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Inposible (Now York: Signet Book,
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tomes Valle, The Invisible Calege
. York: B. P. Dutton 1972 2 a
2 Vol Magni ly Aug 2,
Alan Landsbarg, tn Search Ang
Mites "(New Yorks Banta “cet
1974), p18,
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24, Jacques Va
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“Sons of God,”
“Daughters of Men”
The enaving of demons fora body, evident in
the Gospels offers atleast some parallel to this
ager for scoel exper
— Derek Kidner
In 1947 an Arab boy tending his sheep acci
dentally discovered an ancient eave near the Dead
Sea, In it were found a priceless collection of
fancient serolls which soon became known as the
Dead Sea Scrolls or the Qumran Texts. Among
these writings was one Known as the Genesis
‘Apocryphon, At first it was thought to be the long
Jost Book of Lamech. Although the seroll con
fisted of a speech by Lamech and a story about
fome of the patriarchs from Enoch to Abraham; it
was not that book.
‘According to the Bible, Lamech was the son of
Methuselah and the father of Noah. He was the
ninth of the ten patriarchs of the antedeluvian
world.
1 is significant, however, that the Genesi
Nepbilim, and makes
‘Apocryphon mentions. the
‘and the "daughters
reference to the “sons of God!
(of men” introduced in Genesis 6. The Apocryphon ‘The Omega Conspiracy
also elaborates considerably on the succinct state-
ments found in the Bible, and provides valuable
insights into the way these ancient stories were
{interpreted by the ancient Jews,
The sony ef the Genes Aperyphon disre
ered at Qumran dates back to'the Dad coat
BC, ‘but it was obviuny based on much lie
sourcen. When discvered in 1947) i hey
‘Bich mutilated from the ravage of tne and hn
Iidity. The sheets bad become ao bad eet
together that years pasted before the text nas in
Bhered and made known, When schalare fay
‘made public its content, the document enh
that celental beings fromm the skin hed oat
Planet Earth, More than tht, i tld hos sheen
beings had mated with Barh-momon er nee
Sentient
Js this story myth or history, fable oft Spe
Gilized research has revealed oat nan nec
legends have a basis in face But to apo
question, let us eonnit the mas acer s
deeument known to man the Bila
Jn Genesis 631-4 the “sons of Gad are capt
vated bythe beauty othe daughters of men” Thy
Subsequently ‘marry them and produce an nae
spring of pants known athe Nephi, Genco
sme on to aay that these Nephn were Si
men” and “men of renown” aa
“Sons of God"? "Daughters of men"? What sor
of beings were these? Were they human of at Gat
belong toan alien specs fom eer pace
a
‘Sons of God, Daughters of Men
IDENTIFYING
THE SONS OF GOD
‘There is no problem in identifying the “daugh-
ters of men” for this is a familiar method of desig-
rating women in the Bible. The problen lies with
the ‘sons of God." Three major interpretations
hhave been offered to shed light on this cryptic desig:
nation.
First, a group within orthodox Judaism theor-
Jed that “sons of God” meant “nobles” or “mag:
nates” Hardly anyone today accepts this view
‘Second, some interpret the "sons of God" as
fallen angels. These were enticed by the women of
Earth and began lusting after them. Many reput-
able Bible commentators have rejected this theory
‘on. paycho-physiological grounds. How can one
believe, they ask, that angels from Heaven could
‘engage in sexual relations with women from
arth? Philastrius labelled such an interpretation
‘a down-right heresy
‘Third, many famed scholars contend that the
sons of God" are the male descendants of Seth,
‘and that the “daughters of men” are the female
descendants of Cain. According to this view, what
‘actually happened in Genesis 6 was an carly
example of believers marrying unbelievers. The
‘rood sons of Seth married the bad daughters of
Cain, and the result of these mixed marriages
‘was a mongrel offapring. These later became
known for their decadence and corruption; indeed,
it reached such a degree that God was forced 10
“5 ‘The Omega Conspiracy
{intervene and destroy the human race, This
comment of Matthew Henry could be taken as
representative of those holding this view:
‘The sans of Seth (that is the professors of
religion) married the daughters of men, that is
those that were profane, and strangers to God
and godliness. The posterity of Seth did not heep
by thomssloes, os they ought 19 have dane. They
intermingled themselves tsith the excommanie
ated race of Cain!
However, in spite of the excellent pedigree of
the proponents of this theory, their argument is
not convincing. Their interpretation is pure
eisegesis — they are guilty of reading into the text
what is obviously not there.
FALSE EXEGESIS
‘Their interpretation fails on other grounds as
well. At no time, before the Flood or after, has God
destroyed or threatened to destroy the human race
for the sin of “mixed marriages.” It is impossible
‘to reconcile this extreme punishment with the
‘mere verbal strictures found elsewhere in the
Bible for tho same practice. If God is going to be
consistent, He should have destroyed the human
race many times over!
‘The contrast made in Genesis 6:2 is not be
tween the descendants of Seth and the descen-
ants of Cain, but between the “sons of God" and
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‘Sone of God, Daughters of Men
the “daughtere of men” If by “sons of God” is
meant “sons of Seth,” then only the sons of Seth en-
aged in mixed marriages, and not the daugh-
fers. And only the daughters of Cain were in-
volved, and not the sons. And another strange as:
sumption is implied: that only the sons of Seth
‘were godly, and only the daughters of Cain were
evil.
The strangeness is compounded when one
seeks for evidence that the sons of Seth were godly.
We know from Genesis that when the time came
for God to destroy the human race, He found only
fone godly family left among them — that of Noah.
‘Where were all the other supposedly godly sons of
Seth? Even Seth’s own son could hardly be called
righteous. His name was Enos, meaning “mortal”
fr “frail” And he certainly lived up to it! Genesis
£26 reads, "And to Seth, to him also there was
‘born a son; and he called his name Enos: chen
began men to call upon the name of the Lord.”
‘That statement seems harmless enough, but what
does it mean when it says that it was only now that
men began to call upon the name of the Lord?
Upon whom did Adam call? And Abel? And Seth
himsel
‘Some scholars give us a more literal and
exact translation to this verse: “Then men began to
tall themselves by the name of Jehovah.” Other
Scholars translate the statement in this manner:
“Then men began to call upon their gods (idols) by
the name of Jehovah.” If either of these be the
correct. translation then the evidence for the s0-
called godly line of Seth is non-existent, The truth
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of the matter is that Enos and his line, with few
noted exceptions, were as ungodly as the other
line. The divine record could not be clearer: “all
flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth”
(Genesis 6:12).
In the Old Testament, the designation “sons of
God” (bene Elohim) is never used of humans, but
always of supernatural beings that are higher
than man but lower than God. To fit such a
category only one species is known — angels. And
‘the term “sons of God” applies to both good and bad
gels, These are the beings of whom Augustine
Like the gods they have corporeal immar-
tality end passions like human begs?
‘The designation “sons of God” is used four
other times in the Old Testament, each time
referring to angels. One example is Daniel 8:25,
where king Nebuchadnezzar looks into the fiery
furnace and sees four men, “and the form of the
fourth is like the son of God.” The translation is
different and clearer in our modern versions, "ike
‘son of the gods.” Since Jesus had not yet became
the ‘only begotten son” of God, this “son” would
have had tobe angelic.
‘Another example is Job 98:7 which says the
sons of God shouted for joy when God laid the
foundations of the Earth. Angels are the only
entities that fit this designation since man had not
been created at that time!
In Job 1:6 and Job 2:1 the “sons of God” came
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to present themselves before the Lord in Heaven,
‘Among the sons of God is Satan — a further
‘implication that the ‘sons of God” must have been
angels.
‘Since the designation “sons of God” is
consistently used in the Old Testament for angels,
it is logieal to conclude that the term in Genesis
6:2 also refers to angels.
