THE SEED WAR - PART 8

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THE SEED WAR

PART 8

 John 8:44  Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Let’s begin our study, today, with recalling some terminology from this study of the seed war.

The “Watchers” were a class of angelic beings (very probably, seraphim) whose task it was, apparently, to observe the development of the seed of man (the descendants of Adam) upon the earth.  They compacted together to “sin a great sin” by leaving their original state to take on a corporeal existence in order to mate with the daughters of men. They are frequently referred to as the “fallen angels,” though they are not exclusively the only angels to fall from their original estate.  (We will discuss that point later.)

The “Nephilim” were the first generation of offspring of the Watchers and human women. They were enormous.  Extra-biblical historical records state they were as tall as 450 feet. These were the “Titans” of Greek mythology (which we now know was an embellished account of actual events).  The offspring of the Nephilim up to the time of the flood of Noah, were also referred to as Nephilim; but they were not as tall as their parents, though still huge in size compared to man.  The Watchers and the Nephilim became the foundation of all the false religions of the world. They were the gods of the Egyptians, the Babylonians, the Assyrians, the Greeks, the Romans, etc. This is why virtually every pantheon of deities around the world bears such strong resemblance.  The stories deviate only to accommodate each peoples’ culture and history.

The Watchers were chained and imprisoned. Noah’s flood destroyed man and the Nephilim from the face of the earth; but it did not destroy any sea-based offspring of the Nephilim. After the flood, it did not take long before the giants reappeared and began cultivating nations and tribes of giants in the earth.  These post-flood giants were identified as having come from the Nephilim, but they take on a new name:  the Rephaim.

The “Rephaim” were “the living dead.”  The Rephaim were the disembodied spirits of the pre-flood Nephilim who reinvigorated and reanimated the bodies of the dead giants and were able to resume the procreation of their bloodlines.

There is one very important individual that we have yet to identify in our study of the seed war; and that is “the Serpent.”  Traditional Christian teaching sets forth the following explanation:  “Lucifer,” who was perfect in his creation, fell from heaven and became “Satan.”  (This likely occurred between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2.)  Satan entered into the “snake” in the Garden of Eden and deceived Eve into eating the “apple;” and ever since, he has been at war with IAUE and man. These concepts are derived from Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28, neither of which passage has anything whatsoever to do with Satan. Absolutely all of this traditional theology about Satan is false. Christianity maintains a fairy tale version of this most important aspect of human history.

Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
                                                  
At the end of the Scriptures, we see a very telling verse that points us back to the very beginning of the Scriptures.  Here we see John identifying “that old serpent” (a term everyone knows refers to the serpent in the Garden of Eden), as also being “the great dragon” (a term most Christians have never contemplated), “the devil” (a term that does not appear even once in the Old Testament, but nearly 60 times in the New Testament), and “Satan” (a term that appears only 15 times in the Old Testament, 11 of which are in the book of Job, leaving only 4 times for the remaining 38 books of the Old Testament; and 34 times in the New Testament). One very telling aspect of this verse is the absence of the term, “Lucifer.”  If ever there was a time to demonstrate that Satan and Lucifer are the same character, this would have been it.  John provides four very distinct ways of identifying this character; but he does not link him with Lucifer.  That is because they are not the same character.

John 8:44  Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

A casual reading of this verse will only permit the traditional mind-trap to maintain its false concept of the devil; but if you look carefully at this verse, Yahushua clearly states that the devil was “a murderer from the beginning.”  In the Greek, this literally states that murder defined his nature.  It was how he was created. The devil was created an evil being.  He was created a murderer and a liar; and truth was withheld from him from the very moment of his creation unto this day.  I know this flies in the face of the gilded perception we have of IAUE; but IAUE is not afraid of proclaiming this about Himself.

Isaiah 45:5 I am IAUE, and there is none else, there is no Elohim beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am IAUE, and there is none else.
7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I IAUE do all these things.

“Satan” is not a name.  In Hebrew, it means “adversary” or “accuser.” In a courtroom, he would be the prosecutor, the one making the allegations of wrong-doing by others. “Satan” is a function. Quite literally, it is a class of created beings that were made specifically with a different nature and character than the rest of IAUE’s creation, a nature deprived of morality. They were made with a special purpose.  Throughout the Old Testament, not just these angelic beings were called “satan,” but all manner of persons assuming the role of an “adversary” are also called “satan” in the Scripture. It is a function, not a name.

Numbers 22:22 And Elohim’s anger was kindled because he (Balaam) went: and the angel of the Lord stood in the way for an adversary (satan) against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.

1 Samuel 29:4 And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow (David) return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary (satan) to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?

2 Samuel 19:22 And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries (satan) unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

1 Kings 11:14 And IAUE stirred up an adversary (satan) unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.

Have you ever wondered about those verses in the Old Testament that speak of “an evil spirit from IAUE” or a “lying spirit from IAUE” (Judges 9:23; 1 Sam 16:14-23, 18:10, 19:9; 2 Chronicles 18:22; 1 Kings 22:23)?

This verse, generally does not give believers a problem.

1 Chronicles 21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

However, when we see the same declaration made in the book of 2 Samuel, we begin to squirm in our theology.

2 Samuel 24:1 And again the anger of IAUE was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

In reality, all we are seeing in these two verses is that the anger of IAUE gave purpose to a satan.  It is not unlike when President Nixon said he wished someone ceased to be a problem for him, and one of his lynch men, Chuck Colson, went out and eliminated that problem.  President Nixon would never actually personally do anything; but his desire became a purpose for his hit man who was on staff to do just that sort of thing.

What about the “angel of death” that destroyed the first born in Egypt?

Isaiah 54:16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

IAUE created satans for very specific purposes. The book of Enoch says there were actually five satans; and they were named: Jeqon, Asbe’el, Gadre’el, Penemue and Kasdeja. The Book of Enoch states specifically that Jeqon was the one who brought the Watchers down to the earth and tempted them to mate with human woman; that it was Asbe’el who provided the Watchers with evil counsel to convince them to go through with their great sin.  It was Gadre’el that taught men how to kill (he was a murderer from the beginning); and it was Gadre’el that led Eve astray.  If you need to put a name to the devil, you can call him Gadre’el.

This sounds consistent with Messiah’s description of him.

John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

This is his nature.  He did not begin as a perfect and wonderful cherub.  The devil of the New Testament was one of five satans…the one who is a killer.

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

Interestingly, describing the devil as our “adversary” is defining him as an opponent in a lawsuit.  He is constantly levelling allegations and making claims against the brethren; and this is exactly what we see him doing in the book of Job.  He makes regular appearances in the courts of heaven to appear before IAUE and attempts to undermine IAUE’s children.  He is constantly seeking authority to wreak havoc upon the saints.  Heaven has been a courtroom scene for millennia. 

Hebrews 7:25 Wherefore he (Yahushua) is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto Elohim by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

This verse does not describe Messiah as one sitting at the right hand of IAUE in Heaven “praying to IAUE” day and night for the saints.  No, this word “intercession” means “to take one’s side and argue a case for him.”  The devil is constantly accusing the brethren, and Messiah is constantly defending them.

Luke 22:31 And the Master said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan (the accuser) hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
32 But I have prayed (made a case) for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.


So, today, we examined what it meant for the serpent to be called the devil and Satan. Next week we will continue this discussion to understand why he is also called the great dragon and that old serpent.

THE SEED WAR - PART 7

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THE SEED WAR

PART 7

Matt 13: 38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

In our last post we introduced an idea that, no doubt, is alien to what most Christians have ever heard in a lifetime of going to church:  There are races of men on the earth that are hybrids; part human, part Nephilim.  That this is true is indisputable from the Scripture. It is also a matter of documented historical records.

1 John 3:10 In this the children of Elohim are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of Elohim, neither he that loveth not his brother.

It is difficult for us, today, to visualize what it looked like for Joshua and the children of Israel to conquer the Promised Land.  They literally destroyed 31 nations, all of which were populated with giants…descendants of the Nephilim.  These giants were upwards of 30-40 feet tall.

Amos 2:9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

How were they able to accomplish such feats of unimaginable victory?

Exodus 23:23  For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.

When they walked in obedience to IAUE’s commands, they were absolutely invincible.  One would put a thousand to flight; two would put ten thousand to flight.  It was one miraculous battle after another where an army no taller than six feet in height, conquered nations five to six times their size.  So great were their victories that many of the giants fled in ships to avoid annihilation.

Historical records reveal that the Phoenicians were great ship builders and sailors.  The Phoenicians were a race compromised by the Canaanite bloodline.  They were populated with giants who fled the destruction taking place at the hands of Joshua and the Israelites. First, they sailed to Sardinia off the western coast of Italy; and from there to every other part of the world.  (Sardinia, today, has thousands of burial sites of giant bones; and one marker that declares that they came to Sardinia to escape Joshua the usurper and destroyer.)

We also know that in disobedience to IAUE’s command, there were Israelites who intermarried with the Edomites and the Canaanites. In particular, virtually the entire tribe of Dan was compromised, so much so that they separated themselves from the rest of Israel.

Judges 5:17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.

Much of the tribe of Dan, with its hybridized bloodlines, left Israel for Europe, Scandanavia, England and Ireland. They left numerous cities named after their tribe in their wake, as well as entrenching the bloodlines who became the royals of Europe who intermarried amongst themselves for millenia to maintain the purity of their bloodlines. The Nephilim have always believed their birthright was to rule the world. (You may not have noticed; but in Revelation 7 where 12,000 of “every tribe of Israel” was sealed from harm, the tribe of Dan is not included.)

Hybrid bloodlines permeated the Hebrew people; and they found a convenient home among the sects of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Genesis 49:17  Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

Matthew 3:7  But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Matthew 12:34  O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

Matthew 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves…
27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
  
Notice, Messiah is speaking to the Pharisees and states that THEY were the ones who slew Zacharias.  Messiah understood that he was speaking to the Rephaim who animated these children of the devil.

John 8:44  Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do…

Messiah saw clearly that the mixture of races, those of the seed of Adam and of the seed of the serpent, were present all around him in that day (hence his parable of the wheat and tares, and the parable of the sower).

Once you realize that the Nephilim bloodlines were not eradicated by Joshua’s overthrow of the Promised Land, you must embrace the fact they those hybrid bloodlines have continued on to this day.  Understanding this fact will unlock one of the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven.  It will open a whole new way of reading and understanding the Scriptures.  You will see things in the Scripture in ways you have never allowed yourself to see; and you will look at current events with a totally different perspective.  These bloodlines hate the Jews; they hate Adam’s race; they believe they have the right to rule the world; they believe they have the right to live forever; and they hate the seed of the woman.

THE SEED WAR - PART 6

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THE SEED WAR

PART 6

 Matthew 13: 10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

I have heard though the years, ministers and teachers explain that the parables of Yahushua were illustrations that all the people of that day should have been able to understand because they were set in terms that were common to them: folksy down-home tales that dealt with matters that were a part of their daily lives.  Again, I have heard different teachers explain that they were deliberately profound and difficult to understand in order that the people would hear and not understand, and thus fulfill the prophecy of Isaiah.  I suppose both positions have their arguing points; but what I rarely, if ever, have heard is that the parables were designed to decode “the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven.”  We also should note from our opening passage of Scripture that Messiah told his disciples, “it is given unto you to know,” so the parables clearly were not intended to discuss the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven in such a way that they should remain a mystery.

This word “parable” is translated from the Greek word, “parabole.”  It means “a metaphor or a simile,” to put two things in juxtaposition with each other.” (A metaphor is a figure of speech where one thing is stated to be another thing, i.e. “His fist was a steel hammer.”  A simile is a figure of speech that says one thing is as or like another thing, i.e., “Her countenance was like the early morning light.”) In the Old Testament, the word “parable” (mashal) means “a pithy saying, an ingenious comparison of two things.” 

Matthew 13: 34 All these things spake Yahushua unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

This reference to “the prophet” is taken from the Psalms.

Psalm 78:1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

Now, if we understand what Messiah was doing in fulfilling the Scriptures, we have to realize that despite the fact his parables used common every-day illustrations, his “metaphors and similes” were not about comparing contemporary experiences with the obvious. He was openly discussing the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven which had been kept secret from the foundation of the world; “dark sayings of old,” ancient truths.  With this in mind, let’s take a look at a very significant parable.

Matthew 13: 24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

Notice, in this story, it was not obvious that there were tares growing among the wheat until the wheat “brought forth fruit.”  THAT is when it was apparent that there were tares. Why is this?  It is because tares ("zunim” in Hebrew) are a kind of wheat that is changed, both as to its form and as to its nature. It is a bastardized wheat (hybrid) that is poisonous and which will mingle with wheat and, given the opportunity, change the nature of the wheat to become tares.  The physical difference between wheat and tares is only evident in the grain it produces.  Tares produce a black grain.

Now, let’s look at the Master’s own explanation of this parable.

Matthew 13:36 Then Yahushua sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Within the context of the series we have been studying, this explanation is quite illuminating. Here we see Messiah explaining that the children of the wicked one are living among the children of the kingdom.  They can only be truly detected by comparing their fruit with the fruit of the children of the kingdom.

This is a revolutionary concept; because it is contrary to natural thinking to consider that there is any real difference between one man and another as to his/her nature; and yet, there is a hybrid race living amongst the “human” race; and they have been here the whole time. Ever since the Nephilim were first born, and their offspring did their very best to corrupt all flesh on the earth (see Genesis 6); and even though the flood was designed to eradicate them from the earth; their descendants, the Rephaim, survived and revived to perpetuate their hybrid bloodlines.  This is ancient knowledge that used to be passed down from generation to generation; but which ceased being passed down ages ago (See Psalm 78), hence, becoming a mystery…something to be revealed at a later date.

Tares cannot produce good fruit.  They can only produce poison.  This should help us to better understand these remarks of Messiah:

Matthew 3:10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Matthew 7:17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

Matthew 7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

Matthew 7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Matthew 12:33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.

Then there is the “parable of the sower” in Matthew 13, Mark 4 and Luke 8.  There were four kinds of ground.  Only one ground had the capability of responding to the “seed” (the word of the Kingdom) and bear fruit.  The people represented by the other three grounds are NOT the children of the kingdom.  They are tares. They are incapable of bearing good fruit because they are of a hybrid race.  They are poisonous, and their objective is to contaminate the children of the kingdom to prevent them from bearing fruit.

Jude 12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

1 John 3:10 In this the children of Elohim are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of Elohim, neither he that loveth not his brother.

Because the children of the devil look like the children of the kingdom, as indicated by the parable of the sower, the gospel is shared with all peoples.  We cannot know what kind of ground they are; but we are to be “wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.”  Remember from previous posts, Joshua was instructed to annihilate the nations that had settled in the Promised Land; because leaving any of them there would provide a constant source of temptation and contamination of the people of Israel, as they would most assuredly lead them into idolatry and depart from the ways of the living Elohim.

We observed from the Scripture how Joshua and the children of Israel failed to obey the commandment of IAUE.  Do you think that those who remained alive just ceased to propagate?  Do you think their descendants do not exist unto this day? Their bloodlines have been carefully protected; and there are prominent families in the earth today who know with absolute confidence that they are descended from these Rephaim; and they believe they have the right to rule the world.

A war is coming---a war of two seeds.

THE SEED WAR - PART 5

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THE SEED WAR

PART 5

Genesis 14:5 And 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 Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.

Last week we observed that the Scripture identified the Zuzims, Emims, and Horites to be giants.  Though we may deduce by their association with these peoples that the Rephaims were also giants; we postponed that observation to this study.  It is interesting to note that this is the first time the word “Rephaims” is found in the Scripture; and yet, to the reader in that day, there was no question as to their identity; and they were understandably connected with the Zuzims, Emins and Horites.

The names of these tribes have interesting meanings. 

Zuzims – Wild beasts, roving creatures

Emims - Terrors

Anakim - The long necked ones (descendants of Anak)

Horims - Cave dwellers (name was derived from the fact they lived/hid in the caves of Mt. Seir)

In Deuteronomy 2:4-12, Moses was instructed by IAUE not to meddle with the children of Esau in Mt. Seir, nor with the Moabites in the land of Ar, as the children of Israel journeyed to the promised land; because they had each destroyed the giants (the Emims and the Horites) out of their lands.

So, who were the Rephaims?

Rephaim is one of the ways the Hebrew word “rapha” is translated.  It is also the primary word translated “giants” throughout the Old Testament.  If a person or people was referred to as a giant, they were “rapha” or Rephaim.  Put another way, ALL of the descendants of the Nephalim, were Rephaim. 

Deuteronomy 2:10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;

11 Which also were accounted giants (Rephaim), as the Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims.

When the fallen angels mated with human women, they produced the Nephilim.  They were the first race of giants, the first hybrids.  They were also the tallest and mightiest.  The Nephilim also mated and produced hybrid offspring; but they were not as tall.  Each succeeding generation seemed to be less tall than the prior generation as the Nephilim DNA was diluted with each hybrid mating with humans.  The Nephilim were as tall as 400-450 feet. They were known as the Titans in Greek legend; and their offspring were at least 30-40 feet tall. By the time we get post-flood, we see specific giants being identified as being between 12-16 feet tall; though Amos refers to some of them being as tall as cedar trees (30-35 feet tall).

Amos 2: 9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

According to the book of Enoch, Michael, the archangel, was sent by IAUE to stir up a battle among the Nephilim; and to force the Watchers to witness their own children killing each other until they were all dead.  The Watchers then were imprisoned in chains of darkness.  Peter tells us in 2 Peter 2:4, that they were imprisoned in Tarturus to await their coming judgment.

Enoch 10:11 And IAUE said unto Michael: 'Go, bind Semjâzâ and his associates who have united themselves with women so as to have defiled themselves with them in all their uncleanness.
12 And when their sons have slain one another, and they have seen the destruction of their beloved ones, bind them fast for seventy generations in the valleys of the earth, till the day of their judgement and of their consummation, till the judgement that is for ever and ever is consummated. 

The Nephilim killed each other to the last man; but their offspring did not kill each other.  They were permitted by IAUE to live for 500 years up to the flood of Noah. The flood killed all of the terrestrial and aviary offspring of the Nephilim; but it did not kill their water-borne descendants. (I know that sounds bizarre, but the Nephilim were masters of genetic manipulation and produced chimera-like offspring with all manner of animals, even fish.)

According to Numbers 13:33, all of the post-flood giant races were identified as being of the Nephilim.  Last week we recognized that there were various schools of thought on how these giants reappeared after the flood.  We concluded that the “how” of it did not ultimately matter.  They reappeared regardless of our being able to understand how they did.  One of the ways, however, that this was possible is revealed in this term for them, the Rephaim.

Literally, “rapha” means “to invigorate.”  The root word, “rafa,” means “to heal.” It is translated “giants” and also…”the dead.”  This yields a most interesting understanding about the post-flood giants.  Enoch tells us that the spirits of the giants that were destroyed by the flood became the restless spirits of wickedness we refer to today as demons.  In the post-flood era, they were able to “reanimate,” then continue to procreate. This is the unique meaning of “to invigorate” and “to heal” behind the term “Rephaim.”  This is where the legend of zombies originated.  They were quite literally, “the living dead.”  

Job 26:5 Dead things (the Rephaim) are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

The Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) reads: “Are not the giants formed from under the waters, and their neighbors?” 

The Chaldeean version reads: “Can the trembling giants be regenerated, when they and their hosts are under the water?” 

It is obvious from the Scriptures that the Rephaim procreated predominantly with the bloodline of Canaan, the cursed son of Ham. Virtually all of the giant races were Canaanite in origin during the time of Abraham, Moses, Joshua and through the reign of David and beyond.

When it came time for Abraham’s son Isaac to marry, Abraham forbade him to marry a Canaanite.

Genesis 24:2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

3 And I will make thee swear by IAUE, the Elohim of heaven, and the Elohim of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

When it came time for Isaac’s son Jacob to marry, Isaac forbade him to marry a Canaanite.

Genesis 28:1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughers of Laban thy mother's brother.

What did Esau, Jacob’s brother, do?

Genesis 28: 8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

If that was not clear enough, the account is clarified a few chapters later.

Genesis 36:1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.

2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;

3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.

When it came time for Joshua to lead the children of Israel into the Promised Land; they were instructed to destroy every man, woman, child and beast.  They annihilated 31 nations of giants in the land; but they did not obey the word of IAUE.  They covenanted with one race of giants; and they failed to destroy others.

Joshua 11:2  There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.

These three cities, Gaza, Gath and Ashdod, became three of the capitol cities of the Philistines, the one nation that remained a constant thorn in the flesh and prick in the eyes of Israel, even to this very day.  The Hebrew word translated “Philistine” is “Pelishtiy” from which we get the word, “Palestine” and “Palestinian.”  It (Gath) was also home to the most well-known giant in the Scriptures, Goliath, whom David killed.

2 Samuel 21:15-22 tells the story of the four giant (Rephaim) sons of the giant (Rephaim) (Goliath), being killed by individual warriors of Israel. 

The Rephaim still exist, today.  Their bloodlines have been protected throughout the generations of man.  Messiah spoke of this during his earthly ministry.  We will pick up there, next week.

The Seed War continues.

THE SEED WAR - PART 4

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THE SEED WAR

PART 4

Genesis 6:4 There were giants (Nephilim) in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of Elohim came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

Last week we introduced the subject of the Nephilim, the offspring of fallen watcher angels and the daughters of men. This intrusion into the natural order of things on earth was designed, ultimately, to destroy the bloodline of Adam as their hybrid DNA was infiltrating all flesh both of man and animal.  This period of time, 500 years prior to the flood, according to the book of Enoch, is of great significance to us today; because the conditions that surrounded Noah’s day, which marked the culmination of the wickedness and corruption of the Nephilim and their offspring is referred to by Yahushua as a sign of the time just preceding his return to take the throne of David.

