Pastor Paul Tackett (Master’s degree in Pastoral Theology: the, “Meet Out Pastor” section of the, “About” page of his site does not state from where), of VerseQuest Ministries, posted a PDF titled SCATTERED GIANTS: NEPHILIM MIGRATION MAPS which is part of a, “15-part deep-dive series exposing the global movement of the Nephilim from Genesis 6 to Revelation 13.”
He assures us, “It’s Bible-based” and also, “It’s prophetically urgent” and, “Watchmen and warriors—this one’s for you.”
He begins by writing, “This series maps how the giants of old scattered from Babel, infiltrated Egypt, spread across Asia, Europe, the Americas, and even hid in Antarctica—then resurfaced in our time through elite bloodlines, secret societies, transhumanism, and AI hybridization.”
One instant issue is that since he jumped from the specific ancient Hebrew word Nephilim to the modern generically subjective English word giants, we need to know what the usage is of the vague, generic, subjective, multi-usage and modern English word giants in English Bibles? We also need to know Pastor Tackett’s usage. And only then can we determine if those two usages agree.
Employing watered down terms makes it simple to pull a lot of strings together into a tangle web he weaves but forces the serious reader to have to do the work of attempting to figure out his meaning with every usage.
Example, he wrote, “From red-haired giants in Nevada to watcher tech in Silicon Valley” which are wildly different categories ranging from biological anatomy to a conceptually metaphorical usage. Such is what makes the vague, generic, subjective, multi-usage and modern English word giants so useless since it needs to be defined with every usage and so the issue becomes: why use it, why not just say what you mean and mean what you say—up front.
Since actual watchmen watch and discern if the purported danger is real before warning about impending doom and actual warriors only war against real enemies and not imagined ones, let us see if that which follows is Bible-based and prophetically urgent.
Pastor Paul Tackett continued by noting, “giants, walking among men, born of an unholy union between the sons of God and the daughters of men” (all emphasis, bold in this case, which follows is in the original) thus, at this point, by giants he means Nephilim, “Scripture calls them the Nephilim—mighty men of renown, but abominations in the eyes of God.”
He rightly notes, “The Flood wiped them out,” which counts as Bible-based and yet, he follows directly with, “Or so we thought.” Yet, it is not a case of what we thought but what God revealed: five times He told us who survived and Nephilim are not on any list (Genesis 7:7, 23; Hebrews 11:7; 1 Peter 3:20; and 2 Peter 2:5) nor is a return of Nephilim concept cogent or at all biblical.
Yet, he noted, “Genesis 6:4 makes a haunting statement: ‘There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that…’ What happened after the flood? Where did the Nephilim go? How did they reappear in the land of Canaan? And more importantly—where are they now?”
Let us succinctly consider this before he takes us on a, “Nephilim Migration Maps…journey through time, terrain, and spiritual war.”
It is very simple to quote half a verse and follow it by making assertions—especially when you cut the verse just when it was about to tell us to what days it is referring. He cut it at, “after that” which is incoherent since it begs the questions: after when? After, “those days” which begs the question: which days? Well, v. 1 told us, “When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.”
Thus, those days were when the sons and daughters first married, mated, and birthed and so after that meant just that, after they first did so (they kept doing so) yet, that is still all pre-flood, of course, since God did not fail, did not missed a loophole, the flood was not much of a waste, etc., etc., etc.
As for, “What happened after the flood?” lots of things but he is ignoring what the text states and is artificially inserting the flood into it. In fact, he is at v. 4 but the flood is not even mentioned for the very first time until a full 13 vss. later: v. 17. So, he cheated: he read ahead, looped back, cut v. 4 in half, ignored what it states, and inserted the flood into a verse that does not even hint of any such thing.
As for, “Where did the Nephilim go?” we are not told but it would seem that they went to sheol, just like all of the pre-Jesus ascension dead did.
As for, “How did they reappear in the land of Canaan?” it is quite simple: they did not and there is literally zero reliable indication that they did—or that they could have since, again, God did not fail, did not miss a loophole, the flood was not much of a waste, etc., etc., etc.
Yet, post-flood Nephilologists always begin by throwing God and His Word under the bus—consciously or not.
As for, “where are they now?” likely sheol.
Pastor Paul Tackett then switches back to giants, from Nephilim Migration Maps, by still introducing the study, “post-Babel dispersion of the giants” and this time denotes that his usage ranges, “From the Anakim of Canaan to the red-haired giants of Nevada, from the Titans of Greece to the gods of Mesoamerica” which denotes more category errors and a window into how slippery his usage is.
