“Nephilim” is a
term that has prompted numerous people to
e-mail, their curiosity piqued. I have touched
on matters surrounding the strange term in
"Nearing Midnight" commentaries. Others such
as Patrick Heron, as well as I, have presented
longer articles on the nephilim and corollary
topics in the "Newest Articles" section of the
Rapture Ready website. My recent novel series,
“Second Coming Chronicles,” “The Rapture
Dialogues,” and the just-released “The
Nephilim Imperatives” deal in a fictional way
with the topics involved with the nephilim,
but from a solid, biblical perspective.
I’ve chosen
one e-mail that particularly gripped my
interest and prompted me to choose this
subject for this "Nearing Midnight" piece.
Here is an excerpt from the note, which was
addressed not only to me, but to several
whom the e-mailer apparently considers
somewhat knowledgeable in Bible prophecy.
“…First,
I've always wondered why God destroyed
everything on earth, except Noah, his
family, and the pairs of animals. It just
seems strange God would 'lose His temper'
and destroy everything, and then promised
He would never flood the earth again.
Especially, [since] in my opinion,
humanity is just as bad now as humanity
[was] back then. We have pervasive
homosexuality and murdering of thousands
of innocent babies without blinking an
eye, just as starters on moral depravity…
Here [are]
a few questions I'd like to ask you
Watchmen on the Wall.
1) What
is it, with the fascination of the
nephilim? Recently, there's a lot of
activity on the study of the nephilim.
2) I thought angels were non-sexual
beings. I wasn't aware they could
procreate with each other, let alone
with women. Could you enlighten me
about this? 3) Finally, what does all
this have to do with the end times?
I'm not aware of any giants roaming
earth at the present time, as if
demon/human breeding going on…”
To
begin answering, I first want to
point again to the words of the Lord
Jesus, in which He foretold things
to come. I’m convinced He was
prophesying things that would take
place not only during the
tribulation, but in our present time
as well–the time just before He
calls the Church to be with him
(John 14:1-3; 1 Cor. 15:51-55; 1
Thes. 4:13-18; Rev. 3:10; Rev. 4:1):
“And as it was in the days of Noe,
so shall it be also in the days of
the Son of man” (Lk. 17:26).
The
“days of Noah” encompass a quite
large time line, with many things
happening. Two primary things
taking place during Noah’s
day–pertaining to our e-mailer’s
inquiry--were:
1)
The bene elohim (sons of God)
looked upon the flesh-and-blood
daughters of men, and came to
earth to have sexual relations
with them. The offspring of
these unions are the “nephilim.”
For the sake of space
limitations, I suggest you read
the account in Genesis, Chapter
6. 2) The same passages tell us
that violence filled the whole
earth at the time these nephilim
roamed the earth. These beings
were part supernatural, part
human. They were called by
Scripture “giants”. They
performed spectacular feats in
their day, the Genesis account
tells us. These are the beings,
it is believed, that inspired
the legends of Greek, Roman,
Norse, and other mythologies,
including Zeus, Apollo,
Hercules, Prometheus, Thor,
etc.–all the gods and demigods
that traversed the pages of
literature some of us read about
in our high school and college
days.
One
argument that some give who
believe the “sons of God” were
really the sons of Seth, the
son of Adam, say these
couldn’t be the fallen angels
because of the following
Scripture: “For in the
resurrection they neither
marry, nor are given in
marriage, but are as the
angels of God in heaven”
(Matt. 22:30).
The
"they’re-no-angels" camp
says angels are obviously
sexless, therefore do not
and cannot procreate. But,
that’s not what the
Scripture says. God’s Word
indicates the angels neither
marry, nor are married in
Heaven. The key words are
“in Heaven.” These fallen
“sons of God” left their
first estate–Heaven--the
book of Jude says. They
pursued “strange flesh,”
i.e., an order other than
their own. The term bene
elohim in almost every case
in the use of the Hebrew
term, means the created
order called “angels,” not
the procreated order of
being called “man.”
We’ve already
addressed the e-mailer’s
second question about
angels not procreating. We
go now back to the first
question asking why there
is presently such emphasis
on the things called
“nephilim”.
In my own case
of writing on the topic,
I can only say that I
sense an urging that I
believe is from God, the
Holy Spirit, to address
this topic that has
until now been for the
most part left out of
the dialogue in
eschatology (the study
of end things). I
believe others are
getting the same
prompting by the Lord to
make this whole UFO
thing a part of the mix
of things to come.
Jesus’ profound
foretelling in Luke 17
must be taken seriously.
He is, after all, the
Creator of all things
who knows all things.
The
proliferation of
sightings, reports of
abductions,
visitations, and many
other anomalous things
shows, I believe,
along with all other
signals, just where
this generation must
stand on God’s
prophetic time line.
We, indeed, seem to be
in the time Jesus
termed “as in the days
of Noah”. The Lord
always forewarns any
generation that is
about to endure His
judgment. This
generation is no
exception. Therefore,
He wants us to know
what these strange
lights in the sky
really mean in our
time.
STEPHENVILLE,
Texas (AP) -- In
this farming
community where
nightfall usually
brings clear, starry
skies, residents are
abuzz over reported
sightings of what
many believe is a
UFO. Ricky Sorrells
says he saw a flat,
metallic object
hovering about 300
feet over a pasture
behind his Texas
home. Several dozen
people -- including
a pilot, county
constable and
business owners --
say they have seen a
large silent object
with bright lights
flying low and fast.
Some reported seeing
fighter jets chasing
it. "People wonder
what in the world it
is because this is
the Bible Belt, and
everyone is afraid
it's the end of
times," said Steve
Allen, a freight
company owner and
pilot who said the
object he saw last
week was a mile long
and half a mile
wide. ‘It was
positively,
absolutely nothing
from these parts."
To get
what I believe to
be electrifying
insight and
discernment into
exactly what the
return of the
nephilim could
mean to mankind,
from a biblical
world view, I
recommend in the
strongest terms
that you read:
NEPHILIM STARGATES: The Year 2012 and the Return of the
Watchers
by Tom Horn.
The
end-times
battles
between
godliness and
spiritual
wickedness in
high places
increase
daily. God’s
royal
ambassadors
need to be
informed with
truth about
what they
face. This
volume will
fill in many
gaps that
exist in
comprehending
this matter of
spiritual
warfare.