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DID WE TRULY LAND ON THE MOON?
Some of you may be wondering why does it matter if we truly landed on the moon or not? And why would a Christian website have an article on the moon landing? Well, the reason I ask this question is that some Christians use the videos on YouTube that clearly show that the landing on the moon was FAKED. In other words, you can clearly see that those videos were made on earth and not on the moon. And then along with other evidence some of those people, including Christians, argue that it is IMPOSSIBLE to go to the moon because God set a HARD SOLID transparent DOME over the FLAT earth.
So then, the “flat earthers” argue that since there are, indeed, videos that CLEARLY prove the landings on the moon were all FAKED then, to them, that proves the earth is FLAT and has an IMPENETRABLE DOME covering it.
Now, while I agree that there are many really good videos on YouTube that clearly show that those particular videos of the moon landing where made on earth and not on the moon, I do NOT agree with the conclusion that it is impossible to go to the moon. For you see, if you do your own thorough research on Youtube you will ALSO find videos of STRUCTURES on the moon that the astronauts filmed while they were on the moon. You will also find many videos on and around the moon that the astronauts encountered while they were on the surface of the moon. So fake videos do NOT prove that the moon landings were faked by NASA. It simply means that someone made some videos to cover something in the real films of the real moon landings.
I suppose that one could try and argue that ALL the videos of all the moon landings were are fakes but for what purpose would NASA or someone else faked the real moon landings as well. I mean WHY would someone make fake videos of both ways? To me, NASA or someone else is covering up the fact that they were warned to NOT COME back to the moon. You see, to me, NASA needed to leak some DISINFORMATION that they had, indeed, landed on the moon so that they could argue that the structures on the moon that they filmed which got ACCIDENTLY released were the FAKE videos. So to me, NASA is trying to cover up the UFO phenomenon by contracting Hollywood or someone else to make some FAKE videos of ALL the REAL moon landings so they could hide the fact that there are the structures and ufos on the moon. Again, why would NASA or anyone fake BOTH types of videos, the Hollywood remakes of the real moon landings and the so-called fake ufo videos that the astronauts actually film on the moon?
Here are just some of the many videos on YouTube that show structures and ufos on the moon which NASA is trying to cover up.
I could not find the ORIGINAL video of this second video where you could hear the astronauts taking and describing what the were seeing on the moon. The third video is clearer but the sound of the astronauts talking AS they were filming was cut out and replaced with music.
I could not find the ORIGINAL video of this second video where you could hear the astronauts taking and describing what the were seeing on the moon. The third video is clearer but the sound of the astronauts talking AS they were filming was cut out and replaced with music.
Astronaut films ufo on the moon
Now, personally, I believe what the world calls alien from another planet are actually angelic beings that the book of Enoch calls the watchers and the Bible calls angels. The book of Enoch which is quoted in the Bible and by many early church writers has much more to say about these watchers than we find in the 66 books of the Bible. Here are two videos so you do not have to read the whole book of Enoch.
Now, if you do not believe that these YouTube videos are REAL then perhaps you will believe the Bible ITSELF. Please read the study called “WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT UFOS?” But for now, I want to focus on the vision that Ezekiel saw. I was impressed to look up some of the Hebrew words in Ezekiel 1:1-28 and when I did I was amazed to find that Ezekiel was describing what today we would call UFOS.
Rather than quoting this whole chapter first and then requoting again with other meanings of some of the Hebrew words, I will simply ADD the meanings of the Hebrew words to the King James Version along with my comments on what I am seeing in this passage of Scripture. Please keep in mind that this is my OPINION. I am not dogmatically teaching that Ezekiel had sightings of ufos. All I am saying is that, to ME, it is a very real possibility that ufos are not aliens but rather they are angelic beings. Some ufos are the fallen angels while other ufos are the good faithful angels. I sincerely believe that the fallen angels are making war with God and his faithful angels. And that is why some people report seeing ufos shooting at each other. To read the many other verses of Scripture that describe ufos please read the study I linked above. But for now. let us read Ezekiel chapter 1 to see what I believe Ezekiel actually saw.
