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THE CLOUD: UFO'S & THE HOLY BIBLE
Or...Is There A
Biblical Explanation For UFO's?
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.....While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed
them: and behold a voice out of the cloud.....
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Since becoming involved in the
UFO phenomenon a number of
years ago, I have wanted to put
into an easy-readable form,
many of the interesting passages
which can be found
throughout the King James version of the Holy Bible. Having
been a Bible student for quite a
few years, I am familiar
with some of the
'out-of-this-world' events which can be
found within its holy pages. With the aid of an electronic
version of the Bible, I was
finally able to sit down and
make this project a reality.
The following verses
demonstrate a strong connection
between 'clouds' , the
Lord's appearance and other
heavenly phenomena. But the
question remains, 'Exactly what
were these 'clouds of
Heaven' ? And what role do they play in our modern times
and
in our future? I hope to provide some possible answers in
the following pages.
As will be quickly seen, while
many verses in the Bible
speak of normal rain clouds such
as are associated with
regular weather, there are other
odd passages, and many at
that, which describe something
very special indeed with very
peculiar properties. I think Christians
& non-Christians
alike will find the following verses to be most interesting.
Some Christians
may object to my implication that these
verses may in some way be related to the UFO phenomenon. If
that be the case, I offer my
apologies with the knowledge
that some will be offended
regardless of what the truth
might be.
By the way, I have known the
Lord and have been saved for
over 26 years. While I am a strong believer in the Bible as
the inspired Word of God, after
many years of being an
extreme fundamentalist, I have
learned to take off the
blinders & examine other possibilities. I hope those reading
this file will do likewise,
regardless of your religious
affiliation or lack thereof.
I'd like to thank the folks at
Project Gutenberg for their
hard work & dedication in
putting the KJV in electronic
form. Without them, this project would have taken me much
longer & probably would not
have been as nearly as thorough
as it is. Special thanks also go to the creator of 'Online
Bible' for the Macintosh...truly
a blessing for all
Christians!
I encourage everyone to share
this file with others who are
interested in the UFO phenomenon. You may crosspost
it to
other related newsgroups, print
it out for personal use,
post it on BBS's,
or place it in any other place which you
feel might be appropriate.
That's it. I hope you will find the
following verses
intriguing. Please take special note of the characteristics
& properties associated with
these 'clouds.' I won't say
more as I don't wish to be
accused of leading the
witness...at least until after you have read these verses...
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The following verses are from
the story of Moses leading the
children of Israel out of Egpyt, through the
wilderness &
across the Red Sea. These verses are from the Book of
Exodus:
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13:21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a
cloud, to lead them the way; and
by night in a pillar of
fire, to give them light; to go
by day and night: 13:22 He
took not away the pillar of the
cloud by day, nor the pillar
of fire by night, from before the people.
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14:19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of
Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the
cloud went from before their
face, and stood behind them:
14:20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the
camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but
it gave light by night to these:
so that the one came not
near the other all the night.
14:24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the
LORD looked unto the host of the
Egyptians through the
pillar of fire and of the cloud,
and troubled the host of
the Egyptians, 14:25 And took off their chariot wheels, that
they drave
them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us
flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for
them
against the Egyptians.
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16:10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake
unto the whole
congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked
toward the wilderness, and,
behold, the glory of the LORD
appeared in the cloud.
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19:9 And the LORD said unto Moses,
Lo, I come unto thee in a
thick cloud, that the people may
hear when I speak with
thee, and believe thee for ever.
19:16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning,
that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud
upon the mount, and the voice of
the trumpet exceeding loud;
so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
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24:15 And Moses went up into the
mount, and a cloud covered
the mount.
24:16 And the glory of the LORD
abode upon mount Sinai, and
the cloud covered it six days:
and the seventh day he called
unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
24:18 And Moses went into the
midst of the cloud, and gat
him up into the mount: and Moses
was in the mount forty days
and forty nights.
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33:9 And it came to pass, as
Moses entered into the
tabernacle, the cloudy pillar
descended, and stood at the
door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses.
33:10 And all the people saw the
cloudy pillar stand at the
tabernacle door: and all the
people rose up and worshipped,
every man in his tent door.
33:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man
speaketh
unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp:
but his servant Joshua, the son
of Nun, a young man,
departed not out of the tabernacle.
