I had never heard of the Golem until I listened to this episode of Now You See TV (the first video below). Jon Pounders and David Carrico believe the “Golem” could play a role in Bible prophecy and the end times, so I included it on this site.
In Jewish folklore, a golem is an animated anthropomorphic being that is magically created entirely from inanimate matter. The word was used to mean an amorphous, unformed material in Psalms and medieval writing.
Starting around the 3:00 mark, David references Revelation chapter 13 where it talks about the coming beast.
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him,
whose names are not written in the book of life
of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Revelation 13:8 KJV
And speaking of the False Prophet:
And (he) deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast;
saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
Revelation 13:14 KJVAnd he had power to give life unto the image of the beast
Revelation 13:15a KJV
According to David Carrico:
“And it says of the false prophet that he had power to give life to the image of the beast and I believe when the false prophet gives life to the image of the beast that he will do so with kaballistic magic. And we’re going to see in our study tonight that in the antidiluvian (pre-flood) world that magic was used to bring statues to life.”
The word “golem” appears once in the Bible in Psalm 139:16:
Your eyes saw my unformed body (golem);
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
Psalm 139:16 NIV
BibleHub tells us:
The word (gôlem) is a different one from that in Psalm 139:15, and denotes the undeveloped embryo. You can read more about Psalm 139:16 HERE.
The Jewish Virtual Library tells us:
In Jewish tradition, the golem is most widely known as an artificial creature created by magic, often to serve its creator. The word “golem” appears only once in the Bible (Psalm 139:16). In Hebrew, “golem” stands for “shapeless mass.” The Talmud uses the word as “unformed” or “imperfect” and according to Talmudic legend, Adam is called “golem,” meaning “body without a soul” (Sanhedrin 38b) for the first 12 hours of his existence. The golem appears in other places in the Talmud as well. One legend says the prophet Jeremiah made a golem However, some mystics believe the creation of a golem has symbolic meaning only, like a spiritual experience following a religious rite.
Read more about the golem at the Jewish Virtual Library HERE.
You can read about the golem on Wikipedia HERE.
*Note:
Before you listen to the videos, I want to mention something here. Someone on YouTube made a very interesting point. The idea of the Golem and the animating of statues may give new meaning to the Terracotta Warrior Army discovered in China. My aunt and uncle had the privilege of seeing this army. You can read about them at National Geographic HERE and HERE.
The Golem – The Magic Of Hebrew Incantations With David Carrico posted by Now You See TV:
David references the following silent movie from 1920 entitled The Golem:
The following YouTube video posted by gotsimcha includes the following description:
GO TO http://www.soulsculptors.com/golem for the complete story, downloads, full-length CD, and much more. Shown here is a 4-minute excerpt of the full 50-minute audio classic, with Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek’s “Mr. Spock”) in a starring role. Based on the Kabbalah classic “Wonders of the Maharal,” this is the story that inspired Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” and Disney’s “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” A peace-loving people are falsely accused of horrific crimes against humanity (the historic “blood libel”) and their leader invokes the mystical teachings of Kabbalah to create an awesome superhero to save them. This Golem – half man, half monster – wages war against evil and defends a persecuted community from harm. Written, produced, and directed by Chaim Clorfene and Simcha Gottlieb. Video trailer produced by Simcha Gottlieb.
