Fallen Angels It is important for us to study the fallen angels. Why?

I believe that before Jesus Christ returns we will meet these fallen angels face to face. There is no need to fear them. These fallen angels are in spiritual bodies and Jesus has already given us power over them (Luke 10:17-18). Prior to this earth age all souls are referred to as the "sons of God" in the Bible. Adam was created in the image of God and the angels. Eve was created from Adam and became the mother of all living. Through her womb would come the generations leading to the birth of Jesus Christ and the opportunity for eternal life. The "sons of God" written of in Genesis 6:2 and 4 were angels. I quote Appendix 23 of the Companion Bible, "angels are called "sons of God" in every other place where the expression is used in the Old Testament. We have no authority or right to take the expression in Gen. 6:2, 4 in any other sense. Moreover, in Gen. 6:2 the Septuagint renders it "angels". Angels are called "spirits" (Ps. 104:4 Heb. 1:7, 14), for spirits are created by God. That there was a fall of angels is certain from Jude 6." The fallen angels are called "nephilim" in Hebrew. The prime of this word is "naphal" which means to fall. With this ground work having been established, let's turn to God's Word. We are going to Matthew 24 where Christ tells us of the seven events which must come to pass prior to His return. These events will happen in this generation. MATTHEW 24:37-38 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, "Noe" is the Greek equivalent to the Hebrew "Noah". Who were these fallen angels marrying? They were taking the daughters of Adam to wife as we will read in Genesis 6 in a moment. Jesus told us it will be just like those days prior to His return. The marriage He speaks of is a spiritual marriage. Don't be deceived and caught with another, when your spiritual husband returns. Those that are deceived will be spiritually impregnated with the mark of the beast. "And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!" (Matt. 24:19). Let's turn to Genesis. GENESIS 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her Seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise His heel." In this verse, God tells Satan that God is placing enmity between the children of Satan and the children of Eve. The children of Eve, eventually Jesus Christ, will destroy Satan and the heels of Jesus will be bruised on the cross. Satan thought that if he could

corrupt Eve's seed line through his fallen angels, Jesus Christ would not be born. Let's document this with scripture. GENESIS 6: 1-2 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. The word "men" is better translated "the man Adam". The fallen angels which were spirits took the daughters of Adam which were flesh to wife. Some might say, "Well, I don't believe that happened", Then they don't believe the Word of God. It happened! And, Christ warned us in Matthew 24 that it will happen again in a spiritual sense before He returns. GENESIS 6:3-4 And the LORD said, " My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years." 4 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, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. The word "giants" is from the Hebrew word "nephilim". The fallen angels took the daughters of Adam, and they bare children. The results were mighty men renowned for their ungodliness called "gibbor" in Hebrew. This was Satan's plan to destroy the seed line of Eve through which would come Messiah. This is also the reason God destroyed the gibbor by flooding the earth. Let's go to another proof that the offspring of the nephilim did indeed exist. DEUTERONOMY 3:11 (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of man.) Do you know why Og was the last of the giants to remain? That dude's bed was approximately eighteen and one-half feet long and a little over eight feet wide. There are proofs of the existence of these giants throughout history. We offer a book entitled "Petra", by E. Raymond Capt, which historically documents the existence of these giants. The offspring of the nephilim were giants. They did not belong here. The nephilim followed satan in the first earth age ( Revelation Chapter 12). They refused to be born of woman and came to earth against God's plan. The results were freaks of nature--giants. Not all "sons of God" are fallen angels (Job 38:7). The fallen angels are those that refused to be born of woman. Let's go to the New Testament. 11 PETER 2:1-2 But there were false prophets also among the People, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily

shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord That bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. The Kenites deny that our Lord is Messiah. When the real truth is taught, it is often spoken of evilly. Don't let this bother you. 11 PETER 2:3-4 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgement now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. 4 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; Some think angels are perfect and would never sin. The fallen angels sinned exceedingly wickedly and are being held in chains. We will further document this fact in Jude. JUDE 1:1 JUDE, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: The word sanctified means loved. Is this Book written to those with free will? No, it is written to those that are called, the elect. JUDE 1:2-3 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. 3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. Jude is saying he started to write to you about common salvation, but he believed it more important to encourage the elect to defend the faith. Against what? JUDE 1:4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. Always test the fruit. Which "certain men" deny our Lord Jesus Christ? JUDE 1:5-6 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the LORD, having saved the People out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, He hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgement of the great day.

These were the fallen angels that left their heavenly estate and came to earth. They are held in chains and have already been condemned. The nephilim were a very evil group. JUDE 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, 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. Paul also wrote of the perversion of the nephilim in the first world age. The strange flesh in this verse means other flesh and indicates homosexual acts. JUDE 1:8 Like wise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. The fallen angels reject the Lord and speak evil of all that is good. Why should we study and understand their ways? Remember they will be back on earth prior to the return of Messiah. REVELATION 12: 7-8 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven. Michael and the sons of God will prevail over Satan and the nephilim. Where will Satan and his fallen angels go? REVELATION 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Are you mentally and spiritually prepared to deal with these supernatural beings? Are you prepared to see them arriving in vehicles such as described in Ezekiel 1? Through the power of Jesus Christ and knowledge of God's Word you can be prepared. REVELATION 12:10-11 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, "Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. There is no reason to fear. The only brethren to die will be the two witnesses. Believe me, the two witnesses will be prepared to step right in and the water will be just fine. REVELATION 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the

devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time." How long is a short time ? Through my studies of God's Word I believe it may be as few as ten days or as long as five months. It really doesn't matter though. We have already been promised the victory and I know what ever the elect are called upon to do, they will be ready and willing. Be humble and thankful that God has chosen you to have eyes to see and ears to hear. If you teach God's Word, beware of tender ears as you teach on this subject. Teach gently and document. Giants and supernatural fallen angels returning to earth in spaceship like vehicles can easily offend an immature Christian; however, it will happen just as it is written. In His Service, Arnold Murray