Peeking Down the Nephilim Rabbit Hole by J.E. Rose

Where do I begin…? Definitely not a summary of the topic–not if I intend this to be just a “quick peak.” I will say I’ve been studying the biblical and extra-biblical “scholarship” ( hope that’s what it is) for years now. Like many, I cut my teeth on the Unseen Realm by Heiser. And from there, over the last few years, I kept expanding the research. What started for me mainly as biblical exegesis, with important biblical theology implications, has now become more cultural and even pastoral, and that’s why I decided to write this article. I call this a “rabbit hole” because anyone who has started digging here will learn quite quickly that it is indeed like a hole and, maybe more like a maze, fraught with facts and fancies, all of which are interesting but not all worth spending time on. 

To narrow the focus a bit right now let me say what triggered this article was one of my more respected researchers, theologian and pastor, Doug Van Dorn (reformedfringe.com). He made an offhand comment in a recent podcast about Hollywood favorite, Andre the Giant, the known “giant” who, as I know from my own medical history, had a rare genetic condition known as “acromegaly” which, in his particular experience of the genetic mutation, caused gigantism (in me, for reference, it did not). Anyway, Doug said, “I have no problem thinking that Andre was a solid, professing Christian but also had a recessive Nephilim gene…”

That just about left me in his tracks. I have long known there is a post-deluvian “Nephilim Problem.” For those of us who take Genesis 6 literally we have to figure out where Goliath came from (not to mention his brothers and others). Our mentor, Michael Heiser, assumed it was another spiritual incursion after the flood–most likely at  Babel. But I had never heard of genetic theory until Van Dorn. And, as I source checked his causal comment, I just learned there have been serious biological/theological projects to undergird it. 

I’ll just mention the most grounded and cautious. Dr. Laura Sanger,  A Generation Hoodwinked. I say, “grounded and careful” though I am not thereby endorsing her whole work. It starts in Genesis on solid footing but she carries it to modern conspiracy theories like the Illuminati and the Federal Reserve that I admit are too kooky for me. I don’t think that totally invalidates some of her biological research however. Her stuff is very much caught up with end times prophecy and premillennial eschatology so she fits it all in that framework. I won’t go there. But that’s a failure of her theology more than her biology. So, I still pay attention to people who have done serious research in science. She has. 

I’m not prepared to start analyzing her science, here. But I do want to bring some other important topics into the conversation that may be related: namely, the alien, UAP stuff we’re all being inundated with lately. I cannot dismiss these as coincidental. I was looking into what she said recently about her original work and the alien stuff and she sees a direct link. Sanger suggests that all the UFO and abduction claims originate in the unseen realm and reflect a resurgent nephilim agenda. For her, as a dispensationalist, it’s proof of the coming tribulation and rise of the antichrist. However, as I've learned long ago, eschatology is just a framework. It is not the guarantee of putting the puzzle pieces together correctly. 

So, I’m going to add the UAP fascination to this. No one can dispute the cultural fascination in light of all the recent government disclosures. Nor can anyone fail to wonder “why now?” Long time UFO researchers suggest that the current wave of disclosure is timed by historical and political necessity. They can’t keep hiding it much longer–whatever “it” is. Something is “coming” and rather than a catastrophic disclosure they are releasing it bits at a time to prepare the masses. 

Now, let me throw another pile of feces into the fan: AGI. Even a couple years ago some of my computer-programmer friends scoffed at all the popular hype of AI. I won’t rehearse their skepticism here. But I do not hear them scoffing that much anymore. And then there is the fact that we are all happily using AI every day on our home computers. I even pay a monthly fee for my premium AI platform I use in all sorts of research. 

All I have been able to learn about the advances of the technology suggests that there is a “singularity” fast approaching that is labeled “AGI” or Artificial General Intelligence. With a bit of irony, here is what my AI subscription says about AGI: 

AGI systems are designed to exhibit several core traits:

• Reasoning and Problem Solving: Ability to reason, use strategy, and solve complex problems.

• Knowledge Representation: Capability to represent and utilize knowledge, including common sense.

• Learning: Ability to learn from experiences and adapt to new situations.

• Natural Language Communication: Proficiency in communicating in human languages.

• Integration of Skills: Capacity to integrate various skills to achieve specific goals.

This is not mere hype. It’s no longer science fiction. The biggest unknown is the old “law of unintended consequences” when AGI does get unleashed. What will it really do? 

Is this coincidentally fast approaching even while “aliens” are visiting and “recessive genes" Nephilim are resurfacing? And let’s not forget the political/sociological fascination with “transhumanism” and other gender-destruction (LGBT, et al). As I write, our nice little town is gearing up for its fourth annual Pride festival. I’m not just revolted at all this in a cultural way. My spiritual discernment is on high alert that this is a new chapter of moral perversion and wickedness exploding on the stage. 

Putting all these phenomena side by side makes it pretty farfetched to see no links between all of them. And, in the larger scope of biblical theology, it is inconceivable to me (little Princess Bride humor) that the unseen realm is not working behind the scenes to capitalize on them. Whether or not the powers of darkness initiated the technology or just capitalize on it, makes no real difference in practice. 

So what? Is this a waste of time? It could be, especially if it is just idle curiosity on my part. However, if what I just said about the unseen realm and the powers of darkness’ connection to delusions of reality is true (and it must be), the only waste of time here would be ending the peek down the rabbit hole without wisdom. What do I do about it? 

I have no doubt that spiritual warfare is real and I have strong suspicions that the manifestation of the invisible war is shifting before our eyes to be less of an invisible and a more visible war. So, I think God’s people must always “be sober and vigilant because our adversary is circling about seeking whom he may devour…” But being sober and vigilant means not “ignorant of his devices” (2 Corinthians 2:11). As weird, fringy, and even insane as all this stuff seems right now, spiritual vigilance requires a sober awareness. The first casualty of war is always the truth. In this new phase of the battle of the ages we must make sure we don’t get lost in the fog of the war.