Awakening Ministries has been called by God to ENCOURAGE, EDUCATE and CHALLENGE each and every Bible believing Christian to strive for a closer walk with our Personal Savior the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that part of this process is to seek knowledge through the study of God's Word. Yes Brother's and Sister's in Christ... There are many...
Jesus
Encounters in the Bible
The
Jesus Encounters
No
other individual had more close encounters out of the many in the
biblical narrative than Jesus, and no other of the many close encounters
witnessed in the Bible were more recorded than those of Jesus.
From before his conception to after his resurrection the life of Jesus
was associated with angels and flying craft, not to mention many other
paranormal events. Even though the period covered by the gospels
is only 3 years, the scores of miracles and encounters recorded are only
a small part of the actual volume of anomalous occurrences. An
eyewitness by the Apostle John gives the verification of that fact.
John 21:25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
This is just one of more reason for mourning the act of
destroying many hundreds of biblical books by the early church leaders. Presented
here is a brief chronology of the encounters of Jesus and his obvious
close association with flying craft.
The Birth
An angel named Gabriel appeared to the priest Zacharias, an elder man
and informed him that his elderly wife Elisabeth would become pregnant
with the child who would become John the Baptist. The angel
Gabriel then went to Mary, a cousin of Elisabeth and informed her that
she too would become miraculously pregnant with the Christ. Upon
the conception of Mary an angel appeared to Joseph to ease his false
fears about Mary's infidelity.
At
the occasion of Jesus' birth certain wise men, (magicians, no specific
number), from the East came to Jerusalem searching for the birthplace of
a child they had determined would become a great leader and King of the
Jews. Herod, the king of Judea appointed by the Roman senate,
found this upsetting and brought his counselors together to determine
the validity of the magician’s quest. When his advisors
confirmed the prophecy was known he attempted to enlist the travelers as
informants, demanding that if they indeed found this child that they
should return and report it directly to him. Having left Herod's
company they encountered what Matthew describes as a star that
apparently led them to the place of the birth and hovered over it.
This obviously was a very bright object, as stars do not travel ahead
of, and lead, groups of people to and hover over specific locations.
In the Old Testament, bright glowing vehicles did lead Moses and the
nation of Israel on their 40-year journey and were known to hover over
specific locations.
After they delivered gifts to the Christ child they were warned not to return and inform Herod so thus departed, returning to their homeland by another route. As soon as they departed an angel appeared to Joseph and told him to take the child to Egypt and that this same angel would come to him when it was safe to return, which was done after Herod's death.
The Baptism
Jesus was baptized by his cousin John the Baptist and a visual
sighting of what is called the Holy Spirit descends out of the sky and a
voice is heard from the sky saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I
am well pleased.”
The Temptation
After spending 40 days in the desert on an extended fast, Jesus
was confronted by Satan, who tried to cajole and bribe him into
submission. After this failed angels came and ministered to him.
It should be noted that his cousin John the Baptist also went into the
desert.
The Transfiguration
Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother up on a high mountain
specifically to be away from the crowds to pray. While he was off
at a distance praying, the apostles fell asleep, as the hour was late.
Upon awakening they saw a bright object hovering over Jesus and
everything took on a brilliant white appearance. Suddenly 2 men
appeared beside Jesus and began discussing his upcoming death. The
apostles mistakenly identified these two men as Moses and Elias, as
these two were known to have been in such an object in the ancient
writings. The two men then rose into the bright object and a voice
spoke from the object saying, "This is my beloved Son: hear
him." The place of the transfiguration was probably Mount Hermon
and not Mount Tabor, as is commonly thought.
An Encounter Before The Crucifixion
This little known encounter was recorded by the Apostle John as
occurring just before the Crucifixion: John 12:28 Father, glorify
thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both
glorified it, and will glorify it again. 29 The people therefore,
that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, an
angel spake to him.