SONS OF GOD:
THREE CATEGORIES
In the New Testament, born-again believers
{in Christ are called the children of God or the sons
of God (Laake $:38, John 1:12, Romans 8:14, 1 John
82), Dr. Bullinger in the Companion Bible states:
“It is only by the divine spocfic at of ereation that
‘any created being can be called ‘a son of God.’ *
‘This explains why every born-again believer is a
on of God. It explains also why Adam was a son
fof God. Adam was specifically created by God, “in
the likeness of God made He him" (Genesis 5:1.
‘Adam's descendants, however, were different;
they were not made in God's likeness but in
‘Adam's. Adam “begat a son in his own likeness,
‘after his image” (Genesis 5:3). Adam was a “son of
God,” but Adam's descendants were “sons of
Lewis Sperry Chafer expresses this in an
interesting way when he states:
In the O14 Trstement terminology angels
s9 ‘The Omege Conspiracy
are called sone of God while men are called
sereants of God. In the New Testament this is
versed. Angels are the servants and Chris:
ligne ae the sons of God?
1 is thus clear that the term *sons of God in
the Bible is limited to three categories of beings:
angels, Adam and believers. All three are special
and specific creations of God. As for the use of the
term in Genesis 6, since it eannot possibly refer to
‘Adam nor believers in Christ, we eonclude that it
has to refer tothe angels whom God had ereated,
LIGHT FROM THE NEW
TESTAMENT.
‘Two New Testament passages shed further
light on Genesis 6. They are Jude 6-7 and 2 Peter
2:4. These verses indieate that at some point in
time a number of angels fell from their pristine
state and proceeded to commit a sexual sin that
was both unusual and repugnant, Jude 6-7 states:
And the angels which kept not their first
tate, but left thetr own habitation, he hath re
served in everlasting chains under darkness
tanto the judgment of the great day. Been at
‘Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities wbout them
in tke manner, giving themaelies over to
omication, and going afer sirange flesh
‘These angels not only failed to keep their
original dominion and authority, but they “left
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their own habitation” Habitation is a significant
‘word: it means “dwelling place” or “heaven.” And
the addition of the Greek word “idion” (their
own") :neans that they left their own private,
personal, unique possession! Heaven was the
private, ‘personal residence of the angels. It was
rot made for man but for the angels. This is why
the ultimate destination of the saints will not be
Heaven but the new and perfect Earth which God
will ereate (Revelation 21:1-3). Heaven is reserved
for the angels, but as for the beings referred to in
‘Jude 67, they abandoned it
Not only did these angels leave Heaven, they
Jet it once-or-all. The Greek verb “apoleipo” is in
the aorist tense, thus indicating @ once-for-all act.
By taking the action they did, these angels made a
final and irretrievable decision. They crossed the
Rubicon. Their aetion, says Kenneth Wuest, “was
apostasy with a vengeance”s
[As to the specific sin of these angels, we are
sven the facts in Jude 7. As in the case of Sodom
fand Gomorrah it was the sin of “fornication” and
“going after strange flesh.” “Strango" flesh means
flesh of a different kind (Greck “heteros”. To
commit this particularly repugnant ain, the
fangels had to abandon their own domain and
invade a realm that was divinely forbidden to
them. Says Wuest:
‘These angels transgressed the limite of
their own natures to invade @ realm of created
beings ofa different nature®
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Alford confirms:
Ht was a departure from the appointed
course of nature and seeking after that which ie
unnatural, o other flesh than that appointed by
ou for the Flfillment of naturel desire.
‘The mingling of these two orders of being, was
contrary to what God had intended, and summar-
ily led to God's greatest act of judgment ever en-
acted upon the human race,
TEMPTING THE ANGELS
Another New Testament verse may have
bearing on Genesis 6, In I Corinthians 11:10, Paul
instructs that a woman should caver her head as a
‘sign of subjection to her husband, and also “bec
‘ause of the angels.” This observation has intrigued
commentators through the years. Why this sud:
den reference to angels? Could it be a reference to
what happened in Genesis 6 where angels suc-
‘cumbed to the inducements and physical charm of
the women of Earth? Obviously, Paul believed that
fan uncovered woman was a temptation even to an-
gels. William Barclay mentions an old rabbinic
tradition which alleges that it was the beauty of
the women’s long hair that attracted and tempted
‘the angels in Genesis 6
STRANGE PARENTAGE
‘The offspring of this union between the “sons
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‘Sons of God, Daughters of Men
of God" and the “daughters of men” were #0
‘extraordinary that it indicates an unusual
parentage. In no way could the progenitors of
such beings be ordinary humans. Their mothers
possibly could be human, or their fathers, but
tertainly not both, Bither the father or the mother
hhad to be superhuman. Only in such a way can
fone account for the extraordinary character and
prowess of the offspring.
‘God's law of reproduction, according to the
biblical eccount of creation, is “everything after his
kind.” God's law makes it impossible for giants to
be produced by normal parentage. To produce
such montrosities at the Nephilim presupposes
‘supernatural parentage,
GIANTS?
“Nephilim’ is a Hebrew word translated in
the Authorized King James version as “giants.”
“There were giants in the earth in those days”
Genesis 6:4). It is true that they were giants in
‘more senses than one, Hoxeever, the word Nephi-
lim does not mean “giants. It comes from the root
“naphal,” meaning “fallen ones,” and most mod:
‘em versions of the Bible have left the word “Nephi:
lim" untranslated.
When the Greck Septuagint was made, “Ne-
philim’ was translated as “gegenes.” This word
suggests “gianta’ but actually it has little refer-
fence to size or strength. “Gogones” means “earth-
born.” The same term was used to describe the
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mytinl “Tan? — bing party of cet
partly of terrestrial origin.? ler a:
“the Heron nie Grek cds & nt
sxe the pec of ra shy weg
oded, =" combined sepeneent ea
perenags would inp cod nt
deen, cing 10 Serpe, ae eee
‘har power Thar ches ee
She Mihi aie, Thc
who sired them wi h i
ov rng end attee, tee
Desai hat haan ertewse
cates eag es
ve iver thatthe
otipctg af sine ants test
nel wae eee ae an
sag might Ne eo tn bo Ean
tayWttheonr ity fee Tee ean een
inerpeation pues pace sen
‘Wes the word Mepblat i
1339, the question of size and strength is ox
plicit. Here we are left in no doubt as’ to thos
‘srrninan owe Whar aa
Ported ink tom Conan eed ee
‘hentai of Gamage a
saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, which zie
‘of the Nephilim, and we were in our own ‘sight 4
aashoppers, and 0 we were in their sight.” cin
me comertar have peed thatthe
Nophilim of Numbers 13 belonged toe eons
tion of fallen angel, since th earlier: Nepiin
Sad ten dso nr nd. ss
inion to this n Gane 2 aha ec
“there were Ne nase
ore Replies oh ae
ran Rae ce the
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‘Sone of God, Daughters of Men
tanto the daughters of mon” Could
“ter that” was-a reference tothe Nepilim found
in Canaan daring the Taraelite_entry_into_ the
land? If so, it could explain why the Lord com-
NEPHILIM— NO
RESURRECTION
‘The Book of Isaiah says that the Nephilim and
their descendants will not participate in a resur
rection as ia the portion of ordinary mortals,
Isaiah 26:14 reads: “They are dead, they shall not
liver they are deceased, they shall not vse." The
triginal Hebrew word translated “deceased” here
{s the word "Rephaim.”I¢ would have saved lot of
rmisinterpretation if the translators had left the
wrord as it was in the original. The verse actually
Teads: "Dead, they shall not live; Rephaim, they
shall not rise.* The Rephaim are generally under-
Stood to be one of the- branches of the Nepblim,
fand-Gods Word makes it clear that they are to
partake inno 4 ‘But with humans iis
‘hiferen: all humans will be resurrected either to
life or to damnation John 5:28.29.
‘We have already seen that the Gresk Version
of the Old Testament (The Septuagint) translated
"Nephilim” as “gogenes?” we shall now inquire
how it translates "sone of God” Tn some of the
manuscripts it is Tet ax “sons of God” but in the
Shere including the Alexandrian text — it ie
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rendered by the word “angelos” This text was in
existence in the time of Christ, but there is. no
indication that He ever corrected or queried it. Can
we not assume from His silence that He agreed
with the translation!
RAPE OF THE TEXT
Having studied all tho arguments in favor of
“sons of Seth,” one concludes that the only argu:
ment that is valid among them is that of ration
ality, "Sons of Seth” is an
gels could havo sex relations with women of
Earth. Angels have no physical bodies! They do not
marry! They belong to an entirely different species
of being! The mind rovolts against such absurdity
‘Sp, what does one do? Settle, of course, for an easy,
rational interpretation — sons of Seth and daugh:
ters of Cain. But what if the meaning of Seripture
is clearly otherwise? There is the rub! Seripture is
clearly otherwise! To impose a human interpreta
tion at the expense of the obvious meaning of the
divine Word, is a rape of the biblical text. Further-
‘more, when one deals with the world of the super.
natural, rationality s never an argument.
JEWISH AND
PATRISTIC FATHERS
‘The Jewish Fathers, when interpreting. this
expression from Genesis 6:2, invariably inter-
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preted it as “angels.” No less an authority than W.
FF. Allbright tlls us that:
The Israelites who heard thi section
(Genesis 62) rected unquestionably thought of
Intercourse betwen angele and women ®
Philo of Alexandria, a deeply religious man, wrote
4 brief but beautiful treatise on this subject, called
“Concerning The Giants.” Basing his exposition
‘on the Greek version of the Bible, he renders it as
“Angels of God." Says Bamberger, “Had he found
the phrase ‘sons of God’ in his text, he most
certainly would have been inspired to comment on
it
Philo certainly took the Genesis passage as
historical, explaining that just as the word “soul”
applies both to good and evil beings, so does the
word “angel” ‘The bad angels, who followed
ucifer, at a later point in time failed to resist the
Ture of physical desire, and succumbed to it. He
‘goes on to say that the story of the giants is not a
myth, but itis there to teach us that some men are
fearth-born, while others are heaven-born, and the
highest are God-born.10
‘The Early Church Fathers believed the same
way, Men like Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Athena
goras, Tertullian, Lactantius, Eusebius
‘all adopted this interpretation, In the words of
the Ante-Nicene Fathers, the angels fell ‘into
impure love of virgins, and were subjugated by the
flesh “Of those lovers of virgins therefore,
were begotten those who are called giants. And
again, *. . . the angels transgressed, and were
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captivated by love of women and begat children "2
Nowhere before the Sth century AD. do we
find any interpretation for “sons of God” other
than that of angels. We cannot deny the Jewish
Fathers knowledge of their own terminology! They
invariably translated ‘sons of God" as. “angels”
‘The testimony of Josephus, that colorful cosmo-
politan and historian, is also of paramount. im
portance. Tn his monumental volume, “Andigu
ties of the Jews,” he reveals his acquaintance with
the tradition of the fallen angels consorting with
‘women of Barth. He not only knew of the tradition
but tells us how the children of such union pos-
sessed super human strength, and were known
for their extreme wickedness, “For the tradition is
that these men did what resembled the acte of
those men the Grecians called giants.” Josephus
toes on to add that Noah remonstrated with these
offspring of the angels for their villainy.18
Perhaps the most conclusive argument for
interpreting the expression as “angels" is the
simplest one of al. If the writer of Genesis wanted
to refer to the “sons of Seth” he would have just
said s0. I Woe" had intended thst’ meaning, then
the verse would undoubtedly read, “the sons of
Seth saw the daughters of Cain that they were fair
” But the Bible meant something far more
Sinister, — the sexual-union between angels from
Hell_and_cvil_women trom Earth. Because of the
gravity of such a union, and its dire consequences
for the human race, God moved to destroy the race
before it could destroy itself — except for one
family which had not been contaminated.
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‘THE ULTIMATE SIN
God made man in His own image, the highest
of all His earthly creation. While God said that
everything He made was good, He eonsidered man
tery good. Man had been made for fellowship with
(God Himself, but he soon turned his back upon his
Maker and worshipped the ereature more than
the Creator. Before many generations, the human
race was being polluted by this abominable union
‘with demons. It seemed that Hell and Earth were
Jn league together against the God of Heaven,
God's righteous anger was such that He regretted
having made man.
“And God sow that the wickedness of man
wat great in the earth, and thot ery
imagination of the thoughts of his heart wat
ty evil continually. And it repented the Lord
‘hat he had made man
(Genesis 5.8)
Te was specially benuse of this ultimate
God becaaht about a deluge of such magnitude
Ge Banna east were drowned from te face of
the Barth nthe word fold Joop Hal
The world was so grown foul with sn, that
God sam it wos time fo wash it with 0 ood: and
(atone did wickedness cleave fo the authors of
{ts that when they were washed fo nothing, yet it
tout nt wash off yea, #0 deep did it stick in
he very grain ofthe earth, that God saw i meet
tolet i soak long wider the waters
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WHY WAS NOAH IMMUNE?
Why Nosh and his immediate family were the
only ones immune from this grest judgment is
significant. Genesis 6:9 says, "Noah was a just
man.” He stood out as an example of right
eousness and godliness in a perverse age, Like
Enoch before him, Noah also “walked with God.”
But there was another reason why Noah was
spared, one that acems to have escaped. most
commentators. Genesis 6:9 says that Noah was
perfect in his generation.” Does this mean moral
and spiritual perfection? Hardly. Genesis 9-20-23
dlisproves any such perfection. What, then, does
the Bible mean by calling him “perfect”? The
Hebrow word is “tamiym” and comes from the root
rd_“famar “mi ‘Ahoat_blemish” as
in Exodus 125, 294, Ta 3. Just as the
sacrificial lamb had to be without any physical
Dlemish, 90 Noah's perfection. In its primary
meaning, it refers not to any moral or spiritual
quality, but_to__physical purity. Noah was
‘uncontaminated by the alien invad
He alone had presered their pedigree and
hept it pure, im spite of prevailing corruption
Brought about by te fallen angels.
‘And again:
Noah's Bloodline had remained ee of
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‘This mples of eure, tht all the other fais
Tad een soning
och universal fat of judgment.
‘As for the fallen angels who participated in
the abomination, God. put them in custody “in
fverlasting chains under darkness unto’ the
judgment of the great day" (Jude 6). This is some
times interpreted aa Tartarus or the “nether
2 Peter 2: This would also explain why
angele are in custody and why others
"the heavani and torment
akint—
Such a d
angels, a_drastie sin, something
infinitely more evil and more sinister than mixed
smariages Te was aothing Tess than the demonic
realm attempting to pervert the human world. By
genelic_controland_the production of hybrids,
Setan was out Ia toh God of the people He had
made fr Bi
Sr ieee fest opened bi Sorting‘
human_race, he would have hindered the coming
of the perfect Son of God, the promised “seed
ofThe woman” who would defeat_Saten_and
restore man's dominion (Genesis 3:15). If Satar
SY any means prevented that birth, he
would obviously have averted is own doom
Satan did succeed to a large extent. Te was for
this reason that God drowned mankind in the
Deluge
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ARE ANGELS SEXLESS?
Interpreting the “tons of God" as fallen
angels, the question immediately aries — do
Sra argh nM 2250, Jessa
angels neither marry nor are given in marriage
Ths seome a char and emphatic negative
However, it does not preclude the possibility of
such a thing happening — obviously contrary to
the will of God. And it does not preclude fallen
fangels, who ad reboled. against God already,
from ‘cohabiting with women of Earth, as the
Scriptures state
Some interpret the words of Jesus as mean
that angle do not marry among thems. Ty
because they are all male? Orin because oelestial
beir deathless and thus-need no offspring.
