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To: dps.inspect

Nimrod was a nephilim (or so some say).


65 posted on 11/06/2011 12:54:10 PM PST by RoosterRedux (Politics ain't beanbag!)
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To: RoosterRedux
Here is something from Wikipedia... "The first mention of Nimrod is in the Table of Nations.[1] He is described as the son of Cush, grandson of Ham, and great-grandson of Noah; and as "a mighty one on the earth" and "a mighty hunter before God". This is repeated in First Book of Chronicles and the "Land of Nimrod", used as a synonym for Assyria, is mentioned in the Book of Micah."

The thing I find interesting is how the bible describes Nimrod as "a mighty one on the earth". This kind of phraseology typically is used when describing the offspring of the fallen angels (the sons of God saw the daughters of men, and took whomever they chose to be their wives... and those offspring were called mighty men of renown"... Nimrod could have been a halfbreed, part human and part fallen angel... could be...

121 posted on 11/06/2011 3:45:46 PM PST by dps.inspect (the system is rigged...)
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