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Ezekiel 1:3 The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
1:4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
1:5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
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von Daniken (Chariots of the Gods) and J.F. Blumrich (The Spaceships of Ezekiel) both wrote best-selling books that plausibly explain much of the Book of Ezekiel as encounters with UFOs. However, when examined carefully, the relevant passages have better explanations that involve neither extraterrestrial aliens nor angels.
Answer: from a Christian Perspective
In answer specifically to the question, no. The reason being that much of the belief in UFO's etc has no basis in verifiable fact and specifically has links with both the theory of evolution and the occult. As a thinking person it would seem there is no necessity to come up with something which is not even implied in the Bible.
Ezekiel indicates frequently that what he saw was difficult to describe in human language, although he did what he could within the limitations of Hebrew. This is not to imply any limitation in Hebrew itself specifically, but just that some phenomena are difficult to describe in human terms. NASA astronaut Guy Gardner describes the difficulty some astronauts have of expressing what they think and see when they look back at the earth from space. Although the 'data' are here different, the idea is the same -we cannot always adequately describe something which is 'out of the ordinary.' Resorting to explanations which are untenable has no place in a Christian perspective of what the Bible is saying.
To a Christian, belief in a real spiritual world is not akin to belief in UFO's, etc since what is a reliable historical and inspired record speaks clearly of it. The other is opposed to what the Bible stands for and so it can be clearly stated that no Biblical author ever had aliens of UFO's in mind when they wrote anything in the Bible and so to see it there is imposing a presupposition that such exist onto the Bible from outside.
Another Response From a Liberal Christian Perspective:
As for the scriptures, although a spiritual history of our relationship with God throughout the ages, it is not a science book, and should not be read as such. There are texts within the scriptures that are allegorical and others that are purely symbolic, and yet others that are meant to be taken literally. However, inter-planetary science was certainly not on the minds of the various writers of the scriptures, because 'OUR' scriptures were intended to send a message to 'US' - 'HUMANITY'.
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Ezekiel Chapter One is one of the most puzzling and amazing and chapters in all of The Bible. The prophet Ezekiel clearly has a "close encounter" with something "extra-terrestrial", from a technology "not of this world."
Many Christians and their Pastors are literally terrified of Ezekiel One as it suggests that "God came to Ezekiel in a "Spaceship". Although this is not a cause to fear, it does raises the question, "Why does God need a spaceship?" This question opens the door for New Agers and others to step up and tell us that, "YHWH GOD of The Bible has a spaceship because he is an Extra-Terrestrial, an Alien Space Traveler and not "God" at all!"
What is The Truth? What did Ezekiel really encounter? Let's read what Ezekiel saw and more important, what he wrote."
Ezekiel chapter One
1Now it came about in the thirtieth
year, on the fifth day of the fourth
month, while I was by the river Chebar
among the exiles, the heavens were
opened and I saw visions of God.
2 On the fifth of the month in the
fifth year of King Jehoiachin's exile,
3 the word of the LORD came expressly
to Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi,
in the land of the Chaldeans by the
river Chebar; and there the hand of
the LORD came upon him.)
As I looked, behold, a whirl-
wind was coming from the north,
a great cloud with fire flashing
forth continually and a bright
light around it, and in its midst
something like glowing metal in
the midst of the fire.
5 Within it there were figures
resembling (J)four living beings
And this was their appearance:
they had human (K)form.
13 In the midst of the living
beings there was something that
looked like burning coals of
fire, like torches darting back
and forth among the living beings.
The fire was bright, and lightning
was flashing from the fire.
15 Now as I looked at the
living beings, behold, there was
one wheel on the earth beside the
living beings, for each of the four
16 The appearance of the
wheels and their workmanship was
like sparkling beryl, and all four
of them had the same form, their
appearance and workmanship being as
if one wheel were within another wheel
25 And there came a voice from
above the expanse that was over
their heads; whenever they stood still,
they dropped their wings.
26 Now above the expanse that
was over their heads there was
something resembling a throne,
like lapis lazuli in appearance;
and on that which resembled a
throne, high up, was a figure with
the appearance of a man.
27 Then I noticed from the
appearance of His loins and upward
something like glowing metal that
looked like fire all around within
it, and from the appearance of His
loins and downward I saw something
like fire; and there was a radiance
around Him.
28 As the appearance of the
rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day,
so was the appearance of the
surrounding radiance such was the
appearance of the likeness of the
glory of the LORD And when I saw it,
I fell on my face and heard
a voice speaking.
Does it seems to you that Ezekiel is seeing a physical Spaceship? With revolving lights and fire from retro burners?
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