Aliens and the Antichrist: Unveiling the End Times Deception (8 page)

There is a prophet mentioned in the Old Testament who had powerful spiritual abilities, and he was tempted to do things with his spiritual gifts that were against the will of God (Numbers 22-24; Nehemiah 13:2). An interesting thing to note about Balaam is that he prayed and spoke with God, and God used him to bless the nation of Israel, which proves his gifts were originally from God and intended to bring glory to God. To suggest otherwise would be suggesting that God used a man with satanic power to bless the nation of Israel. Despite the fact that Balaam’s gifts were from God, Balaam ended up using them to serve his own purposes. His God-given gifts eventually became satanic because of this (Revelation 2:14; Jude 1:11; 2 Peter 2:15) and brought about his own premature death (Numbers 31:8).

Numbers 22:2, 5-12

And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me: Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I know that he whom thou blesses is blessed, and he whom thou curses is cursed. And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spoke unto him the words of Balak. And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee? And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which cover the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.

And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.

Revelation 2:14

But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

Tude 1:11

Woe unto them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

2 Peter 2:15

Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness.

Numbers 31:8

And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

4.2.5. Ghostly Visitations of Loved Ones

Some people reading this may be having a troubled feeling concerning a personal experience. Perhaps family members have had visitations of what they perceived as deceased loved ones. Keep in mind that this doesn’t mean that the loved ones are most certainly in hell without hope. The visitation could have been like my great-grandmother’s visitation. Another possibility could be that a demon, or even another disincarnate human who learned such a feat, could appear in any form he/she/it desired. There may be a particular benefit to appearing to someone in the form of a deceased loved one. In any case, such visitations can have multiple explanations, many of which don’t conclude with the eternal damnation of loved ones.

4.2.6. Beacons of Injustice

The discussion of cursed ground started my query into the origin of deceased spirits. The Old Testament book of Leviticus states that the act of murder will curse the ground (Leviticus 17:10-15). The only way to remove such a curse is by the blood of the offender. In other words, curses require justice in order to be removed. When this is considered, it is by no coincidence that haunting activity frequently goes hand in hand with brutal murders.
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In this respect, the haunting serves as a beacon of injustice.

Does this mean that all haunted locations are inhabited with actual sentient beings? Are all of those beings truly ghosts, or could there be something else? Conducting a little research into this matter, I’ve found something interesting worth mentioning while on the subject of ghosts. Concerning some haunted locations in particular, the activity in question sometimes resembles a recording more than it does a sentient being, or ghost. In some cases, for example, a haunting may be the reenactment of an event, such as a war (like the well-famed Battle of Gettysburg haunting), or a crime, rather than a particular being who seems lost and confused.

Concerning the Gettysburg haunting, an article on hauntedhouses.com, which I have quoted below, documents an amazing incident that happened during the filming of the 1993 film,
Gettysburg.

During the filming of the film,
Gettysburg,
actors/Civil War re-enactors dressed in uniform would often walk off set, exploring the real battlefields during their down time. A group of Union soldiers went up to the Little Round Top area, to enjoy the lovely sunset. While standing there, they heard the rustling of leaves behind them. Looking to see who it was, imagine their surprise when a rather haggard looking old man, dressed as a Union private, made his appearance. The man was filthy and smelled of sulfur, a key ingredient of the black powder used in 1863. He walked up to the men and handed them a few musket rounds. He said, “Rough one today, eh boys?” He then turned and walked away. As the startled men examined the musket rounds, this mystery man vanished into thin air! They brought these musket rounds into the town of Gettysburg, and they were authenticated as original rounds, 130 years old!
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Was this a real person that had died, or was something else happening here? Could this have been a distortion in the space-time continuum, allowing physical matter to pass 130 years into the future?

Haunting activity can also include inanimate objects, such as a ghost train (the purported train of President Lincoln’s funeral),
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a ghostly wagon from the cowboy days,
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or the sound of musical instruments being played.
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What could this strange energy be, if it was never alive to begin with?

When I wrote
Aliens in the Bible,
I went into detail discussing the concept of thought-forms.
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In short, thought-forms are the energy of thoughts that are—in some way yet to be discovered—infused into matter. (Read
Aliens in the Bible
for more reference material concerning scientific and scriptural support for the existence of thought-forms.)

