The following five verses from Genesis contain the entire conversation, with the deceptive statements italicized. As you will see, the exact same lies "the serpent" used then, are still being used with great effectiveness today, and can be found in some fashion in every - yes every - fundamental principal of New Age doctrine.

"Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman,
"Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden.’
The woman said to the serpent, ‘We may eat from the trees in the garden, but God did say ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’ ‘You will not surely die,’ the serpent said to the woman. ‘For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."                        Genesis 3:1-5

Deception #1 "Did God really say..."

Causing one to doubt the Word of God is always the first thing that must be accomplished in order to deceive a person - to lead them away from knowing God’s will, or plan, for their life.

If one is not open to the Bible, he is open to believe any number of "arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God" (2 Cor 10:5). Remember, the Bible states that "The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel (2 Cor 4:4)."

Our age is full of attempts to discredit the Bible, and the average new-ager may not even own one, except to keep on a shelf in order to of think him or herself as "spiritually diverse." I don’t say this to be mean, I say it from my own life. I owned a Bible, but you couldn’t pay me enough to read from it. In fact, I would not engage in any debate if the other person started a sentence with, "The Bible says ..."

Any New Age or deceptive philosophy will portray the Bible as anywhere from "just a book, albeit a good one," to just plain erroneous - full of mistakes, fables and mistranslations. My own cry was, "There is no way that any book, even if God did originally write it, could still say remotely the same thing it did thousands of years ago." Sound familiar?

 
Jesus believed differently.
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets (what we call the Old Testament, or Torah). I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished."
Sermon on the Mount - Matthew 5:17-18

Here is what the Bible has to say about itself. First Paul, then Peter (sorry, I don’t do Mary).
"All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness..."
(Paul, to Timothy) 2 Timothy 3:16

"Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit."
2 Peter 2:21-22

The effort to keep people from believing the Bible is, by necessity, Satan’s number one deception. Once a person opens his heart to the scriptures, it has supernatural power to sink in to the spirit man; that person is unalterably changed, and cannot be deceived.

"For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit..." Hebrews 4:12

Jesus said
"If you hold to my teaching ... you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." John 8:32

Finally, Jesus himself is the Word of God...
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God ... Through him all things were made ... The Word became flesh, and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth..." John 1:1-14

The Bible declares the divinity of Jesus. He took part in the creation. He is God, in the flesh - the only begotten Son. Throughout history, Satan has used many forms of deceptive philosophy to keep people from hearing, thus believing this.

Deception #2 "You will not surely die..."

This statement tricked Eve into thinking that doing something God had said not to, would prove harmless. The implication is that there is no consequence for sin. Whether it means eating "forbidden fruit," committing murder, stealing, or one of any multitude of what God has defined as "sin," Satan wants us to believe that we can get away with it, without a price being paid.

Still today, the rallying cry of anti-Christ philosophy or religion is "if it feels good do it! ...and don’t dare let anyone, or any religious code, tell you not to." However, as we all know from experience, there is often an immediate price or consequence for our sin (addiction, jail, disease, unplanned pregnancy, broken homes and lives), and the gulf between us and God just keeps getting wider, "... for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23

The death God spoke of is first spiritual, then eventually physical.

"For every living soul belongs to me ... The soul who sins is the one who will die." Ezekiel 18:4

"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23

Because we are descendants of Adam and Eve from after The Fall, we are all born into a state of spiritual separation from the eternal God, with a natural bent toward sin. Because of this lost union, we all die physically as well.

But the Bible says that
" ... man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once, to take away the sins of many people ... " Hebrews 9:27-8

The Bible teaches that the moment we die, we enter into our eternal destiny. Some go immediately to torment (Luke 16:22-23), and others join Jesus (Acts 7:54-60 - records the first Christian to die).

 We are born into a condition so separated from God that merely being a "good person" is not enough to get us any closer to him. He’s that perfect; we’re that imperfect. The gulf is like an ocean, and trusting in being a good person to get one to heaven, is like believing that those who are "good swimmers" have the best chance of getting to another continent.

Satan will keep you busy trying though, with "religion," or good deeds, or thinking happy thoughts, but ultimately, the Bible says that we can only receive the pardon for our sins; we cannot earn it.

