Does anybody believe that the giants aka nephilim mentioned in Genesis 6:1-8 were the hybrid offspring of fallen angels and human women? Why or why not?
I don't. The reason being that Mark 12:25 tells us that angels don't marry.
Also, angels are spirit beings who just take on physical form when needed. A spirit doesn't have the parts necessary for having sex.
That might be because they always appear as men.
And yet God and two of his angels sat down to eat and drink with Abraham , which leaves me to wonder whether or not they may have gone to the bathroom as well. Which would mean that they do have the parts necessary for sex.
Ever see Shaq O'Neil next to Ben Stein? Giant is a relative term. That angels IN HEAVEN do not marry, says absolutely NOTHING about whether or not when they are in human form they CAN or CANNOT have sex. If their form is human they have all the equipment.
Secondly in Genesis it says daughters of Adam (look at the Hebrew) not daughters of Cain (the daughters of Adam include both lines) and NOWHERE in the Bible are the sons of Seth called the sons of God...faithful Israel as a whole is called His son and Jesus is called His Son....sons of God is only used for angels and those of us born from above (who are new creatures in Christ no longer after the order of Adam)
Nice question, but the answer is there in the book of Gen. (Genesis 4:26)Does anybody believe that the giants aka nephilim mentioned in Genesis 6:1-8 were the hybrid offspring of fallen angels and human women? Why or why not?
Nice question, but the answer is there in the book of Gen. (Genesis 4:26)
So the bloodline of Seth were called sons of God and the bloodline of Cain sons of men.
In the OT the Son of God is only one, no one else, and in the new testament the sons of God through Jesus Christ are the believers.
In no place in the Bible the angels or other creatures are called sons by God.
Only men are made at image of God.
Nice question, but the answer is there in the book of Gen. (Genesis 4:26)
So the bloodline of Seth were called sons of God and the bloodline of Cain sons of men.
In the OT the Son of God is only one, no one else, and in the new testament the sons of God through Jesus Christ are the believers.
In no place in the Bible the angels or other creatures are called sons by God.
Only men are made at image of God.
I don't see how that scripture calls them "Sons of God". It just simply says that Enosh began to have children and they called on God. When it comes to Genesis 6:1-4, it's very obvious that the Nephilim were the Fallen Angels and/or descendants of them and that they mated with human women. Why else would the bible mention them and make connection to them to the men of renown. IMO, the "men of renown" were the Greek and other nation's legends.
The Book of Enoch is very good and describing everything that went on in the spiritual realm and the things that went on. It is also my opinion, that the Book of Enoch is also the true Word of God, but it can be a whole new level of "odd and weird" for those who are freaked out easily. We must also remember that the Book of Enoch used to be canon and part of the bible. So all until it was removed, it was once considered the Word of God. I haven't gotten around to studying into that yet, but I urge you to.
The Lord puts meaning to every single jot and tittle in the bible. There isn't one mark in the bible that doesn't have a meaning or meanings. I'm honestly beginning to believe that everything that we experience and see in this world is all connected, it's just determining how everything is connected.
Nice.... also it is clear that like begets like. Angels don't beget men, and men don't beget spirit babies.
Just an observation... Nephilim comes from the root meaning to fall or fail. It might be suggestive that those who were giants, or notorious for their failure were still alive. It might be a title like the Chicago 7 saying that Adam, Eve and possibly Cain were still alive. They were certainly notorious among all men for their failure and fall. But people prefer the comic book version of angels having sex.
Enoch book is apocryphal, it is not doctrinal.I don't see how that scripture calls them "Sons of God". It just simply says that Enosh began to have children and they called on God. When it comes to Genesis 6:1-4, it's very obvious that the Nephilim were the Fallen Angels and/or descendants of them and that they mated with human women. Why else would the bible mention them and make connection to them to the men of renown. IMO, the "men of renown" were the Greek and other nation's legends.
The Book of Enoch is very good and describing everything that went on in the spiritual realm and the things that went on. It is also my opinion, that the Book of Enoch is also the true Word of God, but it can be a whole new level of "odd and weird" for those who are freaked out easily. We must also remember that the Book of Enoch used to be canon and part of the bible. So all until it was removed, it was once considered the Word of God. I haven't gotten around to studying into that yet, but I urge you to.
The Lord puts meaning to every single jot and tittle in the bible. There isn't one mark in the bible that doesn't have a meaning or meanings. I'm honestly beginning to believe that everything that we experience and see in this world is all connected, it's just determining how everything is connected.
ps. and then angels have not genitals, they cannot have sex nor make children, and even if they had, if you have bestial sex you will have a child looking like a dog if your theory would be right, but it is not.I don't see how that scripture calls them "Sons of God". It just simply says that Enosh began to have children and they called on God. When it comes to Genesis 6:1-4, it's very obvious that the Nephilim were the Fallen Angels and/or descendants of them and that they mated with human women. Why else would the bible mention them and make connection to them to the men of renown. IMO, the "men of renown" were the Greek and other nation's legends.
The Book of Enoch is very good and describing everything that went on in the spiritual realm and the things that went on. It is also my opinion, that the Book of Enoch is also the true Word of God, but it can be a whole new level of "odd and weird" for those who are freaked out easily. We must also remember that the Book of Enoch used to be canon and part of the bible. So all until it was removed, it was once considered the Word of God. I haven't gotten around to studying into that yet, but I urge you to.
The Lord puts meaning to every single jot and tittle in the bible. There isn't one mark in the bible that doesn't have a meaning or meanings. I'm honestly beginning to believe that everything that we experience and see in this world is all connected, it's just determining how everything is connected.
The book of Enoch has been and is still canon in one of the branches of the Orthodox Church, it was always part of their Bible and always held in high esteem. Just leads one to wonder why the rest of the branches of the church do not have it in their Bibles. But it is so essential for our times and highly worth the read. I read it several months ago and I could clearly see that it was Biblical.
In determining how everything is connected, pray on that for wisdom from the Holy Spirit and your Heavenly Father will help you understand this more
Enoch book is apocryphal, it is not doctrinal.
The whole Bible talks about the Son or sons of God and angels are never called sons in the Bible.
ps. and then angels have not genitals, they cannot have sex nor make children, and even if they had, if you have bestial sex you will have a child looking like a dog if your theory would be right, but it is not.
A saying I like is that "scripture interprets scripture." The word of God is truth and we find corroboration for the Word of God within the word of God. There are scripture references to nephilim and we have to understand what the word of God is talking about. Regardless of whether we believe they were the children of FALLEN angels (purely evil beings who went against God and do whatever they wish) the point is, they were a race of giants. That is fact, as scripture tells us they were the great men of renown - see Genesis 6. Thus we have answered the question WHO were they? Next we must answer the question WHAT were they? See Genesis 6:4, multiple translations here: http://biblehub.com/genesis/6-4.htm
The word of God states that they were the children of the Sons of God and human women. --- These are two distinctions - we have human women (1) and Sons of God (2) - Now we must ask WHO were the Sons of God? If the Sons of God were human, we would see that the text would reference men and women - but it clearly makes a distinction between Sons of God and human women. Thus, we are left with the question, who were the Sons of God?
Answers?
82:6 “You are gods, And all of you are sons of the Most High. 7 “Nevertheless you will die like men And fall like any one of the princes.” 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth! For it is You who possesses all the nations.
ps. and then angels have not genitals, they cannot have sex nor make children, and even if they had, if you have bestial sex you will have a child looking like a dog if your theory would be right, but it is not.