Oni terrestrial belngr ged to na linmortality
their children?” But if they do not nood to marry
and procreite, is st sul possible that they could
engage in sexual acts? If not among thomeslves
‘Sx vit "bush spoms! dade tours gue
explicit on the matter. the angels left their own
habitation, and eve themselves over to fornics-
tion, going after strange flesh. In other words,
they were capable of performing human functions
eating, drinking, walking, taking, even sexual
activity and fathering children
"The fact that angels do not marry does nat in
itself prove they are sexless, Throughout the Bible,
‘angels are referred to only as men. Finis Drake
writes: Te is logical to ‘hat the female was
Sons of God, Daughters of Mer
created specifically for the human race, in order
that it could be Kept in existence; and that all
inyele were created males, in as much 8 their
si is Kept in existence without the reproduction
Frovess, Angols were created innumerable to start
With (Hebrews 12:22) whereas, the human multi
tudes began withrone-pair.7
“Fven in the next world, when the saints will
well in their resurrection body and live forever, it
evs not imply that they will be sexless. The Bible
pottyes that everyone will have his own body in the
teactfection (1 Corinthians 15:35-38). No sig:
ention is made that they wil be unsexed. Further
see” christ remained a man after His resur
rection.
DEMONS AT LARGE
‘one other question has been raised. If the
fallen angela who lusted after women of Earth in
Genesis 6 have been interred in Tartaras with
SSorlasting chains,” how does one explain, the
demons who have been operating since then? ‘They
Seemed to have been quite active during the
Scimtry of Jesus, and are busy again in our day
Following this reasoning, some share
conclusion of Kent Philpott
the
However one might wish to. interpret
anette 6 1-4 to link this passage with the verses
Generator and sade avome (0 post far more
oblema tho i ould sole, But 2 Peter 2:4 and
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Jude 6 clearly asert thatthe rebellious angel
fare being hep prisoner in the “ether gloom If
they are prisoners, they could not tery wel
function ts the ‘demons ore desrbed
Funtioning inthe Nes Testament. :
But Philpott failed to see that there _are_tw
categoried_of fallen angels: Those cast out of
Heaven with Tucfer, and who are stil free to tor
ment mankind and those who fell the second tine
xy committing carnal acts with the daughters
men, The spirits in this second category are thos
chained in the nether regions. :
It seems clear to me that the “sons of God
none other than fallen angel, i
and, because of
their further sin of lusting after the “daughters of
mon many were. Imprioed by Godt Best ie
near _saahilaon of tha-bunan tase andthe in
careintion of the fill anges in Tata ih
Sich dat Jule Utes
death orginal impened upon them
human
the physical
Notes
LMatthew Henry's Commentary (Grand
Rapids: Zondervan Publishing
1961)
2 Aurelius Augustine, The Cit
(Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1949)
‘Marcus Dod.
House,
of God
104
Sons of Ged, Daughters of Men
Lewis - ‘Theology,
Volume 2 (Dallas: Dallas Seminary Press,
1947), p23,
4 Kenneth S, Wuest, Word Studies in the
Greek NT. (Grand. Rapids: Wm, B. Eerd-
‘mans Publishing Co,,1966), Vol. 4 p. 240
dp. 240,
Tbid.,p. 241
ger, Biblical Demonology CW
‘Van Kampen Press, 1987), p. 48
8.W. F. Allbright, From the Stone Age
Christianity (Baltimore: John Hopkins
ress, 1940), p. 226,
9.Bernard J. Bamberger, Fallen Angels
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Soc
tty of America, 1952), p. 53.
10. Philo, DeGigantibus, pp. 58-60.
11.The Ante-Nieene Fathers, Vol. 8, pp. 85
and 273.
12, Ibid, p. 190.
13 Josephus, The Work of Flavius Josephus;
Antiquities of the Jews (London: G. G, Rut
ledge), 1.81.
L4.Joveph Hall, Contemplations _(Otisville
Michigan: Baptist Book Trust, 1976), p10.
15.Companion Bible (Oxford University
Press). Appendix 28.
16.The Gospel Truth Magazine, Vol. 18,
June 1978), No.7.
17.Dr. Morgenstern, Hebrew Union College
Annual, XIV, 29-40, 1141
18.Finis Dake, Annotated Reference Bible,
p63
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19. Kent Philpott, A Manual of Demonology
and the Ovcuit (Grand. Rapid
Publishing House, 1973), pp. catia: 7
The Evidence Mounts
More and more we are finding that
mythology in general though greatly contorted
Try often has tome Mavic ase. And
esting thing is that one myth which occur
fuer and over again in many parts of the world
fe that somewhere 0 fang time ago supernatural
beings had. sexual intercourse with natural
toomen and produced a special breed of people
‘Francis A. Schaefer
Evidence for the existence of the Nephilim
goes beyond the biblical record. The story of
Lamech, found in the Genesis Apocryphon,
relates how Lamech had been away from home on
2 long journey. When he finally came back, he
Giscovered to his chagrin, that his wife, Ba
Bnosh" had given birth to a baby boy
absence. He was sure that the child had not b
tired by him, and what is more, the child bore
Fesemblance to him or to anyone else in the fam:
fly, Adding to the mystery was the fact that the boy
‘was extremely beautiful, and when he opened his
tyes he lighted up the whole house. “I have
begotten a strange son,” said Lamech his
ature is different and he is not like us, and bis
eyes are a3 the rays of the sun, and his ‘The Omega Conspiracy
countenance is glorious. And it seems to be that he
is not sprung from me but from the Angels
Lamech did what most husbands would have
done: he reproached his wife for infidelity. Bat
Enosh, however, swore by all that was sacred that
Lamech himself must have fathered the child. She
had not known any other man, not a stranger —
and note this — not a Watcher or Heavenly Being
How enlightening for our study! Who were
these Watchers or Heavenly Beings? According to
the Book of Daniel they were fallen angels (Denic!
413,17, 2)
‘Here is the statement made by Bat-Enosh as it
reads in the Lamech Screll
My lord and Kinsman, remember my
delicate fetinge How (rer) the ecanon te
indeed alarming nd youl Go wring) in
sheath. Iwill tell you everything truly. “
‘Then she saw how perturbed her husband
was, and decided to repress her passion and
indignation a lite:
My lrd and kinsman, will gnord my
dks facings end nea 9 you 8 the Hy
ana) Great One, the Soeregn of eases ft
tarth) that this med came. Pom oun dha
Conception was. by yes, and ‘his ul was
lente by you and ty ome sranger of By
ny of the Watchers or heavenly betnge
love done with) this troabed and. marked
txpreation ond this gloomy most. Tan tel
you the truth? .
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Lamech by this time must have begun to real
ize that the child born could have been conceived
by one of these Watchers or Heavenly Beings. If so
his child belonged to the Nephilim
MYSTERY OF NOAH’S BIRTH
Not completely sure as to what to believe
Lamech sought the advice of his father on the mat
ter. Methuselah listened attentively as Ls
revealed this strange story, then promised his son
that he would seck the advice of his father, the
wise and godly Enoch. Since the family’s reputa.
tion was at stake, something had to be dane
Bnoch, whose name meant “the intelligent” or
“the learned,” sensed the meaning of what had
happened. He sent Methuselah home with the dis.
turbing news that the Earth would soon be visited
by a terrible catastrophe and judgment. It was
clear that corruption had taken place, and that the
hhuman race had become tainted. Ged would soon
be moving in judgment, and human flesh would
perish. And as for this little boy, whose birth
remained a mystery, he should be raised by La
mech, and should be called Noah. What is more
little Noah had been specially chosen by God.
survive this coming judgment, and would be the
progenitor ofthe new inhabitants of planet Earth.
Despite the mystery surrounding his birth
Noah could not be one of the Nephilim, as we shall
see in a later chapter. There is no doubt, however,
that the unusual circumstances of his birth
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convinced Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech and Bat-
Boosh that strange things were happening on the
Earth.
"The Genesis Apocryphon is not the only extra
biblical documentation. Numerous other docu:
ments indicate the existence of the Nephilim. I do
not place these documents on_par with Seripiure
nevertheless they seem to corroborate Seripture
‘My sole purpose for introducing them is simply to
state that they exist and that they share common
features with the Scriptures. My task is similar to
that of Montaigne: “Gentlemen, all I have done is
ake a bouquet from flowers already picked, ad-
ding nothing but the string to tie them together.">
AN ANCIENT BEST-SELLER
One such document is the Book of Enoch. This
is @ composite volume, and, although not known
jn Burope until the 18th Century, it was a veritable
destscller in the days of Christ. In the centuries
immediately preceeding and following the coming
of Christ, this book was widely read and dis
‘cussed, and its impact was tremendous. Without
question it is the most notable apocalyptical work:
Gutside the canonical Scriptures. R. H.C
Charles, an outstanding authority in this field,
tolls us that “the influence of 1 Enoch on the New
‘Testament has been greater than that of all the
‘ther apocryphal and pseudepigraphical books put
together.”
