In this Sunday School study from Genesis 6–7, Pastor Steve Taylor tackles one of the most debated “puzzles” in Scripture: how the Nephilim can be described as existing “in those days, and also afterward” (Genesis 6:4) if the Flood destroyed “all flesh” on the earth. Walking verse-by-verse through key passages—including Genesis 6:1–4, Genesis 7:21–23, Numbers 13:33, Joshua 11:22, Jude 6, 2 Peter 2:4, and Revelation 9—the lesson weighs the three most common explanations (a post-Flood angelic rebellion, corrupted genetics entering the ark, or demon-possession producing giants) and argues each view has major weaknesses.
Then the message presents a fourth proposal: that the Flood language repeatedly emphasizes land-based, air-breathing life, while marine life is not listed, suggesting a possible survival route for aquatic, chimeric “Nephilim-like” entities if such hybrids existed prior to the Flood. The sermon connects this idea to post-Flood giant clans, coastal strongholds like Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod, Philistine Dagon worship, and worldwide “fish-man” flood legends—ultimately tying the theme to the abyss and end-times imagery in Revelation.
The lesson closes with a call to test everything by Scripture, to stay watchful as knowledge increases, and to rest in the certainty that God remains sovereign and that Christ’s final victory is assured.