NT Doctrine — 2 Peter 1

Posted on January 11, 2025 by ehurst

The final chapter of 1 Peter contains admonition on practical matters but no doctrine. This second letter from Peter is to the same audience a couple of years later, near the end of Nero’s reign. Things have gotten worse for the Hebrew Christians in the Roman provinces along the Black Sea coasts of Asia Minor.

By now, the Judaizers had shifted their campaign. The old Talmudic law was passe, so a new crop of charismatic proto-Gnostics was making the rounds. Their doctrine sounded new, but it was simply an excuse for even greater moral depravity. This was the birth of, “Since the flesh is irreparably fallen, let it do what it wants. It won’t affect your salvation. Just keep your head on straight.” These men lived and promoted dissolute lives. This teaching served to completely dismantle the whole concept of living in this world by the power of the Spirit over the flesh.

He offers what we could call a chain of logic beginning with his greeting, proclaiming himself a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ (personally appointed while Jesus was still alive). But his audience had the same faith that propelled Peter’s ministry, made available to them because the righteous obedience of Jesus paid the price. Peter prays they continue finding more grace and peace with God by what they were learning about the Son. This is a subtle reference to learning the painful lesson of holiness in the face of persecution.

Peter has confidence this prayer is not pointless because he is quite certain that Christ won for us a generous supply of everything His followers need to walk in this world with a strong testimony of righteousness. We are called into Christ’s inner circle of disciples, privileged to receive the inside knowledge reserved for those who were nominated to experience a revelation of His glory and greatness. That selection further inducts us into a household of great wealth promised to those who participate in His divine nature. This means we have escaped the prison of the fleshly lusts.

But it’s not enough to simply get the concept. Your commitment should empower a diligent training of your will to seek the greatness of our Lord’s name, which opens the door to the real gnosis those liars keep talking about. True gnosis yields self-discipline, which in turn brings cheerful endurance in persecution, which in turn promotes a morally clean life, brotherly affection and sacrificial love.

That we should improve in these ways makes us very fruitful in drawing closer to Christ. Notice the drift here: Christ is the personal manifestation of our Creator, and anything that resembles a deeper acquaintance with Him results in a disciplined holy conduct in the flesh. This is a very plain counter to Gnosticism.

If you can’t grasp this necessity of holiness, what’s the point of personal spiritual redemption? What happened to being cleansed of the sins of the flesh? We should be diligent to prove by our holy walk that we are the Elect of Christ. If you seek holiness by His power, the whole point is not to stumble back into the sins of the flesh. You don’t defeat the flesh by surrendering to it.

Peter’s demise is very close, but as long as he yet lives, it is his duty to remind every believer of these things. Peter also planned on leaving a body of written material that would keep preaching his message after he was gone. He never forgot the warning Jesus gave him about how He would die, and it was obvious that was coming quite soon. Yes, Peter was a firsthand eyewitness to everything he claimed about Jesus. None of his teaching was dreamed up by human speculation. Unlike the Gnostics, Peter knew what he was talking about, and it wasn’t that hard to understand.

He never forgot that day God’s voice thundered from Heaven affirming that Jesus was His Son and His delight. It was up on that mountainside where Jesus was transformed into His eternal form. The gift of prophecy the Lord gave to Peter turned out to be utterly reliable. If nothing else, his readers could trust his message like a lighthouse in a fog, until the Day of the Lord itself dawns, and they see Him face to face. Meanwhile, the voice of prophecy never comes from a prophet’s own imagination but is the voice of God.

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NAR Bigger Than We Thought

Posted on January 10, 2025 by ehurst

Some of you may recall I previously mentioned the New Apostlic Reformation (NAR; also this). While there is some overlap, this is not the same movement as the American Redoubt up in Idaho. The latter is not Zionist; NAR is very Zionist.

I’m not in a position to investigate these things too deeply because I can’t travel to the locations and talk to the people involved. Of course, the folks who do travel and talk to them aren’t likely to share our background. Still, it’s all we’ve got, so we take it with a grain of salt: The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows.

It’s a long article, but I think it’s worth the reading. So, instead of blathering too much here, I’ll let you pursue it at your leisure. The key issue I hope my readers catch is the emphasis on this world, and secondly the very Americanized outlook on the Unseen Realm.

