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1 | Explanation of Genesis 6:1-6 | Genesis | tgc | 127570 | ||
I have been pondering on this question for some time. So I thought I would seek the wisdom of many of you on the forum. In Gen. 6:1-6 NKJV) Genesis 6:1 Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, 2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they [were] beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose. 3 And the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he [is] indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years." 4 There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore [children] to them. Those [were] the mighty men who [were] of old, men of renown. 5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every intent of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually. 6 And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. Here is the question it seems from what I can learn the classical reading of this is that "the sons of God" refered to in this passage are falling angels and that these fallen angels had relations with human women that bore children from these relationships. Here is my problem first of all Jesus Himself said angels are sexless beings in Matthew 22:29-30. Another problem I have with this is if in fact fallen angels and human women had children where would they fall in the plan of redemption. Would this not be a new ontological creation? Any help with this will be recieved thankfully. In The Love Of Christ, tgc |
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2 | Explanation of Genesis 6:1-6 | Genesis | srbaegon | 127572 | ||
Hello tgc, This has been discussed many times before. You can search the links under Gen 6:4. In short, Christ said the angels in heaven do not marry or given in mariage. That leaves room for discussion of fallen angels. And not really a new creation, but a mixed creation. The passage says they were mighty men of renown, so they were greater in some capacity than ordinary men. However, they would still have inherited sin being of the human race. Steve |
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3 | Explanation of Genesis 6:1-6 | Genesis | tgc | 127896 | ||
Steve I post this under your note hoping Mark will also pick up on it. Scratch your heads with on this please. All the way through scripture when we find the Bible speaking of the fallen angels or demons the term spirit is used in regards to them an example of such passages would be Lev.19:31, Lev.20:6, Deut.18:11, Mk. 3:11, Lk.4:36. So what is my point with this just follow me for a moment. If we look at Hebrews 1:7 It tells us that God's Angels are ministering Spirits. I also can not find one clearly documented case in the Bible of a demon or fallen angel taking on human form possessing an unsaved person yes but not taking on human form of it's own will. So if angels are spirit and fallen angels must be spirits how can they take on human form when in Luke 24:38 Christ offers this statement as proof of His resurrection" And He said to them, "Why are you troubled? And why do you doubt arise in your heart? Behold My hands and My feet that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and blood as you see I have." So Christ offers as proof of His resurrection the fact that He has flesh and blood and spirits do not. So it would seem to me that if we argue that spirits can make babies with women then are we arguing against the very evidence that Christ offered for His ressurection? All of this said I know ther are Bilical accounts of Angels of God appearing in human form and the only way I can think to reconcille this is the fact that God as Creator and The All Powerful One can grant this to His angels when it is within His plan however Satan not being all powerful and not having the power of creation can not offer this to his fallen angels. Any thoughts please? |
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4 | Explanation of Genesis 6:1-6 | Genesis | CDBJ | 127905 | ||
Hi tgc, Pardon my interjection but I think you might have miss quoted some scripture, namely the following. “So Christ offers as proof of His resurrection the fact that He has flesh and blood and spirits do not.” Ref. Luke 24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. Bones not blood! CDBJ |
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5 | Explanation of Genesis 6:1-6 | Genesis | tgc | 127928 | ||
CDBJ, Thank you for pointing this out. Iwas very tired as I was writing last night. You are correct the proper qoute would be flesh and bone. I apoligize for the mistake. This does not change the thought of the post however do you have any ideals from your personal study? In The Love OF Christ, tgc |
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6 | Explanation of Genesis 6:1-6 | Genesis | CDBJ | 127932 | ||
Hi tgc, I can safely say, with all certainty, that the topic that you have elaborated on is one, if not the most, talked about subject on the forum, if my memory serves me right. I can remember hashing over the original language in the Hebrew for hours trying to prove certain aspects of Genesis 6:1-6 and namely verse 4 in particular. We have to remember that, nothing in the Word of God is discovered, it’s revealed. Matthew 16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. By doing a search of the verse from the home page you could likely find all that I have reiterated on over the past few years and I am still not sure of all the truth contained within those verses. I would like to point out one thing and that is the following. Psalm 119:160 ASV The sum of thy word is truth; And every one of thy righteous ordinances endureth for ever. In essence, all of the verses on any given Bible doctrine must be considered to establish truth and none will be contradicted; a common denominator will, as it were, be established where all the verses make sense. Have a great day, CDBJ |
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