Rebecca Ellen Kurtz

Q&A
Sons of God

1. What inspired you to write Sons of God? I was heavily immersed within the
darkest spiritual struggle of my life and needed an outlet. Sons of God provided a
healing balm as I was forced to understand the hows and whys of my suffering.
It began with a very supernatural event that I could not deny yet opposed
religious teachings I had been taught. Signs continued to support the
supernatural event which led to continuing confusion and anger as I stumbled
blindly in pain and isolation searching for an answer. But for the first time in my
life, God was silent and my anger towards God grew. The writing of Sons of
God gave me peace again and healed that breach. Now, I see the beauty and
wisdom in God’s silence.

2. You write about the Nephelim. What is their lasting impact? In the Bible, the
Nephelim were the children of angels and mortals. In Genesis 6:4 these
Nephelim were recorded to be heroes and mighty men of renown and later some
were told to have been terrorizing giants who fed off mortals and forced humans
to worship them as gods. This isn’t just in the Bible but is recorded in all ancient
civilizations, something that should not be taken lightly. Even today we still hear
tales and legends of semi-divine heroic beings like Achilles, Hercules, and Thor
as well as supernatural creatures who prey on mankind like vampires, ghosts, and
demons. Their legends have not died.

3. Your diverse research into ancient civilizations, the scriptures and religion
led you to believe in the Nephelim. Why? Every ancient civilization and
religion speak of these Nephelim and demonic entities, but the most important
fact is that they write about how to protect themselves from these supernatural
entities, sharing horror tales of blood-drinking, semi-divine rulers and fear of
demonic assaults or possession. There was no mass communication in ancient
times, yet they all described the same supernatural entities and strategized ways
to protect themselves. Saying it is a coincidence defies logic. Noting the serious
and divergent methods of protection, anyone with common sense knows the
entities were real. Even in today’s scientific and enlightened era, people still
cannot deny what they have experienced. Experience trumps intellect.

4. If angels and mortals really mated, as your book suggests, what happened to
the half-breed children? Are they amongst us today? The Torah, believed by
the Jews, Christians and Muslims, says that many were killed in the flood.
During Abraham’s time, the Old Testament mentions the descendants of the
giants warring against one another, and even later Moses and Joshua continued to
battle the descendants of the giants to take control of their Promised Land. For
 those who believe Ezekiel and Revelations literally, they may be surprised to
hear that the descendants of Gog and Magog would be raised again before
Armageddon. Gog and Magog were Nephelim. Also, it is written that the spirits
of the Nephelim are trapped on earth after their mortal bodies are killed. These
spirits are now known as ghosts and demons. So yes, for religious people, they
are still amongst us.

5. Have others compared your book to Twilight Saga, the DaVinci Code, or
Lord of the Rings? Yes, actually. At first people said that Sons of God was most
like a realistic Lord of the Rings, foundationally constructed on Biblical
paranormal creatures and truths. Others have mentioned that it is the antithesis of
the DaVinci Code because its extra-Biblical sources support the existence of a
supernatural or paranormal realm. Then, some women zeroed in on the romance
angle and connection with vampires. It was after these comments that I picked
up the Twilight series and read them. Of course my vampires are based on
historical accounts and are evil.

6. You implore us to “seek the truth.” What will we discover? That depends on
your background. Christians have mentioned how much of the Old Testament
they didn’t know, think about, or connect to modern tales of vampires, ghosts,
and demons. Muslims have commented on the expanding knowledge of the Jinn.
Vampire lore-lovers have commented on the scholastic research of vampires and
the differences between that and Bram Stroker’s Dracule that flavors most
modern movies today. It really depends on your background. Most religions or
cults do not look outside of their own religious texts, so finding supporting
evidence of one’s own belief of paranormal entities by all religions of the world
can be staggering and mind-stretching.

7. Your book predicts a final battle between good and evil, Armageddon. Why
are we heading down that path? Three main reasons. One, deep within all of
us there is a constant battle between being good or evil and with each small
decision, we take steps that can greatly alter our future self. Two, the Bible is
full of prophecies that have already come true, some we can see occurring now,
and Armageddon is one which still looms ahead. Over the last six thousand
years, the Biblical prophecies have come true thus far, so I believe it wise to take
the rest of them seriously. Three, in the Armageddon prophecy, we see the re-
emergence of the Nephelim, when they come out of hiding amongst us, preparing
for the battle ahead.

8. You say your book’s theme is the understanding of suffering and the healing
that comes from it. Can you elaborate on this? Everyone suffers. Our misery
grows when we dwell on ourselves or wallow in self-pity. We can control our
own suffering. We can choose to look at the good, the positive, the beautiful
things in our life. We can find the purpose for our suffering - which is not laying
blame at someone else’s feet, but realizing how we can use our suffering to help
someone else. Each time we help someone else who is suffering like we once
did, it heals us. Focusing on ourselves only drives the pain deeper within us, but
reaching out, heals that cut within ourselves. My suffering came from a
confusing supernatural event and silence from God, as does the protagonist in the
novel. But now when I hear someone else making the wrong choices that I did, I
 can reach out and help them not make the same mistakes and fall into bitterness
as deep as I had.

