A DVD by director and producer Rich
Christiano
People are divided on the issue of UFOs. Some are sold on them;
others refuse to believe in them. Olive Tree Ministries has
searched for a product that would provide some solid facts about
UFOs in a non-sensational way and present a biblical perspective.
We found it: Unidentified. This movie is not
just entertainment. It makes you think about what you believe and
where you stand and unquestioningly presents the gospel. Check out
the trailer.
When you purchase Unidentified you will automatically receive
a bonus DVD, also by Rich Christiano, entitled End of the
Harvest,
that gives a solid salvation message and presents a
thought-provoking examination of the pre-millenial end-times
viewpoint.
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Heidi Swander
Heidi
is Jan Markell's personal assistant. She joined Olive Tree
Ministries in August 2007.
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A Book by Dr. Ron Carlson and Ed Decker
Ron Carlson and Ed Decker combine their extensive knowledge to give
you quick, clear facts about 16 major false teachings of today.
Their short, informative chapters highlight the major teachings and
contrast them with the truth revealed in God's Word. This is an
easy-to-use resource that gives you powerful insights for sharing
the gospel with people ensnared by false religions and
philosophies. Purchase this
book for $12 + $5 S/H.
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A book by Dr. Mark Hitchcock
The Amazing Claims of Bible
Prophecy confirms the divine origin -- and complete
reliability -- of God's Word. Only God -- who is all-knowing --
can tell what lies ahead with 100% certainty. This book displays
the precision and reliability of Scripture and will encourage you
toward a deeper confidence in God's Word. What He says stands the
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A book by Gary
Frazier
Books abound on the dilemmas facing
America. We recognize America is in trouble. However, America at
the Tipping Point is a fresh and bold word not only about the
economic and political issues but also about the moral choices that
have led us to the brink. How did we get here and what can we do?
Read what Gary Frazier has to say and you will see! -- Tim
LaHaye
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The Conditioning of the Masses
by Heidi Swander
www.olivetreeviews.org
October 5, 2010
"We do not want another committee, we have too many already.
What we want is a man of sufficient stature to hold the allegiance
of all the people and to lift us up out of the economic morass into
which we are sinking. Send us such a man, and whether he be God or
devil, we will receive him."
These dangerous and telling words, attributed to Paul-Henri Spaak,
one-time secretary general of NATO and first
president of the United Nations General Assembly, epitomize the day
in which we live. The people of the world are being conditioned
for just such a person -- we call him the antichrist, and he will
be the devil incarnate.
The conditioning of the masses is taking many forms. One esoteric,
but increasingly prolific, form of preparation has been the whole
subject of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). I've written on this
subject before (a couple times,
actually), but this past week the subject entered the
mainstream.
Dr. Mazlan Othman, Malaysia's first astrophysicist and head of the
UN Office for Outer Space
Affairs (Unoosa) was this week
officially appointed "Space Ambassador" by the United Nations.
Did you catch that? The UN -- a very official, if
dubious, body -- actually has an Office for Outer Space
Affairs and just appointed an ambassador to
greet aliens from outer space when they arrive! You can't make
this stuff up!
That's not all. On Monday, September 27, several former U.S.
military officers confirmed in a press
conference held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.,
that they had witnessed UFOs tampering with US nuclear missile
control sites in 1967. These are well-respected U.S. military
officers, not wacko conspiracy theorists.
Furthermore, earlier this year the British government
released 6,000 pages of UFO documents on sightings within the
country. And the Royal Society of
London which earlier this year held a conference on The Detection of
Extraterrestrial Life and the Consequences for Science and
Society, has another meeting scheduled this week (that the new
UN space ambassador plans to attend) titled, "Towards a Scientific
and Societal Agenda on Extraterrestrial life". Lord Martin
Rees, president of the Royal Society, is quoted as
saying, "Aliens may be staring us in the face . . . I
suspect there could be life and intelligence out there in forms we
can't conceive . . . it could be there are aspects of reality that
are beyond the capacity of our brains."
Brannon Howse, sitting in for
Jan on our Understanding the Times
radio broadcast this past Saturday (Oct. 2, 2010), equated the
official and increased recognition of UFOs with "religious
syncretism" -- the coalescing of the one-world religion by bringing
many divergent and seemingly incompatible religions together.
Brannon asked his guest, Gary Bates, author
of the book Alien Intrusion: UFOs and the Evolution
Connection, if he saw the UFO phenomenon as laying the
foundation for the antichrist. "I could not see a better
explanation. Because, in fact, most of the UFO writings -- and
particularly the writings that claim to have been channeled to
receivers here on the Earth -- do have an eschatology, and it seems
to strongly, actually, follow the idea that people are going to be whisked away
off the Earth into space ships. That sounds like the Rapture .
. ." which we know is necessary in order for the antichrist to
make his entrance.
Dr. Ron Carlson, president of Christian Ministries
International, and Ed Decker, founder and international
director of Saints Alive in
Jesus, co-wrote an excellent resource book titled, Fast Facts on False
Teachings. In it, they address the subject of UFOs:
"What about UFOs? We don't believe their existence should
be denied. There is simply too much evidence today that
suggests that something is there. It's no longer whether
they exist but what they are."
They go on to say, "Our own speculation is based upon the study
of Scripture and the study of UFOs, and we emphasize that this is
only an educated opinion. What we believe is that we are
seeing the world being prepared for the coming of the
antichrist on a UFO. In other words, we believe
that UFOs are of a demonic realm.
"Why do we say this? Because our world today is not looking
for a spiritual messiah; it is looking for a technological savior.
If some UFO landed on planet Earth and out walked a Christ-like,
benevolent creature, an E.T. who claimed to be a higher
intelligence who could solve all our economic and environmental and
technological problems, the world would flock to him."
Whether the antichrist exits a UFO or not, it's possible that the
short time of his reign on Earth will be much more terrifying than
any of us could ever imagine. In his most recent book, The Amazing Claims of Bible
Prophecy, Dr. Mark Hitchcock discusses the bizarre
"locusts" described in Revelation 9 that will be
given limited opportunity to hurt the followers of the beast during
the Tribulation. Dr. Hitchcock states, "Demons do have the
ability to appear in an assortment of material forms, both human
and animal," and he gives examples of this. The Bible states
that these locusts will, in fact, be demons set free from the abyss
for a time. Dr. Hitchcock refers to this demonic hoard as an
"alien invasion" (citing shades of the movie Independence
Day) and he asks, "What will it be like when countless
thousands of demons who have been chained in the abyss for
thousands of years run rampant throughout the earth in visible form
during the Tribulation? There will be unspeakable
horror!"
But, as you know, for decades now the world has been in a
conditioning process to accept this as normal. Movies like The Day the Earth Stood
Still, Star Wars, Independence
Day and television series such as Star Trek, Babylon Five, Lois and Clark and Stargate SG-1 -- just to name a very few
-- have brought society as a whole to a place where, should the
unthinkable become reality, many will accept it as a matter of
course. And since the phenomenon is satanic, the enemy will hold
sway over the masses.
I look at this and I see just another indication that we are so
close to going Home that my ears are constantly perked to hear that
trumpet when it blasts! From a human perspective all of this is
terrifying. But from the perspective of the child of God, it is
one more piece of the end-times puzzle over which our Father has
complete control.
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