UFOs
& Conspiracy in Popular Culture: The End Time Delusion
THIS MEANS SOMETHING...
Much
of the UFO activity in the public forum has been designed by the beings pretending
to be "aliens" to convey a seemingly benign agenda. Conspicuous UFO sightings
occurred at the advent of our atomic age. Further sightings occurred at airforce
bases with nuclear capabilities in the 1970's in which all control of the weapons
was lost, and trajectories were reprogrammed. These encounters were staged to
show that nonhumans were in control of such weapons of destruction. Conceivably,
having such capabilities, if they were going to destroy humans or takeover the
earth, they would have done so already. By feigning a disinclination towards
domination, the nonhumans are promoting a seemingly peaceful agenda, fitting
in to the New Age Globalist "Star Trek" paradigm.
In their dealings with humans, the beings disguised as aliens have offered several
convincing rationalizations as to why the upper echelons of government should
befriend the extraterrestrials . They claim to be a physically weakened race
who merely need to join their DNA with more integral human DNA to survive, that
they are refugees from a dying planet who need the help of sympathetic earthlings.
Currently, the group of beings referred to as "aliens" are portraying themselves
as disparate elements of the paranormal. Aliens, walk-ins, ascended masters,
the hidden hierarchy, spirit guides, channelled beings and natural forces like
Gaia, are all imparting a similar message of impending disaster and a
need for all of humanity to unite. The "aliens" claim to be preparing the earth
for a massive evolutionary shift of consciousness, a paradigm shift, while also
continuing the education that they maintain is crucial if the human race is
to be spared destruction. The nonhuman intelligences are feigning good intentions
by warning humans of their potential fate, and the offer to assist humans is
all but altruistic in that it is designed to unite mankind under a global authority,
with their candidate on the Throne of the World.
The beings disguised as "aliens" have a plausible explanation as to why, against
the odds, they evolved to look humanoid, why they would take such an interest
in helping humankind, and why the government should support their plan to live
in underground military bases for now, conducting secret experiments and gradually
getting the public used to the idea of aliens, so as not to cause mass panic
and hysterical backlash.
Non-human intelligences pretending to be "aliens" claim to be the ancient progenitors
of the human race. This is the End Time Delusion, which would deceive
even the elect, and will lead to the setting up of antichrist on the world throne.
2 Thes 2:9
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs
and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that
perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be
saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should
believe a lie ...
Matthew 24:24
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great
signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the
very elect.
The beings pretending to be aliens have had thousands, even millions of years
to implement their deception. Ingeniously, these nonhumans have used that time
to insinuate, into every culture, references to an elder race who have long
been guiding humans (Nephilim Genesis 6, Annunaki, White Brotherhood etc). The
beings pretending to be aliens have explained that the experimental humans they
engineered into existence so long ago had never before emotionally matured,
nor had they spiritually evolved to a sufficient level for contact with the
"creators". It was necessary, the extraterrestrials maintain, to educate humans
through various techniques that have been given to the spiritual leaders of
human history [shamans, prophets & the mystery school]. Humans needed to
develop a greater capacity for spiritual understanding before they could receive
total enlightenment, and even now few are worthy.
The spiritual development of mankind has been guided by nonhuman intelligences
whose agenda has been to infiltrate, and even instigate, religious traditions
in all cultures -- and these nonhuman intelligences are now pretending to be
enlightening aliens. Legends of cultures ranging from Babylonian to Hindu to
Native American are laden with beings who possess superior technology, spiritual
beings enjoying worship and reverence in exchange for distributing wisdom.
When these beings pretending now to be aliens manifest within our own culture,
they will claim that the Bible is merely a primitive attempt to document their
own interactions with humans. While these beings pretending to be aliens do
appear in the Bible, scripture makes a clear distinction between the one God
-- Creator and Redeemer, namely Jesus Christ -- and those deceptive beings who
would CLAIM to be creative gods. These beings are the fallen angels and their
leader, the rebel cherub referred to as Baal, Satan, the serpent and the devil.
