2 - Theories about the appearance of giants,
the NEPHILIM
2.1 – The theory of the union of supernatural
beings, called in
the
bible “sons of God”, with human women.
Many
well-known theologians and researchers believe that the sons of God are the
divine or heavenly beings, spoken of in the Bible, such as those mentioned in
Job 2 verse1: “When the day came for the heavenly
beings to appear before the Lord again, Satan was there among them”,
and also Job 38 verse7 “In the dawn of
that day the stars sang together, and the heavenly beings shouted for
joy”. And Psalm 29 verse1: “Praise the Lord, you heavenly beings;
praise his glory and power”.
And furthermore Psalm 89 verse7: “You
are feared in the council of the holy ones”............ There are
many more examples in the Bible where the heavenly angels / beings are
mentioned.
According
to this theory, the giants were born from the unnatural union of the above
mentioned heavenly beings called also “sons of God” in Genesis 6 verse 2, with
human women. ….These so-called "sons of God” (in other bible translations
called: “heavenly beings”) are actually angels that were cast out of heaven
along with the devil for their opposition against God.
and because of this, they were cast down
This
theory, has its parallel in a very ancient tradition, that the Israelites had
in common with other neighboring peoples such as the Greeks and Romans,
This
tradition referred to a legendary race of giants (such as Herakles and Achilles
in the case of the Greeks). But also in other religions such as Indian, Mayan,
and many more, we find the same traditions..
( (As an additional comment, one can say that the children of God are a
creation of God , and therefore are called "sons of God" , but they
were opposed to God and had joined with Satan)).
Satan had
taken one third of the angels with him, says the Bible. For Satan it was
very important to have reinforcements, because the army of God at this time had
twice as many angels as Satan had (2/3 against 1/3)..... It becomes clear that
Satan used his evil forces to have his angels join with humans to create giants
to serve him....
A
well-known example of this is the giant Goliath who opposed God in front of the
Israelites. In the book of Samuel we read how he cursed God and the Israelites.
Here we see his evil nature, serving Satan . David took five stones, and not
one, to kill Goliath. This was because Goliath had four brothers, and David had
to kill these four also with the four stones he had left. Throughout the Bible
we can read about giants, (Nephilim), like Goliath, trying to destroy Israel,
and with that, God's plan with the world,
The
destruction of Israel is so important to Satan because the Messiah was to be
born in Israel, and it was prophesized that the Messiah would destroy Satan. We can read
about this prophesy in Genesis 3 verses 14 and 15: “Then the Lord God said to the snake, “You will be punished for this;
you alone of all the animals must bear this curse: From now on you will crawl
on your belly, and you will have to eat dust as long as you live. I will make you and the woman hate each
other; her offspring and yours will always be enemies. Her offspring will
crush your head, and you will bite her offspring’s heel”.
With the
words “her offspring …” is meant the
coming of Jesus Christ, the Messiah, who will destroy, “crush”, Satan.
Of course, Satan wants to avoid that the Messiah could de born in Israel, and therefore he always tries to destroy Israel.
