How can I, a simple man from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada who's never studied the topic in depth, who's never been to and likely never will be to "outer space" say such a bold statement? Simple.
Because God is just. (amplified version) Luke 18:7, John 5:30, 2 Thes 1:5 and the Word goes on and on about our righteous (just) God.
So what does God being "just" have to do with it? Read Genesis.
All of creation was cursed because of Adam's sin. This includes the stars and planets in the "expanse of the heavens" where "aliens" would be living. These "aliens" would not be related to Adam and therefore they would not share in Adam's sin debt (as we looked at yesterday here). Since death is the "wages" of sin they ought not be bound to die, yet the curse would cause them to die. Since there is no way to pay a debt that doesn't exist, there would be no way for them to attain salvation. All of them would die unjustly, with no way to be redeemed.
God can not break His promise or go against His Word Heb 6:13-17. Since the situation above would surely do both it is clear that there can be no "aliens" in "outer space".
Cool Eh? - Thanks to God for sending John with this wisdom.
3 comments:
Your logical falls down if the whole of creation wasn't cursed, and I see no evidence that it was. Genesis 3: 14 tells us that the serpent ALONE of all the creatures was cursed; verses 17 tells us that the earth will be cursed, but no mention of the rest of creation.
If you read the rest of Genesis 3 you will see specific effects on specific things (man, animals, plants, and the soil). If you read Romans chapter 8 you will see that all of creation was affected.
I see your point about the word "curse" I should have been using the term "The Fall". As the serpent was "cursed" specifically.
Thanks for the input
Last night the Holy Spirit prompted me to go back an read Genesis 1:14. The serpent (Satan) was cursed "above all [domestic] animals and above every [wild] living thing of the field"
Clearly, this is not indicating that the serpent was "ALONE" in the curse, but that he was cursed above or beyond how the rest of creation was.
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