What was peculiar about the days of Noah that Jesus selected this period of history to characterize what the world would be like prior to His return? Who were the Nephilim? Why do they have a significant role in the "last days"?

1. Genesis 6:1-4
2 Peter 2:4-6
Jude 6-7

2. Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noah
were, so also will the coming of the Son
of Man be.
Luke 17:26 And as it was in the days of
Noah, so it will be also in the days of the
Son of Man:
1 Peter 3:20 …the Divine longsuffering
waited in the days of Noah, while the ark
was being prepared…
What characterized the days of Noah?

3. 1 Now it came to pass, when men began to
multiply on the face of the earth, and
daughters were born to them, 2 that the
sons of God saw the daughters of men, that
they were beautiful; and they took wives for
themselves of all whom they chose. 3 And
the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not strive
with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet
his days shall be one hundred and twenty
years.”

4. 4 There were giants on the earth in those
days, and also afterward, when the sons of
God came in to the daughters of men and
they bore children to them. Those were the
mighty men who were of old, men of
renown.

5. Who are the Nephilim?
4 There were giants on the earth in those days,

6. Who are the Nephilim?
4 There were giants on the earth in those days,
“For which reason they removed their
camp to Hebron; and when they had taken
it they slew all the inhabitants. There were
till then left a race of giants, who had bodies
so large and countenances so entirely
different from men, that they were terrible
to the hearing. The bones of these men are
still shown to this very day, unlike to any
credible relations of other men.”
(Josephus, Book V, Chapter II)

7. Who are the Nephilim?
4 There were giants on the earth in those days,
Genesis 14:5 In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer
and the kings that were with him came and
attacked the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, the
Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
Deuteronomy 2:20 That (the land of the
ammonites) was also regarded as a land of giants;
giants formerly dwelt there. But the Ammonites
call them Zamzummim,

8. Who are the Nephilim?
4 There were giants on the earth in those days,
Num. 13:33
Deut. 2:10-11
Deut. 2:20-21
Deut. 3:11
Deut. 3:13
Josh. 12:4-5
Josh. 15:8
Hebrew Names of the Giants:
• Anakims
• Emims
• Rephaims
• Avims
• Zamzummins

9. Who are the Nephilim?
4 There were giants on the earth in those days,

10. Who are the Nephilim?
4 There were giants on the earth in those days,
Giant Footprints
(3’ long)
The Temple of Ain Dara
BAR May/June 2000 vol 26 Nu 3
King Og
(Numbers 21:33-35)
(mentioned 22 x)
size of his bed 13’-17’ long

12. Who are the Nephilim?
4 There were giants on the earth in those days,
Titan

13. Who are the Nephilim?
4 There were giants on the earth in those days,

14. Who are the Nephilim?
4 There were giants on the earth in those days,
18 giant human
skeletons found
at Lake Delavan,
Wisconsin

15. Who are the Nephilim?
4 There were giants on the earth in those days,
Explains the existence of Dolmens
Golan Heights
>3,000
GilgalGezer
>3,000

16. Who are the Nephilim?
4 There were giants on the earth in those days,

17. Who are the Nephilim?
4 There were giants on the earth in those days,
ZimbabweRussia
IrelandStonehenge North Salem, NY
France

18. Who are the Nephilim?
4 There were giants on the earth in those days,
Durrington Walls Henge
(12 times the size of Stonehenge)

21. Machu Picchu

22. Where on earth were the
Nephilim?
4 There were giants on the earth in those days,
Mount Hermon
“to swear an oath”

23. When do the Nephilim
Exist?
4 There were giants on the earth in those
days, and also afterward … Those were
the mighty men who were of old, men of
renown.
1. “in those days” = Prior to the flood
2. “afterward” = After the flood
3. “afterward” = Prior to Christ's return

24. When do the Nephilim Exist?
Numbers 13:33 There we saw the giants
[Nephilim] (the descendants of Anak came from
the giants [Nephilim]) and we were like
grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were
in their sight.”
Genesis 10:8–9 Cush begot Nimrod; he began
[chalai] to be a mighty one [gibborim] on the
earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter [gibborim]
before the LORD; therefore it is said, “Like
Nimrod the mighty hunter [gibborim] before the
LORD.”

25. How were the Nephilim
Created?
4 …when the sons of God came in to the daughters of
men…
2. Descendants of Seth
3. Demons / Fallen Angels
“sons of God”
(b’nai ha Elohim)
1. Despots

26. How were the Nephilim
Created?
4 …when the sons of God came in to the daughters of
men and they bore children to them.
“Daughters of men” =
Human Females
“They bore children to them” =
Nephilim

27. Why were the Nephilim
Created?
Genesis 3:15 And I (God) will put enmity between
you and the woman, and between your (Satan) seed
and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you
shall bruise His heel.”
“Satan’s seed” =
Nephilim
“woman’s Seed” =
Messiah

28. Knowing these things how
then shall we live??
1 Samuel 17:47 Then all this assembly shall
know that the LORD does not save with sword
and spear; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He
will give you (Goliath) into our hands.”

29. Knowing these things how
then shall we live??
Deuteronomy 7:1–2 “When the LORD your God
brings you into the land which you go to possess,
and has cast out many nations before you, the
Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and
the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites
and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and
mightier than you, 2 and when the LORD your God
delivers them over to you, you shall conquer them
and utterly destroy them. You shall make no
covenant with them nor show mercy to them.

30. Knowing these things how
then shall we live??
John 10:10 The thief does not come except
to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have
come that they (Christ’s disciples) may have
life, and that they may have it more
abundantly.

31. Knowing these things how
then shall we live??
2 Corinthians 10:3–5 For though we walk in
the flesh, we do not war according to the
flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are
not carnal but mighty in God for pulling
down strongholds, 5 casting down
arguments and every high thing that exalts
itself against the knowledge of God, bringing
every thought into captivity to the obedience
of Christ,

32. Knowing these things how
then shall we live??
Ephesians 6:10–18 Finally, my brethren, be
strong in the Lord and in the power of His
might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God,
that you may be able to stand against the
wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle
against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the
rulers of the darkness of this age, against
spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly
places.

33. Knowing these things how
then shall we live??
1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children,
and have overcome them, because He who is
in you is greater than he who is in the world.

34. Knowing these things how
then shall we live??
Matthew 16:18 And I also say to you that
you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My
church, and the gates of Hades shall not
prevail against it.

35. Knowing these things how
then shall we live??
Matthew 28:18–20 And Jesus came and
spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been
given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go
therefore and make disciples of all the
nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 teaching them to observe all things that I
have commanded you; and lo, I am with you
always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

36. Knowing these things how
then shall we live??
Romans 8:37–39 Yet in all these things we
are more than conquerors through Him who
loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither
death nor life, nor angels nor principalities
nor powers, nor things present nor things to
come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other
created thing, shall be able to separate us
from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus
our Lord.