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast." Ephesians 2:8-10

A price will be paid for your sins, and you cannot do enough good to clear your own record. The choice before all mankind is to either trust in Jesus’ atoning death for your sins, or pay the price yourself, in hell. That is why Jesus came. As He said Himself:

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16

"By this gospel you are saved ... For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve ... " 1 Corinthians 15:2-6

It was an exchange! Jesus absorbed all of your "bad karma" on the cross." ... man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once, to take away the sins of many people ... " Hebrews 9:27-8

The finality of death, and the consequences of sin, are two things Satan has been trying to keep from us since day one. He doesn’t want people to know the horror of what really happens at death, or the alternative. But Jesus’ last command, known as The Great Commission, was for his followers to "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation..." Mark 16:15

That’s the literal translation of the word gospel - good news!

Deception #3 " ...your eyes will be opened..."

As referenced in Come Sail Away, Saul of Tarsus (known now worldwide as the Apostle Paul) met Jesus, then shortly afterward "something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes" (Acts 9:18). The lyric from the song Amazing Grace, "I once was lost but now I see," is the definitive experience to all born again Christians. One’s eyes are opened, and you never see the world, or people, in the same way again.

And often, there are secrets revealed, but their reality is demonic in its power and origin. Remember, Satan is a fallen angel, who witnessed the Kingdom of God for untold eons before the earth’s creation (Appendix C). He has not a creative bone in his body; he only duplicates and counterfeits what he knows is God’s power. But it’s a sad substitute for the true things of God (see Psychics, Sorcerers, the Scriptures and the Spirit).

The promise to reveal hidden knowledge and powers gains converts because it appeals to our very human pride. We want to be special; we want to be superior to others. False teachers (that Jesus said to be on guard against) led even first-century Christians away from the true gospel at times. Many of the writings of the New Testament letters are written to refute the deceptive philosophies that called themselves Christian (Gnosticism is one sect that arose then, and is on the rise again today).

God’s desire is to reveal secrets to you!

"The Lord confides in those who fear him" Psalm 25:14

"Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets." Amos 3:7

"He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into the light." Job 12:22

"I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name." Isaiah 45:3

"I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come." Isaiah 46:10

Before his death, John wrote
"I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray. As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit -- just as it has taught you, remain in him." 1 John 2:26

Before his own death, Jesus promised
"And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever -- the Spirit of Truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you ... But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit ... will teach you all things." John 14:16,17 & 26

New Age "wisdom" is but a pale comparison to what God wants to reveal to you.
"We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we speak of God’s secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. However, as it is written: ‘No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him’ -- but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God." 1 Corinthians 2:6-10

If secret knowledge is your quest, who do want to receive it from - the creator, or the imitator?

Volumes could be written about this one. Examples of philosophies that claim we are like God are everywhere. "We are all gods." "We are co-creators with God." "We are one with God." "We are on our way back to God."

How does God himself feel about all this?

"Be still, and know that I am God" Psalms 46:10

"I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not give my glory to another..." Isaiah 42:8

"Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me..." Isaiah 43:10

"I am the Lord, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God." Isaiah 45:5

Some "Bible scholars" of the New Age movement point to Jesus’ quotation from the Psalms, that says, "... you are gods," to say that even Jesus said that we are all divine. Actually, there are many other passages that these teachers could point to, to support that line of thinking, if they’d bother to read the whole book before teaching from it. The phrases "gods" and " lords" are all over scripture. It denotes title, however, not divinity - much the way a slave a would say to a master, "Yes, my lord."

English nobility uses this frequently, and throughout history, many political leaders have claimed divine status, to ensure the loyalty and obedience of their subjects. It’s easier to rule people who believe that you’re a god. Indeed, the New Testament passage that relates to conversion and salvation, Romans 10:9 ("... if you confess ‘Jesus is Lord") is actually written as an extremely direct opposition to the claim of the age - Roman subjects were required to confess "Caesar is Lord." To claim Jesus as one’s Lord "robbed" the reigning Caesar of his claims of divinity.

In fact, it is this very issue that got Jesus killed. Many today acknowledge him as merely a prophet, a teacher, or a wise man - as something that we could all aspire to, or become. His own claims however, were that he was divine, from the beginning; he did not "become" divine. While the motivations behind his crucifixion were more political than anything, the actual charge against him was blasphemy.

