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Suspending Disbelief

Posted by on April 5, 2013 1 comment

This blog has been largely ignored and it’s time I get back on since there’s a lot to get off my chest. For starters, I am going to begin posting interviews and episodes of Canary Cry Radio along with some more thoughts and commentary exclusively for the blog.

Canary Cry Radio Interview with Brian Godawa

I got to have a great conversation with award winning author and screenwriter Brian Godawa. He is the author of the Chronicles of the Nephilim, a fast moving fantasy-fiction that portrays a deeper understanding of the Old Testament characters through the use of fiction. Some of these ideas don’t jive with what Christians traditionally understand about topics regarding what I’m going to call the Nephilim Paradigm (N.P.). The storyline, characters, places, and situations are drawn from the Bible and other Ancient Near East scriptures. But the great thing is that this platform allows for the discussion to take place about the NP in a non-intrusive way.

In 1817, Samuel Taylor Coleridge coined the phrase “suspend disbelief” while describing his approach to poetry. This is great description of what I believe is a healthy practice to do in proper context because we as humans tend to do this anyway. We as humans have the insatiable urge to entertain ourselves. We do it as a means of comfort and relaxation. An escape from the real world. In fact, this mode of thinking is precisely what I believe author Neil Postman in his book, Amusing Ourselves to Death was describing; A world in which is not threatened by scarcity, but rather “drowned in a sea of irrelevance.” This is the very crux of the satanic temptation; being financially free to have all the time to do what “I” want to do. The scary thing is that it has permeated the church!

So it should be no surprise that on the day Obama calls for a brain mapping project a majority of Christians yawn and carry on with their own daily agendas. I know that sounds mean but it’s simply my reflection of some personal experiences. In fact, to comment on this matter, I don’t believe a majority of Christians are ignoring such issues on purpose. I believe the platter upon which the traditional Protestant Christian view has been served was missing a vital piece to the puzzle and it starts with Genesis 6 and the N.P.. Because of the this flaw, Christians don’t particularly know or understand how to deal with topics like bran mapping when it hits the wires. This loss for any sense of understanding leads to complacency which is why I think many Christians simply brush off these issues.

But there is something brewing that both myself and others are beginning to see. A sort of revival that is largely driven by internet ministries. A movement of young people who are able to consume the N.P. largely because they have grown up in a society where suspending one’s disbelief is a pass time. The downfall to this of course is that they are constantly distracted and indoctrinated into poor theology and occult philosophies. The upside is that they can take in the N.P. without too much prejudice. In just the last several months, I have had many people contact me with stories of how the topic of the sons of God and the Nephilim brought them back to the church, the Bible, and Jesus. Not only is it “new and exciting” but I think it’s precisely the kind of topic that resonates because it’s true and it helps people understand the Bible and God better.

There is a profound connection between the world we live in now, the largely forgotten ancient history of man, and what the Bible reveals to us regarding this massive epic we are a part of. This is a point I would like to press upon. Our history is far more fantastic then we ever thought. And God’s story is far more powerful and epic than than our own individual lives.

Our own individual lives are a mere hair on the brush that God is using to paint His masterpiece. Even the most painful and tragic moments we all experience are somehow being made into an integral part of the entirety of God’s epic. But we must shift our thinking from focusing on what God can do for us (which is still important: healing, comfort, wisdom, etc), and ask what God’s will for us is. Okay, a little Kennedy there; but you get the point. I believe we are in a time where we will witness a revival in the interest of the Bible and Jesus due to the rise of watchmen all over the planet. But it is my contention that this will have a dark side to it as well. What we read in Bible prophecy is unsettling to say the least.

2 Thessalonians 2:3 says: “Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, hunless the rebellion comes first, and ithe man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction…”

Of course the word there translated “rebellion” is in fact apostasy:

GK G686 | S G646   ἀποστασία   apostasia  a falling away, a rebellion, apostasy

Surely a rebellion against the truth has been a part of society throughout history, especially since God Himself became a man two millennia ago. But this falling away has something else that is associated to it.

We read in Revelation 16:6, 17:6, and 18:24 about the blood of the saints. Without getting into a deep word study, most scholars agree that this is the blood of martyred in the end times by the Antichrist. While pretribulationists submit the idea that this will only apply to those who becomes believers after the rapture, I believe instead that this is going to be the ultimate manifestation of evil and hate against the truth where millions of believers across the planet make a stand in the name of Jesus, only to lose their lives. It takes a particular mindset to arrive at a place where one is willing to give up his or her own life for the sake of defending a belief. But what I believe we may be seeing in the rise of watchmen across the planet, is just that; a generation who is going to be the most on-fire disciples in human history who make the ultimate stand against the wiles of the devil. And so what we may be seeing in the near future, sadly, is the further separation and distinction between being true disciples of Jesus, and those who are only selling Jesus as a brand. In fact, it may come to pass that even the ecumenical institutions themselves will play a role in drinking the cup of iniquity. But some words of encouragement from Paul:

It says in Romans 12:12: “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.”