For one thing, the Book of Enoch gave to the
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syorld the concept of a pre-existent, Messiah, and
Ty to. doing prepared the way for Christian
‘Retrine. Tt was from this same book that the
Stanual of Discipline (found at Qumran) received
Ka totar calendar. What is more, this book became
XS Eafluential that it became an exemplar and &
Catalyst for the burgeoning apocalyptic literature
tthe time, Indeed, it can be claimed, that the
Book of Enoch was one of the most important
‘apocalyptic books ever written.
‘Tertullian and some of the other Church Fa:
thers considered it of such import that they inelud=
ta it as part of the sacred canon of Seripture, Jude
Yd is a direct quote from Enoch 1:9, 6:4, and 27:2
‘There is also in the Book of Enoch a doctrine that
jhe finds nowhere else. Other authors tell us that
Gach nation has its sar or parton, and that of Ts:
vet was Michael, or sometimes God Himelf
However, in the Book of Enoch we are told that
veer was Tarael's shepherd till the last years of
the Kingdom of Judah; then in disgust He turned
them over, not to their own guardian, but to the
‘sarim of the Gentiles"!
"An amazing book! Such a doctrine prefigures
and predicte the “times of the Gentiles” mentioned
anche Bible. Yet, of all mysteries, this book re-
vnained neglected for more than 1,800 years, and
Tuntinues to remain neglected, and even shunned,
in the 20th Century
ENOCH
Who was this Enoch, whose name is attached
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to the book? Enoch is mentioned in the Scriptures,
bat we are told little about him. Just four verses in
all — two in the Old Testament, and two in the
New. That little, however, is sulicient to distin
Buish him as one of the outstanding men of all
times. He is listed as the seventh of the ten patri-
archs between Adam and Noah. He was the father
of “Methuselah, the man holding’ the worlds
Record for longevity. Interestingly, Enoch became
8 believer and started “walking with God” after his
son was born, Soon he became known for his ex.
ceptional piety and godliness. The most remari.
able fact ofall is that he did not die. “Enoch walleed
with God; and he was not, for God took him." He is
one of the only two men mentioned in the Bible
who were translated to Heaven without tasting
oath,
In the Book of Enoch other significant facts
‘are ‘given about this patriarch. It claims thee
Enoch will return to Earth at the end of time, and
that he will be one of the two martyrs (or wit,
"esses slain on the streets of Jerusalem,
The Book of Yasher adds still more detail, It
tells how Enoch would periodically withdraw him
felt fom earthly company, and visit the ten
heavens. He would then return to Barth with a
fvine luster on his face, just as Moses emerged
from the presence of God on Mt. Sinai, and knew
‘ot that his face shone. Such was the regard in
Which Enoch was held by some of the Jewish
mystics that they reforred to him as “the lesser
Yahweh” — a title bordering on the blasphemous,
Jn the Book of Jude (verses 14-15), we are told
im
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ring the coming
of prong Bosch made coneming the sami
the Lord. This may well be the oldest ierary
Statement in existence, fn, Enoch predicts
th ton tow
oll he Lord cometh ith tm, te
send his oct Suga on
‘ind canine aoe ay amon
te mmited ond. ofall their hard
peter nich ungodly snare Reve spoken
int hi
Tes bv that dead an 1 the Donk
och ande didnot hesitate quote from
ein scholars dim that the Book of Eno
ad pot have been writin by the Enoeh of the
ble, Because of his, dhe bok is laboled a peu:
i apha. What happened, they suggest, is oe
ao “ier author compiled the work spo ly
ground ¢ jentury B.C, — and used a num-
fe evterent source, The suchor thon added the
Mine of the lea Booch, Tn this wy, He wat
sae, isnot eur pavet concern. But even i
gees it is obvious that the compiler of the
Behe it sources that were at
ke wos nol so much the author at
sae pare or redacor ofthe bok. What ould be
ere rodest, than for a compiler to
more modes, ie
ee 9
rhs bok not his own ane bul
Sidat sure. And who ede han Boe
AN ANCIENT ASTRONAUT
‘Enoch obviously had access to knowledge and
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information completely beyond the reach of mortal
man at that stage in man's development. Some of
this knowledge Enoch couches in terminology that
fis allegorical and symbolical, and its meaning fre
‘quently escapes us. However, beneath the abstruse
verbal descriptions there is some amazing data,
‘The fact that itis conveyed in imaginative and alle-
forical terminology should not be allowed to de-
‘tract from its basie accuracy.
‘The important question in considering the
Book of Enoch is whether it contains any reference
to the strange and bizzare event recorded in
Genesis 67 Does it have anything to say about the
“sons of God” and the “daughters of men" coming
together in sexual union? Yes it does, many times.
Tt contributes a number of details not found in the
Genesis record. But none of these facts contradict
in any way what is told us in Genesis. Instead,
they elaborate on the facts already given. What,
then, is this additional information?
‘One item of interest is Enach's account of a
visit to the “fifth heaven,” where he saw giants
with their “faces withered, and the silence of their
mouth perpetual.” Enoch calls them the “Grogori”
cor “fallen angels,” who broke their vows, married
the daughters of men, and “befouled the earth
with their deeds.” He also mentions that “giants
were born and marvellous big men and great
enmity.”
‘THE WATCHERS
Significantly, the Book of Enoch (like the
ua
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Genesis Apoeryphon) refers to these "sons of God”
fas Watchers. A term, a8 already noted, Tound Ta
the Book of Daniel? Why this particular word
should be used, we are not told; possibly berause
part of their function was to keep vigil. R. HL ©,
Charles, who translates the word “watchers” as
“the angels, the children of heaven,” obviously
believed they refered to one and the same beings.
"The Book of Enoch alleges that two hundred of
‘those Watchers descended to Earth in the days of
Sared (Genesis 5:18), and some of them are given
ames, The worst one of all is called Azazel. The
‘name occurs in other Jewish documents, Tke the
‘Apocalypse of Abraham, Azazel is accused of hav-
ing “scattered over the earth the secrets of heaven
fand hath rebelled against the Mighty One.” His
fname is also found in ancient Jewish ritual con-
coming the Day of Atonement. On that day, the
{niguities of the people of Israel were laid on the
feapegoat, and then the scapegoat was driven
away "to Azazel, to the wilderness" (Leviticus 16).
‘Auazel was a demon who inhabited a region in the
‘Tudean wilderness
‘There is an interesting aside on Azazel in
brilliant essay by Dr. Jacob Z. Lauterbach explain
ing certain “stray references to the activity of Sa-
tan on Yom Kippur.” The ritual of that day, said
Lauterbach, sought to negate Satan's offorts in
three ways: The Azazel sacrifice to appease him;
the emoke of the incense to drive him away; and
the white robes of the High Priest, so different
from bis usual vestments, a disguise to mislead
him®
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In the Book of Jubilees a different reason is
given as to why the Watchers came to Earth. It
was in order “to instruct the children of men and
to bring about justice and equity on the Earth,”
However, the story ends in the same way: instead
of instigating justice and equity, they lusted after
the women of Earth, and merited the full
judgment of God.
SECRETS
OF THE COSMETIC TRADE
According to the Book of Enoch, these Watch-
crs instructed the people of Earth in’ many studies,
including the use of charms and enchantments,
the arts of magic, and the secrets of the cosmetic
trade. And the Book of Jubilees adda to the list, “a
medical herbal” which Noah wrote down at the
dictation ofthe angels.
