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Also, in Genesis 6:4, the phrase ''and also after that'', is not speaking of ''later in time' because the whole story takes place ''in those days''.

and also after that.   Matthew 24

36But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

37But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

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Yes Sodom and Gomorrah went after strange flesh and the angels also in like manner went after strange flesh.

In the Book of Jude, the "certain men crept in unawares" are compared to three(3) OT groups: the angels, the Israelites in the wilderness, and the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.

 

#1 The angels despised dominion and rebelled against God.

#2 The Israelites spoke evil of dignities when they murmured against Moses.

#3 And the Sodomites went after strange flesh because they

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Sorry Eric, but you are wrong. 

Kind begets kind. (see Genesis 1)

If angels were able to reproduce, they would produce angels... not men. 

There is no verse in the Word of God that calls angels "Nephiyl".

Numbers 13:32-33 reveal that the Nephiyl were MEN of great stature.  Not angels, but MEN.

Kind begets kind.  The Nephiyl were nothing more than men of great stature.

 

Yes they where men that were children of the giants.

 

Numbers 13:32-33

32And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.

33And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

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and also after that.   Matthew 24

36But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

37But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

 

I'm not sure what you mean.

 

This is the verse......

Genesis 6:4  There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

 

The phrase "and also after that" cannot mean "and later on" or "at a later time" because of the grammar and because the whole story is about "in those days". The word "after", here, means like "in imitation of", "in accordance with" or "in conformity to".

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In the Book of Jude, the "certain men crept in unawares" are compared to three(3) OT groups: the angels, the Israelites in the wilderness, and the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.

 

#1 The angels despised dominion and rebelled against God.

#2 The Israelites spoke evil of dignities when they murmured against Moses.

#3 And the Sodomites went after strange flesh because they

 

 

Jude 1:4-8

4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. 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.

8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers

defile the flesh,

despise dominion,

and speak evil of dignities.

 

So did the Israelites saved out of Egypt.

 

So did the angels

 

So did Sodom and Gomorrha.

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Jude 1:4-8
4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. 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.
8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers
defile the flesh,
despise dominion,
and speak evil of dignities.

So did the Israelites saved out of Egypt.

So did the angels

So did Sodom and Gomorrha.

It is Eternal damnation, that the goats who've crept in share in common with the fallen angels and Sodom, and the unbelieving Israelites.

And later, from Enoch's prophecy, those who died in the flood are included.

All a comparison to a church that doesnt earnestly contend for the faith, allowing unregenerated preachers to come in.



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I'm not sure what you mean.

 

This is the verse......

Genesis 6:4  There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

 

The phrase "and also after that" cannot mean "and later on" or "at a later time" because of the grammar and because the whole story is about "in those days". The word "after", here, means like "in imitation of", "in accordance with" or "in conformity to".

 

 

The giants that Israel destroyed where evidence that it did happen again after the flood.

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The giants that Israel destroyed where evidence that it did happen again after the flood.

I believe that one thing was not mentioned about the term "and also after that".  Moses is the one who penned Genesis. God inspired Moses to record the book for us and may have put that term in there because one of the reasons they did not go into the land for forty years is because they saw giants in the land and this was "after that" flood, and were afraid.

 

"In those days" refers to the days of Noah before the flood, "and also after that" refers to the days after the flood and God made sure that Moses recorded it and it is truth and it was a truth to the one God chose to author the Book of Genesis.

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I am not yet convinced either way from the arguments being presented for or against who the sons of God are.

I will ask some more questions for clarity sake.

Hstings ask to consider the punctuation.  It has a semi-colon before "and also after", and a comma after words.

the semi-colon does indicate a connection of interdependent statements.  So it would seem there is something connect the giants before the 120 years and after the 120 years.

In this case it is a two part statement by the Author (Moses).

The word that proceeds the semi-colon is the word "days" and any info after would be connected to that.

What "days" then is the writer referring too?  The writer being Moses.

It is speaking of days of the 120 years because you have to go back to the previous mention of time measurement and the one proceeding Days is 120 years.

So it would seem it is the time he first speaks to Noah about what he was to do to the earth.

So we would have to answer another question, we know that it is Moses who wrote the book of Genesis.  But immediately in 6:3 which carries a Paraclete as did verse 1 and verse 4.  here the question, Who is God speaking to in Verse 3 and verse 7?

It would seem by verse 17 God was speaking to Noah?  (Moses is just recording what God has told him).

I am not sure if the giants are off spring of the sons of God, the line from Seth until Noah, or are the sons of God, some angels.

From what some are saying they are the godly line of Seth, except everyone is a sinner and there is none righteous no not one, so how could we label them the godly line (except some say the line is lineage to Christ).

Did God ever say in his word the Holy Scriptures, there was a godly line from Seth and where he specifically called this line the sons of God?

So I find it hard to say that the sons of God here is the lineage of Christ because God never called them that.  And beside if there were a godly line of men why did they get destroyed with rest and not saved along with Noah?  I read one comment was because all the sons of God except Noah died before the flood.

Then others are saying that the Sons of God are the fallen angels using Peter and James as cross references.

But these sons of God are connected to giants and men of renown.  Giants representing their height and men of renown representing their rule over others.   Also the term mighty men is used in describing the offspring of the sons of God.

There are only two references to which we can make a determination as to the meaning of "men of renown" but for mighty men there are a 72 verse and it has to do with men being strong in battle.        

 Ge 6:4 ¶ There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare [children] to them, the same [became] mighty men which [were] of old, men of renown.
 Nu 16:2 And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown:
the men of Moses time are the ones who are rulers or heads of the families they represented.  So the conclusion of men of renown would be they were heads over families or groups of people.  who got to be the head in Moses day were the oldest male of the family.  Before the flood is anyones guess but may have been the head of the family or the one who was strongest and won a battle to be able to rule over men.  Gen 6 does say, Ge 6:11 ¶ The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.  Violence and strength go together.

Which is turned we must ask in verse 11 was it the earth, the dry land, that was corrupt before God? Or doe sit mean the world system, the way men ran the earth, that had become corrupt before the Lord?

Now I can recite plenty of godly men over the years and many of the commentaries you have at your own access and some say it is a godly line from Seth and others say they are fallen angels who left their first estate.  So I figure if men have been divided over this issue in may just remain that way until we all get to heaven.
 

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Here are those of the "sons of God" which were named in Genesis 5.......

 

Luke 3:23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph,..................................which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,

37 Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,

38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.

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Here are those of the "sons of God" which were named in Genesis 5.......

 

Luke 3:23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph,..................................which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,

37 Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,

38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.

It says Adam was a son of God, the rest say they were the son of the previous male in the family line.  the English does not state or imply that Joseph or any other except Adam were the sons of God.

 

there are 11 verse in the Bible which hold the term sons (plural) of God.  Six of them all found in the New Testament are in reference to believers on Christ. the other five in the Old Testament are:

 

 Ge 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
 Ge 6:4 ¶ There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare [children] to them, the same [became] mighty men which [were] of old, men of renown. 
We sill skip these two

 

 Job 1:6 ¶ Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
 Job 2:1 ¶ Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.

When did Seth or any other man go on any day to present themselves before God where Satan would be allowed to come also?

 

I had to have the context of the last verse for sos of God in Job 38
Job 38:4 ¶ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
 7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons
(plural) of God shouted for joy?  Was Seth or any other man shouting for joy when God laid the foundations of the Earth?

 

If you say Genesis 1 and 2 those persons would be whom?
 

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Here are those of the "sons of God" which were named in Genesis 5.......

 

Luke 3:23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph,..................................which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,

37 Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,

38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.

In the Greek it just says "Adam Theos", the words "son of" are not in the original text, they are in italics in the King James.

Sticking to the Hebrew Old Testament, bene ha 'elohim always refers to angels, not to man.  The daughters of man are differentiated

from the sons of God in Genesis.  The Holy Spirit did not say "the daughters of Cain", he said bath 'adam.  And they gave birth to nephilim (translaterated).

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