Ezekial 1:1-28.
“Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw VISIONS of God. (Or I saw APPEARANCES of Elohim which could be interpreted as I saw appearances of gods or mighty ones. Please understand that the angels of God are also called Elohim. The vision at the very end is indeed a vision of God’s THRONE. But I believe that the four living creatures are actual literal SIGHTINGS of appearances of four to sixteen angelic beings of Almighty God riding in or flying in four different flying circular saucer-shaped craft)
2. In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
3. The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him. (Meaning that the ANOINTING of the Spirit of Almighty God came upon Ezekiel. Also, the words came expressly are translated from the same Hebrew words. So this could be understood as the word of God came and came, as in, revelations from God came and kept on coming to Ezekiel)
4. And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, (When I read this verse several years ago, I thought of the scene in the movie Independence Day where the huge mother ship caused the clouds to look as if they were on fire. The fire from the huge mother ship infolded itself in the cloud. And then the giant flying saucer came out of the cloud) and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire. (Or a BRIGHT CIRCLE that came out of the midst thereof of the fiery clouds had fire coming out of it as the color of amber. Or out of the middle of the bright flying circle came fire the color of amber. In other words, out of the CENTER of the BRIGHT CIRCULAR flying object that came out of the clouds that looked like as if they were on fire there came out from the center of the bottom of the bright circle that came out of the fiery clouds there was a fire the color of amber. The Hebrew word translated as “about” also means CIRCLE. And the Hebrew word translated as “color” also means EYE. So another interpretation of this verse could be that in the middle of this CIRCULAR flying craft was an EYE or a WINDOW. This window may have been in the middle of the side of the disc-shaped craft. Or it may have been like a dome-shaped window in the middle on top of the circular flying craft. And out of the center of the bottom came the fire. Or it may simply mean the color of the fire was amber which is a bright yellow-orange color)
5. ALSO, out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. (In other words, out of this bright circular object there came four smaller flying objects and in the inside of them were four living creatures. Or something was giving life or movement to these four flying objects that Ezekiel describes and being four living creatures)
And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. (To me, this is a description of all the living creatures that either came out of the four flying craft that came out of the first bright disc Ezekiel saw coming out of the fiery clouds. Or that Ezekiel saw through the eye of each of the four flying crafts. There may have been just one living creature in each flying crafts. Or there may have been four living creatures in each of the four flying crafts the came out of what I will call the mother ship)
6. And every one had four faces, (Or each smaller flying craft had four living creatures inside. Or there were four images of four faces on the outside of each flying craft) and every one had four wings. (Or every flying craft had four wings. The word wings simple means that God revealed to Ezekiel the part of the flying crafts that powered them to fly. I myself, amd seeing these wings as being rings turning in opposite directions like some people have described in their encounters with ufos)
7. And their feet (Or their landing gear) were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the color of burnished brass. (To me, this is describing the flying crafts as having brass metallic colored landing gear and not the living creatures themselves having metal looking robot legs)
8. And they (Speaking of the four smaller flying craft which I will refer to as UFOS) had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; (To me, this is describing robotic arms under the bottom of each of the four ufos) and they four had their faces and their wings. (The word translated as faces also means the part that TURNS and the word translated as wings also means the EDGE. Keep reading)
9. Their wings were joined one to another; (Or the outer edge of each ufo was joined to the TURNING center part) they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. (In other words, they did not need to turn in order to go in different directions)
10. As for the likeness of their faces, (Or as far as the faces of the four smaller ufos) they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: (Of all four ufos) and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; (Of all four ufos) they four also had the face of an eagle. (Most likely on the left side of all four ufos so that there would be two faces on each side)
11. Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; (Or the topside of each flying craft had the same kind of wings as the bottom side) two wings of everyone (Both on top of the ufos and on the bottom of the ufo) were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. (And just like the two circular wings cover the whole body or the whole bottom of the craft so it was it the same on top of the ufo)
12. And they went every one straight forward: (This could mean that everyone went in four opposite directions as their wings spun. In other words, when the four craft took off then each one went in four opposite directions) whither the spirit was to go, they went; (Or wherever the living creature inside decided to go that is the direction that the ufos went) and they turned not when they went.
