Bible Passages To Consider When Examining
The Modern
Alien / UFO Phenomena
Three popular English translations
are offered here for your study and comparison.
We affirm that the Bible is the inspired,
infallible word of God - BUT believe that modern translations from the original
languages are not inherently infallible. Since English translations vary, we strongly
recommend using a Concordance and/or a Hebrew / Greek dictionary for in-depth analysis of
debatable terms and topics.
Genesis 2:1 |
"Thus the
heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them."
King James Version |
"Thus the
heavens and the earth were completed in
all their vast array."
New International Version |
"Thus the
heavens and the earth were finished, and
all the host of them."
Revised Standard Version |
The word host as
used in Genesis 2:1, is defined by Strong's Concordance (6635)
as
"a mass of persons or things especially organized for war, an army."
The topic of "Who Are The
Hosts of Heaven?" is more thoroughly examined in the article
The Host of
Heaven.
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Dueternomy 4:19 |
"And lest thou
lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon,
and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be
driven to worship them, and serve them..." Duet 4:19
King James Version |
"And when you
look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars - all the
heavenly array - do not be enticed into bowing down to them..."
New International Version |
And beware lest
you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and
the stars, all
the host of heaven,
you be drawn away and worship them and serve them, things which the LORD
your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.
Revised Standard
Version |
God gives explicit instructions
not to worship nor be led astray from Him by the hosts of heaven!
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Ephesians 6:12 |
"For we
wrestle not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, powers, against the rulers of
the darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness in high places"
King James Version |
"For
our struggle is not against flesh and blood,
but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this
dark world and against the
spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms."
New International Version |
"For we
are not contending against flesh and blood,
but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers
of this present darkness,
against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Revised Standard Version |
Here, we see that the church
is called to wage war not against deceived humanity when they disagree with
us, but most directly against evil spiritual forces responsible for
deceiving people. The word "powers" as used here, is the
same Greek word found in 1 Peter 3:22, specifying "angels, authorities and
powers" and as in Colossians 3:10, "...the principalities and powers in
heavenly places."
We believe these "wicked
heavenly hosts" are the primary basis for today's UFO fascination and
abduction reports - "wickedness (perceived abduction, sexual assault,
spiritual deception) in the heavenly realms..." (Go
Here for a Greek breakdown of powers, principalities,
rulers, high places.) We further believe Ephesians 6:12 is a mandate
to the church to "wage war" against these deceptive entities.
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1 Timothy 4:1 |
Now the Spirit
speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the
faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
King James
Version |
"The Spirit
clearly says that in the later times some will abandon the faith and follow
deceiving spirits and things taught by demons."
New International Version |
Now the Spirit
expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by giving
heed to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons,
Revised Standard
Version |
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2 Timothy 4:3-4 |
For the time
will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own
lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they
shall turn away [their] ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto
fables.
King James
Version |
"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 say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away
from truth and turn aside to myths.
New International Version |
For the time is
coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears
they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings, and
will turn away from listening to the truth and wander into myths.
Revised Standard
Version |
Galatians 1:8 |
But though we,
or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we
have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
King James
Version |
"But even if we or an angel from heaven should
preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally
condemned!"
New International
Version |
But even if we,
or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to that
which we preached to you, let him be accursed.
Revised Standard
Version |
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2 Corinthians 11:14:15 |
"14) And no marvel, for Satan himself
is transformed* into an angel of light. 15) Therefore, it is no
great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of
righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works."
* changes himself (KJV note)
King James Version |
"And no wonder, for Satan himself
masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising then, if
his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end
will be what their actions deserve."
New International Version |
"And no wonder, for even Satan
disguises himself as a servant of light. So it is not strange if
his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness.
Their end will correspond to their deeds."
Revised Standard Version |
It's obvious this passage is
saying that even Satan's workers (human or angelic!) pretend to be ministers
of peace and goodwill. In the case of humans, this may not be intentional
deception, but simply people who are deceived, deceiving others - ie, "the
blind leading the blind."
However,
"transformed / masquerades / disguises" as used here is not
figurative, but physical. The literal word is "metaschematizo - to
transfigure or disguise," and has the same root as "metamorphosis," and
relates specifically to the outward physical appearance.
Quite simply, angels have the
power to transform they way they appear to people (just as abductees
repeatedly report their captors have the ability to do). Holy angels
appeared as human often in the Old and New Testaments, and the New Testament
tells us that we too may "entertain angels unaware"
(Hebrews 13:2).
Ufologists and abductees often
believe that the beings we are dealing with or studying are "angelic
spiritual guides," here to help humanity, to repair the environment, to
empower the individual, yada yada yada...
But their documented New Age
doctrines, their sexual assaults and their gross mistreatment of humans
gives them away. They are false workers, intent on our destruction.
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Romans 1:21-25 |
"Because that,
when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful;
but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the
glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man,
and to birds,and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore
God gave also them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts,
to dishonour their bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God
into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the
creator,
who is blessed forever. Amen."
King James Version |
"For although
they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but
their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged
the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and
birds and animals and reptiles. Therefore God gave them over in the
sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their
bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and
worshipped and served created things rather than the creator, who
is forever praised. Amen."
New International Version |
"...for
although they knew God they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him,
but they became futile in their thinking and their senseless minds were
darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the
glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man or birds or
animals and reptiles. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of
their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among
themselves, because they changed the truth about God for a lie and
worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is
blessed forever! Amen."
Revised Standard Version |
The emphasis here is
that many people groups throughout history have turned from worship of the
true God to created things - including the "hosts of heaven" in the
historical Biblical sense, but more recently, to accepting the teachings of
modern "aliens" that THEY are humanity's creators, and saviours.
This topic is more thoroughly examined in the
online video lecture
Evidence for a Spritual Understanding of the
Alien Phenomena.
Our hope in posting this
information, as always, is that people will learn from the Word of God that
the "aliens" reported today are deceptive entities, wicked hosts and false
gods who wish only to destroy those they come in contact with.
(Yes, even the tall blonde Nordics - "made to look like mortal man... and
reptiles" from the scripture above. They're playing "good cop, bad cop"
people, and we're being had.)
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