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Mysterious World Giants in the Earth Part 1E

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Phase 4 of YHWH's genetic war against the rebels began when Abraham's wife, Sarah, gave birth to Isaac, though she was over 90 years old. http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=Gen+21&;language=english&version=KJV&showfn=on&showxref=on" target=_blank rel=nofollow>(Gen. 21) Isaac in turn had two sons: Jacob, the father of the Israelites, and Esau, whose descendants migrated eastward and finished off the Horim in the mountains of Seir. http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=Deut+2:12&;language=english&version=KJV&showfn=on&showxref=on" target=_blank rel=nofollow>(Deut. 2:12) The Israelites, however, escaping a famine in the land of Canaan, moved to Egypt, where they grew and prospered as a nation for 400 years. Meanwhile, after the Zuzim, Emim, Horim and Avvim were destroyed, the iniquity of the Amorites came to the full as the Rephaim developed an all-new group of giant Gibborim stormtroopers — the Anakim. Growing in parallel, the righteous and the wicked, the meek and the powerful, homo sapiens and homo artificialis — one would emerge from the battle victorious, and the other would be totally destroyed.

After their 400 year sojourn in the land of Egypt, Israel was ready for their final training before they were sent into war against the giants. To this end, YHWH sent Moses to free Israel from their captivity, and lead them to the Promised Land of Canaan, where they would finish off the remnant of the Rephaim and, theoretically, restore YHWH's shalom to Earth. In the meantime, YHWH showed them many supernatural signs and wonders, which should have convinced them that He was all powerful, and that no force in heaven and Earth could defeat Him or those who were with Him — not even the fearsome giants of Canaan.

When Israel first approached the land of Canaan, they sent out a group of twelve spies, one from each tribe of Israel, to gather intelligence on Canaanite fortifications and military capabilities. The spies went all the way up through the land of Canaan, well into the old Rephaim areas in the north, and back again. Returning from their 40-day journey, they returned in fear of the giants they saw there, particularly the Anakim, despite all of the signs and wonders that YHWH had shown them:

²¹So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath. ²²And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) ²⁵And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. ²⁷And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; ²⁸Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. ²⁹The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. ³⁰And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. ³¹But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. ³²And 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. ³³And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=Num+13:21-33&;language=english&version=KJV&showfn=on&showxref=on" target=_blank rel=nofollow>(Num. 13:21-22, 25, 27-33)

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The "sons of Anak", the Anakim were the next generation of Gibborim giants produced by the Rephaim in the land of Canaan. Stronger, faster, and fiercer than the rest of the giants before or during that time, the Anakim were greatly feared by all — including, probably, other giant types.

At this time, many Rephaim and some Horim, Avvim and Anakim giants occupied the hill country of northern Canaan, while the Anakim completely dominated the south. The spies must therefore have seen these frightening fellows every place they went. But in their later report to Moses they mentioned only the Anakim giants — apparently because they struck more terror in them than all the rest. For ferociousness and daring, the Anakim set the standard. Against them, in fact, all the other giants were measured. Moses himself confirmed their superiority when he wrote in his book this famous proverbial saying: "Who can stand against the sons of Anak?" http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=Deut+9:2&;language=english&version=KJV&showfn=on&showxref=on" target=_blank rel=nofollow>[Deut. 9:2]http://www.mysteriousworld.com/Journal/2003/Spring/Giants/#Ref41" target=_blank rel=nofollow>⁴¹

The Anakim had their power base in Kiriath-Arba (later called Hebron), located in the mountains of what would later become southern Judea, about twenty miles south of Jerusalem. Kiriath-Arba was named after Arba, the father of Anak. http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=Josh+15:13&;language=english&version=KJV&showfn=on&showxref=on" target=_blank rel=nofollow>(Joshua 15:13)http://www.mysteriousworld.com/Journal/2003/Spring/Giants/#Ref42" target=_blank rel=nofollow>⁴² There, the sons of Anak, Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, ruled over both the Anakim and non-Gibborim Canaanitish peoples that lived in the area. Rabbinical tradition has a fair amount to say about the sons of Anak:

According to rabbinical tradition (Gen. R. xxvi.), the Anakim are of the same Titanic race as the Rephaim, Nefilim, Gibborim, Zamzummim, and Emim. The name (as though containing the element 'anak = neck) is explained in the Midrash (Gen. R. xxvi.) as indicating that they wore "neck-chains heaped upon neck-chains," or, as if from the verb "to press," "force," that they seized the solar disk and cried, "Send us rain," or that "they squeezed their heads into the sun" (Sotah 344b; see Rashi on Yoma, 10a). Of the three sons of Anak who filled the spies with awe and fear by their gigantic stature, Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai (Num. xii. 22-33), the first is represented in Num. R. xvi. and Tan., Shelah, 7, ed. Buber, 11, as challenging passers-by, saying: "Whose brother will fight with me?" (a play upon "Ahiman" = brother of whom); the second stood there stolid as a block of marble (a play upon shesh = marble), and the third made deep furrows (a play upon telamim = furrows) in the soil with every step.http://www.mysteriousworld.com/Journal/2003/Spring/Giants/#Ref43" target=_blank rel=nofollow>⁴³