" ‘You are not yet fifty years old,’ the Jews said to him, ‘and you have seen Abraham!’ ‘I tell you the truth,’ Jesus answered, ‘before Abraham was born, I am! ("I AM" is the name God revealed himself to Moses as. The Jews definitely caught Jesus’ usage of the name, and the implication.)’ At this they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds." John 8:57-59

" 'I and the Father are one.' Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus said to them, 'I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?' "We are not stoning you for any of these,' replied the Jews, 'but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.' " John 10:30-33 (Read all of John, chapter 10, to see Jesus' use of the phrase "you are gods" in it's entire context, and decide for yourself if there's a distinction between that usage, and Jesus’ claims about himself. Then read the actual psalm Jesus quoted - Psalm 82 - and that issue will be put to bed for you for good!) *

" ‘Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.’ ‘Yes, it is as you say,’ Jesus replied... Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, ‘he has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now that you have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?’ ‘He is worthy of death,’ they answered. Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists."
Matthew 26:63-67

Had Jesus recanted, he may have been set free, but he continually claimed that he was the fleshly incarnation of God. Unless he was telling the truth, this was a direct violation of the Old Testament Law, which he kept to the letter. This brings up the famous C.S. Lewis question - is he a liar, a lunatic, or indeed the Lord?

Will you ignore him, spit on him, kill him, or fall to your feet and worship him?

Claiming to be God was once a charge worthy of death. Now it's fashionable. How far we've come. I wonder, would today's New Age teachers be so quick to make this claim if the death sentence were still enforced? Are they as certain of their claims as Jesus was, or as willing to die for you to hear their message?

Or are they merely liars and lunatics?

The commandment to not serve other gods is not a contradiction of the statement that there is only one God. It is meant to protect from those who claim to be gods.

 Real quickly, for those who believe that we are "co-creators" of the world along with God, he poses a challenging series of questions to you, in the book of Job (which many scholars say was written before Genesis).

"Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand.

  Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!

... On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone -- while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?

"Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb... when I said, 'This far you may come, and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt?'

"Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place...?

Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?

Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?

Tell me, if you know all this.

"What is the way to the abode of light?

And where does darkness reside?

Do you know the paths to their dwellings? Surely you know, for you were already born!

You have lived so many years!

"What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed...?

"Can you bind the beautiful Pleiades? Can you loose the cords of Orion?

Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear with its cubs?

Do you know the laws of the heavens?

Can you set up God's dominion over the earth?

"Can you raise your voice to the clouds...?

Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?

"Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?

"Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom...?

Does the eagle soar at your command...?

"Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?

Let him who accuses God answer him!

"Do you have an arm like God's, and can your voice thunder like his?

"Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor, and clothe yourself in honor and majesty. Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at every proud man and bring him low, look at every proud man and humble him, crush the wicked where they stand; Bury them all in the dust together; shroud their faces in the grave.

"Then I myself will admit to you that your own right hand can save you." from Job 38-40

 

God is not the sum of our parts. All is not one, and one is not all.

He's God, and we're not.

Today, we often think too highly of ourselves when we think that the Bible teaches that man is made in God's image. In a sense, we are, but we've fallen from that original image.

Adam was made in God's image, but he fell. Note carefully that scripture teaches that after The Fall, Adam and Eve did not continue to reproduce in God's image - they reproduced humans fallen from the image of God...

"This is the written account of Adam's line. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God ... When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth." Genesis 5:1-3

Big difference, huh? The lineage of Genesis 5 records Adam's descendants to Noah. While Cain and Abel are not mentioned here, they were born after The Fall, and we can assume that they too, and their descendants, were born into the fallen image, no longer as much like God as our society tends to believe.

If that assumption is not fair, and one begins to think that perhaps there are some portions of society born with "God genes," and some not, (before trying to imagine where you probably fall) let's remember that all the inhabitants of the earth were wiped out in The Flood. Only Noah's line, with Adam's spiritual and genetic makeup, continued.

Unfair as it may seem, we are all born into a fallen state, not like God, but separated from him.

But don't get mad at God for that! It was the serpent, remember?

