Tiny Creatures, Giant Mysteries

Why do creepy crawly critters make our skin crawl? Could it be a reflection of the ancient belief that some insects were associated with ancient supernatural forces of terror?
Insects and other creeping, swarming things were considered sacred in ancient times. They were often connected to spiritual beings. One example of this is the “hornets” of the Bible.
Exodus 23:27-28 “I will send my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run. I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.”
By carefully picking through the Scriptures we are able to find that these “hornets” may have actually been the spirits of the dead Emim giants killed by the Moabites. “Emim” literally means, “terrors.” God used these evil spirits to flush out and destroy the Rephaim Giant tribes in front of the Israelite advance toward the Promised Land.
Another example from the Bible is the locust. You can hear me talk about this with Jack Ashcraft on his show, “Expedition Truth” here: https://kcorradio.com/expedition-truth-2020.htm
Joel speaks of a peculiar locust plague in his prophecy about the future Day of the Lord - but he seems to have the life cycle of the locusts all muddled up in chapter 1, even though he clearly knows how it’s meant to be in chapter 2. What is he trying to say in his cryptic message to a future generation? By using the description of different stages in the life cycle of the locust, he is actually describing the different forms of the Nephilim through the ages - a description that John the Revelator would later struggle to find words for in Revelation 9.
Why does John mention scorpions three times while describing these locusts? And are they hybrid creatures of some sort - a mixture of insects, demons, animals and humans?
You'll find out - when you get "Answers to Giant Questions."

- T.J. Steadman