Frank Viola explains Jesus as alien invader
The emergent folks get more and more bizarre. Now Frank Viola over at The Ooze is promoting his new book, "From Eternity to Here, Discovering the Ageless Purpose of God." An excerpt of the book is posted here. In the excerpt Viola paints Jesus as an alien invader from another world. He continually refers to Jesus as a "creature", when, in fact, Jesus is the Creator. And Jesus did not "invade" Earth from another world, but He was born on earth to a human mother. This kind of crazy nonsense wrapped in thinly veiled christianized vocabulary only serve to confuse people on the true nature of Jesus Christ and what He really came for.
God is not the author of confusion, but the gospel can get really confusing when man starts talking about Jesus as an alien! Or even saying Jesus was an endangered species. Perhaps in the book he clears up these misunderstandings, but why put these foggy ideas in a person's head if later, you have to explain them away?? Why not just present the truth instead of trying to entice and capture people with this nonsense? Is the gospel so dull that we must now make it about an invader from outer space to hold people's interest??
Imagine for a moment that a creature from another universe invades planet earth. This being is male, but he is profoundly different from us earthlings. He is neither Jew nor Gentile. He is altogether other. He is a unique creation from a unique world. He is, if you please, a new species.
As this creature enters into adulthood, he begins to teach the principles that govern his world. These principles operate on a higher plane than those that govern our world. He also demonstrates these principles in visible action.
He is directed by a voice from another realm, the realm from which he came. He has the capacity to receive two forms of nourishment: one human and another that comes from his own world. Again and again, this creature mystifies and perplexes those who observe him. No one can quite figure him out. His message is deeply challenging. It flies in the face of all cherished tradition—political, social, and religious. It confronts the status quo.
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And more: He announces that he is a ruler in that other realm. He is a king from another universe. But more startling, he proclaims that he has come to establish his rulership on planet earth. Specifically, he has been sent to establish a colony of his own kind that will represent his rule. And that colony will eventually take over the planet.On the heels of this alarming message, he issues a call to action. He invites all earthlings to abandon their way of life, and instead, embrace his way. He beckons them to yield their lives to his rulership and to shape their conduct by the principles that regulate his world. In short, he demands that all humans pay complete allegiance to his kingship.
What happens next is as strange as it is shocking. He announces that he will suddenly leave the planet and return in a different form. And when he returns, he will impart his own nature into those who wish to have it. The result? He shall reintroduce his own species on planet earth. Those who submit to him will become part of his species, citizens of his world, and they, along with him, will eventually rule the universe.
Many are threatened by his message. It’s a scandal, a bold affront to the powers that be. So they put him to death, for only three days. But as he promised, he returns in another form and sets up a colony of his own kind on earth.
Does this story sound at all familiar to you? It should. Because it’s the story of Jesus Christ and God’s ageless purpose in Him.
I Am Not of This World
When the Lord made His entrance on this planet, He did so as a new and unique species, even an endangered species. Biologically, He was human. Yet He was unfallen. Spiritually, He was divine. Jesus was a hybrid of perfect God and perfect man.