However, God promised, in Genesis 3:15, that from Eve's offspring,
one would arise to crush the serpent's head.

Before we take one final look at Genesis 6, and reintroduce the Nephilim to this study, can you guess who that prophesied champion is? Descended directly from Adam and Eve, from Noah, from Abraham, from King David, and born finally to Joseph and Mary?

Okay, so Joseph and Mary was too good a hint. I gave it away. You know me and Christmas.

God promised that a descendant of Eve's would crush the serpent. Now if you were Satan, and you wanted to prevent this, what would you do?

 
Pollute the bloodline, perhaps?

Since I began writing Come Sail Away, it was suggested to me that Noah was not simply righteous, and therefore God chose him. In fact, right after The Flood recedes, the Bible points out that he slips into sin, like so many of us "righteous folk" do. He's Adam's descendant, sure enough.

But is it possible, that in his age of rampant visitations and half-breed humans, that perhaps Noah and his line were among the only genetically pure people left in the earth?

If the Nephilim are society's darlings - "heroes of old, men of renown" (Gen 6:4) - and these "sons of God" are "marrying" any human daughter they choose (Gen 6:2), who's left in that age that hasn't been visited? Take into account that his three sons had wives from other lines, along with the somewhat limited population of the earth at that time, and do the math! The odds are fast-becoming pretty high against a genetically pure bloodline.

The earth was destroyed because of the great wickedness that abounded then, and the "visitors" were at least a great part of that. Was Noah's the only family left that was capable of producing the Messiah? Is that why they were chosen?

Who knows? But it's a killer theory!

Giants also continued to roam the land (Goliath was one of them), so we know that the visitor activity continued, and God commanded the Israelites to destroy every race that was polluted by their presence...

Today's children of God are taught that "...we 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." (Eph 6:12 KJV).

Stupid as it sounds to come out and say, our fight is with demons.

We also know that, during the days of Noah, the earth was destroyed as a result of the great wickedness caused by mankind’s turning away from the God of the Bible, and idolizing these beings...

The parallels are there for those who care to see them; and there's not a ufologist out there worth his salt who doesn't believe that today's visitors aren't tampering with our genetics, "for our own good."

Yeh, right.

It's a New Age, but it's an ancient lie.

The Rapture will occur. The UFOs will land. The End will come.

Only the order of these occurrences is debatable.

Thousands of years ago, to Job, God posed the question, "Where were you when the earth was formed?"

Today the question is, where will you be when it's destroyed? Whose teachings will you be following when your time comes? Jesus'? Or Shirley McLaine’s? Or Whitley Strieber's?

"For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to hear what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist..."
2 Timothy 4:3-4

 
If you want true enlightenment, if you want true power, and if you really want to live forever, then you need Jesus.

If you've read this far, by now you know how to get in touch with him.

Thanks for hanging with me this long.

Gotta go be Noah now.

Gotta go check my e-mail.


See who wants in.

I summon you by name and bestow on you a title of honor,
though you do not acknowledge me.

I am the Lord, and there is no other;
apart from me there is no God.

I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me,
so that from the rising of the sun to the place of its setting
men may know there is none besides me.
I am the Lord, and there is no other.

I form the light and create darkness,
I bring prosperity and create disaster;
I, the Lord, do all these things...

Woe to him who quarrels with his maker...
Does the clay say to the potter
‘What are you making?’

This is what the Lord says -- the Holy One of Israel,
and its Maker:
Concerning things to come, do you question me
about my children,
or give me orders about the work of my hands?

It is I who made the earth and created mankind upon it.
My own hands stretched out the heavens;
I marshalled their starry hosts...

For this is what the Lord says -- he who created the heavens,
he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it;
he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited –
he says:

I am the Lord, and there is no other.

I have not spoken in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness...
Gather together and come; assemble, you fugitives from the nations.
Ignorant are those who carry about idols of wood,
who pray to gods that cannot save...

Who foretold this long ago, and declared it from the distant past?
Was it not I, the Lord? And there is no God apart from me,
a righteous God and a Saviour,

there is none but me.

Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth;

for I am God,

and there is no other."

