Transformation

By Dean Howard Treible

Did giants really exist on the earth?

Did the fall of the angels create the race of superhuman giants that roamed the earth before the flood? Archaeology and ancient writings seem to indicate that giants existed before the flood- and that they still exist today.

The book of Enoch has revealed inform

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trilogy Christian Publishing
• Release date: Feb 16, 2021
• ISBN: 9781647738167

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JOSEPH B. LUMPKIN

For his translation of the Book of Enoch

The Ethiopic translation

Contents

1. What Is Transformation?

2. Angels and Demons

3. The Fall

4. God’s Solution

5. The Great Sin

6. Reasons for the Flood

7. After the Flood

8. Evidence beyond the Flood

9. A New Revelation

10. Our Real Enemies: Spirits

11. Demon Effects on the Mind

12. Salvation Transformation: How to Get from Worldly to Godly

Bibliography

1

What Is Transformation?

Transformation is the single most important element in this book. In order to sustain the following chapters, the term must be defined and vetted to insure a proper investigation into transformation. A simple definition from Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, tenth edition is this: to change in composition or structure. This definition also includes cellular or genetic changes. One of the definitions I would like to introduce is that of molecular change, which occurs when one molecular form changes to another. In Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, the word transfigure (metamorphoo) means to change from one form to another. I must show this concept so we may apply it to other concepts about the earth and what happened concerning transformation before and after the Flood. I will be taking events from the Old Testament and the New Testament to show this transformation. These examples will demonstrate the possibilities of a different world and how we must fight against evil.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God.

—John 1:1–2

Original transformation is what we call creation. Therefore, the Word created all that was created out of nothing (ex nihilo). Therefore, I’m calling this original transformation, meaning it took place out of nothing, creating the vast plant and animal kingdoms and finally man and woman. Adam was a transformation, in that God fashioned him from dirt, so when man become a living soul, he literally changed from the molecular structure of dirt (earth) into the molecular structure of a human being with blood, guts, and everything else. The earth has the power of regeneration and generated and transformed that power into Adam. The Word transformed nothing into everything. So, we see this one example of transformation. Next, we should look at what the Holy Bible says about Jesus’ transfiguration.

To transfigure (metamorphoo) means to change into another form. Matthew’s account tells the story:

And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart. And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light, an behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. While he yet spoke, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

—Matthew 17:1–3, 5

The question is, what changed in or on Jesus’ body?

This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

—1 John 1:5

Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

—Matthew 1:23

Jesus saith unto him [Philip], Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? Believe thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you, I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very work’s sake. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever

—John 14:9–11, 16

These verses answer the question. Jesus, along with Peter, James, and John, all went up on a high mountain, apart, or away, from everyone else. The account tells us that Jesus experienced a change. Just as we are changed by the Holy Spirit when we are saved, here God the Father has changed Jesus. The transformation, I believe, was one that replaced God in Jesus with the Holy Spirit. The verses suggest that God had been dwelling in Jesus up to this point. We say that Jesus is God incarnate, which means He was dwelling in Jesus. In order for Jesus to die, God had to depart from Jesus and be replaced by the Holy Spirit.

Now, Jesus is exactly like you and me, and He can experience how a man feels. Once the Holy Spirit was indwelt in Jesus, He could then die. During the transfiguration, His face shined like the sun, bright and unable to be looked upon directly. The sun is our source of life here on earth. The sun gives physical growth and life to plants, animals, and humans, just as Jesus gives life to us today. Jesus’ raiment was as white as light. The clothing that covered Jesus gave out the purest light, so white and bright. The transformation that occurred here is that Jesus relinquished God the Father, as evidenced by light. God is always associated with light, since God is light. Brightness came out of Jesus, and He became a human who was filled with the Holy Spirit. His death then could mirror a human’s death, with the release of His spirit upon the cross.

The transfiguration is also detailed in Mark 9:2–4 and 7. The account here starts with Jesus speaking to the disciples:

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.

—Mark 9:1

The disciples hearing these words could conclude they would see Jesus and His power come before they died. At the resurrection, they saw that power over death, the empty tomb, and His appearance in the garden to Mary, and then His appearance in the upper room, proving Jesus was alive and on the earth, still with them. The Kingdom of God is entered into only by the new birth, the spiritual part of our salvation.

And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into a high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them. And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, this is my beloved Son: hear him.

—Mark 9:2–4, 7

Mark only describes His raiment, not His face, but he makes sure we know that the whiteness of His raiment had no equal, that nothing could be whiter. Mark doesn’t mention that John was the brother of James, as is mentioned in Matthew. The Matthew account uses the word behold three times, and this word calls attention to what may be seen or heard or mentally apprehended in any way. Therefore, the use of behold meant not only to see or observe intently, but it was also an order to do so. So, in Matthew’s account Peter, James, and John were commanded to behold the events that would be passed on to the others and with a wondering of why it is us. The behold is in verse 3, and I believe they were to observe intently the persons of Moses and Elias and store that in their minds.

Any good Jew would know the significance of these men. Elias, a great prophet of God, was translated by God to heaven, never to see death, and Moses, God’s great deliverer, was the giver of the Ten Commandments and the author of the first five books of the Holy Bible (the Pentateuch). These were great men of Israel’s history, and they came to talk with Jesus. Wow! Peter, James, and John were to take note of the company whom Jesus was with, as a sign of His power and authority and leadership there on that mountain and throughout all eternity. Moses was a great leader who led the nation of Israel up to the entrance of the promised land. Jesus will be the next great leader, the subject of the great books of the New Testament.

The behold found later in Matthew 17:5 again commands them to look intently at the bright cloud. Brightness again is seen in His face, which shone like the sun, and His raiment was as white as light. Total light seems to be all around Him, now coming from the cloud. This behold then centers on a voice coming from the cloud. It is God speaking and telling them, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, hear ye Him. Once Jesus is transfigured, the change that came about was that God was now talking to them, signifying that God was now outside of Jesus. And God expressed now to His Son that His every act would bring pleasure to the Father.

And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

—Luke 1:28

And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor with