There are a few world wide phenomenons that transcend Race,culture,religion,and gender, but most of all time. Two of the biggest of these are Alien abductions or E.T. encounters, and supernatural encounters be it from Ghosts/shadow people, spirits, Demons, or Angels. You can find these types of experiences dating back to the oldest civilisations. Legends of when the God's came down to interact with man can also be found transpiring into modern times such as With Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon religion among many other mainstream religions including Christianity.
Ancient India has volumes of sanskrit writings on such interaction. If these events are allowed to occure long enough there is most always a tranferance or "giving of some hidden knowledge"
It is believed that much of todays technology has come from such encounters with supernatural beings. Now as Christians we might find this a little over the top.
Until you read the Bible. There are many accounts of God empowering man or giving the ability to increase skills, and advance knowledge. Such as in building the Ark for Noah. How else could Noah have the knowledge to produce a working seaworthy vessel that size in what was presumably a non maritime era in human history. Or the Arc of the Covenant, and the building of the Temple.
It's said that the book of Enoch records such interaction dealing with a certain number of fallen Angels. I have yet to review Enoch. Don't get all spiritual on me about Enoch. I do not believe the book is inspired or should be in the bible. I do however think that there are historical accounts written in it, that the bible appears to back up as authentic.
However again as we've seen in the previous posts there is a knowledge that comes from God and there is other knowledge that also has a supernatural source however the end results of that knowledge is something that we were never intended to particapate in.
Pr 14:12 -
There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death.
Pr 16:25 -
There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death
The knowledge we attain too must confirm God's Lord ship in our lives. The Holy Spirit only brings us into a clearer perspective of Jesus. This should really be a draft, I'll rivise as I review. I"m trying to stay on point.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
The war for our minds.
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Monday, August 13, 2007
The Daniel 10 encounter.
Daniel 10:7 I, Daniel, am the only one who saw this vision. The men with me saw nothing, but they were suddenly terrified and ran away to hide. 8 So I was left there all alone to watch this amazing vision. My strength left me, my face grew deathly pale, and I felt very weak. 9 When I heard him speak, I fainted and lay there with my face to the ground. 10 Just then a hand touched me and lifted me, still trembling, to my hands and knees. 11 And the man said to me, "O Daniel, greatly loved of God, listen carefully to what I have to say to you. Stand up, for I have been sent to you." When he said this to me, I stood up, still trembling with fear. 12 Then he said, "Don't be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your request has been heard in heaven. I have come in answer to your prayers."
OK so this an incident the we see recorded in the book of Daniel. There are some pretty close similarities,however the content of the dialog are very different. There is fear and trembling mention again. As well as a vision. However there is also a physical encounter that fallows the vision. This Spirit also speaks to Daniel just as in Eliphaz's experience. Let's look at what this spirit says to Daniel.
"O Daniel, greatly loved of God," 12 Then he said, "Don't be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your request has been heard in heaven. I have come in answer to your prayer.
The first Quote is a huge contrast from the vese in Job. God has a Great Love towards this Man Daniel. So that God would even hear this man and answer his prayers. God seems to consider this weak little chunk of mortal flesh in hight regard. Mind you this predates the cleansing blood and righteousness of Christ Jesus. There appears to be 2 seperate agendas here. Both spirits appear to have some knowledge of God, and yet they paint two very different pictures of God towards mankind. More to come.
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Wednesday, August 1, 2007
The spirit's true identity.
Then I heard a voice saying: 17) 'Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker? 18) If He puts no trust in His servants, If He charges His angels with error, 19) How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before a moth? 20) They are broken in pieces from morning till evening; They perish forever, with no one regarding. 21) Does not their own excellence go away? They die, even without wisdom.
'Now here is the portion of the verse where the entity gives its self away. At the same time trying to produce a self image for Eliphaz that he is a lesser creation than the fallen Angel speaking with him. The words this demon chooses are methodical and intentional. With a much desired result. Also painting an intimate picture of an unfaithful God towards His creation. " If he puts no trust in His servants, If he charges His angels with error, How much more those who dwell in houses of clay," Continually reminding Eliphaz of the inferior existence of those living within the constraints of mortality. Keeping Eliphaz's focus and directing it towards a lie based on circumstance. This is a technique we find daily in our spiritual warfare. I am continually reminded by way of suggestion of all my circumstances and inadequacies."