I went all over the place today. Let me tie this all back to the Brian Godawa interview. I think what Brian is doing has a role in this larger endeavor. Science-fiction-fantasy of the Old Testament; simply brilliant. The N.P. requires one to suspend disbelief and because we live in a generation that does so on a regular basis, it’s a great time to be injecting truth into this medium. In fact, what I find interesting is that packaging God’s epic through science-fiction-fantasy is actually reducing the level of reality that God’s word gives us so that it can be ingested slowly. Again, it seems that because God is so good, truth is far stranger than fiction.

UPDATE

Spiritual warfare is real. As I had about 30 minutes of AODII (Age of Deceit II) completed on my Macbook Pro, something happened last week, my worst fears. My hard drive failed. Not great for a laptop that’s not even a year old. And while I certainly ran it hard with all of my applications, it should not have died so soon. But I wouldn’t mind so much unless a lot of my work was saved on it…which it was. I lost many pages of writing I had done in preparation for the conference, AODII, and books and articles I have been working on. On one hand, I was naive to think my hard drive would last a year without having to back it up. But on the other, I believe this is just a hit from the enemy and doesn’t deserve the kind of anger and disappointment I would normally be subject to under such circumstances.

The positive thing is that I am back up and running, and I am starting over with the film and all of my projects. My prayer is that God will make all this work even better than what originally would have been had  this not have happened. Thanks to anyone who supported me through prayers and donations to get things up and running again.

New Age Lies: We Will Be Giants

Posted by on August 8, 2012 2 comments

As we get nearer and nearer to that infamous date of December 21, 2012, I find it interesting that the new age teachers and preachers are starting to really push their idea of an ascension process for humanity. I was recently scouring through some youtube videos and some articles and writings of these new age teachers and came to find a new development that I hadn’t heard before. But before I drop the bomb on that issue, let me transcribe a portion of an interview of a fellow named Drunvalo Melchizadek on Red Ice Creations. The context is of the consciousness shift and the spiritual ascension that is suppose to occur starting at December 21, 2012 and ending sometime in the next couple years. The basic idea is that we will ascend into a higher vibrational state, much like the keys on a music scale, we will spontaneously begin to evolve. Now this higher dimension is still earth, but it is in a realm that is undetectable right now. It’s a change from our current 3rd dimensional existence to the 4th. The host, Henirk, says to Drunvalo:

“Would that also mean that if and when that begins to happen, this would be a popular reference like the rapture where people disappear to go into the fourth or what?”

Drunvalo answers:

“Yes. There’s actually three ways that is possible to go there. One of them is what Jesus gave which is to do resurrection which means that you die and directly ater you die, you recreate your body and you bring it with you. Now according to all the people I know, we must bring our bodies with us to the fourth dimension. If we don’t we’re in trouble. Well not real trouble, but it won’t work. So that’s what Jesus did right afterwards, he reconstructed his body and brought it with him and did it that way.”

Drunvalo goes on to explain the second way which was based on the Kundalini reconnection of the heart to the brain found in the Vedas. He claims that through such channeling of energy from the heart through the head produces 8 beams of light over the head that produces a halo. He claimed that this has been scientifically verified through photographing the halo. He explains how after you learn how to do it, you’re no longer human because you know the structure of the body and it’s connection to the universe itself.

All of this is extremely works related. It’s all about doing the work yourself, learning the teachings to climb up the spiritual hierarchy. All of this for me was old news. It’s the same new age teachings that all the guru’s have been teaching. But the part that was new to me was the following.

Drunvalo claims to be in contact with some true Mayan leaders and have gotten to know many of them. He relays a message that the Mayans had about the change and the ascension process. First he says that people will begin their change here in the third dimension. Second, they will begin to ascend into the 4th dimension. But the part that was startling was the fact that according to Drunvalo, when we move up a dimension, we will increase in size dramatically. He explains:

“What the Mayans say is that there will be DNA changes. We will be altered from the inside out. And this DNA change is triggered, they say, by the alignment (december 21, 2012)…Females will get to be 10-12 feet high and males will become 12-15 feet high and we will have these huge brains, and we transform ourselves and they said it will take about a two year period for our body to go through metamorphous.”

