Nephilim - Then and Now

In this study I use Scriptures, the books of Enoch and the historical accounts found in Jasher to research the topic of giants.  Many folks today refer to 'Fallen Angels' as relating to the 'alien deception' and other possible scenarios of the end times.  From what I have read so far it is the Nephilim who are a part of the signs of the end, so I figured a deeper look into these events was in order.

I'd like to note that I recommend one be fully grounded in the Word of God before using other writings such as Enoch and Jasher so that one can discern that which lines up with Scriptures.  I do not substitute anything for the Word of our Creator yet find these sources help describe scenarios which are only alluded to in Scriptures.  Yahweh is our final word on all things.

How the Nephilim Came to Be

Genesis 6 -- When men began to increase on the earth and daughters were born to them, the Divine Beings saw how beautiful they were and took wives from among those that pleased them.  It was then, and later too, that the Nephilim appeared on the earth (as a result of sexual relations between the Divine Beings and human women).  They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

From then on man's wickedness pervaded the earth and every plan devised by his mind was nothing but evil.  Yah was so saddened - He regretted that He made them. Then came the Flood.  

I understand the Nephilim being renown: the condition of being known or talked about by many people - but I never quite got how these genetic mutants could be referred to as 'heroes': someone who is admired for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities - were they cute little half-breed babies who grew up to hero status but when they didn't stop growing (upwards to 300 cubits = 450 feet!) is that when folks became intimidated by them?

The Flood swelled upon the earth and the mountains were covered, then the waters swelled another 15 cubits (another 22 and half feet above the tallest mountain). Makes sense that this much water would be needed to drown giants along with the rest of the unsaved souls.

This same event is recorded in the Books of Enoch with more detail of just how bad things had gotten.  Not only were these angels (divine beings) attracted to the human women, they desired to create progeny - descendants of mixed marriages - in other words they wanted to be like 'God'.  Satan deluded Eve with this same concept.

According to Enoch there were 200 of these angels who left their station in heaven to achieve their desires on earth.  They defiled themselves by having sexual relations with these women.  They also taught these women charms, pharmacies, root cutting and uses of plants - secret knowledge humans weren't suppose to know.  These women became pregnant and gave birth to what is called the Nephilim, who grew to 300 cubits in height. They ate every thing produced for them and when that ran out they turned against mankind and ate them.  The Nephilim sinned against birds, beasts, reptiles and fish (more genetic manipulations? crossbred mutants?) and began to eat each other's flesh and drink their blood (cannibals and vampires?).  They were lawless ones. They taught men metallurgy in the making of swords, shields, knives and breastplates as well as bracelets and ornaments.  They taught the use of antimony (A metalloid element having many forms, the most common of which is a hard, very brittle, shiny, blue-white crystal) and the use of paints and dyes, the use of make up to beautify eyes, the use of gemstones - then did all godlessness increase and everything was corrupt.

Here is where we find out those we call the 'fallen angels' are the 'Watchers' because they were made to watch the destruction of their loved one, those genetic mutants, the Nephilim.  YHWH tells Gabriel to:

"Go to the bastards and to the reprobates and to the children of fornication, and destroy them, the seed of the Watchers, from among the sons of men and send them one against one another so that they will perish by killing each other... And when they (the Watchers) have seen the destruction of their loved ones, bind them for 70 generations in the valleys of the earth until the day of their judgment and of their end..." He goes on to say, "Destroy all the lustful spirits and the seed of the Watchers for they have wronged mankind. Let all oppressors perish from the face of the earth and let every evil work be destroyed..."

Then came the Flood to cleanse the earth from all unrighteousness, from all sin, from all godlessness and from all the uncleanness which is committed on it.

Reading from Jasher we find a similar account. In the latter days of Methusalah, men were turning from God in rebellion, and corrupted the earth, robbed each other and transgressed and corrupted themselves, up to the point Yahweh thought to destroy and annihilate them.  The earth was filled with violence. The difference in Jasher is there is no mention of 'divine beings' but 'judges and rulers' who took wives by force from their husbands and that the 'sons of men' (Nephilim?) in those days took cattle, beasts and fowls and taught the mixture of animals of one species with another in order to provoke YHWH.  This could relate to what is written in Enoch about the Nephilim sinning against birds, beasts, reptiles and fish. Sin is living according to one's own imaginings, turning against the teachings of YHWH our God.  

Yah saw all flesh was corrupt, all men and all animals... and Noah found grace in His sight.

I made mention earlier that Scriptures - the Word of God - is the final authority.  I now refer to what we can read in The Forgotten Books of Eden, the story of Adam and Eve. I must say that if you can read this account with Scriptures running in the background, a lot of it makes sense.  I will only touch on what seemingly relates to the Nephilim who came on the scene during the time of Jared. Satan was the culprit in instigating snares and traps via the descendants of Cain using ravishing music, strong drink, and colorful clothing to entice the descendants of Seth to come off the mountain, away from God and into the sinful corrupt life below. This always makes me think of the 60's when 'sex, drugs and rock-n-roll' were the temptations.

In this version it is Satan who teaches Genun, the son of Lamech, to bring strong drink out of corn by which Genun multiplied sin exceedingly. He was prideful and taught others to commit all manner of the grossest wickedness that had never known before. Satan was very pleased with all this and taught Genun how to make weapons of war from iron. Sin continued to increase: a man married his own sister or daughter - there was no more a distinction of relationship... the earth became defiled with sin.  They angered God the Judge who had created them.  Satan entered into Genun and taught him to make dyes for garments of diverse patterns... Only three righteous men are left in the world.  The evil continues up until the Flood.

If the purpose of the Flood was to cleanse the earth of all wickedness, how do the Nephilim become part of the post-flood time line?

In the writings of Enoch we read: 

Yah said to Gabriel, "Go to the bastards and to the reprobates and to the children of fornication and destroy them, the seed of the Watchers... Bind the Watchers for seventy generations until the day of their judgment (when they will be taken away to the abyss of fire and torment and shut in prison forever and ever more).  

They chose to leave the high and set apart heaven and defile themselves with the blood of women, acting like men instead of Divine Beings and they begat Nephilim as their seed.  God did not appoint wives for His Spiritual Beings because they were immortal - no need to procreate. Because they were Spiritual Beings, heaven was their intended dwelling place.

The Nephilim were produced from the spirit and flesh and on earth were called 'evil spirits' and they would dwell on earth, there was no place in heaven for them.  Evil spirits proceeded from their bodies, spirits of the wicked.  The spirits of the Nephilim oppress, afflict, destroy, do battle and make destruction upon the earth. When the Nephilim were destroyed their spirits went forth from their bodies.

The angels who were defiled with women stand at the end of heaven and earth but their spirits will assume many different forms and will defile mankind and lead them astray into sacrificing to demons as gods.

Evil, wicked, unclean, demonic spirits do exist in this world and are passing themselves off as extraterrestrial lifeforms channeling enlightenment to anyone who will tune in. These are the 'Nephilim' of today.  Not necessarily the physical giants of old testament days but definitely beings of renown who many consider 'heroes', expecting ET to save us from ourselves.  Nephilim were genetically modified beings and as it was in the days of Noah we can see it in today's world.

To the best of my own investigation these photographs of skeletons are legit.  The Nephilim were buried in the ground during The Flood that covered the entire earth, even the highest mountain tops, and that was about 4,000 years ago.

Moon Sighting and the Weekly Sabbath

I have been working on a study about the Set Apart times of YHWH - most know them as His Feast Days. In the course of this study, Exodus 12 keeps popping up in my brain. It is when Yahweh tells Moses this is the beginning of the year for you, the first month. Then in Exodus 19 we note His month begins with the new moon... Now, I trust Elohim to know what He's talking about and it is very evident that His calendar is not the one we've been using all these years.

If we believe YHWH indicates each month begins with the New Moon then we need to come out of the ever popular Gregorian Calendar system.  This won't be easy but as as we move along His Path of Righteousness, we exhibit another sign of becoming Set Apart because He is Set Apart.

I've avoided the topic of calendars and time keeping even though I have been aware of the discrepancies and changes made.  Andrew Gabriel Roth has a book that goes deep into Yah's method of time keeping titled Wheel of Stars which left me feeling even more confused, but I continue to refer to his wealth of information hoping to gain understanding.  Sometimes it takes me a while to catch on.

Here's some basic info on the history of calendars, none of which follow Yah's description:

The Egyptian calendar year comprised of 12 months, and each month had exactly 30 days. The months were further divided into three weeks, with each week lasting 10 days. The Babylonian calendar was made up of 12 lunar months, and each month would begin when a new crescent moon appeared. The Greeks used a calendar that was similar to the Babylonian calendar, but they also had other calendars, such as the democratic state calendar with 10 arbitrary months and an agricultural calendar. The first Roman calendar was created by Romulus, and it had 10 months in a year, with each month lasting 30 or 31 days. The Romans had a number of calendars, and the most notable one was the Julian calendar introduced in 45 BC by Julius Caesar.  In the year 1582, Pope Gregory XIII decreed that there should be a change in the Julian calendar. Many European countries did not adopt the Gregorian calendar when it was introduced, mainly because of the Protestant Reformation that was taking place at that time. Nevertheless, by the 20^th century, the calendar became the standard calendar in Europe. Today, it is the most widely used calendar in the world. 

