and will not be prepared for the horrors about to engulf them, if they believe in the rapture of the church.

What do I have to say about this?

While the concern of a sleepy Christian church is legitimate, if the church isn’t ready to sacrifice for Christ, then a problem exists regardless of the rapture of the church. Why waste time with arguing against the pretribulation rapture of the church, when the more direct issue has to do with fear and commitment?

Before conducting research into the topic of the rapture of the church, I was of the opinion that any perspective is suitable: if there is no rapture of the church, I will experience a powerful move of God in the church unlike any time in history, and if there is a rapture of the church, I will still experience God in an extremely intimate way. Any perspective (pretribulation, midtribulation, post- tribulation), therefore, leaves incredible things to anticipate.

Now if I have a choice of whether to stay or go, I choose to stay. I aspire to have the same courage as the Christians in Hebrews 11:35 who sought a better resurrection.

Hebrews 11:35
(bold emphasis added)

Women received their dead raised to life again:
others were tortured, not

accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection.

I’m inspired by these brave souls who sought a better resurrection. Perhaps I will never live up to this level of commitment, but it’s certainly something that burns in my heart. Call it a bewildering pang in my soul, but I’d go through the same death that the first Christian martyr mentioned in the Bible went through, in order to experience that same glowing rapture that gave him the face of an angel when the heavens opened up to him (Acts 6:15, 7:54-60). It’s much easier to say than to do, but if I weren’t married with children, I’d be tempted to smuggle Bibles into China, because I want to have something to lie down at the feet of my savior when I see him. To date, I have lost very little for my Lord. He’s more wonderful than any words can describe, and I yearn in earnest to present him with an offering that will bring tears to his eyes, because of the tears of joy that he’s brought to my eyes.