“The Days of Noah”
Matthew 24:37-39
For the coming of the Son of Man will be
just like the days of Noah.
For as in those days before the flood
they were eating and drinking, marrying
and giving in marriage, until the day that
Noah entered the ark,
and they did not understand until the
flood came and took them all away; so
will the coming of the Son of Man be.
Ephesians 6:10-13
Finally, grow powerful in union with the
Lord, in union with his mighty strength!
Use all the armor and weaponry that God
provides, so that you will be able to
stand against the deceptive tactics of the
Adversary. For we are not struggling
against human beings, but against the
rulers, authorities and cosmic powers
governing this darkness, against the
spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly
realm.
About the Time of the End, a body of
men will be raised up who will turn
their attention to the Prophecies, and
insist upon their literal interpretations,
in the midst of much clamor and
opposition.
--- Sir Isaac Newton
“The Days of Noah”
• Why did God bring such a devastating judgment
upon the Earth?
• Why were only eight people saved?
• What Did the Lord mean when He warned that
His coming would be Consitant in Nature with the
Days of Noah.—Matthew 24:37
• Just who were the “Nephilim”? What did Jesus
mean when He said, “As the days of Noah were,
so shall the days of the coming of the Son of Man
be”?
Genesis 3:15
I will put animosity between you and the
woman, and between your descendant
and her descendant; he will bruise your
head, and you will bruise his heel.”
Genesis 6:1-5
Now it came about, when men began to
multiply on the face of the land, and
daughters were born to them, that the sons
of God saw that the daughters of men were
beautiful; and they took wives for
themselves, whomever they chose.
Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not
strive with man forever, because he also is
flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one
hundred and twenty years."
The Nephilim were on the earth in those
days, and also afterward, when the sons
of God came in to the daughters of men,
and they bore {children} to them. Those
were the mighty men who {were} of old,
men of renown.
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness
of man was great on the earth, and that
every intent of the thoughts of his heart
was only evil continually.
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, being warned {by God}
about things not yet seen, in reverence
prepared an ark for the salvation of his
household, by which he condemned the
world, and became an heir of the
righteousness which is according to
faith.
1 Peter 3:18-20
For Christ also died for sins once for all, {the}
just for {the} unjust, so that He might bring us
to God, having been put to death in the flesh,
but made alive in the spirit; in which also He
went and made proclamation to the spirits
{now} in prison, who once were disobedient,
when the patience of God kept waiting in the
days of Noah, during the construction of the
ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons,
were brought safely through {the} water.
Jude 1:8-9
Yet in the same way these men, also by
dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject
authority, and revile angelic majesties.
But Michael the archangel, when he
disputed with the devil and argued
about the body of Moses, did not dare
pronounce against him a railing
judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke
you!"
2 Cor 11:13-14
For such men are false apostles,
deceitful workers, disguising themselves
as apostles of Christ. No wonder, for
even Satan disguises himself as an
angel of light.
II Thes. 2:8-10
Then that lawless one will be revealed
whom the Lord will slay with the breath of
His mouth and bring to an end by the
appearance of His coming; that is the one
whose coming is in accord with the activity
of Satan, with all power and signs and false
wonders, and with all the deception of
wickedness for those who perish, because
they did not receive the love of the truth so
as to be saved.
Names Have Meaning
Eve = Life-giver; Mother of all living Gen 3:20
Cain = Acquired Gen 4:4
Seth = Appointed Gen 4:25
Abraham = Father of many nations Gen17:5
Enoch = Teaching; Initiation; Commencement
First presentation of the Gospel in Old Testament:
Genealogy from Chapter 5
Adam = Man
Seth = Appointed
Enosh = Mortal
Kenan = Sorrow
Mahalalel = The Blessed God
Jared = Shall come down
Enoch = Teaching
Methuselah = His Death shall bring
Lamech = The Despairing
Noah = Rest, Comfort
Apostasy begins in Gen 4:26:
“Then men began to profane the name of
the Lord” [“call something
by the name of the Lord...”]
Targum of Onkelos: “...desisted from praying
in the name...”
Targum of Jonathan: “surnamed their idols in
the name...”
Kimchi, Rashi, & other ancient Jewish
commentators agree.
Jerome indicates this opinion of many Jews of
his day.
Maimonides, Commentary on the Mishna
(a constituentpart of the Talmud), A.D. 1168,
ascribes the origin of idolatry to the days of
Enos.
Four generations of prophets/preachers:
• Enoch
• Methuselah
• Lamech
• Noah
Prophecy before the Flood
Maranatha”: the Lord cometh!
Jude 14-15
Moreover, Hanokh, in the seventh
generation starting with Adam, also
prophesied about these men, saying,
“Look! Adonai came with his myriads of
holy ones 15 to execute judgment against
everyone, that is, to convict all the godless
for their godless deeds which they have
done in such a godless way, and for all the
harsh words these godless sinners have
spoken against him.”
Four Facts emphasized by Enoch’s Prophecy:
1. We know the Lord’s coming is sure.
2. We know who will accompany the
Lord.
3. We know the purpose of His coming.
4. We know the result of the Lord’s
coming.
Enoch translated midway between Adam
and Abraham;
Elijah, midway between Abraham and
Christ;
Both ministered in times of deep apostasy.
Enoch’s earliest prophecy not these words
in Jude, but the name of his son (Noah’s
grandfather), Enoch “walked with God”
after he begat:
Methuselah Gen 5:21-24
Muth = “to die”; Shalak = “to send forth” send
judgment on the earth.
When Methuselah died, judgment was sent.
He was the oldest man in the Bible: 969 yrs (Gen
5:27).
God is not willing that any perish (2 Pet 3:8, 9).
Noah “Walked with God:” Heb 11:7
Pedigree: “without blemish”;
uncontaminated.
Genesis 6: 1 - 4
More and more people were born, until
finally they spread all over the earth.
Some of their daughters were so
beautiful that supernatural beings
came down and married the ones they
wanted.
Gen 6:1-2
Then men began to increase in number
on the earth and daughters were born to
them, the sons of God saw that the
daughters of men were beautiful, and
they married any of them they chose.
NIV
B’nai Elohim = “Angels of God” Sons of
God. All references are to Angels. A direct
creation of God. Adam was a direct
creation. We are the sons of Adam and
made to be sons of God. Job 1:6; 2:1
38:7 (shouted for joy at creation)
(presented themselves before God)
US: John 1:11, 12
4X + Adam + Christ
Benoth Adam= Daughters of Adam.
Nephilim = “fallen ones.” Progeny were
monstrous.
Naphal = to fall; “Gigantes” “earthborn” [NOT giants!] Ancient mythology
also records similar events. Fallen
Angels and the Heroes of Mythology,
by John Fleming.
Titans: origin = partly terrestrial, partly
celestial. Rebelled
against their father Uranus (heaven);
after prolonged contest were defeated by
Zeus and condemned into Tartarus.
Anakim “...and also after that...” Num
13:33. Bedstead of one of them = 13 ft long
(Deut 3:11). Men of Israel “as grasshoppers”
(Num 13:33; Amos 2:9).
[Why does Israel refer to their 2nd
appearance as Nephilim (= “fallen ones”) ?]
Goliath + 4 brothers: 2 Sam 21:15-22.
II Peter 2:4-5
For if God did not spare angels when
they sinned, but cast them into hell and
committed them to pits of darkness,
reserved for judgment; and did not spare
the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a
preacher of righteousness, with seven
others, when He brought a flood upon the
world of the ungodly;
Angels that sinned left a heavenly
domain to live among men and we
desire earnest to have our heavenly
body to live among the angels. Linked
the angels with the Days of Noah.
Jude 1:6
And angels who did not keep their own
domain, but abandoned their proper
abode, He has kept in eternal bonds
under darkness for the judgment of the
great day,
Jude 6: The Angels that Sinned:
Language of Jude 7 seems to require same
view of Jude 6: “strangeflesh....”
Nature of Angels
1. Appear in human form: Gen 19:5, 10,16.
2. Spoke as men, took men by hand, even ate
men’s food: Gen 18:8; 19:3, 16.
Don’t marry (in heaven): Matthew 22:30.
3. Capable of direct physical combat: Death of
the Firstborn in Egypt; Exodus 12;
Sodom & Gomorrah; Genesis 19; 185,000
troops slaughtered; 2 Kings 19:35.
4. Behind world powers: Daniel 10.
Scripture warns against meddling with the
spirit world. Punishment overtaking the
angels that sinned is to emphasize the
serious nature of apostasy: beings of
a higher order than ours have been hurled
down into a dark place of confinement where
they have remained for thousands of years.
God has not changed His attitude toward
them; time has not mitigated the seriousness
of their sin. False teachers are prewritten
into condemnation.
The Future?
“As the days of Noah were...” Luke 17:26
Armor: Ephesians 6: 10-17.
Genesis 8:4
In the seventh month, on the
seventeenth day of the month, the ark
rested upon the mountains of Ararat.
Feast of Shavout
• Counting the Omer (49 Days)
• Only use of Leavened Bread
• Prophetic picture of the birth of the Church
on Pentecost. Acts 2
The Mystery of Enoch
• Oldest Prophecy on the Lord’s Second
Coming
• Born on Shavout
• Removed prior to God’s great
judgement—Hebrews 11:5
Gen 3:20-21
Now the man called his wife's name
Eve, because she was the mother of all
{the} living. The LORD God made
garments of skin for Adam and his wife,
and clothed them.
Lev 17:11
For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and
I have given it to you on the altar to make
atonement for your souls; for it is the blood
by reason of the life that makes
atonement.'
Modern Day Fig Leaves
• Church Attendance
• Religious Ritual and Exercise
• Rules and Regulations
• Generous Give—Philanthropy
• Personal Energy and Effort
The Cross—Two Trees in the Garden
• The Tree of Calvary
Acts 5:30
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus
whom you murdered by hanging on a tree.
1 Pet 2:24
who Himself bore our sins in His own
body on the tree, that we, having died to
sins, might live for righteousness-- by
whose stripes you were healed.
Both in a Garden
John 19:41
Now in the place where He was crucified
there was a garden, and in the garden a
new tomb in which no one had yet been
laid.
• The Curse is Linked to a Tree
Galatians 3:13
Christ has redeemed us from the curse
of the law, having become a curse for us
(for it is written, "Cursed is everyone
who hangs on a tree"),
Baker Hanged Gen 40:19
Haman Hanged or Impaled---Crucified
Esther 2:23
Abel was the First Prophet Luke 11:49-51;
Hebrews 11:4
• Abel had a revelation— Gen 4:4-5
• Fire came down from Heaven to consume the
offering. Picture Mt. Carmel
• The Lord taught Adam and Eve it wasn’t the
effort of man but the Shedding of Blood.
• We do not go to hell for our sin but for rejecting
God’s provision for the remission of our sin. We
are born sinners from the womb. God provided
Proverbs 18:13
He who answers a matter before he
hears it, it is folly and shame to him.
Gen 6:1-2
Nephilim= The Fallen Ones
Nephal= to Fall, be cast down to fall
away, desert.
HaGibborim= The Mighty Ones
Genesis 6:9
Perfect= tamiym—without blemish,
sound, healthful, without spot,
unimpaired.
Jude 6 Habitation used twice. 2
Corinthians 5:2. “Habitation”
oiketerion: referring to the body as a
swelling place for the spirit. Jude 6:
from which the angels had “disrobed” 2
Cor 5:1-2 alluding to the heavenly body
with which the believer longs to be
clothed.
House=Habitation from Heaven
Pawnee Legend
"while we were in the sandhills, scouting the
Niobrara country, the Pawnee Indians brought into
camp some very large bones, one of which the
surgeon of the expedition pronounced to be the eye
bone of a human being. The Indians said the
bones were those of a race of people who long ago
had lived in that country. They said The's people
were three times the size of the man of the present
day, that they were so swift and strong that they
could run by the side of a buffalo and taking the
animal and one arm, could tear off a lady and eat it
as they ran." Col. Wm. F. Cody, 1920
Autobiography
Literature Supporting The View Sons of God = Angels
• Traditional Rabbinical Teaching
• Book of Enoch
• Testimony of the 12 Patriarchs
• Josephus Flavius
• Septuagint--- Greek translation of the Old
Testament
Church Fathers on the Angel Perspective
• Justin Maryr
• Irenaus
• Tertullian
• Lactantius
Also after that---Genesis 6:4
Anakim Numbers 13:33
Goliah and 4 brothers 2 Samuel 21:16-20
Strategies of Satan
• Corruption of Adams Line – Genesis 6
• Abraham’s Seed
• Famine— Genesis 50
• Destruction of Male Line – Exodus 1
• Pharaoh’s Pursuit – Exodus 14
• The Populating of Canaan Genesis 12:6
• Plans against David’s Line 2 Samuel 7
Noah was perfect in his generations=
without a physical blemish. His
genealogy was untainted.