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       "sons of God", and, "the Nephilim".
       By: Edwin Date: December 21, 2014, 9:09 am
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       "sons of God", and, "the Nephilim".
       Allow me to give you my understanding of, "sons of God", and,
       "the Nephilim".
       I am of the opinion that the, "angels who sinned", referred to
       below at, 2Pe 2:4, are in fact, "the sons of God", mentioned at
       Gen 6:2.. My reason for believing that the, "sons of God", are
       angels is as a result of what is said at Job 1:6-7.
       2Pe 2:4   For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but
       cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of
       darkness, to be reserved for judgment;
       2Pe 2:5   and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah,
       one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in
       the flood on the world of the ungodly;
       Gen 6:2   the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were
       attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.
       Job 1:6   Now there was a day when the sons of God came to
       present themselves before the LORD, and Satan[fn2] also came
       among them.
       Job 1:7   And the LORD said to Satan, "From where do you come?"
       So Satan answered the LORD and said, "From going to and fro on
       the earth, and from walking back and forth on it."
       Now regarding the Nephilim.
       About some 300 years BC, a translation of the Hebrew Scriptures
       into Greek known as the, "Septuagint", was commenced, and when
       the translators looked for a suitable Greek word for Nephilim,
       they used, "Titan", which means giant, and from which we get the
       English word, "Titanic".
       The following is an extract from
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       "The twelve first-generation Titans were ruled by the youngest,
       Cronus, who overthrew their father, Uranus ('Sky'), at the
       urgings of their mother, Gaia ('Earth')."
       In other words in Greek mythology, the Titans were the product
       of sex between supposed male, and female gods, a joining of the,
       ("Sky"), with the,("Earth")
       For what it is worth, I am well aware that what I have said
       above is pure speculation on my part, and is in no way to be
       taken as foundational Christian doctrine, however, I put it
       forward for your information, and comment.
       Every blessing.
       Edwin.
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       Re: "sons of God", and, "the Nephilim".
       By: clark thompson Date: December 23, 2014, 8:57 am
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       I have heard the view of them being angels who followed Satan
       but their is also the view of them being children of Cain those
       that follow the evils of sin. I think they are one of the
       mysteries in the bible.
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