ADAM AND EVE IN THE LAND OF THE GIANTS

“After the earth with its teeming animal and vegetable life had been called into existence, man, the crowning work of the Creator, and the one for whom the beautiful earth had been fitted up, was brought upon the stage of action. To him was given dominion over all that his eye could behold; for "God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness: and let them have dominion over . . . all the earth. . . . So God created man in His own image; . . . male and female created He them." Here is clearly set forth the origin of the human race; and the divine record is so plainly stated that there is no occasion for erroneous conclusions. God created man in His own image. Here is no mystery. There is no ground for the supposition that man was evolved by slow degrees of development from the lower forms of animal or vegetable life. Such teaching lowers the great work of the Creator to the level of man's narrow, earthly conceptions. Men are so intent upon excluding God from the sovereignty of the universe that they degrade man and defraud him of the dignity of his origin. He who set the starry worlds on high and tinted with delicate skill the flowers of the field, who filled the earth and the heavens with the wonders of His power, when He came to crown His glorious work, to place one in the midst to stand as ruler of the fair earth, did not fail to create a being worthy of the hand that gave him life. The genealogy of our race, as given by inspiration, traces back its origin, not to a line of developing germs, mollusks, and quadrupeds, but to the great Creator. Though formed from the dust, Adam was "the son of God." 

“He was placed, as God's representative, over the lower orders of being. They cannot understand or acknowledge the sovereignty of God, yet they were made capable of loving and serving man. The psalmist says, "Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet: . . . the beasts of the field; the fowl of the air, . . . and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas." Psalm 8:6-8.”

“Man was to bear God's image, both in outward resemblance and in character. Christ alone is "the express image" (Hebrews 1:3) of the Father; but man was formed in the likeness of God. His nature was in harmony with the will of God. His mind was capable of comprehending divine things. His affections were pure; his appetites and passions were under the control of reason. He was holy and happy in bearing the image of God and in perfect obedience to His will.”

As man came forth from the hand of his Creator, he was of lofty stature and perfect symmetry. His countenance bore the ruddy tint of health and glowed with the light of life and joy. Adam's height was much greater than that of men who now inhabit the earth. Eve was somewhat less in stature; yet her form was noble, and full of beauty. The sinless pair wore no artificial garments; they were clothed with a covering of light and glory, such as the angels wear. So long as they lived in obedience to God, this robe of light continued to enshroud them.”
                                                                            
“After the creation of Adam every living creature was brought before him to receive its name; he saw that to each had been given a companion, but among them "there was not found an help meet for him." Among all the creatures that God had made on the earth, there was not one equal to man. And God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him." Man was not made to dwell in solitude; he was to be a social being. Without companionship the beautiful scenes and delightful employments of Eden would have failed to yield perfect happiness. Even communion with angels could not have satisfied his desire for sympathy and companionship. There was none of the same nature to love and to be loved.”

“God Himself gave Adam a companion. He provided "an help meet for him"--a helper corresponding to him--one who was fitted to be his companion, and who could be one with him in love and sympathy. Eve was created from a rib taken from the side of Adam, signifying that she was not to control him as the head, nor to be trampled under his feet as an inferior, but to stand by his side as an equal, to be loved and protected by him. A part of man, bone of his bone, and flesh of his flesh, she was his second self, showing the close union and the affectionate attachment that should exist in this relation. "For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it." Ephesians 5:29. "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one." 

“God celebrated the first marriage. Thus the institution has for its originator the Creator of the universe. "Marriage is honorable" (Hebrews 13:4); it was one of the first gifts of God to man, and it is one of the two institutions that, after the Fall, Adam brought with him beyond the gates of Paradise. When the divine principles are recognized and obeyed in this relation, marriage is a blessing; it guards the purity and happiness of the race, it provides for man's social needs, it elevates the physical, the intellectual, and the moral nature.”

"And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed." Everything that God had made was the perfection of beauty, and nothing seemed wanting that could contribute to the happiness of the holy pair;  yet the Creator gave them still another token of His love, by preparing a garden especially for their home. In this garden were trees of every variety, many of them laden with fragrant and delicious fruit. There were lovely vines, growing upright, yet presenting a most graceful appearance, with their branches drooping under their load of tempting fruit of the richest and most varied hues. It was the work of Adam and Eve to train the branches of the vine to form bowers, thus making for themselves a dwelling from living trees covered with foliage and fruit. There were fragrant flowers of every hue in rich profusion. In the midst of the garden stood the tree of life, surpassing in glory all other trees. Its fruit appeared like apples of gold and silver, and had the power to perpetuate life.”