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A woman from the 'Long Neck' Karen tribe that inhabitants a region of Asia spanning Myanmar and Thailand. The Anakim may have engaged in similar practices in order to increase their height, which resulted in the lengthening of their necks at the same time, a practice which became their trademark, and their namesake. Image from http://www.virtualtourist.com/m/177e5/3/a/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>VirtualTourist.com

The word 'anak means "neck" or "necklace" in Hebrew, and there appears to have been a tradition of the Anakim being a long-necked race, that wore many necklaces, possibly stacked one upon the other. Perhaps what we are intended to understand was that the Anakim, like the http://www.virtualtourist.com/m/177e5/3/a/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>'Long Neck' Karen peoples of Myanmar and Thailand, stacked brass rings around their necks in order to stretch out their necks in an effort to enhance their height and appearance. That would also explain the alternate meanings that the rabbis were exploring, including "to press, force", as if they were forcing their heads upwards, and the idea that they "squeezed their heads into the sun", in the sense of "squeezing" their heads upward using the brass rings. This type of purposeful manipulation of the body in order to create frightening and disturbing effects, including neck and skull malformation, extensive piercing, body painting, tattooing and similarly bizarre methods of body modification, appears to have been typical of the Anakim, and of the Nephilim generally. Unlike the Karen women, however, it appears that the intent of the Anakim was not to enhance their physical beauty, but to make themselves look taller and fiercer, an effect that worked as a form of psychological warfare to further terrify their enemies. This would fit the Anakim profile as, according to the picture of them painted by the commentators, every aspect of Anakim life was geared towards the art of war. DeLoach explains,

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In the plural, Anakim means "people of the necklace" or "neckpiece," and so it is explained by the ancient rabbis. The name comes from 'anaq, the Hebrew word for "necklace". Moses, in http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=Num+13:33&;language=english&version=KJV&showfn=on&showxref=on" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Numbers 13:33, affirms that they descended from the Nephilim. Their uncommon height was, of course, enough to arouse in people of normal size some uneasiness. But the Anakim were also a fierce, half-wild people, given to deeds of great daring. Consequently, they loved war and regarded it as a normal way of life. So ingrained was their inclination to fight that when no common enemy could be found against whom they could exercise their natural belligerency, they fought amongst themselves. Such a hostile attitude, combined with their extraordinary stature, caused shivers in most people who came in contact with them.http://www.mysteriousworld.com/Journal/2003/Spring/Giants/#Ref44" target=_blank rel=nofollow>⁴⁴

When the spies returned from exploring Canaan, all of the spies save Joshua and Caleb brought terrifying reports of the sons of Anak, spreading such fear in the camp that the Israelites threatened to stone Moses and return to Egypt. As a result, YHWH was so angry with them that, if not for the intercession of Moses on their behalf, He would have destroyed Israel right then and there. Instead, relenting, YHWH sentenced Israel to wander in the wilderness for 40 years, during which time He further purified them, killing off all those in the camp who had murmured against Moses. The only two fighting men who survived from that generation were Joshua and Caleb, the only two who had faith that YHWH could easily defeat the giants despite their great size, as they knew that it was not by might nor by power, but with the Spirit that YHWH fought against the giants.

During the 40 years of spiritual training in the wilderness, a new generation of Israelites had grown up in an environment where they had been trained to rely solely on YHWH for their survival. As a result, they were now ready to to take on the giants of Canaan, as fighting against the giants, without YHWH's angels fighting for them, would surely result in defeat. Determining that Israel was now ready, YHWH directed Moses to lead the Israelites to attack the remnant of the Rephaim giants on the east of the Jordan River first, leaving the Rephaim and Anakim west of the Jordan to Joshua. And of these Rephaim, two were most famous: Sihon and Og, kings of the Amorites.

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Sihon was a famous Rephaim giant that ruled over the Amorites east of the Jordan river during the time of Moses. Though it is not specifically stated, it appears likely that the Amorites had, by that time, been genetically modified and interbred into yet another Gibborim class of giant that, like the Anakim, was used by the Rephaim as stormtroopers for their inhuman armies. If so, "the iniquity of the Amorites" had literally come to the full, as the Amorites themselves had been completely converted into Gibborim-type homo sapiens / homo artificialis hybrid giants through interbreeding with the Rephaim.

By the time of Moses, Sihon and the Amorite Gibborim had driven the Ammonites south into the hills, taking their territory from the River Jabbok in the north as far as the River Arnon in the south. There, Sihon ruled over the Amorites from Heshbon, and his brother, Og, ruled over the Amorites of the north, in Bashan.http://www.mysteriousworld.com/Journal/2003/Spring/Giants/#Ref45" target=_blank rel=nofollow>⁴⁵ "Over these Transjordanian Amorites reigned two giant kings, Sihon and Og. Moses refers to them as remnants of the Rephaim. Og later became the most famous of the two, because of his great bedstead. But from what records we have, Sihon appears to have been the most powerful and probably posed the greatest threat to the advancing Hebrews' plan of attack."http://www.mysteriousworld.com/Journal/2003/Spring/Giants/#Ref46" target=_blank rel=nofollow>⁴⁶

