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Maybe you're wondering why there's an article on a church website about horoscopes and UFO's? It's a good question. However the reason for considering these perhaps far-out ideas is that they are both incredibly popular and incredibly important. Take a few minutes to flick through the TV guide for the week and see how many are about UFOs, demons and angels. Then do the same with the movie guide, and take a look at your local bookshop. The fact of the matter is that our society is obsessed with UFOs, demons, and the like; and yet, ironically, many people don't actually believe such things exist!
It is tempting to think that only a crackpot fringe in the USA give any credibility to reports of strange flying objects, dark demonic forces, and contact with mysterious beings. However, this article will seek to show you that it is foolish to dismiss all such reports as science fiction, as well as asking the deeper question: What is behind these phenomena?
...laboratory tests...
The following was taken from a report testing the alleged 'remote viewing' powers of a man named Ingo Swann:
	"Ingo," we begin, "a sceptical colleague of ours on the East Coast...has furnished us with a set of coordinates, latitude and longitude, in degrees, minutes and seconds, and has challenged us to describe what's there. We ourselves don't know...Do you think you can do it...?" "I'll try," says Ingo, appearing unperturbed by a request that we, as physicists, can hardly believe we are making...The coordinates indicate a site that is roughly 3,000 miles away, and we have been asked to obtain details...such as small man-made structures, buildings, roads etc. Ingo closes his eyes and begins to describe what he is visualizing...He appears to zero in for a closer view, rapidly sketching a detailed map showing the location of several buildings together with some roads and trees. He goes on: "Cliffs to the east, fence to the north. There's a circular building, perhaps a tower, buildings to the south. Is this a former Nike base or something like that...? I get the impression of something underground, but I'm not sure..."
	"When we received a phone call from our challenger...[we learned that] Swann's description was correct in every detail,...even the relative distances on his map were to scale!" (Dave Hunt, Occult Invasion, pX)
These same men (Targ and Puthoff) conducted numerous other experiments with other subjects (including a woman named Hella) demonstrating exactly the same thing—that remote viewing is a reality. Below is a transcript of a tape recording of Hella's first mock experiment:
	"OUTBOUND EXPERIMENTER: I am at my first target location; what do you see?
	"HELLA: I see a little house covered with red, overlapping boards. It has a white trim and a very tall, pointed roof.
	"Her description turned out to be correct. The actual target was a 15-foot-high model of a little red schoolhouse at a local miniature golf course." (p75-6)
...materialism is dead...
These things are pretty shocking. Surely people can't have power to see into other people's minds, or across the world just by closing their eyes can they? Many of us tend to think that if you can't see it, it doesn't exist, but is this really true? The conclusion of scientific study really shows the opposite—there's more to life than meets the eye. The following is a comment on research carried out on the human brain:
	"It was impossible, however, to suppress the evidence that, instead of producing thought, brain activity is a result of thought. Inasmuch as thoughts originate independently of the brain, they must exist outside the physical dimension. That fact is self-evident on the basis of the many thoughts for which there is no physical counterpart nor any physical stimulus: truth, justice, holiness, perfection, God, ad infinitum. Indeed, consciousness itself exists outside the realm of science." (p55)
Do things only exist within our sensory apparatus? Well if so, can you smell justice? What does truth taste like? What does trust feel like? How does beauty sound? Does that mean they don't exist?
	"No matter how 'intelligent' a computer may be, it can only do what it has been programmed to do. Nor can the brain, though far more complex than any computer, think on its own. If thought were the result of neural activity in the brain, we would all be helplessly dragged along by chemical/electrical processes determining our thoughts and even our morals and emotions. No rational person can accept that hypothesis because we demonstrate our power of choice, and thus control of our brain cells, countless times each day. There is a 'ghost' in the machine. The human soul and spirit do the thinking and use the brain to communicate these thoughts to the body and through the body to others." (p55)
	"Sir John Eccles, Nobel Prize winner for his research on the brain, describes the brain as "a machine that a ghost can operate." (p67)
	"It is certainly reasonable to assume that the 'operator' could very well survive the death of the 'vehicle' it was operating." (p67)
	"The famous neurologist Wilder Penfield put it well: 'The mind is independent of the brain. The brain is a computer, but it is programmed by something that is outside itself, the mind'." (p57)
...do evil spirits exist?...
