I Know I Saw Something: So, What Was It?

Posted on November 4, 2024 by drgause@agause.com

In three previous SWs, I explored Satan’s ongoing preparation for his greatest deception involving UFOs and aliens. He wants to deceive God’s people, leading them astray with falsehoods and disbelief of biblical truth. We must always keep in mind that the Bible clearly teaches the only intelligent living beings the Lord created were the angels (1/3 rebelled and became Satan/demons), animals, and man. However, Satan is subtly shifting man’s cognitive processing and rearranging people’s attitudes concerning paranormal and extraterrestrial life. It appears the world relies more on science than on God’s truth or the Bible.

The definition of the term Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) has evolved away from its technical meaning into a socially altered assumption. Extraterrestrial crafts or aliens should not be the default explanation for weird stuff in the sky. To avoid this stigma associated with UFOs, the government and reliable ufologists have changed UFOs to UAPs, i.e., Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. ‘Unidentified’ in either term is simply objects, lights, or phenomena that no one can identify or explain with current scientific knowledge. I recently heard someone use an even more accurate term: Unexplained Aeriel Phenomena.

We cannot brush aside the fact that people are seeing something. So, if not UFOs, what are people observing? First, research shows that 95% of all UFO sightings have natural explanations. Multiple investigations have found no evidence UFOs are of extraterrestrial origin. Pentagon officials have admitted that many UFO sightings are of this Earth, with many being top-secret government research programs. I have personally seen three UAPs in my life. One was a ball of light in the sky. The other two were triangle-shaped crafts at separate locations and years apart. If asked what they were, I would respond, “I don’t know.”

Of the 95% that are explainable, we can list them under various categories: natural phenomenon, human technology (both American and foreign adversaries), astrological phenomenon, demonic manifestations, or hoax. Sightings that people assumed to be extraterrestrial UFOs proved to be satellites, planes, weather balloons, clouds, space junk, asteroids, government experiments with three-dimensional holographical images, drones, classified unconventional aircraft, etc. I could fill the rest of this page with sightings that people considered UFOs, but further investigation proved them not to be otherworldly.

The least understood phenomenon that people mistake as extraterrestrials is plasma. We learned in school that material is in a state of solid, liquid, and gas. Researchers believe that plasma constitutes a fourth state of matter. Scientists on the space shuttle have filmed plasma multiple times. It appears as an oval-shaped light that can change shape and grow up to a kilometer in diameter. It may hover, move slowly, or accelerate to hypersonic speeds and instantly shift trajectory 45˚, 90˚, and 180˚. Astronauts have observed plasma morphing into a cone shape, a cloud, a donut, or a kilometer-long spherical cylinder. When plasma descends into the lower atmosphere of Earth, most witnesses classify it as UFOs or UAPs.

A partially understood phenomenon reported throughout history is ball lightning associated with plasma. Ranging in size from a pea to a basketball, the glowing orbs can appear in assorted colors. Observers describe it as a levitating sphere of electricity or plasma. Dr. Travis Taylor, an Aerospace Systems Engineer, describes it as lightning in a jar. Ball-lightning is usually oval and can hang motionless or dart away at high speeds with instantaneous changes in direction. Ufologist Philip Klass has explored ball-lightning and plasma for 30 years. Of the 746 UFO sightings he examined, he concludes that most times, it displayed characteristics typical of ball-lightning/plasma—color, shape, and erratic movement.

What about those who claim abduction? A detailed examination of this subject exceeds the scope of this paper. However, an excellent summary of abduction comes from the apologist Dr. Ron Rhodes. He wrote, “that among those who claim abduction by ‘aliens,’ almost ALL of them had been participants in false religions or cults or the occult — such as spiritism or astrology or Zen Buddhism or some other false religious belief system.” Studies show occult rituals parallel people’s efforts to contact so-called aliens and abductions.

The last fact I will mention is that UFO interest has developed into a multi-billion-dollar commercial enterprise. Roswell alone capitalizes on the mystery through tourists, museums, shops, and events.

