It is my consensus that the tale of mankind cannot be properly told unless set against a cosmic backdrop of cataclysm and desolation. To truly appreciate our significance, we must examine the past and cataclysmic events before we were here. In my imagination, I see a renegade Prince commanding forces in the Galactic rebellion before being exiled to Planet Earth.

The religious group I knew as a child believed the Earth was young, only a few thousand years old, and that God created it within a very short period of time. I take issue with this theory and theology. For that reason, I will address my understanding by using the texts I grew up reading, the biblical texts. However, I do not come to the same conclusions as those of my teachers.

I do not choose to reduce what I cannot comprehend into simple religious concepts. I do not accept the Sunday School reductionism that transforms incredibly profound truths into coloring book stories. As our knowledge of the world changes and increases, the simple equation must change so that what was once super has now become natural. Some supernatural explanations must then be discarded in favor of scientific explanations.

The word supernatural is never used in the biblical texts. It was an invention of medieval theology derived from 6th-century Latin, supernaturalis, which meant "beyond nature."

When speaking of this subject with religious people, the first thing to address regarding the past is the age of the Earth. For this, I look to George H. Pember. In his writings, Pember attempts to reconcile the Genesis account of the world's creation with the emerging fossil evidence in geological science about the age of the Earth. Pember argued a position known as "The Gap Theory", previously proposed by the Scottish theologian Thomas Chalmers, (1780–1847).

In this theory, the Highest God created the universe, but due to the rebellion of some angels led by Lucifer, the Earth descended into chaos, and life was destroyed. Pember's position was that the first chapter of Genesis gave an account of God restoring or recreating the world after the collapse of the original creation. If I were to believe the biblical account, this is the theology that makes sense to me. Creation, war, destruction, recreation. Sounds familiar.

The second thing to address is the other beings spoken about in the Septuagint, biblical text, and other ancient Dead Sea Scrolls. What if mankind isn't alone in the cosmos and his existence is not a random occurrence? The sheer vastness of the universe(s) causes me to contemplate the significance of my place within it. With that in mind, I will gaze into the dateless horizon of ages past, and defog my spectacles of the view beyond my nose.

If I am to understand my place in the universe(s) I must surrender my need to be the center of the universe. Religious people often adopt a humancentric perspective of the universe that places man at the center of all things. This presumptious appraisal of the human race has engendered a condescending attitude in the minds of the religious concerning extraterrestrial beings.

An extraterrestrial is simply a being whose provenance is not Planet Earth. Provenance is where you come from and residence is where you reside. In this case, beings of extraterrestrial provenance can be residing on Earth. Now that we've defined this, we can ask the question, "Do extraterrestrials and or aliens exist within the biblical paradigm?"

The answer is, yes!

It should be no surprise to those who study biblical texts. The biblical and Hebrew narrative does not apologize for introducing a race of beings that are alien in every way. The Morning Stars and Sons of God are the children of the dawn in the family of God if you will, first spoken of in Job the oldest book of the Bible, and throughout the entire biblical narrative. They would be like God's first sons and they would be ancient beyond our capability to calculate.

When looking into the past through biblical narrative, I see that the pre-Adamic landscape is one of empires and kingdoms. While the system of government in the biblical narrative is one of monarchy, there are also lesser thrones configured into the hierarchy of this empire. These thrones are occupied by delegates, princes, and regents who do the bidding of the highest God. This kingdom has a court, a council, and an army. There are courtiers, couriers, and warriors. This kingdom has a ruling class. Rebellions and insurgencies are formed to vie for a piece of the imperial landscape. Some believe that our visible thrones and dominions of terrestrial government are reflections of our invisible extraterrestrial counterparts.

The concepts I've laid out here would explain megalithic structures and the pyramids of Egypt.

Is all this crazy talk? You bet it is. But for the past few years, I've had a desire to study this and understand not only biblical narrative concerning our ancient history on Planet Earth, but I am also studying other ancient texts that parallel this story of ages past. It is fascinating and revealing whether I believe all of it or not. And it is fabulous material for the Fallen Race Trilogy.

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