What about the things the Bible doesn’t talk about?

I would like to preface this with a disclaimer…
I do not have an opinion one way or the other about what might or might not be in this world or out of this world. I am merely trying to point out that we need to understand things before we go jumping to conclusions. As Shakespeare said “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
Yup that’s right there are things that the Bible leaves undiscussed.

One night at work I heard a man on the radio telling the listeners that “the Bible does not say there are aliens so therefore they cannot exist.”
He was rather adamant that this was the case. And my first thought was “how unbelievably arrogant of him.”
I mean think about it. Who are we as humans to think that we know better than God, and further what is it about us that is so important that God has to kowtow to us and tell us “EVERYTHING”?
God, not man, is the creator of all that we see. God not man, laid out the plans before everything was made and it is God, not man, who still is in control of his creation.
Who are we to say that it must be done OUR way?
How many times do we see the example of how much more God knows over how much we know?
God is omniscient and omnipresent. There is no man on the face of this earth who can make the same claim.
But this man had his ideas and points about why there couldn’t be some things.
So let us consider...

“Just because the Bible doesn’t talk about aliens they don’t exist.”
Well the Bible never mentions the Maya or the Native Americans. It doesn’t even mention that the America’s exist. But here they are. What a surprise that must have been.
The Bible never mentions that the earth is round or spherical (to be more accurate) but we know better. In fact Jesus said go into the Four Corners of the world and spread the gospel. Taken literally this would signify a square or flat earth.
The Bible never tells us that the earth revolves around the sun but we now know this to be true.

In each of these cases someone at sometime stood up and said “well it doesn’t mention it in the Bible so it cannot be.” The church even excommunicated some pioneers in science for these theories.

He also said that in order for us to be saved Jesus had to take on the form of man. (true) and that therefore he could not have taken on the form of an alien (?) which means that aliens cannot be saved so this proves there cannot be any aliens (???.)
First of all we are shown in God’s word that we are created in God’s image. We do not have any idea what physiology aliens might enjoy… they may also look like us, they may also have feelings like us and since we were created in God’s image he might have done the same for any aliens.
Second of all Original sin came through Adam and Eve. Whether there is a penalty or sinful nature to the aliens is beyond our knowledge or understanding, they might not have needed to be “saved” if they did not participate in the sin. This seems very unlikely, consider Romans 3:23, and also because we see that all of animal kind also experiences death, which is the penalty for sin.
Mankind dragged down all the rest of creation with that mistake so it is likely that we dragged down aliens too, If they existed and If they didn’t actually sin themselves (and if they have souls). So it is very likely that the aliens would need salvation too, if it were possible.
Maybe the aliens do not have saving grace and that is why they keep abducting people and scaring the snot out of us is because they blame us for this state of affairs.
Anyway, since death is the penalty of sin maybe saving grace would be needed for them but this brings me to my final point on the subject.

The Aliens might not be saved at all; to make his claim that, "the only option is that they had to accept Christ in order to even exist". Well this isn’t true, they may exist but be destined for hell. Just because they have not accepted Christ does not mean they do not exist. Any man on earth (or woman) who rejects Jesus is going to face hell. That doesn’t mean they all of a sudden cease to exist here and now.

The thing is that it is God who knows it all and it is God who runs it all. We do not get that much say in the whole thing. We need to stop second guessing him and his word and simply live our lives trusting him. Trusting that he knows best. And in that trust when/ if something happens trust that he will see us through it.

There is also the point that it could simply be a case of "none of [our] business". There is a book I like a lot titled a horse and his boy. Written by C.S. Lewis. at one point in the book a character asks Aslan about what happened to someone else. Aslan responds with "that is her story not yours. the point being it was none of her business. and I think the same could be said of any "aliens" that might be out there. Maybe, just maybe the Bible doesn't talk about them because, at least till now, it has been NONE OF OUR BUSINESS.

What we need to focus on here and now is where we stand with God. that is our primary concern and that is what we need to focus on.

When you make certain declarations as a faith, and there is nothing in God’s word to actually verify it, then there is the very real chance that you will mislead someone to doubt God and thus drive them away.

And that is something we should not do. How much was the faith of our ancestors tried when some churchman or church stood up and said, “It isn’t in the Bible so it cannot be.” Just to find out that it so very much can be and is.

God doesn’t fit in our boxes, so quit trying to put him there.