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Theology / Prophecy - Current Events / The end times, UFO's, and rebel angels pt. V
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on: November 18, 2004, 06:06:37 AM
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Together they “endeavored to ... incarnate a physical aspect of Babylon, the Scarlet Woman of the Book of Revelations (17:3-6). They believed that Babylon was the herald of the new Age of Horus, and that Revelations was the understandably negative interpretation by those of the dying Age of Osiris.” The gist of it was that Parsons desired to take the spirit of Babylon, the “Whore of Babylon,” and invest it in a human being. The idea was to create a child in the spiritual world, and then call down the spiritual baby and direct it into a human womb. When born, this child would incarnate the forces of Babylon, which they considered to be a good thing. (Although Crowley had previously written the somewhat hilarious book Moonchild - concerning a similar experiment - he wrote in a letter: “Apparently Parsons and Hubbard or somebody is producing a moonchild. I get fairly frantic when I contemplate the idiocy of these louts.”) In any event, the rites were duly performed as written from January 4th to 15th of that year. It is not known if a spiritual child was enwombed from them. What is known is that the Magickal Portal first created by Crowley - and which originally let Lam into the earth-world - was reestablished with considerable intensity by Parsons and Hubbard. From the diaries of the participants, it is also clear that they were not as adept as Crowley in the closings of portals. What they seemed to have accomplished was the drastic enlargement and ripping of an existing Magickal Portal and the subsequent non-closure of it. Perhaps the rip they created was not possible to close. In any event, the modern UFO era began exactly a year and a half later on June 24th, 1947, with Kenneth Arnold's sighting over the Cascade Mountains in Washington State. The “gray aliens,” slight-bodied, big-headed, large-dark-eyed manikin creatures are primarily an American phenomena. And, it is interesting to note that all the Lam workings were done in America. Reports of these UFO-associated entities became prevalent in the 1980's and made the big time with Whitley Strieber's book Communion. The “grays” appear eerily similar to Lam, with the exception of Lam not having the large insectoid wraparound eyes reported of the “grays.” It is interesting that one method of attempting to contact them is to stare at the eyes until they and the head seem to become larger and suck in the viewer. Also and perhaps most significantly, KennethGrant, head of the current O.T.O., states that: “Lam is a Great Old One whose archetype is recognizable in accounts of UFO occupants.” It would seem from this official Typhonian statement that the current invokers of Lam are absolutely clear that Lam and the gray-aliens are one. According to their literature, not only is contact with non-human entities an integral component of spiritual growth, but the “Lam Consciousness” of Lucifer-Gnosis is the “natural mode of human evolution in the present Aeon.” Thus these gray-alien/Lam entities are deemed worthy of invocation into the earth-world on behalf of the interests of humanity's evolution. Here is the Typhonian OTO website... http://user.cyberlink.ch/~koenig/staley.htmHitler and Crowley were part of the same movement. Hitler himself claimed to have started a war between the gods. The reason he gave for extermination of others and the alleged importance of the Germans was that they were the best race for interbreeding with the gods. The US pardoned the Nazi experts of mind control and propanda and welcomed them into the US intelligence community. On the back of the dollar bill on the left you will see the eye in the triangle (the eye of Lucifer). Under it "New Order of the Ages" and over it "He (Lucifer) favors our understanding." This was placed on the dollar by Mason president Franklin D. Roosevelt. An alarming number of our founding fathers/leaders are/were Masons. At least 40% of southern baptist preachers are Masons. This is not to say they are aware of all this. Remember the Mason's deception of its own members. However, we should beware of wolves in sheeps clothing, of which there are many. Remember it was the clergy who plotted and taught against Jesus. They also convinced the crowd to execute Him and release Barabbus. Remember He often referred to them as a "brood of vipers." Just remember that everyone who claims to be a servant of the Lord isn't one. That's why we have all these Bible versions. One of the devil's main plans has always