Theodicy Soteriology, Hermeneutics

SOTERIOLOGY : M. M. NINAN
THE NEPHILIMS
In this connection we have the reference to Sons of God who went into Daughters of men in
Gen 6. While there are debates over who this Sons of God are, one assumption is that they
were aliens from outer space - angels. This is corroborated by a detailed description of this
in the Book of Enoch. The existence and the validity of the Book of Enoch is found in:
Jude 1:6 And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their
own home--these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the
great Day.
I had so many enquiries about this that I include the Book of Enoch as a reference. This
book though not canonical explains how angels saw the beauty of the women of earth and
came down and married them.
Gen 6:4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days--and also afterward--when the sons of
God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old,
men of renown.
The word Nephilim (#5303) comes from the root 'naphal' (#5307) meaning to fall away,
outcast ones indicating the orign of fallen angels. Others take it from its root nephil to mean
"that which breathes" or "embodied" being
If these were indeed alien angels, then Satan also could have sex either as an embodied
being or in possession of the animal Serpent. Satan did not approach Adam but Eve
because men don't bear "fruit". Satan could corrupt mankind spiritually and physically
through Eve.
Thus the father of Cain could hav been Satan and Father of Adam was Abel. Cain killed
Abel to destroy the line of Adam and take over the earth. But Seth was born to carry the
name of Adam.
Gen 3:14-15 "And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou
art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go,
and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: (v. 15) And I will put enmity between thee and
the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt
bruise his heel."
Thy seed here refers to the children of Satan through Eve and her seed is of Adamic origin.
Gen 4:1-2 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have
gotten a man from the LORD. (v.2) And she again ((#3254) yacap)bare his brother Abel. And
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