What inspired my thinking about how thought-forms and haunting activity might be related was a 1992 movie titled
To Catch a Killer
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This movie chronicled the rampages of a serial killer. What caught my attention about it was that a woman with the psychic ability of psychometry helped to apprehend a serial killer. When handed a camera and a high-school ring, the woman was able to describe the killer’s physical appearance and personality characteristics. She was able to tell that the owner of the objects was dead, and knew a number of details about the location of his dead body. Her abilities were almost like a bloodhound’s ability to identify with a scent. An unknown, undetectable energy surrounded the objects in question, and they were chock-full of information. While the energy itself wasn’t alive, the information it held was audio and visual, contained smells, and even conveyed emotions. Concerning this energy, it could very well be that God ordains its existence, so people with certain spiritual gifts can tap into it and obtain information.

In summation concerning the existence of ghosts, I believe that the universe is full of things that can’t be easily identified. Ghosts could be hallucinations, demonic impersonators, fluctuations in the time-space continuum, the actual spirits of the deceased, or free-roaming energy that contains many attributes of spiritual beings, but isn’t actually alive. A number of odd combinations of these could be at work as well. Cursed ground might be teeming with negative energy, which in turn attracts demonic spirits. Perhaps demons are able to tap into free- roaming energy sources. The possibilities could be endless.

The cure for haunting is the same now as it was in the Old Testament: if justice is served concerning a crime that caused a particular curse, then the curse will be removed from the ground, and the haunting will end. Certain situations might arise, however, where it may not be humanly possible for justice to be served. For example, some documented cases of haunting are several hundred years old. Anyone involved in said criminal activity would long be dead, without any perpetrator ever coming to justice. What is to be done in such places?

The blood of Jesus was shed for the sins of the world! Because of this, it is possible to remove curses by symbolically applying the blood of Jesus through prayer. Family members and church congregations should pray over haunted houses. Sometimes haunting activity can be persistent (such was the case with my own house), but people can be persistent right back! Some places may have generations of curses placed on them. I imagine some of the torture chambers in the ancient castles of Europe are like this, but the blood of Jesus is more than sufficient to cover these sins. Pray, pray, pray, and eventually the haunting will go away. (Prayer needs to go hand in hand with one’s lifestyle as well. It does no good to pray without believing, and evidence of true faith should be obvious in one’s lifestyle.)

4.3. Holy Ground

We know from scripture that committing heinously wicked acts creates cursed ground, so what exactly does it take to glorify a place and declare it holy ground? While curses are the product of a separation from God’s presence, the close proximity of God’s presence establishes holy ground.

When Moses encountered God, God told Moses to remove his sandals because he was standing on holy ground (Exodus 3:5; Acts 7:33). The ground was holy because God was in near proximity. If that exact location could be found today, I wouldn’t be surprised if people would be cured of practically anything just by spending time there because it is a unique place on Earth where God manifested himself in a tangible form.

Exodus 3:5

And He said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou stand is holy ground.

Acts 7:33

Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou stand is holy ground.

Cursed ground has negative side effects; holy ground has glorious side effects. God’s reason for making Moses remove his sandals might be construed as a form of respect, but I think it also included giving Moses a special blessing. Call it my absurd opinion, but I think Moses removing his sandals resulted in more of God’s glory flowing through his body. Moses lived to be 120 years old (Deuteronomy 34:7), and would’ve lived longer, had he not made a horrible mistake and disobeyed God during his years of leading Israel (Deuteronomy 32:48—52). He probably wasn’t sick a day in his life. Moses was also clearly anointed with God’s power like few people who have ever walked the Earth. The reason for this is simple: he spent time in God’s direct, manifest presence.

Deuteronomy 32:48—52

And the LORD spoke unto Moses that selfsame day, saying, Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession: And die in the mount whither thou go up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people: Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel. Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.

Jesus, of course, created holy ground wherever he went. A woman who touched the hem of his garment was healed; even his clothing was full of God’s glory. To this day, people have claimed healing from seeing the Shroud of Turin, the burial cloth that Jesus left behind in his tomb after he was resurrected.
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While the Shroud of Turin is a relic of debated authenticity, if it is truly authentic, it probably does contain healing power, because the entire Earth increased in glory the second Jesus died. The power of God filled Earth to such a degree at that time that numerous people were even resurrected from their graves (Matthew 27:52—53).

Matthew 27:52—53

And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints, which slept, arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.