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The life of Jesus , now t oo, becomes · clear er when these t hings are re-
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membered.
His powers of levitation , His ability to pass through doors ,
walk on water , and heal the sick , are the essential a ttributes of men
from outer space.
They will also be ours someday when we will be "free
like birds" (Ezk. 13 : 20) .
At Jesus ' birth the celestial army came quite
close to earth.
A space- man appeared to the shepherds and the "glory"
of the Lord , 1ith the usual signs of His presence , shone around them.
There was a multitude of the heavenly army with this space- man.
And
after their cosmic anno~ncement , the music of the i r space- ships was
heard as they again disappeared i nto space.
Jesus ' ascension is described as "a cloud (or space- ship) received Him
out of their sight '' (Acts 1: 9) .
His coming again is to be in the same
manner.
"Then vill a}?pear the sign of the Son of man in heaven (space)
coming on the clouds (space- ships) of heaven (space) with power and
great glory" (Hatt. 24 : 30 - Rev. 14) .
He will come with His 1vhole army
and wi 1 l then t ake over the destinv of the world.
Jesus comes then ,
conquering and to conquer ; a King ;f kings ~ and Lord of lords o
This
tim~ He summons the twelve legions of space- men , ~hich He refused to
summon at the time of His betrayal.
He will appear on a white "horse "
or space- ship , "shooting flames of fire" , leading a whole fleet of
space-ships , from whose mouths issue sharp swords '', no doubt blasts of
destructive energy.
He signals all the "birds that fly in mid- heaven"
(all the ~ky- ships in space) to the cosmic conflict , with the words ,
"Come gather . 11 , and the world will be destroyed by God ' s black fleet
described below.
The rumbling space- ships lea~ on top of the mountains to av1ai t the si ­
na l for the attack (Joel 2: 5) .
That day will be a day of darknes
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gloom and of hydrogen and cobalt clouds .
"Like blackness there is
spread upon the mountai.ns a great and powerful people , their like has
never been from of old nor will be again.
Fire devours before them,
and behind them a flame burns .
The land i s like the Garden of Eden be­
fore them , but after them a desolate wilderness ".
Earth- men who have pleased God in the meantime , will "ascend up into
space in a space- ship in the sight of their foes " (Rev. 11) .
Paul
puts it this way, "We v1ill be caught up together with them in the
clouds (space- ships) to meet the Lord in the air '' (I Thess . 4: 17) .
In this manner a remnant of earth- men will literally be rescued or
saved•...• For what?
For t he "Father ' s house in which are many r ooms ", or as some transla­
tors put it , "stopping-places ", "resting- stations " or "filling- stations "
if you wish , or the way to outer- space and beyond.
All the planets
and universes in outer space are there for a good and glori ous purpose.
They are not just dead dust .
They are the planets on which these pace­
men live , and we too will someday live .
This clear understanding of things as they are and as they will be , i
for our comfort.
Vve should always rP.member that God ' s people are always
protected by a circle of space- ships .
" 1/e are surrounded by so great a
cloud of witnesses 11 , we read in Heb . 12.
The v,rhole heavenly host once
came out to protect but one man , Elijah (II Kings 6: 17 ).
"Behold the
mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire ".
And Elijah was saved
or rescued right from under the noses of a whole ci ty full of enemies .
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God ' s word to us knowing all t his is:
"Fear not , for those who are with
us are more than those who are wi th them! 11
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May our prayer be , -­
11 0 , Lord , open our eyes tbFtt we may see."
( II Kine.;s IS : 17)
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