Nephilim Eschatology

Critics and detractors from this discussion persist in attempting to make the issue of the Nephilim a simple interpretation disagreement of Genesis 6. Nothing could be further from the truth. What is at stake here is the sufficiency of the Scripture ALONE—and the Gospel itself. Tragically, teachers of these themes do not confine themselves to the Bible, but rather rely heavily upon extra-biblical sources to prove their fantastic scenarios, including apocryphal, pagan, and occult materials. 

Let’s begin with the historical fact of the Genesis Flood. The Scripture clearly records that the wickedness of mankind was so great that the Lord God destroyed the ancient world by water—except for Noah and his immediate family. The Bible tells us that “Noah found favor with God,” because “Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God” (Gen 6:8-9). In other words, Noah walked in God’s ways, not in step with the moral wickedness all around him. God saved him and his household from the global destruction. God judged the sin of the ancient world by water, and will do it again in the future by fire. (2 Pet. 3:6-7: “Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.”) God’s Word will come to pass in due time.

Nephilim false eschatology overlooks the seriousness of mankind’s sin against a holy God and places the focus upon an outside enemy: half demon, half human creatures—hell-bent on destroying the human race by corrupting our DNA. The reader should be reminded at this point, that this false teaching cannot be found in Genesis or anywhere else in Scripture… but only through fallible and highly questionable outside sources.

The Lord Jesus Christ paid the ultimate sacrifice on the Cross to deal with mankind’s sin once for all. His payment for our sin forms the backbone of the Gospel. There is no salvation apart from God’s dealing with our sin problem and our recognition and surrender to that vital truth.

Nonetheless, prominent evangelical teachers bypass the obvious and essential teachings on sin to focus on the unclear, obscure, and sensational. They say that the Nephilim (demigod giants who are the offspring of fallen angels and human women), proliferated at such a rate during Noah’s day, that it resulted in an almost complete destruction of the human race through genetic corruption with Nephilim DNA. This demon seed corruption of the human race, they say, rather than profound sinful human behavior, provoked the Lord’s anger into sending the Flood. 

This fantastic false teaching twists the Scriptures and turns the Gospel message upside down, focusing on supposedly corrupted DNA instead of man’s sin and rebellion against God before the Flood. Here is what this false teaching says:

Later, during subsequent abductions, their abnormally tiny babies were brought out and presented to them in a strange “bonding” ceremony. The infants appeared to be only partly human. They were tiny by human standards and appeared wan, big-eyed and listless. However, some seemed more human than others.[xi]

According to some promoting the Nephilim false eschatology, there are a few historical characters or personages that have (or will have) descended from the Nephilim race (creatures born from demon seed and human mothers) by the end of the age. Some also teach that the last five characters listed below are actually the same entity that will resurrect—perhaps through science and transhumanist engineering. Like the plot of a science fiction thriller, this demigod monster will be the coming Evil One returning to fulfill biblical prophecy in 2012 (note again the reliance upon extra-biblical and occult sources):

If the foundation laid by God in Genesis 6 is shifted from personal sin to supposed invading gods and demonic DNA, then Christ’s prophecy concerning “the days of Noah” will also be altered to fit the Nephilim scenario. Note the Lord’s actual teaching:

Biblical prophecy has always fascinated believers. And in the past few decades there has been vast and far-reaching speculations about endtime scenarios. It is a very popular topic in the Christian media. But this current fascination with science fiction and paranormal topics goes far beyond Scripture. It starts simply enough with a mere fascination of the unknown. But then it goes on to take a few verses from Genesis 6 out of context. Next, these verses are wildly extrapolated to a non-human species that goes far beyond any prophecy found in the Bible. And to bolster this bizarre case, occult sources are being cited as authoritative, thus creating a potentially volatile new mixture of biblical prophecy with pagan mythology. 

In the process, a new heretical eschatology is being birthed that has serious and far-reaching ramifications to the evangelical church.