There is one universe, and by sin we are deformed.
This universe has that which is -meta, or beyond, our stunted understanding of time, height, width, length.
A metaphysic centered in, ordered by, the Logos of John 1 - a personal Spirit that appeared in many times, in many places, in many forms.
Some selected Alberino quotes from a publication with an annoying website (Relevant)
I plug his book, Birthright.
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The word demon does not suffice to explain the phenomenon. It has no explanatory power when you're dealing with nuts and bolts craft and you're dealing with biological bodies.
Christians already believe in intelligent beings who are not human and do not originate from Earth. Scripture calls them angels, heavenly beings, sons of God and hosts of heaven. Modern culture might use different language, but the underlying idea is not new to Christianity.
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The Bible unapologetically introduces us to a race of beings who are not human and not from planet Earth.
He argues many believers are unprepared, largely because later Christian tradition trained them to imagine heaven and heavenly beings as purely disembodied and immaterial.
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The idea that angels and angelic beings and heavenly beings in general, and heaven, is a strictly disembodied spiritual place that was not the idea of the early church.
In Scripture, encounters with heavenly beings are often physical. Abraham prepares food for his visitors. Lot hosts them in his home. Elijah is taken up in what the text describes as a chariot of fire. Alberino believes those passages should not be flattened into metaphor simply because modern readers are uncomfortable with their implications.
His point is not to turn the Bible into a UFO manual. His point is that the biblical world is already more complex, more physical and more populated than many Christians assume. Scripture presents a universe filled with created beings, some loyal to God, some opposed to him and all ultimately under the authority of Christ.
...extraterrestrial life would not dethrone humanity because humanity was never meant to sit at the center of the story.
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The biblical worldview is the Christocentric paradigm. Christ, the Son of God, is at the center of the universe. The universe belongs to him.
A Christ-centered framework changes the stakes. The existence of other beings would not shrink humanity's value or rewrite the Gospel. It would simply expand the scope of creation.
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Our place in the universe is not affected whatsoever by the disclosure of extraterrestrial beings.
Encounters with nonhuman beings in the Bible rarely begin with explanation. They begin with reassurance.
Fear not.
Christians do not need to panic if the universe turns out to be more populated than expected. The Gospel does not hinge on human exclusivity. The mission does not shift. Christ remains central. Humanity remains loved.
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I just think it's time for Christians to grow up if we're going to comprehend the reality that's in front of us.