Nephilim

[now faith]

Depending on one's method and take of the various witnesses to a particular passage, there may be reasons to favor one translation over the other, or one reading over the other for a given passage.

So to understand more where you are coming from, do you hold more to the critical or the majority text?

The received text,or textus recptus.
The terminology can be deceptive making the Majority text synonymous with the King James.
Although the Majority text is a cumulative translation of most of the available manuscripts,and is much better than the Critical Text the lineage of the King James dates back to Antioch.

But this is off topic,my point was bouncing between translation to support a book such as Jasper would be self serving agenda.
This book also has the creation account and is a counterfeit bible.

This topic reminds me of the resurgence of the uranchia false teaching that mingled God's word with a star trek premise.
It was simply made up and is a huge book of science fiction claiming new revelation.

I most likely missed spelled its name but could care less about revelation that contradicts the Word of God.
They as well use the book of Enoch .

 

[now faith]

Go ahead, they laughed at Noah, and they laughed at Christ. I Know what the Lord has revealed, and 20 years of study has shown. A true man of Christ who has read and memorized the scripture, and studied Biblical History need not fear. If it makes you feel safe to hold onto what the catholic church and its priest father Athanasius said it should be in 367 AD that is your business. But know this, no true follower of Jesus Christ treats others in this fashion.

You bro are entitled to read anything you want and teach what you want.
But you are proselytizing in a Baptist congressional forum.
I am of a different denomination or movement we call it, and I try not to promote WOF doctrine here.
It is rude to promote your teaching in this forum.

 

[th1bill]

we were discussing eating and drinking in Sodom and Gomorrah
And the angels had to have a physical body to eat and drink

Josh,
A very respected source for this study is the Bible Answer Man, Hank Hannigraph, found on some radio stations and at equip,org. Hank is a very Basic Pentacostal preacher that is often at odds with the Assemblies and some of the other Left Wing Pentacostals because his very Baptist stance on speaking in Tongues being THE SIGN of salvation.

I became interested in doing the study from listening to him answering folks on this mater. What I learned from the study is that God is always holy and has no part with sin. But I get ahead of myself, must be old age. Jesus taught us that we would not know our wives in Heaven and the context for that discussion gives us the meaning. We will not now them sexually and the reason is because "we will be as the angels."

This singular point plugs a hole no 20 Gauge at close range could inflict. But. then, as you point out... those two angels that ate, drank and, perhaps, conversed with Abram and did speak with Lot. From this account we learn that these are, indeed, in physical form but worthy of note is the truth that they have no part with sin. These angels are not named again but it is, therefore, also, reasonable to read into the scriptures that their service, in these bodies, was completed and they were ten reverted t their Spiritual or natural form.

And to this you will often hear, WHAT! Hear you go back to the Holiness of our God. And yes there are those Fallen Angels of unknown, to us, number. But there is one very important lesson in the Book of Job to be learned, Satan, oft considered, the most powerful of the Fallen could do nothing to Job without the permission of our Heavenly Father. This, God established, principle is never violated in the scriptures and the Word of God is our final authority, until the return of the Author, Jesus.

So it is that the summary goes somewhat like, God is omnipotent and therefore controls everything! (Requires a study all by itself or you will go nuts trying to understand why!) God controls everything, angels can do nothing without God's permission and foreknowledge. (Omniscience) And God allows some evil with His permissive will as illustrated in the Book of Job to teach us who we are and how strong we are and perhaps many other life lessons to grow strong and faithful followers.

But God, because of His Foreknowledge, will never grant any angel, fallen or not, a body to have sex with a human female. There is a good deal more to this issue than people want to study but intelligent answers are never found by reading into scripture what is not there. That is a short prescription for a ride into Hell.

God bless my young friend.

 

[Bluelion]

Josh,
A very respected source for this study is the Bible Answer Man, Hank Hannigraph, found on some radio stations and at equip,org. Hank is a very Basic Pentacostal preacher that is often at odds with the Assemblies and some of the other Left Wing Pentacostals because his very Baptist stance on speaking in Tongues being THE SIGN of salvation.

I became interested in doing the study from listening to him answering folks on this mater. What I learned from the study is that God is always holy and has no part with sin. But I get ahead of myself, must be old age. Jesus taught us that we would not know our wives in Heaven and the context for that discussion gives us the meaning. We will not now them sexually and the reason is because "we will be as the angels."

