Who are the NEPHILIM in Genesis 6

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ewq1938

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word of God doesn't say they have flesh. And it is not always when angels are mentioned they are in a physical body.
They are always in their natural body when seen or described.


Angelos means messenger which has been seen as other than human form.

Seraphim have six wings.
Cherubim seem to have multiple faces: Ox, Lion, eagle,


Those are different than angels. Angels have one face and no wings and are always male.
 

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They are always in their natural body when seen or described.




Those are different than angels. Angels have one face and no wings and are always male.
again that is not what the word says. the context of an angel is very much descriptive. They have shown themselves to be in forms like man, animals, and another winged beast. Nothing in the bible states they have Natual bodies they are supernatural beings
 
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All angel's have their own flesh bodies. The flesh is different than human flesh but looks the same. No angel is a bodiless spirit etc. When an angel is mentioned in the bible, they are always in a visible and physical body.
Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?
 

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Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

They are called ministering spirits, but they are not bodiless like a spirit/ghost is. That is likely speaking of an angel sending forth their spirit but that is not their natural state of being. Like Christ, who is a physical being but can send his spirit beyond his body.
 

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They are called ministering spirits, but they are not bodiless like a spirit/ghost is. That is likely speaking of an angel sending forth their spirit but that is not their natural state of being. Like Christ, who is a physical being but can send his spirit beyond his body.
Christ was Spirit and in the Eternal Godhead until HE left the position to take on the likeness of sinful man.

Angels are created being Christ is Eternal and not created.
 

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Christ was Spirit and in the Eternal Godhead until HE left the position to take on the likeness of sinful man.

Angels are created being Christ is Eternal and not created.

I was speaking about the similarities not the differences between Christ and angels. Christ also was not a bodiless spirit before the incarnation. He also never "left the position" from the eternal Godhead/Trinity..
 

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I was speaking about the similarities not the differences between Christ and angels. Christ also was not a bodiless spirit before the incarnation. He also never "left the position" from the eternal Godhead/Trinity..
Jesus steps out of His position to take on the likeness of sinful man. He willfully limited Himself. Suffered hunger, he got tired, he was tempted Yet He was still God but limited as the man example The body of Jesus is not all present. But HE has all power.

The Trinity we must approach reverently with this understanding, we cannot fully know all there is about the GodHead and the Lord Divine nature. God is infinite, we are finite.
 

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I disagree,
God very clearly in the Book of Genesis states that God made the animals and man after their own Kind He made them male and female.

it was the man who was made in the " likeness of God" not as God.

God made the angels as none sexual or fleshly beings. it was Jesus who said they are neither male nor female " they will be "like " the ANGELS.

Angels are messengers they are not able to suffer from the temptation of the flesh. They are not stopped by the desire of sex as men and women are. Only men and women and the animals were given the ability to procreate. This may be why the angels rebelled( some) I don't know. We do not know why Lucifer did and those who followed him.

The the point that was made



FYI marrying is the bring together of two and make one. Jesus was very clear when the scribes asked him about "whose wife shall she be in heaven" ?.

MATTHEW 22:23-34,
Mark 12:18-27
Luke 20:27-40

When you say There is no scripture about angels not being able to have sex, is funny because the word " sex " is not in the bible, but what is there are clear limitations that man, not angels can cross.

Angels are spiritual beings we are spirit beings in a body of flesh. when we die we will be as the angels ARE and have always been without fresh until the body has been glorified as 1cor 15:54 states.
Your claims are empty, as you have not provided Scripture to support them. The referenced Scripture passages don't say what you claim they say. You are injecting your own beliefs into the word of God, rather than allowing the word of God to inform your beliefs.

Once again, the Scripture says that angels in heaven do not marry. It does not say they "cannot" marry, nor that they cannot procreate, nor that they cannot engage in sex (marital relations). Further, it says nothing at all about the abilities of or restrictions on angels on earth.
 

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Your claims are empty, as you have not provided Scripture to support them. The referenced Scripture passages don't say what you claim they say. You are injecting your own beliefs into the word of God, rather than allowing the word of God to inform your beliefs.

Once again, the Scripture says that angels in heaven do not marry. It does not say they "cannot" marry, nor that they cannot procreate, nor that they cannot engage in sex (marital relations). Further, it says nothing at all about the abilities of or restrictions on angels on earth.
You can make the claim they are empty yet you have willfully ignored the context of the verses in the Bible I provided where Jesus spoke about angels. You may not agree and that's fine but please, be honest,

if you did not know or see what I posted,

MATTHEW 22:23-34,
Mark 12:18-27
Luke 20:27-40

If I am injecting my own belief into the word of God LOL so are you.

"Once again, the Scripture says that angels in heaven do not marry. It does not say they "cannot" marry,".
When Jesus says they do not, you must be, you can know it is most certainly authoritative when Ever Jesus is speaking.

Your semantics of it doesn't say, therefore; it can be, is not proper Biblical exegesis. Where the Bible is silent, we are to remain silent.
You're personal issue in the comment only weakens your lack of Biblical argument.

What has been said is 1. the Book of Enoch is not the inspired word of God. 2. It was written by someone who was not even named Enoch. 3. Genesis 6 context is the sinful man which "sons of God" are speaking about. IF you put the false narrative of Angels in Genesis 6 the context is no longer the same and it makes no sense.

it is not who is trying to use a Pseudeoautogrpah(false writing) and make it the inspired word of God to create a sci-fi movie.
 

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You can make the claim they are empty yet you have willfully ignored the context of the verses in the Bible I provided where Jesus spoke about angels. You may not agree and that's fine but please, be honest,
Bahaha! You say, "Please, be honest"? READ THE TEXT OF SCRIPTURE!

if you did not know or see what I posted,

MATTHEW 22:23-34,
Mark 12:18-27
Luke 20:27-40
I read them. All three are telling the same story, in which Jesus says that the angels IN HEAVEN... DO NOT marry.

None of the three says anything about angels on earth.

None of the three says anything about the ability of angels to marry.

None of the three says anything about the ability of angels to procreate.

None of the three says anything about the ability of angels to engage in sexual relations.

Here's an illustration: I, as an unmarried adult male, DO NOT engage in sexual relations. That says NOTHING about my ABILITY to marry, have children, or engage in sexual relations.

Are you starting to understand?

If I am injecting my own belief into the word of God LOL so are you.
Um, no, I'm not. I am pointing out, repeatedly, what Scripture ACTUALLY says, and making no further claims.

"Once again, the Scripture says that angels in heaven do not marry. It does not say they "cannot" marry,".
When Jesus says they do not, you must be, you can know it is most certainly authoritative when Ever Jesus is speaking.
You are claiming that Jesus said something that He did not say. He did not say that angels cannot marry; period! There is a large distinction between "do not" and "cannot". The first is indicative; the second is restrictive. Further, you are completely ignoring the words, "in heaven". In those three passages, Jesus said NOTHING AT ALL about angels on earth.

Your semantics of it doesn't say, therefore; it can be, is not proper Biblical exegesis. Where the Bible is silent, we are to remain silent.
You're personal issue in the comment only weakens your lack of Biblical argument.
I'm not the one making an argument from silence; you are! My argument is absolutely biblical, as I am pointing out what Scripture DOES and DOES NOT say. You are making claims and pointing to three passages (which I read) and making claims that are NOT addressed in those passages.

What has been said is 1. the Book of Enoch is not the inspired word of God. 2. It was written by someone who was not even named Enoch. 3. Genesis 6 context is the sinful man which "sons of God" are speaking about. IF you put the false narrative of Angels in Genesis 6 the context is no longer the same and it makes no sense.

it is not who is trying to use a Pseudeoautogrpah(false writing) and make it the inspired word of God to create a sci-fi movie.
Enoch is completely irrelevant to my point. By the way, the word is "pseudepigrapha".
 

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please post the exact Scriptures that you are referring to and I will be more than happy to reply.
If you click on the "Diakonos said" link at the beginning of each of my comments (or replies to my comments), it will take you back through this conversation thread, one comment at a time. You are welcome to look at the Scripture I have already posted. I recommend reading through my comments in order.
 

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If you click on the "Diakonos said" link at the beginning of each of my comments (or replies to my comments), it will take you back through this conversation thread, one comment at a time. You are welcome to look at the Scripture I have already posted. I recommend reading through my comments in order.
If you choose to NOT post what you are referring to....then it does not seem to me that I should have to look through all that you have said to try and determine what you are talking about.

So then......NO.

Again, if you want to simply post what you were talking about then YES I would be more than happy to respond.
 

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All angel's have their own flesh bodies. The flesh is different than human flesh but looks the same. No angel is a bodiless spirit etc. When an angel is mentioned in the bible, they are always in a visible and physical body.
I have NO clue where you got your information from. I suspect that it came from a Stephen KIng novel but one thing is for sure......
it did NOT come from the Bible!!!

Angels are essentially “ministering spirits ” (Hebrews 1:14) and do not have physical bodies like humans. Jesus declared that “a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have” (Luke 24:37-39).

The Bible does, however, make it clear that angels can only be in one place at a time. They must have some localized presence and the Bible clearly says that angels can NOT have sex and reproduce.
 
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What about those who have 'entertained' angels unawares? Is that because they are invisible?

Nah. I don't think so. I have my own 'ministering spirit' story and they were not invisible. Be glad to relate it, but really finding the denials obnoxious and not biblical, but rather interpretive. Nothing to do with sex so don't even go there :rolleyes:
 
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Jesus was resurrected in flesh, was He not? We are also told we shall have bodies like His when we make our final journey.

Thomas felt the wounds Jesus suffered and Jesus was solid...not some diaphanous floating spirit
 

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If you choose to NOT post what you are referring to....then it does not seem to me that I should have to look through all that you have said to try and determine what you are talking about.

So then......NO.

Again, if you want to simply post what you were talking about then YES I would be more than happy to respond.
I have likely already answered every, if not most, questions you have for me concerning this subject. I'm not going to re-argue my points in the same thread.
But here is a summary:
-Certain angels sinned
-Peter clarifies that they sinned during the time of Noah
-Jude described their sin as comparable to the sins on Sodom and Gomorrah ("leaving their proper abode...fornication"
-These are not the angels that Jesus referred to (Matt 22:30, Luke 12:25); Jesus spoke of the angels in heaven, not the fallen angels.
-Angels have been shown throughout the Scriptures to be able to materialize; they are not merely spiritual beings.
-(new) Not only are there very solid evidence for the angle view of Genesis 6:1-4, but there are dozens of cogent Biblical refutations for the Sethite view (For example, national and racial distinctions were not distinguished until the subsequent intervention of God in Genesis 11). "Where there is no law, there is no violation" (Rom 4). Since God didn't separate the nations based on lineage until Genesis 11, it was not sinful for them to marry other women. So the "sin" referred to by Peter cannot refer to human tribes marrying other human tribes prior to Genesis 11.

For details and references, feel free to review what I have already posted :)
 

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Bahaha! You say, "Please, be honest"? READ THE TEXT OF SCRIPTURE!


I read them. All three are telling the same story, in which Jesus says that the angels IN HEAVEN... DO NOT marry.

None of the three says anything about angels on earth.

None of the three says anything about the ability of angels to marry.

None of the three says anything about the ability of angels to procreate.

None of the three says anything about the ability of angels to engage in sexual relations.

Here's an illustration: I, as an unmarried adult male, DO NOT engage in sexual relations. That says NOTHING about my ABILITY to marry, have children, or engage in sexual relations.

Are you starting to understand?


Um, no, I'm not. I am pointing out, repeatedly, what Scripture ACTUALLY says, and making no further claims.


You are claiming that Jesus said something that He did not say. He did not say that angels cannot marry; period! There is a large distinction between "do not" and "cannot". The first is indicative; the second is restrictive. Further, you are completely ignoring the words, "in heaven". In those three passages, Jesus said NOTHING AT ALL about angels on earth.


I'm not the one making an argument from silence; you are! My argument is absolutely biblical, as I am pointing out what Scripture DOES and DOES NOT say. You are making claims and pointing to three passages (which I read) and making claims that are NOT addressed in those passages.


Enoch is completely irrelevant to my point. By the way, the word is "pseudepigrapha".
maybe you should learn what marrying is in the context of man and women then what is to be the bride of Christ.
 

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Bahaha! You say, "Please, be honest"? READ THE TEXT OF SCRIPTURE!


I read them. All three are telling the same story, in which Jesus says that the angels IN HEAVEN... DO NOT marry.

None of the three says anything about angels on earth.

None of the three says anything about the ability of angels to marry.

None of the three says anything about the ability of angels to procreate.

None of the three says anything about the ability of angels to engage in sexual relations.

Here's an illustration: I, as an unmarried adult male, DO NOT engage in sexual relations. That says NOTHING about my ABILITY to marry, have children, or engage in sexual relations.

Are you starting to understand?


Um, no, I'm not. I am pointing out, repeatedly, what Scripture ACTUALLY says, and making no further claims.


You are claiming that Jesus said something that He did not say. He did not say that angels cannot marry; period! There is a large distinction between "do not" and "cannot". The first is indicative; the second is restrictive. Further, you are completely ignoring the words, "in heaven". In those three passages, Jesus said NOTHING AT ALL about angels on earth.


I'm not the one making an argument from silence; you are! My argument is absolutely biblical, as I am pointing out what Scripture DOES and DOES NOT say. You are making claims and pointing to three passages (which I read) and making claims that are NOT addressed in those passages.


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Bahaha! You say, "Please, be honest"? READ THE TEXT OF SCRIPTURE!


I read them. All three are telling the same story, in which Jesus says that the angels IN HEAVEN... DO NOT marry.

None of the three says anything about angels on earth.

None of the three says anything about the ability of angels to marry.

None of the three says anything about the ability of angels to procreate.

None of the three says anything about the ability of angels to engage in sexual relations.

Here's an illustration: I, as an unmarried adult male, DO NOT engage in sexual relations. That says NOTHING about my ABILITY to marry, have children, or engage in sexual relations.

Are you starting to understand?


Um, no, I'm not. I am pointing out, repeatedly, what Scripture ACTUALLY says, and making no further claims.


You are claiming that Jesus said something that He did not say. He did not say that angels cannot marry; period! There is a large distinction between "do not" and "cannot". The first is indicative; the second is restrictive. Further, you are completely ignoring the words, "in heaven". In those three passages, Jesus said NOTHING AT ALL about angels on earth.


I'm not the one making an argument from silence; you are! My argument is absolutely biblical, as I am pointing out what Scripture DOES and DOES NOT say. You are making claims and pointing to three passages (which I read) and making claims that are NOT addressed in those passages.


Enoch is completely irrelevant to my point. By the way, the word is "pseudepigrapha".
Then you know it is false. thank you for the lesson in spelling. And your argument is not biblical because you have not proven Genesis 6 is angels with earthly women. You have assumed it. Perter doesn't say that nor Does Jude. You don't want to talk about the false writing of Enoch anymore yet you did use it to try and make your unbiblical argument using it as others did. Bahaha right back at you. LOL.
 

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Then you know it is false. thank you for the lesson in spelling. And your argument is not biblical because you have not proven Genesis 6 is angels with earthly women. You have assumed it. Perter doesn't say that nor Does Jude. You don't want to talk about the false writing of Enoch anymore yet you did use it to try and make your unbiblical argument using it as others did. Bahaha right back at you. LOL.
Once again, I haven’t said ANYTHING about Genesis 6... yet. Nor have I said anything about Peter or Jude... yet. Frankly, you are being silly.
 

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Once again, I haven’t said ANYTHING about Genesis 6... yet. Nor have I said anything about Peter or Jude... yet. Frankly, you are being silly.
you have been here responding for some time and you only have now three posts clearly you blocked your previous responses