"The sons of God" - Genesis 3?

Question

Do you think this refers to angels or to the "chosen line" from Seth? Any other ideas welcome as well.

Sorry this is in Genesis chapter 6

Mark 12:25 says that there will be no marriage in heaven, it does not say that there is no sex(male/female) in heaven.

Answer 1

The first, and oldest, belief is that "the sons of God" were fallen angels who consorted with human women, producing giant offspring called nephilim. This view was widely held in the Judaic world of the first century, and was supported by many of the "Ante-Nicene Fathers," including Justin Martyr, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, Irenaeus, and Eusebius.
The second view is one which was advocated by Saint Augustine, the Catholic Bishop of Hippo. He rejected the concept of the fallen host having committed fornication with women. In his early fifth century book The City of God, he advanced the theory that "the sons of God" simply referred to the genealogical line of Seth, who were committed to preserving the true worship of God. He interpreted Genesis 6 to mean that the offspring of Adam through Seth were "the sons of God," and the offspring of Adam through Cain were "the daughters of men." He wrote that the problem was that the family of Seth had interbred with the family of Cain, intermingling the bloodlines and corrupting the pure religion. This view has become the dominant one among most modern biblical scholars.
The third view is that "the sons of God" were the sons of pre-Flood rulers or magistrates. This interpretation was advocated by two of the most respected Jewish rabbis of the Middle Ages, Rashi and Nachmanides, and became the standard explanation of rabbinical Judaism. However, it is not widely accepted by modern scholars.
The notion, that the fallen angels were, in some sense the fathers of the old giants, was the constant opinion of antiquity.
Josephus believed and recorded that "the sons of God" mentioned in Genesis 6 were fallen angels, or demons.
Another well-known first century Jewish writer, Philo of Alexandria, shared Josephus' views on this topic. In his work "On the Giants," Philo wrote: Those beings, whom other philosophers call demons, Moses usually calls angels . . .
The idea that the nephilim or giants were the offspring of the fallen host and human females was not unique to Judaism. This understanding was likely behind the Greek, Roman, and Egyptian mythologies, as well as those of India and the near east. All these beliefs resulted not as mere inventions of fertile human imagination, but as a corruption of antediluvian truths which were distorted as their origin was forgotten over time.
Take, for example, the legend of the Titans. In Greek mythology, the Titans were a family of giant gods who were the offspring of Uranus (heaven) and Gaea (earth). The most famous of the Titans was Cronus, who killed his father. Cronus later led the Titans in their losing war against Zeus and the Olympian gods. After their defeat, the Titans were imprisoned in a section of the underworld called Tartarus.
In his second epistle, the apostle Peter uses part of this Greek myth to explain the fate of some of the fallen angels. He states that for their sins, these angels had been tartarosas, which The NKJV Greek English Interlinear New Testament translates literally as "confining them to Tartarus" (also known in the Bible as "the Abyss").
This is the same Tartarus where Greek mythology says the Titans were imprisoned. It's highly unlikely that Peter would have used such an analogy if this pagan legend wasn't based on at least some grain of truth which his readers would have knowledge of. The idea that evil angels mated with human women and had offspring (the nephilim) appears far-fetched to us in this modern era, but it seems to have been widely accepted as fact in the ancient world.

Answer 2

Gen.6:2,4;
These did sin before the flood. Jude 6; 1Pet.3:18-20; 2Pet.3:4; Judged by the saints 1Cor.6:2,3;
Job 38:4-7;
Angels are called morning stars and sons of God. See earth prepared.
Job 2:1-2; Satan is with the sons of God. Gen.3:1-5; Decieved Eve. Rev.12:9;
Eze.28:13-15; The cherub angel anointed over Eden.
Rev.5:11; Angels are vast in number.
Luke 20:34-36; Angels do not die.
Matt.26:53; Jesus could have had 12 legions or 72,000 but did not do so.
Rev.22:16; Jesus is the bright and morning star.
Isa.14:12-14; Lucifer means day star and compares world rulers to Satan.
2Cor.4:3,4; 11:14;
Satan is god of this world that ends. He transforms himself into an angel of light. 1Prt.5:8; He seeks to devour.
John 8:44; His lies and deception has caused death of all from Adam.

Answer 3

That would be Gen. 6
I don't think it can mean angels because or Mark 12:15. It must be humans, and most probably the godly line from Seth. From Gen. 6:4 we have the "Nephilim" which means "to fall" and may be where some get the idea of "fallen angels". Some think that Nephilim means "to fall down and pray", which is what the godly line would do. An ungodly line, human or angelic would not.

Answer 4

They were angels.

Job 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.
Job 2:1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the LORD.
Job 38:7 When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Answer 5

Personally I think it refers to the fallen angels that left heaven with Lucifer. There is a passage that also states that they had babies by human women. That would not have been wrong if they too had been human.

Answer 6

This is referring to the human men who followed God. They began falling for the daughters of men who were consumed by the ways of the flesh (namely lust). These "Sons of God" slipped up and took their focus off of God.

That began their descent into doom.

Answer 7

It refers to nothing whatever. Sorry.