been the corruption of the scripture, and after his failure to thwart the birth of the Messiah, he launched a campaign to take away the significance of Christ. This is evident in all the versions after the King James where an alarming number of references to Christ's diety are taken out as part of "clarification." Even the King James has its faults too, though. Most notably the intentional jumbling of God Names. To give one example in Genesis chapter one Elohim is used thirty-two times. What is the significance of this name? Elohim (ALHYM) is the male plural of the female singular of God, Eloah (ALH), signifying the single female and double male portions of the Trinity, all present at creation. In the KJV it is translated as the male singular of God El (AL) to take away a mention of the Trinity or Son. Unfortunately, there isn't a perfectly accurate translation of the Bible in English. All this work of the devil is in vain, however, because the Bible still "speaks" to people who have the Holy Spirit as teacher (I John 2:27). Simply pray before you read for God to reveal the truth to you and He will...seek the Holy Spirit and He will teach you to reconize His Holy Word. I Timothy 4:1-3 "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth." It is interesting to note that Jesus taught that the end times were close. Hebrews 9:25-26 "Nor yet that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; For then must He often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself." Matthew 4:17 "From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Mark 1:14-15 "...Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel." Here are a couple more verses of interest: Hebrews 11:32-37 "And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and [of] Barak, and [of] Samson, and [of] Jephthae; [of] David also, and Samuel, and [of] the prophets: Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: And others had trial of [cruel] mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented..." I John 2:15-19 "Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. 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. 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."
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Theology / Prophecy - Current Events / The end times, UFO's, and rebel angels pt. IV
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on: November 18, 2004, 06:05:15 AM
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The chief and head of all these religions is the worship of Lucifer as the "light bringer" aka "illuminator." This is where the term Illuminati comes from. The object of Lucifer worship is "Lucifer gnosis." The recording angels of the Rosicrucians are in fact the rebel Beni Elohim. The Masons make no bones about it as you can see in one of the greatest Masonic books of all time, Albert Pike's "Morals And Dogma". Albert Pike is considered one of the great geniuses of Freemasonry, and this book is considered one of the great spiritual Freemasonry books ever. Pike published this book in 1871; our copy was published by the authority of the "Supreme Council of the Thirty-Third Degree For The Southern Jurisdiction Of The United States" in March, 1919. In it Pike identifies Lucifer as the source of Freemasonry's spirituallight. On page 321, Pike boldly states, "Lucifer, the Light-bearer! Strange and mysterious name given to the Spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the Light...? Doubt it not!" Even though Pike admits the name Lucifer was given to the Spirit of Darkness, he still states it is Lucifer whom Freemasonry chooses as its spiritual light. "To you, Sovereign Grand Instructors General, we say this, that you may repeat it to the Brethren of the 32nd, 31st and 30th degrees: 'the Masonic Religion should be, by all of us initiates of the high degrees, maintained in the purity of the LUCIFERIAN Doctrine. If Lucifer were not god, would Adonay (The Lord)... calumniate (spread false and harmful statements about) him?...Yes Lucifer is God..."