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My question to you this
evening lies upon the myths
and legends of the
Fallen One's, or the
Nephilim ( nefilim ).

In Genesis, it states that
these superhuman beings
existed in the time of
Noah and also after.

I know of Goliath, but
what claim do names
such as Hercules,
Gilgamesh and some others
have to this name.

Evidently, they are not human,
nor were they god's, but
half-breeds walking in the
paths of human heroes
in myth and legend.

Could the " and after that "
from Genesis explain Hercules,
or tell of Gilgamesh's
manner with women
and his need to fight
and kill opponents.

Does this explain why
pharoahs always proclaimed
themselves to be god-kings.

What about these gods
we hear of?
Does this account for them too?

I know that most of these
icons were just idol
metals and such,
but what about the
reality that these beings
did and do still exist?

Answer to Question

Mythological figures like
Hercules and other
demi-gods are actually
representations of the
Nephilim, woven into
the pagan religions
of ancient times.

In this way the fallen
angels received the
worship they coveted.

The phrase "and after this"
from Genesis 6
refers to several post flood
indications of giants
in the Middle East.

In Genesis 14:5-6
a coalition of 5 Kings
from around the southeastern
shores of the Dead Sea
fought and defeated
three groups of warriors
known as the Rephaites,
the Zuzites,
aka Zamzummites,
and the Emites.

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The Rephaites were
descendants of Rapha,
which means giant
in Hebrew.

The name Zuzite means
roving creatures,
and Emite means
terrible ones.

In Deuteronomy 1:26-28 & 2:10-11,
we find references to the
Anakites
(long necked giants)
and Emites again
both identified as
descendants of Rapha
the giant.

In Deut. 3:11
reference is made to Og,
the King of Bashan,
a descendant of Rapha
whose bed was 13 feet long
& 8 feet wide

In Numbers 13:33,
the account of 12 spies
including sightings of
Nephilim, saying
that the descendants
of Anak come from the
Nephilim.

Fear of the Nephilim is
what made 10 of the 12 spies
give a bad report, persuading
the Israelites not to go into
the Promised Land.

All this took place
in the time of Moses.

In Joshua 14:15,
at the end of the conquest
of the land,
Galeb is given Hebron,
formerly known as Kiriath Arba
because it was founded by
Arba, called the
greatest of the Anakites.

And of course in Samuel 17
& 2 Samuel 21:15-22
there's the defeat of Goliath
and his four brothers,
all descendants of Rapha,
in the time of King David.

In our attention to Israel's
conquest of the
Promised Land,
it's easy to overlook the
fact that God gave the
descendants of Esau and Lot
( Moab and Ammon )
land grants as well.

There's were on the
Eastern side of the
Jordan River Valley
in today's Jordan.

As it was with Israel,
their goal was to rid the
lands they'd been given
of the nephilim who
dwelt there.

In addition, He had the
Capthorites ( Philistines )
wipe out the branch called
the Avites ( perverters) in Gaza.
( Deut. 2:2-23 )

In this way God judged the
Nephilim a second time,
supernaturally empowering
His people to defeat the
much stronger and more
fearsome forces of Satan,
and admonishing them
to kill every man
woman and child so as
to leave no remnant
of these abominations alive
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to repopulate the world
a third time.

It took until the time
if King David for all
this to be accomplished.

For the ensuing
several thousand years
the Nephilim have survived
only in mythology,
sometimes known as
demi-gods or Titans.

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Hercules is an example
of a mythological character
whose father was a god
and whose mother was human.

By the way, the word Titan
comes from Shaitan,
a Babylonian derivative
of the Hebrew word
for Satan.

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