Inspirational: WHY DID GOD ALLOW GIANTS BEFORE AND AFTER THE FLOOD

BY: Linda Kirby/WGON 8.24.26

When we finally understand the unseen realm behind Scripture, we see that God allowed the rebellion of the fallen angels and the rise of giants for the same reason He allows sin today: He refuses to create puppets — even angelic ones. Angels were created with free will, intelligence, the ability to obey, and the ability to rebel. If God had prevented the Genesis 6 rebellion, He would have removed angelic free will, prevented genuine worship, and created robotic servants. God never does that. He allows rebellion because love requires freedom, and freedom allows rebellion. That’s the first layer — but it’s not the whole answer.

God allowed it because it exposes the true nature of evil. If He had prevented the fallen angels from corrupting humanity, evil would remain hidden, rebellion would remain theoretical, and Satan’s nature would remain unexposed. Instead, God allowed evil to reveal itself fully, so that His justice is seen clearly, His mercy is seen clearly, His holiness is seen clearly, and His victory is seen clearly. Just like with all the miracles Elijah and Elisha performed, it was unmistakable that the power at work was God’s and not man’s. No one could look at a widow’s oil multiplying or a dead child being raised and say, “Well, that was just coincidence.” In the same way, the giants were a living demonstration of rebellion’s ugliness, so that when God judged them or gave His people victory over them, it was just as unmistakable that the triumph belonged to Him alone.

The giants were not an accident. They were a manifestation of rebellion. And God used that manifestation to show the horror of sin, the reality of spiritual corruption, and the danger of mixing the holy with the unholy. The giants were a visual demonstration of what happens when the spiritual realm rebels.

God allowed it because it created a stage for His power. Think about it: Israel facing giants “as tall as cedars,” David facing Goliath, Joshua facing the Anakim, Moses facing Og of Bashan. Every one of those moments was a showcase of God’s power. If Israel had only fought normal humans, the victories would look ordinary. But when Israel defeated giants, hybrid warriors, and supernatural enemies, the world saw something unmistakable: Israel’s God is not like other gods. The giants made the battlefield impossible — so God could make the victory undeniable.

God allowed it because it served His long‑term plan: to reveal the Messiah. The fallen angels tried to corrupt the human bloodline to prevent the Messiah from being born. If they could corrupt humanity, there would be no pure lineage, no virgin birth, no Son of David, no Savior, no redemption. The giants were Satan’s attempt to block the coming of Christ. God allowed the attempt — and then crushed it. The flood wiped out the corrupted line. Joshua wiped out the post‑flood giants. David wiped out the Philistine giants. Jesus wiped out the spiritual rebellion at the cross. The giants were part of the war over the Messiah. And God let the enemy try — so He could defeat him openly.

God allowed it because it teaches us the reality of Ephesians 6. Weak teaching is why many never truly understood Ephesians 6. It makes sense only when you understand the unseen realm, angelic rebellion, spiritual warfare, the Genesis 6 event, the return of giants, and the ongoing battle between God’s kingdom and the fallen realm. Without that context, Ephesians 6 becomes just some metaphor, something we say but don’t understand, a “be nice and wear your armor” message. But with the real context, it becomes a military briefing. The giants were part of that war. The fallen angels were part of that war. The nations were part of that war. Israel was part of that war. The church IS part of that war. God allowed it because we needed to see the war to understand the victory.

God allowed it because He turns rebellion into revelation. Every time the enemy rebels, God uses it to reveal His justice, His mercy, His power, His sovereignty, His plan, and His Son. The giants were not useful to God because of what they were. They were useful because of what their existence revealed. They revealed the depth of angelic rebellion, the reality of spiritual corruption, the reality of Ephesians 6, the danger of mixing realms, the need for a Savior, and the power of God over impossible odds. The giants were not God’s tool. They were Satan’s tool — and God turned Satan’s tool into a lesson, a warning, and a stage for victory.

When we take Scripture literally except when it’s obviously metaphor, then we will better understand what it is saying, and we will be shocked to see what is truly happening in the world today. Truly, “There is nothing new under the sun.”