GIANTS
Could the Giants of Genesis 6:4 be a reference to antichrists ruling in tribulation? Let's examine.
GIANTS: ANTICHRISTS IN TRIBULATION?
Ge 6:4 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.
Ge 6:5 And GOD saw that the WICKEDNESS of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Ge 6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy MAN whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Nu 13:33 And there we saw the GIANTS, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
De 3:13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the LAND OF GIANTS.
2Sa 21:20 And there was yet a battle in GATH (winepress), where was a man of GREAT STATURE, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the GIANT.
1Sa 17:4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named GOLIATH, of GATH, whose height was six cubits and a span.
De 2:20 (That also was accounted a land of GIANTS: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims (plotters);
De 2:11 Which also were accounted GIANTS, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them **EMIMS (terrors)**.
Eze 32:26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their **terror** in the land of the living.
Job 16:14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a GIANT.
1Ch 20:8 These were born unto the GIANT IN GATH; and they fell by the hand of David (Christ), and by the hand of his servants.
Nu 13:32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a GREAT STATURE.
1Sa 16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the HEIGHT of HIS STATURE; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
Isa 10:33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the HIGH ones of STATURE shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
Isa 45:14 Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans (drunkards), MEN OF STATURE, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
Eze 19:11 And she had STRONG rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her STATURE was EXALTED among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
Isa 14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will EXALT my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Da 8:24 And his power shall be MIGHTY, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
Mt 12:29 Or else how can one enter into a STRONG MAN’S HOUSE, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
Lu 11:22 But when a STRONGER THAN HE shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
1Co 10:22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we STRONGER THAN HE?
DAYS OF NOAH: TYPE OF JUDGMENT ON THE CHURCH?
Ge 6:4 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.
Mt 24:37 But as the days of Noe {}, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Mt 24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
Mt 24:39 And knew not until the FLOOD came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Da 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a FLOOD, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Re 12:15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a FLOOD after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
Zep 1:14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the MIGHTY MAN shall cry there bitterly.
SUMMARY CONCLUSION
The Bible appears to be associating GIANTS with antichrist ruling in tribulation and judgment. Christ is a GIANT and STRONG MAN. However in judgment, He uses Babylon (GIANTS) to come against the church. This was typified by the Giants who were ruling prior the flood.