This singular point plugs a hole no 20 Gauge at close range could inflict. But. then, as you point out... those two angels that ate, drank and, perhaps, conversed with Abram and did speak with Lot. From this account we learn that these are, indeed, in physical form but worthy of note is the truth that they have no part with sin. These angels are not named again but it is, therefore, also, reasonable to read into the scriptures that their service, in these bodies, was completed and they were ten reverted t their Spiritual or natural form.

And to this you will often hear, WHAT! Hear you go back to the Holiness of our God. And yes there are those Fallen Angels of unknown, to us, number. But there is one very important lesson in the Book of Job to be learned, Satan, oft considered, the most powerful of the Fallen could do nothing to Job without the permission of our Heavenly Father. This, God established, principle is never violated in the scriptures and the Word of God is our final authority, until the return of the Author, Jesus.

So it is that the summary goes somewhat like, God is omnipotent and therefore controls everything! (Requires a study all by itself or you will go nuts trying to understand why!) God controls everything, angels can do nothing without God's permission and foreknowledge. (Omniscience) And God allows some evil with His permissive will as illustrated in the Book of Job to teach us who we are and how strong we are and perhaps many other life lessons to grow strong and faithful followers.

But God, because of His Foreknowledge, will never grant any angel, fallen or not, a body to have sex with a human female. There is a good deal more to this issue than people want to study but intelligent answers are never found by reading into scripture what is not there. That is a short prescription for a ride into Hell.

God bless my young friend.

Jesus point was we would not have wives or husbands at all in Heaven, we will not marry in Heaven, and so there for sense sex is only allowed in marriage we will not have sex either.

Jesus was a man and took his body to Heaven, Jesus did not need a new body He never sinned. So Jesus is male in Heaven. I like being a man and I will be male in Heaven, just as I am sure many women like being female and will be female in Heaven. But sense lust is not Good, there will be no lust in Heaven, no lust no need or urge to Have sex. Are body will not be geared to reproduce. and to that purpose lust was use full to populate the earth, but in Heaven it will no longer be useful. So are new body's will not have that desire programmed into them.

any ways sorry for flaming at you in another thread, my brother actually gave me correction tonight with scripture surprisingly.

Was 2 tim said to use gentle correction, not a flame thrower

Peace and love
blu.

i understand if you find it hard to forgive, but I am human, and maybe in time.

 

[JoshuaDaryl]

Jesus point was we would not have wives or husbands at all in Heaven, we will not marry in Heaven, and so there for sense sex is only allowed in marriage we will not have sex either.

Jesus was a man and took his body to Heaven, Jesus did not need a new body He never sinned. So Jesus is male in Heaven. I like being a man and I will be male in Heaven, just as I am sure many women like being female and will be female in Heaven. But sense lust is not Good, there will be no lust in Heaven, no lust no need or urge to Have sex. Are body will not be geared to reproduce. and to that purpose lust was use full to populate the earth, but in Heaven it will no longer be useful. So are new body's will not have that desire programmed into them.

any ways sorry for flaming at you in another thread, my brother actually gave me correction tonight with scripture surprisingly.

Was 2 tim said to use gentle correction, not a flame thrower

Peace and love
blu.

i understand if you find it hard to forgive, but I am human, and maybe in time.

I had already forgiven you.

 

[JoshuaDaryl]

Josh,
A very respected source for this study is the Bible Answer Man, Hank Hannigraph, found on some radio stations and at equip,org. Hank is a very Basic Pentacostal preacher that is often at odds with the Assemblies and some of the other Left Wing Pentacostals because his very Baptist stance on speaking in Tongues being THE SIGN of salvation.

I became interested in doing the study from listening to him answering folks on this mater. What I learned from the study is that God is always holy and has no part with sin. But I get ahead of myself, must be old age. Jesus taught us that we would not know our wives in Heaven and the context for that discussion gives us the meaning. We will not now them sexually and the reason is because "we will be as the angels."

This singular point plugs a hole no 20 Gauge at close range could inflict. But. then, as you point out... those two angels that ate, drank and, perhaps, conversed with Abram and did speak with Lot. From this account we learn that these are, indeed, in physical form but worthy of note is the truth that they have no part with sin. These angels are not named again but it is, therefore, also, reasonable to read into the scriptures that their service, in these bodies, was completed and they were ten reverted t their Spiritual or natural form.

And to this you will often hear, WHAT! Hear you go back to the Holiness of our God. And yes there are those Fallen Angels of unknown, to us, number. But there is one very important lesson in the Book of Job to be learned, Satan, oft considered, the most powerful of the Fallen could do nothing to Job without the permission of our Heavenly Father. This, God established, principle is never violated in the scriptures and the Word of God is our final authority, until the return of the Author, Jesus.

So it is that the summary goes somewhat like, God is omnipotent and therefore controls everything! (Requires a study all by itself or you will go nuts trying to understand why!) God controls everything, angels can do nothing without God's permission and foreknowledge. (Omniscience) And God allows some evil with His permissive will as illustrated in the Book of Job to teach us who we are and how strong we are and perhaps many other life lessons to grow strong and faithful followers.

But God, because of His Foreknowledge, will never grant any angel, fallen or not, a body to have sex with a human female. There is a good deal more to this issue than people want to study but intelligent answers are never found by reading into scripture what is not there. That is a short prescription for a ride into Hell.

God bless my young friend.

That is some good meat to chew on Bill

 

[Bluelion]

I had already forgiven you.

well thank you very much.

 

[th1bill]

Jesus point was we would not have wives or husbands at all in Heaven, we will not marry in Heaven, and so there for sense sex is only allowed in marriage we will not have sex either.

Jesus was a man and took his body to Heaven, Jesus did not need a new body He never sinned. So Jesus is male in Heaven. I like being a man and I will be male in Heaven, just as I am sure many women like being female and will be female in Heaven. But sense lust is not Good, there will be no lust in Heaven, no lust no need or urge to Have sex. Are body will not be geared to reproduce. and to that purpose lust was use full to populate the earth, but in Heaven it will no longer be useful. So are new body's will not have that desire programmed into them.

any ways sorry for flaming at you in another thread, my brother actually gave me correction tonight with scripture surprisingly.

Was 2 tim said to use gentle correction, not a flame thrower

Peace and love
blu.

i understand if you find it hard to forgive, but I am human, and maybe in time.

This forgiveness thing is a two way street meaning it also flows from you and i never stopped praying for this reconciliation. If i could not forgive I could never live in this country after returning from 'Nam twice. I bear you no grudge.

I do believe you will find that Jesus would not allow Mary to touch Him at the grave site because He had not, yet, ascended to the Father. (The Glorified Body?)

The scripture says we will be as the Angels and other than God has chosen to be addressed as Father and He chose to have Jesus born as the Son, I have yet to find any sexual distinction other than their appearance. And as far as choice of rolls, that is not nor has it ever been that we have one. The scriptures teach the omniscience of God. His omniscience gives Him not just the control of the stars, planets and meteors, He also controls how we were conceived and who we were born to be.

A great study guide that is not expensive for this and every other Bible Topic study is the Nave's Topical Bible. I paid 25 for my hard copy and have the free copy inside my e-Sword computer program.

God bless.

 

[th1bill]

That is some good meat to chew on Bill

I did this study, some, twenty years ago and because I sunk my teeth in so deep I found out much more than i searched for, making this one my favorite all time Bible Study.

 

[th1bill]

You bro are entitled to read anything you want and teach what you want.
But you are proselytizing in a Baptist congressional forum.
I am of a different denomination or movement we call it, and I try not to promote WOF doctrine here.
It is rude to promote your teaching in this forum.

now faith,
Josh, Blu and I are all Baptists and you say you are not. If you read this and other strings you'll find that there s iron sharpening iron (opposing views) on the scriptures. Listed in the Statement of Faith are things we, Baptists, consider essential leaving all else open to discussion for determination.

So Josh has offended no one but why are you moderating a Baptist Forum? We understand Proselytizing by the definition found in the Webster's. Josh is seeking to change none to anything other than a faithful Christian attending a Baptist Church. And being Word of Faith, you are really in the wrong forum, big time!

 

[now faith]

now faith,
Josh, Blu and I are all Baptists and you say you are not. If you read this and other strings you'll find that there s iron sharpening iron (opposing views) on the scriptures. Listed in the Statement of Faith are things we, Baptists, consider essential leaving all else open to discussion for determination.

So Josh has offended no one but why are you moderating a Baptist Forum? We understand Proselytizing by the definition found in the Webster's. Josh is seeking to change none to anything other than a faithful Christian attending a Baptist Church. And being Word of Faith, you are really in the wrong forum, big time!

Bill: I did not know Josh was a Bapist forgive my error.

I thought his icon was Charismatic.

Thank you for letting me know that I made a mistake I will no longer disrupt this thread as it
Turns out the pot was calling the kettle black.

Once again Thank You.

 

[now faith]

Josh forgive me on my presumptuous attitude toward your post.

I did not know that you were a Baptist.

Turns out I was in the wrong.

God Bless.

 

[JoshuaDaryl]

Josh forgive me on my presumptuous attitude toward your post.

I did not know that you were a Baptist.

Turns out I was in the wrong.

God Bless.

you are forgiven

 

[Bluelion]

Bill: I did not know Josh was a Bapist forgive my error.

I thought his icon was Charismatic.

Thank you for letting me know that I made a mistake I will no longer disrupt this thread as it
Turns out the pot was calling the kettle black.

Once again Thank You.

your not a disruption bro, but are giving to the conversation and you are not wrong, Josh is an anabaptist, which there is a whole section for that.

 

[ThisBrotherOfHis]

we were discussing eating and drinking in Sodom and Gomorrah
And the angels had to have a physical body to eat and drink

Actually, the thread title is "Nephilim." I've shown how that word is not fully understood but has nothing to do with angels, demons, or their "ability" to have sexual intercourse with humans.

The whole misbegotten concept is absurd. Making this thread an extreme waste of time and useless irritation of trillions of electrons.

I made my case early on. There's not point in restating it. I've never understood why some want to argue back and forth, adding more "evidence" or resources to their original post supporting a particular position. If people aren't going to receive an opinion the first time, what makes anyone think they will with verbiage piled higher and deeper?

 

[godenver1]

The sons of God who slept with women. I believe they were angels. here is the verses.

There is no right answer, I have not made up my mind by I am leaning towards angels.

"sons of God": Romans 8:14
For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

Remember Cain and Abel? Is it possible sons of Seth are sons of God who were hoping in a future messiah (Christ), and that sons of Cain are sons of man, of unbelief?

Further, are the Nephilim direct descendants of believers 'going into' unbelievers?

Check out the following video

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zsCZKloLS5E

 

[godenver1]

........

 

[godenver1]

And now ...

Wow, what an incomprehensible stretch of Scripture! The real answer to the Genesis 6:2 controversy is found in Genesis 5:6-32, the godly line of Seth, vs. Genesis 4:16-24, the ungodly, or unrighteous, line of Cain, and this whole controversy comes from a long-overlooked fact about the passage: it doesn't say that the Nephilim are angels. The word "Nephilim" actually comes from the verb naphal in Hebrew, meaning "to fall upon." marking them as an aggressive people. The word "giant" (as tall) was first used in 6:4 in the LXX and does not really reflect the meaning of the word.

The early portion of chapter six in Genesis is a natural progression from the discussion of the godly line of Seth in the previous chapter. In verse four, all it really says is that this happened in the day of the Nephilim.

Often, Jude is cited as support for the erroneous belief that angels had sexual relations with humans.

Jude, NASB
6 And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day ...
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The claim is made that angels left heaven (as assumed from the translation "domain") to abide on Earth. First of all, "domain" is translated from the Greek arche, which means their point of origin. In other words, they left God. It has nothing to do with physical location. Second, the verse says He has kept these angels "in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day."

They didn't come to Earth. They've been bound in hell since their rebellion. So one might ask, if that's the case, how there are demons loose in the world? Obvious: Satan is still free, so not all are bound. But there is no justification for establishing them on Earth and having relations with humans. Cohabitation of angels with humans is impossible. Nor does the next verse of Jude establish the fact that has happened.

Jude
7 just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
​

This refers to the men of Sodom and Gomorrah, "since they in the same way" indulged in gross immorality. In other words, just as angels rebelled, so has man rebelled against God. Then there is the claim that sex is possible between angels and humans. That is an illogical assumption, given that angels are spirit beings and there is no possibility of physical contact with a fleshly being, man.

Undoubtedly this was the merging of the godly and ungodly lines springing from Adam was a Satanic plan, but not to the extent that angels, fallen or otherwise, had anything to do with the intermingling of the godly and evil bloodlines of man.

This.

 

[Yekcidmij]

Genesis 6 doesn't say the Nephilim were the sons of God. It only says they were present:

6:4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those day sand also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men....
​

It seems that the text indicates the Nephilim were different from the "sons of God."

And isn't it interesting to anyone other than me that these characters survived the flood?

 

[Bluelion]

so now reading my theology book it comes to my understanding The sons of God were in fact angels. So angels slept with women. This is Elmer Towns view in his book theology for today. He says Gen 6:2 was not the only time sons of God were used to describe angels.

Job 1:6 KJV

6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.

7 And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

Now the NLT says members of the court, I will deffer to KJV in this case

and again job 38:7

38 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?


so it is clear the sons of God were angels that slept with women, that is why they were giant, and why they were heros. and that is why they were so wicked and God wipe them from the earth, they were a new race have angel half man. This explains their strength and size and also wickedness. It also explains why they took any woman they wanted because even a fallen angel was appeared beautiful. and no one could stop them because of their strength.

I have my answer thank you very much.