The Secret History of Biblical Giants, Demons, and the Advanced Civilizations Before the Great Flood
5/29/20261 hr 49 min
Genesis 6 describes the Nephilim as demonic hybrids who occupy positions of authority in human society. They’re entirely real, says Father Stephen De Young. (00:00) What Are the Nephilim? (03:40) The Advanced Civilization Before the Flood (15:55) Was Technology Given to Us by Demons? (36:38) Is Japan Still Producing Nephilim? (46:09) Are the Nephilim Still Among Us? (59:11) Is There Fossil Evidence of Giants? The V. Rev. Dr. Stephen De Young is Pastor of Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church (http://stgabriellafayette.org/) in Lafayette, Louisiana. He holds Master's degrees in theology, philosophy, humanities, and social sciences, and a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Amridge University. Fr. Stephen is also the host of the Whole Counsel of God (http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/wholecounsel/) podcast from Ancient Faith and author of six books: The Religion of the Apostles, God is a Man of War, The Whole Counsel of God, Apocrypha, Saint Paul the Pharisee, and the Baal Book. He co-hosts the live call-in show and podcast Lord of Spirits (https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/lordofspirits/) with Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick. Find Fr. Stephen De Young’s books here: https://store.ancientfaith.com/stephen-de-young-books/ Paid partnerships with: Brooklyn Bedding: Get 30% off sitewide with promo code TUCKER at https://brooklynbedding.com American Financing: NMLS 182334, nmlsconsumeraccess.org. APR for rates in the 5s start at 6.327% for well qualified borrowers. Call 800-685-5696 for details about credit costs and terms. Visit http://www.AmericanFinancing.net/Tucker. Paleovalley: Use code TUCKER & get 20% off your first order at https://paleovalley.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Tucker Carlson· Host0:15
[upbeat music] Thank you for doing this.
Stephen De Young· Guest0:20
Yeah. Absolutely.
Tucker Carlson· Host0:21
I have read Genesis, like, you know, on and off most of my life. Never noticed the first part of chapter six with the Nephilim until about four years ago. Someone mentioned it to me, and in the subsequent years, I must have had 15 conversat- 25 conversations about the Nephilim. Um, so it seemed worth talking to someone who understands exactly what the Nephilim are. What are the Nephilim? And, and am, am I pronouncing it correctly?
Stephen De Young· Guest0:46
I mean, good enough. Yeah.
Tucker Carlson· Host0:48
[laughs] Yep.
Stephen De Young· Guest0:49
[laughs] That's ... I mean, yeah. I mean, te- it's, it's the, the, the I-M at the end, the, uh, the im is the plural in, in, uh, Hebrew.
Tucker Carlson· Host0:58
Okay.
Stephen De Young· Guest0:59
Um, but yeah. So there's, there's a little bit of debate about where exactly the word comes from, uh, because, uh, there's ... It's, it's not a regularly used Hebrew word in the Hebrew Bible, which, which isn't all that odd either. There are a lot of words that are only used once in the Hebrew Bible. Uh, but, uh, people have tried to do different things with it, [laughs] right? So there's a, there's a Hebrew verb nefal,