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Evoking The Name of Jesus By David Ben Yakov
I have written on some of my UFO pages that there has been marked success on the part of potential alien abductions, by using the name of JESUS either just before, or during the abduction attempt. In Christian circles we know that the name of Jesus holds supreme authority in the spiritual realm. There are numerous accounts in the Gospels where Jesus commanded demons to come out of people and there were some cases of His apostles doing the same after His resurrection. Basically, and as guaranteed by the Word of God itself, the name of Jesus is promised to cover the believer with a hedge of thorns to protect from the evil wiles of Satan. I wrote on my experiences page that when I was a little boy I saw a UFO in the eastern sky, and how the navy jets flew over soon after that and then the object was gone. I wrote about how I was frozen in my bed in fear, trying to cry out for my parents, but nothing came out of my mouth. I was truly terrified during that sighting. Fear is a common tool of the dark forces in the spiritual realm. When fear is induced then confusion reigns and then the mind is an open door for all sorts of ideas to walk into it. This is exactly what happens in the majority of alien abduction cases. While I don't claim to have been abducted by alien forces on that night so long ago, I did have the fear. I believe that I was allowed to experience the fear in order to know what it feels like so that I could recognize it when I got older. When I became a born again Christian at the age of twenty, back in 1979 it was toward the end of the "Jesus" movement of the late 1960's and 1970's. The Charismatic movement was beginning to blossom and part of that movement was the realization of a war between good and evil. Now, everyone had always known about that war, but we realized that we were participants in that war and that there were things that we could do to fight off attack. Of course, when you realize that you are in a war, you realize that you have to fight. Before, when we didn't realize about the war, we were like a soldier that hides behind in the bushes and the enemy can't see us, or perhaps the enemy figures that we are frightened and hiding, so he doesn't think that we are a threat so he leaves us alone. However, when you come out from the bushes with your sword in hand he realizes that he has to fight and you become a threat. Becoming a Christian is the first step of coming out of the bushes standing in the field with your sword is when you realize that you are at odds with evil spiritual forces, commonly known as demons. They hate Jesus and they hate His believers. So how do the demonic hordes fight against the body of Christ? Well, the methods are as numerous as the grains of sand at the beach. It could be anything from causing you to have a really bad day at work to causing some demoniac to shoot you in a shooting spree. Of course, before we were Christians we would attribute these things to bad luck, or being at the wrong place at the wrong time, but we become aware of other things when we come to believe in Jesus. First, let me backtrack by saying that not all things that happen to people are demonically inspired. There are such things as accidents. And let's not forget that some of the things that happen to us are of our own doing. If you slip and fall in the bathtub it is more likely that it is because you were a klutz, and not because some unseen force tripped you. Do you see what I am saying here. There are things that are demonically inspired and carried out. It takes a God-given mind of discernment to figure these things out. So now we get to the gist of this text. The two phrases; "alien abduction," and "spiritual warfare," are the same thing. The only difference is that spiritual warfare is done by Christians, using the name of Jesus, and it is a successful adventure for the believer. Alien abduction will always be a victory for the demons until the name of Jesus is evoked. When I was a younger Christian, I had several occasions where I was harassed by demonic activity. There were a couple of times where I laid in bed and then felt a sudden fear come upon me. I would be afraid to open my eyes for fear of what I would see. I would lay there paralyzed and barely able to talk. The only way that I could stop it from happening was to say the name of Jesus over and over again. After a while I got quite proficient at this and the attacks stopped. After having experienced such things I later started hearing about the alien abduction phenomenon and I realized that the beginnings of what they were experiencing were the same as when I was being harassed by demons. Actually, this is what got me started into investigating the correlation between what I thought were two different processes. Later I came to realize that they are one and the same. Since I began putting the UFO pages on the Internet there have been times where I have felt an assault coming on. Let's face it, these pages don't exactly make the enemy jump for joy. There are the classic signs of feeling a chill that goes all the way through me and then the fear starts. I immediately start to sing songs about Jesus, His love and caring for me and all of the wonderful things that He has done. On one particular instance, I felt the assault coming and it seemed to be emanating from my spare bedroom closet. I recognized what it was (how could I not) and went right to the closet and started singing and praying. Of course it took a couple of minutes, but it then departed and I went back to other things. The last thing that demons / aliens want is for you to make a frontal attack. The Bible is quite clear where it says, "Resist the devil and he will flee from you." So why do these things like to attack people. Christians are attacked because it causes a distraction. It is natural for anyone to stop doing what they are doing if they think they will be harassed for doing it. Christians who aren't skilled in spiritual warfare usually stop their activity when being harassed. Strong Christians are harassed because they are being effective against the kingdom of hell. The demonic activity is usually less in mature Christians because the enemy realizes that this form of attack cannot do harm. For the unbeliever the abduction (harassment) is done for a variety of reasons. First, it is done to hopefully future willful participants. These are people who will accept what is happing and will coalesce to the aliens / demons, giving up and joining with their cause. The second group of people that are harassed are those who have had some sort of brush with the truth, but for some reason have denied it. They are abducted in an effort to prove that Christianity is alien to normal thought processes. The third group are people who are already involved in the occult or New Age and who have had their minds prepared by those philosophies for all sorts of strange ideas. It is an established fact that all abductees have had some sort of brush with the occult in one way or another. I'll bet that there isn't one person reading this that hasn't read a horoscope, had their palm read, went to a card reader, seen a fortune teller, played Ouija or been involved in a séance. Those things might seem like harmless fun to you, but both the people who initiate these things and Satan know that they are doorways for other things to enter in. So, how is it that innocent children are abducted? The Bible is quite clear that the parents are the covering over the children. If a parent is involved in anything mentioned above, they open the door for the children where demonic activity is concerned. To sum things up I want to say that alien abduction is really demonic harassment. What happens to the unbeliever when they are harassed is allowed to continue because they do not evoke the name of Jesus, a name that makes demons shake with fear. I don't speak to you as one who doesn't know what the fear is; how helpless it is to feel paralyzed and to think that something uninvited is waiting to put you through hell. I do know one thing though. Jesus is the person who can make it all end and can help you fight them if they try to return. If you are interested, there is a great ministry that would love to help you with this problem. They are called The Alien Resistance Group, and you can reach them by clicking here. They've been through it all just like us. God Bless you in your search for the truth, but you'll only find it in Jesus Christ.
David Ben Yakov
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