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.
a. The expressions “sons of God”
and “daughters of men” show that one is a product of God and one is a product
of man.
b. There are 5 Scriptures in the
Old Testament that refer to the “sons of God.”
1). Genesis 6:2, 4.
2). Job 2:1 Now there was a day
when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came
also among them.
3). 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.
4). Job 38:4-7 Where wast thou when
I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Who hath laid the measures thereof,
if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched the line upon it?
Whereupon are the foundations
thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner stone thereof?
When the morning stars sang
together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
c. There are two classes of fallen
angels.
1). Some are loose.
a). Revelation 12:7-9 And there
was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the
dragon fought and his angels.
And prevailed not; neither was
their place found any more in heaven.
And the great dragon was cast out,
that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world:
he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
2). Some are bound.
a). 2 Peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angesl
that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of
darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
b). Jude 6 And the angels that
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.
d. If both groups fell, why are
some in hell and some loosed, given that God is no respecter of persons in
judgment? A logical explanation is the angels that are bound committed the
additional sin of fornicating with human women.
1). Jude 6 tells of the angels
which, “kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation.”
a). first estate (746 * arche) Same Greek word as ‘principality’
in Ephesian 6:12.
Ben Adam, Origin of Heathendom:
“The Ephesian context is clear to these ‘principalities’ being companies of angels
occupying positions of great power and authority among the world-rullers in the
heavenly places; and we learn from Jude that a proportion of them failed to
keep their positions…in the heavens.”
b). habitation (3613 * oiketerion) This Greek word occurs only
twice in the NT., Jude 6 and in 2 Corinthians 5:2 where it is translated
“house”. In 2 Corinthians it refers to the spiritual bodies of believers when
raised or changed at the return of Christ.
2). Looking at Jude 6 & 7
together shows the common link between the angels and the cities of the plain
was their fornication with ‘other’ flesh, i.e., flesh not like their own.
a). Jude 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.
Jude 7 EVEN AS Sodom and Gomorrah,
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.”
e. There
had to be two eruptions of fallen angels, one before the flood and one after.
The angels who were in this second eruption were also angels who had previously
participated in the original rebellion mentioned in Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel
28.
1). The Emims were giants and dwelt
in Moab. The Horims were giants and lived in Seir before the children of Esau.
a). Deuteronomy 2:9-12 And
the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend
with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession;
because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
Deuteronomy 2:10 The Emims dwelt
therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
Deuteronomy 2:11 Which also were
accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims.
Deuteronomy 2:12 The Horims also
dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they
had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did
unto the land of his possession, which the Lord gave unto them.
2). The Zamzummims were giants and
dwelt in Ammon and the Avims were also giants and dwelt in Hazerim.
a). Deuteronomy 2:19-21 And when thou
comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle
with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any
possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
Deuteronomy 2:20 (That also was
accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites
call them Zamzummims;
Deuteronomy 2:21 A people great,
and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the Lord destroyed them
before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:
Deuteronomy 2:22 As he did to the
children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before
them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:
Deuteronomy 2:23 And the Avims
which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out
of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)
3). Using the measure of 18 inches
for a cubit Og, the king of Bashan was a giant and had a bed thirteen and a
half feet long and six feet wide. Bashan was referred to as “the land of the
giants.”
a). Deuteronomy 3:11-13 For only
Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold his bedstead was a
bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits
was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a
man.
Deuteronomy 3:12And this land,
which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and
half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to
the Gadites.
Deuteronomy 3:13 And the rest of
Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of
Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land
of giants.
4). Using again the measure of 18
inches for a cubit, and a span as being half a cubit, Goliath was nine feet and
9 inches tall.
a). 1 Samuel 17:4 And there went out a
champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose
height was six cubits and a span.
5). Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai
were three famous giants of the Anakims. They lived in present day Hebron in
1400 B.C. Caleb drove these three from Hebron.
a). Joshua 15:13 And unto Caleb
the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to
the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even the city of Arba the
father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
Joshua 15:14 And Caleb drove
thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of
Anak.
Additional Notes
1. There are a number of noncanonical books (books not
accepted as writings inspired by God, they are referred to as the Pseudepigrapha),
that mention the “sons of God” or “watchers”. The Book of Enoch is one of them.
