Genesis 6 - Pt 5 - David and the Nephilim

In my last post I shared the story from the Old Testament of Moses, Joshua and Caleb, and the children of Israel entering the Promised Land and defeating the tribes of Nephilim which inhabited the land. I also gave a breakdown of all the variations of Nephilim as described in the Biblical text up until that point. You can read it in my post Genesis 6 - Pt 4 - Moses, Joshua, and The Nephilim.

Osmar Schindler "David und Goliath"

In this post, I want to continue on from where I left off. So far we know that the Nephilim were on the earth before the flood. The flood occurred in 2348 BC. After the flood, they are not mentioned again until 436 years later, circa 1912 BC, at the time that Abraham traveled through Canaan, which was inhabited by the giants. Another 461 years passed until Moses and Joshua arrived and defeated them. Altogether that leaves almost 900 years having elapsed, during which the Nephilim were procreating and multiplying. Add on to that another 477 years from the time of Joshua to the time of David... which is where we're going next.

All tribes of Nephilim had been destroyed by the Children of Israel except for a remnant remaining in Gath, Gaza, and in Ashdod.

Joshua 11:21-22

²¹And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.

 ²²There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there [they] remained.

Now the year is 974 BC, and along came a ruddy young boy named David. We are told in 1 Samuel 17: 12-15 a little about David. He was the son of Jesse, who was very old by this time, and the youngest of 8 brothers. The Children of Israel were now led by Saul. David's three oldest brothers served Saul, and David was basically a "go-fer", bringing goods from his father over to his brothers in battle, then returning to Bethlehem to feed his father's sheep. At this point in the story, the men of Israel are set in battle against the Philistines (now the modern-day Palestinians), who have a "secret weapon"... a champion soldier named Goliath of Gath. Remember that Gath is one region that is still Nephilim territory at this point. A detailed description of Goliath of Gath is given to us in the Bible:

1 Samuel 17:2-7

² And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and they encamped in the Valley of Elah, and drew up in battle array against the Philistines. ³ The Philistines stood on a mountain on one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side, with a valley between them.

⁴ And a champion went out from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. ⁵ He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze. ⁶ And he had bronze armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders. ⁷ Now the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and his iron spearhead weighed six hundred shekels; and a shield-bearer went before him.

According to the text, Goliath of Gath was 13 feet and 6 inches tall. His weight isn't given but we can assume it is substantially proportionate to his height, since his coat of mail weighed 154 lbs and the head of his spear alone weighed 14 lbs! For reference, here is an image of an average weaver's beam - imagine carrying a spear with a shaft like that. (For those who might find it interesting, we can also note that Goliath of Gath wore 6 pieces of armor in all, his spearhead weighed 600 shekels, and he was 6 cubits tall. That makes... let's see..... 666.)

We then read that Goliath of Gath stepped forward and addressed the armies of Israel with this proposition: "Choose a man to fight me, and if he can kill me, the Philistines will become your servants. But if I kill him, you will become our servants". When Saul and Israel heard this they seriously freaked out, but Goliath of Gath came every morning and every evening and repeated his proposition for forty days.

1 Samuel 17: 8-11, 16

⁸ Then he stood and cried out to the armies of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you come out to line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me. ⁹ If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and serve us.”  ¹⁰ And the Philistine said, “I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.”  
¹¹ When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.

¹⁶ And the Philistine drew near and presented himself forty days, morning and evening.

One day David was bringing goods to his brothers from his father, and was meant to return bringing news of them home, when Goliath came and made his declaration.  David went to Saul and asked to fight against him, he was angered that the giant defied the armies of God and made them all fearful.  At first he was laughed at, but David proved he had conquered large creatures before while guarding his fathers flocks and his faith in God's protection convinced Saul.

1 Samuel 17: 26, 32-34, 37

²⁶ Then David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

³³ And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.”

³⁴ But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep his father’s sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, ³⁵ I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard, and struck and killed it. ³⁶ Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.” ³⁷ Moreover David said, “The Lord, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.”

And Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with you!”

David's weapon of choice was 5 stones and a sling. When he stepped out toward Goliath of Gath, the giant was overcome with hate toward him and cursed him by his gods. David's motivation was for everyone to know the battle was the Lord's when they saw this nephilim fall.  One stone, from the sling, straight to the forehead, and Goliath of Gath was face down dead on the ground. His disdain for David was so great that he had not even taken his sword from it's sheath. David then hopped over to the giant, took Goliath's sword and used it to chop off his head. When the Philistines saw it, they ran. 

1 Samuel 17: 40-45, 49-51

⁴⁰ Then he took his staff in his hand; and he chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag, in a pouch which he had, and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the Philistine. ⁴¹ So the Philistine came, and began drawing near to David, and the man who bore the shield went before him.

⁴² And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained him; for he was only a youth, ruddy and good-looking. ⁴³ So the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. ⁴⁴ And the Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”

⁴⁵ Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 

⁴⁹ Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. ⁵⁰ So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand of David. ⁵¹ Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it.

And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

Cinematic though it was, this battle with a Nephilim was not the last of it's kind for David. Moving forward in time through the Bible to the second book of Samuel, we learn of another Nephilim giant named Goliath of Gittite. 

 2 Samuel 21:15-22


¹⁵ When the Philistines were at war again with Israel, David and his servants with him went down and fought against the Philistines; and David grew faint. ¹⁶ Then Ishbi-Benob, who was one of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose bronze spear was three hundred shekels, who was bearing a new sword, thought he could kill David. ¹⁷ But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, “You shall go out no more with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.”

¹⁸ Now it happened afterward that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was one of the sons of the giant. ¹⁹ Again there was war at Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

²⁰ Yet again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also was born to the giant. ²¹ So when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.

²² These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

We learn that Goliath of Gittite had a brother (1 Chronicles 20:5 tells us his name was Lahmi), and three sons: Ishbi-Benob, Saph (also called Sippai), and an un-named son who has 6 fingers on each hand and 6 toes on each foot. It seems there are some who believe that Goliath of Gittite was Goliath of Gath (meaning there was only one prominent Goliath mentioned in the Bible), arguing that Gittites were from Gath. Whether or not there were two Goliaths or one, the point should not be missed - there were Nephilim described in detail in the Bible, including offspring... and they had more genetic "mutations" than just colossal size (extra fingers, long necks, etc).

 

Genesis 6 - Pt 4 - Moses, Joshua, and The Nephilim

Today we get into some of the nitty gritty, so to speak. We're talkin' hybrid species today folks.

"The Sons of God Saw the Daughters of Men that they were Fair" by Daniel Chester (1923)

As discussed in Part 1 of this series, Genesis 6 - Pt 1 - B'nai Elohim, the "sons of God" are fallen angels who came to the earth and had sexual relations with ordinary human women. Genesis 6:4 explains that the resulting offspring were not ordinary by any means.... they were giants, mighty men, and men of renown. And, this didn't just happen once.... but twice, according to the Bible. The first time before the flood, and also after that.

Genesis 6:4

⁴ There were Nephilim in the earth in those days—and also after that—when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. The same became mighty men which were, of old, men of renown".

The Hebrew word Nephilim, from the root word naphal, meaning to fall or fallen ones, also meaning "giants". The B'nai Elohim/sons of God/fallen angels are the fathers of these giants, ordinary human women are the mothers. The children are the Nephilim, mighty in flesh, and corrupted in spirit...fallen, just like their fathers. Like I said, a hybrid species!

[Note: Some also argue that the word Nephilim was translated as "gegenes" when the Greek Septuagint was made. "Gegenes" suggests giants but actually it has little reference to size or strength, rather the meaning of the word is "earth born." The same term was used to describe the mythical "Titans" -- being partly of celestial and partly of terrestrial origin.[4]]

We notice the verse above also reveals that these events occurred not only once, but twice - once before the flood, and again afterward. Today I'd like to focus on the descriptions of the Nephilim given in the Bible after the flood. I will go back to explore more of the information given prior to the flood in a later post in this series, but for now let's jump ahead about 436 years or so.