He assures us, “This is Bible truth” and that it is, “rightly divided” along with that, “The war against the Nephilim is not over” so that, again, God must have failed.
He notes that, “The Nephilim stand as one of the Bible’s most intriguing and controversial mysteries. Their name evokes imagery of giants” so that this time around, his usage cannot be Nephilim or else he was stating, “The Nephilim…evokes imagery of Nephilim” which would be circularly redundant. But since he has used giants to refer to Nephilim, to red-haired giants, to whatever, “watcher tech” means, to Anakim, to Titans to gods, etc. I suppose that I will have to guess that this time around he means something as useless as subjectively unusual height compared to the parochial average.
We then get a window as to why he is partial to using the word giants without ever defining it (and using it to mean many things along the way) and that is because he is relying on one English version as he appeals to, “those who take the Bible seriously, especially from a rightly divided, dispensational KJV standpoint” thus, since that version has giants in Gen 6:4, he goes with it: apparently never pondering the usage—note that he did not elucidate on which iteration of the KJV he is relying.
He then asserts, “Nephilim are…a key to understanding the spiritual battle that has waged on this earth since the days of Noah” even though biblically, that is when their portion of the battle ended, “these corrupted bloodlines and their influence may still be active today” which, again, shows how fallacious Nephilology can damage theology proper.
At this point, he notes, “This series—Scattered Giants: Nephilim Migration Maps—aims to uncover that trail,” etc.
He makes a cryptic reference to, “the biblical ‘-im’ tribes (Anakim, Rephaim, Emim, Zamzummim, etc.)” which makes it seem that he is unaware that 1) im is merely the Hebrew (male) plural and 2) Rephaim were aka Zamzummim and Anakim and Emmim were like clans of that tribe (Deut 2).
He next loops back to the Gen 6 affair (as I term it) and make this clear, “Here, ‘giants’ is translated from the Hebrew word Nephilim” and the, “Here” is a very, very important qualifying term since that answer to the usage of the vague, generic, subjective, multi-usage and modern English word giants in English Bibles is that it merely renders (does not even translate) Nephilim in 2 verses or Repha/im in 98% of all others and so never even hints at anything to do with any sort of height whatsoever. Thus, Pastor Paul Tackett’s usage thus far, only agrees with the English Bibles’ usage in one verse, thus far.
For details on this linguistics issue, see my book Bible Encyclopedias and Dictionaries on Angels, Demons, Nephilim, and Giants: From 1851 to 2010.
Recall that I noted the five times that God inspired who survived the flood and that Nephilim are not on any of those lists and compare that to what Pastor Tackett notes which is, “here’s the key: the Nephilim weren’t eradicated at the Flood.” Since he is looping around he again makes the point, “Genesis 6:4 drops this chilling clause—‘and also after that.’ This reveals the persistence or reappearance of these hybrid beings after the Flood” which is a non-sequitur, this time based on merely four words.
He notes, “though the mechanism remains debated. Whether through a second incursion or a surviving bloodline on the ark (possibly through Ham’s wife or Canaan), they returned.” See, post-flood Nephilologists are forced to invent un-biblical fantasy tall-tales about just how it was that the flood was much of a waste based on which loophole God missed—but the post-flood Nephilologists managed to figure out.
He goes on to make his case, “The first post-Flood clues of the Nephilim are found in the Table of Nations (Genesis 10), particularly with the lineage of Ham through Canaan. The cursed line of Canaan becomes the host for many of the tribes of giants later seen in the land of Canaan—Rephaim, Emim, and Anakim. Deuteronomy and Numbers later confirm their presence.”
Note that now, giants refers to, “Rephaim, Emim, and Anakim.” Well, what he has done, without informing his audience, is two switch categories and usages of the term giants: 1) Nephilim were strictly pre-flood hybrids, Rephaim (by any other name) were strictly post-flood humans, and there is zero correlation between them and so 2) there is literally zero correlation between that tribe and those clans and pre-flood Nephilim.
But he did note, “post-Flood…Nephilim are found in the Table of Nations (Genesis 10)” which they are not since they are not mentioned anywhere in that chapter. Plus, “Deuteronomy and Numbers later confirm their presence” so we will have to see where abouts in those books.
From Gen 10, he picked out, “Genesis 10:8-10 speaks of Nimrod, a descendant of Ham, who became a ‘mighty one in the earth.’ This phrase is eerily similar to ‘mighty men of renown’ from Genesis 6:4.”