Sustaining Word for the Week: Be on constant guard; do not believe everything you hear. Weigh and examine what people tell you, lest anyone [Satan’s agents] deceive you with crafty deceit. Jesus promised If you continue in My word … you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.

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His Grandest Deception: ‘Little Green Men’

Posted on July 22, 2024 by drgause@agause.com

Satan is relentless in his intent to deceive God’s people, leading them astray with falsehoods and disbelief in truth. His cunning was evident in the Garden of Eden. His deceptions will persist until God casts him into the eternal lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet will already be, to be tormented day and night forever and ever (Rev 20:10). Jesus cautioned that in the last days, deception would escalate. This is a warning: be on constant guard, lest anyone [Satan’s agents] deceives you. For many will come in my name. . . and will deceive many (Rev 20:4, 5). There will be terrible times in the last days (2 Tim 3:1). Therefore, it is of utmost importance to be vigilant and discerning so as not to fall prey to his crafty deceit.

We are living in an age when we are facing Satan’s most elaborate fraud. Because of his vast experience, he has learned innumerable techniques regarding how to deceive humanity. He has been meticulously crafting one particular scheme for decades. Let’s review some facts we learned in the last two Sustaining Words. Satan, trying to imitate God, also uses signs to communicate his lies to deceive and lead people away from Christ. Jesus forewarned that in the last days, there would be terrifying sights and astonishing signs from heaven (Lk 21:11 HCSB). False prophets will perform signs and miracles. Impressive signs will occur, such as fire coming down from heaven to earth in front of people. Jesus said stars will fall from the sky (Matt 24:29). The word for star means a luminous light—meteorites, comets, falling space debris, etc., and think about the increased sightings people classify as UAPs or UFOs.

Gradually, man’s cognitive processing has been and is being rearranged to alter our attitudes regarding paranormal abilities and extraterrestrial life. Much of the world’s population appears to trust science more than God or the Bible. One biblical expert suggests Satan’s end-time deception is crafted for the scientific techno-minded. Christians must take the UFO phenomenon as a serious issue but not rely on non-Christians for answers. Relying on the Bible for truth is absolutely crucial. 

God said, I am the Lord, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself (Isaiah 44:24). He created living entities to dwell in His creation, and then the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts (Gen 2:1). These and other verses clearly teach that the only intelligent living beings the Lord created were the angels [of which Lucifer and a third of the angels fell becoming Satan and demons], animals, and man. Any other alleged creatures are Satan and his servants masquerading to deceive God’s people and lead them astray.

In the last SW, we learned Satan has deceived people into believing ghosts are the disembodied spirits of departed humans. Yet, to be absent from the body means we are to be present with the Lord (2 Corin 5:8 KJV). No state of existence occurs between death and being present with the Lord or tormented in Hades. Alleged beings like zombies, werewolves, telepaths, or time travelers are Satan’s agents of deception, masquerading as such beasts. The devil has used the mass media and the entertainment world to disseminate the idea that these fictional characters are real.

Since 1948, with the alleged UFO crash near Roswell, New Mexico, an increasing fascination with Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) has risen in popularity. The premise of UFOs has become so ingrained in pop culture that people assume any flying object they can’t identify or explain must be of extraterrestrial origin. However, research shows that about 95% of all UFO sightings have explainable causes—natural phenomena or human technology, both American and foreign adversaries. Several former Pentagon officials have indicated that many UFO sightings are top-secret military projects.

 The stigma associated with the term UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) has become synonymous with aliens or ‘little green men.’ Because of this, the government and serious ufologists have adopted the phrase Unidentified Aerial Phenomena or UAPs. The UFO phenomenon involving aliens is, in reality, part of Satan’s evil scheme to deceive and spiritually corrupt mankind. A former Air Force agent of Special Investigations admits to having passed fake documents to UFO researchers.

In order to avoid deception, we must ground ourselves in this Biblical truth. God said, I am the Lord, who has made all things … The heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts (Gen 2). The only intelligent living beings the Lord created were the angels (including Lucifer and the angels who followed in rebellion, becoming known as Satan and demons.) On the earth, the Lord created animals and man, completing all the hosts. No ‘little green men,’ but Satan masquerades because he knows aliens point away from God.

