ARE THERE EXTRA TERRESTIALS IN OUTER SPACE?
To everyone it
is plain clear that the space we see in a night full of stars, is an extremely extensive
area. Area that we have never covered, we ignore, and scarcely we wonder we will
ever get to know fully. However, it is part of creation, it exists by the will
of God and it has a purpose, that at least for now, it has not much to do with
our existence.
The Bible
explains only human existence, and it is not concern with life beyond Earth, even
though mentions angelic life as they alternate with us, but not beyond.
Genesis, starts
by asserting that God is the creator of everything material that we can see,
meaning our planet, the moon, Sun, and stars; and then jumps to deal strictly
with our planet and the beginning of life on it; leaving aside all mention of
outer space, except in regards of how we perceive the celestial bodies from
Earth (Sun, Moon, stars); but only in what concerns to life on this planet.
The Bible also
tells us, that the sin of Adam affected all creation bringing death and decay, and
that the redemption effectuated by Lord Jesus, will also affect creation as a
whole, bringing restauration and blessing (Romans 8:19-22).
This ‘πᾶσα
ἡ κτίσις’ (Entire Creation) in the mind of the writers,
was the whole cosmos we observe in outer space, and everything else we can perceive
as part of this material universe we exist in, including all that vast area we
observe at night time beyond in the open sky.
But if we are
the main protagonists in this material universe we perceive, where or how will
other advanced intelligent beings will exists?, Where are they and why we have
not made a clear contact yet?. Furthermore, what would be their position, in case
they do exist, in Jesus’s Plan of Salvation?
GOD’s
CREATIVE POWER
It is naïve to
think that God started creating suddenly our universe, knowing that he is
eternal. It is natural to assume that God, since he exists forever, he has been
creating for all eternity, specially since the Bible nowhere says that we are
the only creation work God has ever done or will ever do. If God has always
existed, he has always been the way he is now, doing the things he does now,
and one important aspect of his nature, is to communicate life, through
creation.
And in the vast
time frame of eternity, it is also logical to assume that somewhere along that
eternal process of creation, God at certain point may have created similar beings
to us, somewhere in another universe, and even possibly in ours, even though it
is highly unlikely.
OTHER BEINGS
If other
intelligent spiritual beings have been created in other physical universes or
dimensions, we do not need to worry about meeting them at all, at least in this
life.
But if God has
created intelligent beings in our universe, it is a different matter.
We know that sin
entered our existence, because we decided to disobey God, and that proves that
we were granted power of decision, perfect freedom.
We also know
that God loves us in an incomparable manner in relation to other creatures. He
incarnated as one of us, to offer himself as an atoning blood sacrifice for the
salvation of our kind. Thing that he has never done, not ever do again for
anyone else (Romans 6:10; Hebrews 7:27).
If other intelligent
beings have been created in our material universe, they may be similar, but not
exactly like us.
To be able to
fall into sin, humanity was gifted with free will. And to save us from our bad decisions,
God provided an atoning sacrifice on our behalf, that only covers the descendants
of Adam, and no other creatures (Romans 5:12,17). This would leave other
intelligent beings, if there are any, in either two positions. Either they were
created perfect, uncapable of sinning, or they are, like the angels, deprived
from possibility of redemption, and their existence is conditional.
In either case,
that will be also the case of other creatures in all the universes and dimensions,
since God effectuated this incarnation and atonement only once, and he exists
now in glorified human form for all eternity, in the person of Jesus of
Nazareth (John 1:14; 13:31-32; Acts 7:55; 2Corinthians 4:4-6; Colossians
1:15-19; 2:9).
CONCLUSION
There is a possibility,
even though highly unlikely, that it may exist other forms of life in our
material universe, similar to ours and otherwise. But we must remain always
aware, that it is not prophesied that they will ever make contact with us in
this life, or otherwise interfere with our existence.
We must always
remember, that if they exist, they are material, and that they are under the
same God that rules eternity, our Heavenly Father, and that they are under the
same obligation of mutual respect like any of us.
We must remember
that if they are evil, they must be treated like any other danger we encounter in
this world.
However, this is
unlikely, for by all Scriptural references, it seems that God created this material
universe we live in as our backyard, to be populated after the New Earth. Certainly,
God has plenty of room in the emptiness to make a universe for each living
creature he has made or will ever make, and we know he does things in orderly
manner.
BUT ABOVE ALL,
we must remember, that all the prophesies described in the Bible about us, will
be fulfilled, and that humanity will continue their predestined path, as
described in the Bible, and not in any other way.
GOD is in charge
of every corner of creation, of all universes and dimensions, and nothing absolutely
happens outside his permission. And we know that he loves us and is with us,
until the end of days (Matthew 28:20).
Omar Flores.
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