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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Lucifer the Before and After


Once mighty and strong, and once an important part of Elohim’s heavenly kingdom.  Created beautifully but becoming defiled.  How is it that the story of Lucifer starts in the heights of glory but ends in the depths of darkness, and eventually the Lake of Fire? He knows his time is short. 

The prophecies of Lucifer in Isaiah start out by calling him the king of Babylon and that the Lord Yahweh was going to break his staff and scepter.  It points out that he smote the people continually in wrath and ruled the nations with anger.  Revelation says that in one hour Babylon’s judgment will come, and one of the things Babylon bought and sold was the souls of men, Rev 18:13. It is not hard to believe that all satan wanted to do was to destroy and enslave humans.  He will be persecuted by Yahweh and the whole earth will rest and be quiet.  We have to ask when will this be?  It would seem that satan will be bound for one thousand years during the millennial reign of Christ, as it continues Hell is moved and stirs up the dead at his coming.  Where is satan now? Roaming the earth as stated in Job. Has that changed? Not yet. 

Isa 14:4-11
4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! 5 The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. 6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. 7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. 8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us. 9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. 10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us? 11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. KJV
Notice that the dead and kings of the earth ask if satan has become as weak as they are.  There is awareness of others in the grave.  The Kings know when satan comes and they realize he is now like they are.  Here are some definitions of the Hebrew words:
Hell, the grave OT:7585 she'owl (sheh-ole'); or sheol (sheh-ole'); from OT:7592; Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates: KJV - grave, hell, pit (Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
Thy Pomp OT:1347 ga'own (gaw-ohn'); from OT:1342; the same as OT:1346: KJV - arrogancy, excellency (-lent), majesty, pomp, pride, proud, swelling.(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
Thy Viols OT:5035 nebel (neh'-bel); or nebel (nay'-bel); from OT:5034; a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form): KJV - bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel, viol. (Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
The Worm  OT:7415 rimmah (rim-maw'); from OT:7426 in the sense of breading [compare OT:7311]; a maggot (as rapidly bred), literally or figuratively:  KJV - worm. (Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
The Worms  OT:8438 towla` (to-law'); and (feminine) towle`ah (to-lay-aw'); or towla`ath (to-lah'-ath); or tola`ath (to-lah'-ath); from OT:3216; a maggot (as voracious); specifically (often with ellipsis of OT:8144) the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the color from it, and cloths dyed therewith: KJV - crimson, scarlet, worm. (Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
I’ve heard people say hell doesn’t exist, and that hell was not part of Hebrew culture.  But as we can see here, this particular word for hell, sheol, is a place of the grave with two different types of worms, maggots underneath him and crimson grubs on top of him, but there is consciousness.  It doesn’t seem like a nice place.  The problem is people misconstrue how people end up in hell.  Elohim does not send people there, they send themselves there.  The Kings of the earth are there, all of them? No, it doesn’t say that, but there are some very corrupt leaders in the earth that have rejected God.  God is not spinning a roulette wheel as people file past him, to determine who goes to heaven and who goes to hell.  People are the created ones; therefore we should depend on the creator to tell us how to live.  But if we reject His ways we can’t blame him for our choice for eternity.  That is what Lucifer did, and he was created better than we were.  He looked better and had more power then Adam had.  Some people talk of soul sleep, however it is evident that the kings of the earth were quite conscious and well aware of who satan is and even talk and comment to him about how weak he has become. 

Isa 14:12-20
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. 16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; 17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? 18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. 19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. 20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned. KJV

Lucifer was known as the morning star, but he was cast down to the ground, the earth, because he said in his heart, he came up with a plan to exalt himself over Elohim and started to act on it. He decided he would go up to heaven raise his throne above the stars of God. So somewhere above the stars Lucifer wanted to put his own throne so that he could be like God.  But again Yahweh says that satan will go into hell and again others who are fully aware of what is happening will look at satan sharply, surprised maybe that he is the man (not like us, adam, see the following definition) that made the earth a mess.  Is this the one that scared kingdoms or intimidated rulers, and destroyed, by way of deceit and manipulation, cities? He’s one that wouldn’t even let his captives out of prison? God points out that all the Kings are lying in sepulchers but that he Lucifer would not join them in his own sepulcher. God says that he Lucifer destroyed his own land and killed his own people. Why does Lucifer have land and people? Because Lucifer tricked Adam into giving up Adam’s land and Adam’s people in return for knowing good and evil, just like God. 

