With the God of the Bible no longer acceptable, the longing is pushing many towards a worship of the alien: a belief that benovelent, helpful otherwordly creatures with superior technology will pull humans out of the pit they have dug for themselves.

UFO religions are well documented, and are only increasing with time.  The most recent of these religious movements is guised in the “exopolitic movement,” whose goal is to “out” the existence of a so-called benevolent extraterrestrial intelligences.  The goal is not objective and scientific, but is the harbinger of a spiritual movement for “earth transformation.”

In my opinion (and I welcome dissenting views), while these UFO religions will indeed result in spiritual experiences, they will not produce the legitimate peace that only God through Christ can provide. The reason is that this expolitic religion is tied in with an age-old practice of worship of non-human intelligences who are absolutely deceptive and opposed to God.   Wrapped in a costume of light, these entities can only duplicate fleeting emotion and spectral titillation , but cannot duplicate the eternal salvation and lasting internal peace available through faith in Christ, God’s only son who died and resurrected for all who choose to accept his free gift.

There came wise men from the east to Jerusalem saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him – Matthew 2:1-2

One of the titles given to Daniel was Rab-mag, the Chief of the Magi. Daniel apparently entrusted a messianic vision (to be announced in due time by a "star") to a secret sect of the Magi for its eventual fulfillment. -- Khouse.org

The wisemen in this story are not the three quaint figures as seen in a plastic nativity scene, but were in fact a much larger group of “Magi” who were a particular priestly sect in the Medo-Persian Empire. Six hundred years earlier a Jewish man named Daniel introduced this group of Magi to the prediction of a Messiah – the Son of God who would come. Daniel was referred to as Rab-mag, the Chief of the Magi (Daniel 6).  Daniel was an expert in the Mazzeroth, the story of God’s creation written in the constellations. The Babylonian corruption of the Mazzeroth become the Zodiac and astrology of today- which is very different than the Mazzeroth. The Mazzeroth laid out the story of Jesus – From the virgin who bore him (the constellation Virgo) to his ultimate future kingship as the Lion of the tribe of Judah (the Constellation Leo).

I propose that for 600 years the teachings begun with Daniel were passed down through the ranks of this group of Magi, so that when the “star” appeared to them, they knew exactly what was going on; the Messiah had been born. This was no astronomical star; it moved and appeared over the small humble house where the toddler Jesus was living. Yet it was not some kind of spacecraft as we understand it. The sign had been expected for over 600 years. When Jesus came to the earth for the first time it was not a surprise to the Magi; his star was identified and long expected, not at all what we now call UFOs.

Hundreds of years before the star of Christ appeared over these verse were written in the Bible:

Numbers 24

17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

Isaiah 60

1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. 2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. 3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

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Sources:
Who Were the Magi? by Chuck Missler –  Khouse.org

Uncovering The Mazzeroth – Berean Bible Study

Italian Art Historian Diego Cuoghi took this fallacy head on in his exhaustive article.  Guoghi identified the shapes misidentified as UFOs as standard artistic elements with a commonly understood meaning by artists and patrons alike. In many cases, such as the aerial circular shapes in art, these elements are so common as to be incorporated as part of the cupola in cathedrals.   

It is true the sacred shapes in art do bear a strong resemblance to shapes seen in the sky. It is to the point UFOs are even replicating such universally recognized sacred shapes such as the cross.  This demonstrates a clear trend of the unexplained UFOs manifestation that often use traditional shapes regarded as sacred by Christians to manifest. This deceptive multi-dimensional theater of the sacred was demonstrated in Fatima, Portugal in 1917.  Three children were visited by a small framed humanoid apparition claiming to be the Virgin Mary. This being promised to send a sign. Word spread across the war ravaged region and over 70,000 people assembled in the Fatima town center to witness a flying disc fly from the direction of the sun, zigzag in a classic UFO manner, and send multicolored lights that were felt as a drying heat. (refer to Heavenly Lights: The Apparitions of Fatima and the UFO Phenomenon by Joaquim Fernandes , Fina D’Armada).

Sowing seeds of confusion is the M.O. of the fallen angelic realm, whose purpose is to undermine belief in the one and true God. This is part of a path of deception to dilute belief in God by using the spiritual symbols.

Joe Jordan – Spiritual Warfare and the Abduction Phenomena (MP3)

As we enter 2009, I invite you to listen to this pivotal interview with MUFON director and Alien Abduction researcher Joe Jordon in this interview on Future Quake radio from this last August. Joe outlines the spiritual warfare and a high level of deception in the Abduction Phenomena.

Joe Jordan is President and co-founder of CE-4 Research Group. He is also MUFON State Section Director and Field Investigator for Brevard County, Florida, home of Kennedy Space Center. Joe works in Product Development and Engineering in the transportation industry. Joe Jordan says “”I am probably the most hated man in UFOlogy.”

The Hudson River valley remains a UFO and Paranormal Hotspot, but it is not unique. The world is filled with weird occurrences in association with certain rivers.

Esteemed astrophysicist and UFO skeptic turned UFO researcher J. Allen Hynek noted the strange connection between UFOs and rivers.  Legitimate UFO sightings can occur in any locale but a signficant proportion of high profile cases occur along major rivers and river valleys. 

Hynek himself studied the famed Hudson River Valley sightings in New York which remains one of the best documented and unexplained sightings of all time. Beyond simply lights in the sky, these sightings included contact with non-human entities and other paranormal events.  

For another example, one of the most scientifically documented cases of a paranormal “hotspot”, an area of Utah known as Skinwalker Ranch hosted a bizarre range of UFO, poltergeist, and cryptozoological activity. SkinWalker ranch is only a few miles from the Colorado River, with Uinta River running right through the ranch.  It is this river and its basin that seemed to be a hub of very negative paranormal activity.

The UFO and non-human entity relationship shows up promimently in another river-connected case,

The collapse of the Silver River Bridge was the dark climax of paranormal activity centered on the Ohio River in Point Pleasant, West Virginia the"mothman" incidents in 1967 along the Ohio River at Point Pleasant West Virginia. The mothman was a winged creature seen by various independent witnesses in association with UFOs and other dark entities. The mothman was nothing short of a description of a highly malevolent multi-dimensional being- very likely a fallen angel. The river connection with this incident took an ironic dark twist with the collapse of the Silver River Bridge near Point Pleasant at the same time as the incidents had occurred.

The river connection would remain enigmatic if it where not for the single ancient document that provides the most insight into the paranormal and spirit world – the document we refer to as the Bible.

Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.

Revelation 9:14-15

It is clear that rivers are more than simply bodies of water. There is a spiritual / dimensional aspect to them.  I cannot speculate how powerful multi-dimensional beings can be bound in a river; I must conclude there is an aspect to earth’s geography that extends beyond our limited perception. When the Bible speaks of angels who were bound, it could be referring to a very specific group of fallen angels who attempted to manipulate genetically with humans in a vain attempt to thwart the plan of God. It is my contention these fallen angels are beginning to manifest on the earth again, especially around geophysical areas where they are somehow dimensionally bound by God.  It is no accident that rivers are the focal point of UFO and paranormal activity- activity that is not extra-terrestrial but rather intrinsic to the temporary fallen state of this world.  The good news is that this incursion will be forever banished at the return of Jesus, which I feel is closer than ever.