Today is the Day of the Dead in Mexico. We discuss the Aztec goddess of the dead, Mictecacihuatl, the rites associated with her worship, and possible connections to the ancient cult of the dead that deceived the Israelites even while Moses was still leading them.

Also: A sneak preview of our forthcoming documentary, Wars of the Gods Vol. 2: Search for the Rephaim.

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5) Impeachment whistleblower named; 4) Tories and Brexit Party cut deal for Dec. 12 election; 3) Qatar spends more than $1 billion to influence US colleges, police; 2) Lebanon’s prime minister resigns amid protests; 1) Drag queens demand that library cancel talk by anti-transgender feminist.

THERE WERE GIANTS in the earth in ancient days. The same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. These were THE HEROES OF LEGEND; kings and warriors called Rephaim, whose deeds inspired worship long after they passed from the earth, a false, demonic religion that corrupted God’s chosen people even before they entered the Promised Land. BUT HOW MANY KNOW THE PROPHETS OF ISRAEL FORETELL a day when these mighty men return from Sheol to fight alongside the Antichrist at the Battle of Armageddon!

5) Impeachment witness appears to call accuracy of the transcript of Trump’s call with Ukraine’s President Zelensky into question; 4) UK to hold snap election December 12; 3) Manufacturing’s share of US economy at lowest level since WWII; 2) Women turn to witchcraft for empowerment; 1) Man loses balloon full of marijuana in his sinuses for 18 years.

5) Nancy Pelosi announces House vote on impeachment procedures; 4) Video from Kincade fire in Sonoma County, California; 3) New York City paying homeless families to go away; 2) FBI documents support claims of Satanic ritual abuse in 1980s; 1) Ghostly skull in outer space.

Tom Horn joins Derek and Sharon Gilbert to discuss their new book 'Veneration' and a fascinating aspect of the ancient practice of the worship of the dead: Links between threshing floors, walking circles around sacred sites, crop circles, Mount Hermon, the Temple Mount, Gilgal Refaim... and the Kaaba in Mecca.

5) Al-Baghdadi dead, called “austere religious scholar” by Washington Post; 4) Millions without power, hundreds of thousands evacuated ahead of fires in California; 3) EU agrees to extend UK Brexit deadline by 90 days; 2) Dozens of skulls found at cult altar in Mexico City linked to drug cartel; 1) Chinese hit men learn that crime doesn’t pay.

Smyrna, the second of seven churches to receive a letter from Jesus in the Book of Revelation, was told it would be tested and suffer tribulation for ten days. We discuss the trials of Smyrna, which represents the church age between 100 and 312 AD, and the reminder that the entire Bible from Genesis to Revelation is about the long war with Death.

Gardens weren't just for growing vegetables in the ancient world. The original garden, Eden, was corrupted into a place of cult worship of divinized kings, a practice inspired by the spirits of the Rephaim. Derek and Sharon Gilbert discuss their new book, Veneration, the assembly of the Rephaim, and how the demonic spirits who masqueraded as ancestral spirits are prophesied to fight with the Antichrist at Armageddon.

Appropriately for the Halloween season, we present an episode on the evil dead--which also happens to be the subject of our new books, Veneration and Realms of the Dead.

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