“The creation was now complete. "The heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them." "And God saw everything that He had made, and, behold, it was very good." Eden bloomed on earth. Adam and Eve had free access to the tree of life. No taint of sin or shadow of death marred the fair creation. "The morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy." Job 38:7.  {PP 44-47.1}

The following chart represents the comparative sizes of giants throughout history.


Text courtesy of Proving The Bible

Source for the above information:
Joe Taylor, Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum
124 West Main St., P.O. Box 550, Crosbyton, TX 79322
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Giant Axes fond in Sumer. Bagdad Museum Iraq.

Skeletal remains of a giant found already partially uncovered in the South East of Saudi Arabia by an oil company (ARAMCO geological team). The government covered up the incident and seized all evidence and 99.9% of photographs. It was combated on the internet by releasing a series of fake giant photos to dumb down the find. For more info go to: http://objectiveministries.org/creation/news.html

An article from Strand magazine (December,1895) reprinted in "Traces of the Elder Faiths of Ireland" by W.G. Wood-Martin mentions this fossilized giant discovered during mining operations in County Antrim, Ireland: "Pre-eminent among the most extraordinary articles ever held by a railway company is the fossilized Irish giant, which is at this moment lying at the London and North-Western Railway Company's Broad street goods depot, and a photograph of which is reproduced here. . . This monstrous figure is reputed to have been dug up by a Mr. Dyer whilst prospecting for iron ore in County Antrim. The principal measurements are: entire length, 12ft. 2in.; girth of chest, 6ft. 6in.; and length of arms, 4ft. 6in. There are six toes on the right foot. The gross weight is 2 tons 15cwt.; so that it took half a dozen men and a powerful crane to place this article of lost property in position for the Strand magazine artist. Dyer, after showing the giant in Dublin, came to England with his queer find and exhibited it in Liverpool and Manchester at sixpence, sixpence a head, attracting scientific men as well as gaping sightseers".

MAN:  MADE ON THE SIXTH DAY: 

GENESIS 1:26, 27:    1:26   “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.  So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”

2 SAMUEL 21:20:   “And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.”

6 Toes and 6 Fingers

NUMBERS 13:32, 33:   “And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. 

DEUTERONOMY 2:9-11:   “And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.  The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;  Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.”

DEUTERONOMY 2;20, 21:  “(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;  A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead.”

Deuteronomy 3:11:   “For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.”

Deuteronomy 3:13:  “And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.”

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.Genesis 6:4.

GIANTS FROM TIMES PAST

 
GIANTS FROM TIMES PAST (2)

THE ORIGIN OF GIANTS

All of us have seen some giant-like human beings, especially among pro basketball players, but these giants are not connected with the giants of scripture. In the Bible we find several words describing the true giants. In Genesis 6:4, where the subject is first introduced, they are called "nephilim." This word seems to have the meaning of "fallen ones." The word would certainly describe their origin. In Deuteronomy 2:11, and in many following passages, they are called "rephaim." This Hebrew word seems to have a meaning of "fearful ones" or "ones who bring discouragement." The "im" ending on all these words is simply the Hebrew plural form.

Other names have been given to these creatures. They are called "anakim" in Deuteronomy 1:28 and in other passages. This word means "giants," or "long-necked ones." It was before the anakim that the Israelite spies reckoned themselves only as grasshoppers (Num. 13:28). In Deuteronomy 2:10-23, we have several other names that people applied to the giants. They were called Emim (terrible ones), Horim, Zamzummim and Avim. In another place they are called Zuzim (prominent or strong ones). We learn from the various scriptures that they were many and strong. They were also large, tall, and powerful. How did such a race of awesome beings get its start in the world?

Back in Genesis 6:1-7, we get a brief summary of the origin of giants. They are the offspring of fallen "sons of God" (v.2)…The result was a race of giants born into the world (v.4). Another result was the anger of God poured out in such a way as to limit the life span of humanity (v.3). We are told that these giants appeared at this time, and also at some time afterward (v.4). We can suppose by this that even though the original race of giants was probably destroyed in the flood, there was at least one more spiritual invasion of this type at a later date. This seems evident because we meet up with giants many times in later Bible history.
    
No doubt the people were dabbling in sorcery, witchcraft, and in other occult practices just as they are doing again today. The Bible account immediately preceding the flood indicates that the mind of man was on evil continually (Gen. 6:5). All this kind of activity would make such a spiritual invasion possible. To be sure, God did not neglect to judge these fallen heavenly beings. Their judgment was swift, sure, and permanent, as we see in Jude 1:6 and in 2 Peter 2:4.