It is interesting how the early Church Fo-
thers used some of these details for preaching pur-
poses and moralistic instruction. Foremost among
these was Tertullian, and certainly one of the most
original. He asks with astringent irony why
should the angels have to instruct the women of
Earth in the coametic arta? Surely if they had suc-
cveded in charming angela without any cosmetic
aids, it were an easy matter to charm men!
ASTROLOGY, WEAPONS, ET AL
‘Another study in which the Watchers
instructed earthlings was astrology, with all its
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concomitant evils, And last but not least, they in-
Structed men how to fashion weapons of destruc
on, particularly swords, knives and shields
Comyn Beumont deduces that they also made
‘ammunition, and even explosives.?
‘The ‘Book of Enoch confirms the Book of
Genesis to the letter when it states:
There arose much godlessness, and they
‘committed fornication, and they were led as72
‘and became corrupt in all their ways ®
‘Things got so bad on planet Earth, according
to the Book of Enoch, that the archangels of heaven
Michael, Uriel and Gabriel — reported the
‘matter to the Most High God
‘The whole earth has been fllad with blood
and unrighteousnets. And now, behold, the
seals of those who have died are erying and
‘eeting their auit to the gates of heaven, ond
Their lamentations have ascended: and cannot
Grose Because of the lawless deeds which are
terought upon the earth
CLASSIFIED MATERIAL
God was moved to anger at these Watchers
pecauise of the horrible practices that they had
introduced upon the Earth. And there was some-
thing else: God was angry st the fact that they had
‘isclosed certain secrets, and were teaching them
to their sons, the Nephilim, We are not told exactly
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What these secrets were, except that they were
“eternal secrets” which men of Earth were striv.
ing to learn, and which God did not intend for
fallen man to discover
‘Things deteriorated rapidly, and soon the Ne~
Dhilim were practising the most repulsive and re-
volting behavior. They began to “devour one an-
‘other's flesh, and drink the blood” This cannibal.
‘ woduced
‘sm shocked even the depraved citizens of Barth, to ‘And as for the giants or Nephilim produced by
the extent that they brought accusation against the =
Watchers.
es withthe daughters of men, and ten
= irselves and done like the ire,
imvce wnt ours rare
arth and ‘bepoien plants atx
Slough Soweto apa ig ond
Stra if yo hve defied youre with te
Stu of women nd have Began children with
the Blond ef flesh, have lasted ofter flesh ond
tnd athe eho dic and perish
‘The giants, who are produced from the
Enoch is instructed by the Most High to
deliver this warning tothe Watchers
Enoch, thou scribe of righteousness, go,
declare tothe watchers of heaven, who have lft
the high heaven, the holy eternal place, and
have defied themselves with women, and Rae
ddoneas the children of earth do, and have taken
no themselves wives: "Ye have wrought great
destruction on the earth: And ye shall have no
‘peace nor forgiveness of sin”
‘These same Watchers in tum approached
Enoch to mediate on their behalf, and to write out
4 petition in their favor. God, however, rajects the
petition and Enoch is summoned to speak to the
Watchers again:
Go, say fo the Watchers of heaven, who
‘have sent thee fo inerede fr them: "Ye shoul
intercede for men, and not men for you
Wherefore have ye left high, holy and eternal
‘heaven, and Iain with women ond defiled
us
Hanae peat pints have proceded from
‘Cork destruction on the earth And these
‘Spirte ahall rise up against the children of men
sp againat the women, because they have pro
Seicl from them thus dal they deste wn
i et elie ale
Watchers .. . say to them therefore: “Ye have
=
a ct question is: How was this infor-
joie learn these facts? The Book of Enoch
supplies the answer:
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And now, my son Methuselah, I tll thee
cvergthing and write it down for thee: I have
revealed everything to thee, and handed thee the
book whick have to do with all these things, My
4on Methuselah, preserve the books thet come
From thy father's hand and hand them on tothe
coming generation ofthe world.
Enoch was also given a message to deliver to
Noah, telling him that the whole Earth was to be
destroyed. He was also to instruct Noah in the way
of escape, so that his seed be preserved for all
senerations.
‘Unquestionably, the Book of Enoch confirms
the biblical record that the Earth was defiled and
polluted by the incursion of extraterrestrial
beings, and particularly by their shameful behav-
jor with the “daughters of men.” And as in the
Book of Genesis, eo in the Book of Enoch, God is
{incensed with this sexual coupling between cele
stial and terrestrial beings, and begins to move in
an act of terrible judgment. “And the Lord said, 1
will destroy man whom T have created from the
{ace of the earth (Genesis 6:7).
THE SONS OF JARED
Other books, like The Book of Jubilee add a few
more details to this awesome story. It reveals the
date when these heavenly Watchers descended to
Barth — 461 Annus Mundi, a date which Bis
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Usher would interpret as 3543 B.C. It also notes
that these Watchers were specifically associated
‘with Jared, the fh in line from Adam.
Interestingly, there is an American organi
zation called "The Sons of Jared.” Their publi
Cation is called, “The Jaredite Adwocate.” The aim
of this group, as far a8 one is able to understand it,
fs to declare war on all the descendants of the
Watchers — including notorious kings and dicta
tars, who have tyrannized mankind. A sort of
celestial Mafia!
Regarding this association with Jared, the
Book of Jubiloos tells us
“And in the second week ofthe tenth jubilee
of Mahalelel took unto him a wife Dinch, the
daughter of Barakel, the daughter of his
trother's Brother ond she bore him a son in the
ath year and he called his name Jared for in
his days the angels ofthe Lord descended on the
arth, hose so named the Watchers
OTHER ANCIENT DOCUMENTS
‘Another minor source of data is the Zadokite
Document. This was discovered about a half
‘century ago in the attic of an old synagogue in
Cairo and is thought to be related to the Dead
‘Sea Serolls. This document also refers to the
descent of the Watchers, and to their giant
offspring.
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ery
their hearts, the Watchers of heaven fell, men
ia Ae of ek
cote cre
te ae a Spe
statement: - women of Earth were the pr 4
‘movers in alluring and enticing the 2
this they agree with the Aj wipia ct Devote
@ women participated was more lic
than physical. oe
Ths thy led the Wath
old the Watches Bie the
fend fr then cantina food ea
usted after them and conceived the act in their
mind: for they changed themaler it the
Soe femtas perse ete
setter hand ane
lusting in their minds after ¢) pe
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It appears from this Testament of the ‘Twelve
Patriarchs that the “lusting” and the “conceiving”
were in the mind. Nonetheless, the results were
physical enough — they gave birth to giants!
“Jewish documents are not the only ones
which refer to fallen angels. The Koran contains
brief reference to two angels, Harut and Marut,
‘who came to Earth, Their fall takes place when
Deautiful woman appears bofore them. These
fangels, had been warned in advance that there
‘were three things they were not to do: admit the
Cxistence of other gods; murder; drink intoxi
‘ants. Tt was precisely these three things that the
‘harming woman demanded, if the angels were to
tnjoy her favors. Finally the angels agreed to
drink wine — as the least of the three sins — and
their paramour granted their desires.
FOLKLORE AND FABLES
Another source of information is the abun-
dance of myths, legends, folklore and fables that
speak of “giants” upon the Earth in ancient times,
fand how there was sexual union between demi
{gods from Heaven and women from Earth. Many
Scholars believe that myths emerged from a kernel
of historical fact, According to Andrew Tomas,
mythology and folklore are “thought-fossils depict
ing the story of vanished cultures in symbols and
fllegories.” If this is so, do we find anything in
myths and legends resembling the bizzare event of
Genesis 6? There are indeed numerous such tradi-
tions among many nations,
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Most people are acquainted with the mytholo-
ties of ancient Greece and Rome. The gods or
semigods in these traditions go under different
‘names, but their behavior has a common denom-
‘nator. Whether these gods are called Zeus or Ju-
piter, Poseidon or Neptune, Aphrodite or Venus,
Eros or Cupid. . . their sex orgies, promiscuit
cruelties and violence are all of the same cloth.
‘And so are their offspring.
‘The Genesis story, according to Tom Horner,
corresponds precisely to the Age of the Heroes in
ancient Greece. These heroes were also “spawned
by divine fathers and human mothers. One of
them was Hercules."
