The following assaults of the great Satanic Enemy
stand out prominently in the Bible:
reference: therain.org
Abraham's wife Sarai was captured by Pharaoh in Egypt (thinking she was Abraham's sister) before Isaac
was born (Genesis, Chapter 12)
Abraham's wife Sarai was captured (taken) by Abimelech, king of Gerar (thinking she was Abraham's sister)
before Isaac was born. (Genesis, Chapter 20)
The attempted destruction of the male line of Israel in Egypt, Exodus 1:15-16:
15. And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of
which the name of one was Shiphrah, and the name of the
other Puah:
16. And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the
Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a
son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she
shall live.
The destruction of the whole nation in Pharaoh's pursuit, Exodus 14.
After David's line was singled out (2 Samuel 7), that was the next selected for assault. Satan's first assault
was in the union of Jehoram and Athaliah by Jehoshaphat, notwithstanding 2 Chronicles 17:1. Jehoram
killed off all his brothers (2 Chronicles 21:4).
The Arabians slew all his children, except Ahaziah (2 Chronicles 21:17; 22:1).
When Ahaziah died, Athaliah killed "all the seed royal" (2 Chronicles 22:10).
The babe Joash alone was rescued; and, for six years, the faithfulness of Jehovah's word was at stake (2
Chronicles 23:3).
Hezekiah was childless, when a double assault was made by the King of Assyria and the King of Terrors
(Isaiah 36:1; 38:1). God's faithfulness was appealed to and relied on (Psalm 136).
In Captivity, Haman was used to attempt the destruction of the whole nation (Esther 3:6,12,13. Compare 6:1).
Joseph's fear was worked on (Matthew 1:18-20). Notwithstanding the fact that he was "a just man", and kept
the Law, he did not wish to have Mary stoned to death (Deuteronomy 24:1); hence Joseph determined to
divorce her. But God intervened: "Fear not".
Herod sought the young Child's life (Matthew 2).
At the Temptation, "Cast Thyself down" was Satan's temptation.
At Nazareth, again (Luke 4), there was another attempt to cast Him down and destroy Him.
The two storms on the Lake were other attempts.
At length the cross was reached, and the sepulchre closed; the watch set; and the stone sealed. But "God
raised Him from the dead." And now, like another Joash, He is seated and expecting (Hebrews 10:12,13),
hidden in the house of God on high; and the members of "the one body" are hidden there "in Him"
(Colossians 3:1-3), like another Jehoshaba; and going forth to witness of His coming, like another Jehoiada
(2Chronicles 23:3).
The irruption of "the fallen angels" ("sons of God") was the first attempt; and was directed against the
whole human race.
When Abraham was called, then he and his seed were attacked.
When David was enthroned, then the royal line was assailed.
And when "the Seed of the woman" Himself came, then the storm burst upon Him.
“As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”
—Romans viii. 14.
Hildegard of Bingen wrote about fallen angels in 1150 AD. She states they aligned themselves to the dark
(negative) instead of to the light (positive-God per the Bible).
Another non-canonical tradition says that God's Angels swarmed down and killed the remaining Nephilim...
God seeing his creation on the brink of destruction acted to save man from this treachery, and he set out to
wipe corrupt man (and beast) from the face of the earth. God did not do this so as to punish man but to
save him from an evil he had no way of understanding. God saved Noah and his family and man began
anew. As did the evil.
But it was the unauthorized act of revelation that outraged the archangels, and it was that act which God
punished. "I shall restore the Earth, so that not all the sons of men shall be destroyed through the mystery
which the Watchers made known." Divinely commanded, the obedient Watchers swept down and defeated
their brothers, whose punishment was to watch the death of their children before being themselves
imprisoned in the mountains and deserts of the Earth until Judgment Day, when they will be cast into the
lake of eternal fire. (Azazel is the only Watcher whose burial place is believed to be known: under a heap of
stones at the foot of the cliff of Haradan, in what is now the Sinai, where, regarded as a demon, he received
every year the scapegoat driven into the desert with its burden of Israel's sins. --Alternately, he is
sometimes said to have hurled himself into the sky and become the constellation Orion.) God sends the
prophet Enoch to scold them in their imprisonment, saying that as spiritual beings they were never
intended to have wives as mortal men do (of course, their creator could presumably have seen to it that
they felt no longing for sex or love, but he apparently neglected to do so) and even scorning the
knowledge they shared with humanity - "You were in heaven, but its secret had not been revealed to you
and a worthless mystery you knew." - although the Four Archangels' concern surely contradicts this
mocking remark. Other Apocryphal books say that even now they are held and tortured in the terrible Fifth
Heaven, set aside for just this purpose. (I Enoch XIII describes the Watchers/Grigori as stricken mute with
guilt and terror after Enoch's reproof, and indeed in II Enoch the Grigori imprisoned in the Fifth Heaven are
voiceless giants.) The world, meanwhile, is swept clean in a great earthquake and flood, destroying the
Nephilim's lands, to which many writers trace the worldwide legends of a catastrophic inundation.
But the Watchers' teaching continued to influence humankind in the ages after the Deluge, even though
now condemned and studied in secret. In Jubilees VIII:1-5, Kainam, Noah's grandson, "came upon a writing
which men of old had carved on a rock...it contained the teaching of the Watchers, in accordance with
which they used to observe the omens of the sun and moon and all the signs of heaven. And he wrote it
down and said nothing about it..." fearing punishment from Noah, who blamed the Watchers for the Flood
and constantly warned his clan against any dealings with them or their descent. (Must have been one
blessed huge rock, unless the Watchers' skills included micro-engraving.) This is especially notable
because Kainam is the brother of Chesed, father of Ur, who is said in the Apocrypha to have founded the
famous Chaldean city of that name. "And [they] grew up and lived in Ur of the Chaldees," says Jubilees (XI:7-
8) of Serug and Nahor, Kainam's descendants, "and worshipped idols...and [Nahor's] father instructed him
in the learning of the Chaldees, how to divine and foretell the future from the signs of heaven." It's most
tempting to conclude that Kainam's grandchildren through generations inherited and studied the written
record he had made from the stone; that the legendary wisdom of the Chaldeans, which amazes history, had
descended to them from the Watchers themselves
The Nephilim - and, some say, their children, the Elioud/Eljo - were physically exterminated by the avenging
angel horde. But, though their half-mortal bodies could be slain, their half-angel souls could not, nor could
they be held in chains. They remain on the earth, wandering at will, and though chaotic and destructive will
not be punished for their deeds until the Final Judgment "in which the great age will be brought to an end".
Occult tradition holds that now and then a Nephilim spirit will incarnate in human form (the souls of those
who quit the body violently, it's said, are most pure...).
The Apocrypha claim the disembodied Nephilim are the origin of demons, and accuse them of many crimes.
Jubilees places the blame for the Flood squarely upon the fornication of the Watchers and the iniquity and
bloodshed of the Nephilim. "And now the giants who were born from souls and flesh will be called evil
spirits upon the earth," charges I Enoch XV-XVI, "From the day of...the slaughter and destruction of the
giant Nephilim, the mighty ones of the earth, the great famous ones, the spirits that have gone out from
their souls as from the flesh will destroy without judgment." Even the mortal women who are their mothers
are cursed to become sirens and demonesses. In Jubilees X:1-6, Noah's sons beg him to protect their
children from "unclean demons" who are "leading astray, blinding and killing" them; Noah, petitioning God
to "let not wicked spirits rule over [my grandchildren] and destroy them", adds, "Thou knowest what thy
Watchers, the fathers of these spirits, did in my day..." making it clear that the demonic spirits and the
Nephilim are considered one and the same. (One wonders if Kainam was one of these grandchildren being
"led astray" by a "demonic" Nephilim familiar. Maybe it was helping him interpret the stone...)
Archeology News
November 2005
Archaeologists digging at the purported biblical home of Goliath have unearthed a shard of pottery bearing
an inscription of the Philistine's name, a find they claim lends historical credence to the Bible's tale of
David's battle with Goliath.
While the discovery is not definitive evidence of Goliath's existence, it does support the Bible's depiction
of life at the time the battle was supposed to have occurred, said Dr. Aren Maeir, a professor at Bar-Ilan
University and director of the excavation.
