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NASB | Genesis 6:2 that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 6:2 that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful and desirable; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose and desired. |
Subject: Are the "sons of God" pre-Fall children? |
Bible Note: The "sons of God" in Genesis 6:2 are not angels. If you read Genesis 3, then you see the fall of man. If man fell from grace in Genesis 3, then the fall of Satan and his unholy angels had to have happened sometime before (or at) the fall of man. After reading the geneaologies of Genesis 4 and 5, Scripture clearly points out that there is a considerable amount of time between the events in Genesis 3 (fall of man) to the events in Genesis 6 (the multiplying of man on the earth). Since the fall of Satan and his angels had to have already happened or happened at the fall of mankind itself (and by doing so created for Satan and his demons permanent and eternal darkness for judgment (Jude 1:6)), then by interpreting the "sons of God" as angels in Genesis 6:2,4 would suggest that Satan and his angels fell 'twice' from grace, since lusting after human flesh would be a fall from holiness! Satan and his demons fell only once from heaven and the angels that remained loyal to God are forever confirmed in holiness, being loyal to Him forever (1 Timothy 5:21), being 'fixed' in their position as holy angels who minister to those who believe. Also, lust is a sin of the flesh, which is not something that would be the cause of a great spiritual revolt in heaven. The sin that caused the downfall of Satan and his angels was that of pride, since Satan wanted to be "like the Most High".. (Isaiah 14:14) This and other observations are more than enough proof that Genesis 6:4 is referring to the Godly line of Seth (which would prove to be the geneaological line of Christ in Luke 3:38), who began to intermarry with the daughters of men. |