GOLIATH: HOW GIANTS BECAME REKNOWN
So, for those giants who made it
through the waters of the flood by their own works, God finally finished His
work; there is no way to salvation except by the grace of God, and the absence
of Og and his kind proves that!
The last and final giant to be
considered is Goliath the Philistine who David even before he was king killed.
Located deep within the brain, well below the cranium, is the pituitary gland;
that small organ controls the system of most of the functions of the body. The pituitary
gone awry is the controller for size. When Goliath was killed, he had on armor.
His most exposed part would have been the forehead behind which lies the pituitary
gland. There David, by the Power of God, placed a small stone right on target
and the giant died on the spot. In a manner of speaking God had gone to the
root cause of Goliath’s arrogance!
First off, we’ll consider the
Philistines. Egyptian records refer to them as “sea peoples.” About anyone who
attacked Egypt would come from the sea. However, these people were surely noted
for their wanderings and pillages on the seas, or could it be for another reason?
In Hebrew, they were the Pelesti people — פְּלִשְׁתִּי — people of Peleset
spelled פְּלֶשֶׁת.
The first letter pev is the mouth, indicating either speech or a
scattering. They would have been wanderers in the manner of Cain who did so in
the land of Nod.
The second letter lamed, represents the shepherd’s staff, meaning to
teach or to go to and fro.
To or from where? Creating havoc… Shin — teeth, destroy, or to separate.
Lastly, comes the letter tav — the cross, mark, or covenant. Again,
that points to Cain on whom God placed a mark (Gen 4:15).
The Bible identifies the Philistines as Casluhim (Gen 10:13-14). They were
of Mizraim, the son of Ham, but not a derivative of Mizraim (Egyptians) but known
to them, according to this: “כַּסְלֻחִים Kaçluchîym, kas-loo'-kheem; a plural probably of
foreign derivation; Casluchim, a people cognate to the Egyptians:—Casluhim”
With that said, it seems that the
origin of the Philistines is unknown, as if they just appeared out of nowhere
(albeit some place their home to be either the island of Crete or the Aegean Sea.)
As sea people, could it be
that they were from other waters? And by that, I mean that their origins were
from another realm as Genesis chapter six infers.
Goliath himself was known as a "man
of the in-between” (1 Sam 17). In between what is not identified, but
the first thing that comes to mind is the Anunnaki — part man and part
other-worldly.
Next, Goliath’s tribe will be
examined. Goliath’s home was Gath, so he may have been of the tribe of Gath.
There indeed were giants in Gath even when Joshua arrived with the Israelites
in tow: “There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of
Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained” (Jos 11:22). All
the Anakim had been killed except in those three places. Since Goliath claimed
to be a Philistine, then a Gittite is a Philistine. Gat (Gath) is
spelled gimmel – tav. Somehow translators indicate that it means “wine
press,” and if so, that is hard to derive from those two letters.
Gimmel looks like a man
walking but it exemplifies a spirit. It also indicates the transfer of power
for changes in states. That by itself is not enough.
The tav must be
considered. The tav represents completion as well as the cross.
When Jesus died, He said, “It is finished” (John 19:3), referring to the event
on the cross. Jesus made a parallel between the letter tav and the Holy
Cross. What was finished? The Covenant of Grace; that is important because the
letter tav also represents a covenant.
God made a covenant with Cain; “Whosoever slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him” (Gen 4:15). What was that mark? A cross? That remains unknown but something else is known:
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. (Gen 6:4)
Earlier in my book, The Arks
of Tubal-Cain, I wrote that one feature of Cain may have been monolids in
the manner of many Orientals.
The land of Nod was part of the
Kenite Covenant (Cain’s), and it was east of Eden, not one specific place, but
just eastward. Could it be that Cain wondered to Asia and the sea people were of
the Kenite Covenant? Could it be that the curse was also giantism?
From where did the sea people
come? Perhaps from across the waters of the flood. As I wrote in my book (noted
above), somehow giants made it across the waters of the flood. Could that be why
the Egyptians knew them as “sea people”?
Note the passage, “the same
became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.” The world was about to
end, but scripture says, “they became”. How would that become unless God
had a plan and a future for them? The names of some would eventually become
well-known.
Who is one of the most well-known
of biblical people? David and Goliath.
In disagreement with most theologians,
I see David vicariously defeating Cain that day. The man after God’s own heart
was ending the Kenite Covenant. No longer could any sect of men do as they
pleased; only what pleases God. Giantism ended with the killing of Goliath. It
was finished as the letter tav indicates. Tribes of giants no longer exist
except a few on basketball courts who do make names for themselves; mainly
because they are tall, tall men and women.
Now for a wrap up. Do you recall
from the previous commentary that Og means “long necked”? Well, Anakim (people
of Anaq) seems to have the same feature for Anaq means “neck.” (ibid). Anaq
is spelled עֲנָק. What does that mean in a literal context?
Spelled ayin – nun – qof, let’s examine that combination and order
of letters.
Ayin, characterized by the
eye might infer a “watcher,” or angel. Nun is the seed of a watcher in
that case. Qof indicates behind or beyond, or even a different sphere of
influence since the letter is divided by a line. It can also mean half of the
whole, or two halves of the whole.
The letter qof in Anak clearly indicates that Anakim are watchers
from another realm whose seed was planted in this realm, or even perhaps in the
East like the land of Nod.
Likewise, the letter qof points to Cain (Q’ayin) which may
indicate him as half watcher.
(Cain is of the Wicked One; 1 John 3:12).
If that is true, Anakim were somehow from the giant Cain whose seed somehow
made it through the flood. I see Anakim scrambling to survive anyway they
could, and by waters is the most obvious, making the survivors “sea people.”
Cain himself was murdered before the onset of the waters, according to
sacred literature. The Arks of Tubal-Cain in my book explains that well,
and the existence of Goliath is evidence of it.
Of course, I am not the final word on anything, but it is worth considering
that Goliath’s and his brothers’ deaths snuffed out the last of the Anakim. David
did that and made a name for himself.
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