(Albert Pike, A.C. De La Rive, La Femme et l'Enfant dans la Franc-Maqonnene Universelle, page 588.) The reason so many people are mislead about this is two fold. First, Masonry originally had nothing to do with this it was later infiltrated and turned into what it is now. Secondly, as Pike states on page 104 of Morals and Dogma, "Masonry, like all the Religions, all the Mysteries... conceals its secrets from all except the Adepts and Sages, or the Elect, and uses false explanations and misinterpretations of its symbols to misleadthose who deserve only to be mislead...Truth is not for those who are unworthy or unable to receive it, or would pervert it." Masonry has also founded a number of offshoots including the KKK, The Jehovah's Witnessess', and the Mormons. There are also many more groups out there like the Golden Dawn. Most have no idea the role they play in the NWO except the elect. If you want more info on why Masonry is devil worship, go here... http://www.cuttingedge.org/fmcorner.html There are a few pages specifically on it, but it by no means exhausts the topic. I don't know what all else the site has on it and only post the link for that. I would like to remind you that the Bible forbids sorcery, consorting with spirits, enchantments, astrology, witchcraft, calling up the dead, interpreting omens and the like. (Isaiah 47:9,12-13; Dueteronomy 18:10-11 for just a couple examples) The Bible says don't do it. Let me expand on that if you haven't caught on where I'm going with this yet. The Bible says that if you decided to, it would be possible to do these things, but it's wrong so don't. We as Christians would benefit to look at the "illuminated's" current battle plan: "Initiate mankind into the mysteries of creation through the beast cult by the orders of the AA (Astrum Argentium, Silver Star, etc...) and OTO (Order Templar Orientis)." Both these groups found a father figure in Aliester Crowley after his split with the Golden Dawn.. The OTO has an offshoot called the Cult of Lam. This branch is particularly concerned with summoning "dieties" (Lam) and passing them off as aliens to the public. Also with helping them make "alien/human" (angel/human) hybrids; remember the Genesis story? Do a search and compare Crowley's little friend he invoked repeatedly in 1918 and called “Lam” to the "greys" (aliens) that started cropping up shortly after they started this and you will see they are one and the same. The Amalantrah Working: In January through March of 1918 Crowley began a series of magickal workings called the Amalantrah Workings in furnished rooms in Central Park West, New York City. These were a performed via Sexual & Ceremonial Magick (his spelling) with the intent to invoke certain “intelligences” to physical manifestation. In actuality, the workings typically manifested as a series of visions and communications received through the medium-ship of his partner, Roddie Minor. Be that as it may, at least one such “intelligence” was brought into physical manifestation via the Magickal Portal they created. (A portal in this context is a "magickally" created rent in the fabric of time and space.) Crowley maintained the picture is actually a portrait and drawn from real life. This entity either called itself “Lam,” or was named “Lam” by Crowley. Either way, he considered it to be of inter-dimensional origin, which was the term then for extraterrestrial. Cult of Lam: Since Crowley’s time, several occult groups and individuals following in his footsteps have claimed to have intentionally and successfully contacted “Lam.” Most notably, Michael Bertiaux in the 1960’s followed by a group of O.T.O initiates in the 1970’s. These individuals consider “Lam” to be a trans-mundane or extraterrestrial entity and claimed remarkable success in their invocations. Following the success of these contacts, interest in occult circles, especially Crowleyian ones, gathered considerable steam. In 1987, Kenneth Grant, the generally acknowledged successor to Crowley, went so far as to formalize the Lam Workings into something called the Cult of Lam. To quote from Grant’s Typhonian O.T.O. website: “Members of the O.T.O. who feel strongly attracted to this Cult of Lam are invited to apply for participation therein. It is open only to Order members. They should contact Frater Ani Asig, 375'.' of the Sovereign Sanctuary, O.T.O. and submit a formal, typewritten and signed acceptance of the conditions of Working outlined here.” “It should be understood that proficiency in the magical formulae of this Cult does not necessarily comport eligibility for advancement in the O.T.O., its parent Order." Concurrently, a manuscript called “The Lam Statement” was circulated among O.T.O. initiates with a view to “regularizing the mode of rapport and constructing a magical formula for establishing communication with Lam.” It is interesting to note that since Crowley’s time, in occult terms at least, Lam is considered a class of entity rather than an individual being. When one invokes Lam, they are invoking an entity of that type, rather than a specific being. For occultists operating along O.T.O. lines, the idea is to invoke these Lam entities through Magickal Portals (intentionally created rents in time and space) into physical manifestation on planet earth. Why this is desirable is not always so clearly stated. (It often appears that within Crowleyian circles the working