2006-10-20 05:44:20 · 7 answers · asked by ? 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Describing that era, Moses wrote: “Now it came about that when men started to grow in numbers on the surface of the ground and daughters were born to them, then the sons of the true God began to notice the daughters of men, that they were good-looking; and they went taking wives for themselves, namely, all whom they chose.”—Genesis 6:1, 2.
Those “sons of the true God” were not humans; they were angelic sons of God. (Compare Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:4, 7.) The Bible writer Jude relates that some angels “did not keep their original position but forsook their own proper dwelling place.” (Jude 6) In other words, they left their assigned place in God’s heavenly organization because they preferred to live with beautiful women on earth. Jude adds that these rebellious angels were like the people of Sodom and Gomorrah, who ‘committed fornication excessively and went out after flesh for unnatural use.’—Jude 7.
Mighty Ones of Old, Men of Fame
The disobedient materialized angels had sexual relations with women, and the women bore children. These were not ordinary children. They were Nephilim, half human and half angel. The Bible account says: “The Nephilim proved to be in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of the true God continued to have relations with the daughters of men and they bore sons to them, they were the mighty ones who were of old, the men of fame.”—Genesis 6:4.
The Hebrew word “nephilim” literally means “fellers,” those who fell others, or who cause others to fall, through violent acts. Thus, it is not surprising that the Bible account adds: “The earth became filled with violence.” (Genesis 6:11) The mythological demigods, such as Heracles and the Babylonian hero Gilgamesh, strongly resemble Nephilim.
“God did not hold back from punishing the angels that sinned, but, by throwing them into Tartarus, delivered them to pits of dense darkness to be reserved for judgment; and he did not hold back from punishing an ancient world, but kept Noah, a preacher of righteousness, safe with seven others when he brought a deluge upon a world of ungodly people.”—2 Peter 2:4, 5.
At the global Flood, the rebellious angels dematerialized and returned in disgrace to the spirit realm. God punished them by prohibiting them from again materializing human bodies. The Nephilim, the superhuman offspring of the disobedient angels, all perished. Only Noah and his small family survived the Deluge.
Taken from WT 2000
Why Was an Ancient World destroyed?
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2002/3/1/article_02.htm
2006-10-20 06:43:08 · answer #1 · answered by research woman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In this it is talking about the angels in heaven. That they noticed the women of the earth. But there is no DNA to worry about from them because when the flood occurred the angels left there human bodies went back to heaven and the rest of the humans died in the flood. Which of course these angels eventually became demons
2006-10-20 06:20:26 · answer #2 · answered by bronxbaby 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Devils and evil continue from the guts and ideas of guys. I suppose the Christian you spoke with is instructing a fake doctrine related to DNA. I suppose so much humans hold loose will. I have under no circumstances noticeable any one thoroughly possessed of Devils, but when ownership have been to arise it's due to the fact that of the offerings that character has already made.
2016-08-31 23:59:55 · answer #3 · answered by pharisien 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a verse I use all the time to show that Adam and Eve were not the only people God created. The sons of God were the sons of Adam and Eve. The daughters of men were those peoples that lived in their own sin outside the garden... Jim
Oh BTW this is all contained in the Gospel of Jim... So you know it has wonderful authority... :)
2006-10-20 05:51:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tricky. It all comes down to interpretation. It can be read as sons of men....sons of godly men, sons of kings or royalty. Sons of God being angels. If the last, I guess that would be a way in to the nba
2006-10-20 05:55:15 · answer #5 · answered by TCFKAYM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their offspring called the 'Nephilim' were hybrids. Hybrids are the offspring of two genetically distinct species. Hybrids are sterile. So, the Nephilim could not reproduce.
2006-10-20 07:04:03 · answer #6 · answered by Elisha Evangelia 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means that the children of judges and other important people would demand women, and G-d was rather annoyed.
2006-10-20 06:11:56 · answer #7 · answered by ysk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