Evidence of Another World
Throughout the Bible, there is evidence of another world; that humans have
physically gone there, that we have been visited by others from that world, and
that physical evidence has been left behind from this other world. We call this
world Heaven. But, it is nothing like the world we know and it is somewhere
outside our known universe!
You recall the story of shepherds quietly watching their flocks by night, in
Luke chapter 2: "Suddenly, a great company of the heavenly host appeared with
the angel, praising God
" (Luke 2:13). We notice that, when a door to this
other world opens, it opens very suddenly 'in a brilliant display of blazing
glory' and that 'sights and sounds' can come through this opening, into this
other existence, for a brief time.
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one
another, Lets go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened,
(Luke 2:15). The next thing we notice is that 'the door to this heavenly world'
closes just as suddenly as it opens, and it is as if there had been nothing
there. The night sky appears to have returned to its normal state.
"Not all of this world is safe and good. Many times, it had seized him and
though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard he had broken his
chains and had been driven by the demon into solitary places. Jesus asked him,
'What is your name?' 'Legion,' he replied, because many demons had gone into
him. And they begged him repeatedly not to order them to go into the abyss"
(Luke 8:27-31).
A host of hideous creatures, unseen by human eyes, from another existence were
exerting physical manifestations in this world. This poor man was given the
combined strength of thousands of these hideous creatures which Jesus was able
to control at a single word! This world, outside our universe, has a wonderful
place where angels praise God, and a terrible abyss that terrifies even the most
hideous of demonic creatures.
"As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes
became as bright as a flash of lightning. Two men, Moses and Elijah appeared in
glorious splendor, talking with Jesus. They spoke about his departure, which he
was about to bring to fulfillment at Jerusalem" (Luke 9:28-32). For a brief
moment, Peter, James, and John, were able to hear and see into this odd
existence. Evidence of brilliant light, that actually transformed those who saw
it, could be seen. This glorious light transformed Jesus, Moses, and Elijah,
too. This is even more intriguing when we consider 'just who it was that
appeared to Jesus'.
And Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in Moab, as the Lord had said. He
buried him in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor. But to this day, no one
knows where his grave is.
"Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died. Yet, his eyes were
not weak nor his strength gone" (Deuteronomy 34:5-7). As we shall see, Moses
had some very odd encounters with God. His death is unusual because he did not
die of old age. His health was still very good. The only reason he died was that
God decided that it was his time. Now, after some 1400 years or so, suddenly,
Moses appears to Jesus and James and John, and Peter! This proves, beyond doubt,
that a human body is not necessary to make this transition to this new
existence. The body of Moses had been buried for 'well over' a thousand years,
and yet, there he was! God is master of the aging process. God is not hindered
by the decay of the body. God can even let human eye witnesses see that this is
so.
Consider this intriguing passage in which we find that God actually left
physical evidence of this other world!
"Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up
and saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was something like a pavement made of
sapphire, clear as the sky itself" (Exodus 24:9:10). When God makes an
appearance from this other existence, the molecules of our physical world can
undergo a peculiar change from this brief encounter.
Consider these next very intriguing passages: "To the Israelites the glory of
the Lord looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain. Then, Moses
entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain
forty days and forty nights" (Exodus 24:17-18).
By Chris Hansen