That is a myopic correlation since he could have elucidated by writing, “This phrase is eerily similar to ‘mighty men of renown’” when the key term gibbor/im is used of Angels or humans or even God Himself: examples are Gideon, Boaz, some of David’s soldiers, and God being referred to as El Gibbor (Isa 9).
He asks, “Is it possible that Nimrod had Nephilim blood?” which he answers thusly, “While the Bible doesn’t confirm this explicitly, the language strongly suggests he was more than just an ambitious man. He may have been a hybrid or Nephilim-empowered leader who spearheaded the rebellion that culminated in the Tower of Babel.”
His answer should have been: absolutely not, there is literally zero indication that any such thing was even possible, where is your regard for God and His Word?
He plays off of this by referring to, “the building of the Tower of Babel…possibly under the rule of a mighty Nephilim-descendant (Nimrod)” though we do not have any indication he had anything to do with the tower.
He then notes, “Ancient Jewish tradition (e.g., the Book of Jasher) and extra-biblical texts (like the Book of Enoch) suggest the tower was a ziggurat meant to access the heavens,” etc. but the term ancient is subjective. Sure, 1 Enoch is ancient to us by it is Bible contradicting folklore from centuries, if not millennia, after the Torah, see my book, “In Consideration of the Book(s) of Enoch.” Pastor Tackett noted that it is, “non-canonical but historically informative” yet, there is no indication that it provides any historically accurate data.
We have more than one Jasher book, both of which are just modern-day hoaxed frauds, see my book The Apocryphal Nephilim and Giants: Encountering Nephilim and Giants in Extra-Biblical Texts.
Note that he cannot confirm that Nimrod was a Nephil (but he could confirm that he was not) and also uses more qualifying terms, “if,” and that is a big IF, “the Nephilim were among them” and uses two levels of doubt to push the idea that if plus if equals, “their DNA or demonic influence persisted—then the scattering sent that influence to the four corners of the globe.”
Note that Pastor Paul Tackett, again consciously or not, has God failing such that, “God Sent Israel to Eradicate Them” but that was another of God’s failures since Pastor Tackett has Nephilim continuing on to this very day.
He then comes to the second of only two verses in which Nephilim are mentioned, “When the 12 spies return from scouting the land in Numbers 13:33, they bring back this alarming report: ‘And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers…’”
This is a misrepresentation of the narrative since there were 12 spies total but it was the unreliable 10 who presented an evil report wherein they merely asserted that and were rebuked by God: unsure why the Pastor did not mention those utterly key facts.
Well, he did go on to correct himself in a manner of speaking (since there are two reports in that chapter but he only mentioned the second and misattributed it to them tall), “Joshua and Caleb are undaunted, but the other 10 spies are terrified.”
He comments, “The Anakim—direct descendants of the Nephilim” which is only based on non-LXX versions of that one sentence since the LXX lacks any mention of Anakim in that verse. Regardless, the 10 merely made five assertions and contradicted Moses, Caleb, Joshua, God, and the whole rest of the entire Bible, see my post Chapter sample: On the Post Flood Nephilim Proposal.
Thus, that Nephilim, “were so imposing that seasoned warriors felt like insects beside them” was just a tall-tale: the dirty little secret is that since we have no reliable physical description of Nephilim then their height is a non-issue—and that alone debunks 99% of un-biblical Nephilology—the modern branch of which is just un-biblical neo-theo sci-fi tall-tales.
Yet, Pastor Paul Tackett assures us, “This was no exaggeration.”
All post-flood Nephilology is literally premised on one single sentence by 10 unreliable guys whom God rebuked: post-flood Nephilim, that they were very, very tall, and that (in non-LXX versions) Anakim were related to them (in some unknown and literally impossible way). Once someone has uncritically picked up and has run with Num 13:33’s evil report they then use (abuse) it to pull other texts taken out of context to make pretexts for pooftexts into its black hole—such as we saw he did with Gen 6 and Deut 2.
He goes on to say, “God’s command to Moses and Joshua to utterly destroy these tribes was not genocidal whimsy—it was divine judgment on the polluted bloodlines that had once nearly destroyed all of humanity.” But note to what he is referring to by, “these tribes” since he noted, “In Deuteronomy 2 and 3, we see explicit references to Israel destroying Rephaim and Emim; in Joshua 11:21-22, the Anakim are wiped out…The conquest of Canaan wasn’t just a land grab—it was a surgical strike against Nephilim strongholds.”