In Genesis 14:5 we learn that Nephilim are dwelling in the land of Canaan  during the time of Abraham and Sarah.

⁵And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh Kiriathaim

Three tribes of Nephilim are mentioned: the Rephaims, the Zuzims, and the Emins. The Rephaims are spoken of again in Deuteronomy, along with the Anakims, another tribe of Nephilim.

Deuteronomy 2:8,10,11

⁸And when we passed by... we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
¹⁰The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
¹¹Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims.

At the end of this post I will list the tribes/branches of Nephilim as listed in the Bible, along with their relations, where they descended from, and what their names mean.

Moses, Joshua, and the Nephilim

We can remember the story of Moses leading the children of Israel after the exodus from Egypt. They wandered the wilderness for 40 years until they were finally ready to enter their Promised Land. As a child I'd always assumed this was a big empty land mass just sitting there waiting for them to find it and move on in. But the reality is that their Promised Land would have to be fought for. But before invading, Moses sent 12 spies to survey the land they were about to enter, and the peoples who inhabited it.

Numbers 13: 17-20

 ¹⁷ When Moses sent them to explore Canaan, he said, “Go up through the Negev and on into the hill country. ¹⁸ See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many. ¹⁹ What kind of land do they live in? Is it good or bad? What kind of towns do they live in? Are they unwalled or fortified? ²⁰ How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees in it or not? Do your best to bring back some of the fruit of the land.” (It was the season for the first ripe grapes.)  ²¹ So they went up and explored the land from the Desert of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo Hamath.  ²² They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 

Upon their return, 10 out of 12 of those spies were determined to give up on the land and go back to bondage in Egypt. The reason for their fear? The land was filled with giants, and they felt it would be impossible to defeat them. These giants were the descendents of Anak, and other huge people.

Numbers 13: 26-33:

 ²⁶ They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land. ²⁷ They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. ²⁸ But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there. ²⁹ The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan."

 ³⁰ Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.”

 ³¹ But the men who had gone up with him said, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.” ³² And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size. ³³ We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”

Interestingly, these 12 spies not only found the land to be inhabited by giants, but they found it to be a land of great richness. Not only was it full of giant people, it was also full of giant food. They cut down a cluster of grapes to prove it, and it took two men to carry one cluster of grapes on a staff between them. The grapes must have been very heavy indeed to require two strong Israelite men.

Numbers 13:23-24:

²³ When they reached the Valley of Eshkol,^[a] they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates and figs. ²⁴ That place was called the Valley of Eshkol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there.

Only 2 of the spies - Joshua and Caleb - believed they could conquer these mighty men. As the story goes, the Israelites listened to the 10 others and wanted to stone Moses, Aaron, Joshua and Caleb and return to Egypt. In the end, Joshua leads them to invade the land of giants and they do in fact defeat them. In doing so, Joshua and the Children of Isreal destroyed offspring and relations of the Nephilim, including The Horims, Zamzummims, and Avims.

Deutoronomy 2:19-23:

 ¹⁹And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.

 ²⁰(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
 ²¹A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them...
 ²²As he destroyed the Horims from before them...
 ²³And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim.

And lastly, Og, the King of Bashan was defeated by the children of Isreal.

Deuteronomy 3:4,5,11:

⁴And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. ⁵All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many...

¹¹For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.