What has really been on my mind is this:

YHWH says the month begins with the sighting of the new moon, yet we are using the Gregorian (modern day) calendar to tell us when the month begins.  If you were to look on a calendar today, you would see one of the days marked as the "new moon". Scientists today regard the new moon as "conjunction", which is the moment the moon is in between the sun and the earth. In reality, conjunction is a dark moon, unseen. A day or two later the new moon crescent appears.  If we use that 'conjunction' symbol as a starting point and add a day or two to actually see the new moon as the beginning of the month and then count off seven day (sunset to sunset) cycles, we discover that the weekly sabbath does not always fall on what we call Sat.day, the day of rest, or Sun.day for that matter.

We know that the lights in the expanse of the sky not only separated day from night but serve as signs for the set times - the days and the years - and when YHWH was finished with His Works He rested on the 7th day (and this is what He expects of us, to rest on each 7th day...) He counted 7 days from the beginning of Creation - what beginning do we count from? 

Exodus 12 Yah tells Moshe that the month they are to be set free from Pharaoh is the first month of the year... and on the 15th day is when they were set free. 

Exodus 16: the Israelites came to the wilderness of Sin on the 15th day of the 2nd month after they left Egypt (when did the new count of days begin?)

Now this is where I connect the moon with the month => Exodus 19: On the 3rd new moon after the Israelites had gone forth from the land of Egypt... 19:16 On the 3rd day as morning dawned. 

This reads, to me, a count of days from the new moon, the 3rd new moon since Yah told Moshe when the first month was. Three Moons = 3 months. (He says the third new moon and then counts the 3rd day from that new moon....) If I have this right then there are many of us keeping the sabbath on the wrong day.  If we've got the beginning of the month wrong, then we have the sabbath day wrong. 

This what YHWH said through Isaiah:

7:11 What need have I of all your sacrifices... I have no delight that you come to appear before Me - trample My courts no more. Bringing your offerings is futile, incense is offensive to Me. New moon and sabbath you proclaim solemnities and assemble with wickedness I cannot tolerate. Your new moons (months) and your fixed seasons (man's traditions and substitutes for Yah's moedim) fill Me with loathing - they have become a burden to Me, no longer a joy. When you lift up your hands in false praise and worship I will turn My Eyes away from you.

When we came to the part of His Path where we discovered our Hebrew Heritage and realized that Torah is for everyone - His Creation - we didn't stop there... we kept reading His Words, learning and obeying His Instructions, which is what keeps us moving along His Path as the Ruach haKodesh continues to reveal Truth. We gave up man's traditions and replaced them with Yah's intended times. Our Walk is a learning process. Even the twelve apostles went through a learning curve which resulted in them being made ready to receive the Spirit of Elohim.

YHWH will restore all things when His time comes.  In the meantime let us not stagnate on a comfortable part of that path making the excuse that it's O.K. since "we are all on different parts of the path".  We are called to be His Set Apart People. Come out of the world system now. There is only One Path that leads to His Kingdom.

Isaiah 66:23 And new moon after new moon, and sabbath after sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship Me.

In my research on this topic I have come across the following website. As always, I find others who have looked into these things long before I became aware of them! I agree with most of what this person has uncovered and helps express my own thoughts:

God's Calendar 

Here is a quote from Nehemiah's Wall referring to the naming of months:

Today, few people remember the biblical name of Yom Teruah and instead it is widely known as "Rosh Hashanah" which literally means “head of the year” and hence also “New Years”. The transformation of Yom Teruah (Day of Shouting) into Rosh Hashanah (New Years) is the result of pagan Babylonian influence upon the Jewish nation. The first stage in the transformation was the adoption of the Babylonian month names. In the Torah, the months are numbered as First Month, Second Month, Third Month, etc (Leviticus 23; Numbers 28). During their sojourn in Babylonia our ancestors began to use the pagan Babylonian month names, a fact readily admitted in the Talmud:

“The names of the months came up with them from Babylonia.” (Jerusalem Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 1:2 56d) 

The pagan nature of the Babylonian month names is epitomized by the fourth month known as Tammuz. In the Babylonian religion, Tammuz was the god of grain whose annual death and resurrection brought fertility to the world. In the book of Ezekiel, the prophet described a journey to Jerusalem in which he saw the Jewish women sitting in the Temple “weeping over Tammuz” (Ezekiel 8:14). The reason they were weeping over Tammuz is that, according to Babylonian mythology, Tammuz had been slain but had not yet been resurrected. In ancient Babylonia, the time for weeping over Tammuz was the early summer, when the rains cease throughout the Middle East and green vegetation is burnt by the unrelenting sun. To this day the Fourth Month in the rabbinical calendar is known as the month of Tammuz and it is still a time for weeping and mourning.

Some of the Babylonian month names found their way into the later books of the Tanakh, but they always appear alongside the Torah month names. For example, Esther 3:7 says:
This verse starts off by giving the Torah name for the month (“First Month”) and then translates this month into its pagan equivalent (“which is the month of Nissan”). By the time of Esther, all the Jews lived within the boundaries of the Persian Empire and the Persians had adopted the Babylonian calendar for the civil administration of their realm. At first, the Jews used these Babylonian month names alongside the Torah month names, but over time the Torah month names fell into disuse. 

As the Jewish People became more comfortable with the Babylonian month names, they became more susceptible to other Babylonian influences. This is similar to the way that American Jews observe Hanukkah as a Jewish version of Christmas. This influence began with the seemingly harmless custom of giving gifts on Hanukkah. Until the Jews arrived in America this custom was unknown and it is still a rarity in Israel where Hanukkah does not need to compete with Christmas for the hearts and minds of the Jewish youth. Once Hanukkah took on this relatively trivial aspect of Christmas, it became ripe for more significant influences. Today, many American Jews have established the custom of setting up a “Hanukkah bush” as a Jewish alternative to the Christmas tree. These Jews did not want to adopt Christmas outright so they “Judaized” the Christmas tree and incorporated into Hanukkah. This example shows how easy it is to be influenced by the practices of a foreign religion, especially when there is some similarity to begin with. The fact that Hanukkah often falls out around the same time as Christmas made it natural for American Jews to incorporate elements of Christmas into their observance of Hanukkah.  

The ancient Rabbis were influenced by the pagan Babylonian religion. Although many Jews returned to Judea when the Exile officially ended in 516 BC, the forebears of the Rabbis remained behind in Babylonia where rabbinical Judaism gradually took shape. Many of the earliest known Rabbis such as Hillel I were born and educated in Babylonia. Indeed, Babylonia remained the heartland of Rabbinical Judaism until the 11th Century CE. The Babylonian Talmud abounds with the influences of Babylonian paganism. Indeed, pagan deities even appear in the Talmud recycled as "Jewish" angels and demons. (End Quote)

Even today's Gregorian Calendar uses names of pagan gods to denote the months of the year. In Scripture YHWH doesn't even want to hear these names come out of our mouths. Satan is pretty subtle.

Do Not be Deceived

Y'shua says we are 'His Sheep', that we should not follow after anyone who claims to be a prophet or teacher of YHWH unless we can recognize the Good Shepherd's Voice.  In order to recognize His Voice we need to be reading Scriptures every day/night for the Ruach haKodesh to teach us discernment. If we know Scriptures we'll be able to recognize a falsehood.  Y'shua gave us the Set Apart Spirit as a Comforter and Revealer of Truth.  We need them both in order to return to the Father, YHWH Elohim. Therein understanding and wisdom are gained. 

Recognizing the Master's Voice means we study Scripture to show ourselves approved - we learn His Truth and know when some one is lying or twisting Yah's Words.

The warning given by Y'shua haMashiyach as recorded in Matthew 24:

• Beware, let no man deceive you
• Many will come claiming to be the Anointed One and many will believe it
• Many false prophets will become popular and deceive many people
• If anyone says they know where the Messiah is, that they've seen him 'here or there' don't believe it
• False messiahs and lying prophets will come on the scene and will have the ability to perform signs and wonders in order to deceive, if it were possible, even the chosen

Y'shua makes it clear that even as all people can see the sun rise and set (east to west), so shall all people recognize him when he returns, all eyes will see him and know that Day has arrived.  He gives us a list of what will be going on in the days before he returns which are part of Satan's plan to deceive us into doubting the Word of the Creator.  If we doubt YHWH then we are open to deception.

Christianity is part of the deception, the twisting of Scriptures to fit man's ideas of salvation. Same goes for Judaism and Islam and all other religious belief systems. Yahweh was never about 'religion'. His is the perfect governing system for His Creation. Man's laws have pretty much made the Creator's Laws seem against the law!  The world today reflects what it must have been like during the days of Noah as well as the behaviors of the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Lawlessness = without Yah's Instructions in Righteousness

Those Instructions are written in Scriptures, Genesis through Deuteronomy.  From there we are given many examples of what happens if we obey and what happens if we choose to become outlaws.

He is Near

Saved from Eternal Death

Acts 2:38 tells us in order to be saved (from the curse of eternal death) that we are to repent (return to God, turn from our sinful ways) and be immersed (mikveh/baptised) so that we may receive the Ruach haKodesh (Holy Spirit).

Being immersed is not about converting to a religion but is symbolic of ritual purity, cleansed from sin (stop being in rebellion against YHWH). First, repent. Second, be immersed. Now we are prepared to receive the Ruach haKodesh.  It's a process.

Messiah told his apostles that after his death and resurrection he would send them The Spirit of Truth, the Comforter to dwell within them (being filled with the Ruach haKodesh, which the 12 apostles did receive during Shavuot/Pentecost).  It is this Spirit of Elohim that eventually reveals the Truth of His Word to us as we continue to read and study Scripture.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

And may our Master Y'shua the Mashiyach himself, and Elohim our Father who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and a good hope through His grace, comfort your hearts and establish yourselves in every good word and in every good work.

1 John 5

Whoever believes that Y'shua is the Anointed One is born of Elohim.  And whoever loves the Father also loves him who is begotten of Him. And by this we know that we love the children of Elohim, when we love Elohim and follow His Commandments.  For this is the love of Elohim, that we keep His Commandments: and His Commandments are not burdensome. Whoever is born of Elohim overcomes the world: and this is the victory that our Faith overcomes the world. Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Y'shua is the Son of Elohim... Y'shua came by the water and blood... and the Spirit testifies because the Spirit is Truth.  And there are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water and the blood - and these three are in union.

1 John 5:17

All unrighteousness is sin; and there is a sin which is not of death.  And we know that everyone who is born of Elohim sins not; for he that is born of Elohim keeps himself and the evil one touches him not.  We know that we are of Elohim and all the world is reposing on the evil one.  And we know that the Son of Elohim has come and has given us knowledge that we might know the One True Living Elohim, that we might be in the True One, in his Son Y'shua the Mashiyach.  He is the true Elohim, and the life eternal... keep yourselves from idolatry.

A quote from Andrew G. Roth in the Aramaic English New Testament:

The True One and the True Elohim refer to the full scope of YHWH's redemptive plan. Not just that YHWH can save, but through whom He chooses as His vehicle for salvation: Y'shua our Master.  It is only with the full understanding of not just the prophecies in the Tanakh, but how they manifest and are revealed through Y'shua, that the full measure of YHWH's Love becomes manifest and can transform our souls.  This is a central theme in John's letter, he teaches that without love, the truth is not within us. John is not only talking about brotherly love but more specifically about a wonderfully, deep, trusting and devoted love within our Master YHWH.

(end quote)

Repent - Be Immersed - Receive the Spirit of Truth

 Keep His Commandments

Pass it on... Share the Good News of the Kingdom to Come!

Weights & Measures

Here we have a list of measurements found in Scriptures and their modern day equivalents which will come in handy if the time comes when anyone really wants to know or visualize the actual size of the ark YHWH had Noah build, or how far a Sabbath's day journey is or just how much liquid makes up a hin.

Have some fun and exercise your brain!

Length

Hand's Breadth: Approximately 3 inches (4 fingers, closed/pressed together)

Cubit: 18 inches (elbow to tip of middle finger)

Long Cubit: Approximately 20 inches (also known as a Royal Cubit)

Span: 9 inches (fingers spread, from tip of thumb to pinky)

Distance

Fathom: 6 feet

Rod/Reed: 8 feet 9 inches

Furlong: 1/8 of a mile (660 feet)

Sabbath Day's Journey: 7 furlongs (7/8 of a mile)

Day's Journey: 20 miles (a group with women and children: 10 miles)

Liquid

Log: Shy of a half-pint

Hin: Approximately 1 gallon

Bath: About 6 gallons

Firkin: 2-3 Measures: About 9 gallons

Capacity

Ephah: About a bushel

Omer: Approximately 5 pints

Homer: Approximately 8 bushels (the amount a donkey can carry)

Weight

Shekel: Approximately 1/2 ounce

Talent: Approximately 90 pounds

:::`` <^> Weapons of Mass Distraction <^> ``:::

Over the past year I have visited several groups on Facebook covering topics from being Torah Observant to the Fallen Angel Alien agenda, with many of them including 'end time' scenarios. In each group I have found there are many people who can discuss topics using Scriptures as a foundation and post comments back and forth about its implication on current events, and there are those who are actually open to learning what is written in Scriptures.  I have also found that there is a great many more who base their beliefs on hearsay and speculation while picking and choosing bits of Scripture to justify their stance or simply choose to deny His Word altogether. Those folks become very defensive when gently challenged or shown evidence for the error of their way. Many people have just as many various ideas of 'what God means' to them. One of the differences among them is that those few who are aware of current events search Scriptures to see where we are in Yah's time line while others try to force His Words to fit their imagination.

One thing is for certain... if you don't trust that Yahweh Elohim created the universe, gave us an Instruction Manual (Scriptures) and then provided us an escape plan by following His Son's example of obeying those same Instructions... if you don't have Faith in the Good News of His Kingdom to come and life eternal, it becomes very difficult to see the big picture of what is happening in the world today - and the imaginings of man have become very entertaining and enticing. 

I share this study because of what I have learned to be true, from my observations, studies and research - I am not a scholar, nor a Hebrew linguist or a member of any religious organization - but I have been reading Scriptures for over 15 years and have read about, studied and compared common misconceptions as to what the Creator put forth and how man's imagination ran off with them, guided by the many deceptions devised by Satan.  It's not a mystery, it just takes time and desire to know the Truth.

Some of the topics folks cannot agree upon, not only in these Facebook groups but for most, are:

• "The Rapture" = the timing of the gathering of His Chosen People
• Who the Chosen are
• "The Law" = claiming the 'new testament' did away with the old
• Fallen angels, Nephilim and their descendants
• Knowing the signs of Messiah's return
• "Going to Heaven" = the idea that we die and immediately go to heaven
• "Christianity"

These are all worthy topics and can be understood if one has a heart to do so. Yah says to seek Him as if we are seeking treasure - He is our reward, His glory perfects us.  By reading Genesis through Revelation and back again (and again) our knowledge is increased.  His Instructions are clear, not a burden, but a Light shining in what seems to be  the darkness of these days.  He has told us the end from the beginning, He has told us everything we need to know,  so that when these things happen we shall not perish.  He wants us to read it for ourselves in order to give the Ruach haKodesh something to work with within us.  When His Son, Y'shua, died and was resurrected he proceeded to anoint his 12 apostles with the Spirit of Elohim.  He called this Spirit the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth.  We all have it - just need to choose to read Scripture so it can respond in like.

Those of us who choose to follow the path Y'shua walked will come to learn that not everyone will understand, not everyone hears the Master's Voice. This became so evident to me as I entered into heavy discussions in these various groups.  I was butting heads with some who were so embedded in their version of Scriptures it became obvious I had to just 'knock the dust off my sandals' and move on.  Deceptions have been passed down, innocently enough in most cases, through the generations as folks cling to church rituals unaware they are steeped in pagan origins that have nothing to do with Yahweh or Y'shua.  From there we become divided as evidenced in the hundreds of denominations and thousands of religious beliefs.  There is only One Elohim, One Faith and we become One People - His People - when we figure this out.

Jude 1:3... while I take all pains to write to you of our common life, it is needful for me to write to you, encouraging you to maintain a conflict for the faith which was once delivered to the Set Apart believers.

Here are links to a few of my studies that relate to some of the above mentioned topics of contention:

Yah's Chosen People

We don't Die and go to Heaven

Short Definition of the Law

Signs

As I mentioned earlier, everything we need to know is written in Scriptures.  It is from there we can study out all things as we are firmly footed in His foundation of Truth. From this foundation we gain clarity and discernment. Many topics share the same 'core of truth' but become items of 'Mass Distraction' intended to take our focus off Yahweh, just as Satan tempted Eve, causing her to 'doubt' what the Creator said. 

What in Nibiru is Going On?

Back in my 'new age' days is when I first heard about the Anunnaki and Nibiru (among other things).  I was a believer in UFOs and ETs - I grew up loving science fiction which fueled my imagination - and blinded me to the truth. It was so easy to believe that life on other planets would be much more intelligent and advanced than here on earth. We've been brainwashed to believe we are inferior. We want superhuman everything for ourselves and, by setting God aside, we are free to believe anything is possible - and then pursue it in any manner that pleases us, which only leads us further from the truth.

To bring you up to speed (in case you've never heard of this) here is a wiki link with the origins of the topic of Nibiru (Planet X aka Marduk) as well as the 'pole shift' idea which some like to tie-in with cataclysmic end of the world scenarios. You can scroll down to the bottom of the wikipedia page to find the list of sources to research further for yourself:

NIBIRU

POLE SHIFT

Here's a couple of links for scientific info regarding the poles:

GEOMAGNETIC POLES

WANDERING POLE

This study is about relating current events to the end of days prophecies in order to discover whether or not Planet X or the Anunnaki fit in. This study deals primarily with the days prior to the return of Y'shua as recorded in Matthew 24 and Revelation and what occurs before his earthly kingdom is put in place. There are discernible events yet to happen which will clue in those of us who are watching and waiting. We are told if we are awake, alert and aware, we will be able to know the hour our Master is to return. YHWH has not left us in the dark! If we choose to follow the Light of the World - Messiah - Truth will be revealed. Please read Scriptures for more details, including Daniel 9:27, 11:31, 12:11 and Joel 2:2. Also refer to my other study: 

SIGNS

To the best of my knowledge there are two people who have brought the topic of a 12th planet to popularity. Zechariah Sitchin, "a Russian-born American author of books proposing an explanation for human origins involving ancient astronauts" and "Nancy Lieder, a contactee, claims to be in telepathic communication with visitors from Zeta Reticuli. The Zetas reveal to Nancy information about life on other worlds; the ET origins of the human species; the origins of the pyramids and the Sphinx; the Zeta Reticuli people and their nature, the Nibiruans from the 12th Planet and its imminent return...". 

Are these just a couple of twisted views, bad interpretations, mixing and mingling with Scriptures, distorting what YHWH says will happen? Don't forget that Satan is the father of lies and the author of deception. He causes man to doubt the Word of God, just as he caused Eve to doubt His instructions given back in the Garden days. Satan has contrived counterfeits for almost everything, including demons masquerading as intelligent life from another world, in order to cause us to doubt .

Today I stand firmly on the foundation of Truth supplied by YHWH Elohim and am learning to view all things from His perspective. It is from there I continue my studies and in my research about ETs I have come to realize that there is no such thing as advanced civilizations on other planets but there are demons, evil spirits left over from the Nephilim on this planet and in the spiritual realm. We are given a warning, many times, about being deceived. So if one does not believe in YHWH our Father in Heaven or know what has been written in Scriptures, then one would be free to entertain any other end of the world scenario. That makes sense.  But if you study Scriptures you'll see the Big Picture and not fall for the strong delusion that has been brewing.  I do not dismiss the fact that many things about outer space are unknown.  I am, however, of the mind that when YHWH put an end to the building of the Tower of Babel and scattered those people, He sent a message to everyone - earth is home, not the space beyond the visible sky. Don't even think about trying to go there.

Make no mistake: there will be an end to this world as we know it which includes horrible death and destruction. We read of several events, recorded in Scriptures, that take place prior to 'the end' of the world. Yah told us the end from the beginning so that His People could be prepared to enter His Kingdom and not perish. Do not become one of those who are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

Lets move along.

If we are in the time line known as 'The Beginnings of Sorrows', as I believe we are, then Seals 1 through 4 have been opened - Seal 5 is in the process of being opened (as recorded in Revelation 6 and compared with Matthew 24 - see my study Signs). The opening of Seal 6 sets off quite a bit of activity- so much so everyone on earth knows the day of wrath has come, there's no mistaking it for anything else. By the time we get to Seal 7 the stage has been set for the Seven Shofars (trumpets) to be sounded (Revelation 8). They signal the following events:

1. Hail and fire mingled with water fall upon the earth and burns up 1/3 of the earth along with 1/3 the trees and all green grass. 
2. Something that looks like a big mountain burning with fire falls into the sea and causes 1/3 of the sea to turn to blood; a third of sea life is destroyed and 1/3 the ships are destroyed. 
3. A star burning like a lamp falls from heaven and affects a third of the rivers and fountains of water. This star is called Wormwood because 1/3 of the waters became wormwood and many people die from drinking these bitter waters. 
4. A third of the sun is smitten, and the moon and the stars so that both day and night are 1/3 darker. An eagle said in a loud voice, "Woe, woe to those who live on the earth because of the remaining trumpets to be sounded. 
5. A he-star falls from heaven to earth and has the key of the pit of the abyss, which he opens and our pours smoke as if from a blast furnace. Here is where we get those pesky locust-scorpions-long haired war horses with lion's teeth and iron breastplates which torment those who do not have the Seal of Elohim upon their foreheads for five months. The king of these pests is the Messenger of the Abyss (the angel/he-star that fell from heaven) whose Hebrew name is Abaddon whom the Greek call Apollyon. 
6. The four angels who were bound at the Euphrates are set loose to kill 1/3 of mankind using 3 plagues: Fire, smoke and sulfur. These four angels are overlords to the two million man army of warrior horsemen who go forth to destroy 1/3 mankind. 

Note is made about a remnant of men not slain by these plagues but yet they refused to repent of their worship of demons and idols of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood (false gods which cannot see or hear) nor do they repent of their murders, sorceries, sexual sins and thefts.

Seven Thunders speak but we will not know what they said until the 7th Messenger sounds his shofar. Then the mystery of Elohim will be consummated. John is told to eat the 'little book' because he will once again prophecy to many nations and peoples and princes and kings, which makes me think he may be one of the two end times witnesses. Revelation 11 tells us about that event. After the Two Witness event is when the 7th messenger sounds his trumpet, signaling the world has now become the Kingdom of Elohim and His Anointed One, Y'shua. 

Revelation 11:18

And the nations were angry, and Your anger is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that You should give a reward to your servants- the prophets and the Set Apart believers and to them that fear Your Name, the small and the great, and that You should destroy them who destroyed the earth.

Notice he states it is "them" who destroyed the earth and there is no indication of a planetary event or reverse pole shift causing disaster. We've got a burning mountain that falls into the sea (perhaps a meteor), an interesting blend of hail, fire and water falling on the earth (possible result from on-going assorted weather manipulation including chemtrails and HAARP activity), a star "burning like a lamp" (perhaps a comet or maybe a missile or bomb) that falls to earth and affects fresh water sources causing them to be poisonous, and then, the sun is 'smitten' causing it and the the moon and stars to grow dim by 1/3 their usual light. Question here would be what smote the sun? These things happen before the attack of the locust from the pit and the fire-smoke-sulfur war against mankind - none of which appear related to a 12th planet or a cataclysmic magnetic pole shift.