Relevant Questions

and perhaps, some answers

Copyright 1997, 1998 Guy Malone                                                                     Print and Copy Freely (see guidelines)

During the stages of writing Come Sail Away, I gave many early copies of the first drafts to those close to me, as well as sent out early versions of the webpage to other people with UFO websites, to request links. Also, I received a few hits from the page, before I even started "marketing" it. Many people had questions that I either hadn't covered, or hadn't even thought about. I would answer as best I could, which often wasn't sufficient. At first, I usually responded that I'm no expert in this subject; but as it seems to be turning out, I guess I am. That answer simply is not going to work any longer. In addition, the process of writing brought many questions and issues to my mind, which I also had never thought about. The more you know, the more you find out you don't know.

This section will be dedicated to covering, as best I can, many of the more peripheral questions that the subject brings with it. While I am not interested in most of the more "tangent" issues (such as, "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?" or "How many gray aliens does it take to screw in a light bulb?" None - they can see in the dark. Besides, they've got all the government employees they need to do things like that for them.), some questions definitely deserve attention, and an honest attempt at an answer. I will always try to supply the most Biblical answer that I am able to. That slant, or bias, may not work for some of you, but hey, with a name like UFOs and the Bible...

I will not be quoting large Biblical texts in this section (!), but will simply give the reference, if there are any that I know of (if you need a Bible, let me know). Some may have incomplete, perhaps even evasive, answers. Some I'll be able to farm out to others who have been at this longer than I have. Some will be simply my best guess.

And some I just made up, to get this page started, and to avoid being asked later.

If you have a "relevant question" that I haven't at least tried to answer, here, in Come Sail Away, or Appendix A, B, or C, E-mail it to me, or write the P.O. Box. If it's a good one, I'll add it to this site, and I'll also see if I can hook you up with a free set of those night-vision goggles!

While I used to, there simply is no good reason to, yet. There is still no definitive indication of it in the general scientific community, or the Bible - though some try to make it seem that way with the "sons of God" references. The original Hebrew word, Elohim, is a word that means angels, and (as stated in previous writings) the "angels" in all of the Biblical references UFO people use are, every time, the fallen angels. However, the Biblical reference that many believe describes Lucifer's expulsion from Heaven (Appendix), does mention that he walked among "fiery stones," which could be a reference to the other planets, perhaps in the earlier stages of creation. Mars seems to be a focal point for this study. Brenda, at Watcher, has tons of awesome info on this, as well as the face on Mars, and its connection to the Pyramids, Stonehenge, etc. Give that site a visit, and tell her hi for me. On the flip side Tim, at NACOMM, has tons of articles that account for the possibility of genuine life on other planets, and poses them as possibly seekers of God through our planet's relationship with Jesus Christ, or possibly as other "unfallen" races, or maybe as bad guys. His speculative approach is very sound Biblically, and allows for a great deal more scientific inquiry than most of us Christians do. He has lots of stuff on The Nephilim, too. Check it out!

I'm definitely not opposed to the idea that there could be genuine, intelligent life forms on other planets, though. OF COURSE IT'S POSSIBLE, and logic, science, and religion, would all be extremely narrow to absolutely, dogmatically say that there's not, and try to pretend as if they knew for sure. If we ever are formally visited by a race from another planet, however, we'd better hope to God that they're not like us, or then we'll really be in trouble. Can you imagine them telling us that they "come in peace," offer us all kinds of shiny cool stuff, in exchange for, say, Manhattan Island, then proceed to take over the whole planet from there? It could happen, white man!

However (fast becoming my favorite word), I am as certain as I can be, that what our society is currently fascinated with is not visitations from other worlds. What has our attentions now is demonic, in case I hadn't quite made myself clear on that opinion, which I base muchly on the "fruit" of the phenomenon. As I stated at the very end of Come Sail Away (and shame on you if you skipped over the alter call), I do believe, once Jesus returns and sets up the Kingdom of God on Earth, that born again people will inhabit the stars. Many well-studied Christian people may not believe this, however (or have never looked at it in that light), and of all the other stuff I've written so far, that idea is probably the most open to question, doctrinally speaking. Fine, I'll go without them. (Just like I'm staying for the good stuff, if the timing of the Rapture is Pre-Trib, after all.)

