Expert: Pastor Don Carpenter - 4/9/2008

Question
I kinda wanted your thoughts on the subject of aliens being Nephilims/Fallen Angels? ( also thought about the big 45 ft. skeleton supposedly found in Nashville Tennesse)Next Ques. The Bible Code real or not? (It says The Ten Commandments was written on saphire stone possibly w/super computer when the bible says God told moses to pick up the tablets and write his laws.)Last Ques. why does Matthew Mark and Lukes books differ- Matt.19 verse 16-30,Mark 10 verse 17-31 and Luke 18 verse 18-30. To me it seems Mark and lukes version doesnt elabirate enough or in a sense avoids or just doesnt answer the Question. Matthews version seems like the one that fully answers the Question that would save his/my soul/eternal life,So i say why not Mark and luke did they forget or simply didnt think it was important enough to write down. 3 stories 1 that seems to be honest/right-clearer picture and 2 that seem to have a not so clearer picture. Thanx I really APPRECIATE your time

Answer
Hi Lorena,

Thank you for these many questions.  Let me briefly try to answer each of them:

1.  There are fallen angels, they are known as demons.

2 Peter 2:4
4 For if 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;
The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.

2.  There is no truth to the "Bible Code".  THe Bible is written to be taken as normal literature... it is God's communication to man.

3.  THe Gospels differ because they are different accounts of the same stories.  Each Gospel is focusing upon a different aspect of Jesus.  Matthew focuses upon Jesus as King, Mark - Jesus the Servant, Luke - Jesus, the Son of Man.  John - Jesus the Son of God.  Certain things are left out or generalized because they are recorded from a different perspective... they were not meant to be a word for word repitition of the same story.

I hope that this helps you some.

In Christ
Pastor Don