The following article is specifically intended to offer clear and
concise factual Scriptural evidence whereby refuting both of the
doctrines of hybrid angel/human Nephilims and Satan's ongoing but limited
access to Heaven.
Therefore, let it be echoed throughout the entirety of this commentary
what apostle Paul boldly declared to the Athenians as he stood in the
midst of Mars Hill and proclaimed that God had given "ALL"
LIFE TO and made of ONE BLOOD "ALL"
MANKIND to dwell on "ALL"
the face of the earth - and likewise setting their bounds of habitation.
Meanwhile, if we insist that created angles are
also the "Sons of God' then they by default become our "BRETHREN" - even
though we will judge angels.
1 Corinthians 6:3 (KJV)
3
Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that
pertain to this life?
Likewise, apostle Paul declared Heb. 1:5 that
Yehweh God had never declared "Angels" as the Sons of God.
Hebrews 1:5 (KJV)
5
For unto which of the angels said he at any
time, Thou art my Son,
this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and
he shall be to me a Son?
Moreover, in Heb. 1:14 apostle Paul declares
that "ALL" created angels are "MINISTERING" spirits sent forth to
minister for them who shall be the HEIRS of SALVATION - the Sons of God.
Hebrews 1:14 (KJV)
14
Are they not all ministering spirits,
sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
IF angels are indeed our created BRETHREN (Sons
of God) then they go into the kingdom by being our created servants and
we enter into and inherit the Kingdom through FAITH in the shed blood of
Yeshua Jesus.
Let it be declared now - Created angels cannot procreate nor
CREATE human LIFE. Only God can.
Acts 17:25-26 (KJV)
25
Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though
he needed any thing, seeing he giveth
to all life, and
breath, and all things;
26
And hath made of
ONE BLOOD all nations
of men for to dwell on all
the face of the earth, and hath determined
the times before appointed, and the
bounds of their habitation;
Meanwhile, this publication and commentary is purposely written in a simplistic manner
and at a grammatical level that both the scholar and the common Bible
student together can each easily appreciate and understand its objective and
evidential content. Likewise, all referenced Scriptures
(repetitiously when necessary) are
clearly posted relevant to each argument, and therefore, for the reader's convenience.
Thus, each supporting Scripture is cited
in order that the reader does not have to interrupt their progressive chain of
analytical thought by pausing their reading and literally transiting
back-and-forth looking up
each of the cited Scriptures themselves.
It will also be shown that the notion that the "Sons of God" are created
angels comes from published works such as
Josephus; Zohar Bereishis 25a – the book of Zohar is rooted in the Jewish Kabbalah (the
Jewish religious pagan sister to Hinduism - YOGA);
Mishneh Torah - Yesodei Emunah 2:7;
Igeret
HaTeshuva ch. 4;
Apocrypha Book of Enoch;
Apocrypha
Book
of Jubilees;
the Dead Sea
Scrolls Apocrypha account of Genisis;
and
The Alexandrian Septuagint (LXX);
et. al.
Meanwhile, many cite the published works of Dr. Michael Heiser for
support respective of their created angels as the "Sons of God" claim.
However, Dr. Michael
Heiser makes the following statement I have cited below in his published
work entitled “The Divine Council” under subsection “The
Structure of the Divine Council”. (emphasis added)
PLEASE pay very close
attention to the red highlighted section that I have highlighted for you
and the clear ADMISSION that Dr. Heiser makes regarding the “Sons of
God” as created angels respective of the Hebrew Bible – early in his
commentary.
There is solid evidence in the Hebrew
Bible for a three-tiered council. In the divine council of Israelite
religion, Yahweh was the supreme authority over a divine bureaucracy
that included a second tier of lesser
אֱלֹהִים (elohim),
also called the “sons of God” (בְנֵיֹאֵלִים ,
beney elim,
בְנֵיֹהָאֱלֹהִים ,
beney ha'elohim, or
בְנֵיֹאֱלֹהִים ,
beney elohim) or “sons of the
Most High” (בְנֵיֹעֶלְיוֹן
,
beney elyon).
It may be significant
that these “sons of God” are
never
clearly referred to as angels (מַלְאָכִים
,
mal'akhim)
in the Hebrew Bible,
as that word denoted the lowest tier of
the Canaanite council, and thus a third tier in the Israelite version.
