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Is God our God only on this planet?

On CBS Sunday Morning, when discussing his latest movie, Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg asked, "Is God our God only on this planet? Or is God a god for every system where there's civilization and intelligent life, and even developing life?" I find the question, which I'm sure he thought was deep and profound, to be something so simple and obvious that even a Sunday School student could answer it. Especially given the fact that the only religion addressed in the movie was Christianity. Any Christian, who is a Christian in fact and not in name only, knows the answer to that.

Scripture says in Genesis 1:1: "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."

Nehemiah 9:6 says, "You alone are the Lord. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you." This tells us there are multitudes of life in the heavens. 

Psalm 33:6 says, "By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth." 

Isaiah 44:24 says, "I am the Lord, the Maker of all things, who stretches out the heavens by myself, who spreads out the earth by myself." He is the Maker of all things. All. Period. 

In the New Testament, John 1:3 says, "Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made." So, God is the maker and God of all things. 

Colossians 1:16 says, "For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him."

Hebrews 3:4: "For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything."

Revelation 4:11: "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being."

So my answer to Steven Spielberg is this, "No, God is not the God of our planet only because He created everything - in heaven and in earth. And the Bible makes it very clear that we are not alone in this universe. Scripture has told us that for thousands of years." 

As I wrote in an earlier post here, Ezekiel wrote of visions of Cherubim and fiery, eye-covered "wheels within wheels" (Ezekiel 1); and a prayer by Elisha allowed his servant to see that the mountainside around them was covered in invisible chariots of fire (2 Kings 6:17). Verses like these prove that an immense spiritual reality operates just outside human sight. Furthermore, the Book of Daniel pulls back the curtain on a rigid demonic hierarchy, detailing how a holy messenger was physically blocked in the spiritual realm for 21 days by a powerful entity known as the "Prince of Persia" (Daniel 10:13).

Those who know and believe the Bible know that the supernatural is real. We also know that some of it is benevolent, and some of it isn't. Our faith will not be shaken by "disclosure" because if fits our worldview already. "Disclosure" of a supernatural realm would only strengthen our faith. Not weaken it. 

But we need to remember the warning we read in Scripture. It defines the domain of our spiritual adversary. It is the air:

"And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience."  Ephesians 2:1–2.

Spielberg and his crowd might hope that disclosure will kill the faith of Christians once and for all, but that is as naive as the movie's premise that we can all get along if we will just learn to be empathetic and listen. 


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