1
¶ And it came to pass, when men began to
multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men
that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
The question that demands to be asked here is, who are
the sons of God? Here we have
evidence that they pre-existed the creation of the physical universe. Here is
God speaking directly to Job.
Job
38: 4 ¶ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations
of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding….7 When the morning stars sang together, and all
the sons of God shouted for joy?
Some of these supernatural created beings were not
content to remain as they were but were enticed by lust and endured
condemnation as a result. There are many legends about gods mating with human
women from uncontrolled lust. The following verse refers to them as angels,
denoting their supernatural state. Angels
and sons of God in this context are
synonymous.
Jude
1:6 And the angels which kept not their
first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting
chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Remember, an angel is a presence, an appearance of
something that is somewhere else, representing that person or thing but with
power and ability that would prevent us from distinguishing the difference.
Isaiah
63:9 In all their affliction he was
afflicted, and the angel of his presence
saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and
carried them all the days of old.
Matthew
18:10 Take heed that ye despise not one
of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
Acts
12:15 And they said unto her, Thou art
mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
Revelation
1:20 The mystery of the seven stars
which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven
churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven
churches.
A third of the sons
of God choose to follow Satan as per Revelation 12. Perhaps those who
receive Christ as their Saviour will replace those sons of God.
John
1:12 But as many as received him, to
them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his
name:
Presumably these supernatural beings that placed
themselves in a human body would bring knowledge and wisdom to mankind that would
have been unavailable to mankind without their interference as many myths and
legends state. It seems that common sense would tell us that this would have
made the pre-Flood world a place of remarkable achievement and there are many
archaeological sites that suggest a superior civilization existed in the
distant past although the evidence is limited and the interpretation of it is
controversial. I will not go into extra-Biblical legends and myths here about
the Egyptians having drawings and replicas of airplanes and helicopters in
their tombs or the ancient Indus River Valley cities showing evidence of
nuclear destruction, all implying that if they were advanced they had similar
technology to us as if we were the proverbial ‘all that and a bag of chips.’
That would just lead to endless and questionable rabbit trails that might be
interesting for discussion but would get in the way of the flow of these
comments. Anyway, supernatural beings, even if constrained by flesh, wouldn’t
need our technology. One would think they would use abilities we cannot even
imagine but are hinted of in the Bible as the power given by God to humans like
Elijah to outrun a chariot, Samson’s incredible strength, etc. etc..
Suffice it to say that supernatural beings assumed the
place of human beings for reasons all to common regarding the temptations man
has faced on this earth at all times with regard to women.
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