13. As for the likeness of the living creatures, (Still describing the four ufo flying craft as having life IN them because they can move and fly like a living birds) their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. (This sounds like the ufos had lights going around them and fire coming out of the bottom that moved the ufos as fast as lightning)
14. And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. (Just like people who have seen appearances of ufos describe how fast they fly and change directions)
15. Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. (Or one of the ufos that had been by the four in the sky came down and landed on the ground)
16. The appearance of the wheels (Or the circular flying craft) and their work (Or how the actions of their wings worked and their color) was like unto the color of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: (Or all four flying craft had the same appearance) and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. (In other words, as Ezekiel look up at the underside of the circular flying crafts he saw what looked like two separate wheels turning in different directions. The inside wheel was like a disc and the outer wheel was like a rim creating an edge to the inner wheel as if they were joined together)
17. When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went. (Meaning that all four ufos could fly in any direction without turning)
18. As for their rings, (Or their curve hollow vaulted or dome top) they were so high (Or they were so full of grandeur) that they were dreadful; (Or their grandeur was to be reverenced or respected) and their rings were full of eyes (Or full of color, perhaps light or the glory of Yahweh) round about them four.
19. And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them:(Or when the living creature who we piloting the ufos left the circular disc-shaped flying craft went with them) and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. (Again, when the living creature who we piloting the ufos were lifted up the circular disc-shaped flying craft went with them)
20. Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. (Or the living creature IN what Ezekiel thought were living creatures were actually flying craft that the Bible calls the CHARIOTS of God in other verses of Scripture)
21. When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. (In other words, wherever the living creature inside the craft did the flying craft went with them)
22. And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the color of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. (To me, this is describing a clear arch shaped dome on top to each flying craft)
23. And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: (In other words, the wings fit right under the crystal dome on top of the craft. It was a good fit which described the wings as having an arch curve similar to the dome on top of the craft) everyone had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. (Or every one of the flying craft, probably including the mother ship, had two circular wings on the top side and two circular wings on the bottom side)
24. And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of a host: when they stood, they let down their wings. (Or the SLACKENED so that the noise was quieted)
25. And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads when they stood and had let down their wings. (Or when they hovered quietly in the sky, Ezekiel had another vision of the THRONE of Almighty God in the arch of the sky above the four hovering ufos. And on the throne was the Son of man, Jesus. The Bible says that Almighty God Yahweh is NOT a man and neither is he the Son of man )
26. And above the firmament that was over their heads (Or above in the sky over the four ufos) was the likeness of a THRONE, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. (Now, I believe this is a VISION of the coming throne of Jesus. It may be a description of the first BRIGHT CIRCLE that came out of the fiery clouds at the beginning and God gave Ezekiel a vision of the Son of man INSIDE)
27. And I saw as the color of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness roundabout.
28. As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness roundabout. This was the appearance of the LIKENESS of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.”
Jesus told us that he is coming in CLOUDS of GLORY. And I believe that Jesus will be riding IN one of the many thousands of the CHARIOTS of God that the world would call UFOS. My point is that the Bible has many verses that describe God and the angelic beings as FLYING in CRAFTS described as CHARIOTS because that is what people rode in. There were no flying machines in their day that they understood as mechanical. If something flew in the sky that the never seen before then they described it as having WINGS even if they could not see any literal wings that they could understand. Even today, people who have seen ufos do not understand HOW they can fly as they do. It does not fit their understanding of the flight that we have today. Again, please read the study called “WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT UFOS?” But for now, here is an 8-minute video of a computer-generated ufo as it was described by a preacher and 25 other eyewitnesses. Watch the video all the way through to see many different views of what they saw because it looks very similar to what Ezekiel saw. In the video, you can even see beings inside through the windows.
People saw a ufo with beings inside.
