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One of the disturbing aspects of the Old Testament record was God's instructions, upon entering the land of Canaan, towipe out every man, woman, and child of certain tribes inhabiting the land. This is difficult to justify without the insight of a "gene pool problem" from the remaining Nephilim, Rephaim, et al, which seems. to illuminate the difficulty. If one takes an integrated view of the Scripture, then every-thing in it should "tie together." In this light, then, Who are those beings who are expressly not of the "seed of men" in Daniel 2:43? These strange (non-human?) beings apparently become a major political constituency during the the final empire there described, causing it "to be divided": "partly strong and partly broken." It is the author's view that the "Angel View," however disturbing, is the clear, direct presentation of the Biblical text, corroborated by multiple New Testament references, and was so understood by both early Jewish and Christian scholarship; and that the "Sethite View" is a contrivance of convenience from a network of unjustified assumptions a 4 re sr 1 It should also be pointed out that most conservative Bible scholars accept the "angel" view Among those supporting the "angel" view are: G. H. Pember, M. R. DeHaan, C. H. McIntosh, F Delitzsch, A. C. Gaebelein, A. W Pink, Donald Grey Barnhouse, Henry Morris, Merril F Unger, Arnold Fruchtenbaum, Hal Lindsey, and Chuck Smith, being among the best known. For those who take the Bible seriously, the arguments sup-porting the "Angel View" appear compelling. For those who indulge in a willingness to take liberties with the straightforward presentation of the text, no defense can prove final. (And greater dangers than the implications attending these issues await them!) OR OK George Hawkins Pember, Earth's Earliest Ages, first published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1875, and presently available by Kregel Publications, Grand Rapids MI, 1975. John Fleming, The Fallen Angels and the Heroes of Mythology, Hodges, Foster, and Figgis, Dublin, 1879. 195 subsequent "giants" in the land of Canaan. 8. PROPHETIC IMPLICATIONS IN CONCLUSION antagonistic to the remainder of the Biblical record. For further exploration of this critical topic, see the following: Henry Morris, The Genesis Record, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids MI, 1976. Merrill F. Unger, Biblical Demonology, Scripture Press, Chicago IL, 1952 Clarence Larkin, Spirit World, Rev. Clarence Larkin Estate, Philadelphia PA, 1921.