An apostate is a person who once stood for and with a certain belief or group but now stands away from and against it. In biblical history, Adam and Eve were the first apostates when they sinned, relinquishing their stand for God and choosing to stand with Satan. In II Timothy 4:10, Paul notes that Demas, his former companion, apostatized by forsaking him due to his love for the present world. In I John 2:19, John refers to those who went out from us but were not of us, indicating their apostasy. Apostasy from various forms of this world's versions of Christianity has been significant, especially in the past 50 years. In Britain, regular church attendance has declined from 60% to 6% over the past 100 years, while in America, it has dropped from around 60% to about 30% in the past 40 years. Apostasy continues to advance. The men whose teachings have led people into greater spiritual apostasies were themselves apostates from this world's false Christianity. These individuals, born into Catholic, Protestant, or Jewish families, gradually departed in thought and conduct from their familial and educational teachings, contributing to the spirit of the times we live in today.

The nephilim were apostates from what people in the Western world would call the true religion. These very influential teaching nephilim rose from Christian roots, with most born into and nurtured in families that practiced some form of the Christian religion. They did not come from Hinduism, Shintoism, or any other exotic, foreign source, but from within the dominant religions of the Western world. Their rise reminds one of Jude's warning about certain men who have crept in unnoticed, who turn the grace of God into lewdness and deny the Lord.

The Israelites' actions throughout their history reveal their inconsistency, hypocrisy, confusion, rebellion, and stubbornness. They did not have God's Spirit, which resulted in their minds being carnal and hostile to God, rejecting His law. They were unable to continue in the covenant because they lacked the spiritual capacity to understand and follow God's way of life.