If He puts no trust in His servants, If He charges His angels with error." Right here the spirit gives its self away. The origin and it's intentions become clear. This spirit is a fallen angel no longer in obedience to God its creator. And a bit bitter from the sound of it. It's not a long lost loved one trying to communicate from beyond the grave.
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Monday, July 30, 2007
The verse in Job part 3 ( the spirit speaks )
Then I heard a voice saying: 17) 'Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker? 18) If He puts no trust in His servants, If He charges His angels with error, 19) How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before a moth? 20) They are broken in pieces from morning till evening; They perish forever, with no one regarding. 21) Does not their own excellence go away? They die, even without wisdom.
So can the spirit realm communicate with us via vocalization? There is a very interesting phenomenon known to the scientific and paranormal communities as E.V.P. here's a quick definition for this as well as some modern documentation of the subject.
Electronic voice phenomenon (EVP) is a term used to refer to sounds that are captured on recorded media or other electronic devices and believed by some to be voices of paranormal origin.[1] EVP are said to be typically short, usually the length of a word or short phrase, although longer segments have also been reported.[2] EVP is a branch of Instrumental transcommunication (ITC) that deals exclusively with audio.
Explanations proposed by those who believe EVP is of paranormal in origin include that they are the voices of deceased human beings, psychic projections from EVP researchers, and/or communications from intelligent non-human entities. [3][4]
Explanations proposed by those who believe EVP is of normal origin include cross modulation, interference from external RF sources, and pareidolia (the human propensity to find familiar patterns amongst random stimuli).[5][2
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An audio sample recorded at the Thunderbird Lodge on the east shore of Lake Tahoe by the AA-EVP, who believe it is an example of EVP.
In 1982, Sarah Estep founded the American Association of Electronic Voice Phenomena in Severna Park, Maryland, a nonprofit organization with the purpose of increasing awareness of EVP, and of teaching standardized methods for capturing it. Estep began her exploration of EVP in 1976, and says she has made hundreds of recordings of messages from deceased friends, relatives, and other individuals, including Konstantin Raudive, Beethoven, a lamplighter from 18th century Philadelphia, PA, and extraterrestrials whom she speculated originated from other planets or dimensions.
In March 2003, paranormal investigator Alexander MacRae conducted some recording sessions where a person was connected to a device of MacRae's design known as ALPHA.[23] MacRae reported that ALPHA is able to convert electrodermal responses into more speech-like forms. Recordings were made and analyzed by him. In an attempt to demonstrate that different individuals would interpret the recordings the same way, MacRae asked seven people to compare some selections to a list of five phrases he provided and choose the best match. He concluded that the selections were not a form of "audible Roscharch (sic)" but genuine voices whose origins could not be explained through conventional means.[3][14][24][12] MacRae's work was published by the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research in 2005.
I'm sorry for the length of this post, but I thought it necessary to bring forth modern evidence that this in not an isolated incident based on some fairytale. I know the next question is "So then who or what was this spirit who was speaking with Eliphaz." Was it a dead relative, or some ghost, or an Angel, or perhaps something other worldly? The answer to that will be in my next post........
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Thursday, July 26, 2007
Part 2 the verse in Job.
JOB 4:12
"Now a word was secretly brought to me, And my ear received a whisper of it. 13) In disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on men, 14)) Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones shake. 15) Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair on my body stood up. 16 It stood still, But I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes; There was silence; Then I heard a voice saying: 17) 'Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker? 18) If He puts no trust in His servants, If He charges His angels with error, 19) How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before a moth? 20) They are broken in pieces from morning till evening; They perish forever, with no one regarding. 21) Does not their own excellence go away? They die, even without wisdom.'
So let's break this down to really understand what Eliphaz is relating to Job. The first sentence Ol'Eli tells Job something that happened to him that no one else knew about. He obviously regarded it as a significant spiritual encounter full of some hidden Knowledge. He fully believed what occurred was the (ha) Gospel truth.
