What Does The Bible Teach Concerning The Sons Of GOD And The Daughters Of Men inGenesis 6?
Sons of GOD
Let us begin by quoting the two passages in Genesis 6 concerning the "Sons of GOD":
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. Genesis 6:2
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare [children] to them, the same [became] mighty men which [were] of old, men of renown. Genesis 6:4
So, the question that is commonly asked by many (Christians and non-Christians alike), Who are the Sons of GOD of Genesis 6:2,4?
It would at first seem that there is no immediate nearby answer, and so, a vast majority of people immediately leave the safety of the nearby context, looking elsewhere [generally along the lines of the apocryphal so-called 1 Book of Enoch], and come to the premature and hazardous conclusion that the Sons of GOD are angels [ie. the 'created beings of the Heavenly Host'; or more specifically in this instance: 'fallen angels', called devils/demons/Baals, etc], and that these Sons of GOD/angels intermixed, interbred, and/or, worse yet, forced themselves upon helpless human women - the daughters of men, thus bringing about demon-spawned super human-hybrids [an unholy physical amalgamation of devil and mankind] whom they then declare are the giants [Nephilim, etc.], mighty men which [were] of old and men of renown.
Those who end up coming to such conclusions, rashly do so without a further and deeper consideration of the texts.
They, without fully considering the ramifications of their answer and what it would mean to the Gospel, would rather instead cling tightly to their private interpretation using in evidence not only apocryphal materials with alternative agendas and anti-scriptural doctrines, but many also tending to force the three similar verses of scripture in the Book of Job [being Job 1:6, 2:1, 38:7] out of it's context and very often rejecting or bypassing every other word on the matter.
However, as will be revealed, it is quite unnecessary and extremely destructive to the WORD of GOD to do such a thing, as it directly leads to many errant ideologies and aberrant theologies for instance: devil-human-hybrids, physical lines of descendants of Satan (Serpent Seed theology), alien conspiracies (Reptilian Masters), super-human races, and in one known instance being used and stretched beyond even farcical eisegesis to try and provide evidence for an evolutionary model and makeup within scripture ['Neanderthal' breeding with various 'divergent' stock], etc.
However, before considering the immediate context, let us look and see why the term Sons of GOD in Genesis 6:2,4 cannot be referring to the Holy Angels of the LORD [those 2/3 who had remained loyal], for these Angels (the loyal "angels" [they of the created heavenly host], like Gabriel ("that stand in the presence of GOD" Luke 1:19)) keep the Commandments of GOD and hearken to HIS voice did not leave their "first estate" as did those who rebelled; "the cast-out angels" [Satan and his ilk] (Jude 1:6) and therefore the passages cannot be referring to them in the least:
Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. Psalms 103:20
The term Sons of GODin Genesis 6:2,4also cannot be referring to any of the fallenangels [those 1/3 who rebelled with Satan/Lucifer]either, for they neither procreate, nor generate, neither are fruitful (Genesis 1:28, 9:1), nor bring forth abundantly (Genesis 9:7), nor are able to multiply (Genesis 1:28, 9:1).
Procreation exists among man-kind (amongst themselves) and with other creatures (of each Kind amongst themselves) of the Earth:
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Genesis 1:28
The devils and fallen angels, etc (Satan and his ilk) are only able to possess (never procreate with) those upon this world, either man-kind or animal-kind (serpent, pig), because they are unclean spirits:
And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. Mark 5:15
For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed [with them]: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. Acts 8:7
The term Sons of GODin Genesis 6:2,4cannot then be referring to any angel [created beings of the Heavenly Host, either good or evil] at all for they had all been made spiritsand ministers a flame of fireand sometimes called Cherubims(Genesis 3:24, etc.)and Seraphims(Isaiah 6:2,6)- which mean burning, fiery ones[Strong's Concordance; Gesenius's Lexicon]:
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: Psalms 104:4;
And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. Hebrews 1:7.
Additionally scripture, by Paul, says that the Rebellious Angels are not Flesh and Blood:
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places]. Ephesians 6:12
GOD had only said to the Creatures of the Earth and of Man-kind that they were to be fruitfuland multiplyafter their kind. Angelsare not the same as man-kind, for they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, and man-kind in the Resurrection shall then be like unto them:
For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are asthe angelsof God in heaven. Matthew 22:30 [the text reads are as, and thus indicates a state of being to which the Angels already have been and are presently still existent]
[See also Mark 12:25; Luke 20:35-36neither marry, nor are given in marriage equal unto the angels]
To be continued...
