Throughout the rest of the Bible, and particularly in the New Testament, when the term 'sons of God' is used it is referring to human beings. When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy… ( Job 38:7 Close Job 38:7Īs the morning stars sang together and all the angels* shouted for joy? One day the members of the heavenly court* came again to present themselves before the LORD, and the Accuser, Satan,* came with them. One day the members of the heavenly court* came to present themselves before the LORD, and the Accuser, Satan,* came with them.Īgain 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. Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. There are three passages in Job that refer to the 'sons of God', that seem to indicate that these were godly angels, since mankind had not received access to God's presence before the resurrection of Christ, and Demons had been expelled from God's presence.: There is nowhere in the Bible where demons are called 'sons', and especially not 'sons of God.' In this case, the text simply says 'sons of God', which is a designation for humans. People fall into error when they try to make the Bible say something to fit their particular doctrinal position when the text does not say it. The Hebrew for the term "sons of God" is ben elohim, which means literally "sons of God."Ī key of biblical interpretation is to allow the Scripture to interpret itself. ".'the sons of God' saw that the daughters of man were beautiful." In the passage in question, we see that the Bible says: All creatures on the earth produce only according to their 'kind'. And a man cannot produce with an animal - or a demon. Of course we know that angels, both heavenly and fallen, can appear in human form, but they remain spirit beings only.Īlso, in Genesis chapter one, God says in verse 24, ".Let the earth produce living creatures according to their 'kinds'." A fish can not produce with a bird. Demons cannot take on flesh - there is nowhere in the Bible that says that they can. So only a triune man, made out of the dust of the earth, can have dominion under God. God gave dominion to man on the earth to rule as His regent because man was made in His image as a triune being. Man is uniquely made in God's image as a triune being - spirit, soul (mind, will, and emotions), and body. Animals have a body and mind, but no eternal soul/spirit. Demons, which most theologians believe are fallen angels, have a soul/spirit, but no body. And God made only man as a fleshly being with a soul. In those days, and for some time after, giant Nephilites lived on the earth, for whenever the sons of God had intercourse with women, they gave birth to children who became the heroes and famous warriors of ancient times.Ī basic premise in the doctrine of man's earthly dominion is that God gave His delegated authority to human beings on this planet. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown. The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. This is is what the Bible says about the Nephilim: This theological position from Genesis 6 is common - that fallen angels had sex with humans to create a race of giants - but I don't subscribe to it. Some Bible teachers believe that angels took the form of flesh (actual incarnation) to engender offspring with women, thus "Giants" came into being (Nephilim). I have questions regarding "the sons of God" and giants from Genesis 6.
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