Judgment of the Nephilim

Torah Parashah - Balak - B’midbar (Numbers) 22:2- 25:9 RSTNE p 124

Teaching - Giants #2 - “Judgment of the Nephilim”  by Ryan Pitterson

“Judgment of the Nephilim”  by Ryan Pitterson

 (starting on p7)

“The Garden of Eden - YHUH and man ruling the earth”

B’re’shiyt 1:28 p 9

“And Alohiym blessed them, and Alohiym said to them, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”

So man was give charge over the Garden - to take care of it and “protect” it. 

He became the authority in a place where YHUH Himself manifested His Presence. 

B’re’shiyt 2:8 p 10

“And YHUH Alohiym planted a garden eastward in Ayden; and there He put the man whom He had formed.”

And

B’re’shiyt 2:9 p 10

“And out of the ground YHUH Alohiym to grow ever eytz (tree) that is pleasant to the sight, and tov for food;  the eytz chayim (tree of life) also in the midst of the garden, and the eytz of the da’at of tov and evil (tree of the knowledge of good and evil).”

Remember the eytz chayim (the tree of life) provided immortality!

“This was a supernatural place where the divine and earthly realms intersected, and in this regard the Garden itself was akin to the tabernacle or the temple. Even in the new Earth detailed in the book of Revelation, YHUH once again “plants” His Holy dwelling:”

Gilyahna (Revelation) 21:1-3 p 926

1 “And I saw a NEW shamayim and a NEW olam (earth): for the first shamayim and the first olam had passed away; and there was no more sea.

2 And I Yochanan (John) saw the kadosh (holy) city, the renewed Yahrushalayim, coming down from YHUH out of the shamayim, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 And I heard a giant voice out of the shamayim saying, See, the Mishkan of YHUH is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people and YHUH Himself shall be with them, and be their Aloah (God).”

“And the New Jerusalem also contains the ‘tree of life’ just as the Garden of Eden did.” 

         

Gilyahna (Revelation) 22:2 p 927

“In the midst of its street, on either side of the river, there was an eytz chayim (tree of life), that bored twelve kinds of fruits, and yielded their fruits every month: and the leaves of the eytzim (trees) were for the health of the nations.”

“The Septuagint (Oldest existing version of the Tanakh) refers to the Garden as “paradise,” which means “next to YHUH”. 

“And the first human being was assigned rulership over it.”

Now hear this... 

“The Garden of Eden stood as a symbol of man’s elevation over hasatan and his rebel angels.”

We will come back to this at some point... let’s go on now....

Pitterson says....

“The Garden of Eden was the original temple between YHUH and humanity, and “man” was the priest. 

It was a portal between the heavenly and the earthly realms.

When YHUH instructed Moshe on how to build the tabernacle - the place where YHUH would manifest His presence before the people of Yisra’el after the Exodus... He said...

Sh’mot (Exodus) 25:40 p 68

“See to it that you make them after their pattern, which was shown you in the mount.”

We know YHUH gave him very specific instructions.

And please note that Adam has access to the Tree of Life.

The Etz Chayim ( The Tree of Life) gave humans eternal life - putting them on par with the angels.

The Messiah “pre-figured,”  stated that if Adam continued to eat from the tree of chayim, he would “live forever” (B’re’shiyt 3:22).

YHUH established a new race of beings to keep His holy temple on Earth.

“What makes it even more perplexing was that Adam was inferior to angels. 

When speaking of the incarnation of Messiah as a human being,

Hebrews 2:9 says...  (P 814)

“ But we see Yahusha , who was made a little lower than the heavenly malachim for the suffering of death, crowned with tifereth and honor, because He tasted death for every man , apart from Aloah of couse.”Him, for whom are all things - and by whom.”

So YHUH took this earthly, inferior creature and appointed him as the steward of the temple of YHUH on earth.

This is confirmed in

Psalm 115:16 p 538

          “the shamayim, are the shamayim of YHUH, but the earth has He given to the children of men.”

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“Marriage - foreshadow of YHUH’s plan to conquer satan.

The first recorded words in human history were about marriage.  (Genesis 2:23-24). 

This should underscore the importance YHUH places on marriage.

Each person established the principles of marriage in which a man and his wife become echad (one flesh).

It’s a spiritual union in YHUH’s eyes.

In fact, until they were founded in sin.  Eve did not have a name.

Both husband as wife were referred to as Adam.

Luke 20:34-36

Humans are mortal and so it is necessary to keep the propagate the race. 

YHUH created angels directly with immortal, celestial bodies.  

They are of heavenly origin and do not die and are not permitted to marry.

This prohibition was a pivotal issue in the war between YHUH and hasatan.

For now, suffice it to say that angels, who observe and are very interested in the affairs of humanity, witnessed something in the Garden of Eden they had never experienced themselves. 

Through the angels did not know it at the time, marriage had far greater spiritual purposes related to Yahusha and eternal life in His Presence.

Ephesians  5:22-32 p 887

What we know is that marriage is a “mystery”....  that is the example of Messiah’s relationship with the bride of Yisra’el.

“Marriage served as the blueprint for the salvation of humanity from sin and eternal damnation...”

Marriage is also the metaphor of YHUH and the Tribes!

“The first man was appointed the steward of YHUH’s ancient temple and gives a wife to start the expansion of the human race.” 

Adam and Chaua were free to enjoy the abundant fruit of every tree in the Garden except one:  Yah forbade them to eat from  the Tree of knowledge of Good and Evil.