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Psalm 8   Unidentified means we don't know What does the Bible have to do with flying saucers, little green men, and aliens? Unidentified flying object is a technical term that has been parodied Are there U.F.O.'s in the Bible? Yes 2 Kings 2:11 – Elijah's final ride Ezekiel 1:15-21 – Ezekiel's wheels Exodus 13:21-22 – pillars There are also creatures that cannot be explained Ezekiel 1:5-10 – creatures of four faces Revelation 4:6-8 – four creatures around the throne Isaiah 6:1-6 – Seraphim Genesis 6:4 – Nephilim (Numbers 13:33; 1 Samuel 17:4) Job 40:15-18 – Behemoth Job 41:1ff – Leviathan Does this mean that UFO's and aliens are real?   Faith and God This sermon series has never tried to divide along real or not It has been the issue of responding to the subject For believers in UFO's it is real for them and they have to be dealt with as with any religious believer Some people see no inconsistency between believing in God and UFOs It isn't completely inconsi...

Deuteronomy 18:9-14   No way, no how Lately there is a revival of an artform that was very popular from the late 1800's to mid 1900's Spiritualists and mediums flourished in the Victorian period Many people believed in the spirit world and sought to make contact The rise of spiritualists and mediums eventually turned in the age of science Science began to "prove" many of these individuals as fakes and con-artists The increased interest in this artform now is due to the willingness of many to believe in the paranormal But this practice of communicating with the dead goes all the way back to pre-biblical times Shaman and magi would claim ability to communicate with spirit world That is where the OT picks up the story The Hebrew children/Israelites were surrounded by cultures that practiced this Egyptians had a very strong belief in the spirit world The Chaldeans were known for their spirit world beliefs The Hebrew children were exposed to this on a daily basis Deuterono...

Ezekiel 37:1-6   How does the Bible deal with ghosts OT – no use of the word "ghost" as rendered in Hebrew 1 Samuel 28:3,11-19 – Saul has Samuel conjured from the dead and has a conversation (eloihim) NT – 2 separate occasions "ghost" is mentioned Jesus walking on the water is considered a ghost (phantasm) (Mt14:26; Mk 6:49) Luke 24:37,39 – Jesus appears and refers to a pneuma not having flesh and blood What are ghosts? Most people define ghosts as the spirit or soul or essence of a person how most times is dead Mark 12:30 – love the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind, strength Matt 10:30 – the body that can be destroyed but not the soul Gen 35:18 – soul departs at death There is an understanding from OT and NT that soul is the breath of life Gen 2:7 – the breath given to man Life is not just physical being Thought and feeling are experienced separate of physical Spirit and soul are not "felt" but it is part of us When physical life ends we believe that ...