The Enemies of God and Man
It was mentioned at the outset of this book that the main heralds of the current Giants Returning doctrines are often involved in the following schemes:
Judiazing — enticing people to practice the Jewish Law.
Occult — enticing interest in the occult.
False prophecy — often they claim to have messages from God or promote prophets that are obviously NOT of God.
New Age Conspiracy Theories — these lead into the occult quite often, especially with alien doctrines.
And there are more than these, but by no coincidence these issues are paramount during the times of the giants return, since these things are either common to them or meant to be the snares by which they perish. To put it succinctly: It appears the giants (the Nephilim, the demons) are heralding their return through their own prophets, besides some ambitious Christians they’ve tricked. There is a very obvious trick which I’ve personally grown wise to. It could be illustrated this way: The devil walks up to a man and says “…watch out, the devil is coming…”
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One documentary on the subject which claims to be Christian seemed to have no problem allowing traditional occultists of a given locality to practice their craft – right in front of the camera – for the sake of interacting with the spiritual nature of certain sites and gathering information on the ancient Nephilim of that area.
This was done in collaboration. Several times traditional witch-doctors have been consulted, not merely for information purposes, but based on their connection to the spirits. Does this remind us of Saul in the book of
Samuel? Another commentator who in his past was known to have been in jail due to stealing a safe from a rich television preacher is now making his share of money preaching the Nephilim-returning-gospel while promoting false prophets and exorcists. He sells expensive videos on these subjects. I sometimes wonder how long it will be before his safe is stolen. Still another man, one quite humorous and personable delivers a very intelligent breakdown of the subject, and right beside it promotes the idea of practicing the Jewish law in obedience to Christ. He, too, sells lots of books. There are more besides these, but there is an evil lurking here. I believe there is certainly an expected return of the giants (many knew this in scripture years ago) but now it is being presented as a great revelation by people who are making some very obvious mistakes and leading others into those mistakes. But these are not necessarily the enemies of man. These are people who are misled and will have to reap what they sow. I believe these men do love God but have temporarily lost their way due to money. It is obvious to me that these men are sincere, as many are, and will be corrected. Many teachers, like the ancient disciples, have been affected by the world they are immersed in. The enemies of man are actually stated in this common scripture by the apostle Paul: For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. The enemy of man is not man, and certainly not God. I would like to take a moment to give attention to the book of Enoch and a few other areas to offer a very concise and very simplistic understanding of our real enemy.
A herald is a person or object that sets the whole adventure in motion. In Strayed’s situation, it is a PCT guidebook. Strayed states, “And perhaps
Another popular conspiracy theory contains the Illuminati society. The Order of the Illuminati was an Enlightenment-age secret society founded by university professor Adam Weishaupt on May 1, 1776, in Upper Bavaria, Germany. The movement consisted of advocates of freethought, secularism, liberalism, republicanism, and gender equality. In 1785, the order was infiltrated, broken up and suppressed by the government agents of Charles Theodore, However, there is no evidence that the Bavarian Illuminati survived its suppression in 1785 (“History of Beliefs”, 2006).
A herald is a person or thing that sets the whole adventure in motion. In Strayed’s situation it is a PCT guidebook.
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Let 's say that people around the area having been getting sick or strange things have been happening like some people are seeing dancing in the woods. The people go into a panic when something really bad happens to a group of girls, that claim to see spirits of witches tormenting them. People around the area also claim that they are seeing “witch like things” like for example, a woman reading many books, that the person claims that might be the devil bible or spell books. The people of the town then begin put all their faith into those eye witnesses and spectral evidence from the girls. This phenomenon brings a group of judges from a town far away.
The term "mystery cults" comes from the Greek word musteria and initially only referred to the mysteries of Eleusis and signifies a secret celebration or secret worship that only initiates (mustai) who have become initiated (muein) participate in. "Originally, then, mysteries denotes a specific religious manifestation that is essentially different in character from other, official cultic functions; the mysteries are not open to everyone but require a special initiation" (Encyclopedia of Religion Vol. #10 pg. 230). Contemporary religion historians now use the terms "mystery cults" or "mysteries" to refer to secret cults or ceremonies of initiation. These ancient "secret cults" influenced the development of many religions with their sacred beliefs on the divine, the soul, transmigration and, most importantly, their stressed i...
The Nephilim or “Giants” is a subject that is not brought up in the typical Sunday morning service at a church pulpit, this is because it causes a strong reaction in people. Despite the strangeness of this topic, it is something that should be investigated. In this essay we will learn more about the Nephilim or “Giants”, and we will carefully examine the scriptures fo...
occur. Sinister messages can be spelt out, claimed to come from the devil. As to
Paranormal Activity is similar to pseudoscience and involves experiences outside of science (Hines, 2003). However, there is another side to these strange occurrences which includes UFOs, alien contact, and the appearance of unusual creatures. According to Imbrogno (2008) “No matter how skeptical you are, there are three things that cannot be denied: that reports of paranormal experiences exist, that they persist, and they are increasingly occurring on a global scale” (pg.16). According to Hines (2003) “Paranormal phenomena includes extrasensory perception (ESP), telekinesis, ghosts, poltergeists, life after death, reincarnation, faith healing, human auras, and so forth” (pg.20). The term UFOs, unidentified flying objects, is the reported sighting of any object or arrangement of lights that do not have a logical or natural explanation. The first reported incident in America occurred in 1947, when an amateur pilot, Kenneth Arnold, made claims of a sighting while flying his small plane near Mount Rainier in Washington which caused the U.S. government to begin searching for extraterrestrials (Stephey, 2009). Moreover, Chinese texts from the 4th century make claims of a “moon boat” that visited once every 12 years hovering above the country to become the earliest sighting in recorded history (Stephey, 2009). Although issues such as speed, shape, and size continues to differs, the U.S. Air Force commissioned Project Blue Book, an official record of sights that occurred in the U.S. from 1952 to 1969 logging over 12,000 sightings or events involving UFOs.
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Zephaniah opens his prophecy with an announcement of doom. It begins with broad panorama ( all living beings ) then moves to a much narrow focus ( Judah and Jerusalem ) to those who engage in idolatry and syncretistic religious practices Zephaniah speaks specifically of three types of idolatrous worship which have three loci: Baal worship, conducted in the temple; astral worship, practiced on the rooftops; and the ritual dedicated to the Molekh, performed in the valley of Ben Hinnom.
The time of the prophets was indeed a spiritual one. God raised up individuals to speak His word, and predict the very future of the nation of Israel as well as the rest of the world. These men of God stoop up in times of adversity, and spoke the message of the Lord to His people and the surrounding nations. They stood up when nobody else would, and while they may have been afraid at times, they knew they had the Lord Himself with them at all time. Given that they prophesied and preached about many issues, this essay will focus on three things; idolatry, social injustice, and religious ritualism. These three topics focus on the core of human behavior at the time, and, while extremely relevant to that time period, is still relevant to this
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