UFO’s –
Unidentified Flying Objects – it seems that almost everyone is intrigued by
them, and people want to know what UFO’s are and where they come from. Hundreds, even thousands, of sightings of
unknown objects in the sky have fascinated people all around the world since ancient
times, even until now. Interestingly, there
seems to be quite an increase in UFO experiences today, but there are still many
people who are skeptical of these sightings.
Undoubtedly,
some of these sightings are hoaxes, pranks, illusions, or imaginations running
wild and I’m sure that at least some of the stories out there are wildly
exaggerated. However, because of the
sheer multitude of documented cases, not only in the U.S., but worldwide, and
because of the consistency of many of
these events and their descriptions, it is hard to dismiss them all as mere
illusions. Something is indeed out there.
So what
exactly are these Unidentified Flying Objects?
Could they simply be comets or meteorites falling from the sky? Could they just be hallucinations or the
product of someone’s vivid imagination?
Some have
suggested that they may be weather balloons or drones, while some will say that
these are some type of unusual military aircraft. This is not always the case, since many of
these objects have been caught on multiple sources of radar at the same time by
airports and planes (both civilian and military), by sober, experienced
aviation personnel, Navy and Air Force pilots and even astronauts. Many sane and respected people have seen
these unearthly objects in the sky with no reason to lie about it.
Also
interesting is the government cover-up in some of these events, for example,
the strange “flying saucer” crash that happened at Roswell, New Mexico back in
1947 and the recovery of “bodies.” Some
of that is still classified today.
Identified
So, if these
entities flying these UFO’s are real, should we reach out to them or should we
shun them? Should we embrace them or
avoid them like the plague?
My personal
opinion is that these beings are demonic in
nature. Let me explain why. They defy our natural laws. They can move faster than the speed of sound,
yet, make no sonic “boom” when the sound barrier is broken. These aircraft often appear to make no noise at all, and there are often no
detectable exhaust fumes. They turn at
right angles effortlessly at extremely high speeds. They are able to evade our fastest military
jets. Some have even been observed
travelling from the air, then into the ocean without any change in speed. There is literally nothing on earth like them.
They break our natural, physical laws,
therefore they are obviously supernatural.
Something
is certainly going on and I am convinced that only supernatural beings (beings
from another dimension) can do these things.
The Bible
tells us of only two categories of supernatural beings – those that are godly
and those that are evil. Jesus said, “He
who is not with Me is against me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters”
(Matthew
12:30). There are good ones (those that obey God – Hebrews 1:14) and there
are evil ones (those who have been cast out of Heaven – Isaiah 14:12-15; 2
Peter 2:4; Jude 1:6; Revelation 12:4, 7-9).
Intelligent
creatures (including humans) are either “on God’s side” or not. There is no third option. Those on God’s side will obey Him and do His
will, spread the gospel, help God’s people, etc. But these strange, intelligent beings flying
superior aircraft are not pointing to Scripture or spreading good will, they
are not pointing us to God or sharing the gospel. In fact, they seem to be eerily watching us
and will generally evade people, but
when they do “make contact,” there is usually a fearful or threatening
situation, with some people even claiming abductions. I have never heard of a story where aliens
meet humans and say, “Fear not,” as good angels do in Scripture (e.g., Daniel
10:12; Matthew 28:5; Luke 2:9-10).
If they were from God, they would no doubt say this and encourage people
to embrace Jesus Christ and His gospel.
But it seems
that these sightings and occurrences never point to Jesus Christ, but rather, these
beings seem to have a different agenda.
So, since they are not bringing the gospel, nor any godly message, but
rather fear, confusion, paranoia, and general creepiness (and in some cases,
harm), I think that we can safely conclude that the motives of these
other-worldly beings are not pure.
Watching Outer Space
Many people
don’t know that the Catholic Church has an observatory with giant telescopes in
Rome and another one in Arizona with a team of astronomers.
An
interesting question would be: “Why would the Catholic Church spend millions of
dollars on a giant telescope to stare into outer space when their primary
mission is supposed to be spreading the gospel and keeping the Catholic faith
alive?”
