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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 saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. Genesis 6:1,2
9)an/e t)ees didn5t sta)t *e+omin/ -aln,t t)ees +ent,)ies do-n the )oad. No) did *e))0 1ines all of a s,dden sta)t /)o-in/ ,p to *e+ome t)ees. 9) did a pe)simmon t)ee all of a s,dden t,)n into a fo,) h,nd)ed foot tall )ed-ood t)ee4 Ci.e p)od,+es li.e. And that means, if a man, let5s sa0 a)o,nd siA feet tall, and a -oman a)o,nd fi1e and half feet tall, p)od,+e a )a+e of h,man *ein/s on ea)th the0 a)e all /oin/ to *e a)o,nd the same app)oAimate hei/ht, -ei/ht and so on. 2t flies in the fa+e of the 3i*le and s+ien+e to sa0 that no- the0 a)e p)od,+in/ h,mans t-ent0 feet tall4 Argument three: Nothin/ is e1e) said a*o,t sa1ed -omen ma))0in/ ,nsa1ed men and p)od,+in/ a )a+e of /iants, !ephilim, f)om it4 Argument four: 6h0 not p,t the passa/e as, the sons of 8eth, instead of the sons of God, th,s e)asin/ all do,*t in the matte)B Argument five: These h,mans had siA fin/e)s and siA toesD on+e a/ain *)ea.in/ the patte)n of li.e p)od,+in/ li.e. 9++asionall0 one -ill find h,mans -ith siA fin/e)s o) siA toes, *,t this -as the ph0si+al +ha)a+te)isti+ of these *ein/s. Argument six: These /iants -e)e p)od,+ed as the result of an event -hen these sons of God +ame into the da,/hte)s of men. 2t -as an event that too. pla+e *efo)e the flood. And -hen the flood +ame it not onl0 dest)o0ed the /iants, *,t it also dest)o0ed the enti)e line of 7ain4 2t -as Noah and his th)ee sons -ho *e/an the antedil,1ian a/e of h,man *ein/s, *,t the)e -e)e also /iants, !ephilim, after the flood, and this -as d,e to anothe) e1ent -ith these sons of God, o) e1ents. Argument seven: Not as lo/i+, *,t f)om the standpoint of the te)m sons of God, bene haelohim. The -o)d sons, ben, +an )efe) to one5s lite)al son, o) a /)andson, the lite)al offsp)in/ of a man, *,t it +an also )efe) to mem*e)ship in a /)o,p of some .ind, o) *elon/in/ to some /)o,p, and it +o,ld mean that the0 -e)e a pa)t of, that is, *elon/ed to, the /)o,p of po-e)f,l 'ls in hea1en4 E:o) a mo)e tho)o,/h st,d0 on this s,*Fe+t, see m0 9n line st,d0, 7elestial 3ein/s.G All the +elestial *ein/s a)e 'ls, if -e ,nde)stand that the -o)d He*)e- -o)d, 'l, had as its )oot meanin/ the idea of power. All the angels, -hi+h is not e1en +lose to the idea of )efe))in/ to these *ein/s, a)e 'ls, in that the0 a)e all po-e)f,l. All the 'ls a)e po-e)f,l, *,t the)e is one 'l -ho is all powerful, the one .no-n as 'l(Shaddai4 All the 'ls ha1e 1a)io,s le1els of position in )ahweh*s .in/dom, *,t the)e is one -ho holds the hi/hest position I 'l 'lyon, o) that is, 'l the +ighest 'l4 8o -hen -e p,t all this to/ethe) o,) +on+l,sion +an onl0 *e that the fallen an/els of God -e)e a*le to *ea), o) p)o+)eate, +hild)en -ith the -omen he)e on ea)th. And that this h0*)id ,nion +)eated a )a+e of /iants that ha1e *een )e+o)ded in diffe)ent +o,nt)ies as *ein/ easil0 ei/ht feet tall, nine feet tall, ele1en feet tall, ei/hteen feet, t-ent0 th)ee feet and la)/e)4 6e also see that this -o,ld *e impossi*le to a++omplish as the )es,lt of no)mal h,man )elationships fo) onl0 li.e .ind +an p)od,+e li.e .ind. And that it is sill0 to thin. that it -o,ld +ome a*o,t as the )es,lt of ha1in/ diffe)ent )eli/io,s *eliefs. To *e a*le to ta.e a no)mal siJe h,man *ein/ and then t,)n it into a h,man *ein/, that in one instan+e has it as thi)t0 siA feet tall, +o,ld ne1e) *e a++omplished in the nat,)al o)de) of thin/s. 8ome -he)e alon/ the line, *efo)e the flood and afte), *ein/s f)om the hea1enlies, these sons of God, had to +ome to ea)th, inte)1ene in the affai)s of man and somehomodif0 the /eneti+s of man.
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The 8ept,a/int has it as, e/ut the giants were upon the earth in those days, and also after that.e The di)e+t t)anslation of the He*)e- has it as, eAnd the nephilim were upon, or in, the earth in those days, and also after that.e The m;b and the 8ept,a/int *oth t)anslate nephilim as /iants. 2t5s inte)estin/ to note that the 8ept,a/int ,ses the G)ee. -o)d, gegenes, to t)anslate the -o)d, nephilim, as the /iants, and it -as also the -o)d ,sed to denote the Titans, -ho -e)e a /iant )a+e of h,mans, -ho +ame a*o,t as the )es,lt of the G)ee. /ods ha1in/ inte)+o,)se -ith -omen. This is in .eepin/ -ith the *i*li+al a++o,nt. 9ne of the p)o*lems that 2 had -as -ith the -o)d nephilim, *e+a,se -)ite)s .ept /oin/ o1e) and o1e) the idea of to fall, f)om the )oot -o)d naphal, to fall. 2 -onde)ed ho- +o,ld the0 /et the idea of /iants o,t of it and ho- +o,ld the0 )ead it into it the idea of the fallen ones, et+.. nntil 2 fo,nd an old a)ti+le -)itten a*o,t the -o)d nephilim and its +onne+ted idea of nephilia. 3,t *efo)e -e /et into that, -e need to +o1e) the -o)d nephiyl itself.