Though the Book of Enoch is not recognized by the church as part of the
inspired canon of Scripture, a verse in the book of Enoch is found in in the
book of Jude.
a. Jude And Enoch also, the
seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with
ten thousands of his saints,
Jude 15 To execute judgment upon
all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds
which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have
spoken against him.
b. The book of Enoch 1:9 “And behold!
He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones, to execute judgment upon all,
and to destroy all the ungodly, and to convict all flesh, of all the works of their
ungodliness which they have ungodly committed, And of all the hard things which
ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”
c. Concerning the Book of Enoch,
Dr. Edward F. Hills writes: “One of the best known of the Pseudepigrapha is the
Book of Enoch, and Ethiopic version of which was discovered in Abyssinia by
James Bruce9c. 1770). This book is of special interest because Jude is commonly
thought to have quoted it in his Epistle. AND ENOCH ALSO, THE SEVENTH FROM
ADAM, PROPHESIED OF THESE, SAYING, BEHOLD, THE LORD COMETH WITH TEN THOUSANDS
OF HIS SAINTS TO EXECUTE JUDGMENT UPON ALL, AND TO CONVINCE ALL THAT ARE
UNGODLY AMONG THEM OF ALL THEIR UNGODLY DEEDS WHICH THEY HAVE UNGODLY
COMMITTED. AND OF ALL THEIR HARD SPEECHES WHICH UNGODLY SINNERS HAVE SPOKEN
AGAINST HIM. (Jude 14, 15; Enoch 1:9) Among early Christians there were three
reactions to this seeming quotation of The Book of Enoch on the part of Jude.
First, there were those like Tertullian, who accepted both the Epistle of Jude
and the Book of Enoch as canonical. Second, there were those (mentioned by
Jerome) who rejected both the Epistle of Jude and the Book of Enoch. Third,
there were those like Origen and Augustine, who accepted the Epistle of Jude as
canonical but rejected the Book of Enoch. This third position was adopted by
the Church at large and is undoubtedly the true one. For it is not certain that
Jude actually did quote from the Book of Enoch. He may have been quoting a
common source, a traditional saying handed down from remote antiquity.”
2. In the Book of Enoch is a fairly large segment of writing
and the segment on the fallen angels covers most of the whole book. For space
sake I will only post the chapter that concerns us the most, chapter 6 and its
eight verses. The link at the bottom of the citation will take those more
interested to a site to view the whole Book of Enoch.
a. [Chapter 6] 1 And it came to pass when the children of men
had multiplied that in those days were born unto 2 them
beautiful and comely daughters. And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw
and lusted after them, and said to one another: 'Come, let us choose us wives
from among the children of men 3 and
beget us children.' And Semjaza, who was their leader, said unto them: 'I fear
ye will not 4 indeed agree to do this deed,
and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.' And they all
answered him and said: 'Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves by
mutual imprecations 5 not to abandon
this plan but to do this thing.' Then sware they all together and bound
themselves 6 by mutual imprecations upon
it. And they were in all two hundred; who descended in the days of Jared on the
summit of Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn 7 and bound themselves by mutual imprecations
upon it. And these are the names of their leaders: Samlazaz, their leader,
Araklba, Rameel, Kokablel, Tamlel, Ramlel, Danel, Ezeqeel, Baraqijal, 8 Asael, Armaros, Batarel, Ananel, Zaqiel,
Samsapeel, Satarel, Turel, Jomjael, Sariel. These are their chiefs of tens. http://www.ccel.org/c/charles/otpseudepig/enoch/ENOCH_1.HTM
3. The Book of Jubilees
a. Jubilees 4:15And in the second
week of the tenth jubilee [449-55 A.M.] Mahalalel took unto him to wife DinaH,
the daughter of Barakiel the daughter of his father's brother, and she bare him
a son in the third week in the sixth year, [461 A.M.] and he called his name
Jared, for in his days the angels of the Lord descended on the earth, those who
are named the Watchers, that they should instruct the children of men, and that
they should do judgment and uprightness on the earth.
b. Jubilees 5:1 And it came to
pass when the children of men began to multiply on the face of the earth and
daughters were born unto them, that the angels of God saw them on a certain
year of this jubilee, that they were beautiful to look upon; and they took
themselves wives of all whom they chose, and they bare unto them sons and they
were giants.
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