The best neurologists understand that your brain is not what makes you do things. Your brain is merely the physical thing—the interface, if you like—that the real you operates in order to make your body work.
Let's see if the Bible can tell us anything about this idea (the idea that your brain is not 'you' or your 'mind') and that the real you exists indepedently of your brain. Consider the following account of an encounter with an evil spirit:
	"Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by the Jesus, whom Paul proclaims." Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this. But the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?" And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, mastered all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded." (Acts 19:13-16)
It's the consistent message of the Bible that there are spirits that exist independently of human flesh and bone, and sometimes these evil spirits seek to inhabit people's bodies (known as possession). Indeed, we ourselves are spirits that are attached to a vehicle, our human body.
...a short history lesson...
In the garden of Eden, Satan tempted Eve by lying to her in several ways. (It will be clear later why these are mentioned).
	1. Casting doubt on God's word.
The serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?" (Genesis 3:1)
	2. Contradiction of God's word:
And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'" But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. (Genesis 3:2-4)
	3. You will be like God:
For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." (Genesis 3:5). Satan was telling the truth when he said that Adam and Eve would grow in their knowledge of good and evil. Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. (Genesis 3:22). They would no longer be innocent, with a simple knowledge that it's wrong to disobey God, rather a Pandora's box of new options would be open to them, with an experience of rebellion behind them. However Satan didn't tell them that they wouldn't be able to resist evil, which would lead to their destruction. Man's final state would be very distant from being like gods, not closer. Satan did not tell them the whole truth.
...what about horoscopes?...
The Encarta Pocket Dictionary definition of horoscopes is: diagram of planetary relationship, or astrological forecast.
Planetary relationships, that's astronomy—the scientific study of planets and the like. The second is astrology, let's look into this.
The Bible is not silent on the matter of horoscopes. Unsurprisingly, it views them in a less than positive light to say the least. Let's look at astrology in the order that the Bible mentions it:
	1. Astrology corrupts.
The children of Israel are warned against looking up to the stars and worshipping and serving them in Deuteronomy 4:16,19.
	2. Astrology will be judged:
Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them. (Isaiah 47:13-14)
	3. Don't let horoscopes bother you:
Thus says the LORD: "Learn not the way of the nations, nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens because the nations are dismayed at them. (Jeremiah 10:2)
	4. Astrology isn't as accurate as God anyway:
Has anybody ever actually compared the results of an astrological forecast to a prophecy from God? Yes indeed. Nebuchadnezzar, the pagan king of Babylon in the time of Daniel, was a big fan of his horoscopes. However he had a disturbing dream one night, and wanted to know what it meant. To make sure that he didn't get fed any old rubbish, he made the seemingly impossible request that the wise man had to tell him what he had dreamt about as well as interpreting it! None of his astrologers or wise men could even begin to meet this incredible challenge. However the Bible makes it clear that God knows every thought that goes on in each of our heads, and as such was in a position to reveal this information to Daniel, who amazed the king with an accurate retelling of the dream as well as an interpretation. "And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king inquired of them [Daniel and his three friends], he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm". (Daniel 1:20)
Has a horoscope ever been so accurate? The answer is no. Nebuchadnezzar was persuaded by God through Daniel, and repented and became a believer in the true God. [Daniel 3:29, chapter 4 etc]
...does this stuff really matter?...
This is all very interesting, but is it important? Well for some people it is as important as life and death!
The members of the tragic 'Heaven's Gate' cult, who hoped to move on to the next stage of evolution by leaving their bodies behind and boarding a spacecraft hidden behind the Hale Bopp comet, left this message on their farewell suicide tape:
	"We couldn't be happier about what we're about to do. Doubt was never an issue. It's just the happiest day of my life. I've been looking forward to this for so long." (p358)
...reliable evidence for UFO's?...
Consider the following testimony.
	"I [Jacques Vallee, astrophysicist and one of the most credible UFO investigators] have listened to a general who headed up an agency of the U.S. Air Force and who told me about his own contact [with aliens]. I have had dinner with an ex-CIA pilot who assured me the aliens were actually here, alive and in large numbers, working secretly with our scientists. And another man, a former Naval Intelligence officer, assured me he had once been assigned the mission to brief three admirals on the nature of the secret treaty that linked the U.S. government to these aliens, who lived inside our most secret military bases. - Jacques Vallee, astrophysicist and one of the most credible UFO investigators". (p358)
Other credible witnesses for UFOs include U.S. Air Force pilots and instructors, FBI personnel, an entire SWAT team, airline pilots and astronauts.