rule is often: “If Crowley did it, I want to do it, too.”) Michael Bertiaux, a Lam contactee and invoker of note, viewed Lam as the “subterranean burgeoning of Lucifer-Gnosis.” Considering that Gnosis means an intuitive knowing, this would mean that knowing Lam is to know a welling-up from the unconscious of an inner knowing of Lucifer. (The Occult being the occult, it is important to bear in mind that occultists at least may not necessarily see Lucifer as the devil, but rather as a “light bringer” who fell to earth.) Bertiaux goes on to say that Lam is the natural mode of human evolution in the present Aeon - indicating that to him and his followers this Lucifer-Gnosis is the appropriate path of human spiritual growth at this time. Crowley termed the intentional cultivation of spiritual growth the “Great Work.” And the Great Work for Crowley, “...involved precisely the establishment of contact with non-human intelligences.” Intelligences such as Lam. Using the language of Crowley’s time, certain non-human intelligences such as Lam were what we today would term “extraterrestrial.” It is generally agreed within occult circles that Crowley intentionally opened a portal of entry via magick ritual in the Amalantrah Workings which allowed the likes of Lam and other similar entities a passageway onto the earth-world. The rift “in-between the spaces of the stars,” created by the Amalantrah Working, created a gateway through which Lam and other extra-cosmic influences could enter the known universe, and most particularly, our earth-world. According to occultists involved in such things, the Portal has since widened. According to occult lore, the Portal was further enlarged by a Jet Propulsion Laboratory founder and rocket fuel scientist named Jack Parsons, and Scientology and Dianetics founder L. Ron Hubbard in 1946, facilitating - so it is said - a monumental paradigm shift in human consciousness. This Magickal working was called the Babylon Working, and like the Amalantrah Working on which its ritual was patterned, it was based on ceremonial sex magick.
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Theology / Prophecy - Current Events / The end times, UFO's, and rebel angels pt. III
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on: November 18, 2004, 06:02:29 AM
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"Most of the world's ancient religions tell of hybrid man-gods with heads of animals, reptiles, etc. When this passage from Romans 1 is considered alongside the end of Genesis 6:4 ("heroes of old, legends, men of renown...") and the passages above from Ephesians 6, Jude and II Peter, we can see even more plainly that the angelic hosts and their supernatural offspring provide a factual, Biblical basis for creatures generally considered mythological gods by many today. In fact, of all the "races" of aliens people report today "Reptilians" are among the most fierce; many ufologists use drawings of these creatures from ancient religions to affirm the present-day testimony of abductees.
Daniel 2:43 "And whereas thou saw iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay"
This passage is obviously debatable as to its relevance, but its a passage which always gets placed into this topic. Here, Daniel is interpreting a dream about the "final kingdom" of mankind just before the return and reign of Jesus Christ. One might be tempted to believe this passage merely refers to a political mixture, given the larger context of the prophecy, but comparison of these translations and the original language indicate strongly that it is a "marriage," or sexual type of union. It is not wise to dogmatically state that this passage is definitely referring to an angel-human mixture here, but it worth considering, given Matthew 24:37 and the overall angel-hybrid understanding of scripture (which Daniel operated from, as it was the Orthodox Jewish view at the time, and only dissappeared from the historical Christian church between 300-500 AD.)
Interestingly, Daniel is the only book in the Bible which uses the term "watcher" - (defined as a guardian angel - Strong's 5894, Daniel 4:13, 17, 23 KJV). The term watcher is used to describe the angels that fell, in other non-canonized Jewish texts adding intrigue to the idea that these beings were a normal part of Daniel's spiritual worldview, and that this 2:43 passage could be referring to hybridization in the final days. One cannot deny that hybridization is a major theme of today's UFO and abduction research however, making it worthy of consideration. That this passage indicates - 2500 years in advance - that "it won't work" should serve as a warning to those who would reject Christ, to serve and adore so-called aliens.
