Noah Part 1 – The Faithful Preacher Of Righteousness In A Perverse Generation - - Genesis 6&7 Series

NOAH PART 1 – THE FAITHFUL PREACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IN A PERVERSE GENERATION

There is much to learn in the study of Noah, and we draw some lessons from this factual account in God’s word. Let us look at the opening verses of Genesis chapter 6:

{{Genesis 6:1-4 Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them, Gen 6:2 that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose. Gen 6:3 Then the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever because he also is flesh. Nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” Gen 6:4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.”}}

ONE LARGE PROBLEM – UNSOLVABLE

The flood of Noah is closely tied in with a corruption unlike anything the world has seen. These opening verses have spawned so many opinions and fanciful conjectures and have given rise to speculations that move this chapter into something extraordinary. We will try to look at this rationally, but I must state that I do not have the answers and I am going to say this – NO ONE has the answers. Do not consider that as arrogant. It is not meant to be.

The problem revolves around “the sons of God”, “the daughters of men” and the “Nephilim”. If you wish to delve into this at some length then read the multitude of opinions that are available but I will brush over this broadly.

You will find nothing much revealed in Genesis chapter 6 in the part dealing with the sons of God and the daughters of men. The reason for that is that Moses wrote very little on the matter, and what people write trying to understand it, is therefore speculation. No one can give you the story and some of the rubbish around has come from the Gnostic writers from around 100-400 AD. The Gnostics go into astrology and imaginations about angels and demons and it is really awful stuff. Some Christian writers have given their thoughts (and some have followed these Gnostic leanings) but it is impossible to say what is the correct truth. Here are the two main views:

VIEW 1

The common view is that the sons of God are fallen angels who were cast out of heaven with Lucifer. The ones who think that, also say that the daughters of men were beautiful women that the demons lusted after to have sex with. As a result giants and monster types were born to them and these were the Nephilim, and the Nephilim existed to the time of David. There is absolutely no way to prove that idea from the bible. It is not a theory that I accept. To start with, Jesus confirmed that angels don't marry, with the logical supposition that they are sexless. They are incapable of sexual union. They were never created to procreate. Also, I think in context, it only implies that this account involved some of the people, not everyone.

VIEW TWO

The other saner view, though incorrect also, is that the sons of God were of the righteous line of Seth (who replaced Abel), while the daughters of men were from the wicked line of Cain. This might have some appeal about it but the view is very inadequate. To start with where are all these righteous people in Noah's time that are supposed to belong to Seth? We know from the bible that the entire world was absolutely corrupted and that every single thought people had was only evil always. The people were “walking wickedness.” The whole world was guilty and corrupted. The only righteous one was Noah, and through association, his wife, and the three sons, and their wives. So this view does not stack up either.

The idiots who belong to the alien conspiracy theories, say that the sons of God were aliens who bred with earth women. That is nonsense.

We will never solve this one because there is no fool proof answer we can find. The two main ideas don't hold up because they are flawed. Not every single thing in the bible can be answered by us, because God stated it, but did not always develop that idea. We know it happened, but we don't know how and by what means. Maybe there is much we will learn in glory. Maybe in glory it will be utterly irrelevant.

NEPHILIM

The Nephilim, that is “giants.” It is natural to refer to {{Numbers 13:33 “And there we saw the Nephilim (Or giants), the sons of Anak, which come of the Nephilim; and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.”}} These Nephilim were tall of statue and of great strength.