Question: So what of the fallen angels today in the age of Grace?
Answer:
In all the time that I studied this issue from 1996 to 2003, I never once thought about the possibility of what reflection these studies or the Nephilim themselves would have to do with this present generation or this age of grace. It wasn't until someone presented me with a really phenomenal and competent teacher of the Scriptures who has his own theories grounded in a tremendous understanding of Biblical comprehension, physics, history, current CIA and FBI data, and various aspects that together make up a man you really enjoy listening to.
Chuck Missler and his wife are the founders of Koinonia House. It's a publication and site in which nearly all of his incredibly intriguing studies are free to the public (though there are books, videos, and other things you can purchase). One of Chuck's most infamous studies was entitled, "Return of the Nephilim." In it, he poses a very intriguing theory both Biblically, historically, and politically sound about how he believes that the fallen and coming Nephilim are in some way connected to the UFO sitings throughout the world. No doubt it sounds pretty insane, but I can assure you that his theories aren't foolishly represented or cheesy on any stretch of the imagination.
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But some of the passages that are to be taken into account regarding your question and the topic of the Nephilim are as follows:
"And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man." Luke 17:26
The days of Noah involved a rise and fall and rise of the Nephilim during his lifetime. There were Nephilim prior to the flood, yet still during Noah's life and then they were destroyed only to be reborn in the days that followed the flood. Is this what Luke 17 is suggesting? Perhaps we can't be sure, but it's a point to consider.
"For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;" 2 Peter 2:4
This is a defining point of how God dealt with the angels of sin. They were cast down to hell and delivered to chains of darkness. Thus was the state of the earth before God implanted it with life.
"And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire." Jude 6,7
The comparison is made here to how the fallen angels might relate to Sodom and Gomorrha. In what way? That they went "after strange flesh" and are in turn going to suffer the vengeance of eternal fire.
They've been destroyed twice in history that we know of for sure. The first was through the flood and the second was through the warriors of Israel under the direction of Moses, Joshua, Caleb, Saul, David, etc, etc (the point when the Canaanites were searched out and slaughtered without mercy at times). So as you ask, "What about now?" I can only say that if it happened before, and angels still roam as they did before... there's no telling what they could do again as God allows them the freedom.
I've in no way used Chuck Missler's studies as a crutch of my perceptions on the matter, but he's been about the only intellectually sound man of God that I've come across who has studied the issue in more depth and time than I have (of course, he's got about 40 extra years of life on me ). I have much respect for his efforts and have likewise read much of his material.
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