THE MISSION OF GIANTS

…It is also interesting that these ancient giants were concentrated in the area of the Middle East, and particularly around Israel. On the east side of the Jordan, the Rephaim stretched out northward, with the Zuzim and Emim next to them. Then the Horim ruled in the south toward Edom. In other words the eastern approach to the land of Israel, the approach that the Israelites would later use, was completely blocked by giants.

The giants were not only around Israel but they were in Israel, particularly in her prominent cities. Near my old apartment in the southern area of Jerusalem, one could look down into Emek Rephaim (the valley of giants). Through this ancient invasion route these huge enemies of Israel probably once approached Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. There were giants in Hebron or Kiriath Arba as it was called in ancient times. It was named afterArba, father of Anak (Josh. 14:15; 21:11). Both of these were giants. Hebron was a very important city in Israel. It was the abode of the Patriarchs and the place of their burial. It was also the first capital city of David.

There were also giants in Bashan, in Gaza, and in other places. If the mission of these giants was to discourage Israel from occupying the land of Canaan, then we can say that they came very close to succeeding in their mission.

This ancient race of giants was finally conquered and killed out by the Israelites, Moabites, Edomites, and others of Abraham's race. However, it is interesting today that in all the places where giants once ruled, Israel still has "giant-sized" problems. In these places there seems to be a lingering spiritual opposition to God's plan for Israel.

For instance, Hebron, which was ruled by giants, is now a hotbed of Arab discontent, even to the point that it is still often unsafe to travel in that area. In the Arab riots there in 1929, about sixty Jews were slaughtered and some two-hundred injured. The ancient habitation of Jews in Hebron was ended and the survivors were taken to Jerusalem. Only in recent years has it been resettled by Israel. Interestingly, the new Israeli city once again carries the ancient name of Kiryat Arba. It is still named for the giant who once lived there.

Bashan was ruled by the giant Og. Today the Bashan, or Golan as it is now called, is torn by strife. It has been the scene of bloody wars and is often on the verge of being lost by Israel at various peace conferences. Then, there is Gaza where the giants lived and ruled. Hardly is there a place where Israel consistently has more trouble than in the Gaza Strip. Of course, all the land east of the Jordan River where the Rephaim, Zuzim, and Emim lived was stolen away from tiny Israel in the first part of the twentieth century and later became a part of the country of Jordan…

HOW GIANTS ARE OVERCOME

These giants were awesome creatures, even though their union with flesh had probably weakened them to some degree. However, the strength, stature, and prowess of giants give us some indication of the might of spiritual forces that oppose us today. We may also come up against some giant-sized spiritual strongholds with their walls reaching up to the heavens just as the children of Israel did (Deut. 1:28). We need to be prepared to do combat with these forces and to overcome these strongholds.

Giants are overcome by faith. On the other hand, giants overcome us when we fail to believe, as was the case with the Israelite spies. Israel spent an additional forty years in the wilderness partly because the spies were terrified by the giants they saw in the land. However, two of those spies were not terrified at all. They believed in God, and they later entered the land of promise. One was named Joshua and the other, Caleb. It is very interesting that the area around Hebron was given to Caleb (Josh. 14:6-15). Even at the age of eighty-five he moved in faith and took the stronghold. He drove out the sons of Anak (Josh. 15:13-14) who had bewildered his brethren some forty years before. Yes, giants, whether they be natural or spiritual, are overcome by faith.

Young David once visited his brethren who were fighting the Philistines. Just as he came into camp he heard the giant Goliath shouting insults at the cowering men of Israel. Saul and his men were dismayed and terrified at this creature who was over nine feet tall. David, on the other hand, was outraged. In that familiar Bible story we know how young David took a sling and a few stones and destroyed that giant. He came against the giant in the name of the Lord. He came against him with the mighty weapon of faith (1 Sam. 17:45).

As we come against our modern giants we must be careful to remember our spiritual store of weapons. These not only include faith, but they include the Word of God, prayer, and many other types of offensive and defensive gear. The Bible tells us that: "The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds." (2 Cor.10:4).

The Apostle Paul encourages us in Ephesians 6:10-18 with these words: "Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes,(Jacob’s time of trouble) you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints."

With such weapons, mighty giants fall just as hard in our day as they did in the days of Caleb and David. Also with these weapons, the walls of strongholds that spiritually reach to the heavens, will come tumbling down.
                                                                                           
Jim Gerrish

What About the Gap & Ruin-Reconstruction Theories?

