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Book of generations

The Book of Generations (Genesis 5) Adam has Seth at 130 years old (he lived to be 930) Seth has Enosh at 105 (and lived to be 912) Enosh has Kenan at 90 (and lived to be 905) Kenan has Mahalalel at 70 (and lived to be 910) Mahalalel has Jared at 65 (and lived to be 895) Jared has Enoch at 162 (and lived to be 962) Enoch has Methuselah at 65 (and lived to be 365) Methuselah has Lamech at 187 (and lived to be 969) Lamech has Noah at 182 (and lived to be 777) Noah has Shem, Ham, and Japheth afte...
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Is Luke 17:16-30 referring to Genesis 6?

In Luke 17, Luke quotes Jesus saying: Luke 17:26-30 ESV "Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and de...
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Giant Statistics

In the Bible 32 tribes of giants are mentioned (if you include the Nephilim who were the original giants and the Canaanites which technically includes multiple tribes). The Amalekites, Amorites, Anakim, Ashdodites, Ashkelonites (Eshkalonites), Avvim, Avites, Canaanites, Caphtorim, Ekronites, Emim (Emins), Gazites (Gazathites), Geshurites , Gibalites (Giblites), Gibeonites, Girgashites, Gittites, Hittites, Hivites, Horites (Horims), Jebusites, Kadmonites, Kenites,...
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The younger shall succeed the older

There seems to be a consistent theme of male siblings where the older one(s) will fail to honor God in some way, grow to hate his younger brother, and often times become fathers to people groups of sinful/pagan ways, while the younger brother manages to succeed where the older brother(s) failed and often times rule over his older brother(s). Examples include: Seth/Able and Cain Issac and Ishmael Jacob and Esau Joseph and his brothers David and his brothers Solomon and Adonijah This theme seem...
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The star of Jesus

In Matthew 2:2-9 we see the wisemen searching for the king of the Jews because they saw his star. This makes sense given that the wisemen knew that stars are associated with individual divine beings and that those beings had allotted regions. Verse 9 describes the star moving and coming to stand over the exact place where Jesus was. Given that the star lead them to the land of the Jews, it was obvious that the ruler was the new ruler of the Jews and because the star was completely new this ruler...
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The celestial connection

Deuteronomy 4:19 NASB connects the hosts of heaven, sun moon and stars, to the sons of God that he allotted the nations to, describing them as one in the same. In my mind this (Deuteronomy 4:19) sums it all up in one sentence. There are many verses, however, that state a direct connection between celestial bodies and angels. The stars were singing during creation (Job 38:7). In Revelation John says he saw an angel standing in the sun (Revelation 19:17). Revelation 12:4 says that a third o...
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Why did God allot humans over to the gods?

Acts 17:24-27 tells us that God allotted man kind their different regions so that they would find him. How does this make sense? Well he separated the peoples at the tower of babel because they sought to do things in their own power. God says in Genesis 11 that the way things were, humans could do anything. They were not relying on God. By separating them, however, humans could be humbled once more and hopefully find their way to the God that made them. Not only that, but it is by choosing Abr...
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The allotment of the gods

God determined the regions of the earth and placed powerful angelic beings over those areas. They fail their duties, however, and accepted worship as though they were gods themselves. God judges them for this (telling them they will die as men). These beings maintain their borders regardless of their sentence and await the day of judgment. Until such time, they continue to rule over nations and battle with God's angels. Interestingly, other ancient nations had/have their own versions of this sam...
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Demons became new/false gods

Deuteronomy 32:16-17 " They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods; with abominations they provoked him to anger. They sacrificed to demons that were no gods, to gods they had never known, to new gods that had come recently, whom your fathers had never dreaded." This passage indicates that demons at this time were new and false gods that they did not know previously and their fathers never had to dread. This makes me think that there may be a difference between gods (being the sons of God) a...
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Jesus preached to the Watchers

1st Peter 3:19-20 speaks of Jesus preaching to the watchers who created the Nephilim. This passage also points out that God "waited" while the ark was being built but they were disobedient. These disobedient spirits are also mentioned later in 2nd Peter 2:4-6 and Jude 1:6 which both point back to Genesis 6 where the Watchers first sinned. ...
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God uses the church to teach the heavenly rulers

"so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places". Ephesians 3:10 ESV This verse implies that the heavenly rulers and authorities did not know the manifold wisdom of God before Jesus Christ died, rose again and sent the Holy Spirit to start the church. ...
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Angels have "seed" and they can use it

In Genesis 6 it says that the sons of God took women as wives and giant (nephilim) children. This begs the question: "Wait... can angels reproduce?" The passage 1st Corinthians 15:38-41 makes the following claims: For every body there is a physical and a spiritual aspect Every type of body (creature) has its assigned "seed" (gene, semen, DNA) God assigned each seed to each type of body and created them to be separate The glory of heavenly bodies differ from earthly ones Heavenly glories diff...
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The tower of Babel was never completed

Genesis 11:8 tells us that God giving people different languages and confusing them stopped them from building the city/tower of Babel. Josephus explains in his book the antiquities of the Jews that the word Babel means confusion and that they called it that because of the confusion that was caused by God. So really the city was known as the city of great confusion. ...
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Cutting and tattooing for the dead

Leviticus 19:28 states the law from God not to cut or tattoo one's self for the dead. The immediate context of the verses preceding and following Leviticus 19:27-28 makes it clear that Moses was telling the people that God was calling them not to adhere to pagan practices as it speaks of divination, soothsaying, mediums and spiritists. This passage is referring to an ancient pagan funeral ritual taught to humans by the Nephilim/Rephaim and "fallen angels", as all pagan rituals were. The po...
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Jude and Genesis

Jude 1:6-7 links the fall on the sons of God in Genesis 6 with the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah saying that in both cases they went after strange flesh and indulged in gross immorality and that they both were dealt strong punishment by God. See also 2 Peter 2:4-6 ...
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Where are oaks of Mamre?

Mamre (or the oaks of Mamre) is the same land as Hebron which is Kiriath-arba Genesis 23:19 Genesis 35:27 ...
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Abram had Amorites as allies

Genesis 14:13 tells us that Mamre, Eshcol, and Aner were Amorites that allied with Abram as he lived in their lands. Genesis 14:24 shows us that they actually joined him in battle and saving his brother Lot. ...
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Azazel

Leviticus 16:8,10,26 ESV NASB translates Azazel as scapegoat The book of Enoch speaks of Azazel as a watcher, being deeply wicked and teaching humans ways of witchcraft as well as how to use and make technology. ...
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God's letters to Satan

In Ezekiel 28 and Isaiah 14 God speaks through his prophets to kings that are under the Satan. This makes perfect sense when you recognize that demonic powers are behind most kings in ancient times and the Satan will at times posses individuals. ...
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The Anakim were part of the Nephilim

Numbers 13:33 links the Anakim with the Nephilim. This is an important passage because it directly relates the sons of Anak (the Anakim) with the Nephilim of Genesis 6:4. "There also we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim); and we became like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.” ...
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The Amorites lived in hill country

Deuteronomy 1:19-20 describes the land of the Amorites as hill country. ...
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Moses defeats Og and Sihon

Numbers 21 describes Moses defeating king Sihon of the Amorites and king Og of bashan. Deuteronomy 1:3-4 references when Moses defeats king Og and king Sihon. ...
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The Valley of the Rephaim

The phrase "Valley of Rephaim" specifically, is mentioned in many places. This speaks to it's importance and the impact of the Rephaim. "Then the border went up the valley of Ben-hinnom to the slope of the Jebusite on the south (that is, Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain which is before the valley of Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the valley of Rephaim toward the north." - Joshua 15:8 "The border went down to the edge of the hill which is in the valley o...
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The Kingdom of Og

Joshua 12:4-5 speaks of king Og as living in Ashtaroth and Edrei and ruling over Mount Hermon. It also speak of him ruling over Salecah and all of bashan (aka the land of Rephaim). It says the kingdom reached as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites and half of Gilead and as far as the border of Sihon king of Heshbon (aka king of the Amorites). Joshua 13:11-12 reiterates these facts. ...
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The last Rephaim

Deuteronomy 3:8 explicitly states that "King Og of bashan was the last of the remnant of the Rephaim." It goes on to speak of how big his iron bed was and that it was in Rabbah in the land of the Ammonites. Joshua 12:4 also states this fact, and again in Joshua 13:12. ...
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All of bashan was the land of Rephaim

Deuteronomy 3:8 states explicitly that all of Bashan was called the land of Rephaim. This apparently includes Argob. The land of the Rephaim is also mentioned in Joshua 17:15. ...
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Land of the Rephaim aka Zamzummin

Deuteronomy 2:19-21 says that the land of the Ammonites was also called the land of the Rephaim. It also points out that the Ammonites called them (the Rephaim) Zamzummin and describes them as being as tall, mighty, and as numerous as the Anakim (a phrase used earlier in that chapter when speaking of the Emim: verse 11). ...
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The Emim

Deuteronomy 2:10-11 links the Anakim with the Emim and states that both people groups are regarded as Rephaim. This passage points out they they are of the land of Moab and were as great, numerous and as tall as the Anakim. ...
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Nebuchadnezzar saw a watcher in a vision

Daniel 4:13 describes King Nebuchadnezzar seeing a watcher in a vision as he was in bed. The watcher is described as holy and descending from heaven. In 4:17 the watcher himself says that what he came to say was the decree of the "angelic watchers" (NASB) and that the decision was made by "the Holy Ones". An interesting phrase to note in verse 17 is "the realm of mankind" Nebuchadnezzar sees a watcher once more in verse 23. This is the only passage in the English translations that use the te...
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God kills the Anakim for their wickedness

Deuteronomy 9:4 quotes God telling his people not to think that he is destroying the giants and giving them their land because they deserve it but that it was because that people group were evil and wicked in their ways and that God made a promise that he did not intend to break. This gives us some insight into why God slaughters Canaanite nations, their wickedness is always at the heart of the issue. It seems that the fact that their are giants with polluted DNA is a side point, at least at t...
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