Gilbert House Fellowship #455: 2 Kings 1–2
2025-08-10
THE PASSING of the mantle from Elijah to Elisha was spectacular: A fiery chariot pulled by horses of fire in a whirlwind carried the elder prophet to heaven.Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #445: 2 Chronicles 16–17; 1 Kings 16
2025-05-11
THE NORTHERN KINGDOM of Israel changed hands twice in a week. And more often than not, succession in Israel involved a sword.Continue Reading
Threshing Floors and Portals
2025-03-05
The origin of the term for “king” or “ruler” in languages from Western Europe to East Asia is a word used by our distant ancestors for the pre-Flood god-kings, the Rephaim.Continue Reading
Ritual Pits and Rephaim
2025-02-26
In Ugaritic texts, the Rephaim were summoned through a necromancy ritual to the “threshing-floor” of the Canaanite creator-god El–the summit of Mount Hermon.Continue Reading
Sacrifices for the Dead
2025-01-15
The people of the ancient Near East never really said goodbye to their ancestors. The dead hung around, and they required the care and attention of their descendants.Continue Reading
Return of the Rephaim
2024-11-20
Ezekiel prophesied the return of the Nephilim at Armageddon. The spirits of the Rephaim are the Travelers, the demon warriors of Baal (Satan) who make up the army of Gog (Antichrist) at the final battle of the age.Continue Reading