Rebel angels, and their degraded brothers the demons, have always been in contact
with humans, shaping the cultures of mankind throughout history. Ceremonies
and festivals honoring the "fallen angels pretending to be gods" have been preserved
by being absorbed by institutionalized paganism, Catholicism, as well as simply
being the trendy thing to do, as in our own self-deifying New Age and Neopagan
culture. But the Bible clearly warns against these other gods, who are not really
gods.
Galatians 4:8 (NIV)
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature
are not gods . But now that you know God --or rather are known by God-- how
is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable principles? Do you
wish to be enslaved by them [ rebel angels pretending to be gods ] all over
again? You are observing special days and months and seasons and years! I fear
for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.
Jeremiah 10:11
Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and
the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
Jeremiah 10:15
They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation
they shall perish.
Scripture talks of this "time of visitation". Sometime in the future God will
judge these gods who are not gods, these beings who have not made the heavens
and earth yet seek to be compared to God the Creator.
Isaiah 26:21
For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of
the earth for their iniquity
The Lord comes to punish the rebel angels as they are imprisoned ON THE EARTH.
The rebel angels who pretend to be gods, and all those who follow the spirit
of error, will be inhabitants of the earth at the time of visitation -- God's
wrath will visit the Earth.
Isaiah 24:21
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host
of the high ones that are on high [ the rebel angelic hosts] , and the kings
of the earth upon the earth. And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners
are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many
days SHALL THEY BE VISITED.
There will be a time in the future when the angelic hierarchy, the high ones,
the "gods who are not gods", who are also the same beings pretending to be aliens,
will be stranded on the earth.
Revelation 12:7
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon;
and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place
found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent,
called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out
into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Until the time when satan and his angels are imprisoned on the earth, as prisoners
in a dungeon, they maintain access to "their place" in heaven. We are told that
satan is not stuck in hell, nor imprisoned yet on earth, for he constantly accuses
man before the throne of God:
Rev. 12:10
... for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before
our God day and night.
Satan is currently allowed audience before God where he makes his accusations
-- the battle in heaven which results in satan and his angels being imprisoned
on earth has not yet occured. The Book of Job makes it clear that satan and
his angels still have "their place" in heaven, they are still allowed audience
before God. Satan still travels freely through the earth, he is not yet imprisoned,
and he presents himself before God.
Job 1:6
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before
the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence
comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and from
in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
The Bible gives a specific time frame as to when the rebel angels will be stranded
on Earth. Daniel's 70th Week, the seven year countdown to Christ's return which
has commonly been called the "Tribulation", is divided into two haves of 1260
days each. The casting down of satan, the dragon, occurs at a time in which
1260 days REMAIN. This would put the War in Heaven and satan's defeat at the
mid-point of Daniel's 70th Week, at the midpoint of the seven year countdown
to Christ's return.
Rev. 12:13
And when the dragon saw that he was cast out onto the earth, he pursued the
woman (Israel) who bore the male child (Jesus Christ) and those redeemed by
him... and the woman was given two wings like a great eagle that she might fly
to a place prepared for her where she is nourished for 1,260 days (3 and 1/2
years).
Satan knows that at the midpoint of the tribulation he and his "armies of the
high place" will be cast down to earth, with no longer a "place still found
for them in heaven." Satan and the rebel angels will be gathered, "a gathering
of prisoners in a dungeon", and the earth will be their prison. God's judgment,
His wrath, will then be poured out on the earth. Judgment is God's reason for
visiting the inhabitants of the earth [the rebel angels cast out of heaven and
of course the minions of antichrist]. The point where the "dwellers on high"
or "the high places" are thrown to earth does not take place at the beginning
of the seven years of the last week of history, but in the midst of that seven
years. This middle point of the tribulation is when the battle in heaven between
Michael and his angels, and Satan and his angels is decided. Satan is thrown
to the earth and held there to be judged in Rev. 12:7. At this point John hears
a loud voice of a multitude in heaven:
Rev.12:10
NOW has come the salvation, and the power and the kingdom of our God... for
the accuser of our brethren has been cast down, he who accused them before our
God day and night.... Because of this be glad, the heavens, and you tabernacling
[temporarily dwelling in them, as those raptured at the midpoint of the tribulation
will come back to earth with Christ at Armageddon] in them. Woe to the earth
and to the sea because the devil has gone down to you in great wrath, knowing
that he has but a short time.
