You may recall my blog on DNA (March 9, 2019), how in Genesis 6:1-4, during the time of Noah, I proved, Scripturally, that those verses speak of fallen angels who took on the form of men and married women, and had sex with them. This was a violation of God’s law, since an angel’s seed and DNA was celestial (and immortal), but her ovum and DNA were earthly. So their babies were not truly human; they were not in the image of God—they were a perverted hybrid of angel and human. Genesis 6:4, using the New International Version, calls their children “Nephilim” in Hebrew; this was translated “giants” in some Bibles, but the word means “fallen.” Their children were, in fact, huge men.
Nine hundred years after Noah, it happened again, on a lesser scale--an average member of the tribe of Rephaim, named Og of Bashan, called the “last of the giants,” has in Deuteronomy 3:11 a bed that is iron and was 9 cubits deep. Assuming Moses, the writer of Deuteronomy, used the measure he was familiar with, the Egyptian royal cubit of 20.63 inches, the bed was 15-1/2 feet deep. So he was likely over 14 feet tall. Using a weight-to-height ratio (first created by Galileo) for men, his weight was estimated at 3,125 pounds. This explains why, 40 years before Og, when the Hebrew spies were suggesting not attacking the Anakites in Numbers 13, it wasn't because they were cowards (although they lacked faith in God's power); they meant what they said when they said “we were like grasshoppers in their sight.” Several whole tribes were giants. This was another invasion of earth by fallen angels, like in Noah’s day some 900 years before. Scripture confirms it in Genesis 6:4 when it says: "There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward..."
Nine hundred years after Noah, it happened again, on a lesser scale--an average member of the tribe of Rephaim, named Og of Bashan, called the “last of the giants,” has in Deuteronomy 3:11 a bed that is iron and was 9 cubits deep. Assuming Moses, the writer of Deuteronomy, used the measure he was familiar with, the Egyptian royal cubit of 20.63 inches, the bed was 15-1/2 feet deep. So he was likely over 14 feet tall. Using a weight-to-height ratio (first created by Galileo) for men, his weight was estimated at 3,125 pounds. This explains why, 40 years before Og, when the Hebrew spies were suggesting not attacking the Anakites in Numbers 13, it wasn't because they were cowards (although they lacked faith in God's power); they meant what they said when they said “we were like grasshoppers in their sight.” Several whole tribes were giants. This was another invasion of earth by fallen angels, like in Noah’s day some 900 years before. Scripture confirms it in Genesis 6:4 when it says: "There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward..."
Back in Noah’s time, the giant Nephilim were generally considered demigods; they were called “mighty men of renown”, and they led people into more violence and more sexual immorality. They had sex with possibly many women--the prospect of sex with a 15-foot tall man might have been a great curiosity and turn-on for the women (there are plenty of other verses about perverse sexual immorality being the order of the day). Many scholars believe the children of the fallen angels were demonic (they had disobeyed God and were corrupting the human race, a goal of Satan).. After all, these were children that weren’t really human, but a hybrid of human and a demonic fallen angel. The earth, over time, likely became filled with “people” who had some fraction of demonic DNA in them. It's even possible that a complete tainting of humanity was possible, since people consistently lived over 800 years, and the astounding extension of procreation makes the spread of gene corruption skyrocket. (When AIDS was the “talk of the town” in the 1980s, we read repeatedly how fast sexually transmitted disease travels, even among us limited-age humans). In Noah's time, God was fed up with this, and His flood killed every single soul on the earth except eight—Noah and his immediate family. Was God capricious for killing millions of people? Don't forget, the huge number of people indulging in this deviancy had been the result of rejecting God’s image, preferring the demonic image. It’s possible the majority of people who were not really human were not redeemable for heaven. For further proof, note that Noah, in building the ark, preached countless times of the great judgment to come for curious onlookers (a boat on land?)—yet he converted not a single soul, or else they would have been on the ark. Note also the greatest compliment God has for Noah in His Word—in Genesis 6:9, he was “perfect in his generations.” The word "perfect" is not a word of morality; it is a word of physical perfection--orDNA perfection. There was no demonic hybrid in him. That fact was evidently rare. When man took on demonic DNA—he chose ultra-violent and evil lifestyles, not redeemable, and not human. This is what God wiped out.
