The Truth About Giants Adam Schwartzbauer Thousands of years ago, the earth was different than it is today. Man was roaming the earth, but there were also creatures of great stature; colossal creatures that caused death and horror. These were one of mankind‟s greatest enemies: the Nephilim. Here, we will examine the origin of these Nephilim, (also known as giants), and their history. One of the world‟s greatest mysteries is the existence of giants. We know they existed from historical records, artifacts, ruins, and excavations of the giants themselves, among other things. Now, we need to identify who the giants were. Genesis 6:1-7 states: “And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.” The Hebrew term that was translated as “giants” in Genesis 6 was Nephilim, which literally means “the fallen ones.” The term Nephilim comes from the verb nephal, which means “to fall.” In Genesis 6, the Bible states the giants come from a union between two kinds of beings: the sons of God, and the daughters of men. So, who were these sons of God? There are basically two views on this: first, that they were the godly line of Seth marrying the ungodly line of Cain, or second, that they were the fallen angels marrying the daughters of men. When you study this, one of these views is obviously correct, and the other is obviously wrong. First of all, no-where in the Old Testament are men referred to as the sons of God. The only beings referred to as the sons of god are beings that were directly created by God. Adam was called a son of God (Luke 3:38 says: “Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.”), and the angels were called the sons of God. Adam and the angels were both beings that were directly created by God. No man was referred to as a son of God after Adam. Also, everywhere else in the Old Testament, the term “sons of God” refers to the angels. Jesus was referred to as the son of God and the son of man, because he was born of man, and was God himself. In the Bible, Job 1:6 states: “Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.” Here, the angels are referred to as the sons of God. Satan was with them, and he is an angel. Why would you assume that the reference in Genesis 6 is any different? Throughout all history, it had been known that the sons of God were the angels by the Jews and Christians. It was not until much later, in the 5th century that people made up the sons-of-Seth view. No ancient text identifies the sons of God as the sons of Seth; rather, they all point to the angels being the sons of God. All cultures throughout the world speak of a time when gods mated with human women, and produced giants. If the sons of God were just normal people, then why do cultures around the world refer to them as gods that came from the sky and mated with human women? The Book of Enoch, which is quoted from by Jude, the Lord‟s brother, states in 6:1-3: “And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born unto them beautiful and comely daughters. And the angels, the children of heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: „Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men and beget us children.‟...” Here it identifies the angels, and them looking for wives from the children of men, which refers to humans. Notice the distinction between the angles and the children of men. Regarding the Watchers, the Book of Enoch, 10:3-8: “And I Enoch was blessing the Lord of majesty and the King of the ages, and lo! the Watchers called me—Enoch the scribe—and said unto me: “Enoch, thou scribe of righteousness, go, declare to the Watchers of the heaven who have left the high heaven, the holy eternal place, and have defiled themselves with women, and have done as the children of earth do, and have taken unto themselves wives: Ye have wrought great destruction on the earth: And ye shall have no peace nor forgiveness of sin: and inasmuch as they delight themselves in their children [ the nephilim], The murder of their loved ones shall they see, and over the destruction of their children shall they lament, and shall make supplication unto eternity, but mercy and peace shall ye not attain.” The Watchers (angels) decided to leave heaven. According to Enoch, it was in the days of Jared that 200 angels left “high heaven”, descended to Mount Hermon, and mated with women. Later, in the Book of Enoch, 15:1-4: “And He answered and said to me, and I heard His voice: „Fear not, Enoch, thou righteous man and scribe of righteousness: approach hither and hear my voice. And go, say to the Watchers of heaven, who have sent thee to intercede for them “You should intercede for men, and not men for you: Wherefore have ye left the high, holy, and eternal heaven, and lain with women, and defiled yourselves with the daughters of men and taken to yourselves wives, and done like the children of earth, and begotten giants (as your) sons?...” If the fathers of the giants were just the sons of Seth, why is there this distinction between the men and the Watchers? It says that the Watchers left their “high, holy, and eternal heaven.” Were the sons of Seth living in Heaven? It again describes the women as the daughters of men, which would make no sense if the sons of Seth married the daughters of Cain. It also says that this union made giants. Normal people having children never produces giants. Furthermore, it says in Jude 1:6: “And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.” Who are these angels if it is not referring to the angels that mated with women, and had giants? Why would these angels be bound today if it was not to keep them from producing giants? Some try to say that the sons of God could not have been angels because, they say, the Bible says that the angels do not marry. They try to use the following Biblical references to prove their point: Matthew 22:30: “For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.” Mark 12:25: “For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.” If this was referring to all angels, why would it add the words “in heaven”? Now, read Jude 1:6: “And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.” It appears that God set up a rule that angels shouldn‟t marry. They don‟t marry in heaven. But, this doesn‟t say anything about outside of heaven. These angels didn‟t want to follow God‟s rules. The Greek word that was translated as habitation is oiketerion, which refers to the heavenly bodies the angels left from. This term appears only twice in the New Testament, and both times it refers to the body as a dwelling place for the spirit. They left their first estate, and came down. Now, let‟s read Jude 1:7: “Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them, in like manner giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.” It appears as if the flood was sent for the same reason that Sodom and Gomorrha was destroyed: genetic corruption. According to the Apocryphal books Ecclesiasticus (16:8-9) and the Book of Jubilees (20:5), there were giants living in Sodom and Gomorrah.