The fi)st ,sa/e of !ephilim is in this passa/e, *,t the neAt ,sa/e is in N,m*e)s 1<:<< -a0 afte) the flood, -hen ooses -as leadin/ the nation of 2s)ael into the land of 7anaan. eAnd there we saw the giants, -nephilim., the sons of Anak, which come of the giants, -nephilim.,0 and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.e 2t is he)e that the nephilim a)e des+i*ed as *ein/ of s,+h /)eat stat,)e that the0 -e)e /i/anti+4 3,t *a+. in o,) Genesis passa/e the)e is no )efe)en+e to them *ein/ of s,+h immense p)opo)tions that the0 -e)e /i/anti+ in siJe. 2t simpl0 )efe)s to them as the !ephilim. 8o -hat /i1es -ith this idea of the !ephilimB As -e st,d0 on -e -ill +e)tainl0 dis+o1e) that the0 -e)e immense in siJe, *,t +o,ld this -o)d nephilim /i1e ,s a +l,e as to thei) o)i/in and the o)i/in of these sons of GodB To *e/in -ith the 1e)* naphal means to fall, to fall into, to fall ,ponD it e1en has a fi/,)ati1e ,se of to fall into sin, o) to fall f)om a position of inte/)it0 into -i+.edness. 8o to ta.e that idea and sa0 that it )efe)s to the fallen an/els doesn5t ma.e a lot of sense, *e+a,se ho- +o,ld the nephilim fall f)om a position, -hen the0 had F,st *een +)eated *0 the sons of God -ith the da,/hte)s of menB 3,t the)e is anothe) definition *)o,/ht a*o,t *0 )ea$es commentary and that is !ephilia -as the old Aramaic name for the constellation *rion4 The most note-o)th0 alte)nati1e opinion )e/a)din/ the de)i1ati1e -o)d of (ephilim is that it )efe)s to a +lass of an/els des+ended f)om 9)ion . 2n ancient Aramaic , the +onstellation 9)ion -as .no-n as (ephila , the)efo)e 9)ion5s des+endants -o,ld then *e .no-n as (ephilim pqea.e5s 7ommenta) 0 on the 3i*le r No- -hen -e ta.e that definition, then e1e)0thin/ else ma.es sense, espe+iall0 in the li/ht of the o0ste)0 )eli/ion .no-n as 3a*0lon, o) the V/0ptian m0ste)ies. The +onstellation 9)ion, 9)ion5s *elt, 9)ion the mi/ht0 h,nte), Nim)od the mi/ht0 h,nte), Nim)od5s deifi+ation at his death /oin/ to the +onstellation 9)ion, the /)eat p0)amid5s o)ientation to 9)ion, f)ee mason)05s tie into 9)ion, e1en Ame)i+a5s spa+e p)o/)am and so man0 othe) +on+epts a)e tied to the +onstellation *rion4 qe)haps it -o,ld help fo) ,s to ,nde)stand -hat the t),e idea is *ehind the -o)d, angel, and t)0 to /et a-a0 f)om a ste)eot0pi+al pi+t,)e of +,te little +hildish loo.in/ thin/s -ith -in/s fo) the /ood an/els, and ,/l0 /a)/o0le loo.in/ thin/s fo) the *ad an/els. 6hethe) -e5)e loo.in/ at the 9T -o)d, malak, o) the NT -o)d, angelos, the meanin/ is still the same, messenger. No- the idea of a messen/e) did not +onnote infe)io)it0, *,t )athe) that he)e *efo)e 0o, is one that has *een sent -ith a messa/e, o) fo) a p,)pose. His position, nat,)e, o) name a)e not in 1ie-, ,nless the0 a)e spe+ified *0 the passa/e. 2t simpl0 sa0s that the0 ha1e +ome to 0o, f)om anothe) pla+e and that the0 ha1e a p,)pose in mind, o) a messa/e to +on1e0 to 0o,. No- -hen -e ta.e the +o))e+t ,nde)standin/ of the -o)d, angel, and appl0 it to these sons of God, then -hat -e a)e left -ith is the idea that these sons of God1angels ha1e +ome f)om anothe) pla+e, -ith a p,)pose in mind. 3,t -hat p,)poseB And eAa+tl0 -he)e did the0 +ome f)omB 8eein/ that the0 a)e angels, then the nat,)al ass,mption is that the0 +ame f)om hea1en. 3,t seein/ that the an+ient -o)d ,sed fo) the nephilim )efe))ed to Nephilia, o) the +onstellation 9)ion, then it -o,ld indi+ate that these nephilim +ame f)om *rion4 :a) fet+hed 0o, sa04 Then a++,)atel0 define -he)e the fi)st, se+ond and thi)d hea1ens a)e. 6he)e is thei) lo+ation and -he)e does the one end and the othe) one *e/inB And -h0 -o,ld it *e so fa) fet+hed to a++ept that in the infinite 1astness of the ,ni1e)se an/els -o,ld d-ell the)eB 9) that the fallen an/els -o,ld d-ell the)e *e+a,se the0 lost thei) pla+e in hea1enB
And the nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also after that. This sho-s that these nephilim, these /iants, -e)e on the ea)th before the flood and after the flood. And as noted, this p)e+l,des that the da,/hte)s of Adam -e)e the ,nsa1ed line of 7anaan, *e+a,se the line of 7anaan -as -iped o,t *0 the flood. 2n fa+t, all h,mans and all the nephilim -e)e dest)o0ed *0 the flood, eA+ept fo) Noah5s line. 8o to ha1e nephilims/iants afte) the flood, then it -o,ld ha1e to mean that these sons of God not onl0 +ame to the ea)th one o) mo)e times before the flood, *,t also one o) mo)e times after the flood, and *0 means of ha1in/ di)e+t inte)+o,)se -ith -omen, o) th)o,/h /eneti+ manip,lation, -e)e a*le to +)eate a )a+e of h0*)id /iants. And the0 ma0 still *e doin/ this toda04