In that blog I also made a connection to the End Times, pointing out that recent science has been able to change and merge DNA again, and how this could be corrupted by men for wrong uses. I also pointed out what Jesus said in prophecy (Matthew 24:38,39), paraphrased, “As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be again,”—in the end times. Well, after reading a fascinating book by Douglas Hamp, “Corrupting the Image,” I have some follow-up that would do you well to stretch your mind and consider.
Hamp anchors his thesis on Genesis 3:15:
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.”
The word “enmity” suggests an antithesis (opposite) is coming in the sentence: The woman’s Seed refers to Christ—and “your” (at this point He was speaking to the serpent’s, or devil’s) seed then refers to the opposite, the antichrist (I John 2:22). As Christ is the Son of God, the devil’s DNA is passed to his own son, the antichrist. The antichrist was later called “the Beast” (Revelation 13:3b-6), I suspect, because he wasn’t really human, but a hybrid of Satan and human. The devil manages to wound Christ (at the crucifixion), but Christ is victorious in resurrection, and will eventually kill the serpent and his seed, once and for all. His final crushing blow comes in the end times. Thus Genesis 3:15, since it comments on the antichrist, is also an end-times prophecy.
The word “seed” needs a scientific explanation. When a male and female “know” each other (Biblically), his seed, which in the Greek is “sperma,” combines with her seed, the ovum, the egg—a baby is miraculously fused. At this point, it’s called a “zygote.” But seed is really DNA at its core. Thus, his 23 unique chromosomes with DNA, or a “halfway cell,” combine with her 23 unique chromosomes, with DNA, to form 46, in 23 pairs, and a baby is conceived.
At this point Mr. Hamp (whose book I am summarizing) makes some very interesting points. A little background: Adam and Eve were created perfect (Genesis 1:31)—that means their DNA was “coded” perfectly (since that’s mainly what DNA is). They were supposed to be pure, and immortal. But due to Adam’s sin, he was punished with two things: death, and a tendency to sin. This was called “original sin” by theologians. Both of these characteristics (death and tendency to sin) were passed on to the entire race of humankind.
Now, to take this a step further: Based on scientific study (recorded in “Science Spectra #14, 1998”), the Y chromosome, passed from father to son, is an exact copy of the same one from generation to generation. That means every male today has the same Y chromosome as Adam. It was also found that the Y contains the record of an “event” in the lifetime of our original father, since some of the DNA coding appears scrambled or lost. We can surmise that our DNA is likewise corrupted. Mr. Hamp muses, what if that “event” was the fall of Adam? What if God’s punishment of the original sin, the death, the tendency to sin, was His corruption of that Y chromosome? Perhaps that’s the tangible record of original sin, that keeps going on, and on, through all generations. That explains how the effects of the sin of Adam get passed down through history—and how we have the same curse of death, and the tendency to sin, that he had.
But….what chromosome did Jesus not have? The corrupted Y chromosome—because His father was not Joseph,a man, but God (Matthew 1:18). Mary’s egg fused with seed from the Holy Spirit. So Jesus did not inherit the Y chromosome from a man, so He did not have original sin, like all of us. That’s why He is called the “only begotten” Son of God (John 1:18). Now if you argue that because of this, Jesus could not sin, you’d be wrong. He had the physical weaknesses of humankind—like us, He had to respond to threats, to torture, to famine, to scorn. But like beginning Adam, He had a choice--not a tendency, a choice--to sin, or not to sin, in each case. He chose not to sin all the way down the line. So His perfection was acceptable to the Father—and He became our Lamb of sacrifice, of substitution, paying for our sin—as a ransom to free us—if we trust Him.
So we figure that fallen angels, or demons, were trying to destroy God’s image in Noah’s time. But despite their demonic giant children being wiped out in the Flood, giants reappear nine hundred years later in the Anakim and the Rephaim tribes in the Old Testament (Deut. 2:11, 3:11 AMP), as we saw in my discussion above. That demonic corruption led people into the worst of idolatry, with sacrifices of children to their gods the worst example. So as long as we still have the Rephaim, and people like Og (the giant bed, remember?) God again had a brutal answer; He told Joshua to kill every member, men, women, and children, of their seven nations in Canaan, who evidently all had fast-spreading demonic DNA (Deut.20:16-18). But Joshua did not complete the job. There were still a few giants again, such as Goliath, who appears another 400 years later, and was estimated to be over 10 feet tall.
