Angels in Marriage
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2. Part 3, Part 4
Angels marrying the
daughters of men?
by your servant, Dan Baxley
What would you say if I, or someone else, were to tell you the Bible says
“Angels of the Living God married human women"? First, before you answer,
get the picture in your head, “Angels” of our Creator, beings made of spirit,
not flesh, engaging in human marriage ceremonies and then having sex with flesh
and blood women. Angels taking as many as they choose for -- wives? Where would
such a thought come from? From the Bible, they say, from God's own words, they
say. And who is "they"? Just about every Evangelical
preacher and teacher on the planet. This is a growing misuse and twisting
of the Scriptures where you are asked to throw common sense out the window.
This is a dangerous doctrine and needs to be exposed for what it is.
Let’s have a look at this doctrine and at the reason for this teaching. It
is a twisting of the scriptures that is so blatant, so patently false it
deserves to be set up as an example of Satan’s influence over certain teachers,
preachers, and false prophets of the past and of today. That’s right; I am
saying those teaching this false doctrine have themselves fallen under the
influence of Satan himself, the master of Scripture twisting.
Certain individuals, knowingly or unknowingly, teaching doctrines of
devils. (1 Tim 4:1).
This false teaching can be used as an earmark for you -- helping
to identify the wolves in sheep’s clothing (Mat 7:15). Certainly, there may be
one here and there not realizing their error, mistakenly identifying the
whisper in their ear concerning this matter and then letting their imagination
run away with them. Certainly, there may be some preachers of the Word that
have fallen in with the wrong crowd and have been influenced indirectly. These
men, hopefully, will wake up, see their error, and repent of it, and apologize
to those they have, by their own credentials, misled. In the meantime it is up
to those of us seeing clearly to expose what needs to be exposed, to say
what needs to be said in truth and in honor of His Holy Word – Is your
Pastor teaching this nonsense?
"Have
nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose
them" (Eph 5:11)
There is always the hope those truly searching the truth will realize the
error when they see it. Do not be afraid to question your leaders, if
that is what they are, and if they are true and honorable they will explain the
truth to you but if they bully you and pressure you to sit down and shut up then
it is up to you to take control of your own Spiritual life. Let our God
be true and every man a liar and this includes me (Rom 3:4). Do not be
afraid or intimidated by those claiming to be teachers and preachers of truth.
Now you know which side I and many others are on and where this page is
headed. You think you already have the truth because great men of today
teach this doctrine of devils as if it is true? Well, then, let's open
our Bibles and our minds and find out.
Lying Spirits
This is a doctrine that is being taught by the lying spirits of old and is
being passed down to the Christian community the world over as fact. But the
Christians are not alone in this false teaching. This teaching is also given
support by Jewish interpreters of the Torah (Tit 1:13-14, 2 Pet 1:16), in fact,
one of the main sources for this false teaching is from the Jewish Sages, the
Rabbis of old the Super Rabbis from the past having passed down this false
idea angels have the ability to procreate. Do you see? If
angels, fallen or otherwise, can procreate through human women then the miracle
of our Lord's birth is nothing -- not a miracle at all -- do you see, do you
see why this doctrine is so dangerous? It gives angels the power of our
Creator and what YaHshua did, angels have been doing or able to do all
along. This is why this doctrine is truly a doctrine of devils, a lie
straight out of Satan’s book of wonders.
My friends, this teaching leads to other errors and misjudgments in the
written word. But, most of all, this false teaching essentially calls our
Messiah a liar (forgive me my Savior Yahshua for suggesting such a thing).
Please read and consider -- not what I say or what someone else may say -- but
listen to the Word, the written word, let it be your guide.
Let’s begin by looking at it together and consider what is being said, not
what some “agent” of Satan wants it to say. First, let us go to the scripture
used to promote this false teaching, this teaching of devils -- not my words (1
Tim 4:1).
Genesis 6:1-4 And it came to pass, when
men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto
them, That the sons of God saw
the daughters of men that they were
fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 3 And the LORD
(YHWH) said, My spirit shall not always strive (struggle, live) with
man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty
years. 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.
Notice, these “sons of God” take wives, this suggests a formal process, not
rape. In the ancient world taking a wife meant something, even as it does
today. There are two important examples of the seriousness of this act of
taking wives in regards to marriage and surrounding a man’s wife -- this was not taken lightly by the
ancients.
Genesis 12:10 And there was a famine in
the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was
grievous in the land. 11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter
into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his
wife, Behold now, I know that you are a fair woman to look upon:
12-13 Therefore it shall come to pass,
when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and
they will kill me, but they will save you alive. Say, I pray you, you are
my sister: that it may be well with me for your sake; and my soul shall live
because of thee.
