Beyond the Known: Aliens, Revelation, and the Education of the Human Heart

Dear Friends,

As we journey deeper into the “Created in the Image of God” series, building on stories of lived faith, humility, and the servant-leader’s path, the topic before us this week marks a crucial shift.

Our collective pursuit of education, properly understood, is not a matter of arriving at certainties but of learning to hold uncertainty with humility, trust, and curiosity.

Over recent months, our discussions have ranged from the foundations of faith, to the necessity of alternate viewpoints, to the power of humility in service and teaching.

If those entries highlighted dialogue and openness, this week’s exploration puts our humility to the test: What do we really know, and how should we respond when confronted with mysteries that upend our comfortable frameworks?

The question is not rhetorical. It is pressing, contemporary, and—for those willing to learn—deeply spiritual.

The Known Unknowns—and the Unknown Unknowns

Our world is changing in real time.

From government disclosures to high-level military testimony, we now live in a moment when serious public figures concede that “there are things out there” that defy our current explanations.

What was once the province of science fiction—and a subject for ridicule—is now the subject of congressional hearings, Nobel laureate commentary, and a new humility before the vast, star-studded unknown.

For those of us who trust in scripture as the revealed Word of God, this is not always a comfortable season. The Bible has long served as our compass and anchor in the wrestle for meaning. But what if, as new evidence and new questions multiply, we are being invited—not to discard the Word, but to read it again with new eyes and deeper humility?

Progressive Revelation: How God Teaches the World

When I began to explore the Bahá’í Faith—coming, as many of you know, from a doctrinally rigorous Christian tradition—the concept that most transformed my understanding was progressive revelation. Not the idea that God gave us a single, all-sufficient download in the distant past, but that God’s education of humanity unfolds stage by stage, Messenger by Messenger, as we become able to bear more of the truth.

The Bahá’í Faith is clear: “God’s Messengers have appeared at different times to educate humanity.” Each era brings new lessons, new responsibilities—and sometimes new puzzles. What was “sealed up” in Daniel’s time may, in ours, be partially unveiled, if only we can adopt a posture of trust, humility, and study.

The Baha’i writings go further: “Know thou that every fixed star hath its own planets, and every planet its own creatures, whose number no man can compute.” (Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 163).

In other words, yes: there are “many worlds of God.” Creation is an ongoing, unfolding mystery. And yet, humanity remains central in the present story—not by accident, but by divine design.

John Milor and the Search for Aliens in Scripture

Enter my recent guest, John Milor: author, veteran, and—by his own account—persistent explorer of the overlap between biblical revelation and the so-called “paranormal.”

John’s journey is striking, not as an escape from revelation, but as a relentless search to see if alien encounters, ancient and modern, might in fact already be accounted for in sacred scripture.

“I was always spiritually inclined. I always felt the presence of things around me. I was particularly scared a lot when I was a kid. Chronic nightmares and stuff. But I was very interested in anything that was unknown, of an unknown nature,” John shared, tracing his fascination back to family, childhood, and his great-grandmother—who could speak of both Jesus and UFOs in the same breath.

His approach is not to read pop culture into the Bible, but to return to the Bible itself, asking new questions: “I started reading and I’m in Genesis... and I get to Genesis chapter 6 and I’m floored. I’m seeing the sons of God coming down. And, you know, I’m—wait, angels are mating with humans. That’s where that giant came from that David and Goliath. You know, I never even asked about these giants. Where the heck they come from?”

John’s method is summed up candidly in his words: “have like a clean slate… Let’s read the word. And when something comes up, something new, I’m like, ‘Oh, wait. I think I saw something about that.’ ... I would really dig into these scriptures and go pros and cons… down the list of what it could mean and different possibilities that I thought.”

He is quick to add, however: “My big mission is the mission of the first angel, which is to remind people who the creator is. ...God created everything and He created humanity. ...They want to extract the God who created mankind out of the Bible. ...But their grand finale conclusion—these are your gods. Uh, sorry, you missed the mark… My mission is to shoot that down. ...And yet at the same time to let Christians know there’s a lot of truth over here and there are ETSs and stuff out there. They’re not all bad though.”

What the Bahá’í Revelation Teaches About “Many Worlds of God”

It is here, perhaps surprisingly, that the Baha’i Faith offers helpful guidance—bridging the cosmic scale of new discoveries with the gravity and dignity of the human spirit.

As Bahá’u’lláh wrote, “The learned of the world are aware of the existence of other worlds beyond this one, but they are largely ignorant of their purpose or nature.” (paraphrased from Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 187-88).

More directly:

“Know thou that every fixed star hath its own planets, and every planet its own creatures, whose number no man can compute.” (Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 163)

This is not the relinquishing of certainty for chaos, but an invitation to trust that the revealed Word contains both more and less than our present dogmas allow: more mystery; less dogmatism.

And yet, in the Baha’i view—as in the Christian—the human story remains central.

On this planet, amongst these people, the drama of spiritual education unfolds with unique urgency and meaning.

How Should We Respond? The Challenge of Trust and Humility

So how do we educate ourselves and each other in a universe so much bigger—and stranger—than we ever imagined?

The answer, I believe, lies not in instant explanations, but in the disposition of the heart.

As John so honestly models, the task is to “test it against the word of God for the answer to these questions.”

Whatever new information we encounter—“wheels within wheels,” “angels in chariots,” government whistleblowers, or ancient family tales—our orientation must be one of trust: trust that God is not finished revealing; that “the Teacher” knows what we are ready to receive; and that humility, not hubris, is the mark of the truly educated soul.

Einstein put it succinctly: “Things should be made as simple as they can be, and no simpler.” If the cosmos is more mysterious than our childhood categories, it is not less loved. Trust, curiosity, reverence, and humility must guide our way.

Looking Ahead: The Adventure Continues

In this series, we have wrestled with the limits of our own knowledge: what it means to be students, servants, and seekers—not just of abstract truth, but of the living, creative, revealed Word. This is the education God is offering, if we are open to progressive revelation.

Next week, we continue the adventure—with a very different kind of mystery. The one Solomon - known to Bible students as “The wisest man who ever lived” calls out in Proverbs 30:18:

There are three things that are too amazing for me,

four that I do not understand:

the way of an eagle in the sky,

the way of a snake on a rock,

the way of a ship on the high seas,

and the way of a man with a young woman.

We’ll welcome Nikki Anarado, who uses the Book of Ruth to coach women as they re-enter the complex terrain of modern relationships. Once again, we’ll discover that the ancient text, read with humility and imagination, can yield new wisdom for circumstances never previously envisioned.

Until then, I urge you: Stay curious. Stay humble. Take nothing as final, except the conviction that God’s revelation continues—and that the best students are those still willing to learn.

With gratitude for your companionship on this journey,

—Wade Fransson

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