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Who Were the ‘Sons of God’ in Genesis 6?
PatriotandLiberty ^ | 11/23 | Gary Bates

Posted on 11/22/2023 1:20:09 AM PST by spirited irish

Probably the most often-used and controversial passage of Scripture by pro-ETH (extra-terrestrial hypothesis) UFOlogists is the account of “the sons of God” and their resultant offspring, the Nephilim. The description in Genesis 6:1–7 reads:

When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. Then the LORD said, “My spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.

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TOPICS: Apologetics; History; Theology
KEYWORDS: god; of; sons; sonsofgod
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To: Mark17

Those half animal/half human legends different cultures have had to come from somewhere.


81 posted on 11/22/2023 8:52:33 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: Mark17

And maybe it wasn’t just messing with DNA by sex.

Humans tend to presume that *old* means *primitive* and yet Scripture indicates advanced technology. Perhaps that was far more advanced that we give them credit for even to the point of genetic engineering animal/human hybrids.


82 posted on 11/22/2023 8:54:49 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: Jonty30

The OT is to the Jewish as the OT is to Christians.

The NT is to Christians as the Talmud is to the Jewish.


83 posted on 11/22/2023 8:57:22 AM PST by nitzy (I wonder if the telescreens in 1984 were first called "free Obamascreens")
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To: Philsworld
BTW, the question might just have easily been asked, "A women had several legal husbands (legal under Torah law because she was a widow 2 times). She had children by each husband."

"So whose wife would she be?"

Jesus's answer would hypothetically be the same. "There is no marriage in heaven."

84 posted on 11/22/2023 8:58:07 AM PST by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a strong bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: Philsworld
Pardon me for one more point but I think you'll appreciate this.

The Sadducees don't believe in the afterlife. So they weren't really interested in "whose wife will she be in heaven."

And, FWIW, the Sadducees didn't believe in angels or a spirit world, so Jesus's response about angels was a dig at the Sadducees for posing such a trick question.

Jesus was showing the Sadducees that not only was he aware that they were trying to trap him with a silly question but that their question was out of sync with their own beliefs about the afterlife (heaven and angels).

This scenario once again demonstrates Jesus's vast superiority over the so-called intelligentsia of his time. You can imagine how much they hated Jesus for making fools of them in public (which he did all the time).

Ya gotta love it.;-)

85 posted on 11/22/2023 9:13:11 AM PST by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a strong bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: Mark17

Well played.


86 posted on 11/22/2023 10:47:59 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (As God's children, we live on promises, not explanations - Wiersbe)
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To: RoosterRedux

Angels are spirits.....not people. You’re welcome.


87 posted on 11/22/2023 10:58:47 AM PST by vespa300
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To: vespa300
Do you mean like the ones (angels) at Lot's house that the men and boys of Sodom wanted to have sex with? Or the ones who had a meal with Abraham and Sarah (and with Lot too at his house in Sodom).

Those kinds of spirits?

88 posted on 11/22/2023 11:14:00 AM PST by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a strong bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: metmom

That’s a big possibility that a lot of Biblical researchers have pondered and written about.

You have to wonder why every ancient civilization had it’s version of “heroes” and why?


89 posted on 11/22/2023 11:18:43 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: RoosterRedux

I knew you’d be on this thread :)

Sounds like I need to pick up some IDE Thomas books.


90 posted on 11/22/2023 11:20:20 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

;-)


91 posted on 11/22/2023 11:43:12 AM PST by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a strong bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
You might enjoy the video linked to at this comment above re: "The Unseen Realm" by Michael Heiser. It's a great book too.
92 posted on 11/22/2023 11:48:42 AM PST by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a strong bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: metmom
It makes one wonder if all the mythology of the Roman and Greek gods is based on the *sons of God* who came to earth to defile the human race, or they were the offspring of that union.

Bingo. I believe that is exactly where Greek and Roman mythology came from. When fallen angels came to earth. This is what Johnathan Cahn wrote about. Those involved, were locked up in chains in darkness, called Tartarus. It was described as a dark abode of woe, as far below hell, as earth is below heaven. They are probably suffering there, as they will in the lake of fire. 🔥
It’s possible, that when Jesus went to preach to spirits in prison, this is where He went, to announce to them that their doom was sealed forever. I doubt that was something that any one of them wanted to hear. Maybe they should have thought of that, before they rebelled in the first place.

93 posted on 11/22/2023 12:12:52 PM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: metmom; RoosterRedux
Those half animal/half human legends different cultures have had to come from somewhere.

Exactly. They were soulless, unredeemable creatures, all killed in the Flood. As I mentioned earlier, the bodies of dead Nephilim, can still be seen, strewn across the landscape of the world. I saw one in New Hampshire, called the old man of the mountain. I am convinced, it was the head of a dead Nephilim, killed in the Flood. Imagine my shock, to see the head of that dead Nephilim, on the New Hampshire commemorative coin.

94 posted on 11/22/2023 12:29:37 PM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: metmom

Agree.


95 posted on 11/22/2023 12:30:27 PM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
Sounds like I need to pick up some IDE Thomas books.

I don’t know how many he wrote, but I read The Omega Conspiracy, Satan’s last assault on God’s kingdom. That is what got me interested in figuring out, exactly what was going on. I had seen the old man of the mountain, many years before. At the time, all I thought, was that it was a remarkable rock formation. Now, I am convinced it was the head of a GIANT Nephilim, maybe a Titan.

96 posted on 11/22/2023 12:42:40 PM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: RoosterRedux

Yes sir - that book is on my to buy list this year.

I miss Dr. Heiser very much, but he’s in glory now :)


97 posted on 11/22/2023 2:27:03 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Mark17
You're talking about the one in NH that recently crumbled?


98 posted on 11/22/2023 3:09:09 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Yes, that be the one. Possibly a Titan, since the head itself, was enormous. It was destroyed later, by an earthquake.


99 posted on 11/22/2023 3:19:38 PM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: RoosterRedux

Oh, you mean the good angels. I guess they can be whatever the Lord wants them to be for his purpose at the time.

But you boxed yourself in now. Because if you are saying those were sons of God, you are saying they were the good angels. You can’t have it both ways. Sons of God having sex with humans in Genesis 6, obvioiusly the bad angels...and suddenly you have sons of God or angels not having sex with Sodom folks.

So are Sons of God good or bad?


100 posted on 11/22/2023 3:26:27 PM PST by vespa300
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