In the first chapter of Ezekiel, what exactly did he see, "A wheel within a wheel etc.", sounds like a UFO?
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Ezekiel is describing something that looks very much like the copper "Sea" of Solomon that was in the first Temple. Look it up in Kings, and you will see the similarities.\n\nIt is not connected to UFOs. Sorry.
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It sounds like the description of armageddon, from Revelations.
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It's been a while. But one thing I know is that Ezekiel brings home the fact that there will be a nuclear exchange in the middle east. \nThere is quite a bit about Russia being forced to come down to invade Israel.\nThe coolest part about Ezekiel, is the fantastic prophecies about Israel being desolate, then reborn as a nation, then becoming like the Garden of Eden. And it has! In just 60 years!!
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Before it reminded me of Jewish religion. \nNow it's Judasrabbi....I hope God isn't mad at me for thinking that...lol\n☺
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It's in the book of Daniel. The words were written on a wall by a hand that appeared. Daniel was brought in to interpret the words. It is something about your time being up. The king that saw the words written died that night. I don't recall any more off the top of my head. Daniel is a really interesting book. I would highly recommend reading it.
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So we could have documented proof of the miracle today. I read an article where they found chariot wheels and other pieces where it happened recently. There was much more to the article but I cant remember it all.
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It is true now and read below to soak in the full meaning.\n\n"I hope the seriousness of these verses will strike all of us to the very marrow of our being. Israel had rejected the word of God and had gone after idols. They had fallen into a depth of iniquity that has rarely been equaled in human history. God had sent various judgments upon them but they had not repented.\n\nWhen Amos began to cry out against the sin of Israel, he was rejected. The religious and political leaders tried to send him packing. Amos 7:12-13 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court. This is the king’s chapel. This is where the king goes to church and you ought to bridle your tongue, round the corners and water down what you say in this place. Do you want to embarrass the king? Go down into the land of Judah, that unsophisticated portion of the nation, and do your preaching against sin down there. We are a gentle people here. We pride ourselves in our liberal attitude. Leave us alone here in the kings court. \n\nDid God have Amos tone down his message? Absolutely not! God warns them of the worst famine yet, a famine of not hearing the word of God. No judgment brought upon a nation can equal this kind of judgment. The day would come when they would run to and fro in the land seeking the word of God and could not find it. They would go from sea to sea and from the north to the east seeking the word of God and would not find it. Their young people would faint from thirst, a thirst to hear the word of God expounded but to no avail.\n\nThere are several things that are suggested in this text to which I would call your careful and sober attention.\n\nWE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT\n\nFAMINE WAS NO STRANGER TO ISRAEL\n\nFamine was no stranger to Israel. They knew what it was to run hither and yon seeking food. They had the history of their nation written in the five books of Moses and knew there had been famine before. \n\nWe read of a famine in the land in the early days of Abraham. Genesis 12:10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. This was bad enough that Abram had to leave the land and go down into the land of Egypt for the duration of the dearth.\n\nIn the days of Isaac there was another serious famine. Genesis 26:1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. Instead of Egypt, Isaac went to the Philistines for sustenance during the famine.\n\nThen there was the famine in the days of Jacob and Joseph which drove Jacob and his family to Egypt to live. The account of this famine and circumstances in it take up several chapters in Genesis beginning with chapter 41.\n\nThis was a seven year famine. Genesis 41:30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land. One can only imagine the suffering. This famine was very serious. Seven years in duration and the people suffered greatly in all the lands. Genesis 41:57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands. Seven months would be a long time to go without rain. I can’t imagine the effects of seven years.\n\nThis famine was not just in that particular part of the world; it extended over all the known inhabited earth. Genesis 41:56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. Even Egypt suffered in the latter years of the famine. Genesis 47:13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of E
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Maybe, maybe not...\n\nhttp://www.alien-ufos.com/forum/showthread.php?p=130590\n\nNote especially the biblical references to dragons...
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I was observing Alpha Orinis (Betelgeuse) through my telescope, and I saw something seem to fly towards it, then head the other direction. I don't know what it is. Thus it was unidentified. It was obviously flying, and I will assume its an object. There you go. A UFO. Therefore, anything that is in the air, and you dont know what it is, is a UFO.
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1.   Wyatt Says:\n      October 14th, 2004 at 1:54 pm\n\n      What is a liturgical kite? Is it the close cousin of a (Tibetan) prayer wheel?\n   2. matthew Says:\n      October 14th, 2004 at 4:41 pm\n\n      i think i may have seen one of these tawdry little devices once. it was a very long flexible pole to the end of which was attached a little plastic bird cut-out. sort of a holy spirit ona stick, i guess. i was nauseated at the sight of it. i presume it was the brain-child of the kind of charismatically inclined christian that thinks anything having even the faintest association with the holy spirit is to be ipso facto affirmed and employed.\n\nLeave a Reply
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Eye for eye vs turn the other check-- The eye for an eye thingwas under the old testament. we are not under that law. The same way we make laws today and then change them because the needs of our society change, so did they.\n\nThe camel thing. thats not a contradiction. You may say that we lack evidence to prove that camels were used but there is not one part of the bible contradicting another.\n\nCain, Abel, and where did the other come from. The bible is not a day by day account. this part skips ahead and tells the signifacant parts. Seen from a historical perspective the other births are not crucial.\n\nBlasphemy- I doubt that you done worse than Saul/Paul. So get to a good solid church and learn more about Christ\n\nThe trinity-Father/ Son /and Holy Ghost-- Okay lets say just for the sake of arguement that an all powerful God decided to take on two different physical forms. What would stop him? Remember he is all powerful. Would that second form not be God also? Now this God who is not limited by time, space or anything else is also not limited by his physical form. He is also able to be spirit as well.  There you have it in a nutshell.\n\nThe genesis you may eat from any tree thing is pretty simple. the language may throw some off but there is no contradiction. God basically tells Adam you can eat from any tree but that one.\n\nSkipping ahead a little\nBecause God changed a law does not mean that he made a mistake and therefore is not God. It simply means that the people were capable of following different laws at different times. At one time the best thing for them was one law and at another time it was better that they have a different law.\n\n2 versions of creation man firstthen animals or animals first then man-  -        One way of telling a story is in chronological terms. that is you list things out exactly in the order in which they occured. but that is not the only way.You can also give a brief summary and then go back and tell thinngs by order of importance or by the way those things go together. Think of the way you describe your house. One person would start with one room and then go on to the next and so on. Another would Describe it as follows\nFirst we did the foundation/ then we did the framing /then we did the electric.  Point is both would be accurate.\n\nJohn 6:44 and John 14:6 do not contradict either. Both are saying that the way to God is thru Jesus. But why would we be drawn to them. Because Jesus glorified God and God glorified Jesus so that we would be drawn to him.
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read Ezekiel chapter one and see what hes describing and Elijah was picked up and taken to heaven in a chariot of fire! so yes spiritual beings Angel's or demons will appear in a chariot of fire! read Ezekiel chapter one! he call's them creatures and describes flying objects fling at lighting speed!UFO"S are in the bible!
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The Prophet now expands his subject, and shows that when the people repented, the fruits of repentance would openly appear. One fruit he records, and that is, that they would then begin to worship God purely, all superstitions being abolished. It shall be, he says, in that day that thou shalt call me, My husband; and he mentions the word, husband, to show to the people, that after having been corrected, they would be mindful of the covenant which God had made with them; and in that covenant, as stated before, there was the condition of a mutual engagement.\n\nWe hence see what the Prophet means: he tells us that the people would then be no more given to superstitions as before, but on the contrary would be mindful of God's covenant, and would continue sincere and true to their conjugal vow. Hence, thou shalt call me, My husband; that is, "Thou shalt know what I am to thee, that I am joined to thee by a sacred and inviolable marriage." And thou shalt not call me, My Baal; that is, "Thou shalt not give me a false and heathenish name:" for the word, Baal, as I have said before, was everywhere in every one's mouth. But the next verse must be added --
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Can there be any doubts? Aliens, of course. I want to know if Erich von Daniken is right when he says alien visitations have occurred in the ancient past.
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I believe that they exist.  I believe that I have seen one, although the very nature of "Unidentified" makes it difficult for me to ascertain whether I have or not.\n\nOne night when I was camping, I saw what I thought was a formation of three planes flying across the sky at a rather low altitude.  I thought nothing more of it, until two of them STOPPED and hovered while the third one continued on.  It was quiet enough and close enough that had it been helicopters, I would have heard the chop of the rotors and engine, but all I heard was a very soft whirring, and no chop at all.\n\nSince that night (when I was 14), I've believed they exist.  I think Ezekiel saw UFO's too, as documented in the biblical book bearing his name.\n\nDo I think there's a government conspiracy?  No.  I think there just isn't enough evidence to warrant spending a lot of national resources on such a thing.  If we devoted resources to that, we'd have to cut the funding on the study of cow flatulence and its effects on the environment and global warming.