EVIDENCE THAT THE BIBLE IS GOD’S WORD

• Jeremiah 33:22 claims that the stars of the heaven are innumerable. Hippocrates, before the invention of the telescope charted and numbered 1,022 stars. Kepler later recounted and revised the number. Today scientists agree with Jeremiah. There are billions just in our galaxy!
  
  * Judges 5:20 mentions "the stars in their courses." While it was once believed that the stars were fixed, today we know that they too move in a predictable way.
  
  * Job 38:19 is accurate in the way it characterizes light. Note that darkness is in a place but light is in a way. It travels a path.
  
  * Job 38:24 indicates the light of the sun (by heating) makes the wind.
  
  * Job 36:27 asks how the rain drops stay small (discrete even in a strong wind)? One of the reasons is found in Psalm 135:5-7. Because of the electrical charges in the clouds, the rain drops repel each other as they fall. This is why electrical static during a rain or snow storm can interrupt transmissions.
  
  * Ezekiel 5:5, 38:12 claims that Jerusalem is the center of the earth. ICR commissioned a computer analysis of the earth’s land-masses and discovered that the geographic center is in Palestine, near the holy city.
  
  *Psalm 103:12 The Psalmist seeks to describe how far away God has removed the sins of those who have been forgiven. Interestingly, one can go west or east forever, unlike north and south.
  
  * Hebrews 1:11-12 describes the wearing down of the creation in language that nicely mirrors the second law of thermodynamics and II Peter 3:12 describes the heavens one day passing away in a fire that causes the elements to melt in fervent heat (a pretty accurate description of nuclear meltdown).
  
  * Ecclesiastes 1:4-7 describes the whirling motion of the winds and the movement of storm fronts long before the advent of modern meteorology.
  
  * Job 37:16 also gives significant meteorological information, including the balancing of the vapors in the clouds. Job 36:27 adds that the quantity of the rain is proportional to the amount of vapor aloft.
  
  * Job 26:7 The ancients Greeks believed that the world was held up by Atlas. Other civilizations held similar ideas. The Bible made an unusual claim: God did not hang the world on anything.
  
  * Psalm 8:8 discusses the "paths of the seas." The story is told that when the man we call "the Father of Oceanography," Matthew Fontain Maury, read Psalm 8 the aforementioned phrase stuck in his mind. He later sought to confirm the idea and eventually wrote The Physical Geography of the Sea in1855. It was the first textbook on modern oceanography. The state of Virginia erected a memorial to him that cites this passage.
  
  * Isaiah 40:22 Some have claimed that the Bible supports the "flat earth theory." But this passage declares that God sits upon the "circle of the earth."
  
  * Job 38:13-14 conveys the idea of the earth rotating on its axis: "the earth...is turned as clay to the seal."
  
  * In Luke 17:34-36 the worldwide event of Christ’s return is being discussed. The scientifically significant fact is that these verses allude to the different time zones around the globe long before the earth’s rotation was understood by scientists. Note that when Christ comes, some will be enjoying nighttime sleep while others are grinding in preparation for the day’s baking (typically morning) and others are working in the field (typically afternoon).
  
  * One of the directors of Standard Oil Company read in Exodus 2:3 how Moses was placed in an ark "daubed with slime and pitch." He sent the company geologist Charles Whitshott to determine if there was still oil in that region. The discovery of oil led to Standard having very successful well operations in Egypt. (Tan, Paul L., Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations, p. 191.)
  
  * The practice of medical bleeding as a treatment (often with leeches) was common until the middle of the 19th century. Historians believe that George Washington's bleeding caused his death. (Thayer, William R., George Washington, 1922, p. 240) Ironically, by his bedside was a Bible that stated in Leviticus 17:11 "For the life of the flesh is in the blood."
  
  * Linguists have determined that all the earth's peoples must have originally shared a common language. That is precisely what the Bible declares in Genesis 11:1.
  
  * The concept of embodied in the laws of thermodynamics: the constant of the universe’s mass/energy and the universal tendency towards decay and disorder are clearly articulated in Ecclesiastes 3:14 and Romans 8:21-22.
  
  * In Job 38:16 God challenges Job to find the "springs of the sea." These fresh water fountains emerging from the deep ocean floor have only been located in recent decades.
  
  * Much of the Old Testament Levitical law is comprised of health-related restrictions involving diet, cleansing, and quarantine. The book "None of These Diseases" and Keller’s work demonstrate the healthfulness of following that advice. Human medicine did not realize this until thousands of years after it was written!

Source:  http://www.genesispark.com/genpark/word/word.htm