Yes, all of that is based on one sentence.
The fact is that, “God’s,” actual, “command to Moses and Joshua” never include one single word about Nephilim.
Thus, Pastor Tackett piles assertion atop assertion into a giant conclusion since he gave us no reason to even imagine that, “Rephaim and Emim” had anything to do with Nephilim and, again, “Anakim are wiped out” since they were of, “polluted bloodlines” in, “Nephilim strongholds” is based on some versions of an unreliable evil report by 10 unreliable rebuked guys.
Anakim were named after Anak who was Arba’s son (Josh 15:13) and we have zero reliable indication that they were Nephilim: such an assertion is illogical, ill-bio-logical, and ill-theo-logical.
He then loops back to, “several ‘-im’ tribes in the land: Rephaim, Emim, Zamzummim, and Anakim” and breaks them down thusly, “Rephaim: These giants were in Bashan, with Og being the last known king (Deut. 3:11). His bed was over 13 feet long. Anakim: The most direct link to the original Nephilim, found in Hebron and surrounding mountains. Zamzummim and Emim: Moabite and Ammonite regions, east of Jordan.”
Again, these are a tribe and two clans. Biblically contextually, “Rephaim: These giants” means, “Rephaim: These Rephaim” so again, he is misusing giants to mean something about height. He noted, “His bed was over 13 feet long” but 1) since we do not have a reliable physical description of Nephilim, no height of any sort can correlate anyone to Nephilim and 2) what does a bed have to do with anything?
Well, we have no physical description of Og (not until folkloric tall-tales from centuries and millennia after his time) so the assumption is that the bed tells us something about his personal size. Yet, to cut to the chase, it was not something upon which he slept, it was a ritual object, see my book The King, Og of Bashan, is Dead: The Man, the Myth, the Legend—of a Nephilim Giant?
It seems that Pastor Tackett employed a typical (typically incoherent) post-flood Nephilology assumption: he assumes Anakim were Nephilim and ergo, all Rephaim must have somehow been Nephilim—that is an expandio ad absurdum.
He then has a very short section titled, “Beyond the Bible: Global Legends of Giants” which notes, “If the Nephilim influence was dispersed at Babel, we would expect to find legends of giants among global civilizations” but since that is based on one of the five assertions within the evil report, it is a non-issue.
He then included a subsection which touches upon one of the most used, abused, and misused verses amongst post-flood Nephilologists, “Prophetic Implications: As It Was in the Days of Noah” which notes, “Jesus said in Matthew 24:37” and quoted, “But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
To him, this is about, “the presence of Nephilim. If those days are to return, we should expect not just moral decay, but possibly a return of hybridization, demonic mingling with human flesh, and the resurrection of the ancient rebellion.”
Sure, it is easy to come to such a conclusion when only one single sentence is pulled from context yet, quoting from a fuller recording of it, Jesus’ words, His emphasis, His points, His context, were, “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.”
But He kept speaking directly with, “Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all—so will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed” (Luke 17).
Thus, this was about examples of being unaware/unconcerned about coming judgment and nothing about sci-fi tall-tales.
He then asks, “Could Nephilim bloodlines still exist? Could world leaders, occult societies, or global elites carry remnants of this lineage?,” etc. which is astonishingly dangerous since he is asserting or implying that some humans are not human and historically, that has led to mass and serial murder. Such dangerous incoherence is so common amongst post-flood Nephilologists that I included a chapter quoting and elucidating such, titled, “Nephil Kampf,” in my book Nephilim and Giants as per Pop-Researchers: A Comprehensive Consideration of the claims of I.D.E. Thomas, Chuck Missler, Dante Fortson, Derek Gilbert, Brian Godawa, Patrick Heron, Thomas Horn, Ken Johnson, L.A. Marzulli, Josh Peck, CK Quarterman, Steve Quayle, Rob Skiba, Gary Wayne, Jim Wilhelmsen, et al.
Yet, to Pastor Tackett, “Tracking the Nephilim isn’t just a theological curiosity—it’s a prophetic necessity” in part, since, “It explains global mythology: the giants, gods, and monsters of old may be real” followed by the dangerous, “many nations and bloodlines may carry the legacy of rebellion” so, pray tell, what is to be done to such nations and bloodlines?
He then loops back to the Tower of Babel which is only relevant, “to those who look deeper—especially through the lens of spiritual warfare and Nephilim influence” which is a styled form of lower-case gnosticism since if you do not see any of what he is talking about then it is your fault since you are not looking deeper.
Recall that before, he carefully qualified his statements, “if the Nephilim were among them” and, “the building of the Tower of Babel…possibly under the rule of a mighty Nephilim-descendant (Nimrod)” and, “language strongly suggests he was more than just an ambitious man. He may have been a hybrid or Nephilim-empowered leader.”
Well, at this point, he leaves such careful traipsing behind and merely makes positive affirmations, “Babel was a global pivot point, a spiritual fracture in history where not only mankind was scattered, but so were the corrupted bloodlines of the Nephilim” even if he is still a bit unsure about specifics, “Babel may have functioned as a launchpad for the global spread of Nephilim-influenced bloodlines and pagan systems that still exist to this day” (emphasis added for emphasis).
He has it that, “This tower was likely a ziggurat…used for celestial observation and spiritual rituals…the worship of the ‘gods’—which we would understand as fallen angels or the spirits of Nephilim.”
He then loops back to Nimrod and asserts that an unenumerated, “Many” unnamed, unquoted, and un-cited, “Bible scholars and Hebrew language experts suggest that Nimrod ‘began to be’ a mighty one—implying he may have undergone some transformation or corruption…possibly Nephilim-tainted or demon-possessed” and yet, the text is very clear: he was a regular guy, a well known hunter, who became might, “Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord” mind you, “Therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord” mind you. Yet, do not let that trouble, or comfort, you since in typical post-flood Nephilologist form, Pastor Tackett noted, “‘mighty hunter before the LORD.’ This phrase can also mean ‘against the LORD.’ He was a rebel king, self-appointed, not God-ordained.”
He then loops back to the flood, “God wiped out everything except Noah’s family” but four misread, misunderstood, misinterpreted, and misapplied words, “and also after that” means that God could not get, and keep, the job done—not even post-flood, you will recall, since not even when God had to get mere humans to do what which He could not do were they successful since Nephilim persist to this very day—somehow and somewhere.
Since we are merely on page 8 of 95, we will begin skipping a lot since Pastor Tackett touches upon a subject, moves on, loops back, reiterates his previous statements, moves on, loops back, etc.
Let us consider, “The Bloodlines: Canaan, Ham, and the Giant Nations,” swapping back to giants, “From Canaan sprang the nations and tribes that became the enemies of Israel—and many were home to giants” and he lists Canaanites, Hittites, Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, Hivites, Perizzites but, pray tell, what is wrong with them since, after all, these are ites so, whatever happened to the im? Believe it or not, there are post-flood Nephilologists who actually do make a case of that im vs. ites denotes something biological: as if transliterations into modern English are some sort of window into (allegedly) deep things.
Indeed, before the im were the problem but not it is the ites as well: not one is safe from dangerous un-biblical tall-tales.
He went on to assert, “These peoples were not just pagan—they were genetically polluted. The Anakim, Rephaim, Emim, and Zamzummim would be among them, described in Deuteronomy and Numbers as giants, some of whom had six fingers and toes, massive stature, and lived in fortified high places.”
I suppose that we could say that a slight genetic mutation that causes an extra finger on each hand to be duplicated can be said to be, “genetically polluted” yet, 1) all post-fall humans are genetically polluted and 2) we know such is not what he means by it.
As for, “described in Deuteronomy” Rephaim are but Nephilim are not and, in “Numbers” many are, including Nephilim but in an evil report. Yet, “described…as giants” as per his misusage well, again, we do not have a reliable physical description of Nephilim and Rephaim, in general, are described as having been, “tall” (Deut 2) which is just as vague, generic, subjective, multi-usage as giants and, in this case, is subjective to the average Israelite male who was 5.0-5.3 ft. in those days.
As for, “some of whom had six fingers and toes” well, only if, “some” means one: since we are only told about one single such person (1 Chron 18-21). As for, “massive stature” well, that is just as vague, generic, subjective, multi-usage as tall and giants—the tallest person specified in the Bible was a 7.5ft Egyptian (2 Sam 23).
Pastor Paul Tackett ends up affirming, “Babel did not just scatter humans. It scattered bloodlines.”
He merely asserts, “Nephilim dynasties that still manipulate power behind the scenes.”