Sons of GOD
Let us begin by quoting the two passages in Genesis 6 concerning the "Sons of GOD":
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. Genesis 6:2
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare [children] to them, the same [became] mighty men which [were] of old, men of renown. Genesis 6:4
So, the question that is commonly asked by many (Christians and non-Christians alike), Who are the Sons of GOD of Genesis 6:2,4?
It would at first seem that there is no immediate nearby answer, and so, a vast majority of people immediately leave the safety of the nearby context, looking elsewhere [generally along the lines of the apocryphal so-called 1 Book of Enoch], and come to the premature and hazardous conclusion that the Sons of GOD are angels [ie. the 'created beings of the Heavenly Host'; or more specifically in this instance: 'fallen angels', called devils/demons/Baals, etc], and that these Sons of GOD/angels intermixed, interbred, and/or, worse yet, forced themselves upon helpless human women - the daughters of men, thus bringing about demon-spawned super human-hybrids [an unholy physical amalgamation of devil and mankind] whom they then declare are the giants [Nephilim, etc.], mighty men which [were] of old and men of renown.
Those who end up coming to such conclusions, rashly do so without a further and deeper consideration of the texts.
They, without fully considering the ramifications of their answer and what it would mean to the Gospel, would rather instead cling tightly to their private interpretation using in evidence not only apocryphal materials with alternative agendas and anti-scriptural doctrines, but many also tending to force the three similar verses of scripture in the Book of Job [being Job 1:6, 2:1, 38:7] out of it's context and very often rejecting or bypassing every other word on the matter.
However, as will be revealed, it is quite unnecessary and extremely destructive to the WORD of GOD to do such a thing, as it directly leads to many errant ideologies and aberrant theologies for instance: devil-human-hybrids, physical lines of descendants of Satan (Serpent Seed theology), alien conspiracies (Reptilian Masters), super-human races, and in one known instance being used and stretched beyond even farcical eisegesis to try and provide evidence for an evolutionary model and makeup within scripture ['Neanderthal' breeding with various 'divergent' stock], etc.
However, before considering the immediate context, let us look and see why the term Sons of GOD in Genesis 6:2,4 cannot be referring to the Holy Angels of the LORD [those 2/3 who had remained loyal], for these Angels (the loyal "angels" [they of the created heavenly host], like Gabriel ("that stand in the presence of GOD" Luke 1:19)) keep the Commandments of GOD and hearken to HIS voice did not leave their "first estate" as did those who rebelled; "the cast-out angels" [Satan and his ilk] (Jude 1:6) and therefore the passages cannot be referring to them in the least:
Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. Psalms 103:20
The term Sons of GODin Genesis 6:2,4also cannot be referring to any of the fallenangels [those 1/3 who rebelled with Satan/Lucifer]either, for they neither procreate, nor generate, neither are fruitful (Genesis 1:28, 9:1), nor bring forth abundantly (Genesis 9:7), nor are able to multiply (Genesis 1:28, 9:1).
Procreation exists among man-kind (amongst themselves) and with other creatures (of each Kind amongst themselves) of the Earth:
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Genesis 1:28
The devils and fallen angels, etc (Satan and his ilk) are only able to possess (never procreate with) those upon this world, either man-kind or animal-kind (serpent, pig), because they are unclean spirits:
And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. Mark 5:15
For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed [with them]: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. Acts 8:7
The term Sons of GODin Genesis 6:2,4cannot then be referring to any angel [created beings of the Heavenly Host, either good or evil] at all for they had all been made spiritsand ministers a flame of fireand sometimes called Cherubims(Genesis 3:24, etc.)and Seraphims(Isaiah 6:2,6)- which mean burning, fiery ones[Strong's Concordance; Gesenius's Lexicon]:
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: Psalms 104:4;
And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. Hebrews 1:7.
Additionally scripture, by Paul, says that the Rebellious Angels are not Flesh and Blood:
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places]. Ephesians 6:12
GOD had only said to the Creatures of the Earth and of Man-kind that they were to be fruitfuland multiplyafter their kind. Angelsare not the same as man-kind, for they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, and man-kind in the Resurrection shall then be like unto them:
For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are asthe angelsof God in heaven. Matthew 22:30 [the text reads are as, and thus indicates a state of being to which the Angels already have been and are presently still existent]
[See also Mark 12:25; Luke 20:35-36neither marry, nor are given in marriage equal unto the angels]
To be continued...