O Lucifer OT:1966 heylel (hay-lale'); from OT:1984 (in the sense of brightness); the morning-star: KJV - lucifer (the king of Babylon).(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
 God OT:410  'el (ale); shortened from OT:352; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity): KJV - God (god),  goodly,  great, idol, might (-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el." (Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
 Most High OT:5945  'elyown (el-yone'); from OT:5927; an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme: KJV - (Most, on) high (-er, -est), upper (-most). (Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
 The man OT:376 'iysh (eesh); contracted for OT:582 [or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant]; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation): KJV - also, another, any (man), a certain,  champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, [foot-, husband-] man, [good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man [-kind],  none, one, people, person,  steward, what (man) soever, whoso (-ever), worthy. Compare OT:802. (Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)

When will Lucifer enter the grave? During the millennial reign, however he will be loosed to go out and deceive the nations and will gather those deceived ones for the battle of Gog and Magog. But God will consume them like a fire and satan will be cast into the lake of fire where he will be tormented forever.   See end notes for Revelation ch 20

In Ezekiel Lucifer is called the king of the Tyrus, a rock which is a place in Palestine, today we understand this place of the rock as the Dome of the Rock, and Lucifer is called its king.  Joel Richardson has done some very interesting study on Islam, I will note his web address so that you can research his work http://www.joelstrumpet.com/   One point of interest is that the end times Christians understand from the book of Revelation is the exact opposite of another religion, the Muslim religion.  Muslims want the mark of the beast, and will pursue it. The Muslims believe in self fulfilling prophecy, while Christians don’t act to make prophecy happen.  From Joel Richardson’s research you will learn about the beast and the false prophet in the end times.  It is interesting to note that in Ezekiel’s time he would reference something we understand as being a huge point of contention in Jerusalem, and that Lucifer is the king of this contention. Since satan can be called the king of a rock in Palestine, we should understand that we are the generation that can understand this passage in Ezekiel and the put together the pieces of who and what is the opposition to Israel.  
Tyrus OT:6865 Tsor (tsore); or Tsowr (tsore); the same as OT:6864; a rock; Tsor, a place in Palestine: KJV - Tyre, Tyrus. (Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)

Ezek 28:11-19
11 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. 14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. 15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. 16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. 18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. 19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more. KJV

Sealing up the sum, full of wisdom and beauty, by our vernacular today would be as saying he had it all sewn up or he had it all.  So Lucifer was full of wisdom and beauty and had been in Eden, Adam’s place.  He was covered with precious gems and he was created perfectly, he was made with a tambourine and pipes.  He was put on the sacred mountain range of Elohim. He walked around in the center of the gems of fire. Lucifer walked perfectly form the day he was created until evil arose in him.  By the abundance of his trade he was filled at the center of his core with violence or unjust gain.  Whatever it was that he did “for work” that made him prideful.  Therefore he became sinful because of his disregard for the sacred things; he was thrown out from the Mountain range of Elohim, from the center of the gems of fire.  He became haughty in his feelings about himself thereby ruining his wisdom because of his splendor.  God will expose him before kings.  Because of his many perversities he ruined the consecrated palace of God therefore God will bring a fire from the inside of him to consume him into ashes so that Israel can see and then he will, from our perspective, vanish.    

We see that at one time Lucifer was in a very high position but he saw himself as being bigger then he really was.  He wanted to put his throne above the stars and exalt himself above God. It would seem it was not enough to be on the mountain range of Elohim in the center of the stones of fire.  I am including Revelation 12 in end notes so that you can see the recap of events past and present and future.  The devil has been cast down to earth, and owns it’s kingdoms and, as testified to, by trying to tempt Jesus, see Matthew 4:1-ff and Luke 4:1-ff.  Satan could not tempt Jesus into giving him the kingdoms of the world and power if he didn’t own them.  Satan says that Jesus could have the exercisable authority over the kingdoms because it was surrendered to him, satan, and to whomever he, satan, will give it to.  This is the before and after of Lucifer.  His end is already written for us to understand, but his mission while he is ruler, is for us claymation beings to worship him.

End Notes

Rev 12
12 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: 2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. 3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. 4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. 5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. 7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. 12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. 13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. 14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. 16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. 17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. KJV

Rev 20
1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. 7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. 9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. 10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. KJV

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

The Devil and the Story Of Us


Mentioning last blog plate spinning, smoke and mirrors and the like, we need to explore our origin from a different perspective.  We seem to think the story is about fallen man and our need for redemption, and while that is true, it is not the central aspect of the story. Our story is a piece of a bigger story.  To look at the bigger story let’s pretend we are sitting next to God our Father as an observer through time.  God creates planets and stars and universes and life forms and a heavenly host to not only minister to and for him but to enjoy freedom of will.  Then he decides to make a human from the very dirt he used to make the planet.  Our Father God makes plants animals and puts man in the middle of a garden, and gives him the privilege to name the animals and have dominion over all the creation.  God has made this vulnerable human as a clay pot but expects the heavenly host to bow down to him and to serve him and intercede for all future humans.  But one of our Father’s created beings gets upset with this idea.  He looks at himself, beautiful, reflective of the Father, with precious gems and metals decorating his body.  He has beautiful sound quality, naturally musical and a worshipper.  Mighty in strength and anointed he is a leader among leaders and protector of the weak.  His name is Lucifer and he looks at this clay pot and thinks surely he is more beautiful, mightier, and stronger, why would he bow to that clay pot? Angry and frustrated he voices his opinion to others of the heavenly host.  They too notice that they are more spectacular and powerful then this human clay thing.  They start thinking on what Lucifer said and start getting upset. Rebellion takes place as several of the heavenly host say they refuse to bow to this clay thing.  Unshaken and unmoved God says those who oppose must leave the heavenly realm, bound to earth until Adams’ appointed time as ruler has past. 