14-16 And it came to pass, that, when
Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very
fair. The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before
Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. And he entreated
Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and
menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
17-20 And the LORD (YHWH) plagued Pharaoh
and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife. And Pharaoh
called Abram, and said, What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not
tell me that she was your wife? And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning
him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. KJV
Taking a wife is Serious Business
Notice, the man of “renown”, the Pharaoh of Egypt, not an angel, was
in the habit of taking wives on a whim, from lowly men. Remember, the Egyptian
royalty were considered “gods” and to take a wife not of their own blood would
be considered the taking of wives from among common man – those not of the god
family. Also, these verses demonstrate the high value placed on marriage. Yes,
Abraham understood the quick solution to dissolving a marriage would be to kill
off the spouse freeing the survivor to marry another, and this had been
Abraham’s big fear. The “god King" of Egypt would have him killed in order
to gain another wife from among men – “commoners” (men) outside of the “god”
family. There is another example of the same seriousness marriage played among
those of ancient times.
Genesis 20:1-2 And Abraham journeyed
from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and
sojourned in Gerar. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister:
and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Apparently the lie Abraham told concerning his relationship with Sarah
while in Egypt worked so well he and Sarah followed the same line of deception,
all based on the fear Abraham, and apparently Sarah shared (read verse 5), of
being killed in order to dissolve his marriage so that his wife could be
claimed by another of high status. And this is not the end of it. Some years
after Sarah and Abraham were deceased their son, Isaac and his wife Rebekah,
fell into the same lie. They feared the men of “renown”, these god Kings,
knowing their penchant for acquiring wives from among the general
population. Any time one of these "god kings" saw a "fair
woman" among the common people they had the habit of taking them for
themselves. No one has ever claimed these human "god kings"
were anything but human themselves.
Genesis 26:7 And the men of the place
asked him (Isaac, son of Abraham) of his wife; and he said, She is my sister:
for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place
should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon. (Gen 6:2)
Here again we see how marriage is considered important, important enough
that the only way seen possible to ended it was by the death of one of the
parties – in this case, the husband. It seems divorce, forced or otherwise, was
not an option -- "Until death do we part..." actually meant
something, and Kings and Pharaohs were not above this solution. If someone of
authority wanted another’s wife the solution would be simple enough – kill the
husband. Abraham feared this when he entered the land of Egypt and while in the
area of Gerar so did his son, Isaac, years later. One thing is consistent; it
had been the habit of men, men of “renown”, kings and
Pharaohs, those claiming to be descendant from the gods to take for
themselves wives from among other men, or common men, those thought of lesser
value, those not descendant from the gods, and they chose whomever they
desired, the daughters of common men, the "fair" daughters of men.
This is not the end of it. Reread the Genesis account, notice that the same
condition, or requirement these “sons of god” based the taking for themselves
wives from among men – they saw “that the daughters of men were beautiful”.
This is the same fear Abraham and Isaac held as they had wives of great beauty.
Let’s look further into this teaching of treachery and deceit.
Genesis 6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of
the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 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. 3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man,
for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.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 Sons of God
Why are they called “sons of God” if they are not angel? Or, are they
“angels”? Aren’t angels sons of God? First, if you are a Christian you above
all should understand this. Christians call themselves children of God and understand
the Messiah, YaHshua as the Son of God and that He is called the “first” of
many. If YaHshua is the “first” and it is not disputed that He is literally the
very Son of the Living God, then those “sons of God” referred to in Genesis 6
cannot be “literal” sons. Oh, but wait, don’t listen to me – let’s turn to the
Word:
(1 Corinthians 15:20) But now is Christ
risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
(1 Corinthians 15:23) But every man in
his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his
coming.
(James 1:18) Of his own will begat he us
with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his
creatures.
(Revelation 14:4) These are they which
were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow
the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the
firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
Those “sons of God” in Genesis 6 cannot be “angels” as “sons” or they would
be the “firstfruits” but they are not. Still, there is another proof that
cannot be ignored and as a believer of the Word should be the final word. What
does the Messiah have to say concerning angels?
(Matthew 22:30) For in the resurrection
they (resurrected believer) neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are
as the angels of God in heaven.
Did you get that? YaHshua’s words, and He should know -- “as the angels of
God”. What is it about the angels? They do not marry! So, how is it the “sons
of God” in Genesis are taking wives? It has to be that these “sons” are not
angels but humans that are either claiming the title as “sons” or are of the
same type of order as true believers are today and would see themselves as
sons, or children of God (Acts 17:29, 1 Th 5:5, Mat 13:38, Jn 12:36, Romans
8:16-17). They are, quite possibly, as pointed out previously, “god Kings”.
Many of the ancient societies, including the Roman Empire, saw their leaders,
their Kings, as gods or “sons of god”.
