The being behind the UFO phenomenum

How, then, should one understand the UFO phenomena and all the associated hype? The German magazine Focus recently stated, “90% of UFO reports turn out to be humbug, but there is a residual 10% which are not easy to dismiss.”¹³ The article quoted sociologist Gerald Eberlein as saying:

“Research has shown that people who are not affiliated with any church, but who claim that they are religious, are particularly susceptible to the possible existence of extra-terrestrials. For them, UFOlogy is a substitute religion.”¹⁴

However, credible witnesses sometimes recount tales of seeing strange objects that even resemble metallic craft. Many of the world’s leading UFO researchers concur that a small percentage of these objects seem to perform supernatural feats that defy the laws of physics, such as changing shape and merging into one another at incredible speeds.

The Bible goes somewhat deeper in this matter, identifying a supplementary cause and effect:

“… the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved. For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false, …” (2 Thess. 2:9–11).

The Bible gives a description of reality concerning all living things. The living God reveals himself as the Triune One—Father, Son and Holy Spirit. In Heaven there are the angels, powerful created beings who also serve mankind on Earth.

There is another kingdom—that of the devil and the demons.¹⁵Ephesians 2:2 talks about “the prince of the power of the air”, whose reign is on Earth, and who masquerades as “an angel of light” (2 Cor. 11:14).

The devil has his own repertoire of deception in the form of various occult practices and a multitude of religious rites. It could be that behind those unexplainable UFO reports there is the work of the arch-deceiver.¹⁶ UFO reports, by definition, remain nebulous and not identifiable. People who do not know Christ are easily fascinated by all sorts of phenomena that are difficult to explain. For Christians, there is Jesus’ warning in Matthew 24:4 to “Take care that no man deceive you.” What is the best antidote to deception? Paul exhorts us, in 2 Timothy 2:15, to “study” the Scripture, so we might “accurately handle the word of truth”.

Dr Don Batten, Dr David Catchpoole, Dr Jonathan Sarfati and Dr Carl Wieland (Creation Answer Book, https://creation.com/sons-of-god-cab-9)