"What this means is that at the time there were people there named Goliath," he said. "It shows us that
David and Goliath's story reflects the cultural reality of the time."
Some scholars assert the story of David slaying the giant Goliath is a myth written down hundreds of years
later. Maeir said finding the scraps lends historical credence to the biblical story.
The shard dates back to around 950 B.C., within 70 years of when biblical chronology asserts David squared
off against Goliath, making it the oldest Philistine inscription ever found, the archaeologists said.
Scientists made the discovery at Tel es-Safi, a dig site in southern Israel thought to be to be the location of
the Philistine city of Gath.
Maeir doubts an archaeological find can ever prove Goliath's existence, but said the shard was exciting
nonetheless because of its depiction of life during the time period.
stand out prominently in the Bible:
reference: therain.org
Abraham's wife Sarai was captured by Pharaoh in Egypt (thinking she was Abraham's sister) before Isaac
was born (Genesis, Chapter 12)
Abraham's wife Sarai was captured (taken) by Abimelech, king of Gerar (thinking she was Abraham's sister)
before Isaac was born. (Genesis, Chapter 20)
The attempted destruction of the male line of Israel in Egypt, Exodus 1:15-16:
15. And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of
which the name of one was Shiphrah, and the name of the
other Puah:
16. And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the
Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a
son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she
shall live.
The destruction of the whole nation in Pharaoh's pursuit, Exodus 14.
After David's line was singled out (2 Samuel 7), that was the next selected for assault. Satan's first assault
was in the union of Jehoram and Athaliah by Jehoshaphat, notwithstanding 2 Chronicles 17:1. Jehoram
killed off all his brothers (2 Chronicles 21:4).
The Arabians slew all his children, except Ahaziah (2 Chronicles 21:17; 22:1).
When Ahaziah died, Athaliah killed "all the seed royal" (2 Chronicles 22:10).
The babe Joash alone was rescued; and, for six years, the faithfulness of Jehovah's word was at stake (2
Chronicles 23:3).
Hezekiah was childless, when a double assault was made by the King of Assyria and the King of Terrors
(Isaiah 36:1; 38:1). God's faithfulness was appealed to and relied on (Psalm 136).
In Captivity, Haman was used to attempt the destruction of the whole nation (Esther 3:6,12,13. Compare 6:1).
Joseph's fear was worked on (Matthew 1:18-20). Notwithstanding the fact that he was "a just man", and kept
the Law, he did not wish to have Mary stoned to death (Deuteronomy 24:1); hence Joseph determined to
divorce her. But God intervened: "Fear not".
Herod sought the young Child's life (Matthew 2).
At the Temptation, "Cast Thyself down" was Satan's temptation.
At Nazareth, again (Luke 4), there was another attempt to cast Him down and destroy Him.
The two storms on the Lake were other attempts.
At length the cross was reached, and the sepulchre closed; the watch set; and the stone sealed. But "God
raised Him from the dead." And now, like another Joash, He is seated and expecting (Hebrews 10:12,13),
hidden in the house of God on high; and the members of "the one body" are hidden there "in Him"
(Colossians 3:1-3), like another Jehoshaba; and going forth to witness of His coming, like another Jehoiada
(2Chronicles 23:3).
The irruption of "the fallen angels" ("sons of God") was the first attempt; and was directed against the
whole human race.
When Abraham was called, then he and his seed were attacked.
When David was enthroned, then the royal line was assailed.
And when "the Seed of the woman" Himself came, then the storm burst upon Him.
“As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”
—Romans viii. 14.
Hildegard of Bingen wrote about fallen angels in 1150 AD. She states they aligned themselves to the dark
(negative) instead of to the light (positive-God per the Bible).
Another non-canonical tradition says that God's Angels swarmed down and killed the remaining Nephilim...
God seeing his creation on the brink of destruction acted to save man from this treachery, and he set out to
wipe corrupt man (and beast) from the face of the earth. God did not do this so as to punish man but to
save him from an evil he had no way of understanding. God saved Noah and his family and man began
anew. As did the evil.