‘The story of Zeus also is wellknown.
Promotheus was aware of the secret that Zeus hed
tno control over his lusts, and aware also of the
names of the women whom he would seduce.
Because of this and other reasons, Zeus planned
for Promotheus to be chained in the Caucasius,
where an eagle would feed on his liver each day.
But each night his liver would be renewed. In this
‘way, the torture of Promotheus was endless. Even-
tually however, he and Zous were reconciled. But
cruelty was not the only distinctive of Zeus. There
‘seemed to be no boundaries or limits to his lust,
‘and numerous women were seduced by him, in-
cluding Thetis, Europa, Leda, Metis and Dione.
‘Emile Gaverluk says:
Zeus’ amorous victories illustrate. the
‘actions of uncontrolld spirit beings lusting
‘fer human flesh. The whole story of
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of samples uve eras reqenly ouach
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indebted 10H fact wich obere had lft bared
fd undisturbed
° “Ancient Sumerian records tell of —
em oe the sara and fering thelr
escent or erring fs ra Me
gn and women from earth is ‘supposed to have
re irst men earth.
Produced tn mnabitant of Malek, i the
Nr ee thatthe rst rt of
Naw Here onset of Bae
sie a tha hy re the
ivniheroaof ie Sin
en ere aimed that thir one
sumer ene Wane.
ence ow ofthe od of een
1 amet ang
poet) ‘Koreans believed that a ‘heavenly king.
“Fang,” t0 earth
rtuamin’” sent his son, “Huant6,
Bat the mythologies
anders trace their
wha visited
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‘married an earth woman who gave birth to Tan
sun Wanggom. Iwas he who was supposed to
have welded all the primitive tribes together into
one kingdom.
‘The ancient tradition Tango-Fudohi in
Japan tells the sory of the Island Child. The
only difference here is that it was @ man from
‘arth and a maiden from heaven that came
together in marriage, and spent their time
together in heaven and not on earth,
‘From India comes the Mahabharata and
‘other ancient Sanshrit texts, which tell of tgs?
egetting children with swimen of earth, and
how these children inkerited the “supernatural”
shill and learning of her fathers
‘A similar mythology is found inthe Epie of
Gilgamesh, where we read of watchers” from
outer space coming to planet Earth, and produ
cing giants.
‘An early Persian myth tells that before the
coming of Zoroaster, demens had corrupted the
Earth and allied themseocr with women,
When these and many other accounts, are all
‘tied together, they amaze us by their common
core, Each one refers, with slight variations, to the
traffic between “the dons of God" and “the daugh-
ters of men”; to the sexusl activities in which they
engaged; and to tho unusual and abnormal off-
spring they produced. A further convincing ele
‘ment in this string of samples, is that these myths
and legends belong to people s0 far removed from
each other by time, space and language that colla
oration or conspiracy is out of the question. How
then does one explain this phenomenon?
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‘The Evidence Mounts
FABLE OR FACT?
Could it be, that at some distant point in time,
these bizarre events actually did take place?
Rather than being the fertile product of the
{imagination of primitive man, they were simply
man's crude description of what actually hap-
pened? Beings from Heaven and beings from
Barth- did actually come together, did generate
children, and did produce the Nephilim.
Later, of course, many of these myths and le-
ends. developed an overgrowth of fictional im-
gery and imaginative fantasy, which clung to
‘them like moss to the mill. There can be litle
loubt, however, that beneath this dense over-
fgrowih lies the plant of truth. What began_as
history, ended up as legend. ae ae
‘Above all ele, we are convinced that the Bible
speaks of these things. The basic message of the
fapoeryphal documents and the various mytholo-
fies find corroboration in God's Word. Spirit.
beings from outer space did arrive on Earth, and
did produce these unnatural offspring. By this
frosebreeding, man became more and more
absorbed with evil and violence; the human race
became tainted and corrupted; and soon the Earth
‘was unsalvageable. These extraterrestrial beings
bby means of genetic manipulation had succeeded
fn contaminating God's special creation; so. much
fo, that their destruction, as well as that of man,
became @ moral neces ‘The Omega Conspiracy
Notes
1B. H. ©. Charles, Fragments of the Book of
‘Noah (Landon: Oxford University Press)
2. Theodor H. Gaster, The Dead Sea Seriptures
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and
Co, Ine, 1956), p, 267,
3. Michel Eyquem de Montaign (1583-92),
4 Bemard J. Bamberger, Fallen Angels (Phila-
elphia: ‘The Jewish Publication Society of
America, 1952), p25,
8. Daniel 413,17, 25,
6. Jacob 7. Lauterbach, Hebrew Union College
‘Annual, 1V, 1798.
7.Comys Beaumont, The Ridalle of Pre
‘storie Britain (London: Rider & Co, Ld),
8. Trans. by RHC, Charles, (London),
8.Dr. RHC. Charles, The Book of Jubilees
(London: A & C Black, 1902),
10. Theodore H. Gaster, The Scriptures of the
Dead Sea Sect (London: Secker & Wartburg,
1957),
11. Bernard J. Bamberger, Fallen Angele (Phila-
delphia: ‘The Jewish Publication Society,of
America, 1952), p. 27,
12. Ibid, p. 31
18, Andrew Tomas, We Are Not The First (New
York: Bantam Books, Ine, 1973),
14.Tom Hoover, Sex in the Bible (Rutland, Ver
‘mont: Charles E. Tuttle Co, 1974), p15,
16. Emil Gaverluk, Did Genesis Man Conquer
Space? (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Ine
1974), p. 89,
Rs
‘The Bvidence Mounts
16. Erich Von Déniken, Gods from Outer Space
(New York: Bantam Books, Ine, 1972) pp.
161-162. 7
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Catwery must have had an immediate and
tremendous effect upon that spiritworld, the
full extent and nature of which woe may not yet
dno
IW. Graham Scroggie
‘One would hardly expect the Apostles’ Creed,
‘composed in the early Christian era, to refer to the
Nephilim. Such a document scems far removed
from the events of Genesis 6, But let's take a look.
‘The Apostles’ Creed is distillation of doc
trine, abbreviated down to an “irreducible mini
mum.” Because a ereed demands such condensa-
tion many a truth has to be omitted, and only maj
or, cardinal truths are included. In the Apostles’
Creed, truths about our Lord's teaching, preach:
ing, miracles ... have been omitted, and so has all
reference to the events of Pentecost. Not that these
were unimportant; it was that the ereed formula.
tors had to be fastidiously selective. A truth had to
be absolutely paramount to gain admittance into
this Croed,
Where does this lead us? To the all important
question of our study: Doos the Apostles’ Creed
fontain any reference to Genesis 6, and to the
Nephilim? It certainly does. On the surface, it may
not be all that apparent, but itis there.
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Embedded in the Creed is an article which
receives but scant attention from modem prosek,
ers and professors. Tt could well be called “the for
gotten article” It reads: “He descended into ‘hol
Jn the three-day interval between His death and
resurrection, Christ went to Hell to fulfill a spe,
cific mission
Admittedly, this particular Article does not
appear in the earlier forms of the Apostles’ Greet
Howaver, it was an integral part of the Aposticy
beliefs, and was later included in the Creed itelt
‘The point we are making is, that the inclusion of
this particular Article, “He descended into Hell
had to be of special significance indeed. As special
as that of the Virgin Birth, the Cross, the Resue
rection, the Second Advent
Jt is thus all the more surprising that this
‘ruth is rarely discussed anymore; rarer still is it
Preached; and still rarer does anyone sing about
it, Te was not always so. In the 1641 Prayer Book
there is included the Sternhold and Hopkins ver
sion ofthe Psalms, and init we read:
“Hs sou did after this descend
Int the lower parts;
A ddread unto the wicked spirit,
Buty to fitful hearts
‘The Biblical passage that sheds most light on
this Article is 1 Peter 8:18.20
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins,
‘the just for the uniust that he might bring fo
God, being put to. death in’ the lech, bat
‘quckened by the Spirit:
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By which also he went and preached unto
ick emetime were disbedient, when
once he ong afering of God waited in the deve
Of Noah, while the ark was 0 preparing
(herein feu, that i eight souls were saved by
Interestingly, thsi the passage designated the
Prayer Bonk to be read on Easter Eve, coining
pero with bibs, chonoloy, And for he
toring ofthe same day the desmated reading
twas Zechariah 9, which speaks of the “pt w!
ja no water” and of the “prisoners of hope.
