Overwhelmed by God s Providence. Providence over the Powerful

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1 Overwhelmed by God s Providence Providence over the Promise (5:25-32) Providence over the Powerful (6:1-4) Providence over the Powerful Provident through their Decisions (1-2, 4a) Provident over their Days (3)

2 Provident above their Distinctions (4b) 3 Main sons of God Interpretations Fallen Angels (Demons) Demonic Possession Human (Sethite) Linguistically GIANTS Nephilim is the Hebrew term translated giant

3 Latin and Greek translations specify giant Scripture mentions giants after the flood Most notable giant is Goliath Numbers 13:30-33 Karl the Giant from The Big Fish Robert Wadlow LINGUISTICALLY SONS OF GOD

4 Some passages use this term in the context of angels Job 1:6-7 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. 7 And the LORD said to Satan, From where do you come? So Satan answered the LORD and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it. LINGUISTICALLY SONS OF GOD Some passages use this term in the context of humans Hosea 1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And it shall come to

5 pass in the place where it was said to them You are not My people, there it shall be said to them, You are sons of the living God. SCRIPTURALLY Two passages are referenced by those who contend the sons of God were fallen angels associated with the time of Noah 2 Peter 2:1-11 Passage demonstrates God s judgment Jude 4-8 Passage depends on definition of terms and modifiers PHYSICALLY Scripture indicates angels are asexual beings

6 All were created at one time by God Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. All scriptural angels are male With no need of procreation function Angels did appear as men (Matthew 1:20) and could possess men (Luke 8:32) PHYSICALLY Never in Scripture do angels take on flesh and bone Luke 24:37-39 But they were terrified and frightened, and supposed they had seen a spirit. 38

7 And He said to them, Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have. PHYSICALLY Angels do not marry and are not given in marriage Matthew 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven. PHYSICALLY

8 Scripture is clear that every nation was born of one blood Acts 17:26 And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings PHYSICALLY Understanding DNA votes against angelic beings Giants before and after the flood Noah s line not effected by the union Never told later giants were a product of an angelic union THEOLOGICALLY

9 Creation In creation clearly God created reproduction for according to their kind Demons are nonsexual, nonphysical beings and, as such, are incapable of having sexual relations and producing physical offspring. To say that demons can create bodies with DNA and fertile sperm is to say that demons have creative power which is an exclusively divine prerogative. ( Hanegraaff, 97) THEOLOGICALLY Marriage God clearly defined marriage by saying, therefore a man shall leave

10 his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. (Genesis 2:24) THEOLOGICALLY Salvation Angels rebelled individually, were judged individually, and were offered no plan of redemption in Scripture. On the other hand, humans fell corporately in Adam, are judged corporately in Adam, and are redeemed corporately through Jesus Christ. We have no biblical way of determining what category the demon-humans would fit into. (Hanegraaff, 98.)

11 CONTEXTUALLY Context is king and the context is a genealogy of the lines of Cain and Seth Cain s line walked away from God (4:23-24) Seth s line began to call on the name of the Lord (4:26) Only Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord (6:8) CONTEXTUALLY V4: The giants were MEN of renown V5: MAN was wicked V6: God was sorry He made MAN

12 V7: God was to destroy all MANKIND V8/9: Noah was directly compared to these individuals as a just MAN Conclusion I believe that the sons of God where men from the line of Seth who married daughters of men from the line Cain. From their children came rulers/kings men of renown. Some of these offspring were large in stature and their influence moved the culture away from God. It was this unholy union

13 and its repercussions that led the culture to completely abandon God with the lone exception of Noah and his family. This was the precipitating factor in God s judgment of the world through the flood.