Hmmmm… now I’ve got some digging to do. I’ll see what I can find. Thanks for the heads up.In The Book of Job the phrase “Sons of God” is used for angelic or non-human beings (Jb 1:6; 2:1). In the New Testament “Sons of God” appears as a name for all who are born again into the family of God (Eph 3:14-15).
(There’s a whole gamut of varied interpretation for Genesis 6)
As per usual - “You’re welcome.”
So I’ll show you respect and honour the fact you have the intelligence and competence to do it yourselfDespite not being God, I think “Sons of God” can best be iterpreted as representing ambitious, despotic and autocratic rulers who seize both women and power in an attempt to gain all the authority.
Not real sure of the descriptors but i am woe at english.
The designation “sons of God” is used several times in the Old Testament in reference to angels. One example is Daniel 3:25 where King Nebuchadnezzar looks into the furnace and sees four men “and the form of the fourth is like the son of God.” Another example is Job 38:7 which says the sons of God shouted for joy when God laid the foundations of the earth. This must refer to angels since man had not yet been created at that time. Also in Job 1 & 2 the sons of God presented themselves before the Lord in Heaven, Satan among them.
“Later Judaism and almost all the earliest ecclesiastical writers identify the ‘sons of God’ with the fallen angels; but from the 4th century onwards, as the idea of angelic natures became less material, the Fathers commonly take the ‘sons of God’ to be Seth’s descendants and the ‘daughters of men’ those of Cain.” (The Jerusalem Bible)
Do you agree with this, Kevin?
If you take this to be true then mixed marriages took place between Seth’s *male *descendants, the believers, and Cain’s *female *descendants, the unbelievers. Was this enough to make God so angry that He flooded the earth? Also when He decided to do this he found only one godly family among the human race - that of Noah. Where were all the other supposedly godly sons of Seth?
This thread is about Angels doing weird things. I am sure there are other threads where you can discuss Easter etc.
Susan Maria,on the subject of angels my thoughts align with those of Pope John Paul 2. On July 23, 1986 he said “The angels are purely spiritual beings, created by God and given intelligence and free will. Through an immediate intuition of the truth, their intelligence grasps its object in a way that is much more complete than is possible for man…The world of the pure spirits is divided into good and bad ones. And this division has happened precisely as a result of their freedom to choose. God was present to their intelligence as the Supreme Good. He also wished to give them, through grace, a share in the mystery of His Divinity. The good angels have chosen God. But the others…have turned against God and the revelation of His grace. Their decision was inspired by a false sense of self-sufficiency, and it emerges as hatred and rebellion against God.”
Janine Therese