Seth Vandebrooke

Seth Vandebrooke is a biblical and historical researcher with a focus on the strange and curious things found in Bible as well as ancient and medieval manuscripts.

Is celebrating Christmas biblical?

Every year, it seems, someone always brings up an argument against celebrating Christmas on religious grounds. In a related manner, I was recently asked why Christians celebrate it in the first place. This is a valid question. As the individual was pointing out, the Bible never says to celebrate Christ’

Topical Study

Divination According to the Bible

This is a brief overview, but there are many, many different types of divination (ways of getting answers from the "gods"), some of which Yahweh does actually condone as long as it was His people going to Him and not other spiritual entities.

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The Dragon of Yahweh

Most people don't think of Exodus chapter 7 often, and when they do, they most certainly do not think of dragons. Regardless, Exodus chapter 7 contains an intense narrative including magic, dragons, and the sorcerers of Egypt's secret arts. Chapter 7 is normally known as when

Essay

The Mysterious Fourth Figure

In the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego being thrown into the fiery furnace by king Nebuchadnezzar, it has often been taught that Jesus was the fourth man in the fire. This, however, is highly unlikely.

Word Study

Abaddon

Abaddon is a mysterious, distant, insatiable place of death, possibly distinct from Sheol. Abaddon is also an angel and king over chimeric creatures that plague humanity in the end times.

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The gods of heaven and earth

The Apostle Paul says that the gods of other nations are real, but there is only one Creator God through which and by which all things (including the gods) were made. ‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭8:4-6‬ ‭ESV Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an

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Cynocephali

This creature that we will be exploring is an ancient one. As it turns out, historians have recorded their existence for a long, long, time.

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Giant War

Genesis 14: A War Between Giants and Men What if Goliath was the weakest of his kind and the remnant of his people? Goliath wasn't the first giant who waged war against the Israelites. He was the last. The first war we see between giants and men was

Sons of God

The temptation of the Serpent

What what is the significance of the Serpent tempting us to be like the angelic beings of heaven? This first temptation is the beginning of a pattern, the temptation to be like the "gods" (elohim) by any means.

The real reason for the flood

Have you ever wondered why the Bible says God destroyed the world and almost everyone in it? How is it that God could do such a thing, and so early on in the history of mankind? Like many things, the answer is more fantastical than most people are comfortable with.

They will combine with the seed of man

In Daniel chapter 2, king Nebuchadnezzar has a dream and asks his sorcerers and wiseman to tell him what the dream means. They offer to help but he says he knows they will lie to him because they fear him so he challenges them to tell him what is dream

Sons of God

Because he is also flesh

Genesis 6:3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” Why would God not strive with man forever because he is flesh? He was flesh the whole time. That doesn&

Sons of God

The Seed of Angels

In Genesis 6 it says that the sons of God took women as wives and giant (Nephilim) children. This begs the question: "Wait... can angels reproduce?" 1 Corinthians 15:38-41 But God gives it a body just as He wished, and to each of the seeds a body

Sons of God

Sons of Israel or God?

Deuteronomy 32:8 NASB When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, When He separated the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the sons of Israel. Deuteronomy 32:8 describes God dividing the nations according to the number of the

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The 3 Races

The children of the sons of God and human women, according to Second Temple period writings, were not simply all giants of the same kind. We actually get a distinct list of three larger categories. * The Great Giants, Giants * The Nephilim, Naphidim, Naphelim, Naphil * The Elioud, Eljo 1 Enoch chapter

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God doesn't trust angels

Job 4:17-18 ‘Can mortal man be in the right before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker? 18 Even in his servants he puts no trust, and his angels he charges with error; Job 15:15 Behold, God puts no trust in his holy ones, and the

Sons of God

The Celestial Connection

As far as ancient Israel was concerned, the stars and the angels of heaven were one and the same. This symbolism is found throughout the entire Bible, new and old Testaments. Deuteronomy 4:19 sums everything up in one sentence, linking the hosts of heaven (sun, moon and stars) to

Essay

The Allotment of the gods

Following the tower of Babel, God determined the cosmic regions of the earth and placed powerful angelic beings over those areas. However, they failed in their duties and accepted worship as though they were gods. God judges them for this, telling them they will die as men. This narrative is

Nephilim

What are demons?

When most people think of demons they think of red creepy devils with horns and pitchforks or winged humanoid beings who fell from heaven and traded their beautiful glow for darkness. But that isn't how the Bible describes them. The Bible actually doesn't describe them visually

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Is Luke 17 referring to Genesis 6?

In Luke 17, Luke quotes Jesus saying: Luke 17:26-30 ESV Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered

Reference

Biblical Antediluvian Timeline

The Book of Generations (Genesis 5) * Adam has Seth at 130 years old (he lived to be 930) * Seth has Enosh at 105 (and lived to be 912) * Enosh has Kenan at 90 (and lived to be 905) * Kenan has Mahalalel at 70 (and lived to be 910) * Mahalalel has

Nephilim

Giant Statistics

In the Bible 32 tribes of giants are mentioned (if you include the Nephilim who were the original giants and the Canaanites which technically includes multiple tribes). Note: some of these names are actually referring to the same tribes but I am including aliases because this is a list of

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There were GIANTS in those days

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. God, in fact, made everything. Everything that existed was created by Him and Him alone, that is until His heavenly children defied Him and the order of things by creating something of their own. Genesis starts by