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A brief background of the New Age movement (NAM)
A cult watcher group known as the Watchman Fellowship defines the term occult as coming from the Latin occultus, meaning “hidden,” and says that the word is used of secret or mysterious supernatural powers or magical, religious rituals. Generally, it refers to witchcraft, Satanism, neo-paganism, or various forms of psychic practices. It also describes New Age as:
… an umbrella term to describe organizations which seem to exhibit one or more of the following beliefs: (1) All is one, all reality is part of the whole; (2) Everything is God and God is everything; (3) Man is God or a part of God; (4) Man never dies, but continues to live through reincarnation; (5) Man can create his own reality and/or values through transformed consciousness or altered states of consciousness.[41]
Generally, the NAM borrows its theology from pantheistic (everything is God) Eastern religions, notably Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism, blended with the practices of 19th-century Western occultism.[42]
Although the space brothers often refer to “god,” or the “creator spirit,” they do not mean the Creator God of the Bible. Even if they refer to this god as creator, it is an impersonal god that they believe is an energy, consciousness, power, love, or force that binds the universe together. There is even a Christian-sounding church/cult called “Christian Science” that believes god is “mind.”[43]
The NAM believes that man is not fundamentally (or born) sinful, as the Bible teaches, because he is actually divine in nature and has unlimited spiritual potential. They claim that the problem is that our disconnection from this higher evolutionary plateau is supposedly caused by our ignorance of how to attain it. (Satan said this same thing to Eve. He advised that if they ate from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, they would be like gods). In this world view, there is no ultimate authority, and absolute truth is replaced by relative, subjective experience, which can be defined as humanism, the foundational driving force of which is the theory of evolution — “we are evolved and still evolving.” The NAM states that the highest goal of humanity is to achieve a Christ-like state or “Christ-consciousness” (they say Jesus was just a man who achieved this higher state).
The woman who, probably more than anyone else, popularized these ideas in the West was Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831–1891). She was already steeped in the occult and Eastern mystical beliefs when, in 1875, she and her husband, Henry Olcott, founded the Theosophical Society in New York. She made many incredible claims about her past, including a visit to Tibet, where she claims she was trained by disembodied “spirit masters.” She also claimed to be channeling messages from spirit/alien beings who were highly evolved and part of a governing hierarchy of the universe. The messages she received would be recognized today as classic New Age. She was eventually exposed as a fraud and a drug addict. Yet her books (which she allegedly plagiarized) are still in use today all over the world, and various offshoots of her ideas were instrumental in the beliefs of many of the aforementioned Satanists and cult leaders.[44]
One can clearly see a New Age pattern in the messages of the space brothers and why they claim to be helping us attain this next evolutionary level. We can also see how Christianity stands — seemingly alone — in opposing these “God is in everything” beliefs. Historically, Christianity has played a unique role in its portrayal of the spiritual dimension and its definition of absolute truth and wrong and right. According to Christianity, while on this Earth we cannot attain a higher level than to enter a relationship with God the Father, who is a real person. The Bible says we need look no further than Jesus Christ, the real Son of God, to see what God is like:
The Word [Jesus] became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth (John 1:14).
Endnotes
[1] “The Premise of Spiritual Warfare,”
[2] Ibid.
[3] “New Abductee Trend,” posted in the Flying Saucer Review,
[4] Chuck Missler and Mark Eastman, Alien Encounters (Indianapolis, IN: Koinonia House, 2003), p. 295.
[5] First Timothy 2:14 says, “And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived.”
[6] Whitley Strieber, Transformation: The Breakthrough (New York: Avon Books, 1989), p. 79, cited in William T. Alnor, UFOs in the New Age (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1992), p. 102.
[7] Ibid., p. 103.
[8] Ibid., p. 102.
[9] Alnor, UFOs and the New Millennium (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1998), p. 36.
[10] Ronald D. Story, editor, The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters, in an article by Sherry Steiger (London: Constable & Robinson, 2002), p. 676.
[11] Ibid., in an article by Brad Steiger, p. 674.
[12] Lynn E. Catoe, UFOs and Related Subjects — An Annotated Biography, United States Government Printing Office, 1969, quoted in “The Premise of Spiritual Warfare,”
[13] Story, The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters, in an article by Randall Fitzgerald, p. 672.
[14] Ibid., p. 672–673.
