Sons of God (Genesis 6)
They are not what you imagine!
Gen 6:1-2
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.
“And it came to pass…”: Adam was created on day 6 of
year 1; Noah was born in the year 1056.; he lived for 950 years and died in the
year 2006. The flood came when Noah was 600 years old, in 1656 since the
creation week. So, when it is stated “and it came to pass” – the procreation
activities of man - sons of men with daughters of men – had been going on for
more than 1600 years.
Then something happened...
“the sons of God” is popularly understood as a
reference to the godly Sethites. Even the venerable Dr John Gill said, “…this
is to be understood of the posterity of Seth, who from the times of Enos, when
then began to be called by the name of the Lord, Genesis 4:25 had the title of
the sons of God, in distinction from the children of men…”
Matthew Henry: “The sons of God (that is, the professors of religion, who were called by the name of the Lord, and called upon that name), married the daughters of men, that is, those that were profane, and strangers to God and godliness. The posterity of Seth did not keep by themselves…”
Remember these hard facts:
- It is said that Noah, a preacher of righteousness,
preached for 120 years before the flood came; that's a long period; let's just
halve it and make it 60; 60 years is not a short ministry either.
- During Noah’s long years of ministry, that WHOLE
GENERATION of "the sons of God" did not believe but ALL perished in
the flood.
Questions for consideration:
1. What had happened to ALL those so-called "sons
of God" in Noah's day?
2. Did all the sons of God (i.e. so-called godly
Sethites) end up lusting after and marrying daughters of men (i.e. ungodly
Cainite women) then?
3. Why do the theologians and scholars insist that “the
sons of God” are the godly Sethites even though all of them lusted after and
married daughters of men (ungodly heathen women)?
4. Would the inspired Scriptures use the term “the sons
of God” to describe those who neither believed nor repented during the long
years of preaching by a preacher of righteousness?
All those "sons of God" - whom they insist
were godly men – all perished in the flood. Noah’s long ministry had no good
effect on them at all.
What kind of "sons of God" have they imagined - men who bore such a grand-sounding title "the sons of God" but who lusted after ungodly heathen women because of their outward beauty; and that none repented or were converted under the ministry of a faithful preacher of righteousness for 60 over years.
Here are two Scriptures that speak of "the 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.”
Romans 8:14 “For as many as are led by the Spirit of
God, they are the sons of God.”
Is there the slightest semblance between the two: those sons of God in Gen 6 and those sons of God in John 1:12 and Rom 8:14?
And here is one more matter to consider.
2Pet 2:9 "The Lord knoweth how to deliver the
godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to
be punished."
Surely these precious words apply to the “sons of
God” if indeed these refer to the godly Sethites in Gen 6:2. So, if the
"sons of God" were godly men indeed - as universally imagined – then
a reasonable conclusion is:
- either God FAILED catastrophically in delivering
the imagined "godly men" in Gen 6, (but God forbids this blasphemous
thought!)
- or 2Pet 2:9 is entirely false - because all the
imagined "godly men" in Gen 6:2 perished in the flood!
So, which is which – the LORD God didn't know those godly men (sons of God), or God was too weak to deliver them; or is apostle Peter making an utterly untrue statement?
So, live with the implications of your view.
Do you still believe that the "sons of God" is a reference to godly men and not something else?
Let me suggest for your consideration:
The “sons of God” are some of the fallen angels who
had unlawfully taken upon themselves human nature (like the two elect angels
who visited Lot did), and procreated with the daughters of men… and brought
about the universal moral degeneration... calling forth the divine judgment
upon the whole human race.
Now read these:
2Pe 2:4 ¶ For if God spared not the angels that
sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness,
to be reserved unto judgment;
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the
eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the
world of the ungodly;
6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into
ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that
after should live ungodly.
Verse 4 speaks of angels that sinned; verse 5 tells of the destruction of the world in Noah’s day. See the connection yet? Verse 6 reminds us of elect angels who became real men whom the Sodomites lusted after.
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. 7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
2Pet 2:4 and Jude 6 obviously speak of the same matter; the nature of the angels’ sin is stated in the latter.
They keeping not their first estate and leaving their own habitation are two sides of the same coin – they left their habitation in the spirit realm and transgressed into the physical human realm and procreated, with the desired catastrophic and universal moral degeneration, calling forth the righteous divine judgment to destroy the human race... thus, circumventing the appearance of the Seed of the woman who will crush the Serpent's head.
"BUT Noah found grace"; Satan's effort to
circumvent the appearance of the Seed of the Woman, who would crush his head,
failed spectacularly.
