“ When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days-and also afterwards-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.”

Nephilim is a Hebrew word which means the fallen ones. Some Hebrew scholars insist the these Nephilim were the offspring of the fallen angels and were giants. But most Hebrew scholars agree that this word literally means “the fallen ones.” In the context of the many other places in scripture which speaks of angels falling from heaven to earth, it seems clear to me that the original Nephilim are the sons of God who fell from grace, fell from heaven and fell to earth and then had sexual relations with human women who bore children to them.

These offspring were the giants of the Old Testament and of numerous traditions and historical accounts from all over the world. The Genesis record also squares with the so-called mythologies from many traditions which speaks of gods descending to earth from heaven and taking mortal women to wife who in turn bare children to them. These traditions are well documented in Greek and Roman writings as well as the Egyptian writings such as The Pyramid Texts and the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Other traditions from South America to the Far East testify to these truths and speak of gods copulating with women and fathering children.

The Book of Enoch fills in many of the blanks in this story which are not covered in scripture. Jude, who was the brother of Jesus, quotes directly from the Book of Enoch in his epistle. This confirms that we can research the testimony of Enoch with a degree of certainty that his writings can be trusted. If it were otherwise, then in no way would he be quoted in the divinely inspired Word of God. So what does Enoch have to say of fallen angels coming to earth and having sexual relations with human women?

Patrick Heron is bestselling author of Apocalypse Soon (Anomolos www.survivormall.com) and The Nephilim and the Pyramid of the Apocalypse (Kensington www.neph.ie).

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