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Date Posted: 18:54:45 07/31/14 Thu
Ephesians 6:12 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.
All right; in this study I am going to be riding my "hobby horse" quite a bit. I have come to believe that many people who are in power or have been in power in the past are not complete descendants of Adam and Eve. We are going to take a look at the Bible evidence for demigods.
A demigod (or demi-god) is a divine or supernatural being in classical mythology. The term has been used in various ways at different times and can refer to a figure who has attained divine status after death, a minor deity, or a mortal who is the offspring of a god and a human.
Greek and Roman mythology is full of instances where it is alleged that the "gods" had sexual relations with women and had sons and daughters born through this union. A demi-god would be the male offspring of this union. "Heracles" (Gr.) or Hercules (Roman) was a demigod and is perhaps the most famous. Romulus and Remus were supposed to be the twin sons of the god Mars. Wikipedia lists more than seventy offspring of unions between gods and humans. Where could these "myths" have possibly come from?
Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee (the serpent) and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. This verse is the first verse in the Bible to point to the virgin birth of Jesus. The seed comes from the man and the woman has no seed. She has an egg. The wording then is rather strange because it is written that the serpent will bruise the heel of "her seed". The statement then is that both the serpent and the woman will have seed.
Jesus, Son of God and son of Mary. If this is the case and it certainly is the case with Jesus, He has a supernatural birth with the Holy Ghost causing Mary to conceive the holy child Jesus. We know about Jesus so who then does the serpent have seed with? Seed in the Bible is the offspring of a union or the seed of copulation from the man. Who does Satan copulate with? We are not told but you can bet your last nickle that the virgin birth of Jesus is imitated in the act. The woman will not be married and it will be claimed she is a virgin. (invitro fertilization today makes it technically possible for virgins to have babies so it would not be hard for Satan to imitate the Holy Ghost conception in Mary and make it believable) A supernatural birth if you will.
The second instance in the Bible of demigods (Jesus is not a demigod. He is fully God and fully man. A demigod is said to be half god) is found in Genesis 6:1-2,4 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. 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.
Who were these "sons of God"? In the Book of Job we can get a pretty good clue. There are three passages in the Book of Job which mention the sons of God. Job 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. Job 2:1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. Job 38:4-7 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; 7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Notice these "sons of God" were present at the foundation of the earth. The texts states they shouted for joy as the "morning stars" sang heralding the work of God in His creation. This places these sons of God outside the realm of the earthly creation. They could only be angelic beings or beings of the heavenly creation. Those in Genesis 6 I would say are the fallen angels that followed Satan in the rebellion.
Going back now to Gen. 6:4 we have another interesting piece of the puzzle. In Gen. 6:4 it states : "There were giants in the earth in those days " The Hebrew word for giants here is n@phiyl which comes from the Hebrew root naphal which means "fall" or "to fall" in many instances. The interesting thing about this is that it shows up again with the giants that Israel ran up against when Joshua and Caleb with the others chosen to spy out the land of Canaan before the conquest to take the promised land. Numbers 13:33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. The word translated giants here is exactly the same as is found in Gen. 6. These giants have come to be known as Nephilim or fallen ones. (If you are interested you might check out this web site: http://www.detailshere.com/nephilim.htm) It is quite interesting.
The giants of Numbers 13 are after the flood by several hundred years and the ones in Genesis are before the flood. The scriptures bear witness to this in the wording in Genesis 6:4. "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." The question now is; Do we still have unions of the heavenly creation with the earthly creation? Do we still have the mixing of humans with "gods" with the resultant offspring being demigods? If so, what is the evidence? Daniel 2:40-44 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. 41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. 43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. 44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. Read that underlined part again. Who is the "they" mentioned. We can easily understand "the seed of men". That is you and me. The descendants of Adam and Eve. Notice that the pronoun"they" has no antecedent. It is just hung out there as a contrast or contradiction if you will of the seed of men. These "iron men" (kings) are connected to the last kingdom before the millennial kingdom. That is us! These "iron men" are mingling with mortals in the 4th kingdom in Nebuchadnezzar's dream.
