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Lamech is the first polygamist. If some men have many some have none. Polygamy creates highly competitive males.
And that is how the Bible settles it.Angels were not given the ability to pro-create ... they neither marry ... nor are taken in marriage.
the sons of God were the descendents of Seth that were true to the Lord. The daughters of men were the daughters of Cain's descendents who had not the knowledge of God preserved.
No such thing as hybrid humans (angel/human) ... not then .... not now.
Daughters of men ... not hybrids.
What makes Lamech "Nephilim" in that verse?They are humans.
: And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
here is described everything required to be Nephilim. Lamech being the first.
That is a case of you and I agreeing on a point here.How does Murder make someone a Nephilim? That is 180 degreess off.
no it doesn't as the Bible shows.Then he needs to keep studying. That the Nephilim were sons of God means that they were Angels
No Bible writer in OT or NT refers to the 37 books of what we call the OT as "Old Testament". For them it was all "scripture"., a direct creation of God. Every instance in the OT where it says sons of God is talking about Angels.
But the Bible also says Humans that follow God also have that title Rom 8:14 as noted before.
AgreedJohn 1:12 comes first.
I also have that one in my list for "sons of God" in a prior post.John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:.../KJV
Indeed. In the case of humans we start out as lost sinners with a sinful nature. But having accepted the "one and only Gospel" where as the OT text of Jer 31:31-34 says - we are adopted into the family of God -- we become sons of God. This is how it is that Enoch is taken to heaven in Gen 5, it is how Moses and Elijah stand with Christ in glory - in Matt 17 -- even before the cross.So we don't start out as sons of God.
To be called the sons of God "to become the sons of God" -- amen.When we believe we are given the power to become sons of God and later after study and learning to be led by the Spirit, we can then call ourselves sons of God.
There is an entire godly line in Gen 5 going right down to Noah's day.The Sethites weren't so godly. If they were so Godly then why werent they saved from the flood?
Are the Nephilim human or sub-human? Will they rise again on the last day?
Thanks for the info!The nephlim were ordinary human beings. Scripture calls them heroes of legend and men of renown. Beyond that, we don't know much of anything. Mainstream Jewish and Christian commentary, stretching back centuries, fairly consistently understands that the terms "sons of God" and "daughters of men" are most likely references to two groups of people.
The fantastical and fabulous theory of nephilim as near-demigods has more in common with pagan myths than anything written in Holy Scripture. And, to be frank, I actually think a good argument can be made that at least some of the Enochian literature--where this idea originates--is directly influenced by Greek myths.
-CryptoLutheran
The polygamy initiated by Lamech wasn't an instance of a case here or there but became world wide.Many examples of polygamy in the OT, Abraham, Jacob, David, Solomon --- but nothing there about "we need to impregnate women and the only way is to be a polygamist". Nor even "we can't be a polygamist without being the most powerful male"
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