Chuck Missler: As in the Days of Noah

What did Jesus mean when He said the last days would be “as in the days of Noah”? In this teaching, Pastor Chuck Missler explores Genesis 6, the Nephilim, fallen angels, and the great deception that will mark the end times. Discover how this ancient mystery connects to Bible prophecy, spiritual warfare, and what it means for believers today.

As in the Days of Noah

We’re going to focus on a strange period of time Jesus spoke about: “the days of Noah.” It could also be called the return of the Nephilim.

Jesus gave a confidential briefing on His second coming. Four disciples asked Him about His return, and His answer is so important it’s recorded in three Gospels—Matthew 24–25, Mark 13, and Luke 21. He details many preceding events, and He both opens and closes that two-chapter briefing with a warning: “Take heed that no man deceive you.” Deception will characterize that age. We talk a lot about end-times prophecy but often overlook Jesus’ emphasis: Satan’s primary weapon is deception. Keep that in focus.

Jesus also made a very strange prediction: “As the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.” (Matt. 24:37) What did He mean? That takes us to Genesis 6.

Genesis 6 and the Sons of God

Genesis 6:1–2 says:

“And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.”

Note: “daughters” here refers to humanity in general. The shock is the identity of “the sons of God.” In Hebrew it’s benê ha’elohim, a term used exclusively of angels in the Old Testament (Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7). The ancient Septuagint (Greek OT, 3rd–2nd century BC) translates it as angels, and intertestamental literature (e.g., 1 Enoch) understood it that way. The text says fallen angels had relations with human women.

Genesis 6:4 adds:

“There were Nephilim in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. The same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.”

“Nephilim” (from the Hebrew root naphal, “to fall”) means fallen ones. The Septuagint uses gigantes (hence “giants”), literally “earth-born.” The Nephilim are not the angels; they’re the offspring—always described as males—the “mighty men of renown.”

Genesis 6:9 then describes Noah as “perfect in his generations.” The Hebrew term (tāmîm) is used of unblemished sacrificial animals—suggesting Noah’s lineage was uncorrupted. Genesis 6 portrays a gene-pool problem: “All flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth” (v. 12). God’s judgment via the Flood wipes out the corruption, preserving only Enoch (translated earlier) and eight souls through the Ark.

New Testament Corroboration

Three NT passages explicitly echo this:

• Jude 6–7: Angels “kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation,” going after “strange flesh,” and are reserved in chains for judgment—“even as Sodom and Gomorrah.”
• 2 Peter 2:4–5: God “spared not the angels that sinned,” casting them down to Tartarus (a unique term for a deep prison), tying it to Noah’s Flood.
• 1 Peter 3:19–20: Refers to the spirits in prison from the days of Noah.

Jude’s word for “habitation” is oikētērion—used only here and in 2 Corinthians 5:2 where believers long to be “clothed with our habitation from heaven.” Angels disrobed their proper habitation; believers long to be clothed with one.

The “Lines of Seth” View (and Why It Fails)

A common alternative claims “sons of God” = godly Sethites and “daughters of men” = ungodly Cainites, with the “sin” being intermarriage. Problems:

• Textual: Benê ha’elohim is never used of human believers in the OT. There’s no “daughters of God” in the text. The structure sets angels over against humans.
• Historical/Contextual: The command to maintain tribal separation comes after Genesis 6. Genesis 6:12 says all flesh was corrupt.
• Theological: Why would all “godly Sethites” perish in the Flood? Why the emphasis on Noah’s unblemished genealogy?
• Results: Human intermarriage doesn’t produce giant, mighty men. The Nephilim require a different explanation.

The early Jewish and Christian understanding overwhelmingly held the angel view (Josephus, Septuagint translators, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, etc.). The Sethite view rose later (Augustine) and became traditional in some circles.

“Also After That”: Post-Flood Nephilim

Genesis 6:4 notes Nephilim existed “also after that.” We encounter them post-Flood:

• The Nephilim in Numbers 13:33 (the spies’ report).
• Groups like the Rephaim, Emim, Anakim, and Zamzummim are linked with giants (Deut. 2–3; Josh. 12).
• Og king of Bashan, Goliath and his brothers—examples of extraordinary stature and might.

Understanding this helps explain God’s severe commands to eliminate certain Canaanite tribes—there was a gene-pool issue, not mere tribalism.

Angels vs. Demons

Angels in Scripture often appear as men, speak, eat, and can seize people by the hand (Gen. 18–19). They are formidable: one slew 185,000 Assyrian soldiers in a night (2 Kgs 19:35). Jesus said angels in heaven do not marry (Matt. 22:30)—but that addresses resurrection life, not fallen angels’ capabilities when leaving their proper estate.

Demons in the NT are disembodied spirits seeking embodiment, distinct from angels. It’s reasonable (though inferential) that the disembodied spirits of the Nephilim (half-angel, half-human) became the demons, not eligible for resurrection (cf. Isa. 26:14).

A Cosmic War Through Scripture

From Genesis 3:15 (“the seed of the woman” vs. “the seed of the serpent”) onward, Scripture records Satan’s attempts to thwart the Messianic line:

• Genesis 6: Corrupting the race.
• Pharaoh: Killing Hebrew male infants.
• Canaan: Populating with Nephilim.
• Attacks on David’s line (blood curse on Jeconiah, Jer. 22:30—resolved by the virgin birth and dual genealogies: Matthew through Solomon to Joseph; Luke through Nathan to Mary, with the daughters of Zelophehad provision preserving legal inheritance).
• Herod: Slaughter of Bethlehem’s infants.
• Storms, assassination attempts, and ultimately the Cross—all within Revelation 12’s framework of war.

Modern Parallels: Abductions & Hybrid Agenda?

Reports of UFO abductions (however one assesses them) frequently involve:

• Reproductive procedures: sperm/egg extraction, fetal implantation and removal.
• Messages that undermine biblical truth (not other religions).
• Scars, marks, and consistent narratives across cases.

While hoaxes and disinformation exist, many cases are too consistent to ignore. We believe the real phenomenon is demonic, echoing Genesis 6’s hybridization agenda. Christians in Christ have authority and should not submit to any invitation or experience that contradicts Scripture.

“Men’s Hearts Failing Them…”

Jesus warned: “Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.” (Luke 21:26)

We are being plunged into a period of time about which the Bible says more than any other—including when Jesus walked the earth. The question is: How will this affect you and your family? Are you grounded in the Word, alert to deception, and clinging to Christ?