So, what are we to make of these reports being released by the government?
Now, major documentaries being released that talk about Aliens or extraterrestrials or something like that being undeniably real, and even claims of what spaceships and physical bodies of aliens being found. What do we make of all this? Hey friends, this is Michael Brown. Welcome to a special edition of The Line of Fire. If you don't get My monthly frontline newsletter.
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So go to thelineoffire.org. thelineoffire.org and click on subscribe you'll find this in the description of this video as well Okay. There's been talk for Decades about aliens, UFOs, extraterrestrials. There's everything from the X-Files TV series to E.T., the famous movie. And then you have speculation over the centuries, have aliens appeared and things like that.
Best-selling books written about. I'm thinking back in the 70s, books that were coming out and And of course, more and more and more as the years go on and how have Christians responded to this and what if there was life on other planets, would that affect our faith? What does the Bible actually say about that? Does the Bible say there's no such possibility of anything like that?
Well Now that more documents are being released, more video footage is being released, and supposedly a lot more to come that will be totally eye-opening and shocking, and people are saying it's actually going to mess with the faith of Christians.
Well, let's just step back. I want to say something clearly. I do not have any insider information that I'm going to reveal to you.
Okay? And I do not have anything conclusive to say. For me, it's it's totally premature. to offer a strong opinion. For me, I'm not saying others can't or shouldn't.
I'm saying for me, in terms of what I know, what I understand. what's been made known. And then even when you find out factually, Undeniably, factually, what evidence we do have, what is concrete, how concrete. And we can go from there. Then you have to prayerfully reflect on what Scripture says.
Now, again, some may be way ahead of me on this. That's fine. I'm simply saying what I want to do in this video is be really practical. Be really, really practical regardless of what is discovered. I want to be super practical.
So let's let's first affirm that God is the creator of everything. That that If there is a living entity on the planet, that God is ultimately the Creator. That Satan cannot bring life out of nothing. He does not have that power. He can pervert things, twist things, mimic things, deceive in different ways.
The Bible says that he comes in 2 Corinthians 11th chapter as an angel of light.
So he is the ultimate deceiver. But he cannot create something out of nothing as God does.
Now, we know the world is fallen. We know there are many things that are in a terrible condition, in an evil, wretched condition that were created by God perfectly, but because of sin and the fall are now in a wretched condition or very broken condition. But we know ultimately God is the creator. Let's just say. That there are these entities, whatever you want to call them, whatever description you want to give to them.
That there are these entities that exist that are not simply figments of people's imaginations or demonic deception. And we'll come to that possibility as well.
So What are the possibilities in terms of what these beings would be based on what we know?
Well, they could be Angels or fallen angels.
So we know back in the book of Genesis, and this is reiterated in other Jewish literature, Second Temple literature, and then referenced as well in Jude and 2 Peter. that you have these angelic beings that fell And then it took on human form. and we're able to actually procreate.
So this actually happened. And what was produced from them was called Nifilim. And of course, people have written about this for years and said the aliens are actually Nifilim. And or a similar phenomenon has happened today. with angels taking on human form, so they've got these superpowers.
and but they're still visible and corporeal in other words you can you can touch them They're real in that regard. That's one seri. Another theory would be demons. You say, well, what are demons? Aren't demons fallen angels?
No, scripture doesn't say that. They come from somewhere. That's actually debated. Where do demons come from? Think of that.
Demons are mentioned in the Old Testament and all over the New Testament. and come up all over the place of the Ministry of Jesus and the Apostles. And demons are still being driven out of people to this day. But it's debatable as to where demons come from. Were they merely fallen angels?
Some say they are the spirits of the Nephilim, Some say that there is a pre-adamic race. That Genesis 1.1, in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, and then the second verse, that... The earth, based on this understanding, the earth had become formless and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. That's what happened between Genesis 1:1 and 1.2. It is possible to read the Hebrew words in that way.