A plan is hatched to steal Adams’ rulership by using Eve to get to Adam. When Eve and Adam believe satan, that they would not die, they disobey the Father, transferring to satan the deed to earth.  But all is not lost God puts a couple of Cherubs in front of the garden to keep Adam and Eve from eating  from the tree of life.  Then the Father, his Son, and the Spirit confer on rescuing humanity; a plan to win back man is made.  But then something else happens, as humans begin to increase on the earth some watchers decide that the women of earth were nice looking and they started desiring to be with the human women.  Some of the watchers hatch a plan to defect, figuring that those who already were bound to earth would not mind them visiting for a time.  However God decides that instead of allowing those watchers to hang around with the fallen host they are to be bound until the time of the end.  The spirits of the mixed offspring of humans and watchers are to be bound as well leaving only ten percent to be under the command of satan. 

If you were sitting next to the Father watching this unfold you would undoubtedly realize that this story does not revolve around us as much as we are a portion of a larger story of rebellion.  Has it been smoke and mirrors to make us think we are the center of the universe?  It makes me smile as I think of God making us claymation beings to be served by the heavenly host.  They truly are spectacular beings as I noted in my blog Angels and Others.  Yet we are plain, we have no super powers.  We can’t travel trough dimensions or time or even hover above the earth.  We know and understand so little, and we lost much knowledge and spirituality in the fall.  It is humorous isn’t it?  Doesn’t God test us all in that very same way today, Jesus saying that if you do to one of the least of these you have done it unto me?  I think there are treasures in the small lowly and weak and God wants to see if we at least have compassion in action. 

If we are the byproduct of a bigger story, and not the center of the universe, then our bible takes on a different perspective.  What was going on in the heavens before Adam and Eve were created? How did the heavenly host interact with God and each other?  If the heavenly beings have freedom of will was this the only time there was a rebellion?  The story is one of final judgment and punishment under fair rules.   Couldn’t God have annihilated the fallen host of heaven? Couldn’t God have bound them until Adam and Eve were done reigning on earth? Why should God allow a deceiver to have his time one earth?  We know from Revelation that at the end of the millennial reign satan will be loosed again to go out and deceive the nations.
 Rev 20:1-8   And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. 7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. KJV

How is it that we are to judge the world and angels?  Judge angels for what?  Now it is making sense, isn’t it?  We are not the center of the story but we have an important part in the story.  We will judge the world as well, therefore we needed to be rescued by Jesus, and gain the indwelling of the Holy Spirit so that we can see the bigger picture.  
1 Cor 6:2-3 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? KJV
Had the heavenly host not rebelled they would have ministered to us.  Instead we have to fight the fallen host at every turn.  They seek our lives and we constantly need to beat back demons who seek to inhabit us.  We have had to become warriors for the sake of our lives and the lives of our families.  But we do have help.  Two thirds of the host did not rebel but fight on our behalf. 

The mistake humans make in thinking we are the center of the universe is that we then think differently about God, distorting His very nature.  We think that if God is a good God then nobody will go to hell, because otherwise he is a bad God.  People write books and make headlines upon this false premise.  God is a good God, but also fair and just.  You have the freedom of will, just like the heavenly host do, and what we do and how we live will be judged.  But we have to live the way He requires.  We cannot live the way we feel like, as in ‘If God is a good God he would want me to feel good and doing _____ makes me feel good’.  We are not the entire point and purpose of God’s creation as we have seen; he’s done better in creating other heavenly beings.  So, in other words, it is not about you, or me.  It’s about Him, the Father.  He had betrayal from one of his closest created beings. He then had disobedience by another created being.  He had to allow his Son, Jesus, to rescue us because we were blind and could not see Him, our Father.  Jesus made the way, renting the veil, now we have access to the Father.  He is a good God, and a fair and just one.  It is pleasing to the ears and to the heart to think if a preacher says no one goes to hell, he must be right.  However as we saw last week, satan has ministers that have transformed themselves into ministers of righteousness. 
2 Cor 11:13-15 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. KJV