Philippians 2:9-11. "God has given him a name which is above every name - that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord…"
The Biblical accounts of angelic hosts are today grossly misinterpreted, both by sincere researchers and UFO cult leaders alike...remember that Satan is prince of the powers of the air, and lord of the things that fly.
Here is a verse relating the covering of the head and the rebel angels:
I Corinthians 11:5-15 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with [her] head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. For a man indeed ought not to cover [his] head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. For this cause ought the woman to have power on [her] head because of the angels. Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. For as the woman [is] of the man, even so [is] the man also by the woman; but all things of god. Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for [her] hair is given her for a covering.
Another one of the rebel angels' campaigns was starting false religions where the initiates worshiped one or more of them. Among these are the religions of Sumeria, Babylon, and Ancient Egypt. They built ziggurats (Assyr.-Bab. ziggurata, from the verb zaqaru, meaning to be high or raised up; hence the top of a mountain, or a staged tower). They were designed to elevate the mind and heart to supernal contemplation and provide a scale of descent for the gods to come down to earth. Erech (Heb. ‘erekh) was a city of ancient Babylonia founded by Nimrod (Genesis 10:8-9), the Babylonian form of the name is Uruk. The modern site is called Warka and is located near the Euphrates River, forty miles NW of Ur. Erech was the home of Gilgamesh, the hero of the great Akkadian epic. Archaeologists have found that this city was one of the oldest of Babylonia, founded before 4000 B.C. One of the earliest dynasties of the Sumerians ruled from Erech, it boasted the first ziggurat, or temple tower, and began the use of clay cylinder seals. The ziggurat at Ur is made on the outside of baked brick set in bitumen. The stele of Ur-Nammu is a contemporary record of the building of this ziggurat. The Tower of Babel was a ziggurat (Genesis 11:1-9).
These religions have survived to this day along with newer entries like Hinduism, and the religions of Buddah and Muhammed. Muhammed saw an angel but he should've took note of I John 4:1-6: "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that [spirit] of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error." All These religions are working toward the New World Order - the Aeon of Horus (Lucifer) which will culminate in the coming of the antichrist. The high levels of Luciferians understand how all these false religions work together, but many others who follow the lesser rebel angels fail to see how they relate to each other.
II John 1:7 "For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist."
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Theology / Prophecy - Current Events / The end times, UFO's, and rebel angels pt. II
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on: November 18, 2004, 05:59:15 AM
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The Nephilim phenomena didn't stop there, however. As soon as it was made known that the Seed of the woman was to come through Abraham, there must have been another eruption, as recorded in Genesis 6:4, "and also after that" (that is to say, after the days of Noah, more than 500 years after the first eruption). The aim of the enemy was to occupy Canaan in advance of Abraham, and so to contest its occupation by his seed. For, when Abraham entered Canaan, we read (Genesis 12:6) "the Canaanite was then (that is to say, already) in the land."
In the same chapter (Genesis 12:10-20) we see Satan's next attempt to interfere with Abraham's seed, and frustrate the purpose of God that it should be in "Isaac". This attempt was repeated in 20:1-18.
After David's line was singled out (II Samuel 7), that was the next selected for assault.
The Hebrew word nephilim is also used in Numbers 13:33. This name is given to a Canaanitish tribe, a race of large stature, "the sons of Anak." The Revised Version, in these passages, simply transliterates the original, and reads "Nephilim." "And there we saw the giants (Nephilim), the sons of Anak, [which come] of the giants (Nephilim): and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight."