Remember the parable of the wheat and the tares in Matthew 13? Matthew 13:25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. Let's forget the common interpretation for a minute. I know it is understood to contrast the saved and the lost in almost all sermons and teachings but is that correct. When the disciples asked Jesus what the parable meant notice what He said about the tares. Matthew 13:38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; Children as in "seed"! A tare is not wheat and cannot become wheat. They look alike until the grain head is ripe in the wheat and that is about the only way most would be able to distinguish the difference. "By their fruits ye shall know them".
A practical application would be Judas Iscariot. Jesus said of Judas: John 6:70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? Jesus did not say, "has a devil" but is a devil. Along with this we have Jesus calling Judas "the son of perdition" in John 17:12 and Paul calling the anti-Christ "the son of perdition" in 2 Thess. 2:3. Again we should take note that the phrase is not "a son of perdition" but the definite article "the" is used. This is exclusionary and suggest Judas and the anti-Christ are one and the same. The question "who is your daddy" is legitimate here. He became Satan incarnate in Luke 22:3 and Judas was said to "go to his own place" at his death (Acts 1:25).
The mystery of heavenly beings (fallen angels?) having children through mortals is deepened when we consider some verses in Revelation. An angel is giving John the meaning of the vision of the harlot riding the beast: Revelation 17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. Revelation 17:9-11 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. 10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. 11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. He is a king. He has been here before. He will come again. He was of the seven kings mentioned but not named and when he comes he will be the 8th king called the beast.
In Bible history there are seven kings and kingdoms that have stood against God's people. 1. Nimrod is the first and his kingdom is Babel (Babylon). 2. Then comes Pharaoh over Egypt. 3. Next is Sennacherib over the Assyrian empire. 4. Nebuchadnezzar over Babylon. 5. Cyrus over Persia (Iran now). 6. Alexander the Great over the Greek empire and then 7. Caesar over the Roman Empire. That makes seven and out of this seven the beast of Revelation must come. He was but is not and will be again!
While any of the kings over these empires might be the eighth king one stands out especially. Alexander the Great. He is supposed to be a demigod from a union between the god Zeus and his mother Olympias. While Philip was supposedly his father his mother denied this. She told Alexander that his real father was the god Zeus who came in unto here in the form of a snake and fathered him. (http://www.interesting.com/stories/alexander/#zeus ) Fact or fantasy? I don't know but I do know that it is in the realm of what we are seeing in the Bible. What if all the seven kings were demigods? Satan is the god of this world (2 Cor. 4:4) and he promised Jesus all the kingdoms of the world if Jesus would bow before him (Luke 4:5-7). Jesus did not dispute Satan's claim but rather rebuked him with the words ; "Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." If the power wasn't Satan's to give Jesus could have disputed this.
Was Hitler a demigod? Stalin? Mao? How many world leaders have derived their power and charismatic appeal from their "unique" birth ? Remember from Gen. 6 the offspring of the sons of God were as mighty men of old and men of renown. They were adored and much desired. What kind of spirit was working to give them this charisma?
How about Obama? How did he mysteriously come on the scene and rise to such power? Where does his charisma come from that has swayed so many to like him in spite of his evil actions? Why is there absolutely no resemblance whatsoever to Obama and his supposed father? Why such mystery about his birth. How many senators or house leaders could be demigods. Is it possible the Bible is trying to tell us something about the mysterious "iron" in the feet and toes of the image in Daniel? Mysteries? Yes, very mysterious indeed but can you explain the seeming insanity of the decisions and decrees issued from the rulers of the earth today? Do their decrees and edicts seem to be leading to total chaos all around the world? God is not the author of confusion so it must be in the devil's realm to bring such confusion. The world leaders are leading us into WWIII and it will be utterly devastating. Revelation 16:13-14 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
God destroyed the pre-flood earth when the demigods inhabited the earth in great numbers, and probably ruled, bringing chaos on the earth in those days as today. God will bring his judgment on the earth again and for the same reason.
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