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Matt 7:21-23 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. KJV
The reason Jesus says to people that he never knew them is because he didn’t know them.  It didn’t matter if they did things they thought were important, like healing the sick, casting out demons, and prophesying, all in his name. They might have just as easily used the name of Bozo the Clown, because he, Jesus, didn’t know them.  So here again, it doesn’t matter what we want or think or feel.  We need to be sure we are living as he asks us to, loving God with all our heart soul mind and strength, and loving our neighbors as ourselves. Again Jesus gives an example.
Luke 13:25-30 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: 26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. 27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. 28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. 29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. 30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last. KJV

No one wants to be thrust out of the Kingdom of God, but we could be tricked out of it.  Because the one mission of the enemies of God is to keep you out of God’s Kingdom you have to make time to know God.  People talk about God but you have to know Him.  When I first became a Christian people told me ‘You can talk to God and he’ll talk back’.  It really is that simple.  Fellowship with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, is key to our lives, even if we are just claymation.

End Notes
Isa 14:12-20
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. 16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; 17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? 18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. 19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. 20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned. KJV

Ezek 28:11-19
11 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. 14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. 15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. 16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. 18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. 19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more. KJV

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Demons, Plate Spinning, the Kingdom of Evil


I remember seeing a trick where someone would put a plate on top of a pole and spin it.  Then he would do the same with another plate and another and then again another.  Pretty soon it was hard to watch all the spinning plates because there were too many to watch.  Just like a magician uses smoke, mirrors and distractions to make the audience believe the unbelievable, so does the demonic realm.  If an enemy can spin enough plates you won’t know where to watch.  Similarly if you could make people think something is true when it’s not you could steer them in a wrong direction.  The one who can effectively use distractions, smoke mirrors, plates, to their advantage can control others or keep others confused. 


There is so much to write on this subject we may need to land here for a while.  In times past art communicated to us what things were like, but we must keep in mind that these were the artists’ way of communicating.  To show good people or Godly people, halos were painted above the heads, glowing auras were painted around the body at times as well.  To depict evil the devil is sometimes depicted with horns and a tail carrying a pitchfork.  Sometimes the devil is colored red and sometimes he is painted as part goat and part human.  While this is how things were communicated before the days of video, we still communicate the same way today.  While telling a story in a painting is much different then telling a story on video we continue to use the same symbolism today, thereby propounding miscommunication.


We know from the time in the Garden of Eden there was an enemy.  Satan who was an anointed cherub, went into the garden to deceive Eve to get to and Adam. What Satan wanted to do was trick them into turning over their dominion and rulership of the earth to him.  But also, Satan did not want to bow down to Adam, this man who was made from dust.  Lucifer along with 1/3 of the host of heaven refused to bow and were cast down to earth.  If we reflect back on a past blog about Angels and Others we can see the hierarchy that probably mirrors the demonic realm.  Cherubs were a class of strong warrior types, probably not naked, curly blond hair babies with wings.  Lucifer was an anointed cherub which may mean he was a chief or leader of cherubs and he was also a covering cherub, maybe a leader or protector of others 
    Ezek 28:14
14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; KJV
    Ezek 28:16
therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. KJV

We know from Ephesians 6 that there are Principalities, Powers, and Rulers as well as spiritual wickedness.  Is it possible that Cherubs are Principalities, Seraphs are Powers, and fallen Angels are Rulers?  We know that demons are disembodied spirits of the Nephilim from angels that cohabitated with women.  If that is the case then we have a huge amount of confusion in this area.  Firstly I would say that those that were created by God, cherubs, seraphs, and angels, were not horrid looking beasts as God probably did not create them to be ugly monsters.  They do seem to be different, with several faces or serpent type looks.  See my previous blog Angels and Others for full descriptions.  However, the spirits of the Nephilim may have looked weird or peculiar but again probably not like gargoyles because God created angels, even though they were fallen, and we know what humans look like.  Angels look like humans, so again lack of knowledge and fear has caused imaginations to run wild.  We will be surprised at finally seeing Lucifer.
     Isa 14:16
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; KJV
It will be a surprise how we have over reacted and over exaggerated what the devil  really looks like, apparently he looks like a man, otherwise the bible would say “is this the elephant that made the earth to tremble”  or “is this the monster that …” .  It would seem that God’s kingdom creations are decent and orderly.  When he was an anointed cherub he probably had four faces as mentioned by Ezekiel but by the time he was in the garden talking to Adam and Eve he didn’t look like that. Then afterward he didn’t actually look like a snake as in Job or in Jubilees.  Paul writes that he is transformed into an angel of light, along with his ministers.
2 Cor 11:14-15 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. KJV
Therefore if Satan can transform himself and his ministers look like ministers of righteousness, we then know we can be tricked into believing the opposite of what is true. 