Sihon and Og were widely respected and feared, and well-protected, both physically and spiritually, so YHWH took no chances with them. To ensure the victory, He sent Moses himself against them in the preliminary assault against the giants of Canaan that would set up the rest of the conquest of Canaan. As DeLoach explains,

In their day, Sihon and Og commanded wide respect as great and mighty monarchs. Although Sihon is not described in scripture as a giant, as Og was, other sources definitely place him among the Rephaim. Rabbinical literature, for instance identifies him as Og's brother. The ancient rabbis likewise list both kings as grandsons of Shemjazai [aka, Semjaza], a fallen angel (Niddah 61a), who evidently was of the Nephilim. Sihon, they further write, resembled Og in stature and bravery (Midrash, Agadah, Hukkat, ed. Buber, p. 130a). These old writings also identify him with Arad the Canaanite (Numbers 21:1), who was called Sihon because he resembled the foals in the desert for swiftness. Accordingly, the rabbis sometimes referred to him as "the Canaanite", claiming that he was overlord of that land and had over there many vassal kings who paid him tribute.http://www.mysteriousworld.com/Journal/2003/Spring/Giants/#Ref47" target=_blank rel=nofollow>⁴⁷

Being the grandsons of Semjaza himself, Sihon and Og could not have been moved unless a more powerful angel — most likely http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=560&;letter=M&search=michael" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Michael the archangel — fought against them and removed their powerful protection in preparation for the Israelite conquest. Michael does indeed fight against the fallen angels, as is evidenced by http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=DAN+10:13&;language=english&version=KJV&showfn=on&showxref=on" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Daniel 10:13 and related references. Michael is also the angelic patron of Israel http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=DAN+12:1&;language=english&version=KJV&showfn=on&showxref=on" target=_blank rel=nofollow>(Daniel 12:1), and is thus most likely the angel that YHWH sent before Israel to drive out the Canaanites, confuse them, and manipulate them and their environment to the point where they were weak and easily conquered:

²⁰Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. ²¹Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. ²²But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. ²³For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off. ²⁷I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. ²⁸And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. ²⁹I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. ³⁰By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. ³¹And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=Exodus+23:20-31&;language=english&version=KJV&showfn=on&showxref=on" target=_blank rel=nofollow>(Exodus 23:20-23, 27-31)

Besides Michael and the angels engendering superstitious fear and terror into the giant population, reducing their morale and thus their fighting effectiveness, commentators believe the reference to "hornets" means that massive swarms of hornets invaded the tall, strongly fortified castles of the giants, driving the giants out into the open where they were much more vulnerable. The text seems to promote the idea that nature itself was fighting against the giants who, like the Nephilim and Gibborim of the antediluvian world, were out of balance with nature. As a result, the land was "vomiting them out", driving them out and destroying them little by little to the point where they were ripe for conquest. http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=Lev+18:24-28&;language=english&version=KJV&showfn=on&showxref=on" target=_blank rel=nofollow>(Lev. 18:24-28)

Finally, by playing on Sihon's pride, Michael manipulated him into a position where his weakened, confused, fearful and demoralized armies were all in one place, out in the open, where the armies of Israel could finish them off all at once:

²¹And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, ²²Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders. ²³And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. ²⁴And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. ²⁵And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof. ²⁶For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. ³²And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=Num+21:21-32&;language=english&version=KJV&showfn=on&showxref=on" target=_blank rel=nofollow>(Numbers 21:21-26, 32)

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The Conquest of Canaan during the time of Moses and Joshua, ca. 1300 b.c. The Conquest was begun by Moses, who destroyed Sihon and Og and took the entire area east of the Jordan away from the Anakim and Rephaim. He then moved against the remnant of the Rephaim who were making a last stand at Edrei, and then Israel encamped across the river Jordan from Jericho, their next primary target. Leadership then fell to Joshua, who took Jericho, Ai, and defeated a confederation of Amorite kings at Gibeon. Following them south, he slew the remnant of their armies, and their razed Lachish, Eglon, Hebron, Debir, Kadesh-Barnea, Gaza, Debir, Goshen, and everyone else who lived in southern Palestine at that time, including both the Anakim giants and the normal-sized Amorites. Joshua then began to clear out northern Canaan, fighting another decisive battle at Hazor before razing it, and then clearing out the remainder of the Rephaim in the north and their allies. The remainder of the cleanup was left to the 12 tribes after the death of Joshua. Click http://www.mysteriousworld.com/Content/Images/Journal/2003/Spring/Giants/Map-ConquestOfCanaan-Large.jpg" target=_blank rel=nofollow>here to view a larger image.

Having defeated the Amorite armies all at once, including Sihon himself, the Israelites quickly moved in, as the kingdom formerly known as Sihon's had become instantly ripe for the spoil. There was no need to fight any additional armies, or lay siege to the numerous fortresses, as all of the warrior Amorites had been slaughtered in the battle, and those few that survived had turned tail and fled. The Israelites then made quick work of those foolish enough to stick around, exterminating them to the last man — just as they had been ordered.

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