Again, let us turn to the scriptures for this truth concerning the “sons of
god”:
Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers:
for they shall be called the children
of God. (Strong’s #5043- children – “child, daughter, son”)
Romans 8:14 For as many as are
led by the Spirit of God, they are the
sons of God.
Romans 8:19 For the earnest expectation
of the creature waits for the manifestation of the sons of God.
Galatians 3:26 For you are all the
children of God by faith in Christ YaHshua.
Hebrews 4:14 Seeing then that we have a
great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, YaHshua the Son of God, let
us hold fast our profession.
(1 John 4:15) Whosoever shall confess
that YaHshua is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God.
(1 John 5:13) These things have I
written to you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that you may know
that you have eternal life, and that you may believe on the name of the Son of
God. (Remembering that His name has been removed by men in favor of a different
name is of deep concern for the seeker of truth -- they teach "another"
and accept another in another, different name, see John 5:43)
(1 John 5:20) And we know that the Son
of God is come, and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him that is
true, and we are in Him that is
true, even in His Son YaHshua the
Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
(Hebrews 1:5) For unto which of the
angels said He at any time, You are my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And
again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? (This verse should clinch it.
Our Father in Heaven has never called any angel His son. This should also shut
the mouths of those that would try and tell us YaHshua was once an angel, or
that He was the angel Michael of the Old Testament)
Hebrews 1:13-14 But to which of the
angels said He at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies
thy footstool? Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for
them who shall be heirs of salvation?
Spirits we know as “angels” are ministering spirits and they are “sent forth”
to what? That’s right, to “minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation”,
to the "sons and daughters of God, not angels. Does this sound like the
“sons of god” we read about in Genesis 6? I do not need to go into all of the
twists and turns the false teachers go into in order to convince you
angels took human wives and had sex with them and from this spirit flesh
union became grotesque giants. Common sense says I should be able to stop right
here and with your knowledge, as a believer, you should already know all of
this. We all have to start somewhere and if this is all new to you then
it is a good thing you have come to this site to get your Spiritual antenna up
and working. It is my hope to add to your ability to see through the
sham of these false teachers – they even believe their own words and dreams,
being deceived in their own minds and trying to convince you to see their false
vision, which they truly believe, being deceived themselves. Perhaps, I
pray, my writings will help in solidifying what you should already know to
be true. I hope so. No need to stop now, however, as we are on a roll.
Remember, the following is in my words, and as YaHshua said, "I judge no
one, but if I do it is by the Word of my Father". We are fortunate
to have the words by which to judge, words told to Him and His Apostles, words
then written down for us. So, if we judge then let it be by the words delivered
once for all, for of us -- HalleluYah
(2Ti 3:13) ...while evil men and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and
being deceived.
(Eph 4:14) Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and
blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and
craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming.
(Tit 1:10) For there are many rebellious people, mere talkers and deceivers,
especially those of the circumcision group. (Let us not forget, this doctrine of
angels taking wives and having sex with women able to procreate come down to us
from the Jewish Rabbis)
(Tit 1:10-11) For there are many rebellious people, mere talkers and deceivers,
especially those of the circumcision group. They must be silenced, because
they are ruining whole households by teaching things they ought not to
teach--and that for the sake of dishonest gain.
(1Ti 4:1) The Spirit clearly says that in later
times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things
taught by demons.
It should be noted, at this point, that in order for a spirit to be called
an “angel of god” and not a demon, or devil, it would have to be an orderly
spirit, one in obedience to the Living God – to their Creator. Satan was once
an angel, a mighty and beautiful angel, then he sinned, thinking to be equal to
His Creator, even able to replace Him -- in this his form changed, likened unto
a dragon, or dinosaur, maybe?
(Rev 12:9) And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and
Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
(Rev 20:2)
Still, Satan, is a spirit being, an evil spirit, a demon, a
devil, a destroyer – hence, rebellious angels are not called angels but demons,
they have been transformed from "angels of God", messengers of YaHWeH
into "messengers of Satan", angels of Satan -- evil beings, evil
spirits and as such would never be called “sons of god” as we read in
Genesis 6, therefore the "sons of God" cannot mean HIS
messengers, or His angels. We have already read verses giving good
examples of believers being called "children of God" and even
"sons of God", and a verse asking the question, "when did our
Creator ever called an angel a son"? And the answer is, never.
Yes, we are all familiar with Job, but it is not God, or YHWH, that is calling
these angels "sons", no, it is the author of the book of Job.
Let's take a quick look at the scripture the teachers of this false doctrine
quote so often.
(Job 1:6-7) Now there was a day when the sons
of God came to present themselves before the YaHWeH, and Satan came also
among them. And the LORD (YHWH) said to Satan, where have you come from?
Then Satan answered YaHWeH, and said, From going to and fro on the earth,
and from walking up and down on it.
