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| Peacocks, Pedestals, and Prayers |
A great deal of research went into my novel, Peacocks, Pedestals, and Prayers. The Bible and other sacred writings were integral to the plot. It's FREE today through Monday. Download a copy today!
Nephilim and the Bible Research: Part 1
Nephilim: Part angel, part human. They are mentioned several times throughout the Bible and other sacred writings. Not only are the passages cryptic, they are also controversial to many religious scholars. The two passages that inspired me to write Peacocks, Pedestals, and Prayers begin in Genesis and end in Matthew.
Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim2 were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.
This passage has been analyzed and speculated and dissected and studied for centuries. The bottom line is this: no one really knows what it means. There are many interpretations. One interpretation suggests that Noah and his family were spared because they were favored by God. The rest of mankind became violent and wicked. Some question if Earth was infected with a new breed of being-part man, part angel or Nephilim.
Did God flood the Earth to eliminate the Nephilim? These violent beings were giants with six fingers. In other archeological findings, they were said to have red hair. With exception to Noah and his family, everything was wiped out. However, the Nephilim reappear later in the Old Testament.
Numbers 13:33
And there we saw the gNephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the gNephilim), and we seemed to ourselves hlike grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.”
The Anakim and the Zamzummin were not the only descendants of the Nephilim. Other "breeds/races" show up in different parts of the Old Testament. So the magic question is this: Did the fallen angels come back and mate with human daughters, or did the Flood fail to wipe out all of the Nephilim? I guess we'll never know, but then in the New Testament the subject is revived.
Matthew 24:37
But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Again, another mysterious passage. Jesus says more in Matthew 24 about Noah, the Flood, and the Coming of Man. Although many scholars dismiss the idea, some believe this is a prophecy about the return of the Nephilim during the End of Days. Jesus does not mention the Nephilim, but the reference of the Flood remains.
Peacocks, Pedestals, and Prayers is about a fallen angel who breeds with humans. The existence of modern-day Nephilim is one of the major themes of the novel.
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