Also, for those who sincerely believe that the earth is flat and that it is impossible to go to the moon because of the Van Allen Belt, have you ever consided that those videos and science reports of the Van Allen Belt are FAKE news to cover up the UFO phenomenon? And for you “flat earthers” who sincerly believe that the sun and the moon are INSIDE the dome of the earth at the height of the clouds then would not even an airplane be able to fly to the moon and land? Does not the moon seem to move at a snail’s pace so to speak in the night sky? And if so be the moon and the sun were at the height of the clouds then surely we could fly there in an airplane.
I do not what to come off as being sarcastic but to ME, all of the “flat earther” arguments about the moon landings being fake do NOT prove that the earth is flat and covered by a hard solid dome. Please read the study “IS THE EARTH COVERED BY A DOME?” In that study I cover all the Scriptures that must be INTERPRETED as the earth being covered by a dome. But what if they are descriping a SPERICAL earth surrounded by what looks like the ARCH of the heavens?
Before I end this study on “Did we truly land on the moon?”, I would like you to imagine a spherical dome with a ball suspended inside and a line is drawn around the spherical dome that represents the equator. Imagine all the stars on the outside of this spherical dome covering the earth. Imagine all the stars circling the spherical dome of the earth. Now, if so be the firmament of the earth is indeed SPHERICAL then you could see ALL the stars circling the earth. And on our real genuine spherical earth, we can indeed see all the visible stars in heaven. BUT we cannot see ALL the stars on the FLAT earth model. In THEORY, you can but in reality, you cannot. In other words, in theory, you could see the North Star from Australia on a flat earth. BUT in real life, you can NOT see the North Star from Australia.
Please watch these two very short two minute videos and notice that the stars rotate in the OPPOSITE direction in the southern hemiSPHERE than they do in the northern hemiSPHERE. This would be IMPOSSIBLE on the FLAT earth.
Here are links to two videos, very short vides on YouTube, just 2 minutes long showing the stars rotating from different cardinal points on EACH of the hemispheres of the earth. And as you can plainly see, the DIFFERENT stars in each hemisphere rotate in the OPPOSITE direction. And that would be IMPOSSIBLE if the earth was flat. Please take less than five minutes to watch BOTH videos.
“MOVING STARS OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE”
“MOVING STARS OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE”
Now again, on the flat earth model, the stars would ALWAYS rotate in the SAME direction no matter WHERE you are on the earth. So the rotation of the STARS rotating in OPPOSITE directions from one hemisphere to the next hemisphere proves beyond any shadow of a doubt that the earth is a SPHERE just like the Bible ITSELF teaches us when you CORRECTLY interpret the Scriptures.
Also, please consider closely that on our REAL GENUINE SPHERICAL earth that the Bible ACTUALLY teaches us, the NORTH star can NOT be seen when you cross into the southern hemiSPHERE. Here is a quote from a website called EARTH SKY that you can check out for yourself. The emphasis is mine.
“As you travel northward, Polaris climbs higher in the sky. If you go as far north as the North Pole, you’ll see Polaris directly overhead.
As you travel south, Polaris DROPS closer to the northern horizon.
If you get as far as the equator, Polaris SINKS to the horizon.
South of the equator, Polaris DROPS OUT of the SKY.”
And if you do not trust the information then you can do your own research. If you know someone who lives in the southern hemisphere that you trust then you can send them the information on the website where I got this quote and ask them if they can see the BIG DIPPER and the NORTH STAR. Or you can do the experiment yourself if you TRULY desire to know the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God that teaches us that the earth is a SPHERE that HANGS upon NOTHING and fly to Australia and see if you can see the NORTH star. You should be able to if so be the earth is flat.
So then, is NASA and SCIENCE the ones that are lying and DECEIVING Christians? OR is it the Illuminati, the hand behind the UNITED NATIONS pushing for a ONE world government that is NOT prophesied in the Bible. In other words, is the Illuminati responsible for reviving the ancient teaching of the FLAT earth in order to DECEIVE and DIVIDE Christians? Please visit these two websites so you can see with your own eyes that the EMBLEM and SEAL of the United Nations are the same images the “flat earthers” use. And after you have clicked on both links to see for yourself that the Illuminati is the hand behind the United Nations, then we will continue covering the rest of the verses used to try and prove that the earth is flat.