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34:5 And the LORD descended in
the cloud, and stood with him
there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
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40:34 Then a cloud covered the
tent of the congregation, and
the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
40:35 And Moses was not able to
enter into the tent of the
congregation, because the cloud
abode thereon, and the glory
of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
40:36 And when the cloud was
taken up from over the
tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their
journeys: 40:37 But if the cloud
were not taken up, then
they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
40:38 For the cloud of the LORD
was upon the tabernacle by
day, and fire was on it by
night, in the sight of all the
house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
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From the book of Leviticus:
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16:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the
two sons of Aaron, when they
offered before the LORD, and
died;
16:2 And the LORD said unto
Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy
brother, that he come not at all
times into the holy place
within the veil before the mercy
seat, which is upon the
ark; that he die not: for I will
appear in the cloud upon
the mercy seat.
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From the book of Numbers:
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9:15 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up, the
cloud covered the tabernacle,
namely, the tent of the
testimony: and at even there was
upon the tabernacle as it
were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
9:16 So it was alway: the cloud
covered it by day, and the
appearance of fire by night.
9:17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle,
then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the
place where the cloud abode,
there the children of Israel
pitched their tents.
9:18 At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel
journeyed, and at the
commandment of the LORD they pitched:
as long as the cloud abode upon
the tabernacle they rested
in their tents.
9:19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle
many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of
the LORD, and journeyed not.
9:20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the
tabernacle; according to the
commandment of the LORD they
abode in their tents, and
according to the commandment of
the LORD they journeyed.
9:21 And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the
morning, and that the cloud was
taken up in the morning,
then they journeyed: whether it
was by day or by night that
the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.
9:22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year,
that the cloud tarried upon the
tabernacle, remaining
thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and
journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
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10:11 And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second
month, in the second year, that
the cloud was taken up from
off the tabernacle of the testimony.
10:12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of
the wilderness of Sinai; and the
cloud rested in the
wilderness of Paran.
10:34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when
they went out of the camp.
10:35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that
Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and
let thine enemies be
scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
10:36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the
many thousands of Israel.
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11:1 And when the people
complained, it displeased the LORD:
and the LORD heard it; and his
anger was kindled; and the
fire of the LORD burnt among
them, and consumed them that
were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
11:2 And the people cried unto
Moses; and when Moses prayed
unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.
11:3 And he called the name of
the place Taberah: because
the fire of the LORD burnt among them.
11:25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him,
and took of the spirit that was
upon him, and gave it unto
the seventy elders: and it came
to pass, that, when the
spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
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12:5 And the LORD came down in
the pillar of the cloud, and
stood in the door of the
tabernacle, and called Aaron and
Miriam: and they both came
forth.
12:10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and,
behold, Miriam became leprous,
white as snow: and Aaron
looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
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14:14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land:
for they have heard that thou
LORD art among this people,
that thou LORD art seen face to
face, and that thy cloud
standeth over them, and that thou goest
before them, by day
time in a pillar of a cloud, and
in a pillar of fire by
night.
16:42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was
gathered against Moses and
against Aaron, that they looked
toward the tabernacle of the
congregation: and, behold, the
cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.
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From the book of Deuteronomy:
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1:32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,
1:33 Who went in the way before you, to search you out a
place to pitch your tents in, in
fire by night, to shew you
by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.
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4:11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the
mountain burned with fire unto
the midst of heaven, with
darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
4:12 And the LORD spake unto you
out of the midst of the
fire: ye heard the voice of the
words, but saw no
similitude; only ye heard a voice.
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31:15 And the LORD appeared in
the tabernacle in a pillar of
a cloud: and the pillar of the
cloud stood over the door of
the tabernacle.
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From the Second Book Of Samuel:
(These same verses are also
found in Psalm 18)
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22:8 Then the earth shook and trembled;
the foundations of
heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
22:9 There went up a smoke out
of his nostrils, and fire out
of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
22:10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness
was under his feet.
22:11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was
seen upon the wings of the wind.
22:12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark
waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
22:13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire
kindled.
22:14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High
uttered his voice.
22:15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning,
and discomfited them.
22:16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations
of the world were discovered, at
the rebuking of the LORD,
at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
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From the First Book Of Kings:
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8:10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of
the holy place, that the cloud
filled the house of the LORD,
8:11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because
of the cloud: for the glory of
the LORD had filled the house
of the LORD.
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From the Second Book Of
Chronicles:
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5:11 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of
the holy place: (for all the
priests that were present were
sanctified, and did not then
wait by course:
5:12 Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of
Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their
brethren, being arrayed in white
linen, having cymbals and
psalteries and harps, stood at
the east end of the altar,
and with them an hundred and
twenty priests sounding with
trumpets:)
5:13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers
were as one, to make one sound
to be heard in praising and
thanking the LORD; and when they
lifted up their voice with
the trumpets and cymbals and
instruments of musick, and
praised the LORD, saying, For he
is good; for his mercy
endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a
cloud, even the house of the LORD;
5:14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by
reason of the cloud: for the
glory of the LORD had filled
the house of God.
