Today we will begin to explore the mysteries of Genesis Chapter 6.
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Right from the get-go in chapter 6, we are introduced to the following strange verse:
“the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were attractive; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose” -Genesis 6:2
The first question is who or what in the world are these so-called “sons of God”?
The original Hebrew here is “Benei Elohim“.
First, contrary to popular understanding, these beings are NOT angels.
However, they are high-ranking spiritual beings.
The Scriptures tell us that the Benei Elohim have been given charge over all the nations of the earth.
For instance, in the Book of Daniel, we read how the archangel Michael had to contend with a supernatural figure described as the Prince of Persia.
This Prince of Persia is also called a “Benei Elohim”.
We are also told these Benei Elohim mated with the daughters of men and gave birth to a race of people known as the N’filim.
N’filim stems from the root word “Nephal” which means “fallen” or “cast down” as in descending from a state of goodness to wickedness.
These N’filim were a supernatural people who seemed to possess extraordinary powers above and beyond normal human beings.
However, the source of their power came from a evil source.
Many Bible scholars have taken the position that these beings were fallen angels who mated with regular human women.
Given that the offspring from these “sons of God” called N’filim means “fallen” or “cast down”, this conclusion is understandable.
However, the ancient Hebrew sages had a different take.
They believed that the “Sons of God” were the Godly and faithful line of Seth and the “Daughters of Men” were the line of Cain.
Up until this time, in accordance with God’s will, these two lines stayed separate.
But, as time passed, men from the line of Seth began to lust after the beautiful women from the line of Cain resulting in a polluted race that the Lord could not and would not tolerate.
This resulted in God sending the great flood to destroy this unholy offspring.
The truth is we cannot know for sure exactly who or what these Benei Elohim are.
However, one foundational biblical principle is brought to the forefront here.
God desires His chosen people to NOT intimately mix with the people of the world.
Our God is a god of separation, NOT assimilation!
I should note that this is not a diatribe against interracial marriage.
Interracial marriage is fine, as long as both of the parties are both followers of the one true God of Israel.
If you were to visit modern Israel today, you would encounter Israelis of many different complexions and races.
I am talking about perfect spiritual unity.
While it is important to be a witness to an unbelieving world perishing in their sins, one should NOT intimately connect with a God-denier, even if that person is your father or mother.
From personal experience, I would also highly advise you to NOT take advice on life from an unbeliever.
That would be a true recipe for disaster.
Stick to the pure, undiluted truth of God’s word and you will not stumble in this life or the next.
Never forget that God has called the believer to a life of separation, in both thought, diet, word, and lifestyle.
CONNECTING THIS TEACHING TO THE NEW TESTAMENT
Do not yoke yourselves together in a team with unbelievers. For how can righteousness and lawlessness be partners? What fellowship does light have with darkness?-2 Corinthians 6:14
“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father, his mother, his wife, his children, his brothers and his sisters, yes, and his own life besides, he cannot be my disciples.”-Luke 14:26
To another he said, “Follow me!” but the man replied, “Sir, first let me go away and bury my father.”
Yeshua said, “Let the dead bury their own dead; you, go and proclaim the Kingdom of God!”
Yet another said, “I will follow you, sir, but first let me say good-by to the people at home.”
To him Yeshua said, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and keeps looking back is fit to serve in the Kingdom of God.”
-Luke 9:59-62
So every one of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.-Luke 14:33
I tend to believe the angels who kept not their first estate and are chained in Tartarus was involved in that sons of God mixing with the daughter’s of men. After Noah’s descendants begin to repopulate the earth eventually there were believer’s in God who married nonbelievers, even today believers marry nonbelievers yet in all that none of those unions produce giants, mighty men, men of renown.
Thanks for your comment and thanks for reading Terry!
Thank you for the message Yeshua bless you…
Benei Elohim may not have been angels but they were archangels or some form of fallen angelic type beings which most of us call “fallen angels”. When they lost their first habitation and came into our dimension they reproduced with the daughters of men creating the race of Nephilim mentioned in Gen 6.
