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Nephilim: The First Human Clones--Why Their Existence Led to Noah's Flood

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Although I found this book interesting, thought provoking, and an easy read it does contain a serious flaw in its basic concept. The basic concept is cloning occured 5,000 ago in which two species created the Nephilim. From a scientific view cloning is a single species event and in fact a single creature event. As such, cloning is not the explanation of how the Nephilim came into existence as indicated in the book. At best, cross species breeding is the scientific description of what the author proposes occured 5,000 years ago.

Robert J. Fitzsimmons, Ph.D.
The Technical Basis LLC

There are two major schools of thought regarding the weird events described in Genesis 6. The "Angel view" describes the rise of the mysterious Nephalim as the result of an unnatural and unholy cohabitation between fallen angels (b'nai Elohim, the "sons of God") and human women. This is the more ancient view and is widely accepted by conservative scholars. The other view, the "Sethite" view, says that the "sons of God" were the holy descendents of Seth, who were somehow forbidden to marry the "daughters of men," i.e., the daughters of Cain. This view is hard to defend by the Scriptures on several levels, but is and has been widely accepted among more liberal theologians for centuries.

Chucking both of these accepted interpretations in the ash can, Matthew Ajiake creates his own theory, based loosely on the "Sethite" view turned on its head. His proposal is that the Sethites were the bad guys ("daughters of men") and the descendants of Cain were the good guys ("the Sons of God"). His view is based on a supposed early curse of God, intended to run to the seventh generation upon the seed of Cain because of his murder of Abel. However, this curse, in the mean time, was somehow ineffective, thus rendering Cain's progeny unhindered and thus, somehow, Godlike, including the ability to fly and display an immunity to electromagnetic radiation. Right . . .

In another great and unsupported leap into the blue, the author then states that the Nephalim arose from the fact that Lamech (sixth in line from Cain) took two wives from the daughters of Seth in an attempt to somehow get around the supposed generational curse. Hmmm . . . No support, scriptural or otherwise, is offered for these flights of fancy. Then, his final thesis is that this mischief on the part of Lamech is somehow connected to modern efforts at human cloning. Stop the ride, Matt, I need to get off.

To say that Ajiake's scholarship is muddled is, at best, an understatement of the first order. I searched diligently through this book for some redeeming value, and have found only a general impression that the author seems to be a believer in Jesus.

I don't see much in this book that's outright blasphemy, but neither do I see anything truly helpful to the child of God or a curious seeker. The logic is twisted and extremely hard to follow, unsupported assumptions abound, the pages are littered with misleading and unclear diagrams, and the basic thesis of the book is just not developed very well. Sorry, Matthew, but I think one star is generous.

Do not buy this book. Ajiake's theory is utter rubbish from end to end. On the plus side, Ajiake (correctly) eliminates the theory that the "Sons of God" mentioned in Genesis were descendents of Seth. However, he goes all wrong from there. Ajiake asserts that the "Sons of God" mentioned in Genesis were the descendents of Cain, whereas the "Daughters of Men" were the descendents of Seth. The descendents of Cain were physically superior to those of Seth, because Cain's lot were conceived only-just-after the Fall of Adam & Eve... and (according to Ajiake) that meant that Adam & Eve were still only gradually losing their pristine 'spirit' nature. Poor Seth, on the other hand, was born a full 130 years down the track and Adam and Eve were well and truly 100% mortal by then. So... why does God decide to favour Seth's totally mortal lot with a millennia-long plan of spiritual salvation (despite inheriting a 100% mortal sin nature) while condemning to obliteration the half-spirit pedigree of Cain...? Ajiake provides the answer: because Cain killed Abel - therefore, he was genetically evil and would've passed this on to his kids. Okay... this might hold some water (maybe...) - for Cain's direct bloodline - but if Adam & Eve had heaps of these born-before-A-&-E's-spirit-nature-had-completely-fizzled-out, does that mean that EVERY one of these Sons of God (Cainites) was necessarily wicked and evil? Every one of them?! And so what are we to think God is saying here; "Too bad you born-before-Seth-types - you're all scum and I've decided to wipe you out! NO, no... don't bother making sacrifices... you're all going to die!" And we're supposed to think God is fair - giving each human individual a straight chance?
Just to put the record straight - if angels can manifest as humans (with bodies that can eat and all... and they can) - then angels can breed with humans. Certainly "Fallen"/rebel/Satanic angels - the original 'B'nai Elohim' (Sons of God) would want to do that to pollute the plan of God to have this planet as the domain of 100% HUMANS.
After a thousand years of totally-hunk angels cross-breeding with human women, is it any wonder the pure human race was in danger of extinction?! Simple. God's answer? Wipe out the cross-breeds. Only Noah and his immediate family were 100% human and therefore 100% legal inheritors of the planet.
Ajiake can't accept this simple, traditional view, although Jude did, the Apostle Paul did, the writer of the book of Job did... Apparently, Ajiake thinks he knows better.
As for his use of the word "clone" - well... oh dear... !
He tries hard, twisting and convoluting Scripture all over the place in a tour-de-force of academic gymnastics but his argument gets ever more difficult and baffling and the final result is a hodge-podge half-baked intellectual disaster.
Save your money.
Instead, buy a good copy of the King James Bible (authorized version) and do some hard study working it out yourself!