INTERPRETATIONS
Numerous and varied attempts have been
made to interpret this passage from Pater, It is
doubtful if any passage in the Bible has
Interpretations.
on
Jortcalar time, ond refered to as “the
mat
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But all of these theories run contrary to. the
testimony of Scripture. Nowhere are we taught
that the saints have to go through a process of
Purging and purifying before gaining admission
to Heaven. Man enters Heaven not by the slow,
purifying process of purgatory which he endusey,
but by being made acceptable to God in the
erfection of Christ who endured on his behalf. To
argue universalism on the basis of this text ta nov
only to deny the testimony of other passages af
Scripture John 8:24, Hebrews 9:27) but itis to deny
‘the purpose of Christ in eoming to the world,
Obviously these theories do not interpret the
text. What, then, is its meaning? What docs the
Bible mean when it declares that Christ descended
to preach “unto the spirits in prison?” (1 Peter
3:19), Here again we are presented with a variety
of interpretations, even among Evangelicals
* Galvin dismisses the passage with a
general comment that Christ descended
into Hell in order to complete His vicarious
suffering. By going there He endured for a
few brief hours the torments of the lost. It
‘was a part of what Calvin called the "hori
Biles angustiae.” But this interpretation
sheds no light on the reference to Noah,
‘nor on why should Christ preach in Hell.
+ Some interpret the passage as meaning
‘that Christ went to preach to all the Old
Testament dead; and that those who were
disobedient in’ Noah's day were repre
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seve of ll the eter But the pomage
Simply dt na oy
Chit actly
Some suet thot Christ act
paced nthe dae of Noh to the spt
the er aferras confine poten
desi ct
, ss somehat_ sin
Auautinds theory woe somachot
‘ees ht Cris prod in he
toil inthe day of Nay jt
frescled_ inthe” fot inthe dat of
Gale Buti uch wore the cam, ol
doc nat ‘hed igh on the den tno
ia
nthe same win others thai tat the
rrees has noting all doh the
Tied action been Hs death and eu
recon Nar, ov mater of fat dee ft
refer the dane of Noh, Hahei re
tone preching of the apes fer the
reureton af Crit Pan, we fal
cite cometin
It is obvious that all these so-called “explanations”
leave a lt of questions wo be answered. Who are
these spirits in prison? Why were they there? Why
specifically those of Nouh’s day? What exactly did
‘Christ preach to them?
PETER'S MOTIVES
Before beginning to answer each question
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individually, itis exsental to know what were the
motives of Peter in writing this Teter We kas
that he refers to Christ preaching ants the shin
in prison, but how does this fit in with the ‘
message of the letter? —
Foreanately, Peter
crystal clear. is to encourage the, sunte wh
Were suffering persecution for their faith. e.
for their faith, The et
ter abounds with references to thom. Thy ae Se
Sic of Goa cater” by w tele pearcaten
Unleashed upon them bythe Roman ‘Emperor
They ad become targeted or spel treat
faring he cn of Nev 68 AD poe n
One of the fercest and ruses pertecetion
the history of the church, ee
Peter is concerned about th
shout the saints who had
been dipersed and teterod throughost The fa
pir and wie this eter to encourage thee
hearts and wirengthen their faith, “That the te
of your faith, beng tauch more precious tao
Bold that perisheth, though tebe tried ith hea
‘oh be und unto pase and honor and gary a
the anpearng of deo Chen Peer 1)
loved think int stage the ery tal which eto
y ye ox though ome strange thing happened
unto you: But reac, fm as much aa ge ag
Lakers of Chit sulin that en Ti gy
e revealed, ye may be fled als
exceeding joy” (1 Peter 4:12-13), : .
REIGN OF TERROR
‘There is no doubt about the “fiery” clement.
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wmhis is exactly what awaited some of the saints at
the hands of Nero, He used them as flaming tor.
thes to illuminate his gardens at night — referred
toby Roman historians as the “flammati.”
"Tacitus records: “Their sufferings at the exc-
ution were aggravated by insult and mockery: for
Some were disguised in the skins of wild beasts
land. worried by dogs; tome were crucified; and
thers were wrapped in pitched shirts and set on
fire when the day closed, that they might serve as
lights to illuminate the night."
‘SJuvenal writes in the same vein: “Burning in
their own flame and smoke, their head being held
tup by a stake fixed to their chin till they made a
Tong stream (of blood and sulphur) on the
ground"?
Peter underscores the same message in chap-
tor 8 of his letter. He tells them not to be afraid of
this terror, but to rejoice because they are suler-
ing for righteousness sake. After al, it is better to
sulfer for well-doing than for evil-doing (1 Peter
8:17). Then he reminds them of what happened to
the Savior Himself, He, too, suffered, ‘the just for
the unjust” And then comes the thrust of his
whole message: note what happened to Jesus af-
lerwards. After He suffered and was put to death
fn the flesh, He was quickened by the Spirit (King
James) or in the Spirit (New American Standard)
id Peter 9:18). He exchanged the “flesh” by which
fslone He could suffer, for a glorious, spiritual body
Which could neither suffer nor die. Then came the
escent into hell, followed by the resurrection and
then the ascension, Christ is now "gone into
137 ‘The Omega Conspiracy
heaven, and is on the right hand of Ged... "(1
Peter 8:22). The same thing will happen to His fl
lowers who are suffering and even being martyred
for their faith, They, too, have been begotten “anto
a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus. Christ
from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible,
and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved
{in heaven for you ..."(1 Peter 1:34),
‘This is the whole purpose for Peter's letter: to.
comfort and encourage the persecuted saints, by
Aepicting the glory to come. There is a resur,
ection awaiting them. Their death will issue in
victory and triumph just as it did in the case of
Jesus. As for Jesus, he tells them, His triumph
was such that he went and announced it to “the
spirits in prison.”
To understand what exactly is meant by this
Statement “preaching unto the spirits in prison” it
is necessary to examine the three major words
used by Peter in this text: “preach.”
ae
“spirits,
Preach: we normally associate preaching
with proclaiming the gospel. But actually this is to
Pt a limitation on the word which it does not have
‘in the original. The Greek word for “preach” here
is herusso, and means to herald, to publish, to pro.
claim. It does not tell us what is to be heralded,
Published, or proclaimed, There is another Gree
Word that does that, and it is evangelize. ‘That
word means specifically to preach the goupel or
preach the Good News, But herusso is different; by
itself it telle nothing of the message to be pro-
claimed,
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Kenneth. Woes in his Word Studies tll us
that the ord (ern) in alg no ndetion
of the content of the mestage. A qualifying p
trast beaded for hat purpose a
"ei hy when the ord eras wed
the New Testament thre ually ade to 8
word ke "nel or “denen went bout al
Gales caching in dr ayaoguen ad rec
Ing he gpl af the Kingdon = athe 425
"We pesced uno you the gpa of Gol" Tes
tanlane 23) The tom ine when the word
eras s used alone at in 1 Peter 3:19 witout
fry referent the tenia of the proclamation,
then no mn the gpl er satin a es
tary par of te meusing. Thur when Jue went
fed preschd unto the ait fo penn i
ecenariy mean that He went preach the es
alto them. ipl meant tat He wert ado
Poured somthing oem, What hat some
‘wil beso evient ab we pron Te ou
cin to anya thi jure tat was nthe
wi but womething of judgemental nature.
yay, angels were never inaaded among these
for whom the Lard died. Preaching the gowpe has
tnorelevance fora congregation of angels
Jun ab the word preseh hasbeen
ay annad ine ining ih
oe the oe irits has been
reaching Uhe gimp, s0 the word
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