A heady brew of ancient mysteries, modern apparitions, and “stones and bones” science have merged into the 21st century Christian epoch in the form of “Christian UFOlogy”. Fueled by the the now famous Roswell Incident of 1947, and fanned by the need to engage large affluent “audiences” who trek into the new “seeker friendly” Evangelical theaters, an entire market has grown around preoccupation with end times expectations of the return of the Nephilim (Genesis, chapter 6.)

In what can only be called “branding”, these new ministers have merchandised the “apocalypse” with a wide range of various (and often conflicting) end times messages that make the Bible look like it was published by Marvel Comics. These end times Christian UFO cults which have emerged in the last decade are the product of ambitious imaginations, extra-Biblical literature, and an onslaught of reporting of mysterious supernatural events such as “alien abductions”, UFO close encounters, and ritual abuse.

Prophecy Hollywood-style

Something happened on the way to the end of the world: the early church continued in the same vein as their Hebrew roots, looking to manifest prophetic expectation prematurely. Naturally, Hollywood twists these scenes to fit the consumption needs of an unbelieving public…but what is more incredible than Hollywood’s brutal assault on prophecy is that so-called “Christian” presentations followed the same strategy: selectively choosing elements of the Apocalypse that appealed to the basest sensibility of a barely literate viewer. This same pattern of a “cinematic/dramatic” portrayal of Biblical prophecy continues to this day in the spirit of modern prophecy teachers who diagram time lines, interpret symbolic images by free-association, and string together endless destruction scenarios via “cut-and-paste” techniques pioneered by Soviet montage artists.

Part 1 of a series on the concrète-ization of prophecy: modern day so-called “Bible Prophecy” has been shaped into a montage of catastrophe scenarios, grand scale deaths by plague, supernatural apparitions, and repeated destructions of the physical Earth. It has taken on the aspects and qualities of hundreds of science fiction novels, comic books, and high dollar special effect films. Moreover, it has now morphed into a narcotic form of obsession by cult personalities who market and merchandise this vision to gullible, Biblically illiterate believers and the world-at-large. The result: deception on a grand scale and MISSING the more nuanced fulfillments that history and scripture record. It is not about “preterism” or “pre-millenialism”—or any other theological inventions, but about RIGHTLY dividing the Word of God and understanding HOW prophecy is fulfilled before our eyes.