The 'disasters' that will happened affect only 1/3 the population of earth and 1/3 its natural resources. Things are not good but it is about to get worse. More political events take place on earth in regards to the final world government system, aka the Beasts: The final world leader and the charismatic false prophet who performs magic and even appears to bring fire down from heaven. He seduces people to make an image of that final world leader and causes the image to come to life.  If anyone refuses to worship this image they will be killed.

Then, the 7th Shofar is sounded. The earth is ready for harvest. Set Apart believers are removed from the earth temporarily for if their time was not shortened they would not be able to witness, understand and survive the heart breaking destruction to come, the final 7 cups of Wrath, which are:

1. Malignant and painful sores upon those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. 
2. The remaining 2/3 of the sea and all sea life dies. 
3. The remaining rivers and fresh water supplies become blood. 
4. The sun scorches men with great heat but they do not repent 
5. The existing world kingdom turns to darkness and those who belong to it suffer pain and ulcers 
6. The Euphrates dries up so that kings from the east may cross. Demons that look like frogs leap from the mouths of the false prophet and the beast of prey and the mouth of the dragon. These spirits of demons go forth to all the kings of all the habitable world to gather them to the battle in a place called Armageddon. 
7. It Is Done. There are flashes of lightning, and thunders, and voices and a great earthquake like nothing before. The great city becomes three parts, and the city of nations fall; Babylon the great was remembered. Every island fled away and the mountains disappeared. A great hail falls from heaven upon men and the men blaspheme Elohim. 

Still no reference to a planet being responsible for cataclysmic destruction, but Y'shua haMashiyach does return, as written, as prophesied, as promised.  Set Apart believers will be protected during this time as they have been gathered up into the clouds, changed from corruptible to incorruptible beings, prepared to be placed on their soil, the promised land as per Yah's covenant with Abraham.  The wheat has been separated from the tares; the sheep from the goats.  The meek inherit the earth and the wicked are destroyed.

Revelation 20:5- This is the first resurrection. Blessed and Set Apart is he that has part in this first resurrection; over them the second death has no dominion, but they will be and are priests of Elohim and of his Anointed One; and they will reign with him the thousand years.

Now that we are established in the Word of Elohim and have an idea of the foretold end time events, here is the 'scientific' view in regards to The 12th Planet aka: Planet X aka: Nibiru, also called Planet Nine.

Here is a quote from a NASA webpage:

Caltech researchers have found evidence suggesting there may be a "Planet X" deep in the solar system. This hypothetical Neptune-sized planet orbits our sun in a highly elongated orbit far beyond Pluto. The object, which the researchers have nicknamed "Planet Nine," could have a mass about 10 times that of Earth and orbit about 20 times farther from the sun on average than Neptune. It may take between 10,000 and 20,000 Earth years to make one full orbit around the sun. ---This is not, however, the detection or discovery of a new planet. It's too early to say with certainty there's a so-called Planet X.

I have to admit that while I try to share both sides of this 'story', I am totally amazed at what I am reading about this 'planet' that struck earth, destroying half of it and, by golly, that's how we got our moon.  See what happens if one does not put Yahweh first in all things?  Folks would rather believe the ancient Sumerians have all the answers:

"Where did the other half go? Why is Earth only half a planet? The diagrams shown here are descriptions from the Sumerians explaining how our Earth came to be... They state that the satellites of Planet X (Nibiru) as they called it, collided with our primitive Earth in the past. Creating the asteroid belt and forever becoming another member of our solar system in a comet like 3,600 year orbit around the sun"

In 2 Thessalonians 2:11, Yahweh lets us know there will be a 'strong delusion' and people will believe the lies.

2 Thessalonians 2:10- and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. For this reason, Yahweh will send them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie, in order that judgment will come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.…

Believing in aliens from outer space is just one of many wicked deceptions folks would rather be delighted with than the absolute truth from our Creator.  Remember that Satan is the father of lies and his weapon is 'deception'.  This is one of the reasons I emphasize that we stand firm in Faith and Trust our Creator to mean what He says as we research topics of contention.  If we have knowledge of Scriptures then His Set Apart Spirit will reveal the Truth of all things as long as we continue to seek Yahweh as if searching for treasure. Remember that Satan wants to be 'god' and will use the Word of the One True Elohim against us.  This will only succeed if we lack knowledge, and we will be destroyed because of it.

Is it possible that just as man has misinterpreted ancient Hebrew texts that he also has misinterpreted ancient Sumerian texts?