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Christina

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Because they were the Fallen Angels that mated with women it was the reason for the floodThat the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. Gen 6:3 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. Gen 6:4 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. Gen 6:5 ¶ And GOD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually. Gen 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
 

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This might help you,as to why "THE SONS OF GOD" IN GEN. 6:2, 4.It is only by the Divine specific act of creation that any created being can be called "a son of God". For that which is "born of the flesh is flesh". God is spirit, and that which is "born of the Spirit is spirit" (John 3:6). Hence Adam is called a "son of God" in Luke 3:38. Those "in Christ" having "the new nature" which is by the direct creation of God (2Cor. 5:17. Eph. 2:10) can be, and are called "sons of God" (John 1:13. Rom. 8:14, 15. 1John 3:1). (*1) This is why angels are called "sons of God" in every other place where the expression is used in the Old Testament. Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7. Ps. 29:1; 89:6. Dan. 3:25 (no art.). (*2) We have no authority or right to take the expression in Gen. 6:2, 4 in any other sense. Moreover, in Gen. 6:2 the Sept. renders it "angels". Angels are called "spirits" (Ps. 104:4. Heb. 1:7, 14), for spirits are created by God. That there was a fall of the angels is certain from Jude 6. The nature of their fall is clearly stated in the same verse. They left their own oijkhthvrion (oiketerion). This word occurs only in 2Cor. 5:2 and Jude 6, where it is used of the spiritual (or resurrection) body. The nature of their sin is stated to be "in like manner" to that of the subsequent sins of Sodom and Gomorrha, Jude 7. The time of their fall is given as having taken place "in the days of Noah" (1Pet. 3:20. 2Pet. 2:7), though there may have been a prior fall which caused the end of "the world that then was" (Gen. 1:1, 2. 2Pet. 3:6). For this sin they are "reserved unto judgment", 2Pet. 2:4, and are "in prison", 1Pet. 3:19. Their progeny, called Nephilim (translated "giants"), were monsters of iniquity; and, being superhuman in size and character, had to be destroyed (see Ap. 25). This was the one and only object of the Flood. Only Noah and his family had preserved their pedigree pure from Adam (Gen. 6:9, see note). All the rest had become "corrupt" (shachath) destroyed [as Adamites]. the only remedy was to destroy it (de facto), as it had become destroyed (de jure). (It is the same word in v. 17 as in vv. 11, 12.) See further under Ap. 25 on the Nephilim. This irruption of fallen angels was Satan's first attempt to prevent the coming of the Seed of the woman foretold in gen. 3:15. If this could be accomplished, God's Word would have failed, and his own doom would be averted. As soon as it was made known that the Seed of the woman was to come through ABRAHAM, there must have been another irruption, as recorded in Gen. 6:4, "and also after that" (i.e. after the days of Noah, more than 500 years after the first irruption). The aim of the enemy was to occupy Canaan in advance of Abraham, and so to contest its occupation by his seed. For, when Abraham entered Canaan, we read (Gen. 12:6) "the Canaanite was then (i.e. already) in the land." In the same chapter (Gen. 12:10-20) we see Satan's next attempt to interfere with Abraham's seed, and frustrate the purpose of God that it should be in "Isaac". This attempt was repeated in 20:1-18. This great conflict may be seen throughout the Bible, and it forms a great and important subject of Biblical study. In each case the human instrument had his own personal interest to serve, while Satan had his own great object in view. Hence God had, in each case, to interfere and avert the evil and the danger, of which his servants and people were wholly ignorant. The following assaults of the great Enemy stand out prominently :-- The destruction of the chosen family by famine, Gen. 50:20. The destruction of the male line in Israel, Ex. 1:10, 15, &c. Cp. Ex. 2:5. Heb. 11:23. The destruction of the whole nation in Pharaoh's pursuit, Ex. 14. After David's line was singled out (2Sam. 7), that was the next selected for assault. Satan's first assault was in the union of Jehoram and Athaliah by Jehoshaphat, notwithstanding 2Chron. 17:1. Jehoram killed off all his brothers (2Chron. 21:4). The Arabians slew all his children, except Ahaziah (2Chron. 21:17; 22:1). When Ahaziah died, Athaliah killed "all the seed royal" (2Chron. 22:10). the babe Joash alone was rescued; and, for six years, the faithfulness of Jehovah's word was at stake (2Chron. 23:3). Hezekiah was childless, when a double assault was made by the King of Assyria and the King of Terrors (Isa. 36:1; 38:1). God's faithfulness was appealed to and relied on (Ps. 136). In Captivity, Haman was used to attempt the destruction of the whole nation (Est. 3:6, 12, 13. Cp. 6:1). Joseph's fear was worked on (Matt. 1:18-20). Notwithstanding the fact that he was "a just man", and kept the Law, he did not wish to have Mary stoned to death (Deut. 24:1); hence Joseph determined to divorce her. But God intervened : "Fear not". Herod sought the young Child's life (Matt. 2). At the Temptation, "Cast Thyself down" was Satan's temptation. At Nazareth, again (Luke 4), there was another attempt to cast Him down and destroy Him. The two storms on the Lake were other attempts. At length the cross was reached, and the sepulcher closed; the watch set; and the stone sealed. But "God raised Him from the dead." And now, like another Joash, He is seated and expecting (Heb. 10:12, 13), hidden in the house of God on high; and the members of "the one body" are hidden there "in Him" (Col. 3:1-3), like another Jehoshaba; and going forth to witness of His coming, like another Jehoiada (2Chron. 23:3). The irruption of "the fallen angels" ("sons of God") was the first attempt; and was directed against the whole human race. When Abraham was called, then he and his seed were attacked. When David was enthroned, then the royal line were attacked. And when "the Seed of the woman" Himself came, then the storm burst upon Him(*1) The word "offspring" in Acts 17:28 is quite different. It is gevnos (genos), which means merely kin or kind, our genus as being originated by God. (*2) In Hos. 1:10, it is not beni-ha-Elohim, as here, but beni-el-chai.Taken from the appendixe to the companion Bible
 

