As the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

I've been listening quite a bit lately to Scott Johnson's* talks at Sermon Audio, going back into his older talks mostly.

He is the one who introduced me to the implications of Genesis 6 in the last days, and I'm very grateful because I'd often wondered about that passage.

Genesis 6:1-7 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 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. 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. And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

The unfortunately popular idea that it was the men of the holy line of Seth that took wives of the unholy line of Cain just never made sense, starting with the fact that it would no longer have BEEN a holy lineage after that. For another thing, why would such a union produce giants? And for yet another thing, it says it was the "sons of God" who took wives of the "daughters of men," which certainly implies the "sons of God" are NOT men, and that obvious fact's having been ignored by so many great exegetes of the scriptures such as Matthew Henry is a sad testimony to the power of human prejudice to trump what God's word actually says. There are only five places in the Old Testament the phrase "sons of God" is used and it is clear in context that it refers to angels:

Ge 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Ge 6:4 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.
Job 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
Job 2:1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.
Job 38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy

The idea that angelic beings or "watchers" actually procreated with human women offends us, and from many points of view too (can angels actually DO that for starters), but the testimony of scripture nevertheless appears to be that it did in fact happen and we are to submit to scripture no matter what.

The reason for exploring this passage is that Jesus said the very last days would "be like the days of Noah." I think it's worth quoting the entire passage:

Matthew 24:32-51 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Of course it's not clear just HOW similar to the days of Noah we can expect the last days to be, but it may be that we could expect a similar encounter between the Watchers and humanity, even possibly the birth of Nephilim or giants. That's a pretty far-out idea I grant you, but Johnson has shown how there are many signs all around us that some such scenario is actually being promoted, in TV shows and movies, most of which I'd never heard of, also in UFO appearances and reports, and genetic experiments that would bring about hybrids of the same sort as occurred in the days before Noah. Such experiments are going on these days as we know, even disgusting efforts to combine human and animal DNA. I just listened to this oldie of his which covers an amazing breadth of information about such possibilities.

In this talk he also suggests the meaning of the ten toes of the statue of Nebuchadnezzar's dream in Daniel 2:33, 41-43, in terms of such genetic hybrids, which is another passage I've always found hard to understand:

Daniel 2:38-45 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. 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. And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

"They" shall "mingle themselves with the seed of men." This must refer to beings which are NOT "men" who shall "mingle themselves with" not merely "men" as mingling in a crowd or as members of a group, but "with the SEED of men," obviously referring to a genetic combination. Again, most exegetes just sort of slur over this passage, don't they? They deny its obvious import. Well, it IS hard to digest, but again, scripture is a REVELATION of things outside our own experience, things we wouldn't normally think of ourselves, and our job is to SUBMIT to it no matter how it contradicts our expectations.

Along with this strange theme, the growth of popular exposure to the occult is a related theme in Johnson's teachings, something I've been quite aware of myself, and he documents that too, as a lead-up to what will most likely be the world religion of the Antichrist, a dazzling display of the powers of witchcraft.

I say all of the above only to lead up to this:

This morning as I logged on to my home page, I was hit with this ad for "Avatar", a movie to come out in December, and it sounds like it fits in beautifully with all the end times stuff I've been getting from Scott Johnson, so I went and looked at the trailer. Sure enough, it's right down the end times alley, a large step closer to the scenarios Johnson has been spelling out about strange hybrid creatures that may show up in the nearish future. Gigantic humanoid creatures with tails and faintly striped blue skin. A VERY creepy movie, even the first frame of it.

How close are we? How long would it take for something like this to be in place? I know a great deal of it IS already in place, but all this genetic stuff? Have such things been going on behind the scenes to the point that they are ready to be exposed to the world?

Don't tell me you won't be shocked if even half the stuff I'm talking about here becomes actuality in the near future. We need to know this stuff or we won't know how to respond to it. Much of it is so ugly and depressing I don't want to be around for any of it for that reason. Fear doesn't even enter into it.

What horrors may soon be coming on this earth!

Maranatha, Lord, come quickly.

Luke 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.