I want all my readers to CLOSELY consider the following questions? WHAT is the DECEPTION? Is the teaching that the earth is “SPHERE” the deceptions? OR is it the teaching that the earth is FLAT that is the deception? I want my readers to examine the FACTS real close so you can see which is the TRUE deception and WHO it is that founded this deception. Please closely consider what God led me to find while doing my OWN research on whether the earth is flat or whether the earth is a sphere. Here is a quote from another website called Art Sign Works Incorporated. I want to read the quote first and then I want you to click on the LINK and go to that website and look at the LOGO emblem SEAL of the UNITED NATIONS.
“On the right is shown a design for a carved wall plaque of the emblem/seal/crest for the United Nations (UN).”
Did you see that? It is the SAME picture of the FLAT earth that “flat earthers” use in their model of the flat earth. WHY would the UNITED NATIONS use this image of the FLAT earth as their SEAL, logo, and emblem? Now please read a quote from another website called Queens Museum and you will see WHY the United Nations uses the FLAT earth model as their SEAL. Again, please read the quote first and then click on the LINK and go to that website and view ANOTHER picture used by the UNITED NATIONS and you will see WHO is BEHIND the United Nations.
“The People’s United Nations (pUN) is an event and exhibition by Mexican artist Pedro Reyes. The event takes place on November 23-24, 2013, and the exhibition runs from November 9, 2013-March 30, 2014. Pedro Reyes: The People’s United Nations (pUN) is a playful homage to the United Nations, inspired by the fact that the global body’s General Assembly met from 1946-1950 in the building that later became the Queens Museum...This experimental gathering will test Reyes’ hypothesis that, since diplomacy has not yet solved the world’s problems, conflict-resolution techniques proven in other fields should be tried instead...Welcome to the People’s United Nations (pUN), an exhibition and performance by Pedro Reyes!...pUN is made up of over 150 citizen-delegates from the 195 member and observer states of the (real) United Nations. They’re with us today to use popular theater and other techniques to grapple with real-world problems from a personal, playful perspective.”
Now please click on the LINK and go to that website and view the PICTURE used by the UNITED NATIONS (pUN). Did you see the all-seeing EYE in the HAND that is behind the UNITED NATIONS? Most Christians know and understand that the image of the all-seeing eye is the logo and emblem of the Illuminati. So anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear can clearly see that it is the ILLUMINATI that is behind the DECEPTION of the FLAT earth and NOT some so-called deception of the earth being a SPHERE as the flat earthers CLAIM.
Please consider reading all the studies I have written on this subject on whether or not the BIBLE teaches us that the earth is FLAT or whether the earth is SPHERICAL in shape. Please click on the following link to find a list of links to all the studies showing the ERRORS of INTERPRETATION made by “flat earther” Christians to try and prove the earth is flat. >>>DOES THE BIBLE TEACH THE EARTH IS FLAT?<<<
And to continue with part 4 click on the study called “IS THE EARTH SITTING ON A FOUNDATION?”
I will conclude part three right here and in part four I will go more in-depth on the verses speaking of the FOUNDATION of the earth. Now, I already have a study on this subject of the TRUE meaning of the Lamb being SLAIN FROM the FOUNDATION of the world that I highly suggest that all my readers to read even if you believe that the earth is a SPHERE. That study is called “WHAT DOES FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD MEAN?” So since I already have a study on the TRUE meaning of FOUNDATION of the WORLD, I will call part four of this study series “IS THE EARTH SITTING ON A FOUNDATION?”
Thanks for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God.
And to me, the truth concerning who Jesus TRULY is, according to the Bible ITSELF, is the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus.
Once Christians, Jews, Muslims, and even atheists understand the REASON that Yahweh CREATED the Son of MAN, Jesus, was to have DOMINION over the work of Yahweh’s hands.
And after you understand that the REASON that Yahweh did that is to STILL His ENEMIES, Satan and the fallen angels.
Then you can understand that God made His human Son to become “a” Lord, “a” King, and “a” God, under and subject to his God and Father in order to JUDGE Satan and the fallen angels.
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