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9:12 Moreover thou leddest them in
the day by a cloudy
pillar; and in the night by a
pillar of fire, to give them
light in the way wherein they should go.
9:18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said,
This is thy God that brought
thee up out of Egypt, and had
wrought great provocations;
9:19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest
them not in
the wilderness: the pillar of
the cloud departed not from
them by day, to lead them in the
way; neither the pillar of
fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they
should go.
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From the book of Psalms:
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78:14 In the daytime also he led
them with a cloud, and all
the night with a light of fire.
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97:2 Clouds and darkness are
round about him: righteousness
and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
97:3 A fire goeth
before him, and burneth up his enemies
round about.
97:4 His lightnings
enlightened the world: the earth saw,
and trembled.
97:5 The hills melted like wax
at the presence of the LORD,
at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
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99:7 He spake
unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his
testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
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104:3 Who layeth
the beams of his chambers in the waters:
who maketh
the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the
wings of the wind:
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105:39 He spread a cloud for a
covering; and fire to give
light in the night.
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From the book of Isaiah:
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19:1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon
a
swift cloud, and shall come into
Egypt: and the idols of
Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt
shall melt in the midst of it.
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60:8 Who are these that fly as a
cloud, and as the doves to
their windows?
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From the book of Jeremiah:
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3:44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer
should not pass through.
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From the book of Ekeziel comes Ezekiel's famous vision:
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1:4 And I looked, and, behold, a
whirlwind came out of the
north, a great cloud, and a fire
infolding itself, and a
brightness was about it, and out
of the midst thereof as the
colour of
amber, out of the midst of the fire.
1:5 Also out of the midst
thereof came the likeness of four
living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had
the likeness of a man.
1:6 And every one had four
faces, and every one had four
wings.
1:7 And their feet were straight
feet; and the sole of their
feet was like the sole of a
calf's foot: and they sparkled
like the colour of burnished brass.
1:8 And they had the hands of a man
under their wings on
their four sides; and they four
had their faces and their
wings.
1:9 Their wings were joined one
to another; they turned not
when they went; they went every one straight forward.
1:10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the
face of a man, and the face of a
lion, on the right side:
and they four had the face of an
ox on the left side; they
four also had the face of an eagle.
1:11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched
upward; two wings of every one
were joined one to another,
and two covered their bodies.
1:12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the
spirit was to go, they went; and
they turned not when they
went.
1:13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their
appearance was like burning
coals of fire, and like the
appearance of lamps: it went up
and down among the living
creatures; and the fire was
bright, and out of the fire went
forth lightning.
1:14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the
appearance of a flash of lightning.
1:15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel
upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
1:16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like
unto the colour
of a beryl: and they four had one likeness:
and their appearance and their
work was as it were a wheel
in the middle of a wheel.
1:17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and
they turned not when they went.
1:18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were
dreadful; and their rings were
full of eyes round about them
four.
1:19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by
them: and when the living
creatures were lifted up from the
earth, the wheels were lifted up.
1:20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither
was their spirit to go; and the
wheels were lifted up over
against them: for the spirit of
the living creature was in
the wheels.
1:21 When those went, these went; and when those stood,
these stood; and when those were
lifted up from the earth,
the wheels were lifted up over
against them: for the spirit
of the living creature was in the wheels.
1:22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the
living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal,
stretched forth over their heads above.
1:23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the
one toward the other: every one
had two, which covered on
this side, and every one had
two, which covered on that
side, their bodies.
1:24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings,
like the noise of great waters,
as the voice of the
Almighty, the voice of speech,
as the noise of an host: when
they stood, they let down their wings.
1:25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over
their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.
1:26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was
the likeness of a throne, as the
appearance of a sapphire
stone: and upon the likeness of
the throne was the likeness
as the appearance of a man above upon it.
1:27 And I saw as the colour of
amber, as the appearance of
fire round about within it, from
the appearance of his loins
even upward, and from the
appearance of his loins even
downward, I saw as it were the
appearance of fire, and it
had brightness round about.
1:28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in
the day of rain, so was the
appearance of the brightness
round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the
glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face,
and I heard a voice of one that spake.
2:1 And he said unto me, Son of
man, stand upon thy feet,
and I will speak unto thee.
