As requested from another thread, I post the above question. May I please....PLEASE ask all who respond to be courteous and Christian and civil and do not be argumentative.
This tends to be a highly passionate subject and people tend to want to force their opinions. I encourage you to use the SCRIPTURES to support your thoughts.
Genesis 6:3-4-5........
"The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God (bene Elohim) came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown. Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually."
Numbers 13:30...........
"There also we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim); and we became like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”
1.
Now one view that is a popular today but is HIGHLY unbiblical is that the Nephilim are space aliens.
2.
Another view is that fallen angels bred with women and resulted in giants called Nephilim. Some believe the sons of God were the result of fallen angels who overtook ungodly men to breed with women.
3.
Then another view is that they were the Sethites (descendants of Adam’s son Seth). Along with and actually encompassing that view is that kings, rulers, or heads of leading family groups as being godly from Psalm 82. This view has many similarities to the Sethite view but eliminates many of Seth’s descendants and merely keeps with the leaders/kings (as well as some other leaders of other tribes) as godly. This view actually has more Bible support than #2 and # 1 has NO Bible support at all.
So that I do not leave you in suspense, I will tell you up front that as a Bible proponent, I believe that #3 is the correct view.
WHY????
#1 has absolutely ZERO support from the Bible. It has ALL of its support from Hollywood movies and TV shows such as Star Trek and Star Wars.
#2 Has little Bible support and more with what we want to believe as opposed to what is actually said in the Scriptures.
The real, problem is Matthew 22:30.......
"For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven."
That says that when we as Believers get to heaven we will be LIKE ANGELS and we will not be having SEXUAL relations with our spouses.
Second problem with FALLEN Angels/demons having sex with humans. ANGELS are "Spiritual". They do not have DNA. They do not have a physical body in which to have sex with much less to reproduce.
Third problem with the #2 view of demons reproducing with humans is found in Genesis 1:24...............
"And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so."
IF...IF, Demons could reproduce with humans and create a new, different "half-breed" -- Nephilim, then Genesis 1:24 has to be removed from ALL the Bibles as it makes God a liar!
So there it is.......discuss!
This tends to be a highly passionate subject and people tend to want to force their opinions. I encourage you to use the SCRIPTURES to support your thoughts.
Genesis 6:3-4-5........
"The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God (bene Elohim) came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown. Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually."
Numbers 13:30...........
"There also we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim); and we became like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”
1.
Now one view that is a popular today but is HIGHLY unbiblical is that the Nephilim are space aliens.
2.
Another view is that fallen angels bred with women and resulted in giants called Nephilim. Some believe the sons of God were the result of fallen angels who overtook ungodly men to breed with women.
3.
Then another view is that they were the Sethites (descendants of Adam’s son Seth). Along with and actually encompassing that view is that kings, rulers, or heads of leading family groups as being godly from Psalm 82. This view has many similarities to the Sethite view but eliminates many of Seth’s descendants and merely keeps with the leaders/kings (as well as some other leaders of other tribes) as godly. This view actually has more Bible support than #2 and # 1 has NO Bible support at all.
So that I do not leave you in suspense, I will tell you up front that as a Bible proponent, I believe that #3 is the correct view.
WHY????
#1 has absolutely ZERO support from the Bible. It has ALL of its support from Hollywood movies and TV shows such as Star Trek and Star Wars.
#2 Has little Bible support and more with what we want to believe as opposed to what is actually said in the Scriptures.
The real, problem is Matthew 22:30.......
"For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven."
That says that when we as Believers get to heaven we will be LIKE ANGELS and we will not be having SEXUAL relations with our spouses.
Second problem with FALLEN Angels/demons having sex with humans. ANGELS are "Spiritual". They do not have DNA. They do not have a physical body in which to have sex with much less to reproduce.
Third problem with the #2 view of demons reproducing with humans is found in Genesis 1:24...............
"And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so."
IF...IF, Demons could reproduce with humans and create a new, different "half-breed" -- Nephilim, then Genesis 1:24 has to be removed from ALL the Bibles as it makes God a liar!
So there it is.......discuss!