What?! We will change and become giants? Now whether this will happen or not is irrelevant. I find it extremely alarming that the New Age teachings, stemming from the Mayans themselves is that we will transform into giants upon the ascension process.

Many researchers have come to the concept of the the Mark of the Beast to be a DNA level change. However, this puts things at a whole new level of possibility. While I would never put demonic prophecies above the Holy Scriptures, I find it extremely alarming that this is a potential possibility in our near future. Please continue to pray against the dark forces and hold steadfast to the Word and to Yeshua who is our true Savior.

Are the Nephilim Returning? (Part 2)

Posted by on August 6, 2012 2 comments

Last time we looked at the arguments surrounding Matthew 24:37 as proof text for the return of the Nephilim in the end times. Today, I would like to look at another verse. Daniel 2:43. The verse reads:

“And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.” ~Daniel 2:43~

Pro-End Times Nephilim

The first time I heard this theory was from Chuck Missler. I was blown away. I felt as if something was terribly wrong with modern day Biblical scholars for ignoring such crucial information. Essentially, the argument is that the “they” are the fallen angels or the sons of God who will end up “mingling themselves with the seed of men.” The argument is compelling. This is where Daniel is describing the final kingdom as described of the statue in the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar. The final kingdom is shown in the imagery  as the feet and the ten toes of the “image.” But does this theory hold up under context and textual scrutiny? Let’s examine.

Anti-End Times Nephilim

The other side of the argument is that the “they” do not refer to fallen angels or the sons of God but rather simply an higher class of men, or royalty of some sort. This is derived from the study of the phrase “seed of men.” Barnes Notes suggests the following looking at the word “men” es described in Daniel 2:43:

“The word rendered “men” (אנשׁא ‘ănâshâ’) is employed in Hebrew and in Chaldee to denote men of an inferior class – the lower orders, the common herd – in contradistinction from the more elevated and noble classes, represented by the word אישׁ ‘ı̂ysh…It is further to be remarked, that this would exist to a degree which would not be found in either of the three previous kingdoms. In fact, in these kingdoms there was no such intermingling with foreign nations as to destroy the homogeneousness of the empire. [1]”

~Barnes’ Notes on the Bible~

So as you can see, this concept of the “seed of men” being an inferior class is drawn from the words used. Other commentary seem to reflect on this notion and suggest that the idea is that a royal class will breed with the lower class but they will not stay uniform because of the affliction of the higher class.

COMPARISON

So without getting too deep into the exegetical study of the verse, it seems to be that the Anti-End Times Nephilim does have a point here. However, it is still compelling that the verse does bring to light a contrast between two groups that will essentially “mix” with each other. Whether it’s referring to fallen angels, the sons of God, and the possibility of Nephilim being on the earth in the last days is mere speculation. To suggest so might be treading in the realm of sensationalization. While this was a very short look at this verse and it’s only appropriate to look at current events and see how it might apply to a far fulfillment of this prophecy. This is of course a place where we “Understand the world through the lens of Scripture.”

IRON MIXED WITH CLAY

Most scholars see this as a mere metaphor for the reality that whatever “they” are, it doesn’t go over too well when “they” mix with the “seed of men.” But it is not until the recent decades and really some groundbreaking news that shed light to possibility that this verse could have been talking about something much different.

A recent report has come out saying that scientists have created lifelike cells out of metal![2] Now the article does state that they’re not sure if these cells are “alive” but that it might change the very definition of what it means to be alive. I’m sure many of us have seen Terminator 2, with the villain T1000 which was a cyborg made out of liquid metal who would take on several shapes and forms. This could be where all of this is headed.

While, we don’t know for sure, it’s interesting to speculate the possibility of metal based life forms. Many questions would arise. What if we are able to reproduce? Could this be what God was trying to tell us about “they” would mingle themselves with the “seed of men”? And certainly, if there were to arise a metal based life form to the point of intelligence of humanity, then there would certainly be a class difference. They would be the ruling class, and the “seed of men” would be the underling class.

This all fits as well when we consider what Rob Skiba speculates as the definition of Nephilim. According to Rob, the Nephilim could be simply a word that defines a being that is an abomination to God. The word Nephilim comes from the root word “Nephal” which means “to fall, lie.” And in that sense, a fallen entity, or a lying entity would be a description of any creature that violates the boundaries of kinds set by God. Thus, if this is the case, then the prophecies God revealed to us thousands of years ago in Daniel, could very well be of a time when “they” (higher class metal based biological beings) mingle themselves with the “seed of men” (us).

[1]http://biblecommenter.com/daniel/2-43.htm

[2]http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/stories/scientist-creates-lifelike-cells-out-of-metal

 

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