"In disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night when deep sleep falls on men" He was having nightmares which tells us he had entered into R.E.M. sleep. So he was completely unconscious physically. ( but suddenly) "Fear came upon me with trembling that made all my bones shake." Something jolted his body awake. I believe that though our minds and body enter into a sleep state. Our spirits are always on. Not God conscience, but on. I believe Eli's spirit became aware of another spirit in the room and reacted violently. Causing a direct response to his physical body. Or the other spirit manifested physically upon Eliphaz. After all he was having nightmares and anxiety he also mentions fear. I won't pretend to know what exactly was taking place but I have had similar encounters with the spirit realm in my sleep. We also know that it wasn't a noise that woke him because he is careful to mention that the entity was silent until it spoke.
Ok, so now he's conscience. we know he is no longer dreaming because your not aware of your physical body when you're unconscious. So for the rest of the experience Eliphaz is awake, aware, and taking notes. He sees a spirit with his own eyes which are now open. And describes it as a form with out any distinguishable features. However he mentions that it stood still which leads me to think that there was some sort of physical dimension to it. I don't think it was transparent or a mist. It could also have been a completely physical form that he simply did not recognize because he had no reference for it. " I could not discern it's appearance" it certainly wasn't human or animal, but it was real.
I thought the " Hair on my body stood up" was interesting too. You can find this in almost any ghost/alien encounter documented. There could be a number of metaphysical reasons for this, including electromagnetic field disturbance. It is said that all living things have an energy or aura as some call it. It is documented, but I believe that the human spirit in relation to our soul condition is what projects our energy. Or countenance as the Bible refers to it. ( of course I'm willing to be wrong on all of this) That's all for now...............
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007
"Sunny Get the Nannites"
OK,.....................so for the next couple of installations I will attempt to blog upon one subject. ( and doubt arises.........so I punch it in the face, this is my place not myspace) Sorry, I was inspired by Lexi's spoken word blog.
For those of you who do not know. I am intensely interested by unexplained reoccurring phenomenons. Whether they appear in nature or science or the corner of our eyes. I am convinced that if you want truth from the past you have to seek origins, or a first documented occurrence. I have found in my few years as a Bible believing Spirit filled Christian that the Bible is a good place to start. And in my opinion is the best place to find anything regarding the human experience. Either of the mind, body, soul, or spirit.
So the other week I was reading through a few portions of Job, arguably the oldest written book of the Bible. Yet not the first book we read in the old testament. I believe the purpose of this book is to reveal to us the nature of Satan and the world religious view. Which also has the same source. Satan. Upon reading I came across a very interesting encounter with what I believe to be a fallen angel/Demonic spirit. Along with a few other verses. I believe this single encounter is one of the precursors of night terrors and alien abduction. Not to mention the world view of humanity. I think it is a key to understanding the strategy's of the enemy that we wrestle against.
In Genesis we ( the human race ) meet the nature of Satan ( Lucifer the rebel angel) in a powerful physical and verbal encounter. Which alters the course of God's original intent for humans and the earth as a whole. However it does not alter God's own intentions which remain to this day. And which we are invited to be co participants of........AWESOME.........more to come stay tuned. ( please forgive any misspelled words)
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
I'm Back!!!!
Alright, I forgot my password and my url address. After revealing my inadequacies to my blog savvy wife, she helped me with what I was doing wrong. And now I'm back. Oh and by the way I have a little rap for you.
I roll with ladybot
Ghetto from the start
you can not hope to stop
ladybot ladybot.
sometimes while I draw characters I sing them a theme song.
So today I met a young Indian man from Hyderabad. I shared with him that I had been to his city and really enjoyed the people there. He asked why I had gone, so I told him it was a missionary trip. He asked me what kind......I said Christian. Oh, he said rather excitedly. Now believing him to be a Christian I started to tell him of the villages and how much I loved the people. He asked me a few more questions about my experience. I didn't get to tell about any of the miracles or anything like that. I told him how my awesome wife was going back to India this summer. Then he said something I did not expect.....
"Man, Christians are always doing good things like that everywhere and those people need it". Then he looked at himself and rather bashfully said "Muslims........they don't do anything like that." A little stunned I sputtered out........aw that's not true..... They have a pretty good banking system in Nigeria. I completely left out the part about having to join mos( I'll correct the spelling later) in order to bank with them. Still on the clock I offered him my name and a handshake. Then told him I'd see him later. His name was Balai and he was one of the nicest young men I've met in a long time.
Oh and he also asked where my church was, very cool.
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