Pastor Paul Tackett offers a one, two, three eschatology punch which he asserts, cites and quotes as, “Just as the Nephilim rose before the Flood, and again after it, they may rise once more before the return of Christ. The Bible gives several clues: Matthew 24:37 – ‘As the days of Noah were…’ Daniel 2:43 – ‘They shall mingle themselves with the seed of men…’ Revelation 17–18 – ‘Mystery Babylon… is fallen, is fallen…’”
We reviewed how he misrepresented Jesus’ words, emphasis, and qualifying terms regarding the days of Noah. Dan 2:43 is another favorite of post-flood Nephilologists including the return of Nephilim sect. And yes, they typically quote one single sentence, the inference of which is that, “They” Nephilim, “shall mingle themselves with the seed of men.” Yet, there is no context is that sentence, nor paragraph, nor chapter, nor book for any such concept. Rather, Daniel was telling us of two people groups who would engage in commerce but would not intermarry, see my whole chapter about just that issue in my book What Does the Bible Say About Giants and Nephilim? A Styled Giantology and Nephilology.
He then loops back to going full on sci-fi with the AI (artificial intelligence) issue, “Technology and globalism are reconstructing what Babel once attempted—without bricks this time, but with bytes…genetic manipulation, AI…”
He positively affirms, “the Tower of Babel was…the launchpad of Nephilim corruption…scattered tribes…carried corrupted DNA…bloodlines…that still influence the world stage today.”
He then loops back to, “Mapping the ‘-Im,’” loops specifically back to the non-LXX evil report’s version of Anakim, and loops back to Rephaim in general, with a twist.
He notes, “Rephaim: The Shades and Ghostly Giants Name meaning: ‘Dead ones’ or ‘Healers’ (debated)” which is quite on point as the root word rapha has a wide span of meaning/definition and usage.
He actually notes, “Some translations simply call them ‘giants,’ but the name Rephaim is also used in contexts related to the realm of the dead, as in Isaiah 14:9: ‘Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead [rephaim] for thee…’ This dual use of Rephaim as both ‘giants’ and ‘the dead’ is striking. It suggests that these beings may have had spiritual implications beyond the physical—perhaps even necromantic worship or demonic possession” and loops back to Og’s bed.
A typical pop-Nephilology move is to turn the root word rapha into the people group Rephaim. Yet, the bottom line of why think they were some sort of living dead is that as per Pagan mythology, such as found in Ugaritic texts, recently deceased kings and heroes were referred to as kings and heroes but after they had been dead for sometime, they were called rpu (which is their version of rapha) and could be summoned from the dead to attend rituals, etc.—for details, see my article Dead Kings and Rephaim The Patrons of the Ugaritic Dynasty.
FYI: Exodus 15:26 refers to YHVH Rapha as in God the healer or God my healer.
After listing, “Emim…Zamzummim…Og…Avim and Horim,” Pastor Paul Tackett loops back to, “God’s Command: Total Eradication” which he merely asserts pertained to, “intermingling with genetically and spiritually defiled tribes…pollute…The Nephilim.” Well, God told us many times why He commanded such but never said one single word about Nephilim, see relevant chapter of my book What Does the Bible Say About Giants and Nephilim? A Styled Giantology and Nephilology.
He actually argued, “The conquest of Canaan was not just about land—it was about preserving the seed line of the Messiah” yet, if we want to go the route of that assumption, the biblical view would be the flood was not just about wiping out only to be followed by a return—it was about preserving the seed line of the Messiah which God was successful at doing then and there.
Another indication of his multi-usage of giants at any given turn is, “David and the Remnant of the Giants” which pertains to, “Despite Joshua’s success, some giants remained. The Philistines, especially in Gath, continued to breed them. The most famous descendant of the Anakim was Goliath, who stood over 9 feet” for some odd reason, he did not inform his audience that the Masoretic text has Goliath at just shy of 10 ft. Yet, the earlier LXX and the earlier Dead Sea Scrolls and the earlier Flavius Josephus all have him at just shy of 7 ft. (compared to the average Israelite male who was 5.0-5.3 ft. in those days) so that’s the preponderance of the earliest data.
Yet, I am certain that those historical facts do not matter since he adheres to a KJV.
The rest of the 15-part series is basically a vicious looping circle over and over and over again—in fact, this was basically a one part 15-part series.
That is, with the exception of getting into the likes of things such as, “Antarctica and Inner Earth Theories” regarding, “Frozen Thrones and Hollow Shadows: Could the Nephilim Be Hidden in the Ends of the Earth?” and if you are interested in such tall-tales, see my book Nephilim and Giants: Believe It or Not!: Ancient and Neo-Theo-Sci-Fi Tall Tales.
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