...real but not physical...
FBI files include numerous reports of mysterious flying objects seen in many parts of the country by competent observers, including Air Force pilots and instructors as well as FBI personnel. The incredible speed and manoeuvrability of the objects (impossible for earth craft) indicate an origin beyond this planet. The reports also include observations of physical evidence on the ground, such as indentations as well as burned and radioactive areas where the object had apparently landed. A CIA memorandum from the Deputy Director (DDCI) to the Director of Central Intelligence (date obliterated) states:
	"At this time, the reports of incidents convince us that there is something going on that must have immediate attention—Sightings of unexplained objects at great altitudes and travelling at high speeds in the vicinity of major US defence installations are of such nature that they are not attributable to natural phenomena or known types of aerial vehicles."
Other credible witnesses for UFOs include U.S. Air Force pilots and instructors, FBI personnel, an entire SWAT team, airline pilots and astronauts.
There is no doubt that some UFOs are real. Airline and fighter pilots and even astronauts (Ed White, first American to walk in space, James McDivitt, James Lovell, Frank Borman et al.) have seen them—That UFOs are 'real', however, does not necessarily mean 'physical'. All of the evidence indicates that they are intruders from another dimension of reality...Something non-physical is visiting us for unknown reasons. Arthur C. Clarke said "One theory that can no longer be taken very seriously is that UFOs are interstellar spaceships."
What this is saying is that there is too much evidence to pretend that UFOs do not exist. Remember however that we already talked about how there is a spiritual realm—even we are spiritual beings who exercise control over our brains. They are real, but not necessarily physical.
	"Even if evolution were true, the incredible distances involved make it highly unlikely that physical beings in physical spacecraft could ever reach Earth. Furthermore, as Jacques Vallee points out, UFOs are able "to appear and disappear very suddenly, to change their shapes in continuous fashion and to merge with other physical objects." Clearly, they are not physical, though (like poltergeist demons) they can affect the physical world.
UFOs have been tracked on radar at 7,000 miles per hour making a 90-degree turn without slowing down—an impossibility for a physical object. A SWAT team in Atlanta, Georgia observed a giant UFO hovering directly above them at close range. It moved away suddenly at incredible speed, passing through the sound barrier without a sound—again, impossible for a physical object.If UFOs are not physical, what are they and who operates them? [Robert] Jastrow suggests that some beings could have evolved, beyond the need of bodies, to become "spirits". That idea is now acceptable to many top scientists." (p360-1)
Unwittingly, Jastrow, though an agnostic, is echoing the Bible's description of Satan and demons: spirit entities able to appear and disappear, masters of deception, which fits Vallee's conclusions regarding UFOs.
The apostle Paul warned "Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness" (2 Corinthians 11:14-15)
Seemingly unaware of this possibility, or unwilling to face it, Andrija Puharich, though a brilliant scientist, wrote that while he was "remarkably ignorant about these beings," he had "complete faith in their [Extra Terrestrial Intelligences] wisdom and benevolent intentions toward man". Likewise, author Whitley Strieber, after years of contact, still doesn't know who or what these entities are, but he wants us to trust them. Why?" (p361-2).
	"In fact, as Masters and Houston suggest, only telepathic/psychic communication is practical. Again the vast distances demand that conclusion. It would take 1,000 years for Earth's radio signals to penetrate a mere 1 percent of our galaxy and another 1,000 years for a reply to reach us—and millions of years to reach even the fringes of the universe. Therefore, present attempts to make radio contact with ETIs are as foolish as the theory of evolution behind them." (p361)
...UFO's and the Bible...
Evolutionists tend to expect aliens to exist, because "If man is the product of universal evolutionary forces, then there could theoretically be intelligent life on numerous other planets throughout the cosmos. If life began on earth by chance, it might have begun elsewhere by chance as well...However, as [has been] shown, the mathematics prove that life couldn't happen by chance here or anywhere." (p359)
Computers have allowed us to calculate the impossibility of life starting by chance, or things just happening to fall into place as the constantly evolving theory of evolution states. In addition to this the electron microscope reveals the incredible complexity of life on the molecular level.