So, looking at Genesis 6:4 again:
There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward,
if we keep in mind that this indicates that the “sons of God” (who rebelled and became demonic angels) would be operating “afterward” as well to try to corrupt God’s image, these later appearances mean they were still invading our civilization several times over. My point is, What’s to keep them from not trying similar tricks again today? Here’s where the theories get wild, so hang on to your seats. Mr. Hamp believes that Daniel 2:43 (when Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of the image of four kingdoms) contains a telltale phrase. Here is the verse, with my underlines:
As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay
This future will be dominated by a person who is so sold out to the devil that he will genetically be the son of Satan. (Thus Satan will counterfeit Jesus the Son of God). Satan’s genetic son then becomes the antichrist. With Satan’s intellectual genius and huge abilities to plan and deceive in the antichrist’s DNA, he will defeat earthly kingdoms, military or otherwise, and earn the worship of an admiring public as he rises to the top of the world’s military dictators. Mr. Hamp believes that the words “mix,” or “mingle with the seed of men,” refers to another future invasion of demons into our population, again producing demonic/human hybrid children, again fouling our DNA, again making people not human, not carrying God’s image—and leading them into gross violence, idolatry, and evil--like it was in Noah's time, it will happen again.
Here's where Mr. Hamp's theories get "out there." He believes the antichrist will make his greatest deception ever, in an area you wouldn't believe. We’ve all heard of UFOs. An intelligent person would not think seriously about them, right? Wrong. Please read these testimonials: Captain Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut, said “We all know that UFOs are real. All we need to ask is where do they come from?” Ronald Reagan said in a 1987 speech to the U.N, no less, that an alien force was among us. In 1966 Gerald Ford recommended an official investigation of UFOs. Jimmy Carter said he had seen one in 1976. General Douglas MacArthur admitted in 1955 that the next war will be an interplanetary war. And the list goes on. (See pp. 189-194 of Hamp’s book). Well, Mr. Hamp would like to suggest an answer to Capt. Mitchell’s “where from” question: UFOs are demons camouflaged to be "aliens." Keep in mind, they are able to move through dimensions—from spiritual to our four dimensions. Mr. Hamp is convinced that this whole behind-the scenes game is designed so the antichrist will announce to humanity that we were "seeded" by advanced life on other planets. Perhaps they will say they abandoned us, because we have this strange religion, "Christianity," and we do not believe in the evolution of man; we are not optimists about man’s nature or future. The antichrist will introduce some aliens (really demons) for worldwide TV viewing. They will be light-emitting geniuses with special powers—powers that he will show off (II Thess. 2:9). If you want these fabulous powers, if you want to evolve into transhumanism, just come in for an injection of his recombinant DNA, take the mark as proof, and you will have the power to evolve into anything your heart desires. He will declare eventually that he is God, and we can become gods too (II Thess. 2:3-4). (Later, when some people are leery of doing it, he will suggest that you won’t be able to buy anything unless you take the DNA and mark.) But if you do it, you will have taken on demon DNA. You are no longer human. You have rejected God’s image. So you will be destined for hell, the same harsh treatment that earlier rebellious Nephilim generations got. God says so in Revelation 13:17, 14:9-12:
…no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast…Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10 he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.” 12 Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
Well, I am not sure what to think about his UFO theory, but it is possible to weave such a story with UFOs, even to tempt saints if they have to go through the tribulation of the last days before rapture as I believe. Families could be pulled apart, with some members yielding to the temptation of evolution into special powers, into acceptance—while other members reject it as against Scriptural commands—and having their life persecuted. Despite this paper's wildness, we never know the future's details. Far-out other theories have been soberly put forth--witness the fear of AI (artificial intelligence) by some of the world’s most brilliant minds--Elon Musk and Bill Gates (at the Vanity Fair summit, also studied on Glenn Beck). Musk says about the headlong AI research, “we are summoning the demon.”
It is certainly true, above all else, that we must avoid the mark of the antichrist. When the “Beast” shuts off buying unless you take his mark, it will be a huge temptation for those who simply want to feed themselves or their family. It will take patience and faith in Jesus, who can perform miracles for us. Just keep looking at the big picture: Christ is the winning side in this global battle (Rev. 19:19-21). We cannot give our body to the devil’s keeping, no matter how glorious that makes us, if we would at the same time be giving our soul to hell—for eternity. If you’re a rational person, just answer this: Which is more important? A short-term pain of you possibly sacrificing your body at the end, or an eternal pain of fire and brimstone in hell? Choose carefully.
Acknowledgement: Corrupting the Image, Douglas Hamp, 2011
