People the world over are scared of snakes. Generally speaking, that’s a true statement. So, why did so many ancient cultures incorporate serpent imagery into huge megalithic structures?Continue Reading
The early Christian church was nearly unanimous in the belief that the gods of the Greeks and Romans were not imaginary. They, like the Jewish scholars a few hundred years earlier, understood that the Olympians, Titans, Gigantes, heroes, and daimones of the pagans were supernatural beings called “angels,” “Watchers,” “sons of God,” “Nephilim,” “Rephaim,” and “demons.” In fact, the second-century theologian Irenaeus of Lyon, a student of Polycarp (who was a disciple of the apostle John), connected the Titans to end-times prophecy.Continue Reading
The rebellious “sons of God” in Genesis 6 knew they were committing a terrible sin. Why did they do it? L. A. Marzulli discusses the oath sworn by the 200 Watchers on Mount Hermon.Continue Reading
The Assyrian kingdom emerged as the dominant political and military power in the ancient Near East toward the end of the tenth century BC, shortly after the division of Israel into the northern kingdom, which retained the name of Israel, and the southern kingdom, Judah. For the next three centuries,Continue Reading
In Ugaritic texts, the Rephaim were summoned through a necromancy ritual to the “threshing-floor” of the Canaanite creator-god El. After two days of riding, the Rephaim arrived at the threshing-floor “after sunrise on the third.” The purpose of the ritual was nothing less than the resurrection of the Rephaim.Continue Reading
The story in the Book of 1 Enoch would make a compelling supernatural thriller. It has two main villains—Watcher-class angels named Shemihazah and Azazel. Shemihazah is the leader of the rebel faction—their king, if you will. But the sins of Asael form another narrative that’s worth our attention.
THE EMERGENCE of the Beast, the Antichrist of the end times, kicks off a three-end-a-half year period of literal hell on earth. But the war for control of the earth won’t be limited to the natural world.Continue Reading
The government of Turkey recently announced that eleven more hills have been found near Göbekli Tepe, considered the world’s oldest temple.Continue Reading
Ezekiel made a point of singling out “the Travelers” in his prophecy of the war of Gog and Magog. This week, we explain why and identify where the army of Gog will fall.Continue Reading
Eclipses have been interpreted as a bad omen throughout history. In recent years, so-called “blood moons” have been taken as a sign of the imminent Apocalypse.