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Subject: [bprlist] Re: Chinese genius children
From: "John Brough"
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 13:22:15 +1300

Hi,
One of the subscribers made the commernt about the Nephilim beimg the+-
descendents of the union of angels and women in Gen 6.

This is disputed by many commentators, but I personally think it is correct.
The popularly held beleif at the time of Christ as expressed in the book of
Enoch clearly states this view.

The comment went on firther to talk about the end times.

What follows is an excerpt from a Buible study I wrote some years ago for
the consideration of those on the list. I hope it generates for me some
valuable feedback and criticism (in the true and full sense though I am not
afraid of negative criticism as it helps me to come to a greater
understanding of the truth.

Happy reading,
John in NZ

Revelation 9:1-11 - The Fifth Trumpet.

9:1 " a star fallen from heaven" c/f 8:10 12:7-9.

Greek literally:- "was thrown down" - implies a past act.

The idea of "coming down from heaven" is intended to indicate to us that
this is not a human person, rather it is angelic. Therefore we are not
seeing here the Antichrist who later rises out of the sea (REV 13:1). This
is the Spiritual force behind the Antichrist.

"he" - this star has a personality, therefore we are not to see it as being
a literal star. We are intended to identify it with Satan.

Hence this trumpet occurs AFTER the event of ch 12 in earth time. Therefore
this happens during the last 3 1/2 years, but exactly when is not certain.
The fact that the effects of it are limited to "5 months" could suggest that
it occurs only 5 months before the End.

"key to the bottomless pit" - Greek = "abyssos - same word as in Gen 1:2LXX
"the deep". This is not Sheol, or Hades.

1 Enoch tells us that this was where the fallen angels who had intercourse
with the daughters of men (Gen 6) were sent after the flood. Here they were
bound until the End.

c/f 1 Peter 4:19 2 Peter 2:4 Jude 6.

According to Enoch the fallen angels were, after this, treated in two
groups. One group had sex with women and were sent to the Pit/Abyss. The
other group were still allowed freedom "in the heavenlies" to operate the
Satanic kingdom. The NT references above clearly refer to this belief which
was popular at the time of Christ.

It appears that in the last days the Satanic empire in the heavenlies is
evicted - this is the theme of Rev 12 and the first four trumpets. However
with this the marshalling of Satan's forces is not complete. In the fifth
trumpet we see the release of the fornicating angels. The limitation of
their activity to 5 months is probably to prevent a reoccurrence of the
Genesis 6 situation where the women brought forth Nephilim (or giants) who
oppressed men.

However we can expect that they will indeed try that again, and women will
be raped by them. The time limit simply prevents offspring from being born.

9:2 "sun and the air were darkened" c/f the 4th trumpet.

The abyss was traditionally believed to be the source of volcanoes, so the
darkness is probably an indication of coming volcanic activity on earth in
the natural sphere. This again is but a sign of a greater spiritual reality.
There will be a greater spiritual darkness coming on man. Satan is the
"prince of the power of the air" (Eph 2:2), and the air was given to man as
his domain (Gen 1). Hence we can assume that this means a spiritual
blindness is coming on man greater than has ever been seen before.

Possibly air pollution will be a physical sign of this spiritual pollution.

9:3 "locusts" - Exodus typology again. However it is clear that these are
not real locusts, but are spiritual forces.

C/f Joel 2:10, 1:4ff - they symbolise invading armies coming on the "fig
tree and the vine", i.e Israel and the Church.

"scorpions" c/f Astrology = Scorpio = Satan.

C/f:- Luke 10:9 11:12.

Their poisonous sting is proverbial (Ezekiel 2:6). However it is usually not
fatal, rather it causes excruciating pain.

"like" - they are not actually scorpions, just like them in that their sting
is in their tail.

C/f Isa 9:15 - false prophets are the tail.

The plague here involves false prophets perverting truth which results in
spiritual anguish for those who accept their teaching. The anguish arises
from a guilty conscience.

9:4 "Those who have the seal of God" are therefore unaffected by this plague
as their conscience has been cleansed by the blood of Christ.

Note again the idea of God's people being separated from those under
judgment, again an Exodus typology idea.

C/f Exod 8:20-24 - "set a division" literally = "set a redemption".

"not to harm any grass or earth or tree or any green thing".

This clearly tells us that we are not looking at literal locusts. The effect
of this plague come only on men - it is a spiritual plague. Though the
effects are not to be limited to purely spiritual events - real children are
sired by these invading angels.

9:5 "5 months" - some locusts have a 5 month life span. The sting of a
scorpion is generally not fatal, rather results in sickness for 3-4 days.
Hence a literal interpretation is excluded.

C/f Gen 7:24 "150 days" = 5x30 = 5 months.

