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Kyle Essary
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Date Joined Oct 2001
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| Posted 3/7/2002 4:28 PM (GMT -6) |   | Hey Bob,
I didn't want to completely divert the other thread so I started this one. I have many times heard that the angels in tartaros are the "sons of God" from Genesis 6. Why do you think that? I have never heard a defense based in Scripture, but it is always based in doctrine. Since I KNOW that you are definitely a godly man who respects God's Word, could you please explain the connection? Thanks
Kyle Essary
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Robert Furney
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| Posted 3/10/2002 7:07 AM (GMT -6) | | Kyle, I will try to answer your question, though I am not the same Bob!
1. Historical Jewish teaching has included the idea that these are angels who had fallen by committing this "after strange flesh" sin.
2. Angels sinning (2 Peter 2:4) has been held to be this sin in Genesis 6 by many in church history. Jude 6 points in this direction. This amounts to the Scriptural evidence of this view. Not much, but what else would Peter and Jude be talking about that their readers would understand?
3. The phrase "sons of God" usually means angels and is rarely used to indicate human beings. The Septuagint indicates this, and its writer believed the Nephilim were the byproducts of this one-time sin, by using the word "giant" in its place. Check this out yourself by using a concordances for the locations of "sons of God." Use a computer search program, or the NRSV Unabridged or Concise concordance to help facilitate this search in a timely manner. You will see what I mean.
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Kyle Essary
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| Posted 3/10/2002 11:40 AM (GMT -6) | | Thanks Bob number 2 (just kidding!). I have no problem with sons of God being interpreted as angels. If anything, that kind of makes sense. I just didn't know how in the world those angels were tied to the angels in Peter and Jude. Thanks.
Kyle Essary
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