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Return of the Aliens?
As The Days of Noah Were
by Chuck Missler
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There continues to be a flow of articles, books, and entertainment programs dealing with UFO’s, aliens, and the like.1 Many wonder if there is a connection or relationship to the prediction of our Lord in Luke 17:26:
“And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man.”
The emergence of the “Nephilim” was what brought about the Flood of Noah. Who were they? Is the current interest in the possibility of “alien” involvements some how of Biblical relevance?
The Nephilim
Genesis 6 indicates that the “sons of God” (B’nai Elohim) took wives of the “daughters of men,” which gave birth to the “Nephilim.” What on earth was going on?
The B’nai Elohim is a term that refers to angels. It occurs four times in the Old Testament 2 and is rendered “Angels of God” in the ancient Septuagin translation.3 The intrusion of certain angels into the human family resulted in unnatural offspring termed Nephilim, which derives from the Hebrew naphal (to fall), or the Fallen Ones. (The Greek Septuagint renders this term gigantes, which actually means “earth-born.” This is often misunderstood to mean “giants”—which they also happen to have been, incidentally.)
“Line of Seth?”
The early church viewed the B’nai Elohim as angels up through the late fourth century: Justin, Athenagoras, Cyprian, Eusebius, et al. (also Josephus, Philo, Judeaus, and the Apochrypha regard this view).
Celsus and Julian the Apostate exploited the older common belief to attack Christianity. Cyril of Alexandria, in his reply, repudiated the orthodox position. Julius Africanus (a contemporary of Origen) introduced the theory that the “sons of God” simply referred to the genealogical line of Seth, which was committed to preserving the true worship of God.
Seemingly more appealing, the “Sethite theory” prevailed into the Medieval Church, and many still hold this view.
This view, however, has several serious problems. There is no indication that the Sethites were distinguished for piety; they were not exempted from the charge of general wickedness which brought on the flood. In fact, Seth’s son Enosh was the one who introduced apostasy to that world.
This is masked by a mistranslation of Genesis 4:25, which should read:
“...then men began to profane the name of the Lord.”4
Furthermore, when the faithful marry the unfaithful, they do not give birth to unnatural offspring! And the “daughters of men” were not differentiated with regard to the Flood. All were lost.5
(Incidentally, the Nephilim didn’t completely end with the flood. Genesis 6:4 mentions, “...and also after that...” We find the sons fo Anak, the Anakim, later in the Old Testament.)6
The Reason for the Flood
It was the infusion of these strange beings into the human predicament that brought on the Flood of Noah. The Flood was preceded by four generations of prophets/preachers warning of the coming judgment: Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah.
It seems that this was part of Satan’s stratagem to corrupt the line of Adam to prevent the fulfillment of the Messianic redemption. Noah was apparently unique in that his genealogy was still uncorrupted.7
The strange events which led to the flood are also alluded to in ancient mythologies.8 The legends of the Greek “titans”—partly terrestrial, partly celestial—embrace these same memories.9 (The Greek titan is linguistically linked to the Chaldean sheitan, and the Hebrew satan.)
The Angels that Sinned
There is a great deal revealed in the Bible about angels. They can appear in human form,10 they spoke as men, took men by the hand, even ate men’s food,11 are capable of direct physical combat,12 some are the principal forces behind the world powers.13 They don’t marry (in Heaven),14 but apparently are (or were) capable of much mischief.15
The strange events of Genesis Chapter 6 are also referred to in the New Testament. Peter refers to events preceding the flood of Noah:
“For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment...” 2 Peter 2:4
(Peter uses the term tartarus, here translated as hell. This was a Greek term for “the dark abode of woe, the pit of darkness in the unseen world.” Homer’s Iliad portrays tartarus “as far below hades as the earth is below Heaven...”)
Also, in Jude, it mentions them:
“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. Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.” Jude 6,7.
Scripture warns against meddling with the spirit world. The punishment which overtook the angels that sinned was to emphasize the serious nature of apostasy: beings of a higher order than ours have been hurled down into a dark place of confinement where they have remained for thousands of years.
God has not changed His attitude toward them; time has not mitigated the seriousness of their sin. False teachers are prewritten into condemnation.
The “Sons of God” Return?
There are many who believe that the recent “alien” involvements are also demonic and are just another precursor to the end-time. Some also believe that the Coming World Leader (for more information on the Coming World Leader, see our Briefing Package) may boast of an “alien connection.” It would be consistent from what else we can infer from Scripture.
(The Restrainer of II Thessalonians 2 may be restraining far more than we have any suspicion of! When He is removed, the world is in for some astonishing surprises!)16
In the meantime, what are our weapons of protection against such things? We do, indeed, “wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
Our armor is well defined in Ephesians 6:10-17.
The unprepared are in for some unpleasant surprises. Always. Have you done your homework?
This article was originally published in the
January 1996 Personal Update NewsJournal.
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**NOTES**
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1. The recent video puporting to be an autopsy of an alien (regarded by most experts as a clever hoax) is an example. Books include:
William M. Alnor, UFO’s in the New Age, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids MI, 1992;
I.D.E. Thomas, The Omega Conspiracy, Growth Publishing, Herndon VA, 1986;
Timothy J. Dailey, The Millennial Deception, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids MI, 1995;
David Allen Lewish and Robert Shreckhise, UFO: End-Time Delusion, New Leaf Press, July 1991 (3rd printing in August 1993).
2. Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7, as well as Genesis 6. They are said to have “shouted for joy” at the creation.
3. This is the translation of the Old Testament into Greek in the third century before Christ. Many of the New Testament quotes are from this translation.
4. Targum of Onkelos: “...desisted from praying in the name”; Targum of Jonathan: “surnamed their idols in the name...”’ Kimchi, Rashi, and other ancient Jewish commentators agree. Jerome indicated that this was the opinion of many Jews of his day. Maimonides, Commentary on the Mishna (a constituent part of the Talmud), A.D. 1168, ascribes the origin of idolatry to the days of Enosh.
5. 2 Peter 2:5.
6. Numbers 13:3; Dueteronomy 3:11; Amos 2:9; 2 Samuel 21:15-22.
7. Genesis 6:9.
8. Fallen Angels and the Heroes of Mythology, by John Fleming.
9. They rebelled against their father Uranus (Heaven) and after a prolonged contest were defeated by Zeus and condemned into Tartarus, the term used by Peter to refer to hell (2 Peter 2:4).
10. Genesis 19:5, 10, 16.
11. Genesis 18:8; 19:3, 16.
12. Death of the Firstborn in Egypt, Exodus 12; Sodom and Gomorrah, Genesis 19; 185,00 troops slaughtered, 2 Kings 19:35.
13. Daniel 10.
14. Matthew 22:30.
15. Genesis 6:1-2; 2 Peter 2:4; Jude 6.
16. See our Thessalonians Commentary for a complete study.
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A Pertinent Note
I know that some of these news and articles might sound somewhat far fetched, but as far as I know they are true. The media, in general, takes the supernatural or conspiratorial off the public eyes. Remember, the enemies of the Almighty claim the same concerning the realities described in the Bible. The fact that something sounds strange, even weird, does not mean that it is necessarily unreal. After all, we are in the End Times and things will get even stranger and much more distasteful before the Messiah returns to end it all as we know it, and then start a new, perfect and beautiful world. What a wonderful Day that will be! I pray that you all are able to discern in these alternative news and articles the actual fulfillment of many prophecies which multiple generations of believers longed for the honor to see and live.
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