Aliens and the Antichrist: Unveiling the End Times Deception (6 page)

4. Cursed Ground and Holy Ground

I thought it fitting to discuss cursed ground and holy ground before departing the topic of coexisting realms because these are areas where the dividing membrane between realms is thin. Perception into other dimensions can be made clearer by viewing these places as possible gateways and analyzing their characteristics.

In numerous places in scripture, there are references to cursed ground (Genesis 3:17; Isaiah 13:19—21; Jeremiah 50—51, and many others) and holy ground (Exodus 3:5; John 5:4). Following is an explanation of what I have found concerning these references.

Genesis 3:17
(cursed ground)

And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow you will eat of it all the days of thy life.

Isaiah 13:19
* (cursed ground)

And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ Excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.

John 5:4
(holy ground/water)

For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

4.1. Cursed Ground

The Bible clearly states that the ground where an unjust killing (murder) is committed becomes cursed (Numbers 35:33-34). How exactly can we explain this, without sounding cryptic and abstract? What are the effects of cursed ground?

Numbers 35:33-34

So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defiles the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.

Simply put, the dividing element that separates dimensional realms from each other is the level of glory in a geographical region. In essence, God’s glory, in some way yet undiscovered, is a physical property of the universe. It applies to living beings and nonliving matter as well. It can be considered a measurement of a spiritual proximity to God. In areas where God’s presence is noted, the ground is said to be holy. In contrast, in areas where extreme acts of evil are committed, the level of glory is reduced over a geographical region (God’s Holy Spirit recedes).

It is a theory of mine that cursed ground results in a thinning of the barrier that divides our current realm from the next lower level. In certain situations, negative effects of a lower degree of glory may transpire in areas of cursed ground. Cursed ground could possibly inflict illness on people, animals, and even plants, trees, and vegetation. Consider the curse that was cast on the area of ancient Babylon. Scripture states that God made this area a desolate wasteland where nothing will ever grow, and to this day, that curse holds true (Jeremiah 51:6264).

Jeremiah 51:62
(bold emphasis added)

Then you will say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that
it shall be desolate for ever.

Curses are associated with all manner of horrible things, many of which are documented throughout scripture, such as the many curses God caused to fall on the Egyptians through Moses (Exodus 3—12), the curses that plagued the Philistines when they captured the ark of the covenant from Israel (1 Samuel 5—6), and the list goes on. These scriptures make it plausible to suggest that cursed ground may resonate with numerous negative effects, and influence people and animals in other negative ways, such as making them more violent, lustful, selfish, or sickly. Many of these negative effects may be due to people simply spending time in areas where the atmosphere has a lower level of glory. Such cursed places may also serve as portals, where beings from the lower realms might pass through into our current realm. Some of these beings are demons—creatures so far from God they are void of any kind of morality. In other cases, the beings in question might be the spirits of the deceased.

4.2. What Does the Bible Say About Ghosts?

While this book focuses mainly on aliens, I will briefly provide a few details on ghosts, simply because, like aliens, ghosts are otherworldly beings. For starters it’s not typical of Christians to believe in the existence of ghosts (disincarnate human spirits inhabiting this world), but scripture gives several indications that ghosts are a real phenomenon, and that they are, in fact, exactly what people have been saying they are: the disincarnate spirits of people who have physically died. Consider the fact that Jesus himself never directly stated that ghosts do not exist. Instead he actually defined the nature of ghosts when he told those who saw him after his resurrection that he wasn’t a ghost because he was physical, made of flesh and bone that people could touch and feel (Luke 24:36—39). If ghosts aren’t real, then why didn’t he clear up the matter and state directly, “I’m not a ghost because ghosts don’t exist”?

Luke 24:36—39
(This quote is from the International Standard Version of the Bible, because of the more accurate interpretational use of the word “ghost”).

While they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, Peace be with you. They were startled and terrified, thinking they were seeing a ghost. He said to them, Why are you frightened, and why are doubts arising in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet, for it is I myself. Touch me and see, for a ghost doesn’t have flesh and bones as you see that I have.

In some versions of the Bible, the word “spirit” is substituted for “ghost” in the above passage, but this substitution can be a cause for confusion, at least in the English language. All ghosts are spirits, but not all spirits are ghosts.

In the passage above, Jesus defines ghosts as noncorporeal spirits who have no flesh whatsoever. Angels, on the other hand, are considered spirits as well, but they have physical bodies made of a spiritual flesh; they are capable of physical activities. The Bible gives many examples of angels exhibiting physical qualities that ghosts do not have. Confusing matters even more, angelic spirits who aren’t ghosts can act as if they are ghosts if they want to (exhibit nonphysical qualities), such as walking through walls, flying, and so on. Ghosts, on the other hand, do not have the option of being physical. On rare occasion, poltergeists (a specific type of ghost) might have enough energy to move objects, but that’s about all they can do in the physical realm without possessing a host.
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If this explanation isn’t good enough, then just keep reading, and hopefully things will become clearer later on. Or not.

Continuing on, scripture speaks of two types of ghosts; glorified disincarnate entities, and cursed disincarnate entities.

4.2.1. Glorified Disincarnate Entities

Since the resurrection of Christ, the apostle Paul stated that for Christians, to be apart from the body is to be in the presence of the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:8). Many take this to mean that these spirits never return to Earth until they are reunified with their physical bodies, but scripture never directly states that it is impossible for said spirits to travel anywhere. Instead the book of Revelation refers to one of the angels of John’s vision as being a man (Revelation 21:17, 22:9), and further defines him as one of the brethren. Noting that glorified saints become angels, I ask the following questions: Are angels only in God’s presence and never allowed to go anywhere else? Is there no such thing as an angelic assignment? Aren’t angels considered messengers?

Revelation 21:171

And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

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John says that the angel he’s talking with in his vision is a man. This man later identifies himself as being a “fellow servant,” “brother,” and “prophet” in Revelation 22:9, shown below. This would not be true of an angel who was never a human on Earth.

Revelation 22:9

Then said he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren the prophets and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.

Further illustrating my point, how is it that Moses and Elijah met with Jesus on the mount of transfiguration, when in the book of Deuteronomy, chapter 34, it states that Moses died, and God buried him in the desert? Moses was a glorified ghost, visiting Jesus from heaven. Even Abel, the first naturally born human being to walk the Earth, became a haunting ghost after being murdered by his brother. The Bible specifically states that his blood cried from the soil, and God heard it (Genesis 4:10—11). Then in the New Testament, the apostle Paul states that Abel achieved his ability to reach out beyond the grave “by faith” (Hebrews

11:4).

Genesis 4:10—11
(bold emphasis added)

And he said, What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother’s blood cries

unto me from the ground.
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand…

Hebrews 11:4
(bold emphasis added)

By faith, Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts:
and by it, he being dead yet speaks.

Finally, a third example of a good ghost is found in 1 Samuel 28:11—15, when the ghost of the prophet Samuel was conjured by a medium at the request of King Saul. The experience was not a pleasant one for King Saul.

1 Samuel 28:11

Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel. And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? For thou art Saul. And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what saw thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself. And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from

me, and answers me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou might make known unto me what I shall do.

Concerning glorified ghosts, my great-grandmother saw her husband in the spirit standing at the foot of her bed the day before she died. She was a godly woman, and he was a godly man when he was alive, fully devoted to God—a traveling evangelist, in fact. My Grandma Thelma told her daughter that he was young, and glowing in the spirit, surrounded by light. It was an incredibly beautiful experience as she recalled it. He was holding his hands out to her, calling her to come to him. The next day, she died.

4.2.2. Cursed Disincarnate Entities

Ghostly encounters with glorified disincarnate entities aren’t nearly as common as ghostly encounters with cursed disincarnate entities. Cursed disincarnate entities are the spirits of those who are not saved. Most Christians assume this means that they automatically go to hell, therefore they are no longer in the realm of the living in any way. I think this is only partially true, however. It is true that these beings go to a place the Bible calls hell.but where is hell? Most people know that the Bible speaks of hell as being inside Earth, and most people assume it’s in another dimension too far away to perceive. What most people don’t consider, however, is the possibility that in certain places where the level of glory is lower on the surface of Earth (cursed ground), people might be able to perceive some of the
upper dimensions of hell,
because hell contains various levels of existence, some of which are close to our own realm. If this isn’t the case, then how are demons able to enter our realm and possess people? If demons can possess people, then why can’t the spirits of deceased people enter our realm and possess people as well? After all, a demon is a ghost too (nonhuman disincarnate spirits of the Nephilim and the pre-Adamite civilization, which I will discuss later). Why would the disincarnate spirits of people have stricter limitations than beings who are even more evil than they are?

I’ve heard the argument that disincarnate human spirits can’t leave hell because in the parable of Lazarus and the rich man, the rich man requested that Lazarus warn his (the rich man’s) relatives about hell, so they would repent. Lazarus never left Abraham’s bosom (located in the paradise portion of Hades), however, even to warn the rich man’s living family members to repent (Luke 16:1931).