In the Bible, who were the "giant sons of God"?

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[BA63]

I do not believe it is such a stretch to tie Greek Mythology (remember it wasn't mythology to the Greeks of the time) to accounts found in the OT.

If you write it, I will certainly read it! I like your synopsis of that subject.

[CWRWinger]

"We still deal with these beings today..."

I don't think so. If what you say is true, they would had to have been on Noah's ark and in Noah's family.

Another thing, if it was God's intension to intervene, and remove these people from humanity, then they no longer exist.

[azhenfud]

Thanks Stefan,
I also am suspect of the ability to use the speed of light to measure time/distance since there is theoretical evidence to suggest that the closer to the speed of light one attains, the more time stands still. This could be my misunderstanding, but I'm always skeptical when one uses a unit of measure with no consistancy to perform a measure on unknowns while claiming the result as fact....
Az

[azhenfud]

Good article, thanks.

I believe there are further verses of the Bible which may indicate who the "sons of God" are.

One is:
Job. Ch 1 V 6 "Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them."

This could indicate the angels are referred to as God's sons, or am I wrong?
Az

[allthingsnew]

Nicely sketched.

[winodog]

Bump for later

[sweetliberty]

I guess I wasn't very clear what meant about that. I was not saying that we still still deal with the procreation and offspring of these beings, but we do still deal with supernatural mischief. The source is the same in my opinion.

[BA63]

Job. Ch 1 V 6 "Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them." This could indicate the angels are referred to as God's sons, or am I wrong?

You would appear to be correct, the term "sons of God" is the Hebrew word Bnai Elohim. It is used in both Gen Ch 6 and Job Ch 1.

You are on the right track!

Study On!

[CWRWinger]

RE:Post #87

Thank you for the reply. I agree, in that, as the world moves further away from God and the Bible, it probably will witness more manifestations of demonic supernatural activity.

[Elsie]

I'll start by saying that if you need an external source to 'explain' Scripture, then 'scripture' doesn't convey much information.

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Let's see what we've got here.........

When men began to increase on earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw how beautiful the daughters of men were and took wives from among those that pleased them. The Lord said, "My breath shall not abide in man forever, since he too is flesh; let the days allowed him be one hundred and twenty years." The Nephilim were on the earth in those days and also after that, when the sons of God cohabited with the daughters of men, who bore them offspring. They were the heroes of old, the men of renown.

AND........

Genesis 1
26. Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
27. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
28. God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."

Genesis 4
1. Adam lay with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, " With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man."

16. So Cain went out from the LORD's presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
17. Cain lay with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch.

Genesis 5
1. This is the written account of Adam's line. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God.
2. He created them male and female and blessed them. And when they were created, he called them "man. "
3. When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.

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You'll note that 'men' are of TWO 'images': God's and Man's and that there was a 130 year span between them. I would find it quite difficult to believe that no children had been born to Adam & Eve until AFTER the 130 years had gone by, especially after the command given in 1:28. I think that there were some born before this time and these would be the "Sons of God". The ones from Seth on would be in Adam's image or, the "Daughters of Man". (It looks like 'dirty old men' have been lusting after 'young girls' for a LONG time!!)

The Nephilim were NOT interacting with the humans: it merely says that they were AROUND at that time.

...the heroes of old, the men of renown were who? The offspring or the Nephilim? Hard to tell in the English.

You'll note that the number of years for the birth of Cain or Abel is NOT recorded. And no record of FEMALE children either. However, there must have been some, for Cain had to have married one of his sisters. (Or maybe a niece if Able had had kids by then.)

[Coleus]

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[SunkenCiv]

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[norton]

So far I'm batting zero on links from this post.

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[Windsong]

One interpretation that I have read is that the Nephillim were of satan and his fallen angels. It was just another plan of satan to spoil the bloodline to prevent the coming of the Messiah ( Jesus the Christ) that needed to be pure.

Same thoughts here. Perhaps the fallen angels thought THEY could somehow gain salvation, by interbreeding? In light of other stupid things they have done, it wouldnt surprise me to learn they thought such nonsense.

[norton]

My computer has developed dyslexic,
or did you intend to cite a reference to Ohio travel?

Could you FR-Mail me a link?

[tarheelswamprat]

So Hercules was a Nephilim?

I believe the Nephilim were the Titans of Greek mythology.

[tarheelswamprat]

And read The Book of Enoch.

Also google the term "enuma elish".

[nightdriver]

In the Bible, who were the "giant sons of God"?

I believe they were the same ones that are mentioned in 1Pet3:19-20.

Those who were disobedient and left their "first estate" in the days of Noah.

[zot]

I believe the Nephilim were the Titans of Greek mythology.

I agree. Webster's Dictionary has titan (from Greek) = any of a race of giant deities, titanic = of great size, strength or power, and titanism = rebellion against established order. Fits nicely with the Biblical description of the Nephilim.

[zot]

Oops! Hercules was a demi-god, the son of Zeus and a human mother, so yes, he would be comparable to the Nephilim. And Zeus would be one of the fallen sons of God. He certainly had a lot of lust for the daughters of men.