"But even if we or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let them be accursed.....As we have said before, so now I say again; if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed." (Galatians 1:8,9) Sounds pretty serious doesn't it....to double-down like Paul just did? Alien life....anywhere in the universe....is another gospel. Now....without a doubt....a lot of Christian readers are going to take issue with that. To man today....it just seems right....common sense....that there would in this universe be beings other than man or angels. "There is a way that seems right to man, But its end is the way to death." (Proverbs 14:12) Sound biblical churches need to address this issue in the congregation....even if only once....to make sure that everyone knows that whatever pilots are reporting on....that there are a few possibilities....none of which are alien life. A definitive statement like this might be problematic to some in the congregation....so it would also be an flashing alarm....that the people need a refresher on what God's Word....not man's....and what it says about creation....and God....and the fall....and the cross....and hell....and heaven.
"Therefore God Sends Them Strong Delusion"
Neither the commander of the ballistic missile base....nor any of his officers....nor any of the scientists stationed there....had any idea of the test....for they were conducting their own test. Washington D. C. seemed more interested than usual in the results.....but that was good right?
The test-firing of a ballistic missile was as secret and security conscious as it gets. The test was in the planning for over a year....and dry-run conducted multiple times in the previous month.The day had come....and the public had been told about the upcoming test....at 8 am on that Friday morning. There were no mistakes made....and no unforeseen problems developed....and the test went off perfectly as planned....until the missile was a few miles off the launchpad. The radio reports coming in from aerial observers....flying close enough to photograph the launch and make observations....were chaotic.
There was one new observer from Washington....a colonel....very friendly....but also very serious. He technically had total authority over the launch....if something unplanned might come up.....which it now had. He ordered everyone to absolute secrecy until an investigation could be made....no one knew at the time that the results of that investigation would never be revealed to them.
(A little personal note here. I know a little about top secret clearances in the military....for I had one....and I posted once on how we worked in a quonset hut....and every piece of scrap paper thrown into the trash....had to be burned.....even if you blew your nose....the tissue would get burned. Back to my fictional essay)
Years had passed....and a few of the officers and scientists that witnessed the events of that day were getting impatient at never hearing anything at all....and you could not blame them....for what they witnessed was an unidentified....oval.....flying object....that had somehow destroyed the controls in the ballistic missile....aborting the mission and the test.
Many more years passed....and the government declassified what had happened. There were two tests that day....the one that the military knew about and conducted....the launch of a ballistic missile.....but the second test was kept from everyone in the world.....the flight of disc-shaped flying object....designed to shoot down incoming ballistic missiles. Some believed the explanation....others called the explanation a hoax.
Folks....I'm not saying that this is what happened concerning recent reports of a similar situation many years ago. I don't believe that is what happened. I'm am though saying two things. On any conspiracy theory....UFOs or vaccines or JFK or whatever....every possible avenue of explanation has to be explored. Today we take radioactive decay as gospel in determining how how old an object might be....but there is no experiment where this can be proven. We may find out in the future that the rate of decay is not as we think that it is.....just a possibility folks. The second point is that if one is a Christian of any maturity.....God's Word to them is very clear....there is no possibility of life anywhere in the entire universe. Why would a secularist believe this? I don't blame them for thinking there must be life elsewhere....but to the one who knows God's Word....it is very clear....we are it.
Scriptural verses to ponder:
"And as they still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." 2 Kings 2:11 ESV
"For false christs and false prophets will arise, and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect," Matthew 24:24 ESV