[15] Brad Steiger, Gods of Aquarius (New York: Berkeley Press, 1983), p. 115, cited in Alnor, UFOs in the New Age, p. 124.n
[16] David Spangler, Reflections on the Christ, p. 36–39, cited in “The Lucifer Connection: The NAM ‘Light’ Experience,”
[17] John A. Keel, UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1970), p. 230, cited in Alnor, UFOs in the New Age, p. 139.
[18] Alnor, UFOs and the New Millennium, p. 131.
[19] Dave Hunt, A Reason to Fear, a paper presented in Washington, D.C., May 27–29, 1995, cited in Strieber, Transformation: The Breakthrough, p. 79, cited in William T. Alnor, UFOs in the New Age, p. 172.
[20] John Ankerberg and John Weldon, The Facts on UFO’s and Other Supernatural Phenomena (Eugene, Oregon: Harvest House Publishers, 1992), p. 36–37.
[21] Keel, Stranger Creatures from Time and Space (Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publishing, 1970), p. 189, cited in Ankerberg and Weldon, The Facts on UFO’s and Other Supernatural Phenomena, p. 16.
[22] Alnor, UFOs in the New Age, p. 193–193.
[23] Ibid.
[24]Mohammed and Islam,”
[25] “Allah, the Moon God,”
[26] “Alien Nation: Louis Farrakhan, Phone Home,”
[27] Alnor, UFOs and the New Millennium, p. 30.
[28] “Alien Nation: Louis Farrakhan, Phone Home,”
[29] “The Man Who Says He Has Met Jesus, Brisbane Sunday Mail, December 29, 2002,p. 7.
[30] Camille Paglia, cited in “Scientology: A Satanic Link,” New York Post, March 16, 2003, p. 10,
[31] Ibid.
[32] Scanning scientology and anti-scientology literature reveals a seemingly contradictory use of terms. A person who gets rid of enough of these negative influences, in another context called “engrams” which themselves were somehow imposed on disembodied “thetans,” can themselves become an “operating thetan,” a desirable state. Contributing to this complexity/confusion is the level of secrecy involved, and what appears to be an increasing amount of “knowledge” imparted to disciples at deeper levels of involvement.
[33] L. Ron Hubbard, speaking at a writer’s conference as cited in Alnor, UFOs in the New Millennium, p. 103.
[34] Alnor, UFOs and the New Millennium, p. 95–100.
[35] Alnor, UFOs in the New Millennium, p
. 85.
[36] Nigel Watson, Loving the Alien, Fortean Times, March 23, 1999, cited in “Alien Sex 101, The Antonio Villas Boas Account,
[37] Story, The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters, in an article by Joe Nickel, p. 380.
[38] Nigel Watson, Loving the Alien, Fortean Times, March 23, 1999, cited in “Alien Sex 101, The Antonio Villas Boas Account,
[39] Augustine’s classic City of God, 15, chapter 23, cited in Missler and Eastman, Alien Encounters, p. 279.
[40] Ibid., p. 279–280.
[41] Watchman Fellowship’s “2001 Index of Cults and Religions,”
[42] Ibid.
[43] Not to be confused with “creation science,” which is the recent endeavor to study the scientific aspects of God’s created universe through the interpretive framework of the Bible.
[44] Alnor, UFOs and the New Millennium, p. 53
9
Look to the Sky — Change Is Coming
The space brothers — rewriting the future
As we saw in the last chapter, fallen angels under the leadership of Satan (that is, the enemies of God banished from heaven) have been attempting to deceive as many as they can about both the past and the future. The “gospel according to ET” has involved rewriting the Bible’s history of the universe and then offering an alternative view of mankind’s hope for the future. It appears to be part of a climactic battle being waged over the future of mankind.
Everyone recognizes that beliefs about where we came from are instrumental in shaping ideas about our future. On the one hand, if God has a plan or purpose for the existence of the universe and thus our lives, then he has a plan for the future also. Conversely, if benevolent extraterrestrials have been overseeing our evolution, then presumably they would have something to say about the things to come as well. Apparently, the “extraterrestrials,” who have already convinced many to reinterpret the history in the Bible — particularly on the issue of origins — are attempting to convince people to reinterpret what the Bible says about future events as well.