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10:3 Now the cherubims
stood on the right side of the house,
when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
10:4 Then the glory of the LORD
went up from the cherub, and
stood over the threshold of the
house; and the house was
filled with the cloud, and the
court was full of the
brightness of the LORD's glory.
10:5 And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to
the outer court, as the voice of
the Almighty God when he
speaketh.
10:6 And it came to pass, that
when he had commanded the man
clothed with linen, saying, Take
fire from between the
wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and
stood beside the wheels.
10:7 And one cherub stretched
forth his hand from between
the cherubims
unto the fire that was between the cherubims,
and took thereof, and put it
into the hands of him that was
clothed with linen: who took it, and went out.
10:8 And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's
hand under their wings.
10:9 And when I looked, behold
the four wheels by the
cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by
another cherub: and the
appearance of the wheels was as the
colour of
a beryl stone.
10:10 And as for their appearances, they four had one
likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.
10:11 When they went, they went upon their four sides; they
turned not as they went, but to
the place whither the head
looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.
10:12 And their whole body, and their backs, and their
hands, and their wings, and the
wheels, were full of eyes
round about, even the wheels that they four had.
10:13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my
hearing, O wheel.
10:14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the
face of a cherub, and the second
face was the face of a man,
and the third the face of a lion,
and the fourth the face of
an eagle.
10:15 And the cherubims were lifted
up. This is the living
creature that I saw by the river
of Chebar.
10:16 And when the cherubims went,
the wheels went by them:
and when the cherubims
lifted up their wings to mount up
from the earth, the same wheels
also turned not from beside
them.
10:17 When they stood, these stood; and when they were
lifted up, these lifted up
themselves also: for the spirit
of the living creature was in them.
10:18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the
threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.
10:19 And the cherubims lifted up
their wings, and mounted
up from the earth in my sight:
when they went out, the
wheels also were beside them,
and every one stood at the
door of the east gate of the LORD's house; and the glory of
the God of Israel was over them above.
10:20 This is the living creature that I saw under the God
of Israel by the river
of Chebar; and I knew that they were
the cherubims.
10:21 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four
wings; and the likeness of the
hands of a man was under
their wings.
10:22 And the likeness of their faces was the same faces
which I saw by the river
of Chebar, their appearances and
themselves: they went every one straight forward.
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From the book of Daniel:
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7:13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the
Son of man came with the clouds
of heaven, and came to the
Ancient of days, and they
brought him near before him.
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From the Gospel of Matthew:
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17:1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John
his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain
apart,
17:2 And was transfigured before
them: and his face did
shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
17:3 And, behold, there appeared
unto them Moses and Elias
talking with him.
17:4 Then answered Peter, and
said unto Jesus, Lord, it is
good for us to be here: if thou
wilt, let us make here three
tabernacles; one for thee, and
one for Moses, and one for
Elias.
17:5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed
them: and behold a voice out of
the cloud, which said, This
is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
17:6 And when the disciples
heard it, they fell on their
face, and were sore afraid.
17:7 And Jesus came and touched
them, and said, Arise, and
be not afraid.
17:8 And when they had lifted up
their eyes, they saw no
man, save Jesus only.
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24:29 Immediately after the
tribulation of those days shall
the sun be darkened, and the
moon shall not give her light,
and the stars shall fall from
heaven, and the powers of the
heavens shall be shaken:
24:30 And then shall appear the
sign of the Son of man in
heaven: and then shall all the
tribes of the earth mourn,
and they shall see the Son of
man coming in the clouds of
heaven with power and great glory.
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26:64 Jesus saith
unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I
say unto you, Hereafter shall ye
see the Son of man sitting
on the right hand of power, and
coming in the clouds of
heaven.
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From the Gospel of Mark:
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9:2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and
James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain
apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
9:3 And his raiment became
shining, exceeding white as snow;
so as no fuller on earth can white them.
9:4 And there appeared unto them
Elias with Moses: and they
were talking with Jesus.
9:5 And Peter answered and said
to Jesus, Master, it is good
for us to be here: and let us
make three tabernacles; one
for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
9:6 For he wist
not what to say; for they were sore afraid.
9:7 And there was a cloud that
overshadowed them: and a
voice came out of the cloud,
saying, This is my beloved Son:
hear him.
9:8 And suddenly, when they had
looked round about, they saw
no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.
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13:24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun
shall be darkened, and the moon
shall not give her light,
13:25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers
that are in heaven shall be shaken.
13:26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the
clouds with great power and glory.