The NIV has verse 6 -- "One day the
angels came to present
themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them"
So, the question stands, "When did YaHWeH ever call an angel His
son" (Heb 1:5)? Some will insist this error is God approved and
therefore true -- by their own wisdom they decide what God is or is not
saying. From some translation we see, as with the NIV, they place
"angel" in place of "sons of God" and for good reason,
as we have already seen, YaHWeH has never called and "angel" His son.
(1Cor 3:19) For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is
written: "He catches the wise in their craftiness"
Yes, Revelation 12, verse 9 does refer to “angels” along with Satan, but
notice, they are his angels, that is Satan's angels. Angels of God, as
we have already read, are “ministering spirits” for the elect of God,
for the 'children of God, literally for the "sons and daughters of
God". Satan’s angels, Satan's messengers, would not fall
into that category any longer -- Satan identified as a "devil" has
his messengers, those rebel angels joining with him and also joining in his
fall -- no longer called or deserving to be called, angels of YaHWeH, least of
all "sons of God".
We have already covered the scriptures in clarifying the fact that the true
“sons of God” are a type of firstfruits following the Messiah into eternity, He
being the first of the first. So, the “sons of god” found in Genesis cannot be
speaking of literal “sons”, like created angels.
Let's take a closer look at the writings of Job -- in his account
he calls the angels “sons of god”, doesn’t he? This is a proof text the
deceiver’s use, twisting the Word of the Living God. This is an easy one
to dispute, but it is used over and over again by the false teachers to confuse
and misguide the blind. What does Job really say?
(Job 1:6) Now there was a day when the
sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD (YHWH), and Satan came
also among them.
Okay, you are pretty smart, just what does this much quoted verse
really say? That is correct, we see the term, “sons of god”, but
from the previous examination it is understood that these are created
spirits, “angels” of God, just as the NIV has it translated and with this
truth in mind, what does this verse really say? “… and Satan came
also among them”. Among whom?
The angels -- do you see, Satan is not included as a member of these “sons of
god”, these "angels" or "messengers of God" -- he came
among them. It is only reasonable to assume that if Satan is mentioned apart
from the “sons of god”, these "angels" then so would his
demon spirits that followed him into the rebellion -- they would not be called
"sons of God", but we have seen where these demons and devils are
called Satan's angels. Not only that, but we have it in the “word”, demon
angels are held in a place of darkness (Jude 6) and it would seem unlikely they
would be allowed access to this meeting with the Creator. Why would Satan be
allowed in? It seem that at the time of the writing of Job, Satan was not bound
to this Earth as yet, this prison, not until YaHshua came and closed access off
to him. These beings are cut off from the source of their Creation which would
effectively place them in darkness. Revelation 12 tells us where this
place of darkness is -- Earth. We see Satan cast to Earth after a battle
with Michael and many angels with him. Our Messiah Himself states that He
personally saw him, Satan, fall. When did this happen?
(Rev 12:10) Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: "Now have come the salvation
and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For
the accuser of our brothers, who accuses them before our God day and night, has
been hurled down.
Some have mistaken the last part of this verse too, failing to see it is in
"past tense". Satan and his angels were "hurled down” to
this earth, which is to them “hell”. We
see this powerful spirit being, that used to be the accuser of our brothers
before the Thorne continually, cast down, reserved for that day of judgment,
along with his angels. Who are these brothers, as John says, “our brothers”?
Christians assume it is they of whom the Apostle writes but I submit to you
that it is literally his, John’s brothers, the people of Israel – past
tense. If Satan has been cast down, as witnessed by our Savior, the
accusations before our Heavenly
Father by Satan had to have been before he was hurled to this Earth. His, Satan’s, movements are now restricted to
Earth.
(Rev 12:12) Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the
devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows
that his time is short." (compared to eternity, his time is
very short, indeed)
Tell me, if you know, why is the world in such a mess? Why do things
seem to continue the same no matter who is our leader or kings? What
spirit do you suppose is driving the madness we call the Middle East? Why
are the Jews so hated by so many? And they kill God's people thinking
they are doing Him a service. The day of reckoning is coming but for now
we have to deal with Satan and his angels -- even to death, as have many of our
brothers and sisters in the Christ.
Reading Revelation 12:9 and Luke 10:18 then putting two and two
together we can be pretty sure this event occurred while YaHshua stood
with His disciples on this dusty Earth. And it is from that moment on that
Satan set out to kill the one threatening his very existence. YaHshua was
not kidding as some seem to suggest. He meant what He said. He
would be the last to bear false witness, it is not in Him to bear false witness
and if He said He saw Satan fall, then He did.
