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HELLFIRE AND DAMNATION
When Jesus died on the cross he separated from his body, but where did he go for three days and nights? We know he didn’t immediately go to heaven to be with the Father because he said to Mary Magdalene after the resurrection,
“Don’t touch me for I have not yet ascended to my Father.”
This proves he had no contact with his Father since the crucifixion. Why not?
Also, Jesus compares his ordeal with that of Jonah, further proving he did not ascend to heaven:
40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Matthew 12:40
So, if he was to go into the heart of the earth, this only leaves two possibilities. Abraham’s Bosom or Hades.
Abraham’s Bosom was where the righteous dead lived awaiting the day of restoration. It was the place of peace, comfort, and joy.
Jesus explains in the narrative of Lazarus and the rich man found in Luke chapter 16. In the story, both men died and found themselves in the heart of the earth, just as Jesus said.
Poor and sickly Lazarus wound up in Abraham’s Bosom while the uncaring rich man found himself in hell:
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s Bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. Luke 16:22-26
Lazarus was a happy camper, comforted by Father Abraham, while the merciless rich man was isolated and alone, being in torments. We always associate hell with judgment and punishment. Abraham’s Bosom is associated with peace and comfort.
If Jesus left his physical body and kept the status of deity, Abraham’s Bosom is where he would stay. Abraham would comfort him for three days and nights while awaiting the moment of resurrection.
He would then re-unite with his body and lead everyone in Abraham’s Bosom, including Abraham, into heaven, and all would be well.
On the other hand, if he separated from his body as the accursed of God, we must conclude he wound up in the pit of hell as any other cursed man.
We may also conclude that he did not spend the time in the Bosom of Abraham because of the following verses:
10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell (Greek = Hades); neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Psalm 16:10
Restated by Peter:
27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Acts 2:27
31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. Acts 2:31
And Paul
35 Wherefore he saith also in another Psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. (Psalm 16.10 b.) Acts 13:35
The word Hell in Greek is Hades and can be defined as the region of the damned, the home of all lost souls. This was NOT Abraham’s Bosom. The verses do not say, ‘Thou wilt not leave my soul in the Bosom of Abraham.’
Jesus was not only cast into hell but into the lowest dungeons where some, (but not all) fallen angels are kept in chains. This dungeon is known as Tartaros.
Who Raised Him?
The following verses prove that He did not raise himself nor had the power to do so. There are at least thirty verses in the New Testament, but we will look at the most pertinent. You can look up the rest later:
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. Acts 5:30
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. Romans 8:11
Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; Acts 10:40-41
But God raised him from the dead: Acts 13:30
God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second Psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. Acts 13:33
But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. Acts 13:37
Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. Colossians 2:12
21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. 1 Peter 1:21
This Day I Have Begotten Thee
Am I demeaning the name or position of Jesus Christ or attempting to make him less than who he is, The King of Kings and the Lord of Lords? Absolutely not!! Jesus is THE LORD! In him, we are holy, acceptable, and unblamable. We are only addressing what happened to him while out of his body for a moment in time.
The phrase, ‘that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption,’ Implies that someone other than himself possessed the power and willingness to either leave him in Tartaros or deliver him from there.
This also shows Jesus being helpless and with no way of escape, other than to receive the Holy Ghost at the appropriate time and accept Eternal life from God the Father.
33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second Psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. Acts 13:33
The Apostle Paul is showing it was after resurrection when Jesus was begotten.
The Bible uses the phrase two other times in the New Testament and always post-resurrection.
In Hebrews 1:3 it shows that Jesus is already sitting upon his throne, after ressurection, after he purged our sins. Then verse five:
5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art 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? Hebrews 1:5
The next occurrence of the phrase is when he was made an high priest after the order of Melchizedek. He could not be a priest of any kind until The Holy Ghost resurrected him.
5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made a high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. Hebrews 5:5
If Jesus retained His Deity-God-status while out of His body, he would not need to ‘be’ resurrected by anyone other than himself, nor would there be a need to be ‘begotten’.
Also, Isaiah 14 speaks of Lucifer in his rebellion stating, ‘I will ascend to heaven, I will exalt my throne.’ I, I, I. In the case of Jesus rising from the dead the I’s turn into YOU. YOU will not leave my soul in hell; YOU will not allow my body to decay. YOU, YOU, YOU!
Furthermore, who is it that exalts Jesus to the status of King of Kings and sits him on the right hand of God? Is it he, himself? Or is it the same Person who raises him from the dead? The one who makes him a ‘Priest forever?’
9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:9-11
Doesn’t this imply dependency? Helplessness? Need? If he raised himself from the dead wouldn’t the scripture simply state he resurrected rather than emphasizing that God raised him from the dead and that he was ‘begotten’ by God, not himself?
We Are Begotten
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead…. 1 Peter 1:3
The Apostle Peter tells us it is the resurrection of Jesus Christ that begets us. If so, we were begotten in the same way that Jesus was begotten—by grace through faith. By depending upon and trusting in God.
God the Father raised Jesus and us together as one body. If Jesus could not raise himself from the dead because he was cursed, then how could we ever be raised?
A better way to put it would be:
Can you raise yourself from the dead?
No?
Jesus could not raise himself either, he needed help.
Begotten In Bethlehem?
Wasn’t he begotten and wasn’t he a Son when he was born to Mary in Bethlehem?
Yes and no! Being born to Mary he was begotten but only in the physical, psychological, and emotional sense as he took on ‘the likeness of men.’ He took to himself man’s nature but not mans’ sin nature.
Because he was not born into this world a sinner, he did not need salvation. It was only after he was forsaken and descended into Tartaros that he needed rescue and to be ‘begotten’.
We were born into this accursed world, separated from God. Only by grace through faith are we begotten. Re-read the following passage carefully. If we are made alive together with Christ, then Christ must have needed to be made alive as well.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:4-9
If Jesus were forsaken and in need of rescue, he could not boast regarding his salvation anymore than we could. He was raised by the act of grace and mercy of God the Father, the same as us.
God the Father raised us together with, or along with, or at the same time, as Jesus.
Jesus Christ and his body the church are raised, begotten and born again together. And now we are seated together with Him in heavenly places.
The wonderful reality is our salvation is one hundred percent secure. We are welcomed and seated with him right now as a reality, not a future event.
I Have Power
Now, what about the verse where Jesus said, ‘I have the power to lay it (my life) down, and I have the power to take it again.’
17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. John 10:17-18
This verse is not saying that Jesus had the power of himself to resurrect himself. It is only saying that he had a commandment to voluntarily lay down his life. And that, when the time came, he could and would graciously receive life back from the Father.
Jesus speaks of Jonah on three occasions but only refers to this verse once.
There are at least thirty verses that show The Father raised him from the dead.
In essence, he is saying, ‘After I pay the price in full for sin, I will have opportunity to do something no one has ever done, receive Eternal Life, and he will raise me from the dead.’
Jonah
Some teachers explain the above verses to prove he raised himself from the dead. That God cannot die spiritually and that to be begotten is only in association with his physical body being re-animated. In response to this, I ask that you to explain Jonah and the great fish.
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so, shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Matthew 12:40
Was Jonah’s experience a pleasant one? Was he comforted and content while in the stomach of the fearsome sea creature?
Let’s compare the plight of Jesus to that of Jonas:
Jonah rebelled from doing God’s will and ran from it. He wound up in the fish’s belly.
Jesus hung on a tree and was not blessed but accursed. He wound up in Tartaros.
Jonah was helpless inside the whale and needed the hand of God to rescue him.
Jesus was helpless in hell and needed the hand of God to rescue him.
Jonah prayed for mercy – he received it.
Jesus trusted in the verse which says “Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell.”
Jonah was spat out of the whale symbolizing resurrection.
Jesus received eternal life and was then reunited with his lifeless body. His body transformed into a glorified body which he is living in right now as he sits upon the throne in heaven.
FOUR
TO HELL AND BACK
The word Hell in Greek is ‘Hades’ and adequately defined as the ‘region of the departed, the home of all lost souls’. This was NOT Abraham’s Bosom.
To further prove this, we will look at three significant passages. I have underlined the keywords and an explanation will follow. The passages pinpoint who occupied the place called Tartaros and why Jesus went there specifically.
19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. 1 Peter 3:19-20
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.
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. Jude 1:6-7
4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; 2 Peter 2:4-5.
The lesson of these passages is clear: God will protect and deliver his own Godly people. But, if God did not spare the angels, the antediluvian, or the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, we understand he will not spare any rebellious person who lives ungodly or backslidden. Unless, of course, they repent and get right with God.