And the earth had become. formless and void.
So there is the theory that there was a pre-adamic race. There have different people over the centuries that believed these different things. There was a pre-adamic race. That was created and then destroyed by God because of wickedness.
So Adam and Eve then were the next round of creation. You say, oh, it's just bogus. I'm not defending any argument here. I'm simply saying these are possibilities that have been put forth.
Some people say that's where demons come from. They are the spirits of this pre-adamic race that was wiped out. That's why you have the earth formless and void because God destroyed it. And that's why you have darkness on the face of the deep.
So again, these are explanations people have given.
So, some have said that the pre-odymic race that some actually survive somehow and that they are. these beings.
So again, these are just theories that people have put forth. Another is that there is life in other galaxies and things like that, and even though in our technology space travel is completely impossible. There's no way based on everything we know. terms of the laws of science. for beings to be able to come from another galaxy over here.
and then they just interact and zap back over there that that's impossible. I'll just say, no, that's only based on our knowledge and information. That they are that. Advanced.
So there's that theory. Or some could even say there is some pre-existed human civilizations of different kinds that have become lost, or some underwater cities of Atlanta, you know, Atlanta. I mean, there's all kinds of. Possibilities of what people could come up with. The sky's the limit with what people could come up with.
But the bottom line is: if they exist, They were created by God. That's the only point I want to make. if they actually exist and they are not just counterfeits, like the equivalent of holograms and things like that. Then God created them either way, whether they're fallen in rebellion, good or bad. They're ultimately created by God.
Just want to lay them out.
Now. There's something Really interesting here. And that is, and I'm going to play a clip from Pastor Josh Howerton in a moment. And many, many have made the same observation that he's making. that if you'll watch the ancient aliens type quote history shows.
If you'll listen to a lot of the people that talk about alien encounters, not universally, but overwhelmingly. They are leaning towards occult experiences or they are into New Age mysticism or philosophy or things like that. And they are also bringing a message. It's an anti-Bible, anti-Jesus, anti-one God message of one kind or another, be it overt or be it a more subtle one. In other words, you can't really trust what's written in the Bible or a lot of the things in the Bible that claim to be God, that was actually aliens.
So it's something very, very interesting. And I've read enough accounts. I'm in no way someone who's focused on this over the years, but as I've studied a little bit here and there. I've read the accounts of Christians, believers. Who felt they were being abducted.
In other words, there is something, some light hovering over them, some type of ship or something, and they felt themselves being sucked out of their bodies and they cried out, Jesus, Jesus, and it stopped. I have other friends and colleagues over the years who've Felt some demonic assault while they slept, felt the presence of Satan in the room. And they were just completely overwhelmed. They could barely breathe. And they just remembered, Jesus, Jesus.
And the thing broke. It was very similar to these alien abduction accounts.
So listen to what Pastor Josh Howerton had to say. I do think that at least a significant number of things that people think are aliens. Are demons. I'm gonna say, and I believe that for a few reasons. Number one, there is way more evidence for the existence of God than the existence of aliens.
Way more. Bro, it's really interesting. Ephesians 2 describes Satan, listen to his language, as the prince of the powers of the air.
So people are like, oh man, we're seeing all this unexplained phenomenon in the air. And okay, the Bible says that, well, hey, what is Satan? He's the God of this world. He's the prince of the powers of the air. Another one, if you go down the rabbit hole, and I do not recommend that for a reason I'm going to say in a second, there are a weird number of alien abduction, quote-unquote, testimonies that they report.
That when they invoke the name of Jesus, that the encounter ceases. If you want to go listen, there's a podcast called Haunted Cosmos that has an episode called Evangelistic Aliens, where they trace, okay, all these people who claim to have had encounters with aliens, UFOs, what were the messages they were giving you? They're overtly religious messages that are like anti-Christ, anti-Christian messages.