But from where have they acquired their convincing-sounding stories about the future? As mentioned previously, no believer in the ETH has provided a satisfactory explanation as to how alien beings could foresee the future. Even if they were interdimensional, one would presume that if they are somehow linked to our universe, then they would be part of our time and space as well. So the only reasonable explanation for any knowledge they might have about the future would be their access to a proven source of prophecy — such as the Bible.
The most famous book on future events is the last book of the Bible, known as Revelation. It is named so because Jesus himself “revealed” the future to His friend, the apostle John. It is full of vivid imagery, with descriptions of angels and demons and their final state. The book is prophetic and concerns a time to come (which explains why so many people argue about the meaning and reliability of these prophecies). Why trust these prophecies? For one thing, we know from hindsight that many other prophecies made during the time of the Old Testament have been fulfilled in astonishing ways.
For example, there were over 80 particular prophecies pertaining to the life of Christ alone, written long before His incarnation on the earth, yet they were all fulfilled during His short life of about 33 years. This is hardly coincidental, although some might want to explain it away as such. If you were able to calculate the mathematical possibilities that a few, let alone all, of them could be fulfilled by chance, the odds would be almost immeasurable. Therefore, there is good reason to believe that the Bible’s remaining prophecies will also come to pass.
Knowing the Bible’s reputation, the extraterrestrial deceivers apparently feel a compulsion to rewrite its vision of the future. The story in Revelation, as John told it, is not encouraging to people who might turn to the ETs for help. Although John acknowledged that there is a spiritual battle occurring right now, he prophesied that all of the angels will be involved in a climactic finale that will seal the fate of Satan and his followers. For example, in Revelation 16:14–16 he said:
They are spirits of demons performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty. “Behold, I [Jesus] come like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes with him, so that he may not go naked and be shamefully exposed.” Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
The Bible here refers to a great battle known as Armageddon (after the valley of Megiddo, in Israel). Although Christians have differing eschatological views of the Bible (that is, relating to “end-times events”), they are in agreement about one surety. Jesus Christ will physically and literally return to this earth, and God will thereafter create a new heaven and a new Earth, in which the righteous — those made right with God by believing in Jesus Christ — will be with Him in glory forever.
John gives a twofold warning. He warns every reader to be prepared because Jesus says He will come like a thief in the night. But notice in the aforementioned passage how demons (deceiving spirits) are able to influence earthly leaders. From beginning to end, the Bible is consistent in recording how these beings influence people. As we mentioned in previous chapters, angels have been given dominion or areas of influence over the earth. According to the Gospel of John, Jesus himself described Satan as the “ruler of this world” (John 12:31, 14:30, 16:11), and He said that the whole world and its ungodly practices are under the control of the “evil one.” The Bible ascribes incredible power to Satan:
The god of this age [Satan] has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God (2 Cor. 4:4).
Several Scriptures allude to Satan’s seductive power and Christ’s ultimate triumph. They teach that when Christ came to this earth 2,000 years ago, He laid his majesty aside. After He was baptized, He went to the desert and fasted for 40 days and 40 nights. During this time, the devil came and tempted Jesus because he knew that Jesus was now a man, similar to the millions of others he had successfully tempted and led astray. But Jesus was no ordinary man; He was perfect and sinless — He had come from heaven. Satan even offered Jesus the “kingdoms of the world” if He would follow him and depart from His mission. Because He had now taken human form, Jesus could starve, be thirsty, and be in pain just like any other man. At this time Satan also said to Jesus:
If you are the Son of God … throw yourself down. For it is written: “He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.” … Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’” Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him (Matt. 4:6–11).
Notice Satan’s method of seduction. The devil tempted Jesus with Scripture. When he said, “It is written,” he was quoting from salm 91. These are words that the Psalmist had previously authored under the inspiration of God’s Holy Spirit. Quite simply, the devil knows the Bible, too. This tactic explains why the messages of the space brothers parallel, and try to usurp, biblical texts. This deception is particularly prevalent in the area of end-time events that have already been prophesied under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The UFO literature and the messages of the cults have not only reinterpreted the Bible’s history, but their doctrines are saturated with pseudo-biblical references about the future. Satan can read the Bible like anyone else. When he does, he reads that he is eventually going to be destroyed. No wonder he is trying to hoodwink everyone, and it’s no surprise that he hates Christians who take the Bible as written. He is waging an enormous spiritual war for the souls of human beings.