	"If intelligent life exists anywhere (as on earth), it was created by God and put there for a purpose. Of course, God could have created intelligent life on other planets, but the Bible makes it clear that he didn't. Everything Scripture tells us of God's plans for the entire universe for all eternity involves planet Earth. It is to this Earth that Satan came to spread his rebellion, and it is to this Earth that Christ came to die for man's sin, and thereby defeated Satan on the cross."
It is here to Earth that Christ will return to destroy Satan's kingdom and reign for 1,000 years. And it is to the new Earth in the new universe that the heavenly Jerusalem will descend (Revelation 21:1,2); and it is from that new Jerusalem that Christ will rule for all eternity. Christ's sacrifice on the cross on this planet purified heaven itself (Hebrews 9:23), having fully dealt with sin for the entire universe."
There are no physical ETIs 'out there' to visit Earth. The only intelligent life in addition to man is in spirit form: God, holy angels, Satan, and demons (fallen angels).
...invading the physical world...
Spirits, however, whether angels or Satan and his minions, are able to invade the physical realm and to perform feats impossible by our standards—and to leave physical evidence.
	"Satan put boils on Job, caused Sabeans and Chaldeans to rob Job and kill his servants, and caused a "great wind" to destroy Job's house and kill his children. Satan took Christ to the top of a mountain and to the pinnacle of the temple. Jannes and Jambres (2 Timothy 3:8), the magicians in Pharoah's court, were able to duplicate by the power of Satan many of the miracles that Moses and Aaron did by the power of God. UFOs seem to manifest a similar power." p369
Any intelligent created beings with the power of choice (a necessity for worship and love), being less than God, will make less-than-perfect choices. Sin is defined as coming "short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). God does not need to experiment ("Man rebelled, but let's try again on another planet"). If there are other sinners scattered throughout the universe, God must have created them. But why? Surely one planet of rebels is enough!
...other planets?...
For beings on other planets to be redeemed, God would have had to become one of them and die for them as well. But the Bible indicates that "the man Christ Jesus" (1 Timothy 2:5) is "the same yesterday and today and forever" (Hebrews 13:8). To suggest that Christ also took other forms at other times, is an antichrist doctrine (1 John 4:1-3).
The Bible clearly says "The wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23) and "without the shedding of blood there is no remission [of sin]" (Hebrews 9:22). The Bible also states that Christ died only once, and here on Earth as a man. Therefore, there is righteous reconciliation to God for man alone. There is no redemption for any other creatures. Christ's sacrifice could not have been repeated on any other planet.
Look out for the words one and once in these verses, and think about its significance:
	"Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his [Jesus Christ's] own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us—[and] now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin". (Hebrews 9)
	"That Christ fully paid that penalty is attested to earthlings by irrefutable proof: testimony of eyewitnesses, archaeological and historical evidence, and prophecies fulfilled on this Earth. That other beings would have a saviour who had died on a distant planet is in complete contradiction to all that the Bible teaches" (p371)
	"[However] It is possible that UFOs and belief in ETIs may play an important part in convincing mankind to follow the Antichrist. Surely if contact were made with "friendly" ETIs, offering their godlike powers for mankind's good, Earth's leaders would jump at the chance. Again, what a setup for a takeover by demons! Much of the channelled material tells of a coming encounter with ETIs and encourages us to welcome them as friends." (p371)
...demons and angels...
The range of created beings with self-conscious intelligence in the Bible broadly fits into three categories:
	1. Human: Mankind
	2. Angelic: Angel, Cherubim, Seraphim
	3. Fallen angelic: Includes Satan and Demons
What do we know about these categories of beings from the Bible? Presumably beings identified as aliens, ETIs and so on fit into one or more of these sections:
	1. Human
Mankind: "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." (Genesis 1:27)
	2. Angelic
Angels: a celestial spirit. For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him - this shows us that things have been created that are in heaven, and invisible things have been created on earth. (Colossians 1:16) Good angels obey God. "Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word." (Psalm 103:20)
Cherubims: servants of God in Eden. Genesis 3:24—So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Seraphims: messengers who stand above God's throne worshipping him. (Isaiah 6:1-7)
	3. Fallen Angelic
Fallen angelic beings: Do you believe in the devil, Satan, and demons? A line in a well known Hollywood film summarises the effects of disbelief in Satan: "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was getting the world to believe that he didn't exist." The idea of the devil as a comic creation with red shorts, a trident and pointy horns makes him seem like a cartoon character. However the Bible makes mention of demons and the devil as very real and powerful: The idea of the devil as a comic creation with red shorts, a trident and pointy horns makes him seem like a cartoon character. However the Bible makes mention of demons and the devil as very real and powerful: "And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day" (Jude 1:6); "God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment" (2 Peter 2:4).
