If you have ever watched the (History Channel) you have probably seen segments of the (Ancient Aliens) series. Some of these segments focus on the possibility of aliens actually being God, or a number of Gods. There is this guy with a really bad hairdo that pontificates endless theories about extraterrestrials being the source of human life. He never really comes out and says “this is what I believe”, instead his answer is repeatedly “it is possible that”. I don’t know though, if I had this guy’s coiffure, the urge to even utter the word “alien” would be resisted.
With the precision of science fiction surgeons, the producers of the show cut out the vital organs of the Bible, and leave us with a more “practical God”, a God not that much different than us. To add a sense of believability to their theories, they always throw in a few historical facts from the Bible. They show depictions of Gods and angels with strange shapes, and odd looking heads, riding in space craft, gazing down on their creations.
Unwilling to perceive in the concept that “one” could be greater than self, they seek to explain how a greater mortal race could create lesser man. With each exhortation of a mortal alien God, they seek to diminish God’s completeness, replacing it with the godliness of imagined mortal ancestry. They promote the idea that we are today, approaching the same god-like status of being, as those who created us. Void of wisdom, they have placed man on a pedestal impossible to achieve, filled with false pride, and boastful arrogance.
Is there any truth to their claim, could God be an alien? We can turn to the Bible and see exactly what God is, because he tells us. KJV, Exodus (3: 14) says “And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you”. God said of himself, “I AM”. To add anything more, would have implicated restriction of God, it would have said, there are limitations. To say God is an alien, places limits on him. To say “God is love” infers he is less than what he is. To say God is anything other than God lends us to believe we can see the edges of his power. There are no edges; there are no boundaries to God. All the labels in the world would not encompass that which he is. Sometimes things are best left unspoken. Perhaps when someone asks us, who and what is God? We should keep it simple, smile, and say … God is.