“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 man 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.” Gen 6:1-4
If you read the above text carefully and were not disturbed by what you read, then go back and read it again. Paraphrasing, it reads, “Sons of God married daughters of man - had sex with them and had some pretty whacked out offspring.”
If you’re diligent in your studies, you’d want to know who these “sons of God” are and what were their offspring. Get to understand this and you get a glimpse into the real reason God destroyed the earth with a flood.
The Hebrew for “sons of God” is B’nai Elohim and it occurs 3 other times in the OT:
“Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.” Job 1:6
“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 2:1
“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it? On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?” Job 38:4-7
By now you get the picture that the “sons of God” the B’nai Elohim are angels. So now the narrative reads, “Angels married daughters of man - had sex with them and had some pretty whacked out offspring.”
The reason why God destroyed the earth with a flood is the fact that angels had sex with humans and bore an unholy offspring - the Nephilim. Now before you throw that quote at me saying that Jesus said that angels don’t marry, don’t bother, because here it is;
“For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.” Mat 22:30
So angels don’t marry in heaven. Why should they? They have no need to procreate. But these angels in Genesis left their positions in heaven and became the fallen angels. Jude, the brother of Jesus, states;
“And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day” Jude 6
And just in case if you still don’t believe the chronology of these events, Peter nails it;
“For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment; if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly..” 2 Peter 2:4-5
To tie this all in together:
- Angels don’t procreate in heaven.
- Some angels left their positions in heaven and procreated with women.
- These fallen angels are now bound in chains and are awaiting judgement. They are in Tartarus - Homers Iliad describes this place “as far below hades as the earth is below Heaven…”.
- These angels and the daughters of man had offspring - the Nephilim - mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.
The fallen angels who caused all this are bound in chains in Tartarus. Their seed, the Nephilim, was left on earth. These beings are half spirit and half human.
Demigods.
Mythology doesn’t sound “mythological” all of a sudden does it? Half human, half spiritual beings. Did you know that nearly all ancient civilisations had a record of demigods in their history? And these beings, what they represent, and the implication of their reality is what prompted God to format planet earth.
Think gene pool and you are on the right track. Next time we will discuss Noah - the hope of mankind.
Tags: Fallen Angels, Nephilim, Noah, Genetics, Heaven, Marriage
I’m really looking forward to the upcoming sermon series at Mars Hill Church called The Peasant Princess. Based on the the Song of Songs, Mark Driscoll will spend 10 weeks going through the details of this provacative text.
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