The Rephaim were a race of Nephilim (Deuteronomy 3:1) who lived on the east of Jordan, from whom Og was descended. They were probably the original inhabitants of the land before the immigration of the Canaanites. They were conquered by Chedorlaomer in 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...") and their territories were promised as a possession to Abraham (15:20). The Anakim, Zuzim, and Emim were branches of the Rephaim. The Rephiam are also mentioned in Isaiah 14:9: "Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead (Hebrew: Rephiam) for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
In Job 26:5 (RSV, "they that are deceased;" marg., "the shades," the "Rephaim") and Isaiah 14:9 this Hebrew word is rendered (A.V.) "dead." It means here "the shades," the departed spirits in Sheol. In Samuel 21:16,18,20,33 , "the giant" is (A.V.) the rendering of the singular form Ha raphah , Which may possibly be the name of the father of the four giants referred to here, or of the founder of the Rephaim. The Vulgate here reads "Arapha," whence Milton (in Samson Agonistes) has borrowed the name "Harapha." (See also 1 Chronicles 20:5,6,8 ; Deuteronomy 2:11,20 ; 3:13 ; Joshua 15:8 , etc., where the word is similarly rendered "giant.") It is rendered "dead" in (A.V.) Psalms 88:10 ; Proverbs 2:18 ; 9:18; 21:16 : in all these places the Revised Version marg. has "the shades." (See also Isaiah 26:14)
The Anakim (Deuteronomy 2:10,11,21 ; Joshua 11:21,22 ; 14:12,15 ; called "sons of Anak," Numbers 13:33; "children of Anak," 13:22; Joshua 15:14 ), a nomad race of Nephilim descended from Arba (Joshua 14:15), the father of Anak, that dwelt in the south of Palestine near Hebron (Genesis 23:2; Joshua 15:13 ). They were a Cugotcha2e tribe of the same race as the Philistines and the Egyptian shepherd kings. David on several occasions encountered them (II Samuel 21:15-22 ). From this race sprung Goliath (I Samuel 17:4).
The Emin was a warlike tribe of the ancient Canaanites. They were "great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims" (Genesis 14:5; Deuteronomy 2:10,11).
The Zamzummim (q.v.), Deuteronomy 2:20 so called by the Amorites.
The Gibbor (Job 16:14), a mighty one, i.e., a champion or hero. In its plural form (gibborim) it is rendered "mighty men" (II Samuel 23:8-39; I Kings 1:8; I Chronicles 11:9-47; 29:24) The band of six hundred whom David gathered around him when he was a fugitive were so designated. They were divided into three divisions of two hundred each, and thirty divisions of twenty each. The captians of the thirty divisions were called "the thirty," the captains of the two hundred "the three," and the captain over the whole was called "chief among the captains" (II Samuel 23:8 ). The sons born of the marriages mentioned in Genesis 6:4 are also called by this Hebrew name.
The angels who fathered the Nephilim were most definitely punished for their actions:
II Peter 2:4-6 "For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eight person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly, And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an example unto those that after should live ungodly..."
Jude 6-7 "And the angels which kept not their * first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire." * original place with God
From these two passages, it is clear that Peter and Jude both affirm that the "sons of God" in Genesis 6 were angels, who committed fornication. Not only does study of the text in Genesis 6 reveal this plainly, but we have "two witnesses" from the New Testament, both which reference Noah's time period and the sexual sins of Sodom and Gomorrah, to contrast to the sin of the angels being mentioned in these passages
The Greek word "Tartarus" (used here to denote the "darkness" where these specific angels are confined) was also the "underworld" where the Titans (hybrid man-gods) are being held, according to Greek mythology. These passages are the only time in scripture the word "Tartarus" (the Greek underworld) is used to refer to hell. Peter and Jude knew their audience, and they knew exactly what they were talking about.
In fact, the term "Giants" in the KJV is only rendered as such, because the Greek translation of the Old Testament (Septuagint) used the phrase "gigantis," which actually means "earth-born," in Genesis 6. This is often misunderstood to mean "giants" - which they sometimes also happen to have been, incidentally. This was also the Greek word for the Titans of "myth," and is where the English word "giant" originally comes from, hence this rendering in the King James Version. All other modern translations remain faithful to the Hebrew root word "naphal," which means "to fall," or "fallen ones." These angel-human hybrids of Genesis 6 are the factual basis for the "gods" of ancient cultures.
