EARTH: THE VISITED PLANET
Earth. The visited planet. It was visited by angels, demons and God Himself in the Old Testament. Demons still visit earth today (Ephesians 6:10-18) and so do angels (Hebrews 13:2). It was visited by Jesus when He came to earth (John 1:1-14). Many say it is currently being visited by beings from outer space, extra-terrestrial beings. Some can call them UFO’s, others UAP’s.
When I was in high school I was fascinated by the supernatural and read many books about it. Perhaps God was preparing me for the many years I have been involved in spiritual warfare ministry. I’ve been keeping up with the current interest in life on other planets. It seems quite certain the US military, especially the Air Force, know that earth is being visited by beings from outer space. They say their space ships travel at speeds of 5,000 MPH and never cause a sonic boom. Reports have been issued about crashed UFO’s with “non-human” biologic victims. Large shiny obelisks have appeared in deserted areas of the US west and in Europe in recent years. Archaeologists find traces of ancient civilizations far more advanced than any in their time. No one knows how they got there. It seems something is happening which we aren’t made aware of.
This isn’t a subject many pastors preach about because it seems so far out and extreme, yet I think it is important to be educated about it so we aren’t deceived or scared. We need to know the truth ourselves and see how this al fits into God’s plan and we need to be able to explain these things to others.
A key passage to understand what is happening today is Genesis 6:1-9. It takes place in the time of Noah, 1658 years after creation, based on the genealogy in Genesis 5. There were probably billions of people living on the earth at that time, and all but Noah and his family had turned far from God. Genesis 6:1 When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.” 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown. 5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. 6 The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. 7 So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. 9 This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.
“Sons of God” refers to angels, including fallen angels (demons according to Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7, Book of Enoch in the LXX). All ancient Jewish writings considered “Sons of God” to be angelic beings that married with human females and had strange offspring. They transformed bodily to appear as men “Daughters of men” refers to human descendants of Adam. These fallen angels forcefully took any girls they wanted, “they married any of them they chose” (v. 2). This was very evil in God’s sight.
The offspring of these demon/human unions produced a hybrid race, called “Nephilim” which means “fallen ones.” They are also called “heroes of old” and “men of renown.” Literally this means “mighty ones” and is also translated “giants.” This word is used in Greek mythology for “Titans,” the product of interbreeding of Greek gods with humans. It’s easy to see how the knowledge of what happened before the flood in Genesis 6 was taken with people when they spread after the Tower of Babel. Accounts of these ‘monsters’ were developed in Greece. They are also part of folk legend of ancient Sumerian, Assyrian, Egyptian, Indian, South Sea Islands, Inca, Mayan, Persian and Native American cultures. They all go back to something that happened before these people groups were separated, back to the time of the flood.
Noah and his family passed the true story of Genesis 6 to their descendant but it soon became corrupted by those who no longer followed the One true God. This demonic/human race was destroyed in the flood but Satan tried this same mating process again after the flood as we see in Genesis 14 and 15 where Rephaim, Emim, Horim, Zanzummim and Anak and his sons are named. Bashan was considered to be the capital of wickedness in Caanan, which was extremely evil (Psalm 22:12). A thousand years after the flood the Nephillim appear (Numbers 13:26-33). Satan was trying to wipe out the line of the Kinsman Redeemer (Genesis 3:15). Goliath was a remnant of that line (1 Samuel 17). He was a 10-foot-tall descendant of Anak.
So, what does all that have to do with today? Everything! Jesus Himself said Satan will use the same tactics before Jesus returns that he used in the days of Noah (Matthew 24:37). The stories of these ‘superhumans’ has continued through the ages in the legends of the Greek and Roman gods and in various myths and legends of ‘monsters,’ ‘dragons’ and super-humans. UFO phenomenon has been recorded since early days, but has grown especially common since the incident in Roswell in 1948.
To think there are human-like beings on other planets is bad science and theology. The Bible, the only revelation of God to mankind, says we are made in God’s image but sinned so God’s only Son came to earth one time to die only once for the sin of everyone made in God’s image. Any other human-like beings God created would also be in His image, have a free will, sin and need redemption – but only we on earth have a Redeemer. It just doesn’t add up to think there is life similar to ours anywhere else in the universe. The story of creation makes that clear as well.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 says that before Jesus returns the Antichrist will come in deception and power: “The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing.” Just what is “the lie”? Part of it has to be that the Antichrist is god and should be worshipped by all. It’s easy to see how UFO’s or UAP’s will cause everyone to turn to them: some out of fear others out of hope of help for planet earth.
God tells us that before the Antichrist is revealed that He will rapture all believers (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17). We will be taken away because we are free from judgment since Jesus took our condemnation (Romans 8:1), like Lot from Sodom, Noah from the flood and Rahab from Jericho. How will the world react to millions of people instantly gone at the same time? One of the best explanations is that aliens from other planets kidnapped them. Satan is setting up mankind now to believe that lie to turn people to himself. All this with UFO’s today is setting the stage for that, and for demonic activity on earth after the rapture, during the tribulation. They will be accepted as aliens come to ‘help’ us in our time of need.
How does this apply to us today? Never doubt God is in total control of everything happening today. It may seem Satan is having his way, but God will use all of it for His good (Romans 8:28; Genesis 50:20). Don’t fear. Don’t panic. It’s all in the Bible. Keep your faith in God, your eyes on Jesus and your hope in God’s truth as revealed in His Word. We know how the story ends. We win!
cto Rev. Dr. JERRY SCHMOYER
Christian Training Organization
Jerry@ChristianTrainingOrganization.org
(India Outreach, Spiritual Warfare, Family Ministries, Counseling, World View)
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