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26 "There Were GIANTS in the Earth in Those Days...’ ew Ancient history and legend, as well as the Bible, attest to the fact that there were once GIANTS in the earth -- men of awesome dimensions, bulk and height! Where did these gigantic men and women originate? Does their existence relate to the sins of the fallen angels who cohabited with women? Could such mind- boggling, incredible events occur again during this End-time? In the book of Genesis we read the blunt, categorical statement: "And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God [angels] saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. . . .There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men [had sexual relations with them], that they bare CHILDREN to them, the same became MIGHTY MEN which were of old, men of renown" Za) ra aN (Gen.6:1-4). What happens when a spirit being appears as flesh, and unites with a mortal woman, and their two seeds join -- the sperm of the male and the egg of the female? This was a union which God had forbidden -- for good reason. The offspring which resulted, were not only proud, insolent, arrogant, and self-centered -- they were also extremely cunning in some cases -- and they were sometimes GIGANTIC in stature! They disrupted the entire ecology and balance of life of the world before the Flood. Admits the Jamieson, Fausset and Brown Commentary "Who, or what, then, were the Nephilim? In the only other passage where the word occurs (Num. 13:32-33), it clearly means giants, being derived . . . from the mutually related roots of three verbs, yielding the fundamental idea of HUGE, EXTRAORDINARY SIZE. Nor can it be deemed incredible that in the antediluvian age, when, from the remains of quadrupeds and other inferior animals, we see that they were of an immensely larger type than the existing race of them exhibits .... Chapter Two Who were these "giants" and men of "renown"? What does the Bible tell us about them? ay nr nr vn EET This is a fascinating story -- one that needs to be told!