II Corinthians 11:14:15 " And no marvel, for Satan himself is transformed* into an angel of light. Therefore, it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works." * changes himself (KJV note)
It's obvious this passage is saying that even Satan's workers (human or angelic!) pretend to be ministers of peace and goodwill. In the case of humans, this may not be intentional deception, but simply people who are deceived, deceiving others - ie, "the blind leading the blind."
However, "transformed / masquerades / disguises" as used here is not figurative, but physical. The literal word is "metaschematizo - to transfigure or disguise," and has the same root as "metamorphosis," and relates specifically to the outward physical appearance.
Quite simply, angels have the power to shape-shift (just as abductees repeatedly report their captors have the ability to do). Angels appeared as human often in the Old Testament, and the New Testament tells us that we too may "entertain angels unaware" (Hebrews 13:2).
Ufologists and abductees often believe that the beings we are dealing with or studying are "angelic spiritual guides," here to help humanity, to repair the environment, to empower the individual, etc...Anyway, their New Age doctrines, their sexual assaults "of biblical proportions" and their gross mistreatment of humans gives them away. They are false workers, intent on our destruction.
Ephesians 6:12 "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places" Here, we see that the church is called to wage war not against deceived humanity when they disagree with us, but most directly against evil spiritual forces responsible for deceiving the earth. The word "powers" as used here, is the same Greek word found in I Peter 3:22, specifying "angels, authorities and powers" and as in Colossians 3:10, "...the principalities and powers in heavenly places." Don't take this the wrong way, lest we "uproot wheat with the chaff," however.
Romans 1:21-25 "Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds,and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore God gave also them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the creator, who is blessed forever. Amen."
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Theology / Prophecy - Current Events / The end times, UFO's, and rebel angels
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on: November 18, 2004, 05:56:39 AM
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The leader of the rebel angels is known by many names, among them the Devil, the Serpent, the Dragon, Satan, and Lucifer. I don't wish do debate which is the most correct, but you know who I mean.
Satan, prince of the powers of the air, goes by many assumed names - among them Baal and Baalzebub, lord of things that flit from place to place/ lord of the things that fly/ or lord of the flies. He and the other rebel angels are part of the angelic hosts.
Genesis 2:1 "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them." The word host here is defined by Strong's Concordance (6635) as "a mass of persons or things especially organized for war, an army." We are told not to worship the heavenly host, and God is declared "The Lord of Hosts" over two hundred times in the Bible.
Dueteronomy 4:19 "And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them..."
Dueteronomy 17:3 "And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded"
I Kings 22:19-22 "I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left... And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said... "
II Chronicles 18:18 I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and [on] his left.
II Kings 17:16 "And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal."
II Kings 21:3 "For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed... and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them."
II Kings 23:5 "And he put down the idolatrous priests... them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven."
Nehemiah 9:6 ""Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee."
Isaiah 24:21 "And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth."
Genesis 3:15 "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed..." Note that like Eve, the serpent will also have "seed" or "offspring." Either the serpent is a literal snake (which can talk...) or it is a fallen angel (most assume the Devil). We cannot say that this ongoing enmity refers merely to other fallen angels, which would more correctly be his "brethren" or "his kind" (other "sons of God," below) - but not his "offspring." This verse begs the question "Who are the offspring?"
The offspring was Satan and the rebel angels' first attempt to save themselves by keeping the Messiah from being born and preventing the coming of the Seed of the woman foretold in Genesis 3:15. If this could be accomplished, God's Word would have failed, and his own doom would be averted. They took human women as wives and had partially human offspring, the first time this happens is in Genesis 6.
Genesis 6:1-4 "And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and took them wives of all which they chose. And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children unto them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown."
Genesis 6:1-4 (The Living Bible) "Now a population explosion took place upon the earth. It was at this time that beings from the spirit world looked upon the beautiful earth women and took any they desired to be their wives. Then Jehovah said, "My Spirit must not forever be disgraced in man, wholly evil as he is. I will give him 120 years to mend his ways." In those days, and even afterwards, when the evil beings from the spirit world were sexually involved with human women, their children became giants, of whom so many legends are told."
Some dismiss these scriptures, believing Jesus taught in Matthew 22:30 that angels cannot have sex : "For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven." But this passage is saying angels of God in heaven, Satan and the rebel angels won't be among the angels of God in the ressurection.
It is only by the Divine specific act of creation that any created being can be called "a son of God". For that which is "born of the flesh is flesh". God is spirit, and that which is "born of the Spirit is spirit" (John 3:6). Hence Adam is called a "son of God" in Luke 3:38. Those "in Christ" having "the new nature" which is by the direct creation of God (II Corinthians 5:17, Ephesians 2:10) can be, and are called "sons of God" (John 1:13, Romans 8:14-15, I John 3:1).
Also this why angels are called "sons of God" in every other place where the expression is used in the Old Testament. Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7. Psalms 29:1; 89:6. Daniel 3:25. We have no authority or right to take the expression in Genesis 6:2,4 in any other sense.
"Sons of God" or B'nai haElohim in Hebrew, used also in Job 1:6, 2:1 & 38:7 - the term always refers to angels. It occurs four times in the Old Testament and is rendered "Angels of God" in the ancient Septuagin translation. Angels are called "spirits" (Psalm 104:4. Hebrews 1:7,14), for spirits are created by God.
Only this passage from Genesis is debated because of the disturbing nature of this topic. Many competent and prominent Bible scholars of today believe the "sons of God" are of human lineage. This has been taught in seminaries for years, but was not the understanding of the early church, nor even the position of many modern Rabbis. Ultimately, this position simply does not "hold water" under even casual study.
That there was a fall of the angels is certain from Jude 6. The nature of their fall is clearly stated in the same verse. They left their own (oiketerion). This word occurs only in II Corinthians 5:2. Jude 6, where it is used of the spiritual (or resurrection) body. The nature of their sin is stated to be "in like manner" to that of the subsequent sins of Sodom and Gomorrha, Jude 7. The time of their fall is given as having taken place "in the days of Noah" (I Peter 3:20. II Peter 2:7). For this sin they are "reserved unto judgement", II Peter 2:4, and are "in prison", I Peter 3:19.
Historically, "The Book of Antiquities" by noted Jewish historian Josephus (years of life) also states that angels intermarried with human daughters, producing the "Titans" of Greco-Roman culture.
The strange events which led to the flood are also alluded to in ancient mythologies. The legends of the Greek "titans" - partly terrestrial, partly celestial - embrace these same memories. (The Greek titan is linguistically linked to the Chaldean sheitan, and the Hebrew satan.)
The intrusion of these rebel angels into the human family resulted in unnatural offspring termed Nephilim, which derives from the Hebrew naphal (to fall), or the Fallen Ones. (The Greek Septuagint renders this term gigantes, which actually means "earth-born." This is often misunderstood to mean "giants"--which they sometimes also happen to have been, incidentally.)
The Nephilim, were monsters of iniquity, had to be destroyed. This was the one and only object of the Flood. Only Noah and his family had preserved their pedigree pure from Adam (Genesis 6:9). All the rest had become "corrupt" (shachath) destroyed [as Adamites]. The only remedy was to destroy it (defacto), as it had become destroyed (de jure). (It is the same word in verse 17 as in verses 11,12.)
Matthew 24:37 "But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."
Genesis 6:8-9 "But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. These [are] the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man [and] perfect in his generations, [and] Noah walked with God."
Noah was one of the priveledged few who "walked with God" as was Enoch who was seventh in the line to Christ. Noah was the tenth and Christ was the sixtieth generation.
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