Genesis
6:1 ¶ 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 sexual relations.
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