However, our purpose is to prove that Jesus was incarcerated in hell for three days and nights.
PREACHED, PREACHER.
The two words used for ‘preached’ (Greek, kerusso) and Preacher (Greek, Kēryx) carries the meaning of heralding: any news or announcement as a crier would do in the public square. The words do not mean to preach (euangelizo) as an evangelist like Billy Graham, to bring the good news of redemption or salvation.
HELL, PRISON AND CHAINS OF DARKNESS
HELL — The word Hell in this passage ‘cast them down to hell’, is not the Greek word Hades.
The translators incorrectly rendered it Hell, when it should be the Greek word Tartaros. ‘For if God spared not the angels that sinned but cast them down to Tartaros’.
Tartaros is within the boundaries of hell yet separate from the general population.
Modern prisons have a general population and solitary confinement for the really bad boys. It is in this solitary confinement the fallen angels are caged, under chains of darkness.
This solitary confinement is the place called, Tartaros.
Jesus went to Tartaros and heralded his finished work to the fallen angels! He acknowledged what he accomplished in redemption, not to offer any hope of forgiveness or parole. The news he announced sealed their eternal fate, which will be — the lake of fire.
PRISON — (Greek, foolakay) is always used in a bad sense in Scripture. Its definition includes ‘to watch, to have guards, to be kept in a hold or a cage’. Just think of our modern prisons where inmates are kept under lock and key and watched over by armed guards.
Jeremiah was in prison. John the Baptist was in prison, as were some Apostles. It not only meant loss of freedom and confinement but also misery and sometimes torture.
‘Paradise’ and ‘Abraham’s Bosom,’ connote joy and peace. If Jesus went to preach in a ‘prison’ or a ‘cage’ then this would make Abraham’s Bosom a wretched prison and not paradise.
Abraham’s Bosom is not associated with foreboding, death, or regret, which is always associated with prisons in scripture.
One might say that Abraham’s Bosom was a prison of sorts in that no one could leave there and return to life on earth or ascend to heaven where God dwells. The point is well taken, but the prison in question is not a place of sunshine and lollipops. Tartaros is the habitation of the damned. It is a dungeon of darkness.
Jesus went to preach in the prison of Tartaros. He bypassed the general population and went straight to where the fallen angels are confined. But why there? What was it exactly that he preached? What was his message?
SPIRITS, ANGELS
SPIRITS — ‘Which sometime were disobedient…in the days of Noah.’
These were the very same
‘ANGELS which kept not their first estate.’
These Angels are also the same as the
‘ANGELS that sinned…but ‘saved Noah.’
In the passages above, Peter and Jude emphasized the great sin of the fallen angels. Notice it was in the ‘days of Noah’ in which they were disobedient and committed apparent atrocities. The question is: What was their great sin and why did they do what they did?
Jesus also considered the days of Noah extremely important. While expounding on the signs leading up to his second coming, he makes this statement:
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Matthew 24:37
What was it like in the days of Noah and why did the Lord use this reference specifically? He could have used backslidden Israel or Judah as an example of disobedience and rebellion. He could have also used the judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah.
This era, known as the days of Noah, is approximately 1500 years from Adam’s expulsion from the garden until the flood. This era ties into where and why Jesus went to Tartaros.
It may shock you, but the estimated population of earth before the flood was between seven and seventeen billion. Yes! Billion! And how many survived the flood? Only eight.
To better understand who these fallen angels were and their transgression against God we must examine who the ‘Sons of God’ are in 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. Genesis 6:1-5
Sons Of God
There are two viewpoints to explain who the ‘Sons of God’ were.
The Sons of God are Fallen Angels.
OR…
The Sons of God are the righteous linage of Adam’s son Seth.
Fallen Angels
Notice the distinction between ‘Sons of God’ and ‘men’, and ‘the daughters of men.’ The difference is that the men and the daughters of men are human offspring of Adam and Eve. While the Sons of God are fallen angels.
The term ‘Sons of God’ is used five times in the old Testament. Two are here in Gen. 6:1-4 and the others are found in the book of Job. All references in Job have to do with Angels. No son of Adam, Cain, Able, or Seth was ever referred to by using the phrase, ‘Sons of God.’
To be consistent with Biblical interpretation we conclude that all ‘Sons of God’ references are to angels, not humans. Gen 6.2,4. Job 1:6, 2:1, 38:7
The next reference to the Sons of God in the Bible is the Body of Christ who do indeed become the Sons of God. (Gal. 4.7)
The great sin of the fallen angels was mixing their seed with that of humans. The intention and purpose were to contaminate the seed (DNA) of Adam and Eve and prevent the plan and purpose of God, which was to bring forth the seed of the woman, THE SAVIOR JESUS.
If they could pollute the DNA structure of humankind, they would stop the coming seed, the Messiah.
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. Genesis 3:15
In context, God is speaking to Lucifer, (the serpent). He says something that, to modern sensibilities, is most bizarre. He expresses that Lucifer has seed (sperm, DNA) and could procreate. What’s up with that? Between ‘thy seed’ and ‘her seed?’
To say ‘thy seed’ would indicate the Sons of God could also procreate. The fallen angels and the daughters of men make up a most bizarre union. It is difficult to comprehend why God would allow such a thing to happen but happened it did.
According to the book of Enoch, a group of fallen angels called the Watchers did the dirty work. According to Enoch, they had their way with human women. In exchange, they taught humankind about the arts of warfare and the occult.
Not all of the Angels in heaven fell with Lucifer and not all fallen angels mated with mankind. Lucifer is still around and so are many of his cohorts. I believe the Principalities (Greek = Archan) mentioned in Ephesians chapter six are fallen angels. They rule this worlds’ wicked hierarchy with Satan. But they, personally, did not violate human women.
GIANTS
The Watchers are the ‘Sons of God’ which fornicated with the daughters of men. This produced a hybrid race of giants. Think about Giants for a moment. Very large and powerful men with high I.Q’s. Some religious and secular researchers attribute many of the large monuments and temples in the ancient world as being built by these same giants.
Google search ‘Baalbek Stones’ for example. Stones over a thousand tons cut with precision and moved (method unknown) into the foundations of temples and other monuments; by whom?
Could it be Giants?
Many researchers also credit structures like the pyramids in Egypt to be the work of giants. It is illogical to assume that small and primitive middle eastern men could cut such massive stone with copper chisels and wooden mallets. Twenty and thirty-ton stones cut with such precision that when abutted together you couldn’t place a sheet of paper between them.
Another witness of giant craftmanship is attempting to duplicate the same construction today using the same tools and in the same time frame. Good luck with that!
According to the Bible, some giants were from ten to fourteen feet tall. Goliath was approximately twelve feet while Og of Bashan was about thirteen feet tall. These two lived after the flood of Noah.
Archaeologists have uncovered bones of giants some of whom were up to twenty-five feet tall. These bones apparently belong to pre-flood giants. If this is true, then we can better understand the purpose of the great flood.
The giants were unauthorized. Not genetically pure. They were part fallen angels and part human.
God said that each kind of creature, be it man or beast, should produce after its own kind. This forbidden program was hybridization. Two distinct species blended into a human hybrid.
WIVES
The Watchers committed a double-whammy-sin. First, they rebelled and fell from living in the eternal glory of God. Secondly, they pulled off the most shocking act of rebellion never seen — fornicating with human women.
Gen 6.2 tells us they took for themselves ‘wives.’ But marriage between species was strictly forbidden. Therefore these ‘marriages’ could not be approved of or blessed by God. Any sexual relations therefore should be deemed fornication, never marriage.
THIS was the heinous sin that caused God to judge and bind these fallen angels with chains in the lower, darker prison of Tartaros!
It is difficult to understand how a fallen angel can re-produce, but it is evident they can. These entities had seed, which is sperm, which has DNA, which constitutes a genetic makeup. This concept isn’t far-fetched when we see it in operation in Genesis six.
Many Jewish historians such as Flavius Josephus hold to this concept; that fallen angels are the Sons of God.
For many angels of God accompanied with women, and begat sons that proved unjust, and despisers of all that was good, on account of the confidence they had in their own strength; for the tradition is, that these men did what resembled the acts of those whom the Grecians call giants. (Antiquities, Book 1,3:1)
Mythology in the ancient world believed that the gods, like Zeus or Jupiter, came down, mated with human women, and produced demi-gods such as Apollo or Hercules. Could it be that we could base the traditions handed down of these gods on fact? That these so-called gods could be fallen Angels?
Regarding perverted genetics let’s also consider Noah and his family.
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. Genesis 6:8-12
The implication here is staggering. This passage is conveying that the entire human race was genetically corrupt. Of course, it would be if fallen angels had their way. They spread their DNA to the point that in the end only Noah was found acceptable in the sight of God.
The Dakes Annotated Bible offers this comment on the subject of Noah and how the word ‘perfect’ is defined:
PERFECT IN HIS GENERATIONS: b [perfect] Hebrew: tamiym (HSN-<H8535>), bodily perfection, not moral; without blemish; pure stock. It is used 46 times of sacrificial animals, which had to be pure and perfect stock. It means that Noah and his family were the only pure Adamites left. All other men were a mixture of angels and men, or giant stock (Gen. 6:11-12). (Dakes)
Dake confirms this term ‘generations’, which refers to his genetic makeup and not to Noah’s morality or quality of character. Noah was just as sinful as any other man for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
Not to mention his grandson Nimrod. While Noah was still alive Nimrod started the false Babylonian religions of Biblical times including Baal and Molech worship. Mankind was just as sinful and wicked after the flood as before.
All Flesh Had Corrupted
We cannot fathom the corruption that occurred. If the scripture says all flesh was corrupt, does that include animals?
7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. Genesis 6:7
Why would he include beasts to be destroyed in the flood? Creeping things? fowls of the air? Did the fallen angels corrupt their DNA just as they did humans?
The word Chimera comes to mind.
A chimera is a blending of one species with another. We see the mermaid in mythology. Also, the centaur which is the body of a horse and the upper body of a man. In Egypt, the Anubis is the body of a man with the head of a jackal. Are these concoctions total myth, or is there a semblance of truth in such tales?
The point is, we don’t have a clue of the extent of the perversions done by the fallen angels and their offspring. If any or all of this is true, can we blame God for being just a little upset?
What would be so profane and vulgar that it would prompt God to flood the earth and kill off all its inhabitants?
The purpose of the flood then was not just to rid the world of sinful sinners. It was to destroy all flesh that was genetically contaminated. As we have seen, that included all flesh. ‘for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.’
You may still object. How could Christ die spiritually and condemned to Tartaros? Well then, I would ask how a third of the Angels could fall from their lofty position with God, and procreate with the daughters of Adam? I can’t comprehend how, but I accept that it happened.
How could God create magnificent creatures like Adam and Eve and allow them to rebel, commit high treason, and ruin all of mankind including you and me? After all, Adam is your distant relative who sinned and because of his sin, you are born into the world a sinner.
There is just as much sin and just as many sinners today as there was back then. Why would God destroy the pre-flood sinners but allow millennia to go by without a universal judgment on our wicked world?
SONS OF GOD = SONS OF SETH?
The other theory to explain who the Sons of God were is called the ‘Sethian Theory.’ This theory holds to the belief that the righteous sons of Adams’ son Seth were the ‘Sons of God.’ And the unrighteous daughters of Adams’ son Cain were the ‘daughters of men.’ This blending of righteous and unrighteous produced the creation of genetically perverted giants.
In the Old Testament, neither Seth nor any other human was ever referred to as ‘Sons of God’. Before or after the great flood.
There are many problems with this theory and becomes a house of cards with just a few questions:
Questions…
If God said that all creation would bring forth after their kind, and Seth and Cain were both of the stock of Adam, how could the genetic code be so biologically perverted just by inter-marrying the righteous with unrighteousness, since they were both from pure, authorized stock?
If the inter-marrying of good and evil produced genetically monstrous giants, then why don’t we see more giants today? Isn’t today’s society full of righteous and unrighteous marriages?
If the Sons of God are the linage of Seth, why not call them the Sons of Seth? Why make a distinction in the phrases ‘Sons of God’ and ‘men’ or the ‘daughters of men’? Weren’t the sons of Seth men also?
What business did the so-called righteous sons of Seth have lusting after the unrighteous daughters of Cain?
If the righteous lusted after the unrighteous that would immediately turn righteousness into unrighteousness. How could that produce giants?
If the Sons of God are the linage of Seth, then how do the fallen angels fit in and what was their great sin? Peter, Jude, and Jesus have the fallen angels doing their dastardly deeds during the days of Noah. Where is the tie-in with the Sons of God?