The kingdom of evil isn’t without organization.  With that in mind there are territorial spirits or princes (principalities) over countries, as we see in the book of Daniel.     
Dan 10:10-13
10 And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.
11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.
12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. KJV
There are battles between the Arch Angels and principalities that try keep the messengers of God from communicating with God’s people on earth.  What we see here is that there are spiritual wars and battles going on that we don’t even see. 

If we can sort out how this kingdom of the devil works we can better understand who we are and what we have in Christ.  We were not created below the angelic class but above which is the cause of contention for one third of the fallen angels.  The good news is that there are two thirds of the heavenly class that didn’t fall. But Gob being just has given satan an allowed period of time to rule, the same allotted time Adam would have had.  As noted in Jubilees satan, (Mastema) wanted some of the evil spirits left to his command to execute the power of his will on man who is wicked and corrupt, (see end notes). Lucifer exploited Adam and Eve by finding a weakness in them and he does the same with us today.  That has not changed. Therefore it is helpful to understand how we can be exploited.


End Notes


Eph 6:11-13
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. KJV
Col 2:15
15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. KJV

The Book of Jubiliees 10:4-13
4. But do Thou bless me and my sons, that we may increase and multiply and replenish the earth. 5. And Thou knowest how Thy Watchers, the fathers of these spirits, acted in my day: and as for these spirits which are living, imprison them and hold them fast in the place of condemnation, and let them not bring destruction on the sons of thy servant, my God; for these are malignant, and created in order to destroy. 6. And let them not rule over the spirits of the living; for Thou alone canst exercise dominion over them. And let them not have power over the sons of the righteous from henceforth and for evermore." 7. And the Lord our God bade us to bind all.  8. And the chief of the spirits, Mastêmâ,  came and said: "Lord, Creator, let some of them remain before me, and let them hearken to my voice, and do all that I shall say unto them; for if some of them are not left to me, I shall not be able to execute the power of my will on the sons of men; for these are for corruption and leading astray before my judgment, for great is the wickedness of the sons of men." 9. And He said: "Let the tenth part of them remain before him, and let nine parts descend into the place of condemnation."  10. And one of us  He commanded that we should teach Noah all their medicines; for He knew that they would not walk in uprightness, nor strive in righteousness. 11. And we did according to all His words: all the malignant evil ones we bound in the place of condemnation, and a tenth part of them we left that they might be subject before Satan  on the earth. 12. And we explained to Noah all the medicines of their diseases, together with their seductions, how he might heal them with herbs of the earth. 13. And Noah wrote down all things in a book as we instructed him concerning every kind of medicine. Thus the evil spirits were precluded from (hurting) the sons of Noah

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Noah, Father Crespi, Mormons, Gilgamesh and Utnapishtim


In every ancient civilization we have a story of a flood and a group escaping with animals in a boat.  What we know from earth’s history is that there were times of floods, resulting after ice ages. One such ice age happened around 13,000 years ago.  Around 11,000 BC ice started melting and caused flooding.  Something else that has caused floods on the earth is that the earth’s plates have changed positions.  As the continents have moved, different areas covered in ice have melted as they have moved closer to the equator.  Volcanic activity has also caused mini ice ages at various times as ash surrounds the earth’s upper atmosphere and reflects the sun away from the earth.  An average drop of just 41 degrees can cause a worldwide ice age. Once the atmosphere is cleansed of the ash, the sun then begins to melt the snow and ice causing flooding. In Noah’s case an earthquake caused underground springs to burst open.  When this happened the firmament above was pierced and water came down to earth.  Prior to this there was no rain but dew came up from the ground to water vegetation.  Water came from beneath and above to cause flooding on the earth.  What caused Noah’s earthquake? We don’t know but if by chance some meteorites hit earth at that time they would have pierced the firmament causing rain and the springs would have opened up to flood the earth at the same time. 

To refresh, we know that there were angels that came down and cohabitated with women and created a mixed race called Nephilim.  We know they intermingled with animals as well and they were dominators of men.  As we read from Enoch what they did, we also find out what they taught man that God did not want man to know.  Enoch:
 CHAPTER VII.
1. And all the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and each chose for himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves with them, and they taught them charms and enchantments, and the cutting of roots, and made them acquainted with plants. 2. And they became pregnant, and they bare great giants, whose height was three thousand ells: 3. Who consumed all the acquisitions of men. And when men could no longer sustain them, 4. the giants turned against them and devoured mankind. 5. And they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and fish, and to devour one another's flesh, and drink the blood. 6. Then the earth laid accusation against the lawless ones.

CHAPTER VIII.

1. And Azâzêl taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and made known to them the metals of the earth and the art of working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use of antimony, and the beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds of costly stones, and all colouring tinctures. 2. And there arose much godlessness, and they committed fornication, and they were led astray, and became corrupt in all their ways. Semjâzâ taught enchantments, and root-cuttings, Armârôs the resolving of enchantments, Barâqîjâl, (taught) astrology, Kôkabêl the constellations, Ezêqêêl the knowledge of the clouds, Araqiêl the signs of the earth, Shamsiêl the signs of the sun, and Sariêl the course of the moon. And as men perished, they cried, and their cry went up to heaven . . .