Sustaining Word for the Week: Don’t let anything lead you away from Biblical truth.

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The Agents of Deception

Posted on February 19, 2024 by drgause@agause.com

In a recent SW, I defined Biblical signs as divine events that display God’s glory and purpose to people. In the last article, we learned that Satan also uses signs to communicate his lies in ways to deceive and lead people away from Christ. Jesus forewarned that in the last days, there would be terrifying sights and great signs from heaven (Lk 21:11 HCSB). False prophets would perform great signs and miracles. Momentous signs would occur with fire coming down from heaven to earth in front of people. Jesus said stars would fall from the sky (Matt 24:29). The word for star means a luminous light—meteorites, comets, falling space debris, etc., and think about the increased sightings people call UAPs or UFOs.

When God created the heavens and the earth, He created living entities to dwell on the earth. On the fourth and fifth day, He created animals to inhabit the sea, the land, and the air. On the sixth day, He created humans, male and female. The Lord blessed the first couple, Adam and Eve, and instructed them, Be fruitful and multiply! At some point in eternity, God had created spiritual beings, i.e., angels. However, Lucifer, possibly an archangel, rebelled against the Lord, and a third of the angels followed him. These fallen spiritual beings became known as Satan and demons.

 Creation of both physical and spiritual elements ceased when the Lord finished His work. Afterward, He created no more living entities; Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts (Gen 2:1). For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels—everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him (Colossians 1:16 MSG). I am the Lord, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself (Isaiah 44:24). These and other verses clearly teach that the only intelligent living beings the Lord created were the angels, animals, and man.

As humans, we live in a world of two realms—physical and spiritual, also referred to as natural and supernatural or normal and paranormal. We are aware of the physical realm because we perceive it through our five senses from birth. In contrast, one’s physical senses do not detect the spiritual world. Some today deny that paranormal beings are even real. For them, the devil is not a living being, but only a symbol of evil. Nevertheless, Biblical truth does not alter because people disbelieve. The Bible clearly teaches that a supernatural, paranormal, and spiritual realm of beings is present with us every moment. Angels are spiritual entities yet can also manifest in the natural realm. Satan and demons, the fallen angels, are spiritual entities, but restricted to the paranormal without authorization.

During the 1980s and 1990s, the entertainment world popularized the paranormal and accelerated an interest through television shows and movies. This genre includes alleged beings like zombies, werewolves, aliens, ghosts, and phenomena like telepathy and time travel. Since the only intelligent living beings, the Lord created were the angels, animals, and man, what are these? The concept of Zombies originates from Haitian voodoo priests as a scare tactic. Proto-Indo-European mythology created the premise of werewolves.

Ghosts aren’t a new concept. However, Satan has deceived people into believing they are the disembodied spirits of departed humans. Again, the world has been flooded with entertainment centered on the theme of ghosts, who are supposed to be the souls of dead humans. However, scripture asserts just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment (Heb 9:27). Paul adds that he is willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord (2 Corin 5:8 KJV). Note that there is no state of existence between death and being present with the Lord. Jesus told the story of a rich man (wicked) and a poor man (righteous) named Lazarus. Both died. The angels carried Lazarus away to paradise. The rich man died, people buried him, and he immediately found himself in hell and torment.

Paul tells us Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light (2 Cor 11:14 NIV), for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light (2 Cor 11:14 NET), Satan does it all the time, dressing up as a beautiful angel of light (2 Cor 11:14 MSG). And his servants (wicked people and demons) also disguise themselves (v15). So, what are these zombies, werewolves, aliens, ghosts, telepaths, or time travelers? Since God only created the angels, animals, and man, it leaves only one answer. They are either Satan or demons masquerading, disguising, and transforming into the alleged beings to deceive God’s people and lead them astray. They are Satan’s agents of deception.

Sustaining Word for the Week:

Do not be deceived (Gal 6:7). My dear friends, don’t believe everything you hear. Carefully weigh and examine what people tell you. Not everyone who talks about God comes from God (1 Jn 4:1 MSG).