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14:60 And the high priest stood
up in the midst, and asked
Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which
these witness against thee?
14:61 But he held his peace, and
answered nothing. Again the
high priest asked him, and said
unto him, Art thou the
Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
14:62 And Jesus said, I am: and
ye shall see the Son of man
sitting on the right hand of
power, and coming in the clouds
of heaven.
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From the Gospel of Luke:
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9:28 And it came to pass about an eight days after these
sayings, he took Peter and John and
James, and went up into
a mountain to pray.
9:29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was
altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
9:30 And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were
Moses and Elias:
9:31 Who appeared in glory, and spake
of his decease which
he should accomplish at Jerusalem.
9:32 But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with
sleep: and when they were awake,
they saw his glory, and the
two men that stood with him.
9:33 And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter
said unto Jesus, Master, it is
good for us to be here: and
let us make three tabernacles;
one for thee, and one for
Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.
9:34 While he thus spake, there
came a cloud, and
overshadowed them: and they
feared as they entered into the
cloud.
9:35 And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This
is my beloved Son: hear him.
9:36 And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And
they kept it close, and told no man
in those days any of
those things which they had seen.
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21:27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a
cloud with power and great glory.
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From the Book of Acts:
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1:9 And when he had spoken these
things, while they beheld,
he was taken up; and a cloud
received him out of their
sight.
1:10 And while they looked stedfastly
toward heaven as he
went up, behold, two men stood
by them in white apparel;
1:11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee,
why stand ye gazing
up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you
into heaven, shall so come in
like manner as ye have seen
him go into heaven.
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10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would
not that ye should be
ignorant, how that all our
fathers were under the cloud, and
all passed through the sea;
10:2 And were all baptized unto
Moses in the cloud and in
the sea;
10:3 And did all eat the same
spiritual meat;
10:4 And did all drink the same
spiritual drink: for they
drank of that spiritual Rock
that followed them: and that
Rock was Christ.
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From the First Epistle To The
Thessalonians:
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4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a
shout, with the voice of the
archangel, and with the trump
of God: and the dead in Christ
shall rise first: 4:17 Then
we which are alive and remain
shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds, to meet
the Lord in the air: and so
shall we ever be with the Lord.
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From the Book of Revelations:
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1:7 Behold, he cometh with
clouds; and every eye shall see
him, and they also which pierced
him: and all kindreds of
the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
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11:12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto
them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a
cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
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14:14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the
cloud one sat like unto the Son of
man, having on his head a
golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
14:15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with
a loud voice to him that sat on
the cloud, Thrust in thy
sickle, and reap: for the time
is come for thee to reap; for
the harvest of the earth is ripe.
14:16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on
the earth; and the earth was reaped.
ANALYSIS OF THE SCRIPTURAL
EVIDENCE:
There you have it. There are
many other verses in the Bible
which speak of clouds, however,
in most cases they are
easily understood as referring
to actual physical clouds
which produce rain or snow. Some of the above verses may
also be understood in that
context, but it should be evident
to anyone with an open mind,
that we are dealing with
something else other than normal
cloud formations in in the
majority of these verses.
For the sake of Christians
or Jews who may be reading this,
I will point out that the Bible
does offer several possible
explanations for some of these phenomenon. For example, the
cloud associated with the
Tabernacle is referred to as the
Shekinah Glory & represented the presence of the Lord. If we
can, for the moment, refer to
the Lord & His angels as
inter-dimensional beings, (there
are indications that they
are), could this cloud or vapor,
or whatever it was which
appeared not only in, on &
above the Tabernacle, but also
upon various mountaintops
(Moses, Jesus' transfiguration,
etc.), could it have been of the
same type that was
reportedly experienced during the
famous Philadelphia
Experiment? Could this 'cloud'
be a by-product of distorting
space & time during ones
crossover from one plane of
existence to the other?
In Paul's epistle to the
Hebrews, we are also told that we
are encompassed about by a great
cloud of witnesses; in
other words, the angels & departed saints. This is a clear
indication that the other unseen
world is not some distant
place in physical space as some have been led to believe.
This verse seems to indicate
that it is, as many have
theorized, a plane or universe
parallel to our own, that we
are in effect surrounded by it. The Apostle Paul even men-
tioned a
man caught up to the 'third' heaven (2 Cor 12:2).
In fact, some of the Apocryphal
Writings such as the Book of
Enoch, speak of seven different
levels of Heaven. So, we can
also interpret these clouds as
referring to the unseen
angels & spirits which
surround us in a multi-tiered
spiritual plane.