It seems that some of the things the Angels taught man led to more corruption then they already had. God told Noah that he would give the earth 120 years before he would destroy the earth.  Noah and Methuselah were to proclaim this to the sons of men.
Jasher 5:7 Speak ye, and proclaim to the sons of men, saying, Thus said the Lord, return from your evil ways and forsake your works, and the Lord will repent of the evil that he declared to do to you, so that is shall not come to pass. 8. For thus saith the Lord, Behold I give you a period of one hundred and twenty years; if you will turn to  me and forsake your evil ways, then will I also turn away from the evil which I told you, and it shall not exist, saith the Lord.   9And Noah and Methuselah spoke all the words of the Lord to the sons of men, day after day, constantly speaking to them. 10 But the sons of men would not hearken to them, nor incline their ears to their words, and they were stiffnecked.

Noah didn’t even want a wife because he knew God would destroy the earth, but God told him to take a wife and have children, so he did, at 498 years old.  Naamah was 580 years old.  They had Japheth then Shem, then Ham.   Meanwhile in heaven there was planning among the Archangels as to how to deal with the mess on earth. Again according to Enoch:

CHAPTER IX.

1. And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw much blood being shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness being wrought upon the earth. 2. And they said one to another: 'The earth made †without inhabitant cries the voice of their crying† up to the gates of heaven. 3 ⌈⌈And now to you, the holy ones of heaven⌉⌉, the souls of men make their suit, saying, "Bring our cause before the Most High.".' 4. And they said to the Lord of the ages: 'Lord of lords, God of gods, King of kings, and God of the ages, the throne of Thy glory (standeth) unto all the generations of the ages, and Thy name holy and glorious and blessed unto all the ages! 5. Thou hast made all things, and power over all things hast Thou: and all things are naked and open in Thy sight, and Thou seest all things, and nothing can hide itself from Thee. 6. Thou seest what Azâzêl hath done, who hath taught all unrighteousness on earth and revealed the eternal secrets which were (preserved) in heaven, which men were striving to learn: 7. And Semjâzâ, to whom Thou hast given authority to bear rule over his associates. 8. And they have gone to the daughters of men upon the earth, and have slept with the women, and have defiled themselves, and revealed to them all kinds of sins. 9. And the women have borne giants, and the whole earth has thereby been filled with blood and unrighteousness. 10. And now, behold, the souls of those who have died are crying and making their suit to the gates of heaven, and their lamentations have ascended: and cannot cease because of the lawless deeds which are wrought on the earth. 11. And Thou knowest all things before they come to pass, andThou seest these things and Thou dost suffer them, and Thou dost not say to us what we are to do to them in regard to these.'

CHAPTER X.

1. Then said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent Uriel to the son of Lamech, and said to him: 2. 'Go to Noah and tell him in my name "Hide thyself!" and reveal to him the end that is approaching: that the whole earth will be destroyed, and a deluge is about to come upon the whole earth, and will destroy all that is on it. 3. And now instruct him that he may escape and his seed may be preserved for all the generations of the world.' 4. And again the Lord said to Raphael: 'Bind Azâzêl hand and foot, and cast him into the darkness: and make an opening in the desert, which is in Dûdâêl, and cast him therein. 5. And place upon him rough and jagged rocks, and cover him with darkness, and let him abide there for ever, and cover his face that he may not see light. 6. And on the day of the great judgment he shall be cast into the fire. And heal the earth which the angels have corrupted, and proclaim the healing of the earth, that they may heal the plague, and that all the children of men may not perish through all the secret things that the Watchers have disclosed and have taught their sons. 8. And the whole earth has been corrupted through the works that were taught by Azâzêl: to him ascribe all sin.' 9. And to Gabriel said the Lord: 'Proceed against the bastards and the reprobates, and against the children of fornication: and destroy [the children of fornication and] the children of the Watchers from amongst men [and cause them to go forth]: send them one against the other that they may destroy each other in battle: for length of days shall they not have. 10. And no request that they (i.e. their fathers) make of thee shall be granted unto their fathers on their behalf; for they hope to live an eternal life, and that each one of them will live five hundred years.' 11. And the Lord said unto Michael: 'Go, bind Semjâzâ and his associates who have united themselves with women so as to have defiled themselves with them in all their uncleanness. 12. And when their sons have slain one another, and they have seen the destruction of their beloved ones, bind them fast for seventy generations in the valleys of the earth, till the day of their judgment and of their consummation, till the judgment that is for ever and ever is consummated. 13. In those days they shall be led off to the abyss of fire: and to the torment and the prison in which they shall be confined forever. And whosoever shall be condemned and destroyed will from thenceforth be bound together with them to the end of all generations. 15. And destroy all the spirits of the reprobate and the children of the Watchers, because they have wronged mankind. Destroy all wrong from the face of the earth and let every evil work come to an end: and let the plant of righteousness and truth appear:and it shall prove a blessing; the works of righteousness and truth shall be planted in truth and joy for evermore.
17 And then shall all the righteous escape,
And shall live till they beget thousands of children,
And all the days of their youth and their old age
Shall they complete in peace.
18 And then shall the whole earth be tilled in righteousness, and shall all be planted with trees and be full of blessing. 19. And all desirable trees shall be planted on it, and they shall plant vines on it: and the vine which they plant thereon shall yield wine in abundance, and as for all the seed which is sown thereon each measure (of it) shall bear a thousand, and each measure of olives shall yield ten presses of oil. 20. And cleanse thou the earth from all oppression, and from all unrighteousness, and from all sin, and from all godlessness: and all the uncleanness that is wrought upon the earth destroy from off the earth. 21. And all the children of men shall become righteous, and all nations shall offer adoration and shall praise Me, and all shall worship Me. And the earth shall be cleansed from all defilement, and from all sin, and from all punishment, and from all torment, and I will never again send (them) upon it from generation to generation and forever.