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Once More, Noah

Posted on January 9, 2025 by ehurst

It’s a major statement by itself for me to remind parishioners that the Code of Noah is part of any law we must obey for Kiln of the Soul. I’ve discussed it at length here before. Here is just a sample, and more recently I covered it in regards to Acts 15.

That’s enough for now. You should ask questions if you don’t quite get what it’s all about.

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No Word Magic

Posted on January 8, 2025 by ehurst

“But you said…”

The moment those words escape your lips, you are no longer under my spiritual covering. You would have left the community covenant. Of course, it’s not those words in themselves, but what they betray regarding your spiritual condition. When you imagine that my words are magic, that they have the power to bind me, then you are practicing the Dark Arts.

In the Kingdom of Heaven, God is not bound by His own words. Word magic was a Zoroastrian concept specifically, though it also manifested elsewhere, such as in the secularism of Hellenistic thought. For Christians, there is no useful distinction between “pagan” and “secular”. God’s words, and those of His servants, are not binding in themselves. Rather, they are merely a manifestation of the living truth of the person who uttered them. Words have no power; the power is in the person. God’s words mean nothing if the Word is not alive.

If you see a conflict between something I said and what you see me doing, then your Christian duty is to assume you misunderstood what I said, or that I am compelled to retract. Learn the distinction between your perception of my words versus who I am. Pay more attention to who I am. That’s true of God, as well. We do not form relationships with the words, but with each other as persons. Ideas are not people.

The “rule of law” concept is Satan’s idea. The rule of persons is the fundamental nature of Creation (AKA reality). You assume that the presence of any kind of power is the signature of personhood. Thus, what we have been taught to call “anthropomorphism” of natural forces is actually following Jesus, who commanded the natural elements, and those elements obeyed. This is how we are supposed to think and talk.

Surely we are flawed, but this is how God does business with His people. If you do not find a path that includes some level of submission to other humans, then you are not following God’s Path (Hebrew: torah). Every human serves some higher authority, and in practice, you must juggle the claims of multiple authorities. The mythology of free men and their human rights is straight out of Hell.

It boils down to this: I am an elder, a spiritual shepherd. I didn’t seek that role; it fell upon me. I obeyed my Master by giving vent to my convictions. Other people received my words as an expression of God’s Word, and drew closer to me. We formed a bond whereby they assumed I had some spiritual authority and we formed a community. At some point, I offered a written expression of covenant. That covenant does not bind any of us; it is merely an expression of who we are as a family. It helps to crystallize and synchronize however much of our thinking as is possible.

No matter how much I write, regardless of any supposed talent for clear expression in words, there remains a necessity of spending time talking about the implications. The personal interaction is the whole point; the written record is simply a time-saving device so that our conversations can get to the point. That’s how “church” is supposed to work. It is people interacting in real time, using resources to keep the connection alive, because God says that’s how we keep our connection with Him. He uses His servants, which includes us fallen humans, but that stretches out widely to all Creation. This is why we exist.

We use the label “Kiln of the Soul” for our community. To be a part of this requires you submit first to the Covenant of Christ, with Him as your Lord. Then, you need to communicate to me in some way that you wish to submit to my spiritual covering — me, a living person. We are all in flux here in time and space, so things might change. God’s Person is eternal (“unchanging”), but it is unavoidable that we never stop changing until we die. The root concept of mortality includes “variable”. In order to be a part of this community under our covenant, you’ll need to emphasize the personal element of connection, where it is now. You need to connect to the others, as well.

If you cannot connect to the rest of the family, then you stand outside of my primary reason for living. You are not under my covering and I cannot do very much for you. You cannot separate community and covenant. If Jesus the Messiah is the Living Word of God, then I am the living word of this covenant community, Kiln of the Soul.

Don’t like what I say? Follow your own convictions. If doing so interferes with my eldership, I’ll try to tell you. I’m just a mortal, and I have my own failings. You can tolerate them and receive my blessing, or you can move on. Some boundaries are hard and clear; a great many boundaries are by necessity soft and negotiable. At any given time, there may be some variation in what is and isn’t required for peace with each other. That’s how real families of faith operate.

I was nothing before a community formed around my ministry. I have been glad to serve and will continue serving until I die. Some day this will pass to someone else and adjustments will be made. This is Kiln of the Soul.

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Genders and Formality

Posted on January 7, 2025 by ehurst

So where do we start with a covenant law code for Kiln of the Soul parish?

Rather than wade through a bunch of particulars, let me pull some things together into more fundamental principles. Given our prevailing American culture, one of the first things I think we should assert is that wants us to avoid any hint of ambiguity about gender identity. This has always been a really big deal in divine revelation.

Somewhere in the balance between rejecting the fallen world and still communicating something they’ll understand, we should avoid anything that raises doubt about the sexual identity of our members. Rather assertively, women should be feminine and men should be masculine.

Instead of detailed rules, we should propose preferences. We prefer women to have long hair and wear distinctive clothing that makes it obvious this is a female. Women should in no way attempt to emulate men for any reason. Their actions and general behavior should be feminine. They don’t compete with guys doing manly things.

I’m not so worried about actual occupations, but roles in the social fabric. Yes, it would be nice if the Lord prospered our community to the point we could have stay-at-home mothers and a traditional division of labor, but I seriously doubt that’s even possible, given the coming tribulation. To be honest, I’m retired and do a lot of housekeeping, while my wife works outside the home, too young to retire yet. But no one doubts who wears the pants in the family.

Another preference is beards for men. The question of a man’s hair isn’t quite the issue some old timers might imagine. When Paul ranted about it, the issue was clearly not the hair itself, but what long hair on a man said about him in that society. The major issue was gay prostitution. Just how long is “long”? Personal style is one thing, but no one should doubt a man is a man.

On a related note, there should be no questions what the Bible says about human sexuality, and we’ve covered this repeatedly here. Again, it’s not about rules but a stated preference for one man, one woman, together for life, trying to make babies. That’s the ideal, but reality tends to intrude with a lot of messy details. Our point here should be that you recognize what you lose in covenant covering when you deviate from that standard. I’m sure whoever is the elder at hand can figure out whether any particular arrangement is a threat to leaves too many door open for Satan. Every elder should have some grasp of the limits of what they can cover in their domain.

Which brings us back to the whole point: The existence of a covenant demands a community. Most of the nitty-gritty rules depend on the community context. The bigger the community, the greater the formality required. That goes for gatherings and says something about how the community must operate in order to stay on track in general. And do I need to say it? Men must be in charge, but don’t waste a woman’s talents.

At some point it becomes necessary to split off some of the community when it gets too big for one elder to manage. Didn’t Abraham and Lot part company? Didn’t Jethro warn Moses to identify elders for groups down to about 50 each? Things got too big for just one guy to handle, and subdivision was necessary. Further, whoever becomes elder of the new group needs to come from the group. Elders are organic to the family they lead. Priests can be outsiders appointed to serve, but elders must be family. And you can still have senior elders guiding others as part of a much larger community.

But again, those aren’t rules. Those are preferences. Sometimes the situation calls for a very strong and charismatic leader over a much larger community. You’ll know when it happens. I learned long ago to put confidence in the Elect to manifest themselves by making good decisions in the Spirit. I’m one of those who is quick to delegate, because I love watching people blossom.

I’m always looking for people to take charge, encouraging them to stir up the gifts God has given them.

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Meeting on the Mountain of God

Posted on January 6, 2025 by ehurst

Don’t get lost in the particulars; reach for a grasp of the fundamental moral elements.

The Covenant of Christ is the one and only covenant God honors. In case it’s not obvious, the Code of Noah is simply the law portion of that covenant. Every covenant in history had a package of definitions that met the context with examples of what it looks like to keep peace with God. The real issue is your personal submission to the Lord. If you don’t have that personal connection, all the obedience you can muster will miss the point.

What is the Covenant Law of Christ? It cuts through all the crap and says that our lives on this earth are wrapped up in manifesting His commitment to His Elect. If we love as He loved, then we all consign our fleshly existence to the Cross. Instead of striving for what the flesh desires, we strive for what the Holy Spirit desires.

Stand-alone holiness has no meaning; there must be a context. The whole point of Scripture is how you deal with God and the world He created. This week’s Bible lesson in 1 Peter recalls a critical paradox: On the one hand, your commitment to Christ should be obvious and it should generate conflict with the fallen world around you. If you walk like Christ, you will make enemies among those who do not walk by His Spirit. On the other hand, His Elect will be drawn to you. Maybe not all of them, but some of them.

It’s easy to provoke hostility in this world. Our community has warned often that human nature is intractably warlike. That’s a critical element in the Fall and our mortal existence, and God has no intention of removing it from this world. The only way to end hostility is to end the flesh. War comes in the same package as breathing the air. To live as humans demands that we be prepared for conflict and learn how the Lord wants us to handle it. Much of Scripture is devoted to discussing how to do war. And a big part of that discussion is that we do not simply ignore anything we don’t like, but take the time to confer with God how to work around the idiocy of fallen humanity.

While there are any number of ways you can provoke human fallen hostility, it should always be a direct result of how you love your fellow Elect. While we may find it amusing to see fallen souls provoked by various human foibles, that sense of humor cannot justify any particular actions. Notice and laugh; there is plenty of amusement coming from the people who don’t know the Lord. However, we are not permitted to go among them and prank them for our own amusement. All of our actions must stem from a redemptive purpose.

Our Kiln of the Soul community feels the hand of God leading us to devote some time and resources to facing the coming tribulation by redoubling our efforts to express the Law of Christ in our context here and now. It’s not that our answers are definitive for anyone else anywhere else, but that they will be definitive for us. It’s time to go back up on our own Mount Sinai to receive from God a refreshing of His Covenant for the journey ahead. There are a lot of people in slavery who will need guidance for their exodus, and we need to cover the bases that others don’t.

Again, the Covenant has no meaning without community. The whole point of a covenant is building a community in feudal submission to God. Being Elect is the ultimate identity, the tribal affiliation to end all others. No other identifying factors matter. But God made it clear He expects us to gather in small communities like extended family households so that we all have our own little tribes that look different in one way or another from the next. The only unifying principle is our commitment to Him, and He is the one who demands that we proliferate into thousands of tiny nations. While that might be beneficial for the rest of the world to follow that model, it is utterly essential for His Elect.

That’s because we are not led by principles and objectives, but by people. Each of the thousands of elders and priests that God appoints among His Elect will have their own unique approach and there must be variations. Not variation for its own sake, but variations that are unavoidable due to convictions. There’s an awful lot of ink spilled in the Bible talking about how to handle those differences, and it’s a sure bet that American mainstream churches aren’t the answer for everyone. We gladly allow them to continue along their paths, but we are called to something different. They cannot possibly serve the needs of everyone God calls to His Kingdom.

For at least the next few posts, this blog will invest time looking at how we might formulate a sort of law code that manifests the Covenant in our time and place.

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NT Doctrine — 1 Peter 4

Posted on January 4, 2025 by ehurst

Peter ends the previous chapter with Christ in Heaven at the right hand of God. But before He ascended, He lived in the flesh, tolerating the weakness. He knew from the start that the suffering would end on the Cross. Peter encourages his readers to commit themselves to the same sense of purpose, knowing that their lives would probably end in some nasty fashion. It requires dismissing the fleshly existence, taking up a full otherworldly sense of purpose and calling. This allows you to nail your fleshly nature to the Cross and live for the glory of Christ (AKA, “the will of God”).

Prior to their coming to faith in the Messiah, these Hebrew believers as Jews served the flesh. In moral terms, there was no useful distinction between Jew and Gentile, since it was just a different flavor of serving the fleshly lusts. Now, having turned away from such a worldly life, the world around them is instinctively offended by the inherent message of holiness that condemns their sin. That judgment against them will eventually be manifest when they stand before God.

Most English translations are clumsy with verse 6. The point is that by this time in history, some of the earliest followers of Christ had died. Having received the gospel message while they were still alive, they agreed with the wrath of God against fallen flesh and judged their own flesh as worthy of death. Because they were in a position to reject the fleshly nature, they chose to walk in the Holy Spirit, by Whom their own spirits were given eternal life.

Peter offers a Hebrew expression in Greek about “the end is near” in the sense that, once you have declared your allegiance to God and sided with Him in judging fallen flesh, you are never more than a step away from Eternity. Being aware of this should make you joyful, for sure, but not in the sense of mindless revelry. Rather, you’ll never lose the sense of doom on the flesh, and you’ll be constantly praying for guidance and power.

