Vampires Pt 2

Where did the virus come from?

It can be said that things began to change approximately 6,012 years ago give or take a few months. It started with the coming of a serpent of old (Revelation 12:9, 20:2) when, indwelt by the already fallen Satan, it spoke to the second human–a naive and trusting woman named Eve. It was not long from this time that Adam, the first among humankind found that his wife had eaten of a forbidden fruit. Nobody really knows his motivation, but he decided then and there to join his wife in rebellion against God’s only edict. The consequences of this choice would forever alter the course of all history.

The serpent was cursed to run along his belly for the rest of time. One could infer from this curse upon an animal species that it was this being’s willingness to be defiled by the indwelling of a demon that it was punished. It can be further speculated that this willingness between species is precisely what categorized them into clean and unclean groupings in later years. (see Genesis 7:1-2 for a reference to clean and unclean animals even preceding the Law of Moses).

It is perhaps a faulty speculation to think that animals are inclined to do anything other than what is natural and innocent, but the early chapters of Genesis demonstrate that animals have at least some capacity to be controlled by good and evil forces. Maybe this gives us a better idea for the reasons behind ancient gods of the pagans appearing to look like animals. Baal was often depicted as a bull.

Moving beyond this line of thought, it is still evident that the presence of demons in our world has occurred from the beginnings of creation. These demons, it seems, are pretty obsessed with indwelling flesh. (see Luke 11:24, Matthew 12:43 for the reaction of a cast out demon)

It seems also that the demon is met with torment when occupying the flesh of a living man. (Matthew 8:16 and following verses depict demon possession as a debilitating situation) If the possession is so difficult to manage without going mute or crazy it would benefit the demon to gain possession of an emptied vessel. This could be the basis for legend–what was done to gain full possession of movement, thoughts, and speech.

It is recorded as myth and legend, but nonetheless disturbing since it was believed, at one time by the masses, that those who were supposed to be dead could rise from the grave with sinister motivations. Hindu mythology recounts the belief in creatures known as Vetalas: beings that are created with the union of corpse and demon. The motive behind the union was never really investigated, but the general consensus was that they existed simply to torment the living. Sometimes they were considered protectors of a village, but at a cost to those living within. The possessed-dead beings were said to be responsible for causing miscarriages, the death of children, and a driving force that led to madness.

These beings, if we choose to believe the root of the legend, could have been created by demons wishing to bypass the possession of the living, preferring instead to inhabit the dead. The positive of inhabiting the dead was the absence of a soul to contend with. The negatives, however, were vast. The deceased body would inevitably be wrought with brain damage the longer it was left dead. This would thereby cause great confusion to the demon as he brings himself to bear with the mind of the vessel. The body would undoubtedly be difficult to manage the longer it was left to decay. The brain, even if it were very fresh, would be filled with memories, desires, and impulses that the demon would be forced to either submit to or contend with. The appearance of the deceased person would be recognizable to those still living that knew the individual in life.

These drawbacks might explain a few questions about the legends. In the event that a dead person was possessed the demon would come into union with the mind of that vessel and, just as we are largely driven by our thoughts, memories, and emotions, the demon too would experience these sensations. (This might be very unusual if the demon had never possessed a person before.) Those sensations would likely draw even a demon back to the family they now remembered. This could account for many of the legends that occur throughout history of people being visited by their dead relatives. The levels of brain damage coupled with the evil nature of the demon would also lend credence to the claims that deceased relatives were coming back and attacking old friends and family. Just as a bear that feeds on the food of humans becomes more dangerous because of his familiarity with man, a demon is more dangerous when he is drawn to humans–regardless of the innocence behind the initial attraction, the violent nature has the tendency to take control.

Because of these challenges, it would have been a goal of the early demons to devise a way around the very human drawbacks that they encountered. Mind you that the angels were probably privy to the knowledge of how things worked. They could observe the biological state of man and, in their vast ability to comprehend, they might have sought to introduce biological engineering into the world. This engineering could be done by introducing a virus that reprogrammed the DNA of humans. The virus, in theory, could be equipped to change DNA’s code to whatever they desired of it. The possibilities are innumerable.

That code could have been made and introduced into the world very easily. Consider the fact that God chose to send a flood over the entire earth to destroy all of creation. It causes me to wonder what warranted such a drastic reaction. Was it merely sin that brought the necessity of such annihilation? Or was it perhaps necessitated by a badly damaged genetic line? Could the virus–or variants made by successive experiments–have overtaken the population at large? What were the Nephilim? What did Genesis mean when it spoke of the sons of God who saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose? Could this union between the sons of God and the daughters of men have been accomplished from spirit to flesh? Or was it the offspring of genetically engineered supermen indwelt with the spirits of angels uniting with the daughters of ordinary men?

Of course, it may be that the sons of God were simply the “once righteous” or “sons of Seth”, but the ambiguity is such that this interpretation seems less than satisfactory. It seems unlikely since it is followed by the statement that the Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown. It seems as though the heroes of old were known as Nephilim and they were identified uniquely because they were born by the sons of God and the daughters of men. The natural assumption is that this was somehow an unnatural union that produced a species–or many species–of half-humans known as Nephilim.

Therefore, it seems, that the virus we’re speaking of could very well have been the reason for a total annihilation of the inhabitants of earth. It also, could have been the forerunner to the more subtle form of the vampire. Let us examine the nature of the vampire.

A vampire is gifted with tremendous strength, speed, eyesight, hearing, regeneration of any portion of the body still indwelt with a spirit, and life that does not seem to have an end. The only weakness to a vampire is mutation of cells by ultraviolet light, death by fire, and the nagging mind of the old human (which loses poignancy over time). Even the mutation of cells can be overcome by cutting off the affected flesh. Even the removal of all of the skin from the body, which is usually all that is affected, can be recovered from.

The greatest drawback among vampire nature is the mind of the vessel. Alas, it is inescapable if the demon wishes to inhabit an adult whose mind has made concrete connections. (Maybe that’s why there’s so much child demon possession in Jesus’ time–children have less of a developed mind. See Matthew 15:22, Mark 7:24-30, Mark 9:17-18)

The nature of a vampire, given by the virus engineered by devils, is the perfect vessel for the evil spirits to occupy. Its dogged dependability as a method of inhabiting the flesh has shown itself to last effectively through the millennia.

Further questions will be addressed.

Do vampires live forever?

Are vampires all evil?

Who was the first vampire?