Demonic beings: These are unclean spirits that possess people and animals when they need bodies. "And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease" (Matthew 10:1); "When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick" (Matthew 8:16). Notice though that while the devils had power over people and things at different times, they were always subject to God and those who work in His name. The reality of Satan, demons and devils need not scare us as long as we are in a relationship with God through his son Jesus Christ. Notice the joyful nature of the disciples after they encountered devils: "And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name." (Luke 10:17)
Satan: the first angel to fall from heaven. The Bible says this about him: "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit." (Isaiah 14:12-15) "Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God—Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee...thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffic; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee." (Ezekiel 28)
...a connection with UFO's and fallen angels?...
Who are these 'aliens', or 'spirits' that people are seeing or speaking to, or having other contact with? The Bible says that anyone we contact must be one of the above: human, angelic, or a fallen angel. God therefore makes it clear that humans are not left wandering the earth when they die, or even somewhere in the ether waiting to be contacted, but are judged and immediately go to heaven or hell:
	"It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgement" (Hebrews 9:27)
So we know that these spirits are demons or angels. We can judge which, demons or angels, by how they act and what they say.
...in conclusion...
A brief summary of this lengthy article is as follows:
	Horoscopes: Ineffective and sinful;
	UFOs: Real but demonic; and
	Demons & Angels: Real spiritual beings.
A common thread runs through the messages that come from all forms of occultic channelling, whether it be horoscopes, apparitions, UFO contact, automatic handwriting, possession and such like. This thread matches up exactly with what the serpent did in the garden of Eden: i] casting doubt on God's word; ii] completely contradicting God's word; and iii] claiming others could be like God.
	"At one point Strieber came to the conclusion that the visitors were probably the gods who created us. UFOs and ETIs are clearly contributing to an ecumenical, worldwide religion which opposes the biblical message and resembles the ancient polytheistic pagan religions condemned by God. In fact, these entities seem to resemble the ancient gods of the pagans." (p373)
	"The messages being channelled from alleged ETIs are the same as those received in yogic trance, under hypnosis, on drugs, through mediums in seance, or in any other altered state of consciousness." (p372)
	"Furthermore, the effect of repeated "contact" (which "contactees" themselves describe) sounds like demon-possession as the Bible presents it. Whitley Strieber, in Transformation, claims he can call ETIs into his life at any time. He simply turns himself over to these "visitors", even though he admits that he still struggles with fear that they are evil and he doesn't know what they really represent." (p373)
We are spiritual too, and this body is but a vehicle for the 'real' you. When our bodies stop working, we will carry on to live forever.
You will exist in one of two destinations.
The destination you and I deserve is hell—the place for everyone who does not meet God's perfect standards of holiness. Because of God's uncompromising purity, anybody who has ever broken even one of his commandments has to be separated from his presence.
Not sure if you have broken one of God's laws? Take a test online and see how you do.
The only way to be allowed into God's presence is to have your sins taken away, and only a perfect and willing substitute could do that. Jesus Christ was that sacrifice, and the Bible promises that if you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ with all your heart, and confess him with your lips, you will be saved.
If you are immersed in astrology and the like, follow Nebuchadnezzar's example. He was someone who didn't do anything without consulting his horoscopes, but eventually realised that there is a God in heaven who is able to reveal dreams and mysteries in a way that can only be counterfeited by Satan.
...a changed man...
After his dream was revealed and interpreted via Daniel, the king said: "The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret." (Daniel 2:47)
After the king saw Daniel's three friends unharmed in the furnace and accompanied by an angel, he believed in the one true God: "Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort."
The king wanted to tell all people about the great God: "Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. I thought it good to show the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me. How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation."
So Nebuchadnezzar believed in God and wanted to tell other people about Him. The New Testament says:
	"If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." (Romans 10:9)
Will you do the same? It is the prayer of this writer that you will.