These two explanations alone do
not explain the rest of the
above verses however. The cloud pillar which led the
children of Israel through the desert was clearly something
else. We are told that it could remain immobile for a day, a
week, a month, a year or longer if it wanted to. It could
even move forwards or backwards. In addition, the Lord was
able to peer out from this
phenomenon, a voice also
proceeded from these things, etc. It should be clear then
that this cloudy pillar was not
a high-level cumulus cloud
formation created by high-velocity winds. A tornado
controlled by the Lord? Perhaps in some occasions, but
remember, this cloud is said to
have dwelt on, above or even
inside the tabernacle...it was
not a destructive pillar such
as are tornados...And at night
the Israleites were led on
their way by a pillar of fire. Some have theorized that this
might be referring to a great
comet which hung in the sky,
the same theory proposed to
explain the miraculous star of
Bethlehem. However, as already noted with physical clouds, a
comet cannot remain stationary
for days, weeks or even a
year without moving, unless the
Lord was controlling it of
course. But still, this answer is not satisfactory as we are
told that this pillar of fire
shone brightly on the camp of
the Israelites, while projecting
darkness on the Egyptian
army. (Exodus 14:20) Could this then have been some
brilliant beam shone down from
one of the Lord's great
celestial ships to light their
path, while the silhouette of
the same celestial craft against
the night sky blocked out
even the starlight from the Egyptian camp? It is a
possibility worth considering.
In Exodus we likewise have the
Lord descending down to the
Earth in some kind of cloudy
pillar & appearing in the
doorway of the Tabernacle or
even within the Holy of Holies
of the Tabernacle. Moses is said to have spoken face to
face
with Him. Could this particular pillar have been some kind
of a transport beam from the
Lord's vessel which hovered
overhead? Again, could this interreaction
between two
universes have been the cause of
the mysterious cloud called
the Shekinah Glory?
Whatever these things were, they
accompanied the ancient
Israelites during their entire
journey through the
wilderness. Before leaving the Exodus scene behind, allow me
to propose one other theory:
Could the parting of the Red
Sea have been caused by some
gravitational beam originating
from one of these strange clouds in the sky? Even Moses
claimed that it was the power of God and not his own doing.
From here we can move on up to
the visions of Ezekiel. We
find from the above verses that
Ezekiel actually had two
experiences with these unusual
'wheels' and creatures, both
in chapters one and ten. Exactly what did Ezekiel see? What
were the eyes which covered these wheels within wheels? Does
it sound familiar, like the
colored lights reported on the
circumference of many UFO's? We are also told that the
whirlwind he saw was encompassed about by fire. Could this
be referring to the brilliant
glow UFO's are reported to
have while in flight? Ezekiel also observed an amber glow
eminating
from the the center of these unearthly vehicles.
We are also told that above
these strange creatures & rings
of light which followed them
whither they went, was a throne
from which emanted this same amber
light. Sitting on the
throne was a man who glowed with extreme brilliance. A
similar description is recorded
throughout the Bible where
the skin & body are described as being like fine brass.
Kind
of reminds you of the entities
in the 'Cocoon' movies,
maybe? This person in Ezekiel is assumed to be Jesus in His
spiritual inter-dimensional body.
It is interesting to note that
John the Revelator had this
same vision with the same
creatures hundreds of years later,
and he described the Lord in the very same manner. Was this
His actual body, or was it some
kind of uniform He wore or
some kind of force field which surrounded Him?
Throughout the Psalms we also
have verses which speak of the
Lord flying through the clouds
on his cherub. We are told
over and over again of His power in the clouds. Is this
simply referring to physical
clouds, or possibly to a great
army of celestial vehicles which
appear as brightly
luminated
clouds? We are also told how this flying vehicle
punished the children of Israel with fire when they
disobeyed. Exactly what was this fire and accompanying
lightning?
And let us not forget the story
of Elijah and Elisha, and of
how one was taken to Heaven in a fiery chariot. Exactly what
was this flaming chariot of his drawn by celestial horses?
Should it be taken literally
like the horses in the book of
Revelation? The story from Greek
mythology of Pegasus the
flying horse comes to mind.
Moving on to the New Testament,
we have various accounts of
what happened on the Mount of Transfiguration. Again, this
was not a regular cloud. This thing was bright and it
overshadowed Peter, James and
John right after Jesus
finished speaking with Moses and
Elijah in his transformed
body. Not only that, we are told that they actually entered
this cloud and that a voice proceeded
from within it just as
in the Old Testament. We are given the understanding that
Moses & Elias departed in
this 'cloud.'
Something else which is worthy
of note here is that in
describing the above incident,
the writers of the Bible say
that Jesus' disciples were overcome by a heavy sleep. As
with today's reported abduction
cases, could this have been
some kind of dreamlike state
artificially induced for those
witnessing the event? Could it have been a means employed to
reduce the stress on their mortal bodies? It isn't everyday
that one encounters beings from
another world or sphere of
existence. Some would have probably died of a heart attack
were it not for this added protection. In the book of Daniel
and other places, we are told
that the prophets of God fell
down as dead upon beholding some of these things.
Following this same line of
thought, it is interesting to
note that, according to other
information in my possession,
projects such as HAARP which
utilize a form of
electromagnetic radiation called
ELF waves, can actually
distort one's mental perception
of things, induce certain
moods or feelings, create a
dream-like state, affect one's
speech, etc. Is this because of the waves themselves?...Or
is it a by-product of causing a rift
in the space/time
continuum, a bridge between two dimensions?
Backing up a litte,
we also have the strange events
occurring during Jesus's water baptism
by John. We are told
that the heavens opened &
that the Spirit descended upon
Jesus like a dove. Exactly what
is being said here? We are
also told that a voice came from Heaven. Could this have
been broadcast from a hovering ship? Could this Spirit
descending like a dove have
actually been some kind of beam
which they actually saw descend from such a vessel?
Throughout the rest of the New
Testament, we have other
verses which inform us that
after His resurrection, Jesus
was taken up to Heaven in a cloud. There are many references
which tell us that He will
return in like manner with power
and great glory in the clouds of
Heaven and that all eyes
shall see Him. We are also told that we will likewise be
caught up together in the clouds to meet Him in the air.
Does this mean we will just
literally be transmutated and
begin to float up into the air into the physical clouds? Or
are these clouds the Lord's
celestial fleet using tractor
beams to beam us aboard after
our bodies have been
transformed by whatever the
power the Lord uses for this
miraculous transformation?
Based on the verse in Hebrews,
we could assume that these
clouds just represent the hosts
of Heaven, i.e., the angels
which have come with the Lord...But do they really?
Could
this not be a mass evacuation of
the faithful via the Lord's
celestial fleet before his
judgments begin to fall on the
Anti-Christ,
False Prophet and their lot?
One other element common to all
of these incidents from
Moses in the wildneress,
to endtime prophecies in the
gospels, to the epistles and the
book of Revelation, is the
inclusion of the sound of loud trumpets. Exactly what were
these clamourous noises? Just real
celestial trumpets? Or
possibly the temporary roar of
engines while they prepared
for takeoff?
THE DARKER SIDE OF THE
PHENOMENON:
Thus far in this study, I have
highlighted what can be
considered the positive aspect
of a possible UFO-Bible
connection. I feel that this paper would not be complete if
I didn't share what might
possibly be the other side of the
coin.
Being a Christian,
I have accepted the concept of a Good
force and an Evil force. Even nature teaches us this very
principle. There is day, and there is night. There is
positive, and there is negative. There is black, and there
is white...And there is a God, and there is a Devil. We
know
from the Bible that Satan or
Lucifer was once God's
lightbearer, but that because of his own pride, he rebelled
along with a third of the angels. Since ancient times
they've been at war with God,
and are warring for the
possession of our very souls! There are examples of this
throughout the Bible.
Let us make a few assumptions
here. If the Lord and his
angels can transverse from their
plane over to ours in what
appear as bright clouds
(halos?), what we've come to call
UFO's, should we assume that
Lucifer and his demons can do
likewise? If this is so, could this not explain the fact
that there are both positive and
negative encounters with
what are assumed to be extraterrestrial beings? Could it be
that some folks are having
encounters with the angelic
forces of Light while others are
encountering the demons of
darkeness?
This is not a new concept and has already been
expounded upon quite fully in a
number of books and in the
UFO literature.
These demons are not only
powerful beings, but they are also
deceptive. Look how easy it was for Lucifer to cause Adam &
Eve to yield to their pride and
taste of the forbidden Tree
of the Knowledge of good and evil. And what was the lure?
'Ye shall be as gods!' How true
that rings in this modern
world where we have heard it
said many times that 'Knowledge
is power!' Whoever has the knowledge is on top. Whoever has
the most advanced technology
stays on top...regardless of
its source!
One must ask why it was
forbidden to eat of this tree. Could
it be that the Lord in His
wisdom knew that all knowledge is
not good, or that at least it is
not good for us mere
mortals who so easily yield to our pride, ego and vanity?
