(Contents of this article were originally written for the Maranatha Faith Believers Website)
As I carefully
studied the contents of Matthew Chapter twenty four, verse thirty six, and the
passage surrounding it, I concluded that its text is referring to the catching away of the
church of Jesus Christ (1Thess.4:16-17), rather than the second coming of
Christ (Matt.24:29-31; Rev.19:11-21), which takes place at the end of Israel’s
seventieth week period (Dan.9:24-27), or more commonly known as the seven year
tribulation period (Matt.24:9, 21, 29; Mk.13:19, 24; Rev.7:14). The church will
be caught up to meet the Lord in the air prior to the commencement of Israel’s
seventieth week period because Scripture reveals that the man who enforces a
seven year peace treaty between Israel and the Palestinians, which begins the
seventieth week (Dan.9:27a), will not come to power until the church is taken
out of the way (2Thess.2:1-8), or rather they are taken off the earth.
Revelation, chapter four through chapter six, verse two, reveals partial events
once the church is taken out of the earth into the presence of God (heaven),
then the man of sin (1Thess.2:3) comes to power as the one riding on a white
horse holding only a bow (Rev.6:2), holding only the bow represents that he
initiates peace, and he is given a crown thereafter becomes a conqueror, which
has the connotation that he becomes a prominent world leader; a one world
leader (Dan.7:8, 20-21, 24-25; 9:26b-27; 11:36-45; Rev.13:1-8).
Scripture reveals the order of
events, which is the church is taken off the earth first, then the man of sin
comes to power as a one world leader and enforces a peace covenant upon the
Israelis, Israel’s seventieth week period then begins and concludes with Israel
witnessing the second coming of Christ that ends the four hundred ninety year
period decreed upon her and to finish her transgression (Dan.9:24-27).
Therefore, from verses thirty six through fifty one, of Matthew chapter twenty
four, Jesus is solely referring to the church in these verses and not the
people of Israel, even though at this point in his discourse the apostles had
no idea there would even be an entity known as the church, and that they would
be the foundation of this entity (Eph.2:19-20)—the church is an entity because
it is not Israel, God created the church to have its own distinct existence
from anything else either on earth or in heaven, although it does not stand on
its own because Christ is the head of the church. He revealed the distresses
that the people of Israel (Rev.11:3-12; 12:6, 13-17) and the tribulation saints
(Rev.6:9-11; 7:9-17; 12:17; 13:7, 9-10; 14:9-13; 15:2-4; 16:15) would face
during Israel’s seventieth week period, in verses nine through twenty nine.
The expression in this phrase, “the
coming of the Son of man” (Matt.24:37b, Webster's Bible), has reference to when “the Lord
himself will descend from heaven with a shout” (1Thess.4:16a, HNV). It also has
reference to the day when Jesus promised the apostles—and those built upon the
foundation of the apostles and prophets—that he would come back to receive them
unto himself: “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and
receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also” (Jn.14:3,
KJV). The coming of the son of man will be like “as the days of Noah [were]”
(Matt.24:37a, Webster's Bible); they will be similar. Jesus explains what things will be similar
in verses thirty eight to thirty nine with a brief description of what Noah’s
contemporaries were doing as he was building the ark, but he gives only a brief
description of what the people were doing and not who they were, for the people
whom Noah had to contend with were a very evil bunch. Sexual immorality and
violence were common to them, this is how they conducted themselves continually
(Gen.6:5, 11-13), so much so, that God was grieved that he even made man
(Gen.6:6).
The Scripture says that “the sons of
God*(אֱלֹהִים) {'elohiym}” had sexual relationships with the daughters of men
(Gen.6:2), and the result of these sexual relationships produced giants or nephilim,
(נָפִיל) {nĕphiyl} (Gen.6:4), which angered the Lord to where he decided to
limit the lifespan of man to one hundred twenty years—this was a judgment he
passed onto man because of his wickedness (Gen.6:3), prior to this men lived to
be hundreds and hundreds of years old (Gen.5). Why was God so angry at man for
having sexual relationships with the sons of אֱלֹהִים {'elohiym}, to the point
where he then limited mans lifespan and even decided to destroy all living
creatures on the earth (Gen.6:7)? Why did the daughters of men produce giants,
the nephilim, after having sexual relationships with these sons of God? Who
were these sons of God?
Some scholars would have you believe
that the sons of God referenced in Genesis chapter six are the sons of Seth,
the son of Adam (Gen.5:3-8), because they believe that Seth was a righteous
man, and because he was a righteous man these sons of God referenced by Moses,
the writer of Genesis, could be none other than Seth’s descendants. If these
sons of God were Seth’s descendants than why did they produce giants instead of
normal human beings? Why then was God so angry with the population if these
so-called descendants of Seth were in fact real human beings themselves. The
answer is that these sons of God were not descendants of Seth but were fallen
angels (Jude 1:6; Matt.25:41; 2Pt.2:4; Rev.12:7, 9).
These sons of God, though they were
fallen angels, were created by God just like the chief angel, Satan, was
created. The Lord did not create them to be fallen angels, but they chose to
rebel against God and consequently became fallen (Isa.14:12-15; Ezek.28:13-17;
Lk.10:18; Rev.12:7, 9). Can these fallen angels have sexual relationships with
human beings? Some people say no because they say they see nowhere in the bible
that affirms this, and to put their argument forward they even put words in
Jesus’ mouth when he said that there is no marriage in heaven, just like the
angels (Matt.22:30; Mk.12:25), therefore they say that this statement proves
angels cannot have sexual relationships with humans. To refute these peoples
argument the Christ was not saying that angels cannot have sexual relationships
with human beings in these verses but that the angels in heaven are not married;
there are no sexual relationships in heaven. There are no Scriptures in the
bible that say angels cannot engage is sexual conduct, and Genesis chapter six
seems to indicate that fallen angels can
have sexual intimacy with the daughters of men, and even produce
offspring with them when they manifest themselves in the physical realm.
An argument can be made that angels
have the capability to have sexual relations while in the physical realm is
seen in Genesis chapter nineteen, where God sent two angels to the city of
Sodom and changed their appearances to look like men, with the assignment to
rescue Lot and his family. The men from Sodom Sodom
Is this generation as corrupt as
when the daughters of men in Noah’s day were producing nephilim with the fallen
angels? If you have not noticed this generation is as wicked as in the days of
Noah. This generation is producing hybrid humans and animals with genetic
hybrid engineering in laboratories all in the advancement of science*. Are
there fallen angels who have the appearance of men in our world today as in the
days of Noah**? Can they change their appearance and look like aliens from
another world that people have been witnessing? This generation is “as the days
of Noah [were].”
** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zz8_MxcnzY
