Will Reality of Extraterrestrial Life
Shatter Religion?by John Milor
Physicist Paul Davies |
According to the Bible, Adam and Eve were never angels, because they sexually reproduced. If Adam and Eve had never sinned, Earth would've eventually become fully populated. What then? One might postulate that the next level of existence for humanity would have then commenced. At the proper time, God would have translated different people at different times into a new, nonreproductive nature, as the Bible states that he still plans to do, despite the fall. One might also surmise that that this is how God designed most, if not all, higher life-forms created in his image. Initially there is a reproductive stage, but then a translation takes place that mutates beings into an eternally glorified existence that no longer entails reproduction. In a sense, we are like butterflies-designed to go through a metamorphosis. This is where humanity has come from, where it is going, and-from what it looks like-where the angels, both faithful and fallen, have been. In essence to be an angel is to be translated by God into the highest form of existence, rather than to be made into an angel fresh from the start, as most Bible students think for some strange reason.
Putting all this together, it stands to reason that salvation may not be for the angels because they are closer to God than any other being, and they have the highest level of accountability. There are probably countless numbers who aren't angels, however, who aren't from Earth or our current dimension. If they are in the same boat as the humans of Earth, then why aren't they candidates for salvation as well? What would Paul Davies say to this?
I personally believe that the second part of Jesus' mission spans even beyond Earth (Acts 2:39; Colossians 1:20; Ephesians 3:10), and Jesus may have been referring to this mission field when he spoke of reaching sheep from another fold (John 10:16).
Acts 2:39 (bold emphasis added)
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
Colossians 1:20 (bold emphasis added)
And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Ephesians 3:10-11 (bold emphasis added)
To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord…
John 10:16 (bold emphasis added)
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
The eternal purpose of God accomplished through Jesus Christ takes on new meaning when we read Acts 2:39, Colossians 1:20, and Ephesians 3:10 with this perspective. Without understanding how salvation extends beyond Earth, it's difficult to interpret Colossians 1:20, which states that there is life in the heavens that requires reconciliation with God.
The few Christians who write about extraterrestrials usually link them with the Antichrist, myself included (my latest book is Aliens and the Antichrist), however, there is another side to this coin. While I believe fallen angels are indeed extraterrestrials, I also believe that faithful angels are extraterrestrials as well. All angels are extraterrestrials, but not all extraterrestrials are angels (because the definition of angels is more stringent than the definition for extraterrestrials). There are other beings in the heavens that the Bible speaks of that might be just like us; beings cursed with mortality, and in dire need of salvation, as suggested by Colossians 1:20.
In relation to the topic of cosmic salvation, I have discovered that Israel in particular stands alone for both the quantity and variety of UFO and alien-related phenomena.5 Sightings of UFOs in Israel include every size and shape, and aliens range from humans to grays to giants and everything else imaginable. These sightings are sometimes reported not by a few people, but by hundreds of people in mass sightings. Barry Chamish, Israel's leading UFOlogist, (who emailed me just the other day), has documented a large number of UFO incidents that have occurred in a UFO wave engulfing Israel beginning in 1993.6 In Barry's book, Return of the Giants, Barry describes one such incident that occurred in 1996 that had the government up in arms, thinking they were being invaded by high-tech terrorists. The reported incident included a large gathering of police officers and military personnel that actually fired everything they had, including shoulder-harnessed anti-aircraft missiles, at a UFO hovering about one hundred fifty feet above the ground. The UFO just sat there for over two hours, unaffected, then disappeared.7
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