But it was the unauthorized act of revelation that outraged the archangels, and it was that act which God
punished. "I shall restore the Earth, so that not all the sons of men shall be destroyed through the mystery
which the Watchers made known." Divinely commanded, the obedient Watchers swept down and defeated
their brothers, whose punishment was to watch the death of their children before being themselves
imprisoned in the mountains and deserts of the Earth until Judgment Day, when they will be cast into the
lake of eternal fire. (Azazel is the only Watcher whose burial place is believed to be known: under a heap of
stones at the foot of the cliff of Haradan, in what is now the Sinai, where, regarded as a demon, he received
every year the scapegoat driven into the desert with its burden of Israel's sins. --Alternately, he is
sometimes said to have hurled himself into the sky and become the constellation Orion.) God sends the
prophet Enoch to scold them in their imprisonment, saying that as spiritual beings they were never
intended to have wives as mortal men do (of course, their creator could presumably have seen to it that
they felt no longing for sex or love, but he apparently neglected to do so) and even scorning the
knowledge they shared with humanity - "You were in heaven, but its secret had not been revealed to you
and a worthless mystery you knew." - although the Four Archangels' concern surely contradicts this
mocking remark. Other Apocryphal books say that even now they are held and tortured in the terrible Fifth
Heaven, set aside for just this purpose. (I Enoch XIII describes the Watchers/Grigori as stricken mute with
guilt and terror after Enoch's reproof, and indeed in II Enoch the Grigori imprisoned in the Fifth Heaven are
voiceless giants.) The world, meanwhile, is swept clean in a great earthquake and flood, destroying the
Nephilim's lands, to which many writers trace the worldwide legends of a catastrophic inundation.
But the Watchers' teaching continued to influence humankind in the ages after the Deluge, even though
now condemned and studied in secret. In Jubilees VIII:1-5, Kainam, Noah's grandson, "came upon a writing
which men of old had carved on a rock...it contained the teaching of the Watchers, in accordance with
which they used to observe the omens of the sun and moon and all the signs of heaven. And he wrote it
down and said nothing about it..." fearing punishment from Noah, who blamed the Watchers for the Flood
and constantly warned his clan against any dealings with them or their descent. (Must have been one
blessed huge rock, unless the Watchers' skills included micro-engraving.) This is especially notable
because Kainam is the brother of Chesed, father of Ur, who is said in the Apocrypha to have founded the
famous Chaldean city of that name. "And [they] grew up and lived in Ur of the Chaldees," says Jubilees (XI:7-
8) of Serug and Nahor, Kainam's descendants, "and worshipped idols...and [Nahor's] father instructed him
in the learning of the Chaldees, how to divine and foretell the future from the signs of heaven." It's most
tempting to conclude that Kainam's grandchildren through generations inherited and studied the written
record he had made from the stone; that the legendary wisdom of the Chaldeans, which amazes history, had
descended to them from the Watchers themselves
The Nephilim - and, some say, their children, the Elioud/Eljo - were physically exterminated by the avenging
angel horde. But, though their half-mortal bodies could be slain, their half-angel souls could not, nor could
they be held in chains. They remain on the earth, wandering at will, and though chaotic and destructive will
not be punished for their deeds until the Final Judgment "in which the great age will be brought to an end".
Occult tradition holds that now and then a Nephilim spirit will incarnate in human form (the souls of those
who quit the body violently, it's said, are most pure...).
The Apocrypha claim the disembodied Nephilim are the origin of demons, and accuse them of many crimes.
Jubilees places the blame for the Flood squarely upon the fornication of the Watchers and the iniquity and
bloodshed of the Nephilim. "And now the giants who were born from souls and flesh will be called evil
spirits upon the earth," charges I Enoch XV-XVI, "From the day of...the slaughter and destruction of the
giant Nephilim, the mighty ones of the earth, the great famous ones, the spirits that have gone out from
their souls as from the flesh will destroy without judgment." Even the mortal women who are their mothers
are cursed to become sirens and demonesses. In Jubilees X:1-6, Noah's sons beg him to protect their
children from "unclean demons" who are "leading astray, blinding and killing" them; Noah, petitioning God
to "let not wicked spirits rule over [my grandchildren] and destroy them", adds, "Thou knowest what thy
Watchers, the fathers of these spirits, did in my day..." making it clear that the demonic spirits and the
Nephilim are considered one and the same. (One wonders if Kainam was one of these grandchildren being
"led astray" by a "demonic" Nephilim familiar. Maybe it was helping him interpret the stone...)
