As we walk with the Israelites to the borders of the Promise Land in our chronological Bible plan, the thing that stands out to me is that this same land of “milk and honey” is also a land of literal giants.

Aside from the story of David and Goliath, the church as a whole doesn’t seem to spend a lot of time on the subject of giants. However, it would explain a lot.

Sit with me for a moment. The King of Og was reported to be upwards of 13 1/2 feet tall. To put that in perspective, the average American ceiling height is 8-9 ft and the average doorway is less than 7 feet! Also, from what I can see, the height of Israelite men back in those days was 5’5” if they were lucky.

I have been very interested in this aspect of biblical history and find it believable that these people inhabiting what has been referred to as the “land of giants” are a product of the fallen angels or Nephilim mating with humans, making them all demonic beings.

In my opinion, we simply have to recognize the importance of fighting giants—Whether the Bible storybooks record the fact that Joshua led Israel into the land of giants or not. The fact is, it is a pattern throughout Scripture. In addition to the battles the Israelites faced as they stood on the fringes of the Promise Land, we would be amiss not to note that war against giants continues through to the end of the Bible. We all know the particular story of David and Goliath, but it must also be seen as part of a larger, ongoing war on giants.

Our Lord, Jesus Christ bound “the strong man,” and His life and death is not an example of a godly giant fighting a man-sized devil. No, Christ instead became one of us,and bound and defeated the Goliaths of that age.

And with Christ we can do the same.

Fortunately, our giants are more of the metaphorical breed, but the principals taught to the Israelites as they entered the Promise Land stands true for us. It all comes down to faith.
I read something earlier today that I absolutely love. It goes like this:

“Unbelief says that the giants are too big to defeat. Faith says that giants are too big to miss.”