UFOs and the Gospel of Christ (Part 1 of 2)

I saw my first UFO in the mid-1950s when I was about ten years old. My family lived in Atlanta, Georgia, and it really was not that unusual to spot a UFO or two in those days. For the younger readers, this was a time when satellites were a new fascination for Americans. The Russians had launched ”Sputnik” and the U.S. had “Echo” and other satellites in orbit.

In our daily paper, the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, were published the times that various satellites would pass over Atlanta. Many eyes were focused on the night skies and some, me included, saw things other than satellites. We saw UFOs.

UFOs, unidentified flying objects, by definition are not necessarily extraterrestrial spaceships. Rather, they are something that can’t be readily identified thus “unidentified” flying objects.

Most UFOs are usually eventually identified. Most turn out to be something natural or man-made. A very small number of sightings are never explained. These residual unidentified flying objects, or RUFOs, are the ones that keep people talking and interested. It is these that keep Art Bell[1] and others up late at night.

To this day I don’t know what my childhood UFOs were. The only thing I do know is that the objects I saw violated every known law of physics. They flew at very high altitudes and performed almost instant, high speed, ninety-degree turns. Nothing flying, then or now, with the exception of Superman, can do this.

The modern UFO craze began in 1947[2] with the famous “Roswell Incident.”  It was reported by witnesses that a UFO had crashed in Roswell, New Mexico, and that the United States Government had recovered the bodies of alien visitors. Allegedly, the bodies were taken to what today is known as Area 51.[3] Many believe that they are still there.

My purpose today, however, is not to stir up our fascination with UFOs but rather to expose how New Agers are using our fascination to further their false gospel. Many have not made the connection, but I assure you that a very strong, obvious, and evil connection does exist between UFOs and the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

There exists throughout the world various “gifted” people who supposedly can contact aliens and channel[4] their messages to us earthlings. This certainly is interesting to consider but here is the really intriguing point. These messages routinely attack, ridicule, or undermine Christianity. The aliens don’t seem to be threatened by Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, or any other ism. They focus their attacks on Christianity.[5]  Could this be because Christianity is the only true religion? This would be my bet.

The words of Galatians 1:6-9 should put us on guard. I’m sure that Paul didn’t anticipate UFOs when he penned these passages, but certainly he was aware of other equally dangerous heresies. Paul warns:

6. I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel.

 7. which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you, and want to distort the gospel of Christ.

 8. But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to that which we have preached to you, let him be accursed.

 9. As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to that which you received, let him be accursed.

Let’s take note that we do have, in a real sense,  “angels from heaven” preaching a false Gospel. The New Age gospel promises the fruit of Christianity, “love, joy, and peace,” minus the root, Jesus Christ. Isn’t this what false gospels do? Won’t the devil himself offer us a lake of truth just so we will swallow the one poison pill?

Again, Scripture warns us. For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. (I Cor. 11:13-14).

There is a book, The Fellowship: Spiritual Contact Between Humans and Outer Space Beings, by Brad Steiger. In the book Steiger presents alleged conversations between aliens and human channelers. The back cover of his book says:

Meet some of those who have known, loved, and learned from extra dimensional beings, either through “channeling” or by physical contact—people who may be our era’s most urgent prophets. Here is a groundbreaking, in-depth exploration of the increasing number of interactions now taking place between human beings and spirits from other dimensions, spirits who bear a hope-filled message of love and transformation.

Apparently, aliens know a lot about love. They want to share it with us. But, it is not the love of Christ they share. Quite the contrary is true as we delve deeper.

In William Alnor’s book, UFOs in the New Age, he gives us more insight into the false gospel propagated by many UFOlogists.[6]

The basic message from the aliens is that earthlings are invited to join them in progressing to the next level of evolution. Can you hear “Age of Aquarius” playing in the background?

What is particularly interesting about this invitation is who is not welcome to join them. The unwelcome are the practicing Jews and Christians. Listen to this quote that subtly applies to them. This message comes from space being OX-HO who speaks to those associated with a British Columbian UFO contact group. OX-HO says:

People of earth, you are becoming fourth dimensional (meaning that humanity is evolving into a new species) whether you are ready or not. Leave the old to those who cling to the old.  Don’t let the New Age leave you behind

The more you read the book the clearer it becomes that “the old” referred to by OX-HO is outdated religious beliefs like Christianity and all that right/wrong stuff.

Mr. Alnor tells of a Christian journalist from Los Angeles who wrote this in an unpublished manuscript:

In looking at the backgrounds of UFO abductees, it quickly becomes clear that almost to a man, they have some background in New Age or occultic beliefs. Interestingly, studies show that there are very few practicing Christians or Jews amongst UFO contactees. What could this mean? Are the aliens racists? Or does this, rather, indicate something about the belief systems of the abductees themselves?

Quoting again from Mr. Alnor’s book:

Most of the otherworldly messages seem to say that Jesus Christ of Nazareth is not who Christians claim he is----not God in human flesh, the second person of the Holy Trinity, as the Christian church has taught for twenty centuries, but simply a way shower, an avatar, a spiritual leader, in the same league as other prophets from the Old Testament or other religious figures.

This is the teaching of the Bahai faith as well as that of other new age religions and some eastern religions. Even many Jews accept Jesus as a good man and prophet. They can and do accept Jesus Christ as anything BUT God.

C.S. Lewis in his book “Mere Christianity,” says this:

A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic—on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg—or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come up with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.

Now the question is who inhabits the UFOs. Are they aliens? Are they extra terrestrials? Are they from our future? Who or what are they? Enquiring minds want to know.

In Part II, we will answer these questions. Until then Klaatu, Barada, Nikto![7]

Ralph C. Barker

cruiseone@mindspring (earthlings only)

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