Luke 17:26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

A casual reader of this passage would think that Messiah is talking about the people of Noah’s day as an indicator of the behavior of the human society of that day.  People, in general, in ANY day of human history eat and drink and marry wives.  What was it about the way it was done in Noah’s day that marks the conditions that will exist on the earth in the day Messiah returns?  The difference is in the word “THEY.”  He is not referring to man.  He is referring to the Nephilim and their offspring.  THEY were eating and drinking and giving in marriage.  That is NOT consistent with the nature of angels; and their hybrid offspring were not humans.  They were not made in the image and after the likeness of IAUE. That is what was extraordinary about that time.

The flood of Noah was the quick remedy; but it did not completely eradicate the infestation. On the “other” side of the flood (“and also after that”), we see the proliferation of giants, particularly among the descendants of Noah’s son Ham through the bloodline of Ham’s son Canaan; so much so that the term “Canaanite” became synonymous with the term giant.

Number 13: 29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.

30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.

32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.

33  And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

Ten of the twelve spies were convinced that the land of Canaan was unconquerable because not only were all the inhabitants giants, they were carnivores, eating the human inhabitants of the land.  These spies gave no consideration to the many giants the children of Israel destroyed during their 40 years in the wilderness.

There has been much discussion and disagreement over how giants reappeared after the flood.  Some talk of a second incursion of fallen angels.  Some refer to the books of Enoch and Jasher that speak of some of the offspring of the Nephalim surviving the flood.  Some believe the obvious explanation would be that Ham’s wife was a carrier of Nephalim DNA; and still others discuss that the flood of Noah did not cover the entire earth; but all the earth that was the focus of the civilization around Noah.  There may be more merit to some of these ideas than others; but the bottom line is, the answer does not really matter.  The giants reappeared and they continued to do what their ancestors did in corrupting all flesh.  HOW they got there is not nearly as important as THAT they got there; and understanding that they were not “human” explains why the standing order to Joshua was to kill every man, woman, child and beast throughout the land.  They were to make no covenant with them, and they were not to take their women as wives.  There could be nothing to remain either of the Nephalim DNA or of their genetic manipulation of their animals.

Messiah did not stop with the days of Noah as an indicator of the conditions of the world at the time of his return.  He also included one other time.

Luke 17:28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

Notice the term “likewise.”  In other words, the time of the days of Lot were similar to the time of the days of Noah.  “THEY” ate and drank and bought and sold, planted and builded.  Mankind has always done that.  What was different about this in the days of Lot?  Everyone is aware of the homosexual nature of the population of Sodom and Gomorrha. Jude says in verse 7 of his letter that they were “…giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh…”

The word used for “fornication” in this verse is “exporneuo” which means “to go whoring with a lust that gluts itself on sexual pleasure.”  It is the word from which we get the word pornography.

The word for “strange” flesh is “heteros” which means “another,” or “the other” as in flesh that is not of the same sex or of the same species; i.e., homosexuality or bestiality.

Now, we already know these things about Sodom and Gomorrah; but there was something else about these cities in the days of Lot that most people do not know. 

Genesis 14:1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations,

2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.

4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And 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,

6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.

7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.

Who were the Zuzims and the Emims and the Horites?

Deuteronomy 2:20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims (another name for the Zuzims);

21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;

Deuteronomy 2:10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;

11 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims.

22 As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:

We already know that the Amalekites and Amorites were giants.  That just leaves the Rephaims.  We will discuss the Rephaims in our next post.  Suffice it to say they were giants as well.  Thus we see that all around the possession of Lot, giants abounded; and THEY were rabidly lustful for all manner of sexual expression; which certainly would account for the reputation of Sodom and Gomorrah.

These were the signs of the times that Messiah said would precede his return.  It would not be mere men and women eating and drinking and going about their daily business affairs.  No, it would be an horrific scene of carnivorous giants lusting after the daughters of men, of rampant sodomites violating all resistance to their sexual cravings, of cross-breeding men with animals, of pornography abounding in such a way that it alters the normal appetites of man. 

Giants are returning to the face of the earth.  It is guaranteed by Messiah.  They are not going to be benevolent, though they will initially be presented to us that they are.  What we must understand is that their ultimate objective is to destroy the seed of the woman.  This has always been, and always will be a war of two seeds.

More next week.