The author can write and the book is certainly readable; however, it is filled with many opinions that are not supportable. Many of his ideas are simply not scripturally based, but rather his own opinion of the facts and what seems most reasonable to him. Many things regarding the Giants is simply ignored and I find the authors position incomplete to say the least.

Sorry. The Nephilim were the Watchers who came to earth to corrupt the family of man. They were very large in stature, highly intelligent, and had a malignant mission. Unlike our DNA, theirs could produce offspring with any animal on earth. They loved human women and fathered hundreds of thousands of giant children. The remnants of those giants are still floating in our gene pools. Their remains can be found in nearly every state and country in the world.

I'm surprised Mr. Ajiake missed the real reason the Nephilim came here in the first place.

If you really want to know the results of the Nephilim's activities on ancient earth, you need to read The Ark of Millions of Years. That is the most accurate book eveyr written on the subject.

A kind of one sided view with perhaps too much preaching on the subject of cloning and it's links with God.

There is a lot of hogwash fiction and imaginative interpretations about who the Nephilim were, but for any person who believes the Bible to be the Word of God, Nephilim: The First Human Clones--Why Their Existence Led to Noah's Flood by Mr. Ajiake is a must read. Not only is the author's explanation of the identity of the sons of God believable, he uses scriptures to support his understanding throughout the book.

If the Bible had not recorded the story of the Nephilim, authors borrowing the concept to sell their new age and ufo books would not have any basis for their diatribe. The Bible clearly stated that the Nephilims were offspring born to the sons of God and the daughters of men. Mr. Ajiake is right, Nephilims did not come from another planet and they were not offsprings of fallen angels and any book that advocates this premise is already way off in its conclusions. To find out who the sons of God were, read this book.

I highly recommend this book to those of us who still believe in the sovereignty of God over the universe and in Jesus' statement that just like in the days of Noah so shall the end-time be.

A very small book but packed full of information. Mr. Ajiake packs a lot to comprehend in one sentence! So read carefully and slowly. I'm reading for the 2nd time and taking notes. His views about the Naphilim are new and generate much thought. If you are interested in where we came from and why Christ was sent to earth, this a book for you to read. How cloning could have been done in Bible times is hard to comprehend, but we need to realize that these people were just as intelligent as we are and their civilizations may have been just as advanced. Thinking along those lines, Mr. Ajiake's ideas are not so far fetched.

It seems very few pastors or Bible teachers are willing to expound upon the intriguing forms of life described in Genesis 6:4 - the Nephilim. The few times I have heard someone try to explain these children of the "sons of God and the daughters of men" I was left feeling that what was taught didn't quite add up, and that the real answers still eluded us. "Nephilim: The First Human Clones" is thought provoking and interesting. While challenging the weaker and more traditional explanations for the Nephilim, Matthew Omaye Ajiake presents an explanation that is new and credible. Matthew is also able to make the Nephilim of old relevant to our current day, which not only adds to the level of interest, but greatly increased my awareness of the fullness of God's written word in the Bible as we see that God's plans and purposes not only will surely come to pass, but also are made known to us today through the Bible and the revelation of the Holy Spirit. God's greatest purpose is the redemption of this world through the second coming of Christ. I believe this book clarifies one of the mysteries of the Bible and plausibly connects the Nephilim to the end time age in which we are living. With the passing of each day it seems easier and easier to believe that we are "as in the days of Noah", and that soon we will see our dear Lord in the glory of the clouds. This is a quick, eye-opening read, and I highly recommend it.

the book goes into some detail how clones could be nephilim for today.