WICKEDNESS That INVITES REPERCUSSION-I—Genesis 6:1-8
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The Repercussions of Wickedness
Attention:
Talking to his friend, Harvey said, “Eddie. I just had a pretty decent quarrel with my wife.” but we made up.
“Oh yeah?,” said Eddie.
Harvey says, “I love my wife. When our argument was over, she came crawling back to me on her hands & knees.”
“Wow, No kidding? That’s really great! What did she say?”
“She crawled right up to me & said, ‘Come out from under that bed, you gutless pansy!!!’”
The husband’s ‘wickedness’ had earned his wife’s “repercussions’!
Reiterate the flow of events concerning Cain ‘s legacy of unrepentance & Seth’s transmittance of righteousness.
Genesis records the wanton wickedness of humanity & its repercussions.
Repercussion—An unintended consequence occurring some time after an event or action, esp. an unwelcome one.
Wanton wickedness invites repercussion.
How does wickedness invite repercussion?
7 channels thru which wickedness invites repercussion.
7 aberrations of wickedness that invite repercussion.
1—Wickedness invites repercussion thru...
Aberrant RELATIONSHIPs(:1-2)
Explanation: (:1-2)
:1—“Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, & daughters were born to them,”
“Men” began to “increase” in number on the earth, as shown from the genealogies of 4:16—5:32. The birth of “daughters” was obviously part of that equation. And this has been specified in the formula—“& had sons & daughters” of 5:4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 26, 30. As well as implied thru Naamah’s birth as the “sister of Tubal-Cain” in 4:22.
“6:1 introduces the story of the “daughters” often mentioned in passing in chapt. 5 despite their...[seeming]...irrelevance to the genealogical line.”—WBC-G.J. Wenham
“Men”—Mda aw-dawm’—Noun Masc.—1) Man, mankind. Strong—Ruddy i.e. A human being(an individual or the species, mankind, etc.).
“Multiply”—bbr raw-bab’—Qal Infinitive—1) To be or become many, be or become much, be or become great. Strong—a primitive root; properly, To cast together, i.e. Increase, especially in number; also(as denominative from hbbr reb-aw-baw’)--To multiply by the myriad.
“Daughters”—tb bath—Noun Fem.—1) Daughter; 2) Young women, women. Strong—from hnb baw-naw'; a primitive root; To build(literally & figuratively) (as feminine of Nb ben); A daughter(used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally & figuratively).
“Born”—dly yaw-lad'—Pual(passive) Perfect—1) To bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail—1a) (Qal)--1a1) To bear, bring forth—1a1a) Of child birth, 1a1b) Of distress(simile), 1a1c) Of wicked(behavior), 1a2) To beget; 1d) (Pual)--To be born. Strong—a primitive root; To bear young; causatively--To beget; medically--To act as midwife; specifically--To show lineage.
:2—“that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; & they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.”
However, “the sons of God” “saw” the beauty of the daughters of these men. This evidently is a bad combination of events...“the daughters” of men & “the sons of God.”
These sons of God “took wives” from the daughters of men. This ‘taking of wives‘ describes a legitimate marriage & is not a description of force. This behavior was unacceptable or unbecoming, in God’s eyes, for the group referred to as “the sons of God.”
The “beauty” of the daughters outweighed the moral commitment of “the sons to God,” so that they intermarried—when they should not have(A previous & gracious attempt to circumvent this by removing Cain to a wandering lifestyle(4:11-16))—regardless of the moral consequences.
Note Gen. 3:5-6—The draw of the fruit initiated & invited sin thru fleshly satisfaction, appearance, & lust...as sin always does(Js. 1:13-15).
“...mere lust reigned. For marriage is a thing too sacred to allow that men should be induced to it by the lust of the eyes!”.... “our appetite becomes brutal, when we are so ravished with the charms of beauty, that those things which are chief are not taken into the account.”....[These] wandered without discrimination, rushing onward according to their lust. We are taught... in these words, that temperance is to be used in holy wedlock, & that its profanation is no light crime before God. For it is not fornication which is here condemned... but the too great indulgence of license in choosing themselves wives. And truly,...the sons of God should degenerate when they thus bound themselves in the same yoke with unbelievers.”—John Calvin
“Sons of God” was also a Canaanite term used to describe “the council of the gods.” Likewise in other ancient religions, deities are recorded as mating “with beautiful women by force or persuasion” & thereby producing demigods.
*Therefore, it is “more likely,” that what is seen in our text, in verses 1-4 is actually “a refutation of pagan stories that told of a race of superhuman giants.”—NAC
**Who are these “sons of God?”” The meaning of the phrase is debated to this day.
To me, it appears to refer to the line of men thru Seth, who “began to call on the name of the LORD”(4:26). These were the ones thru whom Noah was produced & thru whom mankind would repopulate the world, eventually producing the Christ. (CONT...)1—Wickedness invites repercussion thru...
Aberrant RELATIONSHIPs(:1-2)
If the above is true, then the unqualified term “men,” in this verse, is both technical & significant. It would refer to those produced thru the legacy of unrepentance maintained thru the genealogical line of Cain(4:16-24).
“By the former[“sons of God”] is meant the family of Seth, who were professedly religious; by the latter[“men”], the descendants of apostate Cain. Mixed marriages between parties of opposite principles & practice were necessarily sources of extensive corruption. The women, religious themselves, would as wives & mothers exert an influence fatal to the existence of religion in their household, & consequently the people of that later age sank to the lowest depravity.”—JFB(also Gill, Calvin, but Contra MacArthur)
However, 1Pet. 3:18-19 seems to lend much credence to the idea of at least ‘demonic(angelic) possession’ of men(the only way it could occur) so that cohabitation with “the daughters of men” was possible. Particularly heinous act on the part of both “the sons of God” & the daughters of men.” Deserving such a Flood described later & needing a savior in Noah(5:29).
OR...
“How can an immaterial spiritual being, a fallen angel, a demon marry a woman? How can they chose a wife & have a legal ceremony? How can they engage in a marriage?”.....They have to take the body of a man.—John MacArthur
*Satan & demons are real entities!—The serpent allowed Satan to speak thru him(Gen. 3:1ff).—Jesus & His disciples cast’ out demons from individuals(Mt. 8:16-17;Mt. 9:32-33; Mt. 12:22; Mt. 15:22, 28; Mt. 17:14-18; Mk. 6:13).
“...one should consider the effect of these evil influences in order to provide sufficient cause for the corresponding divine judgment. The cleansing Flood of Noah was brought about to maintain the sacred messianic lineage, & thus a single generation was left to repopulate the earth (9:1).....Through the descendants of Noah’s son Shem(9:26), Jesus Christ the Son of God came to complete the Christocentric theme of the Old Testament(Matthew 5:17).”—Trevor Major
There is much I cannot grasp about these verses if this describes an angelic(demonic) intervention. However there is much that is answered otherwise.
There are 3 Supposedly Key(?) NT Passages relating to this:
1Pet. 3:18-19—“For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, by whom also He went & preached to the spirits in prison, who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.”
This verse is the most informative of the three. Certain “spirits” were disobedient “formerly,” as God’s longsuffering was manifested “in the days of Noah.” These same “spirits” were afterwards imprisoned as a result(?) of their “disobedience.” One cannot deny the apostolic authority of Peter’s words.
2Pet. 2:3-11—“By covetousness they[False prophets & teachers] will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, & their destruction does not slumber. 4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell & delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; 5 & 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; 6 & turning the cities of Sodom & Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; & delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing & hearing their lawless deeds)-- then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations & to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment, & especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness & despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries, whereas angels, who are greater in power & might, do not bring a reviling accusation against them before the Lord.”
Jude 4-8—“For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness & deny the only Lord God & our Lord Jesus Christ. But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day; as Sodom & Gomorrah, & the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality & gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, & speak evil of dignitaries.”
The Jude reference to angels seems to be unqualified even by implication. To me, the Jude verse seems to refer to demons in general or more probably, some particularly nefarious demons or demonic heads.
Understanding a demonic-human progeny may be given credence thru the Apocryphal book of 1Enoch 1-36, which tells of Enoch’s being “commissioned to forewarn the fallen angels who had sinned by cohabitation with human women,” a common view which obviously drives the NT statements.—NAC
Those who would argue this point would also claim that the “giants”(6:4) were the progeny of such a strange arrangement. However, if this is the case, then one has to wonder how the “giants”(Goliath—1Sam. 17:3-11; 2Sam. 21:19-20), of the sons of Anak—Num. 13:28, 33; Deut. 2:10-11), etc.), at the time of the conquest thru Solomon’s monarchy, had again arisen following the flood particularly as these angels had been “cast them down to hell & delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment”(2Pet. 2:4) following their incident of sinning.
*“...if Jude & Peter[Jude 6-7 & 2 Peter 4, 5] are referring to Genesis 6, it is only on the prior assumption that the latter passage is in fact about fallen angels. In fact, these New Testament passages nowhere refer to angels partaking in earthly marriages & having children.”—Trevor Major
Major’s argument is an argument from silence, which is sketchy.
Jesus tells us that being “like angels in heaven” means that the sexual appetite shared by humans on earth will be radically different when they are resurrected to heaven, seeing that they “neither marry nor are given in marriage”(Mat. 22:30).
However this does not necessarily mean that the same radical difference carries thru among fallen angels. There may be some severe segregating qualitative differences among those which are destined for hell.
“Sons”—Nb ben—Noun Masc.—1) Son, grandson, child, member of a group—1a) Son, male child, 1b) Grandson, 1c) Children(pl. - male & female), 1d) Youth, young men(pl.), 1e) Young(of animals), 1f) Sons(as characterization, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men or sons of God[for angels]), 1g) People(of a nation) (pl.), 1h) Of lifeless things, i.e. Sparks, stars, arrows (fig.), 1i) A member of a guild, order, class. Strong—A son(as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal & figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., [like ba[father], xa[brother], etc.]).
“God”—Myhla el-o-heem’—Noun Masc. Plural—1) (plural)—1a) Rulers, judges, 1b) Divine ones, 1c) Angels, 1d) Gods; 2) (plural intensive - singular meaning)—2a) god, goddess, 2b) Godlike one, 2c) Works or special possessions of God, 2d) The (true)God, 2e) God. Strong—plural of hwla ’el-ow-ahh[a deity or the Deity]; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used(in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; Occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; & sometimes as a superlative.
“Beautiful”—bwj towb—Adj.—1) Good, pleasant, agreeable. Strong—Good(as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine & the feminine, the singular & the plural(Good, A good or good thing, A good man or woman; The good, Goods or Good things, Good men or women), also as an adverb--Well.
“Took...for themselves”—xql law-kakh’—Qal Imperfect—1) To take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away. Strong—a primitive root; To take(in the widest variety of applications).
“Wives”—Myvn nashiym’—hva ish-shaw’ OR irregular plural--Myvn naw-sheeym'—Noun Fem.—1) Woman, wife, female—1a) Woman(opposite of man), 1b) Wife(woman married to a man), 1c) Female(of animals), 1d) Each, every(pronoun). Strong—A woman(used in the same wide sense as vwna en-owsh’[properly--A mortal(& thus differing from the more dignified Mda); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)]).
“Chose”—rxb baw-khar’—Qal Perfect—1) To choose, elect, decide for; 1a) (Qal)--To choose. Strong—a primitive root; properly--To try, i.e. by implication--Select.
Argumentation:
*2Cor. 6:14—7:1—“Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial[worthless/Satan]? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.” Therefore “Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.” “I will be a Father to you, And you shall be My sons & daughters, Says the LORD Almighty.” Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh & spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.”
Ex. 34:12-17—““Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be a snare in your midst. But you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, & cut down their wooden images ‘(for you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God), lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, & they play the harlot with their gods & make sacrifice to their gods, & one of them invites you & you eat of his sacrifice, & you take of his daughters for your sons, & his daughters play the harlot with their gods & make your sons play the harlot with their gods. You shall make no molded gods for yourselves.”
1Cor. 5:1-13—“It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, & such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles--that a man has his father’s wife! And you are puffed up, & have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you. For I indeed, as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged (as though I were present) him who has so done this deed. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice & wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity & truth. I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people. Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner--not even to eat with such a person. For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? But those who are outside God judges. Therefore “put away from yourselves the evil person.””
Jn. 17:15—“I[Jesus] do not pray that You[the Father] should take them[disciples] out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one.”
Illustration:
A well-known Venezuelan painter visited our Houston Association DOM in Cordele, GA/He was given a tour of some local churches/He was absolutely taken aback that the churches were voluntarily supported with no government intervention or involvement!/For the first time, it dawned on him that a State Church is a conflict of interest/A State Church is politically & financially motivated rather than Divinely motivated/Its ministries will always be spiritually sub-standard/Aberrant RELATIONSHIPs
If I was to walk into a local Chevrolet-GMC dealer & ask them to recommend a make of car, I sincerely believe that the odds of their telling me I should go down the road & buy from the Honda dealership, would be slim to none!/Aberrant RELATIONSHIPs
Its only a movie!—What does it preach?
But I love him/her Daddy!—Why?!
Liberal Church...But my friends go there!—Is your’s primarily a social club?
Application:
?You invited Divine Repercussions thru Aberrant RELATIONSHIPs?
?Your Wickedness invited God’s Repercussion?
CONCLUSION:
Visualization:
'Come out from under that bed, you gutless pansy!!!’”—The husband’s ‘wickedness’ had earned his wife’s “repercussions’!
Action:
Wickedness invites repercussion thru...
1. Aberrant RELATIONSHIPs(:1-2)
Pt. 1 only! Presented 06/12/2016am to:
FBC C’belle
206 Storrs Ave. SW(Ave. A)
Carrabelle, FL 32322
Pts. 1-2 Presented 12/04/2011am to:
Needmore Baptist Church
1620 Mt. Vernon Rd.
Woodleaf, NC 27054