As to the other planets and star-systems themselves, ego-centric as it may sound to some, Genesis does say that the reason they were created was for our benefit (Gen 1:14-18), and even they will fall from the sky and be no more. There will be a new heaven and a new earth (Rev 21:1). The entire purpose of all creation is to bring forth a Bride for Christ, and that purpose for creating the universe in the first place is only fulfilled in born again humanity, whom even the angels are servants to (Hebrews 1:13-14).

Yes, of course God could have created life anywhere else, and yes, Jesus could have gone to other planets, but there's nothing in the Bible that indicates this. (John 10:16 is a way long stretch, and firstly refers to the nations, considering that the then Jewish-only disciples of Jesus were pretty in the dark at the time about God's plan to include the Gentile nations.)

So far neither does the Bible indicate, nor has science offered any empirical proof, of non-earthly sentient life. The part left to imagination has been capitalized upon by demonic deception, and has, so far, led us far away from God.

If our government does actually announce that they have been "in contact," I sincerely hope the wanderlust of it all doesn't cause our brothers and sisters in the scientific community to swallow it wholesale, without at least requiring as much proof and testing as it takes to get a new diet pill approved.

No, I do not believe there is sentient life on other planets.

My best guess, as always, hinges upon the underlying assumption that the visitor phenomenon that we are currently experiencing is demonic. People, households, and especially bloodlines that have an active relationship with God through Jesus Christ are under a specific "umbrella" of covenant protection from much of the evil present in the world-system (Psalm 91, Malachi 3:10, Duet 28:7 and 20, for starters). The story of Israel's Exodus from Egypt (Exodus ch 3-15), and the protection God provided from the plagues, describe this concept wonderfully, and the Passover Lamb (ch 12) is prophetically symbolic of the covenant Jesus would seal, with his blood. In the book of Job, Satan first had to ask God to remove the "hedge of protection" from Job before Satan could strike him at all, and in each case, limits were set (Job 1:10-11 and 2:6).

The bad news is, God does lift this protection for specific reasons, and bad things do happen to good people, but the overall teaching of the whole Bible is that walking with God brings blessing and protection, and he gives his angels charge over us. Families and individuals that are without Christ are largely without this protection, and are wide open to satanic assault of any variety. Often the prayer of others covers those who are without this protection, but not forever.

On the other side of the coin, those who are in sin bring curses upon themselves and their descendants (Duet 28:20, Exodus 20:4-5 for starters), and these are often spoken of as generational curses (Exodus 20:4-5 - The 2nd Commandment). Many of the sicknesses that modern science labels as "hereditary" fall into this category, as do curses involving sexual sins, witchcraft, addiction, poverty and insanity. Spirits often become "familiar" to a bloodline (in his books, Whitley Strieber often speaks of the visitors growing relationship with his son), and children end up victims of demonic oppression for generations because of "the sins of the fathers." These curses and "cycles" can all be broken by the blood of Jesus, by the generation that repents, as he became a curse for us (Galatians 3:13). The Appendix covers this in great detail.

It would be interesting to do surveys, but in general it is known that people who have experienced intense "visitor" phenomenon, are from families that are not strongly Christian, and the individuals involved have many "open doors" for demonic activity, such as witchcraft, drug abuse, or occult involvement (again, see The Appendix).

I'm not sure, but definitely before I was ten. My best guess, and this is just something I believe the Lord allowed me to piece together, has to do with the fact that my other grandmother, from my dad's side, also lived with us for a while before her death. She was a strong, 1950's style Pentecostal Christian. Perhaps her presence in our house brought a residual blessing, or perhaps she "discerned" an evil afflicting the house. I believe that her presence, prayers, and possibly "spiritual warfare," caused the visitations to stop, in time, one way or another. I am certain that her prayers "plowed the ground" for my eventual salvation, as God honors faith and obedience, and His word promises that members of your household and bloodline will receive his salvation.

Now I don't intend to sound mean, but this is only ever said by people who have never read it.

Those who have read it, simply don't make that statement. The most humble simply admit that there are "disputable matters," and then follow the Bible's admonition to not make great arguments out of lesser issues (the most vocal, however, are often not the most humble, when it comes to these other issues). But all agree that the "main issue" of the Bible is Jesus Christ. The central mandate of the Bible, outside of knowing Him better, is to preach the gospel.

