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The [[Revelation]] to John (probably the Apostle, though he never explicitly identifies himself as such) also makes references to the world, both in the sense of the ''cosmos'' (the natural world) and to the ''oikoumenes'' (the inhabited world, the world of men). Again, quoting:{{Bible quote|Because thou hast kept the word of My patience, I also will keep thee out of the hour of temptation that is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.|book=Revelation|chap=3|verses=10|version=KJV}}''The'' world--and more than that, the ''whole'' world, the ''entire'' world. The word translated ''world'' here is ''oikoumenes'', which originally stood for all the known world over which the [[Roman Empire]] held sway but which now stands for everywhere that humans live. As if to press the point, John here adds the feminine form of the word ''holos'', whence the [[English]] word "whole." He also quotes Jesus as referring to "dwellers on the earth." Again, ''the'' earth, not ''an'' earth or even ''this'' earth, or any other article or pronoun, demonstrative, personal, or otherwise, that might suggest that any earth ''other than'' or ''in addition to'' our familiar earth exists, much less is inhabited.

The [[Revelation]] to John (probably the Apostle, though he never explicitly identifies himself as such) also makes references to the world, both in the sense of the ''cosmos'' (the natural world) and to the ''oikoumenes'' (the inhabited world, the world of men). Again, quoting:{{Bible quote|Because thou hast kept the word of My patience, I also will keep thee out of the hour of temptation that is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.|book=Revelation|chap=3|verses=10|version=KJV}}''The'' world--and more than that, the ''whole'' world, the ''entire'' world. The word translated ''world'' here is ''oikoumenes'', which originally stood for all the known world over which the [[Roman Empire]] held sway but which now stands for everywhere that humans live. As if to press the point, John here adds the feminine form of the word ''holos'', whence the [[English]] word "whole." He also quotes Jesus as referring to "dwellers on the earth." Again, ''the'' earth, not ''an'' earth or even ''this'' earth, or any other article or pronoun, demonstrative, personal, or otherwise, that might suggest that any earth ''other than'' or ''in addition to'' our familiar earth exists, much less is inhabited.

But suppose, as some have suggested, that our familiar human race is ''not'' the only race that [[God]] made? Then [[Jesus]] would have had to die for that race as well, thus setting at nought the verses that say that He died ''once'' for our [[Sin (fundamentalism)|sins]]. But again, suppose that other race did ''not'' fall? Would Jesus have had to die to redeem them? No--but ''God would surely have ordered that all members of this race stay a billion miles away from this earth'' until the "hour of temptation"<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Revelation|chap=3|verses=10|version=KJV}}</ref> had passed. Therefore, ''if any contact whatsoever'' takes place between humans and sentient non-humans, then God is proved to have lied.

But suppose, as some have suggested, that our familiar human race is ''not'' the only race that [[God]] made? Then [[Jesus]] would have had to die for that race as well, thus setting at nought the verses that say that He died ''once'' for our [[Sin (Fundamentalism)|sins]]. But again, suppose that other race did ''not'' fall? Would Jesus have had to die to redeem them? No--but ''God would surely have ordered that all members of this race stay a billion miles away from this earth'' until the "hour of temptation"<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Revelation|chap=3|verses=10|version=KJV}}</ref> had passed. Therefore, ''if any contact whatsoever'' takes place between humans and sentient non-humans, then God is proved to have lied.

The spectacle of persons not conversant with the Bible, and in any event not willing to abide by its precepts for daily living and man's relationship with God and man, nevertheless presuming to suggest that the existence of, and contact with, extraterrestrial races would not affect the truth of the Bible, is nothing short of marvelous. But perhaps one conversant with, and adherent to, the fundamentals of the [[Christian]] faith ought not to marvel. After all, the history of ancient [[Israel]] is rife with religious compromise of every sort.

The spectacle of persons not conversant with the Bible, and in any event not willing to abide by its precepts for daily living and man's relationship with God and man, nevertheless presuming to suggest that the existence of, and contact with, extraterrestrial races would not affect the truth of the Bible, is nothing short of marvelous. But perhaps one conversant with, and adherent to, the fundamentals of the [[Christian]] faith ought not to marvel. After all, the history of ancient [[Israel]] is rife with religious compromise of every sort.