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Signs—Beware

Posted on November 20, 2023 by drgause@agause.com

God has used signs to display His glory and purpose to people since He gave a sign to Cain after he killed Abel (Gen 4:15) to keep him safe so that no one finding him would slay him (Gen 4:15). Signs have confirmed His word and shown His power. Signs were proof of Jesus’ Messianic claims and confirmation of the truth of the gospel the Apostles preached.

However, signs, wonders, and miracles aren’t limited to only the Lord’s work. Jesus warned that false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and miracles to deceive the elect—if that were possible (Mk 13:22). Paul warned, For at the coming of the Lord there will be great activity on the part of Satan, in the form of all kinds of deceptive miracles, signs, and marvels, as well as of wicked attempts to delude (2Th 2:9 TCN).

The Anti-Christ in Revelation will work through the two beasts. He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men. And he deceives those who dwell on the earth because of the signs which it was given him to perform in the presence of the beast . . . (Rev 13:13, 14).

The Lord did not create a devil. He created the archangel Lucifer, an exalted being and the most beautiful of all God’s creations. God granted him great power, and he was the highest ranking of the angels. He was perfect; You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created (Ez 28:15 NKJV). God also gave him free will. Lucifer was free to obey God or choose to disobey Him. He chose to disobey and to rebel. Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor (28:17). Lucifer was unsatisfied with the position in which God had placed him. He desired to be the supreme authority, sit on God’s throne, and rule the universe. Isaiah revealed Lucifer’s plan, which became his goal—and still is today. You said to yourself, I’ll climb to heaven. I’ll set my throne over the stars of God. I’ll run the assembly of angels that meets on sacred Mount Zaphon. I’ll climb to the top of the clouds. I’ll take over as King of the Universe (14:13-14 MSG).

Isaiah prefaced these verses (13, 14) by first declaring the defeat of Lucifer in v12. How great is your fall from heaven, O shining one, son of the morning! How are you cut down to the earth, low among the dead bodies (14:12 BBE)! After his fall, he was no longer called Lucifer ‘bearer of light or morning star’, but he was known as Satan, ‘the adversary, the accuser, the devil.’ John adds he is the deceiver and the antichrist (2 Jn 1:7). When the Lord threw him out of heaven, Satan didn’t leave alone; he deceived one-third of the angels to rebel and follow him.

Despite being cast out of heaven and defeated by Jesus, Satan still deceives himself into thinking he can still overthrow God and become the supreme ruler. This remains his goal, but in the end, he is thrown in the lake of fire and brimstone . . . and will be tormented day and night forever and ever (Rev 20:10). Until then, He seeks to destroy God’s people. One of his strategies is to dismantle and crush our faith to the point we begin to doubt and choose to disobey God. Space limits us from examining all the ways he does that. But at the top of the list is deception. Jesus warned repeatedly to beware of deception.

His deception includes all kinds of miracles, signs, and false wonders (2Thes 2:9). These will escalate the closer we get to Christ’s return. God produces signs to communicate His glory and purpose. Satan uses signs to communicate his lies in order to deceive people. The purpose of the deception is to lead people away from Christ to something that is pretending to be Him. Scripture does not describe the exact details of signs. However, we have some insight into the things that take place. Note the references to things happening in the heaven or sky.

Jesus told us, there will be terrifying sights and great signs from heaven (Lk 21:11 HCSB). False prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive; notice Jesus added the word great (Matt 24:24). Nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea (Lk 21:25). The second beast in Revelation will perform momentous signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people (13:13). Jesus said, the stars will fall from the sky (Matt 24:29). Star means a luminous light resembling a star—meteorites, comet, falling space debris, etc. Think about the increased sightings people refer to as UAPs or UFOs.

  Satan’s signs are often subtle. Satan himself masquerades (disguises, dresses up) as an angel of light (2 Cor 11:14). Even believers are deceived and don’t even realize Satan is deceiving them. We must ground ourselves in the Word of God and pray for the discernment of the Holy Spirit. Be aware the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already (1 John 4:3 ESV).

Sustaining Word for the Week: John alerts us, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God (1 John 4:1).

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