The Crucifixion
Though the New Testament is rather vague on the unusual occurrences at
the crucifixion of Christ, the events that struck Jerusalem had to be
horrendous with a major earthquake, reports of the dead rising, and a
three-hour darkness over the land found in the Gospels. There was
another famous person who recorded the anomalies occurring after the
Crucifixion:
From
the Epistle of Pontius Pilate to the Roman Emperor comes this:
"…. and when he was hanged supernatural signs appeared."
From
the Report of Pilate to the Governor sent to Augustus Caesar in Rome:
"Now when he was
crucified there was a darkness over all the world and the sun was
obscure for half a day, and the stars appear but no luster was seen in
them and the moon lost its brightness as though tinged with blood."
"And the terror of the earthquake continued from the sixth
hour of preparation until the ninth hour; when it was evening on the
first day of the week, there came a sound from heaven, and at the third
hour of the night the sun appeared more luminous than it had ever shown
lighting the whole hemisphere and the heaven became seven times more
luminous than on all other days. And as lightning flashes suddenly come
forth as in a storm so there were seen men lofty in stature and
surpassing in glory a countless host, crying out, and their voice was
heard as that of the exceedingly loud thunder. . . "
"And all that night the Light ceased not shining. And
many of the Jews died in the chasm of the Earth, being swallowed up, so
that on the morrow most of those who have been against Jesus were not to
be found. Others saw the apparition of men rising again whom none
of us had ever seen."
From
the Report of Pontius Pilate sent to Tiberius Caesar in Rome:
"And on the first day of the week, about the third hour of the
night, the sun appeared as it never shown before, and the whole heaven
became bright. And as lightings come in a storm, so certain men of
lofty stature in beautiful array, and of indescribable glory, appeared
in the air, a countless host of angels flying out saying, Glory to God
in the highest, and on earth peace, good will good will among
men..."
The Resurrection
Three days after the crucifixion of Christ witnesses reported that a
glorious angel, clothed in white, descended from the sky to the
sepulcher were the body of Christ had been entombed and announced that
Jesus had risen from the dead.
The Ascension
After appearing to many followers it was reported that a cloud / vehicle hovered over Jesus and he was lifted up into it. After he was taken, two men appeared and told his followers that he would return is the same cloud / vehicle he was seen leaving in.
After
the Ascension
Jesus confronted Saul, who became
Paul, during which a bright light from the sky and a voice from an
unseen source were recorded. The Apostle John, while in exile,
gave witness to an encounter that is remarkably similar to the encounter
of the prophet Ezekiel.
The Conclusion
Even a cursory study of the
close encounters witnessed in the Old Testament and compiled in this
work will show these sightings are almost identical to those experienced
during the life of Christ. The most distinct difference is that
Jehovah; the God most often heard speaking to the nation of Israel from
the vehicles, is now in human form. The God speaking from the
vehicles is now the Father of Jesus, Jehovah in human form. His
conception, birth, baptism, travails, crucifixion, resurrection, and
ascension are all accompanied by encounters with very physical beings
and cloudlike flying craft.
After he was taken up into a
vehicle, he is once again heard speaking from, and seen appearing
in, the vehicles he spoke from and appeared in as Jehovah in the Old
Testament. When considering that the two men at the ascension declared
he would return the same way he left, and that the "Second
Coming" is described as many thousands of clouds / vehicles flying
across the skies, a new reality appears. Christ is not only a
contactee; he is a regular occupant and no doubt commander, of a fleet
of high tech, glowing, and hovering, vehicles.
The Sources:
The Birth: Luke 1, Matthew 2
The Temptation: Matthew 4
The Baptism: Matthew 3, Mark 1, Luke 3, and John 1
The Transfiguration: Matthew 17, Mark 9, Luke 9, and 2 Peter 1
The Crucifixion: The Lost Books of the Bible, and the Forgotten Books of
Eden, L.B. Press
The Resurrection: Matthew 28
The Ascension: Mark 16, Luke 24, and Acts 1
After the Ascension: Acts 22, and Revelation 4
The Second Coming: Daniel 7, Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21, 1
Thessalonians 4, and Revelations 1 and 14
Special Thanks to:
