God, Aliens, and Other Stuff

Scripture quotes are from biblegateway.com, NKJV. Whenever LORD is all caps, the actual Hebrew is the name of God, usually pronounced and spelled Yahweh or Jehovah in English. When written Lord, the word is Adonai, meaning Lord, our Lord, or my Lord. "Mary, did you know t hat your Baby Boy will calm the storm with His hand? Did you know t hat your Baby boy has walked where angels trod? When you kiss your little Baby you kissed the face of God?"   Lyrics by Clay Aiken   I highly recommend reading Part 1 before proceeding to this post. In that post, we reviewed the groundwork leading up to the amazing Isaianic prophecy in Isaiah 9 of the Old Testament. We saw that in the late 8th century BC, King Pekah of northern Israel conspired with King Rezin of neighboring Syria to attack King Ahaz of Judah. In fact, the Syrian troops were gathering in central Israel, referred to as Ephraim. This intelligence put all of Judah into a panic. The prophet Isaiah met King Ahaz on th...

Whenever LORD is all caps, the actual Hebrew is the name of God, usually pronounced and spelled Yahweh or Jehovah in English. When written Lord, the word is Adonai, meaning Lord, our Lord, or my Lord.   "Mary did you know that your baby boy would one day walk on water? Mary did you know that your baby boy would save our sons and daughters?" Lyrics by Mark Lowry The looming Syro-Ephaimite War The prophet Isaiah lived in Israel approximately seven centuries before the birth of Jesus Christ. He had a long ministry, covering the reigns of four kings of the little nation of Judah. During the reign of the third king, Ahaz, Isaiah had a most remarkable vision of a special child that would be born in his lifetime. That child would be a sign to Judah and its capitol Jerusalem that the Assyrians of northern Mesopotamia would not totally vanquish Ahaz’s kingdom. Nor would a confederacy of Syria and Northern Israel succeed in breaking into the city of Jerusalem, plundering its weal...

I recently watched a video of a Muslim man who converted to Christianity after reading a Bible and seeing a vision of Jesus. Here is the teaser from Charisma News: "Kamran grew up in a Muslim family, but despite their lackadaisical religious practice, Kamran dove deeper into Islam. ' I became [a] very, very, very strict Muslim for the thirst and hunger I had for [the] creator of the world,' the man said. 'I used to think his name was Allah ... and I strongly believed all his rules.'  Kamran’s passion for the creator, to do what is right and go to heaven, led him to dozens of Islamic books, as he believed he would 'get extra credit' for reading the Quran multiple times. 'I was always so hungry, thirsty, desperate to get to know God.'  When he went to church, Kamran saw a man standing behind the pastor, and he knew right away that this man was Jesus.'" You can hear Kamran’s testimony here: http://www.charismanews.com/culture/46125-wat...

In my previous post, I shared the story in which Carol McElheney apparently got caught in an unpleasant time slip involving a town where she and other family members used to live. It happened in 2006 in Riverside, California. After I posted her story, she sent me an email describing a near death experience she had in 2008. We talked more about it by phone and she gave me permission to share that event. Carol was a park ranger peace officer who patrolled the American River Parkway on her trained police horse. She has also been a Sacramento Reserve Deputy Sheriff and a CSI. In 2008, she and her family were camping at Shaver Lake in Fresno County, southern California. Around 10 am, the family members were out on the lake. Carol was alone in camp when she felt a pain in her head so sharp that she thought she had been shot. Her vision began to go, alerting her that something was seriously wrong. She knew that at the time she was at risk for a stroke due to too much weight and high blood...

My interview with Carol Chase McElheney One has to get to the monthly Sacramento Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) meeting at least a half hour early to find a good seat, so it’s an opportunity to get to know those who are seated close by. That’s where I heard the time-slip tale of Carol Chase McElheney. When I asked her about it at break time, she referred me to Jason Offutt’s rendition of the event at mysteriousuniverse.org , (update: today you have to pay to subscribe) which was the result of a Skype interview. His account read very much like what she described to her seatmates today, so I have referred to his version for facts that I could not recall from having heard the story firsthand. In March, 2006, Carol, along with her dog, was driving from her home in San Bernardino to the sheep dog trials in Perris, California. Topping a hill, she saw an exit sign to nearby Riverside. Her family had a long history there, going back into the 1800’s. Her grandparents were buried in the local ce...