YaHshua replied, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven". (Luke 10:18)
Sons and Angels
Job wrote of an account, revealed to him, that took place in Heaven, a
meeting of the angels with their Creator, and Satan appeared among them, not
yet bound to this earth. Perhaps some of his demon angels were with him,
it does not say, but looking at Jude 6 we can safely say that these evil angels
are limited in what they can and cannot do or where they can go. After the
Messiah defeated him in the flesh, Satan himself is denied access to the
gathering of the angels before the thrown of our Father.
Let’s take a deeper look at this term in Job, the “sons of God”:
Strong’s #1121 – sons – The definition is really long and can include many things and does not turn
the “son’s of god” of Genesis into literal “sons”. But, in this definition it
is never suggested to include anything of a rebellious nature. For those
interested here is the full definition: bane - son
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name),
in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson,
subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H1,
H251, etc.): - + afflicted, age, [Ahoh-] [Ammon-] [Hachmon-] [Lev-]ite,
[anoint-]ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, [Assyr-] [Babylon-] [Egypt-]
[Grec-]ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf,
X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn,
foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty,
+ nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, +
spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, +
valiant[-est], whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
This definition covers a whole slew of applications, none of which pin this
reference squarely on the term “angels”, but the application of many words used
to describe bene (sons) could be applied to mean “messengers” as in
"messengers of YaHWeH" –
this could also be translated as, “servant”, or “servants of
God”. We need to turn to the context of what is being said,
especially when we know our Creator never called them, the angels
"sons", so the context together with the words from His Apostles and
from the Christ Himself telling us it is His angels and not literal "sons”
but His messengers, or servants. Job's
account was never meant to be some kind of revelation about the “messengers of
God” as some are teaching. When looking at Genesis the false teachers try
to tell us that the union between angels and women led to the women giving
birth to children of “giant” proportions. I know, I know, it goes from the
ridiculous to outright stupidity, but, let’s not judge, letting the word say
what it says and judge this matter for us. In fact, the one prime individual,
in modern history, responsible for this teaching being spread throughout the
Christian community is Dr Scofield of the famed “Scofield Reference Bible”. The
following is a quote from his reference work applied to the KJV:
Taken from
the 1967 edition of the Scofield Reference Bible, note 1 relating to Genesis
6:4: “Some hold that the “sons of God” were fallen angels “who kept not
their first estate” (Jude 6-7, cp. “even as Sodom and Gomorrah”; 2 Pet. 2:4-9.
Accordingly, this intrusion into the human sphere produced a race of wicked
giants (Gen. 6:4-6).
While the Scofield note goes on to mention the objection of some to
this interpretation, it is none the less never rejected and has led many, over
the years, to accept this line of thinking. Some have seen the error of this,
but for some strange reason refuse to give up on the idea that “angels"
slept with flesh and blood women producing giant offspring. Seeing the problem
of this idea that angels manifest themselves into flesh for this purpose, some
others have proposed that these fallen angels possessed the flesh and
blood males and vicariously had relations with women through their host males
and somehow changed the host sperm so that the children spawned by this
activity were of giant stature.
Update: A new addition to this false teaching is gaining
steam – that the Nephilim (giants) were actually space invader that were on
earth in those days and after those day, using the same biblical wording. The prime reason for this change is coming
about because they, the teachers of this falsehood, have come to see the
context of Genesis 6 does not allow for how Dr. Scofield (deceased) and others
have tried to read it, by saying these “giants” were the offspring of this
elicit union. Seeing it clearly does not
say that, these modern teachers have resorted to using the Hebrew term for
“giants’ – the Nephilim, a term they have made into a name being much more
provocative and then applying it to UFO visitors.
Ludicrous, I know but this is the very reason you need to get into the Word
of God on your own as much as possible. Speculation and opinion is one thing,
but we should all give way to the truth presented to us in the Word, the
written word and not some ramblings of someone claiming our Father is talking
to them. Beware of those saying, "I have dreamed a dream", or,
"the Lord told me", or "spoke to me". There are those in
the habit of writing their own scripture contrary to the Word delivered to us
by the blood of YaHshua. Beware of those writing books about their
adventures into Heaven or Hell; these are demented people with lying
spirits. And it is sad to say those teaching this false doctrine about
angels procreating themselves producing some horrible creatures that went out
to rule the world in the form of some kind of grotesque giants is just so much
Sci-Fi -- fiction. Nephilim, indeed,
children of alien angel invaders, nonsense and from here it is not much of a
leap from this kind of imaging to get caught up in UFO-ology.
Harper’s Bible Dictionary pulls no punches and states right out,"...the
sons of God” in Genesis 6 are spiritual, supernatural beings...". Seeing is believing, as the saying goes: Page
981 – second paragraph – “In the first group is the enigmatic passage in
Gen. 6:1-4, which gives an account of how the union of “the sons of God” with
“the daughters of men” produced a race of “mighty men that were of old.” Here
the expression clearly refers to divine beings, and male divine beings at that,
given their union with human women.”
