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EXTRA-BIBLICAL & BIBLICAL UFOs The history of imps, fairies, gnomes, goblins, dwarfs and various assorted bogeymen have been around for centuries. I myself particularly like the leprechaun. But let's separate some of the myth from the reality. The Book of Enoch As we've already seen, Jude mentions this apochrypal, pseudepigraphical work in his epistle. Oxford's renown Dr. R. H. Charles footnoted his 1913 translation with an allusion to early Zoroastrian myth but the fact that it is mentioned in canon lends some divine credibility to it Not only does Enoch discuss the fall of angels known as "Watchers," it catalogues 200 of them -- Semjaza as leader, Azazel, tenth in command, etc. In addition to Michael and Gabriel, it also catalogues other heavenly angels such as Raphael and Uriel (sent to Lamech and Noah). Gabriel was sent to destroy the children of the Watchers (who failed their God-given task) but their spirits were free to seek habitation until the final judgment. Scary stuff. Strong biblical exegetes ONLY! Genesis 6 - Josephus' View The famed first century Jewish historian in his Antiquities 3:1 expressed the common opinion of the forefathers -- that the fallen angels were the fathers of the mythical (?) Greek Titans. "They (the sons of Seth) now showed by their actions a double degree of wickedness, whereby they made God to be their enemy. For many angels of God accompanied with women and begat sons that proved unjust, despisers of all that was good, on account of the confidence they had in their own strength. For the tradition is, that these men did what resembled the acts of those whom the Grecians call giants ." Etymologically, "titan" is derived from the same root word as "sheitan" in Chaldean and "satan" in Hebrew. A serious point to ponder ... Read this series of reports with an open mind. If you have found your way to these pages, you probably have an interest in the para-normal. Keep in your opened mind the fact that there are legitimate explanations within both the material AND immaterial realm of creation if you look hard enough. And ALL fit into God's eternal scheme of things. ALL have something to do with His revealed plan of the ages. The blessings of Revelation be yours, now and in the glory that is Jesus Christ! |