To be fair, it's the Christians who get off of the central theme of the Bible, that scare everybody else off; and we know that. But what can you do?

But for those non-Christians who have read only small portions, and then attempt to "interpret the Bible," the analogies are really wide open. Would you want a surgeon who'd only read a small part of the book pertaining to your operation, but had no experience? Would you want a financial manager who only occasionally ever glanced at a few magazines? You see what I mean. This attitude, while totally illogical, permeates the mindset of otherwise logical people in regard to one issue and one issue only - the Bible. I simply challenge you to read it through once, then interpret it all you want to. And let me know what you come up with.

When you get down to it though, there are really only two ways that people ever interpret the Bible. One is to already know what you want it to say, and go at it looking for ways to prove the agenda of your heart (and then the Lord will only answer you according to your agenda - Ezekiel 14:3-4). The other is to open the Bible with an admission that you don't know everything, and read it asking God to reveal the truth to you, even if finding truth might mean risking all that you already know.

 I'm not saying that it necessarily will, or that you'll find ultimate truth for your life, but are you willing to take the chance?

 If you're not, never use the word "closed-minded" to refer to another Christian again, because you just lost your right to that word.

We all know that the government has to do secret tests of advanced aircraft; we'd feel unsafe if we didn't think it was going on. The question open to debate is where they get their ideas from. My feeling, as you know, is that they come from the same place they got the idea, and technology, for the Tower of Babel.

Don't forget, thousands of years ago, the Pyramids were the technological marvel of the world, and arguably might still be (and that was one demonized society). Stonehenge has got some serious advanced math built into it, too.

They’re spirits beings, who existed in heaven since probably before our universe was created. God said "Let there be light," and they watched it happen. They probably witnessed the Big Bang. They watched our planet cool. If any of this is true, they should have a better understanding of physics than Albert Einstein. Whatever our level of technology might be at any given time, it's no trick to show us the next step, even if God was wanting to wait for us to mature a little more, before giving us "the next step..."


"The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...
  If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker." - Albert Einstein

"You will not surely die..." - Satan

The "stereo-typical" experience - actually I should say - most common occurrences, involve this scenario: The person involved is awakened from their sleep, sees these "beings" all around him or her, is fearful, but unable to move, then perhaps spirited away from their home, maybe undergoes some sort of examination, or even sexual experience, and then returned to their bed.

The common thread is torment.

My belief is that they usually don’t actually physically leave their home, but that the visitors appear and communicate with us most often while we are in a stage of sleeping or dreaming that is ripe for other-wordly experience.

Many UFO researchers believe that the visitors are possibly other-dimensional, rather than from other planets. They are from a "dimension occupying the same physical space as earth, but a different plane," thus explaining the overall lack of physical evidence of their visit (except for possible physical marks on the person, which is common in many types of demonic manifestations and encounters). "Other-dimensional" is an apt description of the "second heaven" of the Bible (a.k.a., the demonic realm -Eph 6:12).

They then initiate an astral, or out-of-body, experience with the subject of the visitation, giving them memories of leaving their home, flying to different places, or of being on a ship or any other "dreamscape." The more often this happens to a person (or the more experienced they already are with occult or drug-induced "altered states") the more prone they would be to participate in an "abduction." The experiences would take on greater and greater depth and detail, and seem more and more realistic. After a certain point, some may even leave their homes willingly, perhaps without remembering doing so, and go to a place that is a focal point for demonic activity. In folklore, "haunted woods" tales come to mind.

Kind of late, I realize, but let me state that this is how I believe it happened in my case. While physical abductions are in keeping with what Genesis 6 describes, I don’t believe such a thing actually happened to me, nor to many of those who have similar stories. For the most part, I believe that most happen as described above, leaving the (often buried) impression of an abduction, or visitation, not to mention a mental "stronghold" of resistance to the gospel.

Those abductions involving physical craft, may well involve a ship, but one of earthly origin. The demons may have a hand in the technology behind the ship, and in a small percentage of "test flights," may influence the flight plan. But assuming not, it is still no problem for angels or demons to keep up with a fast moving vehicle (the way I drive, I'm glad of that, because I know my life's been spared a time or two because of "divine intervention"). They simply accompany the ships while in the air, and sometimes cause many people, to have what seems to be an "abduction" experience by other-dimensional, or astral, "technology," after seeing the ship.