So then you start going, Well, what do demons do? They are agents of lies, intentionally, you know, commissioned to lead people away from Jesus.
Well, what does it seem like the alien quote-unquote aliens do? That? Here's the last one that I'll say, dude. I have a person that I love very dearly and I'm very close to.
Well, then this guy goes through a season of very, very severe depression. And I was very close to this guy.
So then eventually he stumbles into a thoroughly Christian counselor. And this Christian counselor has him go through a checklist for essentially spiritual warfare. And one of the things on this guy's checklist was: it was like, hey, are you into the occult? Are you into this? Are you into that?
No, no, no, no, no. And then one of the things on the checklist was: do you have any? A fascination, or like, are you studying UFOs, aliens? And he was like, Well, what's that got to do with anything? Yeah, I am.
This guy explains to him that he believes there's a connection between these things. His Christian counselor disciples him. Hey, man, I want you to fast for a season from having anything to do with that fascination or obsession. And this guy does that, devotes himself to a season of prayer. His depression is completely released.
The two things that are the most important are: number one, understanding that my problems are more spiritual than I think they are. If this world. Is lorded over by a father of lies, and there is the reality of unholy spirits. How much more do we need to be filled with the power of the Holy Spirit? Greater is He that is in us than He that is in the world.
So that's the other thing to just remember in all of this: that when you see the headlines, you know, revelations about UFOs or extraterrestrials or whatever they're being called now, will smash people's faith, and people are going to question the Bible.
Well, my bigger question is, why should they? Why should they question the Bible? If there are actually beings. Physical beings. Let's say they're literally alien bodies somewhere.
Or Aliens? In captivity, that we're holding in some type of super max anti-alien escape jail, or I mean. Let's just say they come up, and we've actually found the ships that they transport in, these spaceships that are beyond any technology we have. Why would that cause me to lose faith in Scripture? Where does the Bible say that no such thing is possible, life on other planets.
You say, are you belie you believe there's life on other planets? I have no reason to believe that. But if there was, I would not throw my faith in God or the Bible because the Bible doesn't say that couldn't happen. You know, I remember years ago, I heard a quote from Billy Graham. I don't have it exact, but basically, you know, what would you do if you heard there was life on Mars?
He goes, I'd go preach Jesus to the Martians.
Now, of course, it's typical, Billy Graham, typical evangelist. And the Bible doesn't say Jesus died for the martyrs, unless you believe in universal reconciliation, that Jesus died for all created beings. sentient beings so that ultimately demons will be reconciled and Satan will be reconciled that there'll be universal repentance and reconciliation so unless you believe that in which case you'd say yeah there's life on other planets Jesus died for them too no scripture teaches plainly Jesus died for the human race And this story is a unique story. in the universe in terms of God's dealings, but it doesn't mean just like you have angels and these other beings that you couldn't have different beings of different kinds here. You want a Siri?
You want to see another theory to throw in the hat?
Okay. What if There were actual beings that we would call physical, meaning they're not just spiritual entities. They could interface with our physical world. On some other planet or some other Galaxy. And Demon spirits inhabited them And now they're coming and visiting here with your advanced technology.
Hey, put that in the habits, another possibility as well. In other words, none of this in itself comes against scripture in in any way. None of this denies the centrality of the cross or what Jesus did for us. in any way. None of this denies the uniqueness of what's on planet Earth because remember The Bible speaks of innumerable Angels.
So only God knows the number. trillions of air. God knows the number. And yet, Jesus didn't die for them. He died for us.
So you can have other entities. Look at the animal world, as diverse as that is. And Jesus didn't die for the animals.
So that there could be other entities out there that Jesus didn't die for that are outside of the plan of redemption? Could be. Could be just like the angels. In any case. In any case, there's nothing.
That should cause you to question what the Bible says. Because the Bible doesn't say these things could not. exist. But I want to go a little further here, and then I've got some faith-building words for you. There are some We're immediately saying, yeah, yeah, the...
