tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post4893901573153553468..comments2024-03-24T11:03:03.106-07:00Comments on Just Genesis : Who Were the Nephilim?Alice C. Linsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-56451551765724523282015-09-28T06:25:23.253-07:002015-09-28T06:25:23.253-07:00The problem is much bigger than racism. The whole ...The problem is much bigger than racism. The whole of American academia is blind to the history of ancient Africa and the Nilo-Saharan roots of Messianic expectation. They persist in ignoring the evidence of linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, DNA studies, climate change that drove migration, and marriage and ascendancy pattern of the Kushite rulers and their ancestors that also drove expansion out of Africa.<br /><br />Hang in there! The Truth - Jesus Christ is Truth - will prevail in the end and all the world will known when our Righteous Ruler appears.Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-62504115356468870072015-09-24T14:42:05.967-07:002015-09-24T14:42:05.967-07:00Thanks for the article. The Niflheim seem like yo...Thanks for the article. The Niflheim seem like you said are great men of old. How in the world did we get to a point to even suggest that they were the result of angels and human females mating? My general concern beyond Great men of old --the more I read your blog--the more I go into deeper reflection and thought is are there some historians who have tried to wipe out any and all references to red, black skinned tone people? My current thought is as follows: what are they teaching in seminary to students? I am sure there are preaches who somewhat agree with you but they must satisfy the masses in their congregations. My father-in-law who is a scientist told me some time ago that there are myth stories in the bible. I did not understand him at the time. I may not agree with all your points but I am in deep reflection about them. My African-American background and just general intuitive tells me that many have tried to erase any type of skin tone from the bible that is red, black, hues of such, etc. My heart tells me that, regardless-- my faith is strong. It saddens me that so much of biblical history was presented to my generation down in the southern states of America as all white. Those who have the power controls the stories--- your blog is interesting and soemtimes I don't know what to make of it, but it is interesting. All of this makes me question and will always think about the preacher in the pulpit and how that person may view anthropological data concerning Genesis. So much to think about---Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-17681537826334908432012-04-23T14:01:18.018-07:002012-04-23T14:01:18.018-07:00There are similarities in names across many people...There are similarities in names across many peoples. The names of Adam and Eve and Abraham and Sara, for example, appear in Hinduism. This indicates that the names pertain to very ancient material, stories, myths, accounts, etc. However, the cultural context changes the meanings.<br /><br />The Book of Enoch and the Norse Myths are fairly late, compared to the material in Genesis. The later the material, the more likely it has morphed.<br /><br />The tendency to see a certain groups of people or a line of descent as satanic, or under a curse, is contrary to what the Bible teaches.Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-38580093075127942282012-04-17T13:37:20.096-07:002012-04-17T13:37:20.096-07:00Hello Alice. I was reading through 1st Enoch and w...Hello Alice. I was reading through 1st Enoch and what struck me was that this story of Watchers and Nephilim might be an Aryan creation myth. Nephilim seems to be very similar to Niflheim, which in Norse/Germanic mythology is the icy underworld of the 'Giants' that's ruled by a Goddess named Hel. <br /><br />And from Genesis 6, Japheth appears to be a corruption of Japetus, who was the lone Titan (and his family) who survived the flood. <br /><br />So from this it occurred to me that the Nephilim might actually be Aryans, or to be specific, a proto-Scythian people known as the Dnieper–Donets.<br /><br />Here, Revelation 20 seems to associate Magog with Satan:<br /><br />Rev20<br />"7 When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog"<br /><br />And Magog is identified as Scythia by ancient historians like Flavius Josephus. So there would seem to be a great deal of continuity of this 'Satanic' theme from the antediluvian period into the post-flood world. <br /><br />I was just wondering what you thought of that possibility. <br /><br />Thanks, cg.chas0x01https://www.blogger.com/profile/03136230864153739729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-75828906942869516472012-01-24T13:43:28.012-08:002012-01-24T13:43:28.012-08:00Michelle,
Thanks for reading!Michelle,<br /><br />Thanks for reading!Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-57631401564853543572012-01-23T17:13:31.000-08:002012-01-23T17:13:31.000-08:00Thank you for researching and sharing your thought...Thank you for researching and sharing your thoughts on this most interesting topic!Michellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-82268620885518315322011-12-06T08:14:57.776-08:002011-12-06T08:14:57.776-08:00I'm wondering if this blog is still being moni...I'm wondering if this blog is still being monitored? I have an alternate theory on the identity of the Nephilim that I'd like to relate.chas0x01https://www.blogger.com/profile/03136230864153739729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-20132231848291046952009-06-01T11:46:32.543-07:002009-06-01T11:46:32.543-07:00Eliphas Levi refers to egregors in his book The Gr...Eliphas Levi refers to egregors in his book The Great Secret, Thorson Publishers Ltd., 1975. Chapter 10. For Levi these are not ancestor spirits but cosmic powers of nature. He states, "These colossal forces have sometimes taken a shape and have appeared in the guise of giants: these are the egregors of the Book of Enoch." (p. 127). There is a connection between the Book of Enoch and cabalistic mysticism, certainly.<br /><br />Later Levi calls the egregors "the celestial watchers." (p. 129) His conception is influenced more by the Babylonian Talmud than by Genesis. Given the African cultural context of Abraham's people, I think the original idea was ancestor spirits, which to this day are reverenced in Africa.<br /><br />Both views are found in the Bible, in Genesis and in Daniel. This simply highlights the fact that the Bible presents an Afro-Asiatic worldview.<br /><br />Good question, Momomakh! It is always good to hear from you.Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-13305976307510952832009-06-01T10:29:11.195-07:002009-06-01T10:29:11.195-07:00Would the "Watchers" connect with the cabalist ide...Would the "Watchers" connect with the cabalist idea of egregore?Osmund Kilrule https://www.blogger.com/profile/07031929350172992367noreply@blogger.com