Perhaps this
is a bit of over-compensation for what happened to Galileo (the guy who the
Catholic Church imprisoned because he “foolishly” thought that the earth
revolved around the sun [heliocentrism])? At that time, the Church believed
that the earth was the center of the universe, and therefore accused Galileo of
heresy, holding him under house arrest until the time he died.
We know that the Catholic Church is trying
really hard to forget that incident and is trying to prove to everyone that
they are now more interested in science.
But isn’t spending millions of dollars for a telescope a bit of
overkill? How will this telescope help
the average Catholic grow closer to God?
This money could have been better spent spreading the truth of the
gospel (Matthew 28:18-20).
The Catholic View
But what
does the Catholic Church say about these creatures from “outer space”? There don’t appear to be any official statements from the Vatican
about UFO’s or aliens, but some in high places within the Catholic Church would
welcome the idea of extraterrestrials here on earth.
Father Chris
Corbally, S.J., a high-ranking Catholic astronomer and scientist at the Vatican
Observatory said of the search for extraterrestrial life, “We would be open to
that sort of thing. Certainly, some of
our efforts should be directed toward that.”
According to
Monsignor Corrado Balducci, a retired Catholic priest and former member of the
Roman Curia (a high-level body of offices that govern the Catholic Church), “It
is reasonable to believe and to affirm that extra-terrestrials exist. Their existence can no longer be denied for
there is too much evidence for the existence of extra-terrestrials and flying
saucers as documented by UFO research. To
assert categorically that they are illusions and hallucination, or that
eyewitness testimony accounts are not credible, is wrong…” See here:
An article
in The Telegraph states, “Highly
evolved extra terrestrial lifeforms may be living in space and would be
welcomed into the church – ‘no matter how many tentacles [they have],’ one of
the Pope’s astronomers has said.”
And that
astronomer is Brother Guy Consolmagno, curator of the pope’s meteorite
collection, and senior Vatican scientist, who said he “would be happy to
baptize them [speaking of aliens].” See
here:
Jesuit
priest Jose Gabriel Funes, head of the Vatican Observatory and scientific
adviser to Pope Benedict, told the Vatican newspaper (L’Osservatore Romano) in 2008 in an interview headlined, The Extraterrestrial is my brother, that
he saw no conflict between belief in such beings and faith in God. He stated, “Just as there is a multiplicity
of creatures on earth, there can be other beings, even intelligent, created by
God. This is not in contrast with our
faith because we can’t put limits on God’s creative freedom… Why can’t we speak
of a ‘brother extraterrestrial’? It
would still be part of creation.”
Although
Funes’ statements in his interview with L’Osservatore
Romano (above), were not official
Vatican statements, a National Catholic
Register article states:
“However,
the fact that they were published in the Vatican newspaper signifies support of
the wider Church for the acceptability of his position regarding the possible
existence of intelligent aliens…” And
Brother Guy Consolmagno added, “Essentially, it [the fact that the article was
printed] is evidence that the Vatican hierarchy agrees that there’s no problem
[with these aliens].” See here:
Pope Francis, himself, stated:
“If – for
example – tomorrow an expedition of Martians came, and some of them came to us,
here… Martians, right? Green, with that
long nose and big ears, just like children paint them… And one says, ‘But I
want to be baptized!’ What would happen?… Who are we to close the doors to the
Holy Spirit?... baptism is open to everyone…” See here:
A different
source states that, “Monsignor Corrado Balducci made similar news when he said
ETs [Extra-Terrestrials] were actually already interacting with earth and that
some of the Vatican’s leaders were aware of it.”
This source
also said that maverick Catholic theologian, Father Malachi Martin, when asked
why the Vatican was heavily invested in the study of deep space at Mt. Graham
Observatory in southeastern Arizona, replied, “Because the mentality… amongst
those who [are] at the… highest levels of Vatican administration and
geopolitics, know that, now, knowledge of what’s going on in space, and what’s approaching us, could be of
great import in the next five years, ten years.” (Emphasis added)
One has to
wonder, what did he mean by “and what’s approaching us.” The article continues, “People familiar with
Malachi believe he may have been referring to a near-future arrival of alien
intelligence.”
The article
also states that after Funes’ interview with L’Osservatore Romano, Muslim and Jewish leaders joined to say their
religion could accommodate an ET reality…”
See here:
Is this a
hint of the move toward a one-world religion (Revelation 13:8)? In the quest for this one-world religion,
some people believe that an alien “mediator” would be the ideal “person” to
bring together all the world’s religions.
An Alien Savior?
Ok, so the
Catholic Church seems to be willing to embrace these aliens / extraterrestrials. Wouldn’t that be a good thing, you know, unity,
world peace and all that? No, I
certainly don’t believe that. This would
no doubt be a very, very bad move.
The movie, Independence Day comes to mind, with the
large spaceship hovering over the city… and the people on rooftops are in awe
and want to welcome these beings. It is
a moment of beauty, excitement and anticipation… until they are suddenly thrust
into reality when the ship starts to fire on them and to brutally destroy their
city. Now, I’m not saying that this type
of thing is going to actually happen, my point is simply, don’t trust these “alien”
supernatural beings.
Many seem to
have this view that, with all our problems, maybe these advanced beings could
teach us a few things… find cures for diseases, solve political problems, or maybe
they could even be our saviors!
The pope’s
astronomer, Guy Consolmagno, echoes this same sentiment of some people in
another article:
“…Brother
Consolmagno suggested the idea of discovering extraterrestrial life may be so
appealing to humanity, with all its pain, injustice and disease, that there is
hope that ‘any race advanced enough to cross the stars to visit us must also be
advanced enough to show us how to overcome all those human ills. They look to the aliens to be saviors of
mankind.’”
Thanks, but
no thanks, ET. We already have a source of hope, a Savior, to help us with all our
ills. And His name is Jesus Christ:
“Now to Him who is able
to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the
power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all
generations, forever and ever. Amen.” (Ephesians 3:20-21)
“As in the Days of Noah”
It is
interesting that Jesus warns us that the end times before His return will be
like “the days of Noah” (Matthew 24:37). Here, Jesus is alluding to people in those
days as having a “business as usual” mindset, i.e., people were eating,
drinking, marrying, etc. (v. 38-39). All the normal everyday stuff we do.
But many
believe that there is more to this passage than just that. The passage could very well also be pointing
to the days of Noah in the book of Genesis, where the “sons of God” took “daughters
of men” as wives, and produced giants as offspring, called “Nephilim” (Genesis
6:1-4). Verse 4 says that the Nephilim were on the
earth in those days, “... and also afterward.” This means after the flood, as well, that they ("the sons of God") would somehow return to earth
to populate it with these strange (and wicked) hybrids. After all, this was the reason that the flood
came in the first place – to cleanse the land of these hybrids and their
wickedness in the land.
This passage
of Scripture could very well tie into our present-day “alien” activity. By the way, many, if not most, of the alien abduction
stories have something to do with aliens experimenting with human sex organs
and reproductive systems. Could this tie
in with Noah’s time and this interest in producing this unusual offspring in humans?
Could the
Catholic Church (with its alien agenda) play right into the coming strong delusion of 2 Thessalonians 2:11?
“And for this cause God
shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie.”
I think that
this will be the case for many Catholics (and others).
Conclusion
So when the
pope says that “baptism is open to everyone,” does he really think that we
should baptize these demonic beings? Why
would he think that they would ever even want
to be baptized? The answer to the question
as to why couldn’t we speak of a “brother extraterrestrial” is obvious. Yes, they are indeed part of creation, but so
is the devil. Would the pope baptize
Satan, as well?
This is a
warning to Catholics, Protestants, and
anyone else. We should use biblical
discernment and we should not trust
these particular supernatural entities.
It is my sincere conviction that this “UFO connection” is a part of the
great deception of the end times. (2 Thessalonians 2:1-11; 1 Timothy 4:1; 2
Timothy 3:13)
See this
link for a very interesting and informative video on aliens and the last days:
Here also is
an excellent article on alien deception in the end times:
