As It Was In The Days Of Noah: Flood Series Part 7 of 8

Jude 1:5-7 

"5 But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. 

6 And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in EVERLASTING CHAINS UNDER DARKNESS FOR THE JUDGMENT OF THE GREAT DAY;  

7 as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to SEXUAL IMMORALITY and gone after STRANGE FLESH, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire."

In Part 7 we'll be doing a little recap, revisiting the story as told in Part 1 of this series because there is so much in the account of the flood prophetic our times, some of which we discussed in part 6.  Because Genesis happens to be one of the most prophetic books of them all, it's crucial to understand how it applies to the 21st century.  If you missed part 1, follow this link: http://emmausrevelations.blogspot.com/2014/07/noahs-ark-flood-series-part-1.html

The passage above describes some of what happened to the principal trouble makers in Noah's time while the passage below alludes to what they were doing.  I say "alludes to" because you really don't get a very detailed picture in English.  The Hebrew text, however, tells a different story.

In the last days the world is going to be quite similar to the way it was just before the Flood with some important differences.  That's why the Bible says that these days will be "AS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH," meaning it won't be a re-enactment where demons are producing actual offspring with human women.  

There will be some distinct similarities, particularly wide-spread wickedness, evil on a rampage, rampant immorality and so on.

We saw that the devil knew of the One who was coming to destroy him because, right after man fell, God said that He would put "enmity" between his seed and the "seed of the woman."  But "Seed" does not come from woman; it comes from man.  In so saying God foretold the Virgin birth:  The Promise of all Promises!  He was going to send The Champion, Jesus, to buy back what man had lost.     

So, the devil knew that God would send Someone Who will crush his head.  But he doesn't want his head crushed.  That's why his #1 mission from that point on was to STOP THE SEED OF THE WOMAN.  This explains why the devil hates women so much.  But it also reveals that the devil isn't all knowing.  He didn't know Who was coming or when which is why he tried everything he could think of to prevent The Champion's birth. 

When he saw that God was pleased with Abel's offering but not with Cain's he instigated Cain to kill his brother.  He figured the Champion was Abel. Nope.  Wasn't him.  

So he came up with his most disgusting plan:

The Nephilim.
 

Genesis 6:1 

"Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, 2 that the 'sons of God' saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose...."

These "daughters of men," human women born of human parents.  But the "sons of God" mentioned here were fallen angels who took on human form and had sex them, creating half-human, half-demon hybrids.  Horrible creatures of all descriptions.  Again, refer to part one for more details.  

They were called "sons of God" because they DIRECTLY created by Him is a "son" of God, like Adam.  Jesus, though called "Son" is NOT a creation but "begotten."  He is THE ONLY BEGOTTEN, born of God.  Likewise, believers are "born" into the family of God  when we receive Jesus as Savior and are born again.  We are sons the same way Jesus is Son.

In verse 4 that "There were giants on the earth in those days, AND ALSO AFTERWARD---meaning after the flood---when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown."

These abominations were mighty in size, strength and, above all, WICKEDNESS!  They were called the NEPHILIM before the flood; ANAKIM AND REPHAIM afterward, fathered by those same fallen angels who had taken human form before the flood.  You can tell they were fallen angels in part from the passage above but the word Nephilim itself comes from the Hebrew root word, "naphal," which means "fallen."  

 

The devil and his crew carried out their heinous plan in order to pollute the human race to stop the birth of God's Champion.  God could not allow it to be carried out to it's evil conclusion.  That's why He sent the flood.  Otherwise, there would be no human race left! 

God Destroys All Life.

"Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. So the LORD said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.”  Genesis 6:1-7

 

(God accepts Abel's offering.)

Since the devil is not all-knowing, cannot read your mind and didn't have a scorecard to tell the players he did lots of other things, like inventing astrology.  Why astrology?  Because the Gospel story of the promised Messiah was WRITTEN ALL OVER THE NIGHT SKY. 

 You see, for 2500 years, there was no written word.  God wrote the Gospel Story in the night sky.  The 48 constellations tell the whole AMAZING story of Redemption!  That's how the gospel was preached to generations of people.  The tower of Babel was constructed, orchestrated by satan, toward the end of distorting and confusing the story.

For more information on the Story in the Stars, the Tower of Babel and the meaning of the Sphinx follow the links below.  See what beautiful love letters our Heavenly Father has left for us:  

http://emmausrevelations.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-real-story-in-stars.html

http://emmausrevelations.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-tower-of-babel.html

http://emmausrevelations.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-sign-at-border.html

(Pharoah's daughter finds baby Moses.)

Later on the devil had Pharoah kill all the Hebrew babies of Moses' day.  