These these we shouldn't be surprised. by these descriptions of these spaceships and things like that. I mean, after all, You have passages like Ezekiel 1. the divine chariot You even have in Judaism something called Merkavah mysticism, which is mystical Jewish thought based on the chariot vision of Ezekiel. And some have said, look, I mean, this is.
That's how they would have described a spaceship or something like that.
So yeah, even the Bible attests to things like this happening.
So I I asked ChatGPT to to do its best to to give you a picture.
So let's put this up. a picture of what Ezekiel's chariot looked like.
Now it's got things clearly wrong in terms of their the the angelic beings with four faces, so one like the face of an ox, one the face of a man, one the face of a lion, one the face of an eagle.
So it was trying to show you all four faces, even though it would have been on the sides. And that's just one conception. I asked another AI bot for something and came up with something that wasn't as good as that. And then you've got artists through the years trying to explain it. and understand it.
Um you've got the 1670 engraving. Look at this, it's black and white, the 1670 engraving. And Ezekiel receiving a message from God there. But notice the wheel within the wheel. Notice how advanced that looks over on the right.
How advanced that looks. Uh again, this is a 1670. Uh 1670. Yeah. of Ezekiel's chariot vision.
What I want to caution you about is this though. The the The alien advocates. the ones who say that aliens have been appearing and interacting with the human race for centuries. Will point to this very vision.
So, you see, you see, it was a UFO. That wasn't God. It wasn't God. Mount Sinai, that wasn't God. All these alleged times of God speaking to people, that wasn't God, it was just aliens.
Are these beings coming down in great power? And they're trying to undermine the Bible with it. There was a best-selling book. by Eric Van Van Damiken. Chariots of the Gods Chariots of the gods.
Did you ever hear of it? I mean, mega bestseller, decades back. I don't have the exact date in my head that it came out, but was it in the 70s? I mean, it goes way back. And he argued, yeah, all these phenomena in the Bible.
Seem to be supernatural divine intervention? No, no, no, it's just aliens. Just aliens. Joseph Blumrich wrote his book, The Spaceships of Ezekiel. The space ships of Ezekiel Look at that.
Yeah, and that's what they're trying to argue.
So I would not be so quick to say, well, yeah, look, you have examples that. You know, and the Bible could be describing things that we describe as UFOs today. I've got no reason to argue for that. Because this is divine revelation. This is God coming not in a UFO.
God coming riding on this extraordinary chariot. All right. You've you've got Elijah. With chariots of fire in 2 Kings 2, and then the city where Elisha is and his servant in 2 Kings 6, surrounded by chariots of fire. And then you have other angels speaking of flying, like the Srafim, the Seraphs.
in in Isaiah the sixth chapter. Oh, by the way, just a little Hebrew note here.
So Serafim is plural. An individual seraph, So seraph in Hebrew, individual seraph. Plural, srafim.
So don't say srafim. Mm. Individual seraph. and in plural surfim. those beings could it they serof could mean fiery so they could be burning just intensely fiery beings.
and with with six wings. Saropha can also relate to snakes.
So poisonous snakes can be called, for example, in numbers 21. A seraph, a snake, meaning a poisonous snake, a venomous snake, or Isaiah 14, 29.
Some have claimed they were snake-like beings. Problem is it mentions their hands and their feet, so it doesn't really work there. And then Cherubim is plural. Cherub is individual. Kerubim, plural.
And Hebrew Keruv, individual, Kruvim, plural. Just a little Hebrew note there for you. But The the chariot vision in Ezekiel 1 It's not a description of UFO. It's a description of God coming in supernatural. power and glory.
Um LA Marzulli has written a lot about Nifilim and aliens and things like that. Just listen to what he has to say about Ezekiel 1. There you are. You look up and you see this enormous craft, and you're not even sure how to describe it. This video is for entertainment purposes only.