Hi I believe we should stick to the story line of the Bible. If it was angels or archangels then why did God get mad at the people. He drowned the world because of some angel or arcgangel. I don’t think God will make the wrong judgement. No there was a Godly line and a ungodly line. I like what Jesus says about angels and also what the author of the Hebrews says. Thanks for your teaching. I appreciate it very much.
We must be reminded of the words of Jesus. Angels neither marry or are given in marriage. They are spiritual beings which means they were created sexless and have fleshly bodies. It is the flesh that contains lust and sexual desires. God is a spirit, men and women were both made in his image/likeness. Therefore God has attributes of both.
Mark 12:25 NKJV
25For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
Demons are spirits and need bodies to inhabit the earth. If fallen spirits (angels) had bodies they could not inhabit humans and animals like in these passages. You can’t inhabit a human body with another human body. God never changed demon’s physical states. He just cast them out of heaven in the same way we can cast them out of people.
“When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through dry places seeking rest, but finds none. 44Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.
Then He asked him, “What is your name?”
He answered, “My name is Legion. For we are many.” 10And he begged Him repeatedly not to send them away out of the country.
11Now there was a great herd of swine feeding near the mountains. 12All the demons pleaded with Him, asking, “Send us to the swine, so that we may enter them.
Therefore it is safe to say, that this is more likely a reference to the mixing of Godly and ungodly people.
I agree sister
I also agree. Thank you for including scripture.
I agree as well. Thank you for including scripture.
I have to also stick to what scripture says. The sons of God were not a Higher Supernatural being or fallen angels, but they were the Godly line of Seth. I’m actually doing a study on this and scripture interprets scripture, and even in the passage of Luke, Adam was called a son of God and in various other passages we are referred to as sons of God. I know people use the passages in Job to further confirm they were fallen angels, but even in these passages of scripture, it does not support that. The passage in Peter and Jude are also misunderstood, especially when people will say Jesus descended into hell, which scriptures never say that at all.
We have a lot of folk lore, mythology, superstition and traditions of man woven into this Genesis 6 belief that Fallen Angels can produce offspring with humans. In Genesis 5 we see the genealogies broken down, which lead up to Genesis 6. Even in the beginning of Genesis, God made everything after its own kind. He did not create a hybrid species. This will play into so much in what we see today coming out of the Charismatic and Penacostel camps. A lot of its roots derives from Roman Catholicism as well. This is where you get ideologies like “incubus and succubus” spirits or spirit husbands and spirit wives. Many damaging false doctrines have morphed on of these few passages of scripture in Genesis 6.
I agree. I am also in the process of studying on the myth that angels procreated with humans. There are many scriptures that refute this possibility as you and the sister above have stated. Also, many places where true Believers are referred to as “sons of God” for those people who insist that the term only applies to angels. But the writer of this article pointed out the theme that most people miss and that’s God is against his children mixing with non-believers.
Can you point me to the scripture where the Prince of Persia is called “Benei Elohim”? I looked but couldn’t find it. Shalom, Chyron.
“Then he continued, ‘Do not be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them. But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia. Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the future, for the vision concerns a time yet to come.’”-Daniel 10:12-14
Also read this prior post I wrote in the past: https://messianic-revolution.com/d32-8-the-book-of-daniel-testifies-to-the-existence-of-divine-beings-who-rule-over-the-gentile-nations/
We won’t understand Gen 6 if we misnderstand the words.
“The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.”
The Nephilim were already on the earth when the sons of God mated with the daughters of men. SO THEY CANNOT BE THE OFFSPRING OF SOG and DOM!
Much more was revealed to me concerning these particular SOG and Nephilim and also the men of renown in Gen 6 and 10, if anyone is interested
https://rabbidaniellapin.com/who-were-the-nephilim/
Rabbi Lapin gives a brief introduction here. He explains more in his audio The Gathering Storm which is very good. It sounds very much like what we’ve seen throughout history in our ruling classes.
Thanks for sharing. Be blessed!