CLAIM: THAT BEFORE THE FLOOD, ANGELS MATED WITH WOMEN ON THE EARTH. QUOTED AS PROOF: GENESIS 6:2,4 "THAT THE SONS OF GOD SAW THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN THAT THEY WERE FAIR; AND THEY TOOK THEM WIVES OF ALL WHICH THEY CHOSE. 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. "

CLAIM: THE SONS OF GOD WERE THE ANGELS THAT WERE CAST OUT OF HEAVEN WITH SATAN.

We examine the Scriptures to see if this statement is true or false.

There is no wording in all of Genesis which says, or even suggest, that Satan and his wicked angels had been cast out of heaven to the Earth at this point of time. We can see that in Job 1:6 and Job 2:1 that Satan was still entering heaven and therefore had not yet been cast out of heaven. This is a long time after Genesis 6:2,4.

In the verses 2 and 4 above, the word "SONS" is translated throughout the bible as the actual son born to mankind, or related to, or descendent from a man, etc. See Strong's definition below.

This word is used 4,906 times in the bible.

01121 ben {bane}

from 01129; TWOT - 254; n m

Number of times word translated as: (AV = Authorized Version = KJV 1611)
AV - son 2978, children 1568, old 135, first 51, man 20, young 18, young + 01241 17, child 10, stranger 10, people 5, misc 92; 4906

1) son, grandson, child, member of a group
1a) son, male child
1b) grandson
1c) children (pl. - male and female)
1d) youth, young men (pl.)
1e) young (of animals)
1f) sons (as characterization, i.e. sons of injustice [for unrighteous men]
1g) people (of a nation) (pl.)
1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)
1i) a member of a guild, order, class

Some say that it can be, and has been, said that when used with the term "sons of God" that it means angels, because the angels are the sons of God. However, While it is true that angels have been called "sons of God" (Job 1:6, 2:1, 38:7), it is also true that man has been called "sons of God" (John 1:12, Romans 8:14, 8:19, Philippians 2:15, 1John 3:1-2). So, which should apply to Genesis?

If we look for the meaning of the term "sons of God" throughout the bible, we find that it has the same meaning regardless of where it is used in the bible. Perhaps the best explanation or definition can be found in Romans 8:4 where it says "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God." Now that very definition eliminates the fallen angels who rebelled against God because they are not, and cannot be, led by the Spirit of God.

Is there any other way that we can determine if the term "sons of God" in Genesis is referring to angels or men? Jesus said in Matthew 22:30 "for in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, BUT ARE AS THE ANGELS OF GOD IN HEAVEN." And again in Mark 12:25 "For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; BUT ARE AS THE ANGELS WHICH ARE IN HEAVEN." This was in response to a question about a woman who had married seven brothers.

Marriage includes a sexual union to produce children. The insight here is on the angels. Since they do not marry, they do not reproduce themselves through a sexual union because God's word makes it clear that any sex outside of marrage is forbidden. This tells us that God made each one of them individually, and there will never be anymore of them than God chooses to produced. On this basis, we can say that angels do not engage in sex and therefore did not engage in sex with the daughters of men.

Is there any other basis that we can use? Yes there is. In Genesis 1:21, 24-25 God repeats the words "after their/his kind" in relation to the reproduction of all of His creations. We see that this holds true in nature today. If different species try to mate, it is either impossible or else there is no offspring, no birth of something that is part one and part of another. On this basis we can also say that angels did not engage in sex with the daughters of men to produce offspring. (The mighty men, men or renown, or giants even).

I think that we have now shown, by the bible, that the term "sons of God" used in Genesis 6:2,4 does not refer to angels and therefore must be referring to men. If this is true, then we will be able to confirm it with the bible.

We have seen in previous scripture in Genesis that Cain turned away from God by doing evil, which resulted in Cain being cursed by God. (Genesis 4:11) Scripture also shows us that Cain had many children (Genesis 4:17- 24) and all of them were concerned with, and went after, the things of the world.

1. Ge. 4:19 there was multiple wives (sexual lust)
2. Ge. 4:20 amassed physical wealth - cattle (desire to be rich)
3. Ge. 4:21 invented musical instruments (to soothe their tortured souls)
4. Ge. 4:22 made use of brass and iron for tools and for weapons to kill
5. Ge. 4:23 commits murder

On the other side we see also in the scripture of Genesis that another son of Adam and Eve was born, and was called Seth. (Genesis 4:25) Seth had a son called Enos, (Genesis 4:26) who with his descendants, "began men to call upon the name of the Lord". We are then given the Godly line of men who worshipped God and had the Spirit of God in them.

(Genesis 5) Since this line of men had the Spirit of God in them, because they feared and worshipped God, we can call them "sons of God" (Romans 8:14, John 1:12) We can now say with confidence that the "daughters of men" were the descendants of Cain while the "sons of God" were the descendants of Seth. It now can be seen that the Godly line of Seth was becoming degenerate because the descendants of Seth were marrying the decendants of Cain, women who were idolaters and as such were polluting the Godly line. If it had continued, Satan would have eliminated the Godly line from which Jesus would come. It would appear that God destroyed the Earth, and all of the sinful line descendent from Cain, to stop that from happening, leaving only the Godly line descendent from Seth to survive the flood.

From the above, we can say that the claim:

That before the flood, Angels mated with women on the Earth. Quoted as proof: Genesis 6:2,4 "That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 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." IS FALSE!

That the Claim: The sons of God were The Angels that were cast out of heaven with Satan IS FALSE! In all respects. There were no angels involved here.

Rev. Jack Barr