I'm speaking about Ezekiel's wheel. When we read in chapter one, we see the clouds and this vehicle is coming and wheels within wheels. And you remember, Ezekiel really has nothing to compare what he's seeing to. He has nothing. There's nothing in his wheelhouse.
There's nothing in his lexicon which he can look at this object which is coming towards him. And by the way, Father God is riding in that. And he's just trying to describe this thing: wheels within wheels, gyroscopes. Lots of people have weighed in on this. I wasn't there, neither were you.
So I really have no idea. All I can tell you is this: whatever it was, was absolutely 110% supernatural. It was not a UFO like we see today. I am Eli Marzuli.
Okay, so we're back to where we started. There is nothing that could be discovered right now. That would that would throw my, there'd be any reason to challenge my faith in what scripture says. Not just because the Bible does not explicitly deny the possibility of extraterrestrials. but something far, far, far more fundamental.
And this is what I want to come back to. This is really what I wanted to do this. The the reason for this video. The reason I wanted to do it. is to remind us of what really matters here, friends.
'Kay. Yeah. What really matters is that our lives have been transformed by the living God. not by aliens. Unless you want to argue.
Say, if you got saved the way I did, coming under deep conviction of sin, that. As people were praying without me knowing they were praying, and I came under conviction of sin that it was aliens. Hearing those prayers and Making me feel Guilty? of sinning against God? And then Aliens who revealed to me God's love through Jesus and then I was instantly set free.
From drugs? By the power of aliens? And then prayers I've prayed in my mind without anyone knowing. And then moments later, those prayers were answered by... Aliens?
And that when God lays out the history of the Jewish people worldwide, scattered. judged, decimated, attacked, regathered, back to Valentino with Aliens? guiding human history? And and every answer to prayer Every salvation, every miracle, everything taking place all over the world right now and through history has been. Aliens are willing to hang on.
What about the universe? What about the universe? How did the universe get here? The aliens create the year. No, that doesn't work, because then who created the aliens?
You still come back to the same thing of needing a transcendent. non-corporeal being who exists outside of time space matter creating everything that is And then, you know, the human DNA and the fine-tuning of the universe and all that. Ali aliens? Did that? No, by definition, these things are things that only God can do.
So If the Lord has really worked in your life and really changed you... and you've experienced supernatural answers to prayer. You've seen him work in undeniable ways. H his spirits come in a room and people instantly change without anyone saying a word unless unless you're gonna attribute that all to aliens, in which case just call the aliens God. Unless you're going to think that that's all the work of aliens.
Then just Enjoy the Lord. Worship him. Focus on him. Don't get caught up in the middle. in the frenzy about this.
Don't get caught up in all the talk about it. Let the dust settle. Let's see see what evidence is actually there. And When they do an interview with an alien on T V Who says, oh no, we created the Bible, actually, and we did this whole thing, and then right there in front of all of our eyes. obliterates half of the planet just as a demonstration of power.
Then come back and talk to me about my faith.
Okay, a little sarcasm there. But seriously. Your relationship with God should be rich enough, rich enough, deep enough, beautiful. Enough. That That all this other talk may be fascinating, interesting.
but in no way anything. that hurts or destroys your faith. Last comment. Could this be a sign that we are getting even closer to the end.
So much of the craziness happening on the earth today that seems unprecedented. The rise of AI. and where that could go. And now perhaps some spiritual beings Some demonic beings, some things that have been hidden now coming out more in the open. Couldn't Could this be a sign that we're more rapidly approaching the end?
Could be, but either way, my eyes are fixed the same place, Jesus. Get up in the morning and seek to honor him, live for him. Psalm 16, Shivitiya, have set the Lord always before me. And letting that be your focus daily, seeking him, worshiping him, honoring him. Sharing his love with others, love God, love others, that remains our focus.
Let the dust settle here. Don't get caught up in the frenzy about it. Jesus remains Lord of all. Hmm.