Obviously, I don't have all the information needed to properly explain every abduction, but I'll bet I'm on the right track.

Keep that same attitude with this whole book, and we’ll get along fine. Of course, neither I, nor anybody, can cover all the bases. The point is that it’s demonic, not extra-terrestrial. If you’ve read this far, then you’ve got to admit that there’s enough plausible arguments in this book to, hopefully, cause you to reconsider your spiritual loyalties.

And that’s all I set out to do –
to fully and intelligently present the gospel to a target audience that normally wouldn’t sit through it.

"It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel
where Christ was not known,
...rather, as it is written,
'Those who were not told about him will see,
and those who have not heard will understand.'"
Romans 15:20

The seed planted here will bear fruit in many. My hope is that you now understand the gospel message better than you did before, and can make your eternal choices based on that understanding, rather than solely on New Age doctrines. Even if I’m wrong about the whole UFO thing, I’m right about Jesus. He is Lord of All; he will return to judge the earth, and either you're going with him, or you’re not.

"The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life." Revelation 22:17

Appendix C is some reprinted material from two pastors of mine. After this last question, this book is pretty much done. One last time, thanks for hanging with me as long as you have. Don’t forget, He loves you. He died a horrible death to win you...

Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, you’ve got a decision to make.

Come sail away with me.

Actually, it's quite possible.

Firstly, I would answer in general, that when God sets a person free, they're free. The power of the blood of Jesus, and God's covenant to protect, see to it, as long as the individual continues to remain in God's will for their life, on a somewhat consistent basis.

That said, I am also aware that the struggles and issues of our life in this world are partly for training us for Eternity (an idea new-agers and reincarnationalists have gotten away with stealing, mainly because it's true. But, as with Eve, what they believe is truth has a deception attached to it. Pure deception is often too obvious to detect, and we all know that half-lies are usually the most effective). God often gives us battles here, to train our spiritual character for the glorious role he has prepared for us in the future. Kicking demon tail in the name of Jesus is often part of that training. He wants us to be very aware of the authority and power He has bestowed upon us, and what better way than to make us use it?

That said, while some others who become Christians after any type of demonic experiences may never have to wrestle with them again, the fact that I've written this book, and am actually seeking out other "abductees" to take the gospel to, might bring me into contact with them again.

For over twenty years, I've left them alone, and they've left me alone, but that's changed. There's a degree of "specialized calling" inherent in what I'm now doing. I'm taking an "offensive stance," going onto their turf, and with Jesus' grace am attempting to take back those they've taken. Yes, they might visit me again, especially in proportion to any degree of success I may see.

"Coming out of the closet" about this issue aside, part of the fear involved for me in doing this thing has involved considering exactly that issue. And yes, I'm scared. Intellectually, I know that the authority of Jesus in me is more than enough to command them to leave, and then some, but the issue is using it. And honestly, if the moment ever comes, I could revert to a five year-old emotionally.

The dream I had Christmas of 1993 showed me exactly where I was then, in regards to that issue - I fought for about twenty seconds, and then buckled in fright. In fact, if you care to know something really silly about me, it wasn't until I was nineteen years old, that I realized that I was no longer afraid of insects. I didn't recognize it as a phobia until after it was gone, but for much of my life I was scared of bugs. Anything with big eyes that had the potential to swarm scared the living daylights out of me. Silly, huh?

So who knows if I'll ever see them again? And if I do, I really don't know how I'll fare.

But this is God's will for my life. His strength is made perfect, and noticed by others, when we are weakest. Being strong and mighty is His job description, not mine. I’m just the sidekick.

One of millions, by the way…

Well, Imagine that.

Turns out the Christians were the aliens all the time!

(I always knew they were weird…)

Okay, so don’t beam me up yet, Lord; I’ve still got a story to tell...

There’s people deceived and going to hell out there, and I want my fifteen minutes!





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Cover artwork created by Kim Stafford (Staffordart -lightshine@home.com  ), using Adobe Photoshop, and is Copyright 1998 Guy Malone.