Could it be that the Lord knew
that gaining access to this
knowledge would eventually lead to our own self-destruction?
What is interesting to note here
is that before the Devil
could do further damage by
causing Adam and Eve to partake
of the Tree Of Life, which may
have made them immortal for
all we know, the Lord ousted them from the Garden.
So where am I leading with this
point? When I began typing
this project early this morning,
I was looking over some
documents on anti-gravitic technology.
Three words popped
into my head which really
clarified things for me: THE
FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE.
For many years I have been
deeply involved in the field of
eschatology, that is, the study of Bible endtime
prophecy.
Even for those who haven't been,
I am sure you are aware of
what the Bible says regarding
the Endtime, i.e., the
Anti-Christ
and False Prophet, the 666, etc. There have been
a number of movies which have
dwelled on this theme as well
as many books written. While most of us may be familiar
with
the obvious signs of the Endtime as outlined in the Bible
(wars, famine, earthquakes,
false prophets and false
christs, the Anti-Christ), one which
may be easily
overlooked is that we are also
told that there would be
signs in the heavens and signs in the Earth. Besides such
things as comets, eclipses and
the like, could this also be
referring to crop circle
formations or countless UFO
sightings?
It is my theory that the
countless UFO sightings we have
been witness to are a direct fulfillment of this prophecy.
As we draw closer to the end of
this present worldy system,
things are coming to a head...and fast! Both sides are
gearing up for the Big One! I am not talking about earthly
powers, but spiritual forces,
the legions of Light, and the
legions of darkness...what some
UFO buffs might refer to as
the Dracos
and the Greys (Reptilians) and the Nordics and
the Pleiadians (Blondes). I
believe what we might be seeing
in our skies is just the
beginning of the greatest inter-
dimensional (spiritual) battle
ever fought in the history of
our planet.
Remember, Satan said 'Ye shall
be as gods!' Since Eden, man
has always wanted to be his own boss. Since the Tower of
Babel, he has wanted to be his own god, to control his own
destiny. However, in order to do that, he has to deny the
existence of the true God. Sad to say, that has been
happening for decades now within the USA & elsewhere. If you
want a clear idea of how far we
have strayed from our God,
just take a look at some of the
US Historical Docs and
compare how government is run
today with was the forefathers
intended. America was founded by God-fearing men who sought
divine guidance in everything they did and said. Today, God
has been pushed out of our
schools, out of our work places,
& out of our government. Our
home environments are the only
places where we truly retain religious freedom.
But how long
will it last with the enemy's broadcasts
invading our living
rooms daily polluting the minds of our children?
Today, science, evolution and
modern technology have become
our gods ....this is THE
FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE...And this may
be how that Great Deciever Satan is going to finally be able
to set himself up as god on this
planet when he possesses a
certain man sometime in the future. Of course, he is not
just going to come out and say,
'Hey folks, pleased to meet
you! I am Satan...so bow down & worship me!' Most people
don't even believe in God and the Devil anymore..... No, it
is obvious that he is going to have to employ another plan.
How much wiser and more
deceptive it would be of him to
suddenly arrive on the scene as
the world's saviour from
some advanced civilization...All
of his satanic power may be
attributed to advanced
technology...to science which we
can't begin to understand...at
least that is what he may
lead many to believe...and the
Bible says that many will
indeed fall for it! The propaganda has been going on for
years. The indoctrination & brain-washing has been been
going on at an ever increasing pace. Just look at what is
popular these days on TV and at the movies.
Our world is headed for disaster
no matter how you look at
it... and he will arrive in the
nick of time with his
advanced technology to save us
foolish earthlings from
ourselves. With such advanced technology, how will any be
able to oppose him? Of course, there will be a small price
to pay for the salvation he
brings...bow down and worship me
and get your 666 buddy! In days to come, it will be all out
war against the believers in the true God! We will be
silenced so that iniquity can
abound just prior to the
Lord's coming with His space
fleet of angelic forces!
The final battle between good and
evil is soon to be played
out on this planet, and right
now Satan is already
marshalling his forces behind the scenes. All of this modern
destructive technology is no mistake. It is a carefully
orchestrated plan. Even in the book of Daniel we are told
that one of the signs of the Endtime is that knowledge will
be increased and that many shall
run to and fro (like our
modern means of worldwide transportation). (Dan 12:4) THE
FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE is producing
exactly what Satan desires,
enough weapons to blow ourselves
to smithereens & also a
formidable force with which to
challenge Christ Himself at
His return. Satan will not give
up easily without giving it
one final shot. He does not care about the destruction of
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