And some of you thought I was making this stuff up. Harper’s Bible
Dictionary, a recognized leader in biblical studies, making a statement under
the authority of their Bible Dictionary that is totally not true, and they are
not the only one. It is like circular thinking, someone of repute says
something and is then quoted and around it goes from one to the other and it
becomes a new fact. No one questions the originator, the respected
scholar or Rabbi, all assuming it must be true, everyone says, right.
Wrong. The main originators of this false teaching, as mentioned before
is the old Jewish Rabbis, long dead, all opposed to YaHshua as Messiah.
It serves their purpose to teach that demon angels of Satan are capable of
procreating as this demeans the "virgin birth" of our Savior.
From what has already been discussed I hope you can clearly see through
this deceptive teaching and understand why it is important to have a clear
understanding on this. Harper’s Bible Dictionary and other works and teachers
supporting this false view are in essence saying the Messiah is in error, or
(Father forgive me) a liar.
(Mat 22:30) For in the resurrection they
neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. (Mark 12:25)
(Gal 3:28) There is neither Jew nor
Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye
are all one in Christ Jesus.
If you accept the false teaching leaving room, being a tolerant person, for
the opposing view these “sons of God” were really angels having sex with human
women then you are degrading the Birth of the Messiah and His sacrifice for us.
Do you see it? Satan has had many years to cloud clear waters with murky half
lies. He has helped misguide mankind into religions touching on the “mother and
child” concept.
The birth of the Christ is devalued if angels, any angels can have sex. Not
just sex only, but to MARRY flesh and blood women -- taking wives?. The
greatest event in the history of mankind is made meaningless if this is
something that can happen and something that was happening long before the
promise of our Savior. That fact alone should tell you that this teaching is
approaching blaspheme, and even, possibly, approaches the “unforgivable sin”.
If fallen angels, including Satan himself, can have sex, cohabit, with flesh
and blood women then the miraculous way by which our Savior came into being,
into flesh, is not so miraculous after all, it has been going on for centuries
and movies have been made too, so it must be true -- let's get real, please.
Not all Christians hold this view, but it is continuing to gain popularity
among the Evangelicals as more and more of the Evangelical preachers and
teachers present this view to their students. And it is not only the Christians
that have this view. Certainly the comparisons can be found in the Greek
mythologies as well as the religions of the Middle East. And we can see this
within the Jewish Bible and translation notes in the Hebrew Study Bible. In
fact, they, the Jewish story tellers, may be the origin of this false teaching
in the first place. I will give you a quote from a Jewish Bible -- TANAKH, The
Holy Scriptures, and The New JPS Translation According to the Traditional
Hebrew Text”:
Genesis 6:1
When men began to increase on the earth and daughters were born to them, the
divine beings saw how beautiful the daughter of men were and took wives from
among those that pleased them.
As we have seen from earlier evidence the interpretation given to the “sons
of God” is one of choice not a contextual fact. The Jewish scholars choose
to render “sons of God” as “divine beings”, in Genesis 6.
They, it must be admitted, do not have the authority of the New Testament to
draw upon as they do not accept it as part of their inspired Scripture, or
writings. The Christians on the other hand do have the New Testament and I
believe I have demonstrated adequately from quoting certain New Testament
verses the truth of the matter. It is a mistake to think that because we
recognize the Jews as Israel, as the people of YHWH, that they have the truth
in Scripture. They do not and it would be a mistake, a big mistake, to think
so. Certainly the Word was given to them and they were to protect and
respect it. But the Hebrew Scriptures testify of their bad behavior and
of the hard headed attitude. While preserving the Word was to be their
responsibility they fell short in this service many times. The Hebrew
Scriptures were being lost a 100 years before the Messiah came, and if not for
the Romans deciding these ancient writings were worth saving we would not have
them today. Of course it was never in our Creator's mind (if I can be so
presumptuous) to allow His Words to be lost, so if the task is to fail, then He
will chose someone else to see to it. In this case the Romans had the
power and set up a commission of Jewish scholars to translate what was being
lost into Greek, a common language of the Empire at that time. So, with a
mixture of Greek and Latin we have what the world calls the Septuagint, meaning
the "Seventy" as it was supposedly compiled by 70 selected scholars
of a language being lost. That was the reason for the new Translation,
the Hebrew language was being lost to Aramaic and other dialects, and ancient
Hebrew was no longer spoken when YaHshua began His work. The Jewish
Rabbis have the hated Romans to thank for saving their Holy Scriptures and the
fact is, nearly all of the Hebrew translations of today are based on the
Septuagint. So, don't make the mistake of going to the Jewish scholars as the
last word when it comes to doctrines.
Read the Old Testament and you will soon see there were only a few men and
women that understood anything about the writings, outside of the civil codes
of the first five book of Moses. The Scriptures they hold dear witness against
them and their fathers before them. Let me add right here -- the so called
Orthodox Jew and Ultra Orthodox do not study the Scriptures as you might
think. It is the words of the ancient Rabbis they listen to, the
Jerusalem and the Babylonian Talmud, and in these writings they see the Books
of Moses have their origin, and that is a fact. Make no mistake, we
Christians have not done much better, but if it were not for the Gentile side
of believers, the word, as we recognize them in the Old Testament, would
never have gotten declared to the World -- well, of course we know that would
not be the case as our Heavenly Father has a way of making things happen His
way. Following these Five books we have the Writings and then
the Prophets, combined we know this collection of writings as
the Old Testament (Old Covenant) we, believers in YaHshua as Messiah and
Savior, have the New Testament (new Covenant) with the Words of our Savior
and His battle of words with the religious leaders of that day, the Pharisee,
the Scribes the Sadducee, and the Lawyers as He continually
demonstrated they had lost their way in understanding what they claimed to
cherish. No, you cannot look to the Jewish Scholars for support, they are as
much in the dark, maybe more so, than the general Christian population. It is the pagan influences
inherited from the pagan converts that has been a stumbling block to the
Gentile Christians, all the same the protectors of the written Word has fallen
to them, and so, we live in the Times of the Gentiles.
Giants in Those Days
To finish up I am going to go through the first few verses of Genesis 6
verse by verse and make real sense of it. You will see that it says what it
says, and now that you understand that the use of the term, “sons of God”
can only mean other human individuals with a title as “sons of God”, even as we
are called today, then the rest falls right into place.
(Genesis 6:1-2) And it came to pass, when men
began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw
the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which
they chose.
True “angels of God” would not attempt to take flesh and blood women as
wives -- each after its own kind -- angels of God are not of the human kind (1
Cor 15:30-40). Demons might desire to step over that boundary in their
rebellion, if that were possible, but we see from scripture that is not
possible -- only in the minds of men is such a thing possible.
(Genesis 6:3) And the LORD (YHWH) said, My spirit
shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall
be an hundred and twenty years.
“Strive” can also mean “live”. We are told that in the end-days our Father
is going to pour out His Spirit upon all mankind. If we accept what the Messiah
said about the end-days becoming as the days were in Noah’s time, then this
verse may mean something more. The Spirit of the Creator was with men before
the great Flood, but, as we see, they did not respond to this gift and guidance
and became ever more violent, eventually the Spirit withdrew and human kind
were exterminated, all save Noah and His family.
(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.
Nowhere does this verse it say "giants" were the product of a
union between the “sons of God” and daughters of men. “There were giants in
the earth in those days.” What days? “Those days”, the days
these events were happening there were giants present -- not one word
about these giants being progeny of such an illicit union. Still, this
verse is read by prominent men of faith completely different from what it
says. They continue to go on and say these giants, the Nephilim, were the
result of this demonic union.
Another thing to notice, it does not necessarily mean “giant men”, perhaps
giant animals roaming the earth. This, of course, does not fit in with the
false science of evolution, but there it is, "...giants on the earth in
those days..." and not only that, even after those days there were these
giant animals roaming about. The children from these unions of the Kings
of God with women from the common man, not of Adams blood line (?) became men
of renown. Remember, this is all before the worldwide flood that carried
them all away.
Next, in an attempt at covering all the bases it is explained, the
“children” of these unions became “Mighty men”, “men of renown”, in positions
of power – were not the giants upon the earth -- but there were these
"giants" in those days. The offspring became famous, in other words,
these men of “renown” were operating during a time when there were giants of
some sort present -- "in those days". The
glorifying of fallen angels with the power to procreate is a type of angel
worship but even in this camp they are divided on this issue of “giants”
being physical monsters or merely giants in fame, still they hang on to the
false teaching that this is the sin of the Angels.
It takes a twisted mind to make these "giants" out as offspring
due to the union of fallen angels and fleshly women. Twisted minds twist
scripture and to what purpose? This elevates the fallen -- the Devil and his
fallen angels to a status unavailable to them. In the eyes of men they
become more than they are, unable to create, only able to
destroy. It must feed their twisted egos immensely to have men
thinking and teaching this.
This false teaching downgrades the accomplishment of our Savior and of the
plan of Salvation put in motion by our Heavenly Father. You only have to consult
the myths of the ancients to find the idea of gods having sex with flesh and
blood women then giving birth to bastard half-breeds, half god, half man
is nothing new, but for the followers of the Christ to accept this false
concept as fact is astonishing.
Men enjoy calling themselves "sons of god" or even "children
of God", except for when it comes to Genesis 6, then these false teachers
say they are angels -- absurd.
Overkill ?
If you have a better take on this let me know. I will stand corrected and admit
it if you can twist this verse in Genesis 6 to mean anything other than what I
have presented here. Some pretty big names in Christendom will stand before you
and tell you, "Angels left Heaven and took wives and had giant children by
them". They are seriously out of their minds, physically as well as
spiritually. Am I judging them? Not by my words, but by the Words of my
Heavenly Father, by the Words of the Bible -- not my judgments but His. Too
many want to put words in His mouth and are not afraid to do so.
There are Jewish commentaries that make the same assertion concerning
fallen angels -- they should be ashamed of themselves for what they have done
to the word of God. Never try to make the Word of God say anything other than
what it says -- this is called keeping it in "context". I have some
pointers on studying the Bible, nothing hard, just some simple suggestions -- click
here
What About Jude?
But, you ask, didn't the fallen angels leave their first estate? Jude 1:6
says they did, doesn't it? Well, yes, and no. The teachers of this view love to
quote this verse attempting to prove the fallen angels, demons, devils had left
themselves (their spirit bodies). Let’s take a quick look and I'm sure
you will see the same kind of faulty reasoning as with the false giants
teaching, telling us these were children of these angels, you know, the angels
that "kept not their first estate". Let's read:
(Jude 1:6) And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their
own habitation, he has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the
judgment of the great day.
Okay, where does it say, the angels left their spirit bodies to cohabit
with flesh and blood women? Right, it doesn't, it says these angels "kept
not their first (get that - first) estate" -- they departed from their
first habitation, or place assigned to them. What this is saying is they left a
place they were living, a place given them and for some reason, probably having
to do with Satan's rebellion, they abandoned their appointed place, their
habitation and assaulted their Creator's domain.
We live on a beautiful planet all of our needs taken care of, but we dream
of building space ships to blast off into places we have no business being --
sound familiar? Satan and his crew, like men, were not satisfied with being
just angels, they wanted to be gods. We humans are instructed to care for
the World and to be fruitful, but what do we humans dream of? We dream of the
day we can travel the universe, to rise above and beyond the estate we have
been given and for what? It seems we have a driving force pushing us
to be like someone else. Satan's desire is not to be trapped on this
planet so he passes his desire on to men, to rise above one's own
domain. Funny thing is, our Creator has offered us just that, and the
way He has made for us is the Key to Life, and YaHshua is that Key.
Satan and his angels were not satisfied with their Creator's plan and
tried to circumvent His plan with their own.
It is pretty simple if you believe the words and quite trying to twist the
plain truth into something mysterious, even weird, but this does seem to excite
the ears of some. These rebel angels are to suffer a bitter end bound in chains
of darkness. Who can know how beautiful their "first estate" had
been, their original habitation, their estate?
Dreamers of the flesh, like the rebel angels, carry their banner of deceit
and falsehood pulling along as many as possible toward the fires of
destruction, headed for complete annihilation. Read the whole of what is
written in Jude and believe it, do not try to build myths out of something so
simple to understand. Stop being confused on this. (Gal 5:10, 1 Cor 14:33).
Jude is all about the judgment of these "dreamers" making
up stories like the writers of fiction and they do this for gain. A
greedy bunch more interested in deception, working for a dollar and giving
themselves over to a future punishment not unlike that suffered by those of
Sodom and Gomorrah. (Titus 1:11, Mt 23:25, 2 Pet 2:3,14)
(2Pe 2:3) In their greed these teachers
will exploit you with stories they have
made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction
has not been sleeping.
They commit the sin of Balaam, working for money, as greed drives them,
which is described as a form if idolatry. Balaam was a priest, and a priest of
YHWH no less. He had the ear of YHWH, spoke with Him, communicated with Him,
but still his heart was set on personal gain, not lowerly service (Numbers 22).
These men, like Balaam, are put in the same boat as the "fallen
angels" and their judgment is sure.
Keep in mind, the account given in Jude is about fallen men, by
comparison, to fallen angels. So, if we are to jump to the wrong
conclusion, that the fallen angels left themselves to cohabit with flesh and
blood women, are we then, in the context of the whole of Jude, to assume these
greedy men become spirit, as the rebel angels became flesh? Absolutely
not, there is no such suggestion, and I say this only to demonstrate the
idiotic suggestion that spirit beings, fallen or otherwise, do not marry, and
do not cohabit with human women. Please, read all of Jude, its short, but think
on it then reread it. It has a lot to say and much is missed when one jumps to
the false conclusion concerning the fallen angels that Jude mentions as an
example to emphasize the seriousness of our own destiny, and especially of
those having made profit of God's people and of God's Word.
What about all of those pictures on You Tube showing bones of these
Giant offspring? These are all hoaxes posted by hoaxers and liars,
fakers, deceivers, etc. Go to the following for the rest of the story
concerning this Hoax. National Geographic’s is the source --- http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/12/071214-giant-skeleton_2.html