Visitors from ??? 3000 years ago

EXPLAINING LIFE’S MYSTERIES March 21, 2009
By Stephen Ellis

Nobody asked me, but…

There is a serious question posed by UFOlogists as to whether or not there were some space visitors to Earth in 593 BC. The Book of Ezekiel (in both the Old and New Testaments) describes “something”. Remembering that Ezekiel was a slave and uneducated, the first chapter of his book opens the doors to a lot of questions. I’ve set it out for you, word for word. I think you will agree that it is nothing less than amazing:

1 ¶ Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in 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.

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.

1 – 3 - Reference to the thirtieth year was likely Ezekiel's age. The year was approximately 593 BC.

4 ¶ And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

4 - Is Ezekiel describing the cloud of dust a helicopter might make with fire coming out of its exhaust?

5 ¶ Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.

5 - Ezekiel is clearly describing the landing on Earth of four men.

6 ¶ And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.

6- Is Ezekiel referring to the appearance of two earphones, a man's face with a speaker mask on it. See Ezekiel's paragraph 10 and the attached drawing for a more detailed description

7 ¶ And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.

7. - Is this a primitive man's way of describing leather & metallic boots?

8 ¶ And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.

8- Clearly, wahtever landed had the appearance of man.

9 ¶ Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

9- It would be difficult for a primitive man to describe a four-blade helicopter rotor than done by Ezekiel in this paragraph.

10 ¶ As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.

10- Ezekiel could well be describing the appearance of two headphones and a speaker mask underneath a clear helmet. A detailed description of the helmet is in paragraph 22.

11 ¶ Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

12 ¶ And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

13 ¶ As for the likeness of the living creatures, 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.

14 ¶ And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

11-14 - Is Ezekiel describing how a person moving with helicopter blades might move? The blades rotated, but the bodies moved straight forward.

15 ¶ Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.

15 - Ezekiel could well be describing man-like creaures with the shadowe of rotating helicopter blades beneath each one. To someone who had never even imagined anything like this, the whirling blades might appear as a wheel.

16 ¶ The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.

16- If you look at whirling rotor blades, it would definitely appear as a wheel within a wheel.

17 ¶ When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went.

17- That's how a personal helicopter would work: the blades rotate, but the body moves stright forward.

18 ¶ As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.

18- Again, Ezekiel is describing how helicopter blades whirling above someone's head would appear.

19 ¶ And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

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.

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.

19 – 21 - Could a primitive man describe a helicopter-type “lift-off” any better than this?

22 ¶ And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.

22- This description is astonishing! The ancient term "fimament" refers to a crystal-type globe which Ezekiel says was on their heads. The term "terrible" can be equated with the modern term "awesome".

23 ¶ And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.

23 - It sounds like Ezekiel is referring to the reflection (unknown in those days) of the helicopter blades on the crystal helmet.

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 an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.

24 - A pretty accurate description of the sound of helicopter blades increasing their speed for lift-off.

25 ¶ And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.
25- Apparently who or whatever was there attempted to communicate with Ezekiel who was so frightened he simply lay prone on the ground.

26 ¶ And above the firmament that was over their heads 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.

26 - Is this a primitive man's way of describing a mother-ship hovering in the sky. Could Ezekiel see someone at the controls of the mother ship?

27 ¶ And I saw as the colour 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 round about.
27 - Is Ezekiel describing the mother-ship moving off?

28 ¶ As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. 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.
28 – It is completely understandable for a man who had never seen or even imagined a space craft to believe it was a God and the people that came from it were angels.

I make no claims to being an artist, but I have drawn what Ezekiel described. If you have any comments, contact me at stebrel@aol.com