With such a mindset, you realize you can’t afford to waste a single moment focusing on your fleshly self. Instead, you’ll make the most of the remaining days in loving each other as Christ loved. This is the best way to put our human weaknesses in context and forgive. Indeed, be rather indulgent with each other, as fellow believers are our only real treasure on earth. Each one is a jewel of God’s provision, granted for the blessings of His Covenant people. Everything we do should serve the divine calling of Christ’s Law. This is how we glorify the Lord we serve.

Don’t be surprised when your fleshly self is abused to see if you really are committed to Christ. Your flesh is not the real you; rejoice that the Enemy can tell you belong to Christ and feels it worth his time to provoke persecution through his human lackeys. What a privilege it is to be treated as our Savior!

During times of tribulation, the Lord comes to sift first His own people. This is what we pray when we call on Him to judge sin: “Lord, start with me!” But then He turns to deal with those who rejected Him; what will it be like for them? If we come through these times of trial stripped bare of our human failings, what will it be like for those who have nothing else but human failings? This knowledge should drive you into the arms of the Lord whenever life gets difficult.

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Same Old Lies from the Same Old Liars

Posted on January 3, 2025 by ehurst

Just so you’ll have the facts: The COVID lies rode largely on the stalking horse of supposed clinical testing. It was the PCR, which was designed to detect DNA, not viruses. The inventor said as much, quite loudly. It’s the wrong tool for the job. The reason TPTB keep pushing the abuse of the PCR test is so they can continue lying. They knew it was a lie the first time they pushed it under COVID, and they know it’s still a lie now that they are pushing H5N1 Bird Flu. The false PCR test results are what they use to detect the presence of Bird Flu.

Oh, and just for good measure: That noise about unknown drones hovering over critical facilities, etc.? The federal agencies that kept saying, “There’s nothing to worry about” are agencies that know darned well what it’s all about. The reason they don’t talk about it is because they know what they are doing is either illegal or morally wrong. They are hiding something that would and should get them in trouble.

Your government hates you.

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The Birth of Globalism

Posted on December 30, 2024 by ehurst

I was asked to outline how globalism seized control of American politics.

I suppose it depends on who you ask. My answer has more to do with trends and influences because I adhere to the doctrine of the Unseen Realm as a frame of reference. I’m always looking for the fingerprints of Satan and his allies on the Divine Council. That’s our best clue to what defines good and evil in this world, and informs how we live under the Covenant of Christ.

Let me explain something first: Human agents are limited. To the degree Satan and his allies use groups and nations, the tactics are limited by the long tail of how such servants are steered to certain objectives. Further, the objectives themselves are limited to what flesh can grasp. If we were dealing with a return of the Nephilim, it would be a totally different story. Those creatures are not human, simply in human form. Strictly speaking, they are a hybrid of elohim and human, but the net result is that they transcend human limitations because they are not restricted to fleshly awareness and motivations. They have an eternal awareness, but it’s wicked. The rise of globalism was a matter of human agents, not Nephilim.

The issue with globalism as manifested in America is the result of fleshly agents, specifically Jews. Their agenda was published long ago. They intend to dominate the human race, believing themselves the only real “people” in the world, while Gentiles are just animals in human form. But in human form, the Gentiles have become more numerous and stronger than the Jews. Thus, Jews must manipulate Gentiles into destroying their own independence from Jewish rule. It’s a diabolical urge harnessing opportunities as they arise. Satan granted Jews a particular range of insight into human nature that most humans lack, and they have been using it since the time of Christ to insinuate themselves into Gentile governments as a direct result of God closing the Covenant of Moses and instituting the Covenant of Christ. The Jewish nation chose Satan as their national deity. Jews use their diabolical wisdom to their advantage, but not in the sense of long-term detailed planning. The globalist ideology is the long tail of opportunism in seeking to openly rule someday, but to herd Gentiles by manipulation in the meantime.

Others have traced the Jewish spite for Northern Europeans in general, and white Anglo-Saxon society in particular. We simply note in passing that they have chosen to target Americans first and foremost for destruction.

Jews didn’t necessarily plan for the English to colonize the American continent, but took advantage of it when it happened. The colonization developed along its own path up through the American Revolution. The primary Jewish activity through that time was simply to reserve their place in the new government. They had an influence in some details, but did not appear to have steered things overall until events leading up to the Civil War. I don’t believe war would have broken out without the leverage of Jewish banking interests playing both sides. I don’t think they controlled the outcome, but seized more systemic control from within the regime that arose from the chaos.

The postwar period saw the birth of Progressive ideals in human government. For the next 50 years or so, all the leading institutions of the United States were pulled together and synchronized into one agenda. It was necessary to work through proxies, so the ideology we saw develop in the Progressive Movement is mythology based on Jewish wisdom regarding human nature. They are using Gentile American government officials by shaping a driving ideology not entirely based on truth. It’s a false dream of glorious unity of all the world under their imaginary elitist wisdom and insight. They are being played for fools, lackeys who don’t fully realize they are disposable.

It’s not that Jews knew in advance how the details would play out, only that they have put themselves in a position to seize control when something breaks the right way. By increments, they have come closer and closer to openly seizing control, but haven’t quite gotten there. I don’t believe it’s going to happen all at once in our awareness, but it will probably come rather quickly in some unexpected way. In other words, I think it will not come as the dystopian nightmare that fictional accounts have suggested, but that it will come, and most people simply won’t notice.

Consider this: It appears for now that all the work the globalists have done building their system will see it hijacked by Zionists. If things keep going in the same direction, the government of Israel will become de facto the government of the US. The real problem is not the globalist agenda, but the system they built in pursuit of that agenda. Do you notice how no one is seriously proposing dismantling that system? The details may vary on how to make it work better, but no one is talking about devolving centralized government authority since Lincoln’s presidency. Do you suppose the Jewish elite will be happy with Israel ruling the US?

There have been windows of opportunity to break away from this path. Do you recall the Bundy Ranch revolt? If enough people had gotten involved at that time, it could have wounded the system fatally. Unfortunately, it was very actively hijacked internally. They should have expected that, but the real organizers were blind to what they were up against. So far as I can see, that was the last chance in human terms. In terms of repentance and gaining God’s help, I believe that window closed about ten years ago. There was a move of the Spirit back around 2012-2014 that almost broke out, but then was smothered in its cradle by church leaders.

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NT Doctrine — 1 Peter 3

Posted on December 28, 2024 by ehurst

What happens when God’s Elect walk in their privileges?

Peter says that when women don’t follow the worldly ways of feminism, but walk according to biblical submission to their covering, they have a real impact on everyone. The world could see these Christian women living by eternal truth and would be forced to admire their faithfulness. Then he goes on to add that believers should not flaunt any material wealth but their spiritual wealth. Adorn yourself with moral truth.

By symbolism, this makes women heirs of Sarah’s blessings that she obtained with her husband and lord, Abraham, as representatives of Heaven. By the same token, men should not be suckered by the masculine arrogance of Judaism, which later seeped into the Gnostic heresy. In Gnosticism, you must be male to go to to Heaven. Men, pamper your wife; she is your greatest treasure on this earth. Abusing her is abusing yourself and hinders your prayers. It defiles you so you cannot stand before the Lord. The Law of Christ is to love His people as He loves them.

This sort of orientation on life extends to the rest of your faith family. Demonstrate what the sacrificial love of Christ looks like in how you deal with them. Peter quotes from Psalm 34 about how this allows us to lay claim to the blessings of the Covenant. If this makes God smile, who can object to such sacrificial love? If it causes outsiders to persecute you, then you have moved into the highest privilege of all, carrying the Cross of Christ. People are going to ask you about this; be ready to answer in some way they are likely to understand. We can afford to be humble and generous in our response to the people of this world. Let your kindness show that those who slander you as troublesome are lying. Let God use you as He pleases to testify of His reputation.

Peter offers a sort of catechism statement about how Christ did not hesitate to face suffering and death despite His innocence, so that He could pay the penalty for our sinful natures. Meanwhile, His Spirit was still alive and went down into the Abyss to announce to the rebellious spirits how He was rolling back their agenda by empowering His people to walk in holiness. They had their chance to repent during the long years it took for Noah to build the Ark. While they had succeeded in spoiling the majority of the human race, that was not going to happen with the Elect.

The Flood that destroyed humanity also served to rescue Noah from the pervasive evil of his world. That was the symbolism of baptism — what killed the flesh would empower the Spirit. The ritual of baptism was a pledge of loyalty to Christ as Lord. His resurrection paves the way for His followers to join Him later in Eternity, and there was nothing the rebel alliance among the elohim, nor their lackeys the Nephilim, could do about it.

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