When Jesus was 2 years old, the ol' liar instigated his buddy, Herod, to kill all the babies 2 years old and younger.  The wise men who came from the East to inquire of the king gave him a clue that something BIG was up.  But he didn't know which baby it was.  As I said, he's not all knowing. All this to STOP THE SEED OF THE WOMAN:  JESUS!

Before the flood, people lived a lo-o-ong time!  Adam was 930 years old when he died and Noah was 950!  The longest living man was Methusela at 969 years of age.  Just before the flood, after all those hundreds of years, the outbreak of Nephilim was so widespread that the pollution of the human race was almost complete. 

Just think of it:  Those half-breeds lived hundreds of years, their thoughts and intentions of their hearts only evil continually, as it tells us in Genesis 6. Well, they sure devised A WHOLE LOT OF EVIL!  Hard to imagine.
 

Satan's plan almost worked, too.....except for one little detail:  ".....Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord."

Noah was a just man who loved God.  He and his family did not dabble with demons.  He was a preacher of righteousness who tried to tell his contemporaries not to get mixed up with these fallen angels; to repent and turn to God.   The very next verse might not seem like much and, truthfully, in English, it really doesn't tell us anything.  But in Hebrew, you really get the picture.

"9 This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, PERFECT in his generations. Noah walked with God.  10 And Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth."

The word, "PERFECT," in Hebrew is "TAMIM."  This is the same word as the one used to refer to the lamb one brought to the priest.  It means PHYSICALLY, not spiritually, perfect.  

NOAH AND THE OTHER SEVEN MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY WERE THE ONLY FULLY HUMAN SPECIMENS LEFT ON PLANET EARTH!

 

Will The Nephilim Return?   

There is a lot of talk in these end times about the return of the Nephilim, probably because of this scripture:  "And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:"(Luke 17:26 NKJV)

Whatever the modern-day outbreak of the Nephillim will be, it won't be fallen angels taking human form and impregnating human women.  It will be "AS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH," in other words, "SIMILAR" to that outbreak. 

The common denominator of both outbreaks--one before the flood; one after--involved a going after "strange flesh," perverse sexuality of all kinds.  You can read a full description in Romans chapter 1.

The other outbreak of demonic half-breeds AFTER the flood were the "people" inhabiting the land of Canaan.  When Joshua and the children of Israel entered the land, giants were already living there.  Remember when Moses sent in the twelve spies?  They reported back that there were "giants in the land." 

You see, the devil knew that God had promised Noah He would NEVER, ever again send another flood to destroy all mankind.  So he thought to himself, "Hmmm...I have another chance to pollute the human race!"  So he had his buddies pull the same stunt again.  Goliath was one of these half-human creatures.  
The devil also knew the land of Canaan was a piece of real estate that was of special interest to God.  That's why he put his "people/hybrids" in place.

But don't worry.  You won't be seeing any horrible, half-human/half-demon creatures walking around in your town.  God put a stop to that.  How can we be assured of that?  He did two things:  #1- He locked up the fallen angels that did not keep their place, as documented in the opening scripture; in other words, the ones who took on human form and fathered these abominations, and.....

#2- He raised up the nation of Israel to eradicate the post-diluvian outbreak, the Anakim and Refaim.  

Didn't you ever wonder why God told Joshua to have the Israelites kill every man, woman and child when they entered the Promised land and conquered the cities of Canaan?  It always seemed reallt cruel until I realized He wanted them to wipe out every trace of demon DNA. Otherwise, the human race could be taken over.....again!  YIKES!!!

I'm so glad the devil and his minions aren't going to be pulling the same stunt again!  What, and risk being judged early and sent to hell early like their predecessors?  NO WAY. They know all too well that time will come soon enough and they're in no rush, believe me.  Mimic their behavior, yes--but take on human form, NO. 

As distasteful as it may be to discuss, there are people who sexually dabble with demon spirits, both men and women.  The incubus is the male form; succubus the female.  "Strange flesh," as I said, is described in great detail in the first chapter of the book of  Romans. Fortunately for us, no offspring can result from either type of union.  

This kind of thing is happening today, which means the rapture is VERY NEAR and the second coming not too long after that.   

So my question is, since the devil very obviously failed to stop the seed of the woman, why is he still coming after Israel?   Because he's trying to keep prophecy from coming true so that the SECOND COMING CANNOT HAPPEN.  

Well Church, he will never stop trying until he's hurled headlong into the pit of hell, I guess.  I suppose, because his HEAD WAS CRUSHED, he can't figure out he's ALREADY LOST!

So you see, we really are living in the last days spoken of in the scriptures:  AS IT WAS in the days of Noah.....

 

.....SO WILL IT ALSO BE IN THE DAYS OF THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN."