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.