Month: October 2022

“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.” Genesis 6:4

These giants were literal giants that were produced as a result of angels cohabitating with the “daughters of men.” These are the angels that “kept not their first estate.”

“And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.” (Jude 1:6)

The “also after that” (Genesis 6:4) indicates that such activity also occurred throughout the Old Testament.

“And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.” (Numbers 13:33)

“For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.” (Deuteronomy 3:11-13)

“And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel,” (Joshua 18:16)

“And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.” (I Samuel 17:4)

“And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.” (II Samuel 21:16)

“These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.” (I Chronicles 20:8)

Satan’s plan in all of this was to destroy the promised seed of Genesis 3:15 “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”, an effort that he continues in various ways throughout the New Testament.

“Judge not, that ye be not judged.” (Matthew 7:1)

Most all unsaved people have a Bible that they live by. The problem is that it has only about ten verses. This is one of them. Matthew 7:1 has been quoted by more lost people than Christians and it has been memorized by more lost people than John 3:16, “ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

Unfortunately, this obsession with a verse that they don’t even understand has rubbed off on so many Christians that it is almost universally believed that it is wrong to judge. The following four verses (Matthew 7:2-5) plainly show that the verse one is not a commandment against judging, but rather a warning against unfair and harsh judgment.

“For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?  Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.” (Matthew 7:2-5)

After all, the same Jesus that gave Matthew 7:1 also gave us John 7:24, “ Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.” Of course the unbelieving world doesn’t know that verse because it isn’t in their sick and twisted Bible of less than a dozen verses, nor is I Corinthians 2:15, “But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.” I Corinthians 6:1-5, “Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?  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?  Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?” Proverbs 31:9, “Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.”

Therefore every serious Christian needs to know how to handle Matthew 7:1 responsibly.

“And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.” Matthew 1:25

The word “firstborn” is taken out of the new translations, thus weakening the fact that Mary gave birth to other children. This, of course helps the Catholics to teach that she remained a virgin and is now the Virgin Mary.

Also, Psalm 69:8, says, “I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.” “my brethren” and “mother’s children” is referring to the other children that Mary had after the Lord Jesus Christ.

Notice what Matthew 13:54-57 tells us, “And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things? And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.”

Clearly, Jesus had stepbrothers and stepsisters.

“As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.” Isaiah 31:5

The verse saw its fulfillment (or a least partial fulfillment) during World War I when General Allenby flew over Jerusalem and scared the daylights out of the Turks who had occupied the city for seven centuries. Being ancient Muslims who had never seen an airplane, they fled the city without a shot being fired. The British took control of Jerusalem and eventually the Jews would occupy the city in their own sovereign state (1948).

“And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.” Isaiah 32:17

“For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.” Romans 14:17

“To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;” Hebrews 7:2

Peace, quietness, and assurance come after righteousness has been embraced, which means it will not come until Jesus returns.

“And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.” Isaiah 35:10

Israel’s best days are yet to come.