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Hello!\n\nThis is a good question and am glad you asked it.\n\nThe Bible says,\n\n"And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." (Revelation 12:7-9).\n\nAccording to this Bible verse, it seems that it was Michael who cast the devil out of Heaven (of course, we're not setting aside what Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 say about this theme). At least we know He fought against the devil and defeated him.\n\nThe question is, who is Michael?\n\nMany things have been said about this Archangel. One of the most mysterious Characters in the Bible, for sure.\n\nThe word "angel" is the greek word for "messenger". The word "arch" means "chief". So Michael is the Chief of the angels (it's very possible it was Him who appeared to Joshua). The Name of this Archangel gives us another clue too: the Name "Michael" means "Who is like God"; it might be a question too: "Who is like God?". By studying what is said about Him in the Scriptures, we conclude that Michael is actually Jesus Christ. Let's go to the Biblical evidences:\n\n(The following was quoted from this webpage:http://www.adventistbiblicalresearch.org/Biblequestions/jesusothername.htm)\n\n\nWhat biblical evidence supports the teaching that Michael is another name for Jesus?\n\n      The name Michael is used five times in the Bible to designate a celestial being (Dan. 10:13, 21; 12:1; Jude 9; Rev. 12:7). He is nowhere explicitly identified with Jesus, but some Christian writers have equated the two by carefully comparing the role played by Michael with that of Jesus. Any comparisons yield not only similarities but also dissimilarities, and both should be taken into account. We'll start with the passages in which Michael is mentioned and then broaden the horizon to include several passages that are conceptually related to His person and experience.\n      1. He seems to be an angel: Michael is identified as "one of the chief princes" (Dan. 10:13), "your prince" (verse 21), "the great prince" (Dan. 12:1), and "the archangel" (Jude 9). "Archangel" implies that He is the prince of the angels, suggesting that Michael cannot be another name for Jesus because He is divine and angels are created beings. \n      Part of the problem is that the noun "angel" is taken to designate a creature, while in the Bible it designates a function. In other words, an "angel" is a being who functions as a "messenger" of God. In most cases they are created beings, but there is an exception.\n      In the Old Testament there are several references to the "angel [messenger] of the Lord" in which He is equated with God (e.g., Ex. 3:2, 4; Judges 6:12, 14). It is not that the Messenger is identified with the One who sent Him as His representative, but rather that the Sender functions at the same time as the Messenger. Many Christians have identified the Angel of the Lord as the preincarnate Christ. This Christological interpretation seems to be biblically valid.\n      2. He is leader of the angels: The phrase "one of the chief princes" (Dan. 10:13) could give the impression that He is one among many princes. But according to Revelation 12:7, Michael is the supreme leader of the heavenly angels, or "the great prince." When necessary, He personally assists angels in their assigned tasks (Dan. 10:13), yet the angelic hosts are under His command (Rev. 12:7). He is indeed the "archangel" (Jude 9). This title is mentioned in one other place in the Bible: 1 Thesselonians 4:16, in the context of th
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No.  The images and language of Revelation was a common literary type at the time.  This type of literature (called "apocalyptic") was characterized by visions filled with fantastic images, which were NOT understood as attempting to be a literal description but depicted major and cataclysmic events (esp acts of God) in human history, and the great struggle between good (God) and evil (his enemies).\n\nIn fact, the images found in Revelation have traceable roots to things that are by no means "alien" (that is in the "ET" sense). For instance, it uses symbolic language based on the Old Testament prophets as well as OT HISTORY -- those who knew their OT well would recognize it. \n\nIn particular, the descriptions of the plagues echoes things like the plagues on Egypt, preceding the exodus, expanded to a much grander scale with poetic embellishments.   Much of the description of heaven reflects the OT tabernacle and Temple (which were themselves meant to be a picture of "heaven on earth", that is where God comes down to meet with man).   Some of this language has been 'filtered' through OT poetic writings, such as the prophets.  (Thus, Ezekiel writing during the Babylonian Exile after the Temple in Jerusalem had been sacked, describes the hope of a more glorious new temple being erected.  Revelation picks up Ezekiel's language.)  \n\nSome of the most unusul imagery is derived from Daniel, who described four great  world kingdoms, beginning with Babylon in his own day and apparently extending to the Roman Empire, as horrible, powerful "beasts" cruelly taking over the earth.  (The end of that vision in Daniel 7 is the restoration of God's intent in creation when "one like a son of man" is given rule over the earth and overcomes these beasts [ompare Genesis 1:26-27].)   Well, in Revelation the images of the four beasts are COMBINED into one great, final beast (the Antichrist).\n\nThe notion that some of the poetic and prophetic language os Scripture was a description of encounters with aliens was put forth in a popular book of the 1970s, *Chariots of the Gods* by Eric vanDaniken.  Unfortunately, he had no real familiarity with the imagery he was reading and so saw things that simply are not there.  He did not recognize, for instance, when Ezekiel was poetically using the imagery of the Temple    (Esp. when Ezekiel describes a wheeled vehicle manned by four winged creatures, he fails to recognize that this is a vision of the ark of the covenant in the Temple -- a stylized 'throne of God' guarded by cherubim-- LEAVING the Temple because God has pronounced judgment on the city and Temple.   This misunderstood vision is the source of the book's name.)