Archeology News
November 2005
Archaeologists digging at the purported biblical home of Goliath have unearthed a shard of pottery bearing
an inscription of the Philistine's name, a find they claim lends historical credence to the Bible's tale of
David's battle with Goliath.
While the discovery is not definitive evidence of Goliath's existence, it does support the Bible's depiction
of life at the time the battle was supposed to have occurred, said Dr. Aren Maeir, a professor at Bar-Ilan
University and director of the excavation.
"What this means is that at the time there were people there named Goliath," he said. "It shows us that
David and Goliath's story reflects the cultural reality of the time."
Some scholars assert the story of David slaying the giant Goliath is a myth written down hundreds of years
later. Maeir said finding the scraps lends historical credence to the biblical story.
The shard dates back to around 950 B.C., within 70 years of when biblical chronology asserts David squared
off against Goliath, making it the oldest Philistine inscription ever found, the archaeologists said.
Scientists made the discovery at Tel es-Safi, a dig site in southern Israel thought to be to be the location of
the Philistine city of Gath.
Maeir doubts an archaeological find can ever prove Goliath's existence, but said the shard was exciting
nonetheless because of its depiction of life during the time period.
| Throughout history, the idea of 'The Watchers' have been found in Sumeria, Peru, Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece. Sumerian texts repeatedly state that the Anunnaki came to Earth. The Anunnaki were four great Gods who created man: An ['Sky', the source of rain and most powerful of the gods]; Enlil ['Lord Wind', the power in 'Growing Weather']; Ninhursaga ['Lady of the Stony Ground', mother of wildlife]; and Enki [rival of Ninhursaga]. The term 'Anunnaki' literally means 'from or of the sky.' The Annunaki are regarded by some as the Sumerian ‘fates’. They are spoken of in the Bible as the 'Anakim' and 'Anak' or 'Nefilim' (nephilum). 'Nefilim' (nephilum) in Hebrew means 'giants' or 'those who have fallen'. For reference I offer: The King James Bible; Young's Literal translation; HSV (Hebrew Names version); ASV (American Standard version) and RSV (Revised Standard version). Numbers 13:22, 28 & 33; Deu 1:28, 9:2; To the Egyptians, the Watchers are Ptah, Anubis, Osiris and Horus. The Egyptians wrote they came to Egypt from Ta-Ur, the 'Far/Foreign Land'. The Egyptian term 'Neteru' means 'guardians'. The Watchers were a specific race of divine beings known in Hebrew as 'nun resh ayin' or 'irin' meaning 'those who watch' or 'those who are awake', which is translated into Greek as Egrhgoroi egregoris or grigori, meaning 'watchers'. The early books of the Bible speak of some vague heavenly beings called malochim (singular, malach). Although malach is usually translated 'angel', its literal meaning is 'messenger.' As recounted in the Dead Sea Scrolls: '.....In the days of Jared', two hundred Watchers 'descended' on 'Ardis', the summit of Mount Hermon - a mythical location equated with the triple peak of Jebel esh Sheikh (9,200 feet), placed in the most northerly region of ancient Palestine. On this mountain the Watchers swear an oath and bind themselves by 'mutual imprecations', apparently knowing full well the consequences their actions will have both for themselves and for humanity as a whole. It is a pact commemorated in the name given to the place of their 'fall', for in Hebrew the word Hermon, or harem, translates as 'curse''. 'In time, each of the 200 took an earthly spouse. These unions produced children of extraordinary size, who quickly devoured the world's food. To satisfy their enormous appetites, the angel-children roamed the earth, slaughtering every species of bird, beast, reptile and fish. Finally, the ravenous creatures turned on one another, stripping flesh from the bones of their fellows and slaking their thirst in rivers of blood. As this wave of destruction washed over the earth, the anguished cries of humankind reached four powerful Archangels - Uriel, Raphael, Gabriel, and Michael - who upon orders from God enacted a swift retribution. First Uriel descended to earth to warn Noah of a coming deluge, advising him to prepare an ark to carry his family and a menagerie of creatures to safety. Raphael then fell upon the leader of the Watchers (called Shemyaza), bound