9. You claim to have been assaulted by demons. How so? When? Where?
There have been several, but perhaps I’ll only mention the first. When I was in
my junior year at Goshen College, I was awakened by a pervading sense of evil
that roiled my stomach. I tried to cast it out by speaking the name of Jesus Christ
which had worked before, but I soon realized that I couldn’t speak because there
was a strong pressure on my vocal chords. When I opened my eyes, I saw a
demon pressing down on my throat, disenabling me from exorcising him away.
The more I tried to speak, the harder it pressed down. Finally, my adrenaline
kicked in when my need for oxygen became lethal, and I screeched out “blood of
Jesus.” It disappeared. My mom called the next morning asking why she had
awoken early in the morning knowing she needed to pray for me because my life
was in grave danger. I told her.

10. Why do you consider yourself a natural-born seer? The word seer confuses
and scares a lot of people. Before I educated myself, the term scared me as well.
For clarification, a seer is someone who is born with extra sensory perception. In
the Bible, Samuel is listed as a seer before the explanation that most all of God’s
seers became his prophets. Starting at the age of four, I first heard the voice of
God, then dreams and visions began. From time to time I can see demons but I
sense their presence more than I can see them. I was able to “know” things about
others, sense their emotions, etc., which made me a hermit in my early to mid
twenties because I had enough emotional baggage and really didn’t want to know
or deal with anyone else’s. Christians should not confuse receiving dreams or
visions after conversion as being a seer, that is a spiritual gift. Seers are born
seers and sadly are oftentimes run out of churches instead of embraced -- many
seeking answers in the occult with others who understand what they are
experiencing.

11. Why do most developed countries try to convince themselves that spirits do
not exist? Ever since Darwin, science has tried to prove that God and spiritual
entities do not exist. It’s like a badge of education or proving that they have
matured into adulthood. The Tooth Fairy wasn’t real so nothing else that I can’t
touch with my fingers isn’t either and of course there’s nothing to fear anymore
like the goblin who used to live under my bed. And yet, chills still go up our
spine when we enter places that practice occultism, people sell their houses
convinced that ghosts are living there, and exorcisms are still widely complained
about. In a developed country, the mind tries to convince the spirit that we are
alone, yet deep down we know better. Our mind blames our imagination, yet our
sixth sense yells danger.

12. You claim the Bible, Torah and Koran support the existence of vampires.
How so? Please define “vampire.” Historically and literally, vampire means
“blood drinker.” If you follow the genealogical descendants of the Nephelim in
the Old Testament which the Jews, Christians and Muslims all believe in, you
will see where we get our myths of vampires. The descendants of the Nephelim,
post Flood, were described as having unnaturally long lives, were nine to twelve
feet tall, and were much paler than mortals. If you know your history, you would
also know that these giants were known to drink blood from skulls, flay people
 alive, and sacrifice babies to demons - these were common practices of the
descendants of the Nephelim. So, here we have pale, unnaturally long-lived,
paranormal creatures who drank blood recorded by both ancient civilizations and
religious texts. Sound familiar?

13. Who is your staunchest critic? Why? Uneducated and close-minded religious
people. When I say uneducated religious people, I refer to their knowledge of
their own religious texts which sadly, a lot of people do not know their own
religious texts well. When I say close-minded religious people, I refer to those
who are scared to hear other religions because they are not firm enough in their
own beliefs not to feel threatened which leads to blind attacks. And of course
atheists, who believe I am a liar or chemically imbalanced because they haven’t
personally experienced anything divine.

14. What type of discourse do you hope your book will inspire in regards to evil
spirits or demons? Differentiating between fallen angels, demons/evil spirits,
and ghosts. The Book of Enoch explains that the spirits of the Nephelim are
trapped on Earth after the death of their mortal bodies. They are greatly pained if
not inhabiting another body hence the reason why the demons in the Bible chose
to inhabit swine instead of being simply cast out. Jesus himself differentiates
between spirits that possess humans that are easily cast out versus fallen angels
who only can be exorcised by prayer and fasting. It should make anyone pause
before simply exorcising someone. People have come to me for help when they
are being bitten or scratched by unseen entities. No one should be unprepared.

15. How will the religious community accept your book’s position on whether
angels can father children with humans? This has been a theological debate
for a long time and is actually the reason why the Book of Enoch was left out of
the Bible even though Jesus, himself, quotes from it. Angels can take on mortal
flesh and function like mortals. For example, in the Bible, angels were recorded
as coming and eating as humans with Abraham, Sodomites raved to have carnal
knowledge with the angels visiting Lot, Jacob wrestled with an angel, etc.
Secondly, consider the offspring, they were physical giants and super-humans -
doesn’t sound like the simple offspring of righteous and unrighteous mortals as
some theologians attest. Furthermore, any religious person who believes in the
virgin birth, must believe that a spirit can impregnate a woman.