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UFO REVELATION 4

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Dr. Barry H. Downing

RED SEA PARTING

Richard Dolan and Bryce Zabel, in their book, A.D. After Disclosure, do not spend a lot of time explaining UFO technology. But concerning UFO propulsion systems they say: “Apparent negation of gravitational effects, possibly by creation of gravitational fields, making them independent of the need for energy as we define it.” (p. 162) The idea that UFOs operate by anti-gravitational power has been with us since Donald Keyhoe wrote about flying saucers in the 1950’s, and it is what I assume is the kind of power that parted the Red Sea.

Following is a summary of my understanding of the Parting of the Red Sea as I have explained in detail in chapter 3 of my book The Bible and Flying Saucers. (J.B. Lippincott, 1968; Avon Books, 1970; Sphere Books, 1973 (London), Berkley Books, 1989, Marlowe & Co, 1997). I have prepared this summary version since copies of my book are not always easily available.

The Exodus begins with an encounter between Moses and the angel of God at the burning bush. This was also a “talking bush,” (See Exodus chapter 3). I believe some type of UFO was in a thicket, or clump of bushes, causing it to appear to burn, but not be “consumed.” Modern UFOs often glow or give off light. A series of plagues were understood to have been caused by the “angel of God” that met Moses in the bush, including the killing of the Egyptian first-born on Passover night (Exodus 12).

In Exodus 13:21-22, we discover that the Exodus is being led by a strange UFO. “And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night; the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people.” Moses was understood to be in voice contact with the Lord in the Exodus UFO throughout the 40 year journey. The text says that the Exodus UFO (the Lord) led the Jews up to the Red Sea deliberately (Ex. 13:21-22), probably because the UFO had the technology to cause the parting of the sea.

THE RED SEA BIBLICAL TEXT IS AS FOLLOWS (Revised Standard Version)

19 “Then the angel of God who went before the host of Israel moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them, 20 coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. And there was the cloud and darkness; and the night passed without one coming near the other all night.

21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. 23 The Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots and his horsemen. 24 And in the morning watch the Lord in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down up n the host of the Egyptians, and discomfited the host of the Egyptians, 25 clogging+ their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily; and the Egyptians said, ‘Let us flee from before Israel; for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.’

26 Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the water may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.’ 27 So Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its wonted flow when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled into it, and the Lord routed the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 28 The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen and all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea; not so much as one of them remained. 29 But the people of Israel walked on dry ground through the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.” (Ex. 14:19-29, Revised Standard Version)

Before looking at details in the text, notice what the text does not say. The text does not say, “This was a supernatural event.” Supernatural is not a biblical word. Nor does the text say, “This is a mythological story.” Whenever we say that the Red Sea story is either “supernatural” or “mythological,” we are imposing our interpretation on the text. We have a right to do this—the question is, which interpretation is correct? Or is it possible neither interpretation is correct? What I am doing is offering my interpretation of the parting of the Red Sea in light of modern UFO information. I do not believe the pillar of cloud and fire was God. Rather it was a mediator of God’s reality, an angel, that becomes visible on behalf of the invisible Everywhere God. It may be that some of the Jews following the Exodus UFO believed the hovering object was God, but by New Testament times it was understood to be an angelic manifestation. (Acts 7:53) Thus the hymn, which I love, “Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah,” is a bit of a theological overstatement, if it means the pillar of cloud and fire was the essence of Yahweh. But the Exodus UFO does represent the “presence” of Yahweh. (Ex. 33:14) In any case, I believe “After Disclosure” Christian theology will have to discuss from our space age point of view the meaning of the angelic, and the role of the angelic in Exodus.

FEATURES TO NOTICE:

1) Modern UFOs are sometimes cylindrical in shape, as was the Exodus UFO. Also, when we think of a pillar supporting a building, we think of it as solid, hard. Cylindrical modern UFOs are sometimes called “cloud cigars,” and can glow in the dark, as well as look cloud-like during the day. Some have been reported to be up to a mile long, and among UFO researchers, are presumed to be “star ships,” as opposed to the flying saucer “scout ships” which tend to be smaller.

2) The first phase involved the Exodus UFO leading Israel up to the Red Sea, and then going behind the army of Israel to keep Egypt away until dark.

3) In the “morning watch,” the pillar of cloud and fire was directly above the open sea channel (vs. 24). When did the UFO move from a position on the ground between the two armies, to a position directly above the open sea channel? The text does not say. I infer that the UFO moved unseen, under cover of darkness, before the sea began to part. Why didn’t the “pillar of fire” glow on this night? I don’t know.

4) During the night the Lord “drove the sea back by a strong East wind all night.” I believe there was an East wind, but it was an effect of some kind of force field, the UFO propulsion system, that caused the sea to part. The UFO hovered above the sea and turned on a special power. One of the side effects would be that air would be drawn down into the open channel, and would blow out the open end. The Jews were on the western shore, the wind blew in their face from the East. (I believe if the Jews had been on the eastern shore, the wind would have blown out the other end of the channel, and the Bible would have reported a West wind.)

5) Obviously the two walls of water seemed strange, which is why they are reported. Wind would not give two smooth walls, but some type of directed force field probably would.

6) There was no wind reported during the crossing. If wind created the walls of water, why wasn’t wind needed to keep them in place? A 60 mile an hour wind (as some have suggested) would have blown Moses back to Egypt.

7) The text stresses that Israel crossed on dry ground. This was just as strange as the walls of water. Why wasn’t the bottom of the sea bed muddy? Modern UFOs often bake the ground hard when they land. Some speculate there is some kind of microwave dimension to UFO propulsion. Likewise, the “wind” side effect would help in drying.

8) After Israel crossed, the chariots of Egypt followed. They seemed to be doing fine until something strange happened. It is at this point that the text brings the Exodus UFO back into the story. “The Lord in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down upon the host of the Egyptians, and discomfited the host of the Egyptians, clogging+ their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily.” An invisible force (stunning glance) came down from above, and caused the chariots to “drive heavily.” Part of my theory is that in order for Israel to cross under the Exodus UFO, part of the “power beam” would have to be phased out in the center, otherwise Israel would have been knocked flat. If two walls of power were left on each side, that would keep the walls of water in place. What seems to happen in vs. 24 and 25 is that the power beam is again turned on in the center, knocking the Egyptians flat, perhaps paralyzing the horses, and doing something to the chariot wheels.

9) There is an asterisk (+) after the word “clogging,” because the RSV has a “q” after the word, and in a footnote says that the actual Hebrew word reports that the Lord’s “look down” “removed” or broke off the Egyptian chariot wheels; an alternative reading is that the wheels were “bound” or “locked up.” The RSV translators could not imagine any force that would remove or break the wheels, or cause them to be “locked up,” so they invented “clogging” as if there were mud in the sea bed, which the text stresses was not the case. One Jewish translation of the Torah, published in 1962, reads “he locked the wheels of their chariots so they moved with difficulty.” This raises the possibility that some type of beam technology was focused on the hubs and axles of the chariots, causing heat expansion which locked the chariot wheels so they would not rotate.

10) This part of the text is very key. Some textual theory sees the Red Sea story as transmitted orally for many generations before being written. This may be true. Or the story is seen as pure mythology. But as mythology, notice how “unnecessary” vs. 24 and 25 are. Why not skip all this, and just drown the Egyptians? Most people who know the Red Sea story quite well do not remember this part of the story without looking at the text. What we have here is a very important detail that I think can only be understood from a space age point of view.

11) Moses raised his hands , all the power was turned off, the walls of water collapsed.

AFTER THE RED SEA

The Exodus UFO led Israel into the wilderness, apparently dropped manna from the sky to feed Israel (Ex. 16), as well as providing quail. Eventually in the wilderness of Sinai Moses was given the Ten Commandments, as well as instructions for the Tabernacle, and the work of the priesthood. After a long time (the text suggests 40 years), Israel came to the Jordan River, and moved from the leadership of Moses to Joshua, moved from wilderness to promised land. After the Tabernacle was built, the pillar of cloud hovered over it. “For throughout all their journeys the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel.” (Ex. 40:38)

From the point of view of Dolan and Zabel, after disclosure, I would expect the above explanation of the parting of the Red Sea to begin to receive serious exegetical attention from the Christian Church. After Disclosure, we will know a very real extraterrestrial power exists, which could have caused the parting. The “supernatural” explanation will be seen as unnecessary to those outside the church, which will be troubling to conservative Christians, both Protestant and Roman Catholic. At the same time, liberals and atheists, who have assumed that the Red Sea story is myth, that it never happened, will be deeply troubled. Liberal Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong, in his book Why Christianity Must Change or Die (HarperCollins, 1999) supposes it is absurd, and morally wrong to talk about a God who “split the Red Sea to allow the chosen ones to walk through on dry land.” (p. 9) The essence of liberal thinking is that “we are makers of our own beliefs, and our own destiny.” The main crisis after disclosure for liberals and skeptics (i.e. the unspoken world view of almost every secular university in the United States) is this: it appears that an extraterrestrial power may have guided our spiritual history. We did not just make our religious beliefs up out of our human imagination. We now have to take the basic biblical message seriously again, and that message is, we have been created by a Higher Power to serve the purpose of that Power. That purpose is spelled out in the Bible, especially in the account of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. The ground work for the meaning of Jesus is to be found in the Jewish Exodus. The first Passover sets the stage for the Passover of Jesus, sets the stage for the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Jesus, in his death and resurrection, leads those who have been slaves, not to Pharaoh, but to sin, on a new Exodus journey, to a new Promised Land. An eternal Promised Land. We are called to a trial in which we are to follow Christ in seeking the Holy Spirit to rule the darker side of our fallen human nature. God’s faith game is still on.