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This passa/e tells ,s that the fa+t that the nephilim eAist is d,e to the e1ent of -hen the sons of the elohim came into the the daughters of Adam, o) -hen these +elestial *ein/s +ame into the female of the spe+ies of Adam5s )a+e. And that the aspe+t of them coming in unto the da,/hte)s of men )es,lted in these -omen *ea)in/ thei) +hild)en4 The ph)ase come into is, bo, and -as ,sed fo) mo1ement to-a)d a spe+ifi+ /oal. 2n a +onW,est +onteAt it meant to ta.e as the spoils of -a). No- some -ill sa0, ho- in the -o)ld +an angels ha1e seA -ith -omenB A)en5t the0 s,pposed to *e li.e the angels in hea1en that do not ma))0B 3,t the Co)d +o,ld ha1e *een )efe))in/ to the /ood angels in hea1en -ho do not ma))0. 3,t -hat a*o,t the passa/e in Genesis 1= -he)e the Co)d sho-ed ,p -ith t-o angels at A*)aham5s tent. The)e the0 -e)e des+)i*ed as men -ith heads, feet, et+., and they ate the food that Abraham had prepared, all *iolo/i+al f,n+tions. 8o -e see that an/els +an, at the 1e)0 least, ta.e on a h,man fo)m and *e a*le to f,n+tion as h,mans do: -al., tal., see, hea), eat, et+.. 2f the0 +an do these thin/s in h,man fo)m, then it5s +etainl0 possi*le that the0 +an do the othe). V1en 8atan is a*le to t)ansfi/,)e himself into an an/el of li/ht, and he +e)tainl0 is the fa)thest thin/ f)om that4 9) the)e is anothe) distin+t possi*ilit0 of these +elestial *ein/s *ein/ a*le to fathe) +hild)en -ith h,man mothe)s *0 the ,se of /eneti+ en/inee)in/, -he)e the0 ta.e thei) ZNA and +)eate a +hild ,sin/ the e// of a h,man female. A +hild that is *oth h,man and +elestial, .ind of a sta) +hild. 6e m,st .eep in mind that the 1e)0 fi)st p)ophe+0 -as not F,st a*o,t the oessiah of God, ;es,s 7h)ist, *ein/ *o)n to a h,man mothe), but also that the devil would have a child born to him4 eAnd 2 will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.e Genesis <:1t Her seed )efe)s to the h,man son, ;es,s 7h)ist, -hose :athe) is God, *o)n to a h,man -omanD thy seed )efe)s to a h,man son *o)n to a h,man -oman, -hose fathe) is the de1il4 In both cases you have a child whose father is not from this earth, and a female human from this earth4 9ne is f)om God, the othe) one is f)om 8atan. The !ephilim eAisted, EeAist still toda0BG, as the )es,lt of the sons of the elohim and -omen. 8pea.in/ f)om a lan/,a/e standpoint, it is *ette) to app)oa+h the definin/ of the te)m nephilim, not f)om the standpoint of definin/ thei) ph0si+al +ha)a+e)isti+s, *,t to denote thei) lineage. The 7anaanites +ame f)om 7anaan, the 2s)aelites +ame f)om 2s)ael, the 8ethites +ame f)om 8eth, the ooa*ites +ame f)om ooa*D 0o, see the idea. 8o, -hen -e +ome to the -o)d !ephilim, it is in .eepin/ -ith the definin/ of one5s parental linea/e, to sa0 that the !ephilim +ame f)om those f)om !ephilia, o) the +onstellation 9)ion4 6hen loo.in/ at people in dete)minin/ thei) linea/e, it is al-a0s the seed line that is t)a+ed *a+. to the one the0 +ame f)om, )athe) than F,st ph0si+al +ha)a+te)isti+s.
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And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants0 and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.? N,m*e)s 1<:<<
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As mentioned *efo)e, this is the fi)st des+)iption of the !ephilim as *ein/ /iants in siJe. The +ompa)ison is not to *e ta.en in that the0 -e)e F,st a +o,ple of feet talle) than the 2s)aelites, *,t that the0 -e)e so /i/anti+ in siJe that the 2s)aelites -e)e li.e /)asshoppe)s to them. 8ome -)ite)s ha1e s,)mised that the spies -ho +ame *a+. -ith the ne/ati1e )epo)t -e)e spea.in/ in h0pe)*ole, o1e) eAa//e)atin/ thei) siJe, so as to not appea) +o-a)dl0, *,t if this -as so, then ;osh,a and 7ale* -o,ld ha1e immediatel0 spo.en o,t to +o))e+t them. 2nstead the0 didn5t a)/,e the siJe, *,t a/)eed that the0 -e)e /iants, *,t said that the0 +o,ld ta.e them -ith the Co)d5s help.
Almost *e0ond +omp)ehension o) *elie1a*ilit0 -as the find of the t-o sepa)ate ./ foot tall h,man )emains ,n+o1e)ed *0 7a)tha/inians some-he)e *et-een 2yy-6yy 37. The Anakim: This -as anothe) name fo) the 6at+he)s. 2t means the des+endants of Ana.?, o) Vno+h, 7ain{s son. Tho,/h it -as said that a flood had *een sent to dest)o0 them, the)e -e)e still enti)e +ities of Ana.im in 7anaan as late as the time of ooses. And 0ewish chronicler 0osephus states that even in his own day it was not uncommon for people to dig up gigantic s$eletal remains. 7ai,s ;,li,s be),s oaAimin,s, also .no-n as oaAimin,s Th)aA E2<t-2<= A.Z.G -as a |oman soldie)empe)o) -ho spent his )ei/n on +ampai/n. oaAimin,s -as *o)n in Th)a+e to a Gothi+ fathe) an Alani+ mothe) in a*o,t 1>< A.Z.. He -as )epo)tedl0 =5 feet, siA in+hes E2.tzmG tall, and of t)emendo,s st)en/th. 2n an an+ient teAt of the ;e-s, -e )ead an astonishin/ des+)iption of some of these /i/anti+ Amo)ites -hom the 2s)aelites +onW,e)ed. 2n 3,*e)5s Tanhuma, Ze1a)im >, the teAt tells ,s of a |a**i ;ohnanan *en }a..ai5s en+o,nte) -ith the |oman Vmpe)o) Had)ian. This e1ent o++,))ed in a*o,t A.Z. 1<t, soon afte) the |oman 1i+to)0 in the 3a) mo+h*a -a), -hen the ;e-s )e*elled a/ainst the |omans. The teAt )eads: eThe -i+.ed empe)o) Had)ian, -ho +onW,e)ed ;e),salem, *oasted, 52 ha1e +onW,e)ed ;e),salem -ith /)eat po-e).5 |a**i ;ohanan *en }a..ai said to him, 5Zo not *oast. Had it not *een the -ill of Hea1en, 0o, -o,ld not ha1e +onW,e)ed it.5 |a**i ;ohanan then too. Had)ian into a +a1e and sho-ed him the *odies of Amo)ites -ho -e)e *,)ied the)e. 9ne of them meas,)ed ei/hteen +,*its papp)oAimatel0 <y feetr in hei/ht. He said, 56hen -e -e)e dese)1in/, s,+h men -e)e defeated *0 ,s, *,t no-, *e+a,se of o,) sins, 0o, ha1e defeated ,s5e EW,oted in Judaism, edited *0 A)th,) He)tJ*e)/, p.1tt-1t6, Geo)/e 3)aJille), Ne- ao).: 1z62G. A +hampion named Goliath, -ho -as f)om Gath, +ame o,t of the qhilistine +amp ... Then the qhilistine said, eThis da0 2 def0 the )an.s of 2s)ael4 Gi1e me a man and let ,s fi/ht ea+h othe).e |eadin/ f,)the), *oth in 2 8am,el 21:16-22 and 2 7h)oni+les 2y:@-=, -e dis+o1e) that Goliath had fo,) )elati1es, also /iants: 1G 2shbi(/enob, -hose *)onJe spea)head -ei/hed th)ee h,nd)ed she.els Emo)e than se1en po,ndsG and -ho said he -o,ld .ill Za1idD 2G Saph Eo) 8ippaiG, anothe) des+endant of |apha Ethe /iantGD <G "ahmi Ethe *)othe) of GoliathG, -hose spea) shaft )esem*led a -ea1e)5s )odD and @G a h,/e man E,nnamed in the teAtG -ith siA fin/e)s on ea+h hand and siA toes on ea+h foot. Goliath and these fo,) -e)e all des+endants of $apha in Gath, eand they fell at the hands of %avid and his mene 2 8am,el 21:22 and 2 7h)oni+les 2y:= Za1id appa)entl0 .ne- in fa+in/ Goliath that these othe) fo,) mi/ht also ha1e to *e )e+.oned -ith. 8o Za1id p)epa)ed himself to ta.e do-n all fi1e /iants, one stone pe) /iant, if need *e. The 3i*le tells ,s that the othe) fo,) did fi/ht a/ainst Za1id and his a)m0 in late) *attles, and all fo,) -e)e defeated.
And in the fourteenth year came 5hedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the $ephaims in Ashteroth :arnaim, and the 3u9ims in +am, and the Emims in Shaveh :iriathaim,? Genesis 1@:t The Emim a)e mentioned onl0 th)ee times in the 9T in Genesis 1@:t, Ze,te)onom0 2:1y, The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the AnakimsD? And Ze,te)onom0 2:11, hich also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the 8oabites call them Emims.? 2t appea)s that the Nephilim *)an+hed o,t into fo,) diffe)ent lines: the Anakim, the Rephaim, the Zuzim and the Emim. And there we saw the !ephilim, the sons of Anak, who were derived from the !ephilim.? N,m*e)s 1<:<<a The Emim appea) as a sepa)ate line f)om the Anakim, *,t the ooa*ites /a1e them the name Emim fo) a )eason, instead of )efe))in/ to them as Anakim. The -o)d emah had the idea of te))o) in it, to *e te))ified, to *e pa)al0Jed -ith fea), fea) to the pla+e of d)ead, the -o)se t0pe of fea). 9ne +an *e st),+. -ith te))o) *0 animals, s,+h as the +)o+odile, o) *0 man in an in1adin/ a)m0. The)e +an also *e the pe)sonifi+ation of te))o) -he)e f)i/ht, te))o), d)ead a)e em*odied in a pe)son. The -o)d in the pl,)al, emim, tells ,s that -e a)e dealin/ -ith fea) in all this, in that these *ein/s -e)e the pe)sonifi+ation of fea) -he)e1e) the0 -ent. And if it5s t),e that the0 des+ended f)om the !ephilim, that they were half human and half celestial being hybrids, and that they were violent and giants, then it is easy to see why the 1oabites called them Emim ' Terror4 The)e5s anothe) ,sa/e of the -o)d and it *)in/s o,t the idea of *ein/ eA+ellent o) ma/nifi+ent, o) as ma/nifi+ent as the sta)s. This all,des to the +on+ept that the Emim a)e someho- +onne+ted -ith the sta)s, and the0 -o,ld *e seein/ that the0 des+ended f)om the !ephilim f)om !ephilia, and that the0 -e)e eA+ellent ph0si+al spe+imens of h,manit0 I the master race4 And in the fourteenth year came 5hedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth :arnaim, and the 3u9ims in +am, and the 'mims in Shaveh :iriathaim,? Genesis 1@:t The)e a)e fo,) lines, as nea) as -e +an tell, that *)an+hed o,t f)om the !ephilimD the0 -e)e the Anakim, the 'mim, the 3u9im and the $ephaim. And the0 all had the same +ha)a+te)isti+s. The0 ma0 ha1e loo.ed a little diffe)ent, *,t the0 -e)e all /iants in siJe. The $ephaim a)e mentioned th)ee times in the 9T in ooses5 -)itin/s. Genesis 1@:t, And in the fourteenth year came 5hedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth :arnaim, and the 3u9ims in +am, and the 'mims in Shaveh :iriathaim,? Genesis 1t:2y And the +ittites, and the ;eri99ites, and the Rephaims,? Ze,te)onom0 <:11, <or only #g king of /ashan remained of the remnant of giants -Rephaim.; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in $abbath of the children of Ammon7 nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.? And the p)ophet 8am,el spo.e of them fo,) times, *,t in the sin/,la). 2 8am,el 21:16 - And 2shbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant -Rapha., the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain %avid.? 2 8am,el 21:1= - And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the ;hilistines at Gob0 then Sibbechai the +ushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant -Rapha..?
2 8am,el 21:2y - And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand si= fingers, and on every foot si= toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant-Rapha..? 2 8am,el 21:22 - These four were born to the giant -Rapha. in Gath, and fell by the hand of %avid, and by the hand of his servants.? As -e had seen in Ze,te)onom0 <:11 the *ed of 9/, .in/ of 3ashan, -as z +,*its *0 @ +,*its Eapp)oAimatel0 1@5 *0 65G. Zependin/ ,pon -hethe) this -as the sa+)ed, )o0al, o) p)ofane +,*it *ein/ ,sed, 9/5s *ed -o,ld ha1e *een some-he)e *et-een 1@5 *0 65, all the -a0 to 1>56? *0 >56?D ma.in/ 9/ some-he)e *et-een 1< to 16 feet tall4 2t is ha)d to sa0 -hethe) the sa+)ed, )o0al, o) p)ofane +,*it -as *ein/ ,sed 1=?, 2y?, o) 22?, *,t it -o,ld p,t Goliath some-he)e at a minim,m of z5 655 tall, all the0 -a0 ,p to 115 6? tall4 And he -as a little /,0 +ompa)ed to the othe) des+endants of the !ephilim. These /iants -e)e li1in/ in the p)omised land -hen God *)o,/ht the 2s)aelites into it. E6hen the0 said /iants the0 -e)en5t .iddin/G. And the0 -e)e li1in/ the)e *a+. in the time that A*)aham -as the)e. 2t didn5t matte) if the0 -e)e !ephilim, Anakim, 'mim, $ephaim, o) 3u9im, E;oseph,s )efe))ed to them as the Gibborim, 3oo. t.2.<G, the0 -e)e all /iants. !hat this showed is that their gene lived on4 Genesis 1@:t said, And in the fo,)teenth 0ea) +ame 7hedo)laome), and the .in/s that were -ith him, and smote the $ephaims in Ashte)oth ma)naim, and the 3u9ims in Ham, and the 'mims in 8ha1eh mi)iathaim,? 3,t as -e see, some li1ed on and -e)e still ali1e -hen 2s)ael +ame into the land. 1 7h)oni+les 2y:6, And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, si= on each hand, and si= on each foot0 and he also was the son of the giant -Rapha..? ;osh,a 11:21, 22 And at that time came 6oshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from +ebron, from %ebir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of 6udah, and from all the mountains of 2srael0 6oshua destroyed them utterly with their cities. There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of 2srael0 only in Ga9a, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.? 3ashan -as )efe))ed to as the land of the /iants, appa)entl0 f)om the)e *ein/ so man0 /iants li1in/ the)e, and -as +ont)olled *0 the Amo)ites, -ho -e)e also said to *e 1e)0 tall in siJe. Amos 2:z, )et destroyed 2 the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the edars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet 2 destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.? No- -e ha1e seen so fa) that the -o)d Nephilim tells ,s that these /iants +ame a*o,t as the )es,lt of the fallen an/els and -omen, pe)haps f)om Nephilia, the A)amai+ -o)d fo) the +onstellation 9)ion. The Anakim, /iants also, -e)e .no-n fo) ha1in/ lon/ ne+.s, o) -ea)in/ some .ind of +olla) a)o,nd thei) ne+.s. The Emim, /iants also, -e)e .no-n to *e so 1iolent that the0 +a,sed te))o) -he)e1e) the0 -ent. No- -e /et to the Rephaim. The follo-in/ ideas ha1e *een asso+iated -ith the Rephaim: the dead, mino) deities, h,mans that ha1e *een deified, the shades of the dead, /iants, spi)its of the dead, dead so,ls, an eA+l,si1e /)o,p, he)oes, a pop,lation of /iants *anished to the nethe)-o)ld, a )a+e of /iants that eAisted afte) the flood. 2t /i1es ,s the idea that it -as a )a+e of s,pe) h,mans, -ho -e)e not totall0 h,man, -ho -e)e of s,+h immense siJe and st)en/th, that the0 -e)e )e/a)ded as di1inities. The0, li.e the othe)s, ma0 ha1e sta)ted in the *e/innin/ as the )es,lt of the sons of God -ith h,man females, *,t p)od,+ed females as -ell as males, so the0 +o,ld +a))0 o,t thei) o-n p)opa/ation. 2ecause there were generations of them, it shows that they could pass on their own genes.
