GIANTOLOGIST DISASTER
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Numbers 13:33: “We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak came the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”
Nephilim are giants. Moses wrote in Genesis 6:1-4: “When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,
“the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.
“Then the LORD said, ‘My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years.’
“The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.”
Fallen angels are called sons of God. Humans fear whatever is taller and stronger than us. Researching Nephilims on the Internet, some Biblical passages stand out in: Genesis, Numbers, and Job. The prophet Amos writes that the devil produced Nephilim before and after the flood (Genesis 6, 7, 8, and 9).
These fallen angels sired half-breed people/angels called Nephilim. Amos 2:9 shows that God commanded their destruction: “I destroyed the Amorite before them, though he was tall as the cedars and strong as the oaks.”
Goliath was a Nephilim. He grew over twelve feet tall. See the picture to understand why the Israelites were terrified of Goliath. No wonder that Israelis’ cheered for the shepherd boy David, who slew him! (1 Samuel 17).
Many things scare people. Whether it be an assignment, health, or someone in authority—when we are too scared to move—we become giantologists. That entire Israeli generation who listened to ten giantologists, or men who reported scary things about Canaan, doubted. They died instead of entering their Promised Land.
See the lesson linked below that contrasts scary to good Israeli reports—and why Israeli doubt led to disaster.
Doubting and disobeying God was their giantologist disaster.
What’s yours?
Take Home Nugget
We never need to fear giants. May there NOT be one giantologist among the people who follow Jesus! Mark 11:12-24 shows why Christians have faith in God. Jesus says that anyone who has faith can order a mountain to move to the sea. If we don’t doubt that, but pray and believe in our hearts it will happen, then it will!
Never be scared but believe and trust God so that you don’t create a giantologist disaster in your life!
Holy Father, Enlarge my faith so that I don’t doubt Your truths. Praise to Jesus who suffered, died, was resurrected and ascended to Your right hand! Hallelujah! Amen.
Adapted from “Giantology” by Dick Woodard. April 11, 2018. Daily Inspirations from Christianity.com MBC (Mini Bible College) Daily Devotional.
And
“Bloodlines of the Nephilim—A Biblical Study” by Christopher Taylor. 2013. http://www.apologeticspress.org/rr/reprints/Sons-of-God-in-Genesis-6.pdf
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1 comment:
Good day,
I was hoping for some clarifications:
What is the connection between Nephilim and “giants”?
Keep in mind that Numbers 13:33 was stated by unfaithful, disloyal spies who are said to have presented a bad/evil report and that they took fear mongering up a notch in mentioning Nephilim and heights only after Caleb was encouraging the people in response to their initial discouragement.
Where does Amos write “that the devil produced Nephilim before and after the flood”?
Amos 2:9 shows that God commanded the destruction of Amorite not Nephilim.
What makes you think that “Goliath was a Nephilim”?
What makes you think that he was “over twelve feet tall”?
Thank you.
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