Subject: What is progeny? |
Bible Note: Mark, Aren't all of God's people given the power to become the "sons of God"? John 1:12, Rom. 8:14 and 19, Phil. 2:15 and I John 3:1-2. Those that followed God from Adam to Noah were the "sons of God" by contrast those that didnt follow God but followed their own hearts were "sons of man" their women would be "daughters of man". As for God's people taking wives from unbelievers, it has happened a lot in the Bible. The history of the Jews is full of it from the time of Moses to the days of Ezra and Nehemiah - Num. chapter 25, Neh. 13:23-30. By taken wives from the wicked the descendents of Adam (for the most part) adopted the lifestyles of the wicked. This led to the great wickedness God found in the earth resulting in the great flood. Such things have happened over and over again in the Bible. It even caused the division of the Jewish nation bacause Solomon had taken so many wives of the pagan nations and allowed them to cause him to worship idols. I forget the exact text for that but I know is there. |