 More proof is given for the gigantic size of the Nephilim: King Og's bed was nine cubits in length and four cubits in width, which equates to 18 ^3/4 feet long and 8 ^1/3 feet wide! This could also be translated to be refering to King Og's coffin, which assuming he was one foot shorter than his bed/coffin would mean he was about 11 feet, 10 inches tall. I found this comparative chart from Remnant of Giants to illustrate this:

There was two giants named Goliath in the Bible, did you know that? I will discuss that in my next few posts. But for now, we have covered what the Bible tells us about Joshua defeating almost all the tribes of Nephilim at this time. However there was still a remnant that remained, in Gath, Gaza, and Ashdod, as mentioned in Joshua 11:21,22. But this post is sufficiently long enough so I will continue on  in my next post covering more information on the Nephilim. I will leave you with a breakdown of the branches of the Nephilim and the Biblical information provided about each of them.

 

Branches of The Nephilim, Names and Biblical Information

 

Anakims ("long-necked; giants") aka Anakites

• Descended from Anak ("long-necked; giant")
• Anak was the son of Arba (in Hebrew, "Strength of Baal")
• Arba was one of the "sons of Heth" who built the city of Hebron (called Kirjath Arba, meaning the city of Arba)
• Anak, Arba's son had three descendants in the days of Moses and Joshua who were giants:  Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai. They dewlt in Hebron circa 1490 BC (Joshua 15:14)
• Mentioned: Deuteronomy 1:28, Deuteronomy 2:10, Deuteronomy 2:11, Deuteronomy 2:21, Deuteronomy 9:2, Joshua 11:21-22, Joshua 14:12, Joshua 14:15, Joshua 15:14

Avims ("to crook" as "to do amiss"; "commit iniquity"; "to pervert"; "to do wickedly"; "to overthrow") aka Avvites

• Southwest Philistia (between lower Egypt and Gaza) [2]
• The Talmud (Chullin 60b) notes that the Avvites were the first Philistines
• Mentioned: Deuteronomy 2:23

Emim ("terrible ones") aka Emites

• Dwelling to the East of the Salt Sea
• In Ancient times, the whole land of Canaan was held by the Emim
• Mentioned: Genesis 14:5, Deuteronomy 2:10-11

Horims (In Hebrew, Troglodyte, meaning"cavemen", "those who dwell in caves") aka Horites

• Inhabited Mount Seir
• Related to the Emim and Raphaim
• Their excavated dwellings are still found in the sandstone cliffs and mountains of Edom and Petra [1]
• Mentioned: Genesis 14:6, Deuteronomy 2:12, Deuteronomy 2:22

 

Rephaims ("fearful ones; giants") aka Rephaites

• Descendents of Rapha ("fearful one; giant")
• Mentioned: Genesis 14:5, Genesis 15:20, Deuteronomy 2:11, Deuteronomy 2:20, Deuteronomy 3:11, Deuteronomy 3:13, Joshua 12:4, Joshua 13:2, Joshua 17:15, 1 Chronicles 20:4
• According to some scholars - in the following instances, Rephaim has been incorrectly translated as "Dead"; it should be rendered "the Rephaim," as this is a proper name: Job 26:5, Psalm 88:10, Proverbs 2:18, Proverbs 9:18, Proverbs 21:16, Isaiah 14:9, Isaiah 26:19 [5]

Zamzummim ("powerful, vigorous") aka Zuzims ("prominent, strong, giant") [3]

• Related to the Rephaim dwelling in the region afterwards occupied by the Ammonites
• Mentioned: Genesis 14:5,  Deuteronomy 2:20

References:

[1] Robert Young, Analytical Concordance to the Bible, Lutterworth Press, London, 1879, p. 491
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avvites_%28of_Philistia%29
[3] Ibid. Pages 1086 and 1090
[4] Unger, Biblical Demonology (Wheaton: Van Kampen Press, 1957), p. 48. 
[5]  The Nephiim and the Pyramid of the Apocalypse by Patrick Heron, Citadel Press, p. 233

Genesis 6 - Pt 3 - The "Sethite" View

Within Genesis 6 there is controversy over whether the term "sons of God" refers to fallen angels or not. Many are taught (sadly, usually in Bible schools or Seminary schools) that this passage refers to a failure to keep the "faithful" lines of Seth separate from the "worldly" line of Cain. Supposedly, after Cain murdered his brother Abel, Seth and his descendants remained godly while Cain and his descendants turned rebellious and ungodly. Those who follow this theory believe the term "sons of God" is referencing the line of Seth, and the term "daughters of men" is referencing the ungodly and rebellious line of Cain.

This theory can be de-bunked for several reasons:

• No explanation is given to why the resulting children of these marriages would be nephilim, or giants.
• It presumes and adds to what is written in the bible without warrant. If the Lord had meant daughters of Cain, surely he would have written "daughters of Cain".
• "Sons of God" is translated from B'nai Elohim, which is consistently used in the bible to refer to angelic beings. It is never used of believers in the Old Testament.
• There is no scriptural foundation for this belief 
• The events of Genesis 6 are also echoed in the legends and myths of every ancient culture upon the earth: the ancient Greeks, the Egyptians, the Hindus, the South Sea Islanders, the American Indians, and virtually all the others.

Origin of the Sethite View

Before the Middle Ages, there were centuries of understanding of the "Angel View" by the ancient rabbinical sources, as well as the Septuagint translators, and early church fathers. But this view of Genesis 6 became embarrassing to the church in 5th century A.D. They wanted to eliminate it for the following reasons:

• Angel worship had begun in the church
• "Celibacy" had just been institutionalized by the church, and the "Angel" view was feared to impact these views
• Celsus and Julian the Apostate had begun to use the Angel View to attack Christianity

Because of this, Julius Africanus sought more comfortable ground and resorted to the Sethite view. Cyril of Alexandria, and Augustine followed, and the theory prevailed during the Middle Ages. Still today many churches find the Angel view too disturbing to admit. 

For lots more information on the Sethite View, visit "Mischievous Angels or Sethities?" by Chuck Missler from Koinonia House.

Genesis 6 - Pt 2 - Fallen Angels

Before I can really get into Genesis Chapter 6, there needs to be some back story regarding fallen angels. In my last post we concluded that the term B'nai Elohim refers to angels, and that Holy angels in heaven don't marry. Since Genesis 6 tells us that angels did marry (human women, no less!), we must give solid evidence that there are evil angels that exist.

We all know that Satan was created by God as the most beautiful angel that had ever been created, that he became enraptured of his own beauty and wanted to raise himself up higher than God. For this, he was cast out of heaven. A portion of the angels, presumably also enraptured by his beauty, or simply rebellious, were also thrown out of heaven with him.

Isaiah 14:12
"How you are fallen from heaven,
O Day Star, son of Dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
you who laid the nations low! You said in your heart,
'I will ascend to heaven;
above the stars of God
I will set my throne on high;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
in the far reaches of the north;  I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High' But you are brought down to Sheol,
to the far reaches of the pit"

Because of this he was cast from heaven:

Luke 10:18
"He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven."
 
Revelation 9:1
"The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss". 

Revelation 12:3-9
"Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads. ⁴ Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth..." 

"...Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. ⁸ But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. ⁹ The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him".  

Sucks to know there are powerful angels out there whose only thoughts are evil. But comforting to know there are two times as many powerful angels whose only thoughts are for our goodness.

The word "star" seems to be synonymous, or interchangeable with "angel". Today the word star is interchangeable with "famous celebrity". But waitasecond...

Genesis 6:4
"The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown." 

Weird! Next up... The Nephilim! Who/What were/are they?

Genesis 6 - Pt 1 - The B'nai Elohim

I wanted to begin a series exploring Genesis 6, where we first see mention of the term "Nephilim". I feel it is really important to share information about this, as it is relevant to the "end days" which are closer and closer at hand. The best place to begin any study of Genesis 6 would be to read Genesis 6, then I want to begin to break down the different terms used in a (hopefully) easy to understand way. Thank you for reading this, and I hope you will follow along all the way through the series of posts. Let us begin!

¹ "When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, ² the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.^"

Continuing on... "⁴ The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown".

⁵ "The LORD saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. ⁶ The LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled.  ⁷ So the LORD said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” ⁸ But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD".

In verse 2, why are the "sons of God" differentiated from the "daughters of men"? Shouldn't it be the sons and daughters of men? Or if "sons of God" meant human men, shouldn't the daughters also be called "daughters of God?" 

In the Hebrew text, the word for "sons of God" is B'nai Elohim. This term refers to direct creations of God. Angels are a direct creation of God. Human daughters were not, as they were naturally descended of man. None of us are "direct" creations of God until we are born again:

John 1:12-13
 ¹² "Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— ¹³ children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God".  

2 Corinthians 5:17
 ^{17 "}Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new".

 The term B'nai Elohim is only ever used in the Bible to refer to angels or heavenly beings:

Job 1:6
"One day the angels (B'nai Elohim) came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them".

Job 38:7
 "while the morning stars sang together
   and all the angels (B'nai Elohim) shouted for joy? 

Psalm 29:1
"Ascribe to the LORD, you heavenly beings (without the definite article, B'nai Elim),
   ascribe to the LORD glory and strength".

Other scriptures where the term is found are Psalm 104:4, Hebrews 1:13-14, and Daniel 3: 25. 

The term B'nai Elohim refers to heavenly beings, including fallen angels who were created directly by God before they turned away and fell from heaven.  We can know that the "sons of God" referenced in Genesis 6 are fallen angels, because we know that angels who still dwell in heaven do not marry:

Matthew 22:30
"At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven".

Mark 12:25
"When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven".

Just because angels don't marry or have sex in heaven, doesn't mean they aren't able to. That's just not how things roll in heaven. But if they rebel and get kicked out of heaven, does that mean anything goes?

Next I am going to look closer at fallen angels, giving scriptural references, just so there is no question that the B'nai Elohim referred to in Genesis 6 are not Holy angels, but fallen ones.

The Nephilim Agenda?

David and Goliath, Gustave Dore

Well it’s been a few years now that God has really put this nephilim issue on my heart so I figure I might as well just go all out and share delicious nephilim stuff when I come across it.
It’s beginning to feel more and more important to get this information out there to Christians who aren’t aware. One of the first verses I remember memorizing way back in the beginning of high school bible class (… I went to a christian school) was Ephesians 6:12…
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”

What did I think that meant, exactly? Back then I’m sure I believed that Satan lived in hell under the earths crust, so I wouldn’t have thought he’d be in the heavenly realms. And who did I think these “rulers” were, if not Satan and demons (who also would have lived under the earths crust)? I didn’t think they were fallen angels, because back then I didn’t think about fallen angels, and if by chance I did, I assumed that “fallen angels” was synonymous with “demons”. Of course now I know there is a difference, and that Satan isn’t restricted to the fiery pits. His dominion is the second heaven (aka “outer space”) and it says so right in the bible. So we shouldn’t be shocked when there are striking resemblances between so-called “alien encounters” and demonic activity. I believe they are one in the same.
This is who our struggle is against. Through the centuries they have been known by many pseudonyms and made their way into the fabric of folklore and mythology, but their agenda has not changed: to deceive mankind, just as the very first fallen angel did with the very first humans. At first, he deceived to win his kingdom. Then, they deceived in order to utterly corrupt the earth so the Lord would destroy it and no messiah would rise. And now, they deceive in preparation for the anti-Christ and his desired kingdom of corruption.
I have not read the book The Nephilim Agenda by Randy DeMain although I would love to get my hands on it! In these two episodes of XP TV the author discusses his revelations on the Nephilim agenda with Patricia King. It is very informative, especially if you are wondering if nephilim still roam the earth now, and if so, what do they look like? What is their purpose? How do we fight them? How will we be protected from them? How do we avoid fear?
And I love that they discuss the nephilim and their control of the media. In Christ we are victorious. Good stuff, people. Well worth your time!


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Alien love

You know whoever controls the media really wants you to see something when it appears in two places on the homepage of YouTube.

Such is the case with Katy Perry’s new video, “E.T.” featuring Kanye West. Normally I am aware that Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Rhianna, Beyonce, and Jay-Z videos are laden with Illuminati symbology (pyramids, triangles, all-seeing eyes, skulls-and-crossbones, hidden Baphomets). I could tell that Katy Perry was on her way to joining up with these folks but I was shocked to see her take such a giant leap as this!

This video and its lyrics are highly disturbing to me. People don’t realize that what she sings about has happened before and will happen again. We have been being groomed for years to take in this same information, but there is no subtlety left in this music video. It’s a matter of opinion whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing I guess.

Alarms were going off in my spirit when I watched that video, because I know its not just a cool trend to talk about sexing it up with aliens. And lately I’ve been seeing the message everywhere I go, more and more. Just last night at the movie theatre we were indoctrinated with this:

Axe Excite “Even angels will fall”

Seems like a myth, seems like a story, seems like a legend, these fallen angels.

“And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God [angels] saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. . . .There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men [had sexual relations with them], that they bare CHILDREN to them, the same became MIGHTY MEN which were of old, men of renown” (Gen.6:1-4)

So if these inter-dimensional beings were there before the flood, and after the flood… where are they now?

Enter aliens. The Bible has a term for the other dimensional realm or parallel universe. The Bible’s term for it is spirit. It is increasingly apparent that UFO phenomena are the work of demons who are from the realm of spirit. Bill Nuget, award winning author and Christian UFO researcher says, “UFOs are not a matter of metal spaceships from far away galaxies. The evidence points to UFOs being demonic manifestations from a different dimension. It is the dimension of spirit where both good and bad angels dwell. They materialize and de-materialize as they cross over from the realm of spirit to the physical universe and then go back to the realm of spirit. Of course, the secular researchers couch their analysis in scientific terms such as “interdimensional” rather than “spirit.” Jacques Vallee, one of the world’s leading Ufologists and a professed non-Christian ended up taking the same opinion after his twenty-something years of research.

Nuget goes on to explain that “in the Bible, good angels materialize and become visible to people and then the angels dematerialize or “disappear.” It is possible that heaven itself is in a parallel universe. There’s nothing scary or unbiblical about the concept of extra dimensions or parallel universes. We should be aware, however, that the demonic realm also uses these other dimensions and demons travel from these dimensions in order to deceive people.”

The lyrics to Katy Perry’s E.T.:

You’re so hypnotizing
Could you be the devil
Could you be an angel

Your touch magnetizing
Feels like I am floating
Leaves my body glowing

They say be afraid
You’re not like the others
Futuristic lover
Different DNA
They don’t understand you

Your from a whole other world
A different dimension
You open my eyes
And I’m ready to go
Lead me into the light

Kiss me, ki-ki-kiss me
Infect me with your love and
Fill me with your poison

Take me, ta-ta-take me
Wanna be a victim
Ready for abduction

Boy, you’re an alien
Your touch so foreign
It’s supernatural
Extraterrestrial

Your so supersonic
Wanna feel your powers
Stun me with your lasers
Your kiss is cosmic
Every move is magic

Your from a whole other world
A different dimension
You open my eyes
And I’m ready to go
Lead me into the light

Kiss me, ki-ki-kiss me
Infect me with your love and
Fill me with your poison

Take me, ta-ta-take me
Wanna be a victim
Ready for abduction

Boy, you’re an alien
Your touch so foreign
It’s supernatural
Extraterrestrial

[Kanye West]
I know a bar out in Mars
Where they driving spaceships instead of cars
Cop a Prada spacesuit about the stars
Getting stupid ass straight out the jar
Pockets on Shrek, Rockets on deck
Tell me what’s next, alien sex
I’ma disrobe you, than I’mma probe you
See I abducted you, so I tell ya what to do
I tell ya what to do, what to do, what to do

… and so on it goes.

Yikes.