him hand and foot, and thrust him into eternal darkness. Next, Gabriel charged with slaying the dissenters' offspring, encouraged the monstrous angel-children to fight one another. Finally, Michael trussed up the remaining Watchers, forced them to witness the deaths of their progeny, and condemned them to eternal torment. Only then did the heavens open up and wash away the last traces of the destruction that the fallen angels had wrought.' The Watchers are also portrayed as a high order of Angels (Archangels), known as Grigori or Irin. The Book of Enoch (which is NOT part of the Hebrew or Christian Bible) says that God had sent a legion of angels to earth in order to watch over and subtlety assist man during the beginning of civilization. However, as Enoch tells us, these angels were not well suited for the task. They taught man forbidden sciences such as herb craft, astrology, divination and sorcery. For clarification, I offer the following information. The theme of the Book of Enoch dealing with the nature and deeds of the fallen angels so infuriated the later Church fathers that one, Filastrius, actually condemned it openly as heresy. So the book was denounced, banned, cursed, no doubt burned and shredded and last but not least, lost (and conveniently forgotten) for a thousand years. But with an uncanny persistence, the Book of Enoch found its way back into circulation two centuries ago. In 1773, rumors of a surviving copy of the book drew Scottish explorer James Bruce to distant Ethiopia. True to hearsay, the Book of Enoch had been preserved by the Ethiopic Church, which put it right alongside the other books of the Bible. Bruce secured not one, but three Ethiopic copies of the book and brought them back to Europe and Britain. When in 1821 Dr. Richard Laurence, a Hebrew professor at Oxford, produced the first English translation of the work, the modern world gained its first glimpse of the forbidden mysteries of Enoch. Many Catholic Pagans or Christian Pagans utilize the 'angels' as the Watchers. The Archangel Michael is called from the North; Archangel Gabriel is called from the West; Archangel Ariel/Uriel (angel of wishes and willpower) is called from the North or East; and Archangel Raphael is called from the South. Originally there were 4 royal stars and they were called the Watchers. Each of these stars ruled over one of the 4 cardinal points. North - Formalhaut - who marked Winter Solstice; South - Regulus - who marked Summer Solstice; East - Aldebaran - who marked the Spring Equinox; West - Antares - who marked Autumn Equinox. Formalhaut (Arabic for 'mouth of the fish'), is one of the southernmost bright, first-magnitude stars visible to northern latitudes. It can be found in the constellation Piscis, and is the 17th brightest star. Antares is found in the constellation Scorpius, and is the 14th brightest star. Antares is the heart of the Scorpion. Antares gets its name from the ancient Greeks. It means 'anti-Ares'. Ares is, of course, the Greek god of War who is also called Mars by the Romans. Aldebaran is found in the constellation Taurus, and is the 13th brightest star. Aldebaran is the red eye of the Bull. Regulus is found in the constellation Leonis, and is the 21st brightest star. Regulus in Latin means 'royalty', 'prince' or 'little king', and is the brightest star in Leo. Prior to Copernicus, who gave it its name, it was called Cor Leonis, the heart of the Lion. The Persians saw this star as the Watcher in the North and linked the star to their mythical king Feridun who once, in their mythology, ruled the entire known world. NORTH - Earth Known by these names: Aquilo, Boreas, Pala, Taga (tah-gah) and Tago (tah-go). The Guardian of Earth is the one who 'grounds' us best. Pala translates in Italian to - shovel EAST - Air Known by these names: Alpena (al-pay-nah), Eurus, Vulturnus, Bellaria and Bellarie. The Guardian of Air seems to be the most elusive of all the Winds. It can come and go as it pleases, change at whim, it may produce a calming effect or hurricane gales. SOUTH - Fire Known by these names: Auster, Notus, Settiano (sey-tee-ah-no) and Settrano (say-trah-no). The Guardian of Fire can also be elusive. The flames can jump and dance or they can blow one way or another. WEST - Water Known by these names: Favonius, Manii, Maniae, Meana (may-ah-nah), and Zephyrus. The Guardian of Water is a gentle and benevolent force who brings the mild, wet spring weather. |