That also was accounted a land of giants0 giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them 3am9ummims;? Ze,te)onom0 2:2y The Zamzummim -e)e a t)i*e of /iants that seemed to *e -iped o,t in time. The -o)d +omes f)om 9am9um, -hi+h means to h,m, o) to ma.e a noise. Cite)all0, t)i*es ma.in/ a noise?. Appa)entl0 the0 had a pa)ti+,la) so,nd that the0 made, and p)o*a*l0 1e)0 lo,d d,e to thei) immense siJe, that distin/,ished them f)om e1e)0one else. 3efo)e the flood, -e had the !ephilim, -ho -e)e so named *e+a,se the0 -e)e the h0*)id offsp)in/ of the sons of god and h,man -omen. 6e also sa- that the0 /ot thei) name, !ephilim, not *e+a,se the0 -e)e the fallen ones, *,t *e+a,se the0 -e)e named afte) the !ephilim, those *ein/s f)om !ephilia. 3,t -e see that the)e -e)e !ephilim on the ea)th afte) the flood4 No-, *e+a,se -e .no- that the /eneti+ line of the !ephilim -as -iped o,t *0 the flood, -e +an onl0 +on+l,de that these sons of god came bac$ to the earth again to do the same thing all over again4 And f)om this o)i/inal )a+e of !ephilimsh,mansh0*)ids fo,) diffe)ent *)an+hes +ame fo)thD the Anakim, the $ephaim, the 'mim and the 3am9ummim. And -hat this tells ,s is that, *e+a,se the0 +ontin,ed on in *)an+h lines, they were capable of propagating themselves after they were made4 And this tells ,s that !ephilim females -e)e +)eated, as -ell as the males. 6hi+h histo)0 sho-s -as the +ase.
8o -e /et do-n to the W,estion, ho- -e)e the sons of god a*le to inte)a+t -ith h,man females in s,+h a -a0 to *)in/ a*o,t a )a+e of /iantsB
9ne eAplanation that is p,t fo)th is that the0 a)e a*le to t)ansfo)m themsel1es into h,man *ein/s, afte) -hi+h, the0 a)e +apa*le of pe)fo)min/ an0 ph0si+al +on+ept that othe) h,man *ein/s +an do. Anothe) eAplanation is that the)e a)e man0 diffe)ent +ate/o)ies of +elestial *ein/s, some ha1e -in/s and fl0, othe)s ha1e fo,) fa+es and hoo1es, and some a)e F,st li.e men. Genesis 1=:2 tells ,s of the Co)d -ith t-o +elestial *ein/s -ith him, -ho -e)e )efe))ed to as men, -ho met -ith A*)aham and ate food4 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him0 and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,? 2n the Gospel a++o,nt of ;es,s5 )es,))e+tion the Apostle ;ohn sa0s that the)e -e)e two angels at the tom*. And seeth two angels -messen/e)s. in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of 6esus had lain.? ;ohn 2y:12 3,t in C,.e5s a++o,nt he sa0s that the0 -e)e men4 And it came to pass, as they were much perple=ed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:? C,.e 2@:@ No- th)o,/ho,t the tho,sands of 0ea)s of histo)0, e1en to this da0, the people of #od have assumed that these giants were created as the result of these sons of god having sexual intercourse with women. And the )eason fo) that is *e+a,se it5s the onl0 -a0 that -e .no- of fo) h,mans to *e *o)n4 V1e)0 offsp)in/ of the animal -o)ld and e1e)0 offsp)in/ of the h,man -o)ld has *een *)o,/ht into eAisten+e onl0 one -a0 and that is th)o,/h seA,al inte)+o,)se4 That is ,ntil o,) /ene)ation4 No- -e .no-, that th)o,/h mode)n te+hnolo/0, that is still p)o/)essin/ as -e spea., h,mans +an *e *)o,/ht into eAisten+e -itho,t seA,al inte)+o,)se *0 gene manipulation and pla+in/ into a -oman5s -om*4 So, if we can now, why couldn't they then4
No- -e .no- that /iants eAisted *efo)e the flood and that the0 eAisted afte) the flood. 6e also .nothat the flood -iped o,t the p)eflood nephilim /iants, and appa)entl0 +onW,est *0 1a)io,s t)i*es and peoples th)o,/ho,t the -o)ld -iped o,t the post flood nephilim /iants, o) did the0B !hy do we assume that the post flood giants either died out as a line, or were $illed offB ao, mi/ht sa0, -ell oi.e F,st loo. a)o,nd. Zo 0o, see an0 1y5 to 125 tall people -al.in/ a)o,nd toda0B And the ans-e) is no. 3,t the0 -e)e he)e in the Ame)i+as as )epo)ted *0 man0 peoples, the V,)opeans, the 8panish, the oeAi+ans and the 2ndians sa- them. 6hen oa/ellan5s fleet an+ho)ed in qo)t 8an ;,lian the0 -e)e /)eeted *0 the site of a /iant so la)/e that the +)e-men didn5t e1en )ea+h his -aist. 6hen 8i) :)an+is Z)a.e an+ho)ed the)e is 1t>=, the0 didn5t see an0 that *i/, *,t sa- man0 o1e) >5 in hei/ht. 6hen Anthon0 mn01et 1isited in 1tz2 he -)ote of men 1y5 to 125 in hei/ht. 2n 161t +)e-men f)om the Z,t+h s+hoone) 6ilhelm 8+ho,ten fo,nd s.eletons 1y5 to 115 lon/. 6hen 7ommodo)e 30)on 1isited in 1>6@ he mentioned nati1es o1e) z5 tall4 3,t -hat if this +)eation of these h,man nephilim h0*)ids did +ome a*o,t as the )es,lt of ZNA modifi+ation, -he)e the /enes of these sons of god -e)e someho- int)od,+ed into the females of the h,man spe+iesB 2t is definitel0 possi*le and m,+h mo)e p)o*a*le that this is ho- it happened. 2t -o,ld also eAplain an on/oin/ ope)ation *0 these sons of /od, *efo)e and afte) the flood, to someho- +)eate and pe)fe+t the pe)fe+t h,man nephilim h0*)id4 An idea 1e)0 simila) to the A)0an s,pe) )a+e theme, -he)e e1en the -o)d Aryan is simila) to the -o)d 9)ion ENephiliaG. The p)o*lem -ith these h,man nephilim h0*)ids is that thei) +hief ph0si+al +ha)a+te)isti+ -as that the0 -e)e /i/anti+ in siJe. 2f the !ephilim sons of god -e)e still pe)fo)min/ /eneti+ eApe)imentation on -omen toda0, E-hi+h the0 p)o*a*l0 a)eG, and t,)nin/ o,t /iants 1t5 to 2y5 tall people -o,ld +e)tainl0 ta.e noti+e of that and sta)t as.in/ W,estions. 2ut what if they had found a way to isolate the gene that caused the tremendous growth and turn it off , so to spea$3 *r find the gene they were lac$ing that caused their growth and put it in3 2n 1zz> s+ientists at ;ohn Hop.ins nni1e)sit0 in 3altimo)e dis+o1e)ed a /ene in mi+e -hi+h the0 +alled /)o-thsdiffe)entiation fa+to) I = EGZ:-=G. The mi+e -e)e alte)ed /eneti+all0 to delete this /ene -ith the )es,lt that they grew two to three times their normal s$eletal si4e with enormous muscles. The0 -e)e not onl0 m,+h st)on/e), *,t ,p to th)ee times la)/e) at the same time. 6hat if these nephilimsh,man h0*)id /iants had *een la+.in/ this /ene e1e) sin+e the Nephilimssons of /od5s had *een eApe)imentin/ on -omen and *e+a,se the0 la+.ed that /ene the0 /)e- to thei) t)emendo,s siJeB 3,t, -hat if the !ephilim sons of /od no- in )e+ent histo)0 -e)e a*le to add this /ene into the miA and no- -e)e a*le to *)in/ the hei/ht of thei) h,man h0*)ids f)om 125 to 1=5 tall do-n to a no)mal 65 tallBB !hat this would mean is that instead of drawing attention to these human hybrids because of their enormous si4e, they would be able to fit right into the ebb and flow of human life here on the earth without standing out, without being detected in any way, because now they would loo$ li$e everyone else" %xcept for the one major fact that they are not truly human4 The o)i/inal nephilimsh,mansh0*)id /ene -as dest)o0ed *0 the flood. Noah and his famil0 didn5t ha1e it, so it had to *e )eint)od,+ed *a+. into the h,man /ene pool after the flood. The !ephilim ha1e *een doin/ this as an on/oin/ ope)ation fo) 0ea)s -ith some p,)pose in mind. 2ut what purpose4
2 thin. the p,)pose -as t-o fold, p)o*a*l0 mo)e. *ne, thei) /oal -as to -ipe o,t the h,man )a+e, as God +)eated it, th,s dest)o0in/ Adam5s seed. The0 almost s,++eeded *efo)e the flood, *,t God spa)ed Noah and his famil0, th,s p)ese)1in/ the o)i/inal and t),e h,man /ene pool. The second p,)pose -as if the0 +o,ld dest)o0 the h,man )a+e -ith these h0*)ids, then the)e +o,ld ha1e *een no -a0 that God +o,ld ha1e the oessiah *o)n of man and die fo) o,) sins on the +)oss4 9n+e the last t),e h,man died o,t, then all hope -as /one fo) h,manit0 to *e sa1ed. And alon/ -ith that -as an0 othe) plans that God mi/ht ha1e had fo) man.ind th)o,/ho,t all ete)nit04 3,t the)e -as anothe) p,)pose that the !ephilim had in mind and it /oes *a+. to -hat God said to the se)pent in the /a)den. eAnd 2 will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.e Genesis <:1t As God had his 8on, the Co)d ;es,s 7h)ist, *o)n of an ea)thl0 -oman, so the de1il -ill ha1e his son *o)n of an ea)thl0 -oman4 The 5hrist versus the Antichrist4 6hen the time -as )i/ht God int)od,+ed his 8on into the affai)s of menD the pe)fe+t man -itho,t sin. He -as t),l0 h,man, *,t did not ha1e the sinf,l nat,)e of Adam. The )eason -h0 is *e+a,se e1en tho,/h he -as *o)n of a h,man -oman as his mothe), he had the nat,)e of his :athe) in hea1en. The fallen nat,)e of man EAdamG is passed do-n onl0 th)o,/h the seed of the man. Adam5s fallen nat,)e is passed do-n to h,manit0 th)o,/h the seed, not th)o,/h the -oman. 2f one ta.es Adam5s seed o,t of the eW,ation, then Adam5s nat,)e +annot *e t)ansmitted do-n. 3,t if 0o, p,t the seed of these 7elestial 3ein/s, -ith C,+ife) in 1ie-, into the miA, then -hat 0o, end ,p -ith is a f,ll0 h,man h0*)id, who has 6ucifer's nature in him4 6hen -e loo. at the !ephilim, and W,ite possi*l0 the end time Anti+h)ist, -e +an eApe+t to see the same pa)allel. He -ill not ha1e the fallen nat,)e of Adam *e+a,se he did not +ome f)om Adam5s seed. Instead he will have the nature of Satan, who will be his father, but he will be far more sinful, evil and violent than anything Adam was in his sinful state. 6e had seen that the !ephilim h,man h0*)ids -e)e .no-n fo) *ein/ much larger than o)dina)0 h,mans that des+ended f)om Adam5s seedD that the0 -e)e much stronger than Adam5s )a+eD and that the0 -e)e m,+h more angry and violent than Adam5s )a+e. This -o,ld onl0 stand to )eason fo), if the seed the0 +ame f)om -as f)om the ZNA of the 7elestial 3ein/s that had )e*elled a/ainst God, then thei) +ha)a+te)isti+s -o,ld ha1e *een passed do-n the /ene line. All the an/els of God a)e .no-n fo) *ein/ of t)emendo,s siJe, st)en/th and po-e), and in the +ase of the ones -ho Foined in -ith C,+ife), then thei) soul +ha)a+te)isti+s, if 0o, -ill, o) thei) nat,)e, -o,ld ha1e the ideas of tremendous rage and violence. These characteristics would have to been passed down in the gene pool by the (ephilim from (ephilia to the human hybrids $nown as (ephilim. And it only stands to reason that the reason why the false prophet and the antichrist will direct the world's attention and worship to 6ucifer is because 6ucifer is his father" And at the same time, he will direct all his seething rage against 5hristians, because his father hates #od, his Son 0esus 5hrist, and all those on earth who belong to the 6ord4 The end time anti+h)ist and false p)ophet a)e .no-n as the *east f)om the sea and the *east f)om the ea)th. qe)haps to sho- that the0 a)e not t),l0 h,man. 6e do .no- that the0 -ill *e th)o-n into the Ca.e of :i)e -itho,t /oin/ to the ;,d/ement seat as h,mans -ill.
This *)in/s ,s to an inte)estin/ W,estion. Zo the0 ha1e so,ls in the sense that h,mans ha1e so,lsB 9) a)e the0 so,lless *easts, loo.in/ li.e h,mans on the o,tside, -al.in/ and tal.in/ li.e h,mans do, *,t inside the0 ha1e no so,ls, at least not li.e -e do. 2f that5s the +ase, and it p)o*a*l0 is, then the)e is no sal1ation fo) them. 7h)ist died fo) Adam5s )a+e, not fo) the )a+e of the Nephilim. :o) fo,) tho,sand 0ea)s, it -as ta,/ht that -hen the !ephilim died, *efo)e o) in the flood, that thei) so,ls did not /o do-n to Hades, *,t instead wandered around the earth as disembodied spirits see$ing to indwell a human body. These disem*odied spi)its -e)e the demons tal.ed a*o,t so m,+h in the NT times, and -hat the0 -o,ld do is loo. fo) a h,man that the0 +o,ld +ome into and p,sh aside the h,man so,l and ta.e them o1e). 6hen that -as done, it -as said that the pe)son -as demoniJed and the0 )efe))ed to him as a demonia+. These !ephilim h,man h0*)id disem*odied so,ls a)e f)ee to -ande) the ea)th, and ha1e *een e1e) sin+e the flood and afte)-a)d, ind-ellin/ one pe)son afte) anothe) he)e on ea)th, E-hen that h,man dies the0 loo. fo) anothe) one to ind-ellG, and -ill +ontin,e to do this ,ntil ;es,s 7h)ist )et,)ns to ea)th and then the0 -ill *e th)o-n into the Ca.e of fi)e. The testimonies of ,nsa1ed people, -ho +laim that the0 ha1e the spi)it of of someone -ho li1ed a lon/ time a/o li1in/ inside of them, o) some sta) 1isito), o) some )emnant of an an+ient *ein/ -ho had li1ed he)e on ea)th man0 tho,sands of 0ea)s a/o, is p)o*a*l0 p)ett0 +lose to the t),th. VA+ept that -hat is )eall0 li1in/ in them is the spi)it of one of these disem*odied h,man Nephilim h0*)ids4 2f the !ephilim Efallen angels f)om NephiliaG fo,nd a -a0 to +ont)ol the /ene that +a,sed the /i/anti+ siJe in thei) h,man h0*)ids, then that means that the0 +o,ld *e -al.in/ a)o,nd on ea)th )i/ht no-, as no)mal h,mans, *,t no one +o,ld *e a*le to see it4 And -hen iss,es of God, 7h)ist, Adam5s sin, o,) sin, 7h)ist5s death on the +)oss, his )es,))e+tion, the need fo) sal1ation, et+., a)e p)esented to them, these +on+epts -o,ld mean a*sol,tel0 nothin/ to them4 The 3i*le is 1e)0 +lea) that /iants -al.ed the ea)th *efo)e the flood and afte) the flood. Histo)0 also *ea)s this o,t in +,lt,)e afte) +,lt,)e th)o,/ho,t the -o)ld o1e) the eons. Altho,/h in o,) da0 the)e seems to *e a +o1e) ,p of this *0 the scientific +omm,nit0. 9ne +an onl0 spe+,late as to -h04 oo)e than li.el0 it -o,ld disp)o1e e1ol,tion and s,ppo)t the 3i*li+al 1ie-. 2f the Nephilim a)e still -al.in/ a)o,nd toda0, onl0 in no)mal siJe, that -o,ld *e a so*e)in/ tho,/ht. 9ne -o,ld nat,)all0 eApe+t to find them intensel0 in1ol1ed in the V/0ptian m0ste)0 )eli/io,s s0stem that +ente)s a)o,nd 9)ion and those so)ts of thin/s. qe)haps -aitin/ fo) thei) people to )et,)n to the ea)th. 6hile 7h)istians a)e a-aitin/ the )et,)n to the ea)th of the one -ho +)eated a ne- +)eation inside them, th)o,/h faith in ;es,s 7h)ist4 A+t,all0 all this is *,ildin/ ,p to one /)and e1ent .no-n as the 3attle of A)ma/eddon, -hen ;es,s 7h)ist )et,)ns to ea)th to )et)ie1e his people, -he)e,pon he -ill *e met *0 the fo)+es of the Anti+h)ist to stop him. This Anti+h)ist -ill *e the p)od,+t of the seed of 8atan Foined -ith the e// of a h,man mothe). 2n his flesh he -ill *e h,man, *,t in his soul he -ill *e of the de1il. 2t is onl0 th)o,/h faith in ;es,s 7h)ist, *elie1in/ that he died on the +)oss fo) o,) sins, and his )es,))e+tion f)om the dead, that -e -ill es+ape all this and li1e -ith God fo)e1e). qasto) oi.e