For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. (2 Timothy 1:7) 

Settle Your Heart, Saint

Weird stuff is going on in our world, no doubt. A lot of good stuff, too. Israel has just established diplomatic relations with Morocco! No one would have believed that even a year ago, yet Donald Trump’s skills are responsible. It is expected that more Arab states will follow.

But as we get close to Christmas, I want to write to you about fear.

I was so startled this week to read a friend’s Facebook post. This person is solid as a believer. Yet the lengthy paragraph revealed a person racked by fear and anxiety over the position our country is in right now. I was so taken aback that I thought about it for a good long while.

It just so happened that later that day I had the pleasure of lunch with dear friends Mike Hile and Terry James. They were traveling north for a couple days and we met at our favorite restaurant again. It was fortuitous, I think, because both those gentlemen are steady. Among the best Bible prophecy students I know, they both acknowledged where we are at as a country. But there was no fear at the table.

(By the way, this is no bragging column. I’ve been so scared before in my life that I shook. Not proud of it, but that’s the truth.)

America is in an unprecedented place. If you believe, as I do, that evil forces hijacked an historic landslide election for President Trump, then the next weeks are unusually stressful. Basically, from where I sit, the President can let this slide (the phrase sounds too trivial for the momentous moment), or he can invoke powers rarely used. As an aside, I am in favor of him doing what is necessary to save the country.

Joe Biden is an evil, wholly corrupt career grifter, and don’t be fooled by his coziness publicly with Bibi Netanyahu. The Israeli premier knows exactly what Biden is.

If our country were to be in the grip of the totalitarian forces propping-up their Biden puppet, it would certainly be frightening.

Yet Scripture, the very Word of God, commands us to stand fast in the scary moments. I am getting to an age when I can look back already on a long, outrageously blessed life. Admittedly, I am not raising small children anymore. I’m not responsible for much more than myself and my dog and cat. It’s easy for me to say, Buck up!

But we must. The world is watching a lot of things, but also looking at people of faith. Do we go wobbly?

Think back to desperate moments in your life. If you are a believer, you are aware that you survived them. I have, as well.

In this season of remembering the stunning miracle of Jesus’s birth and earthly life, capped by the Resurrection, think on those things. Remember that our Pilot has guided us through everything to this point and will to the end and the glorious beyond.

If you are having difficulty sleeping or you are so anxious you can’t look forward to Christmas, the very best advice I can give you is: Take it to the Lord. Tell Him you are afraid and unsure. Ask Him for mercy and understanding. And finish by thanking Him for the victory.

Christmas will come and go before we speak again, saints. I hope yours is blessed in an extra special way!

Be of sound mind and ask the Lord to free you from fear. And then celebrate Christmas in whatever situation you are in.

I love you all.

Jim1fletcher@yahoo.com

www.thegodthatanswers.com

Israel’s Little Green Men

What a long, strange trip this year has been!

Our minds and hearts are being stretched each day, and this week was no exception, as the President and his crack team continue fighting the Biden coup attempt.

As if someone tossed a grenade into the midst of us in the midst of all that, a respected Israeli scientist claims that not only are there aliens in the universe, but that they have communited with us, visited our planet, and…President Trump and Bibi Netanyahu know about it.

In fact, Haim Eshed, who headed Israel’s space security programs for 30 years, says that Trump was going to make this public, but the “Galactic Federation” stopped him!

This is not a movie, but close to it.

Interestingly, a “Christian” magazine, Relevant (which caters to progressive Millennials) had a piece on this, also. I was struck by a key thing:

“Believe it or not, the thought that alien life might exist is actually very old. In the 4th-3rd century B.C., the Greek philosopher Epicurus taught that ‘we must believe that in all worlds there are living creatures and plants and other things we see in this world.’ The debate began to rage when Aristotle rose against this teaching around the same time, with most early Christian scholars following his lead.”

Did you catch that? Greek philosophy speculated about alien life. I want you to understand that this belief must originate with an evolutionary dogma that says life didn’t just evolved on our planet, but others as well.

I am making the argument that this is the first reason people believe in space aliens.

Evolution must be true for aliens to be true. I believe neither of those.

Another reason many people believe in such is evidenced by data compiled by researcher Gary Bates in his excellent book, Alien Intrusion. Gary maintains that belief in aliens and especially “abduction stories” began in earnest…after Hollywood put the ideas into our minds, so to speak.

The 1951 film, The Day the Earth Stood Still scared people. In that film, an alien group landed in Washington DC and they presented themselves as the Israeli scientist claims: we are here to help you and study you.

No harm in that, right?

Now look, I have no doubt people have seen something. There are too many unexplained encounters to discount it all as pure fiction. I believe though that back of alien stories is a demonic presence. Manifesting as friendly interplanetary visitors, these demons dupe humans.

There are also theological problems with all this, as well.

As Gary writes:

“If extraterrestrial life exists, it creates a problem for the big picture of Christianity and the very reason that God incarnate — Jesus Christ — came to this earth and died for mankind.

“Many have pointed out that the Bible does not mention intelligent alien life, and therefore conclude that God could have created it elsewhere without telling us. However, this is known as an argument from silence; and conversely, one could argue that it means he didn’t.”

The claims by Eshed are startling. Bible prophecy teachers for a long time have speculated that we are being “set up” to receive an alien delegation at some point. I wouldn’t disagree, so long as we are talking about demons manifesting as “aliens.”

With the absolutely bizarre world we are living in, I think it’s legitimate to have this conversation. But keep this in mind: start from Scripture, then look at what men say.

Not vice versa.

Jim1fletcher@yahoo.com

www.thegodthatanswers.com