This passage describes the devil as enraged, having lost his battle with Michael
and the good angels and permenently been thrown out of heaven to the earth.
Why would there be a battle in the heavens at this point, 1260 days into the
seemingly successful reign of antichrist? The battle is the last ditch effort
of satan to prevent mortals, men made of dirt, from being resurrected to take
the place vacated by the glorious rebel angels themselves.
Notice that both Isaiah 26 and Revelation 12 link the resurrection and the casting
down of Satan simultaneously, just after 1260 days into antichrist's rule. This
fact disallows the inaccurate belief that Satan and his angels have already
been cast down to earth (a Mormon contention), and theories that the rapture
takes place at the beginning of the seven years or some point significantly
later than the midpoint of seven years.
Isaiah 26:19-21 explains that the tribulation judgment of the earth commences
at the point immediately after the resurrection of the saints.
Your dead ones shall live, my dead body; they shall rise up. Awake and sing,
dust dwellers; for the dew of light is your dew; and the earth shall cast out
the rapha (to be judged). Come My people, go in your rooms and shut your doors
behind you. Hide for a little moment, until the fury passes. For, behold Jehovah
comes out of His place to visit iniquity on the dweller of the earth.
God will be visiting the dwellers of the earth at a time JUST AFTER the resurrection
of the faithful.
This description of the resurrection is detailed with an interesting point.
The word rapha is a title given to the demonic spirits that were chained during
the flood of Noah. This word has been misleadingly translated "departed spirits"
in most Bibles. Rapha occurs nowhere in scripture except in reference to the
descendants of the nephilim from Genesis 6, those rebel angels who bred with
the daughters of Adam. These rapha will be loosed from their bonds and judged.
After the midpoint of the tribulation the "inhabitants of the earth" will be
not only humans who followed the Antichrist, but also the rebel angelic host
who have been cast to earth at the midpoint of the tribulation, and other rebel
angels like the Rapha who were not destroyed during the flood of Noah, but were
bound within the earth and sea awaiting the day of judgment.
The extrabiblical book of Enoch refers to the chaining of the rebel "Sons of
God" until the day of judgment:
Enoch, thou scribe of justice, go, announce to the watchers of heaven, who
have left the high heaven and the holy , eternal place, and have contaminated
themselves with women [the rebel angels degraded themselves when they left their
own God-given bodies to dwell in the offspring they created through genetic
tampering] [...] from now on ye will not ascend into heaven to all eternity,
and upon earth, it has been decreed, they shall bind you for all the days of
the world. ...bind them under the hills of the earth... till the day of their
judgment and of their end, till the last judgment has been passed for all eternity.
Interestingly, the Koran echoes this theme as well, that Satan has not yet been
judged, but will be judged at a time corresponding to the resurrection.
"Adam & Eve"vii, L
...We said unto the angels, Prostrate yourselves unto Adam, by way of salutation;
whereupon they prostrated themselves, except Iblees, the father of the jinn,
who was amid the angels... I am better than he: Thou hast created me of fire,
and Thou hast created him of earth. God said, Then descend thou from Paradise;
or as some say, from the heavens; for it is not fit for thee that thou behave
thyself proudly therein: so go thou forth verily thou shalt be of the contemptible.
He replied, Grant me respite until the day when mankind shall be raised from
the dead. He said, Thou shalt be of those who are respited...
Satan and his "armies of the high place" will be cast down to earth at the midpoint
of the tribulation, and those evil spirits who were held for the day of judgment
on and in the earth will be cast out, to receive their judgment.
Isaiah 27: 1
In that day YHWH will visit the sea-monster, the fleeing serpent, with His
fierce and great and strong sword, even on ... the twisting serpent ... .And
He will slay the monster which is in the sea
"Come My people, go in your rooms and shut your doors behind you" (Isaiah 26)
alludes to Noah's escape from the flood. Jesus himself used the same analogy
when he described the days before he would come again in Luke 21. It would be
just as it was in the times of Noah, that is, Noah went into the ark, the door
was shut up after, and then the rains came.
Jesus Christ described the End Times: "The days before the coming of the son
of man shall be exactly as in the days before Noah entered the ark". Taken literally,
this would seem to point to certain circumstances that will exist beforehand.
In the days of Noah, there was a very small group of people saying "prepare
for the coming disaster". These doomsayers were ridiculed in their time, in
much the same way Y2K alarmists and "survivalists" are in our own culture. But
the main characteristic of the days before Noah entered the ark is the interaction
between rebel angels and humans, Genesis 6. If these are the End Times as Jesus
described, then we should look for the rebel angels to once again publicly manifest
upon the earth, in the form of superior beings giving technology. In the End
Times, as in the "days of Noah", the rebel angels will oversee a "breeding"
campaign involving humans, resulting in supernatural offspring. Indeed, this
is exactly what we are seeing in the "alien abduction scenario". The contact
with the rebel angels, in the days of Noah, also contributed to rampant paganism,
rebellion, violence and occultism. It is not hard to find the parallels in today's
culture -- it would seem our times are just as the days of Noah.
As
The Days of Noah Were. Return of the Aliens?
There continues to be a flow of articles, books, and entertainment programs
dealing with UFO's, aliens, and the like.(1) Many wonder if there is a connection
or relationship to the prediction of our Lord in Luke 17:26:
"And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the
Son of Man." The emergence of the "Nephilim" was what brought about the
Flood of Noah. Who were they? Is the current interest in the possibility of
"alien" involvements some how of Biblical relevance?
The Nephilim
Genesis 6 indicates that the "sons of God" (B'nai Elohim) took wives of the
"daughters of men," which gave birth to the "Nephilim." What on earth was going
on?
The B'nai Elohim is a term that refers to angels. It occurs four times in the
Old Testament (2) and is rendered "Angels of God" in the ancient Septuagin translation.(3)
The intrusion of certain angels into the human family resulted in unnatural
offspring termed Nephilim, which derives from the Hebrew naphal (to fall), or
the Fallen Ones. (The Greek Septuagint renders this term gigantes, which actually
means "earth-born." This is often misunderstood to mean "giants"--which they
also happen to have been, incidentally.)
"Line of Seth?"
The early church viewed the B'nai Elohim as angels up through the late fourth
century: Justin, Athenagoras, Cyprian, Eusebius, et al. (also Josephus, Philo,
Judeaus, and the Apochrypha regard this view).
Celsus and Julian the Apostate exploited the older common belief to attack Christianity.
Cyril of Alexandria, in his reply, repudiated the orthodox position. Julius
Africanus (a contemporary of Origen) introduced the theory that the "sons of
God" simply referred to the genealogical line of Seth, which was committed to
preserving the true worship of God.
Seemingly more appealing, the "Sethite theory" prevailed into the Medieval Church,
and many still hold this view. This view, however, has several serious problems.
There is no indication that the Sethites were distinguished for piety; they
were not exempted from the charge of general wickedness which brought on the
flood. In fact, Seth's son Enosh was the one who introduced apostasy to that
world. This is masked by a mistranslation of Genesis 4:25, which should read:
"...then men began to profane the name of the Lord."(4)
Furthermore, when the faithful marry the unfaithful, they do not give birth
to unnatural offspring! And the "daughters of men" were not differentiated with
regard to the Flood. All were lost.(5)
(Incidentally, the Nephilim didn't completely end with the flood. Genesis 6:4
mentions, "...and also after that..." We find the sons fo Anak, the Anakim,
later in the Old Testament.)(6)
The Reason for the Flood
It was the infusion of these strange beings into the human predicament that
brought on the Flood of Noah. The Flood was preceded by four generations of
prophets/preachers warning of the coming judgment: Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
and Noah.
It seems that this was part of Satan's stratagem to corrupt the line of Adam
to prevent the fulfillment of the Messianic redemption. Noah was apparently
unique in that his genealogy was still uncorrupted.(7)
The strange events which led to the flood are also alluded to in ancient mythologies.(8)
The legends of the Greek "titans"--partly terrestrial, partly celestial--embrace
these same memories.(9) (The Greek titan is linguistically linked to the Chaldean
sheitan, and the Hebrew satan.)
The Angels that Sinned
There is a great deal revealed in the Bible about angels. They can appear in
human form,(10) they spoke as men, took men by the hand, even ate men's food,(11)
are capable of direct physical combat,(12) some are the principal forces behind
the world powers.(13) They don't marry (in Heaven),(14) but apparently are (or
were) capable of much mischief.(15)
The strange events of Genesis Chapter 6 are also referred to in the New Testament.
Peter refers to events preceding the flood of Noah:
"For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell,
and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment..."
2 Peter 2:4
(Peter uses the term tartarus, here translated as hell.
This was a Greek term for "the dark abode of woe, the pit of darkness in the
unseen world." Homer's Iliad portrays tartarus "as far below hades as the earth
is below Heaven...")
Also, in Jude, it mentions them:
"And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation,
he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the
great day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner,
giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set
forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire."
Jude 6,7.
Scripture warns against meddling with the spirit world. The punishment which
overtook the angels that sinned was to emphasize the serious nature of apostasy:
beings of a higher order than ours have been hurled down into a dark place of
confinement where they have remained for thousands of years.
God has not changed His attitude toward them; time has not mitigated the seriousness
of their sin. False teachers are prewritten into condemnation.
The "Sons of God" Return?
There are many who believe that the recent "alien" involvements are also demonic
and are just another precursor to the end-time. Some also believe that the Coming
World Leader (for more information on the Coming World Leader, see our Briefing
Package) may boast of an "alien connection." It would be consistent from what
else we can infer from Scripture.
(The Restrainer of II Thessalonians 2 may be restraining far more than we have
any suspicion of! When He is removed, the world is in for some astonishing surprises!)(16)
In the meantime, what are our weapons of protection against such things? We
do, indeed, "wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places."
Our armor is well defined in Ephesians 6:10-17.
The unprepared are in for some unpleasant surprises. Always. Have you done your
homework?
Notes:
1. The recent video puporting to be an autopsy of an alien (regarded by most
experts as a clever hoax) is an example. Books include:
William M. Alnor, UFO's in the New Age, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids MI, 1992;
I.D.E. Thomas, The Omega Conspiracy, Growth Publishing, Herndon VA, 1986;
Timothy J. Dailey, The Millennial Deception, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids
MI, 1995;
David Allen Lewish and Robert Shreckhise, UFO: End-Time Delusion, New Leaf Press,
July 1991 (3rd printing in August 1993).
2. Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7, as well as Genesis 6. They are said to have "shouted
for joy" at the creation.
3. This is the translation of the Old Testament into Greek in the third century
before Christ. Many of the New Testament quotes are from this translation.
4. Targum of Onkelos: "...desisted from praying in the name"; Targum of Jonathan:
"surnamed their idols in the name..."' Kimchi, Rashi, and other ancient Jewish
commentators agree. Jerome indicated that this was the opinion of many Jews
of his day. Maimonides, Commentary on the Mishna (a constituent part of the
Talmud), A.D. 1168, ascribes the origin of idolatry to the days of Enosh.
5. 2 Peter 2:5.
6. Numbers 13:3; Dueteronomy 3:11; Amos 2:9; 2 Samuel 21:15-22.
7. Genesis 6:9.
8. Fallen Angels and the Heroes of Mythology, by John Fleming. (We have lost
our copy and it appears to be out of print. We would welcome any leads to obtain
a copy!)
9. They rebelled against their father Uranus (Heaven) and after a prolonged
contest were defeated by Zeus and condemned into Tartarus, the term used by
Peter to refer to hell (2 Peter 2:4).
10. Genesis 19:5, 10, 16.
11. Genesis 18:8; 19:3, 16.
12. Death of the Firstborn in Egypt, Exodus 12; Sodom and Gomorrah, Genesis
19; 185,00 troops slaughtered, 2 Kings 19:35.
13. Daniel 10.
14. Matthew 22:30.
15. Genesis 6:1-2; 2 Peter 2:4; Jude 6.
16. See our Thessalonians Expositional Commentary for a complete study.
This article was first published in the January 1996 edition of Personal Update.
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