The locust was one of the symbols of Apollo, which was a favourite God of
some of the Roman emperors.

9:6 Guilt leads to insanity and suicide. Some interpreters feel that this
verse suggests that men discover, with, Satanic help, a counterfeit eternal
life. Men unlock secrets to life and death. Unfortunately the experiment
backfires and only serves to prolong the agony of those who seek to escape
from life.

9:7 "horses" == conquest - physical or spiritual. John's description here
sounds like an Arab warrior on his steed, but he indicates again that the
literal interpretation is not the crux. These locusts are only "like" i.e.
are a symbol.

"for battle" implies organisation and planning. This is preplanned, a
prearranged deception that is coming on man.

The deception we are looking at here is Humanism in its purest form,
symbolised in the worship of man in the person of the Antichrist. Several
clear aspects of Humanism are revealed here:

(1) "crowns" - diadema - kings crowns. They claim royal dignity, but it is
not divinely conferred. Here we see man claiming royalty. Man is king.
Natural scorpions have no corresponding feature.

(2) "like human faces" - It professes to be humanitarian, having a human
intelligence and wisdom. On the surface it looks good. The problem with
humanism is that its humanitarian face has no philosophical basis, so it
collapses when under stress. Christianity gives the only basis for believing
in the worth and nobility of man. Humanism only rates us among the animals.

(3) "like woman's hair" - they are effeminate. Part of this coming deception
involves the confusion of the role of the sexes in society. God made us male
and female with, differing temperaments and functions in society. Humanism
confuses this. Men tend towards feminism; women strive to compete with men.
Because of the way men are denigrated in Humanism their roles as leaders in
society and the family are undermined. Society ends up leaderless in the
real sense, but crying out for a leader. Because of this need for leadership
Humanism will bring society to the point where it will accept a strong
tyrannical despot, the Antichrist.

Again the symbolism could come from the Parthian armies who traditionally
wore long hair.

(4) "teeth like lion's teeth" - the figure is of savage and cruel speech.
Though humanism looks nice on the surface one only has to study its speech
to see how evil it is. The Antichrist will be the epitome of this. This is
the old "wolf in sheep's clothing".

C/f Joel 1:6.

(5) 9:9 "scales like iron breastplates" - the breast symbolises the heart,
the seat of love and compassion. These demons have no love, compassion or
conscience. Humanism distorts the meaning of love and compassion. We have
only to think of abortion and euthanasia to see this.

(6) 9:9 "wings like ... many chariots" - a deafening noise, incessant,
designed to batter you into submission. This work of deception never stops.
People end up believing it because of its constant repetition. This is the
tool of Humanism - repetition. We see this even in the work of government
today - statements are made which are obviously ridiculous, but the constant
repetition of them establishes them as "truth" which people end up
believing.

Evolution is the most successful of its doctrines. The scientific evidence
actually is stacked against Evolution, but the constant repetition of it,
and the assumption that it is true, has established Evolution as "FACT".
Indeed anyone who questions it is ridiculed as being foolish. However the
facts are on the side of the "foolish" (see 1 Cor 2&3).

The effect of Evolution as a doctrine is far more devastating than we can
imagine. As it reduces men to be "nothing more than an advanced animal" it
robs men of their potential and dignity before God. We kill animals for
sport and food, hence as man is "nothing more than an animal" it is O.K. to
kill people too. Hence abortion and euthanasia, genocide and other
atrocities have their roots in Evolutionary doctrine.

Evolution also completely undermines all Biblical authority. If we accept
Evolution, then we say that the Bible is wrong, in that the Bible claims God
created mankind. Once we accept that one part of the Bible is wrong we have
no way of determining if any of it is right.

(7) 9:10 "in their tails" - these spirits tempt men to sin, promising great
things. But in the end there is only pain.

C/f Gen 3 "you shall not surely die, but you shall be like God".

However sin always has its backlash. Humanism does this - promising men a
better future it propagates all sorts of things. We have only to consider
the torment many go through after an abortion to see this.

"Men live in peace before sin, but afterwards a fire burns."

The symbolism comes from the terror of the Parthian army whose mounted
archers would shoot one volley as they advanced and then another over their
horses tails as they withdrew. Hence they could "wound with their mouths and
with their tails".

(8) 9:11 - "king" - C/f Prov 30:27 - locusts have no king. Thus indicating
the symbolic nature of this prophecy.

"Name" = a character.
"Abaddon/Apollyon" = the Destroyer.

Apollyon - from Apollo - the link by which the Roman emperors claimed Divine
status -i.e. there is a hint here that this deception takes men to the
ultimate in humanism, the deification of man and the worship of him.

The double use of the name is probably so that we will have no difficulty in
identifying who John is talking about later of when he tells us "the time
has come for destroying the destroyers of the earth".

John in NZ

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