In the heavens a plan was put in place to fix the problems that the angels who left heaven for earth had caused.  As this was happening Noah started building the ark. It took five years according to Jasher 5:34, and all those who knew the Lord died the year before the flood.  God then told Noah to gather food and two couples of animals to raise up seed after the flood.  When all were gathered and entered into the ark, they waited seven days.  Then the Lord shut them in. There were other animals that surrounded the ark as well.
Jasher 6:11 And on that day, the Lord caused the whole earth to shake, and the sun darkened and the foundations of the world raged and the whole earth was moved violently, and the lightning flashed, and the thunder roared, and all the foundations in the earth were broken up, such as was not known to the inhabitants before; and God did this mighty act, in order to terrify the sons of men, that there might be no more evil upon earth.  12 And still the sons of men would not return from their evil ways, and they increased the anger of the Lord at that time, and did not even direct their hearts to all this. 13 And at the end of seven days, in the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 14 An all the fountains of the deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened, and the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.  

As the earth started to flood, 700,000 men and women of the sons of men came to Noah and begged for him to let them in.  Noah reminded them that they had 120 years to change but they didn’t so the Lord was bringing this upon them to destroy them.  They told Noah they were ready to return to the Lord and tried to break into the ark but the Lord sent the animals that surrounded the ark to overpower them, so the sons of men left.
Jasher 6:27 And the waters prevailed and they greatly increased upon the earth, and they lifted up the ark and it was raised form the earth. 28 and the ark floated upon the face of the waters, and it was tossed upon the waters so that all the living creatures within were turned about like pottage in a cauldron. 29 and great anxiety seized all the living creatures that were in the ark and the ark was like to be broken. 

Something I find interesting is that in the Mormon religion, it is believed that the son’s of Jared got on ships and sailed to South America because of the corruption on the earth.  They seem to have extensive writings regarding the sea crossing and in detail describe what it was like.  The Mormons believe they descended from Jared, which may be why ancestry is so important to them.  While this may seem unusual, it also has connection to their brass plates that Joseph Smith was given as there are collections of gold plates said to be found in Ecuador and guarded by local natives.  There isn’t much about Mormonism I agree with, I think there are too many contradictions with the bible, however if the Father Crespi collection is said to contain metal plates with ancient writings, there would be some substantiation to that part of their belief system. 


We have one flood story that we do want to look at a little closer called the Epic of Gilgamesh.  This is a story written on Sumerian tablets that has a flood story in it regarding a person named Utnapishtim who built an ark and it rained for seven days.  There are differences between Noah and Utnapishtim which are in my end notes along with the writing of Tablet 11 that the story was on.   As in a previous blog I wrote concerning Zecharia Sitchin’s work and how being Jewish he desired to make the Sumerian texts fit into the Bible.  He wrote regarding the Epic of Gilgamesh and the story of Utnapishtim that there was a flood at or around 11,000 BC and also one around 2,300 BC, so therefore the account of Noah could be the same as Utnapishtim. However the two accounts are not the same.  Noah’s flood was 2,347 or so and that keeps the accuracy of the bible true.  Also in the story, Gilgamesh goes into heaven and meets Utnapishtim, but in reality Noah was still alive during the time of Abraham.  So Noah would not have been dead at that time. Gilgamesh’s story could have predated Noah’s as it is possible that at or around 11,000 BC there was a guy and a boat, just like there were possible boats sailing to South America with the son’s of Jared.  Is it possible that there were a couple of other survivors of Noah’s flood?  We have no written record of that but I bring up the question because there were giants after the flood of Noah as per Genesis 6:4  Could there have been another boat of those who were not men but Nephilim?
Gen 6:1-4  And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 3 And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. KJV
 
All aadaam (strongs # 120) died but it does not say all N’piliym (strongs # 5303) died.
  
