Jason Sobel: The Nephilim Stronghold in Gaza
Does Gaza have an ancient connection to the Nephilim?
In an exclusive interview with Charisma Media, Messianic rabbi Jason Sobel discussed how the modern-day issues in Gaza just may be intertwined with the Nephilim.
“There’s always a spiritual root to these things,” says Sobel. “You know there’s this terrible tragedy that happened on Oct. 7 of this surprise attack by Hamas…Hamas is actually found in Genesis chapter 6, the story of Noah. And it says God destroyed the earth because there was ‘Hamas’ there, there was this violence. But the question is: what was the root of this violence, and what is the background?”
Sobel discusses how the book of Joshua details that Gaza was given to the tribe of Judah, with an important detail being that Joshua “cut off the Anakim from the hill country.”
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“Joshua put a ban on [the Anakim] with their cities,” Sobel says. “There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel except in Gaza, Goth and Ashdod. These are all towns of the Philistines. And what’s interesting about this is that the modern-day Palestinians take their name from the biblical Philistines.”
What is perhaps the most critical detail regarding the Anakim is that they were not killed. Not only were they not killed, but their name derives from “Anak,” which means “neck.” As Sobel also points out, when the Israelites came out of the desert and the 12 spies went into the land, they saw that the men of the area were of a “great size.“
“It says the Nephilim…the sons of Anak are from the Nephilim,” Sobel says. “Joshua tells us when they went up into the land they destroyed most of the Anakim except in the area of Gaza, which is the area of the Philistines.”
This means the descendants of the Nephilim were not defeated, allowing for a territorial spirit to continue to roam in the area today.
“The point is that this was a stronghold. It was a place controlled by the Philistines that Israel always struggled to be able to control,” he says. “The territorial spirit that was there was never conquered, was never fully removed, that was still in existence even to this day.”
Jonathan Cahn, a spiritual leader who paved the way for Sobel’s faith, has also previously pointed out that it is an evil spirit against the people of Israel behind the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks.
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“The spirit of the Anakim, that is what was behind the Oct. 7 attack and everything that is going on there in Gaza,” says Sobel.
During this time let us continue to pray for our brothers and sisters in Israel. As the body of Christ, let’s continue to be the hands and feet by praying for God’s chosen people.
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Abby Trivett is content development editor for Charisma Media.