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Ok, I’m thinking that God does not like angles are heavenly beings having relations with women of earth. This is something that I needed to be sure about, because it would seem to me that if that is in fact the case then, why would God use some heavenly being or substance and I’m assuming that he was not the one who impregnated Mary to commit such and act? How are we to look at the act of Mary’s pregnancy, this was a women who was committed to marriage of another man and yet God chose to violate not only the sacred act of marriage, but also the despicable act of heavenly beings having relations with women of earth? And we can see the out come of the union, the same as before some being created in the form of a man… but also a God. I’m not trying to be disrespectful but just trying to see how we are to understand what type of creations we have and are speaking of when we say Jesus is Man and God… created from heavenly and earthly substance. But this is not specifically about Jesus… just what the union of spiritual and human beings should be looked at. But I would think that to get at the heart of the matter of Jesus we would have to first state what type of union it was between Mary and God’s act of bringing fort his being in the flesh in the world. I would have to leave that answer to someone with a better understanding of scripture them I have, so I look forward to your reply. One last point I’m not sure if I’m looking at the relationship of God and Mary in the correct way… should I not look at god has having any thing to do with the pregnancy of Mary. But then if so I would still be puzzled as to how some heavenly being would be allowed by God to commit such an act of creation, when this is something the he does not allow.
 

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God did not come in His entity and impregnate Mary in a sexual act, but by a spiritual impregnation with out the sexual act... not any where do you see God came and had a sexual realtion with Mary.. Mary did not even know He had impreganated her until Gabriel told her...The question is why did Satan feel the need to impregnate and led others to do the same? He desired to make the lineage of Yashua unclean..So he would ruin the plan God has for our salvation.
 

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This was the point I was asking about, didn’t this same thing happen in gen. 6:2, and that seem to be something that God did not allow and did not like after it happen? The mingling of heavenly spirits and earthly creations… isn’t this what happen to Marry? If she was impregnated by some other being not human, then wasn’t this already forbidden by God in Gen 6:2?
 

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These are two completely different things. The mating of Fallen angles with human women resulted in hybrids that were Giants with six fingers and toeslike the one David slew remains of skeletons have been found today by acrchelogists. These hybrid giants were the reason for the flood there was a seconf influx after the flood read what Joshua's spies saw before he attacked JerichoMary was impregnated by a thought/spark from God. read this studyhttp://www.christianityboard.com/sons-god-t2518.html
 

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It is my belief based on other verses in which similar phrases are used, that "Sons of God" is a synonym for "Human Males" and "daughters of men" a synonym for "Human Females".This is based in the order of creation. Adam was directly created by God and termed a "son of God", Eve (a female) was taken out of man.