Gen 7:21-24  And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.KJV


One thing that is interesting is that there were so many stories of floods from ancient cultures.  Is it possible that an enemy planted a few stories to cause confusion about the true story?  Once the flood was over there was still a devil and demons (spirits that were now disembodied). We will explore the Demonic realm next.


End Notes
Sumerian Texts:
Tablet 11
   At this point, Gilgamesh realizes that he is talking to Utnapishtim, the Far-Away; he hadn't expected an immortal human to be ordinary and aged. He asks Utnapishtim how he received immortality, and Utnapishtim tells him the great secret hidden from humans:    In the time before the Flood, there was a city, Shuruppak, on the banks of the Euphrates. There, the counsel of the gods held a secret meeting; they all resolved to destroy the world in a great flood. All the gods were under oath not to reveal this secret to any living thing, but Ea (one of the gods that created humanity) came to Utnapishtim's house and told the secret to the walls of Utnapishtim's house, thus not technically violating his oath to the rest of the gods. He advised the walls of Utnapishtim's house to build a great boat, its length as great as its breadth, to cover the boat, and to bring all living things into the boat. Utnapishtim gets straight to work and finishes the great boat by the new year. Utnapishtim then loads the boat with gold, silver, and all the living things of the earth, and launches the boat. Ea orders him into the boat and commands him to close the door behind him. The black clouds arrive, with the thunder god Adad rumbling within them; the earth splits like an earthenware pot, and all the light turns to darkness. The Flood is so great that even the gods are frightened:
The gods shook like beaten dogs, hiding in the far corners of heaven,
Ishtar screamed and wailed:
"The days of old have turned to stone:
We have decided evil things in our Assembly!
Why did we decide those evil things in our Assembly?
Why did we decide to destroy our people?
We have only just now created our beloved humans;
We now destroy them in the sea!"
All the gods wept and wailed along with her,
All the gods sat trembling, and wept.
   The Flood lasts for seven days and seven nights, and finally light returns to the earth. Utnapishtim opens a window and the entire earth has been turned into a flat ocean; all humans have been turned to stone. Utnapishtim then falls to his knees and weeps.
   Utnapishtim's boat comes to rest on the top of Mount Nimush; the boat lodges firmly on the mountain peak just below the surface of the ocean and remains there for seven days. On the seventh day:
I [Utnapishtim] released a dove from the boat,
It flew off, but circled around and returned,
For it could find no perch.
I then released a swallow from the boat,
It flew off, but circled around and returned,
For it could find no perch.
I then released a raven from the boat,
It flew off, and the waters had receded:
It eats, it scratches the ground, but it does not circle around and return.
I then sent out all the living things in every direction and sacrificed a sheep on that very spot.
   The gods smell the odor of the sacrifice and begin to gather around Utnapishtim. Enlil, who had originally proposed to destroy all humans, then arrives, furious that one of the humans had survived, since they had agreed to wipe out all humans. He accuses Ea of treachery, but Ea convinces Enlil to be merciful. Enlil then seizes Utnapishtim and his wife and blesses them:
At one time Utnapishtim was mortal.
At this time let him be a god and immortal;
Let him live in the far away at the source of all the rivers.



COMPARISON OF GENESIS AND GILGAMESH

GENESIS
GILGAMESH
Extent of flood
Global
Global
Cause
Man's wickedness
Man's sins
Intended for whom?
All mankind
One city & all mankind
Sender
Yahweh
Assembly of "gods"
Name of hero
Noah
Utnapishtim
Hero's character
Righteous
Righteous
Means of announcement
Direct from God
In a dream
Ordered to build boat?
Yes
Yes
Did hero complain?
Yes
Yes
Height of boat
Several stories (3)
Several stories (6)
Compartments inside?
Many
Many
Doors
One
One
Windows
At least one
At least one
Outside coating
Pitch
Pitch
Shape of boat
Rectangular
Square
Human passengers
Family members only
Family & few others
Other passengers
All species of animals
All species of animals
Means of flood
Ground water & heavy rain
Heavy rain
Duration of flood
Long (40 days & nights plus)
Short (6 days & nights)
Test to find land
Release of birds
Release of birds
Types of birds
Raven & three doves
Dove, swallow, raven
Ark landing spot
Mountain -- Mt. Ararat
Mountain -- Mt. Nisir
Sacrificed after flood?
Yes, by Noah
Yes, by Utnapishtim
Blessed after flood?
Yes
Yes