Still,
mlʾkm
at Ugarit were considered
gods, despite their subordinate role. It is possible that
מַלְאָכִים (mal'akhim)
are referred to as
אֱלֹהִים (elohim)
in the Hebrew Bible.
This above cited statement
by Dr. Heiser is on pg. 3 of 23 in his posted publication.
To this end, it is clearly
understood by Dr. Heiser that there are absolutely NO direct references
to created angels actually being called the “Sons of God” in the Hebrew
Bible.
Hence, it is only
INFERRED.
Meanwhile, it is an admitted and obvious feature of the OT that (elohim)
can refer to angels also. For example, Psalm 8:5, quoted in Hebrews
2:7, states that man is lower than the angels (elohim).
Elohim is also a Scriptural word for a judge(s) as well (1 Sam. 2:25,
“judge” = “elohim”).
Be
that as it may, it is nonetheless clearly understood by Dr. Heiser, et.
al., that there are absolutely NO direct references whatsoever to
created angels actually being called the “Sons of God” in the Hebrew
Bible. However, there are ample direct Scriptural references
to "God's People" being clearly and emphatically called the "Sons of
God" in both the OT and the NT. (see cited Scriptures below)
Hosea 1:10 (KJV)
10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the
sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall
come to pass, that in
the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people,
there it shall be said unto them, Ye are
the sons of
the living God.
Romans 8:14 (KJV) and MANY New Testament others...
14
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of
God.
The
phrase "b'nai e-lohim",
is not defined in any Hebrew lexicon as “an angel”. However, "b'nai
e-lohim", as we well know, is a composite phrase consisting
of two separate but individually distinct Hebrew words ben and
elohim, with each having it own individual meaning. As such,
the Hebrew word “ben” does not carry as one of its allowable
alternate meanings an “angel” while the other word “elohim” does,
as I have noted above.
Therefore, if we insist that the phrase "b'nai e-lohim",
actually refers to “elohim” angels – then the phrase must be
translated as “Sons of Angels” which in and of itself
creates considerable theological concerns, because nowhere in all of the
Bible is a created angel ever emphatically and directly declared to have
a child, hence a Son. Although, if we are going to be
consistent with substituting "angels"
(elohim)
for Sons of God - we must equally apply 1 Sam 2:25 and its
"judge" (elohim) to the Sons of God as well. To this end,
we now have the "Sons of Judges"...
However,
those who insist the phrase “Sons of God” are actually created fallen
angels is only INFERRED, but is not based on Scriptural FACT from the
WRITTEN Hebrew Bible itself.
However, I declare this over and over again, theological inferences in
substitution for Scriptural fact when such inferences are completely
unnecessary and not even suggested by CONTEXT is fraught with and
soliciting errors. For example, it is completely theologically
illogical to substitute by inference angels for the Sons of God,
whenever we have clear and ample Scriptural evidence that the Sons of
God are indeed the “People of God” – both OT and NT, and not created
angels.
Furthermore, this suggestion of created angels being God's Sons and
therefore our "Brothers in God" is NEVER once mentioned in either the
Masoretic Texts (OT) nor the Textus Receptus (NT) as well.
Likewise, this
suggestion generates serious theological concerns respective to Jesus'
work of redemption and the sanctification of subsequent believers.
Going forwards, I will begin my presentation by asking each of the
readers of this publication, the same question that I have equally
submitted to the wisdom of many other Bible students and scholars alike
- regarding whether or not "created angels" are actually Biblically
referred to and called the "Sons of God".
Could you please be so kind as to cite for me any one, or more,
specific Scriptures in the Bible that “directly” and “unambiguously”
call CREATED ANGELS the Sons of God?
PLEASE do not cite Gen. 6:2, 6:4, Job 1:6; Job 2:1 and Job 38:7
because each of these noted Passages does not specifically declare
CREATED ANGELS as SONS of GOD (that is inferred) – the
individuals revealed in these Passages are merely called Sons of God.
Once again, each of these above referenced Passages has no “direct”
or “unambiguous” correlation to CREATED ANGELS of GOD
specifically described as the SONS of GOD.
Thus, I am looking for a “DIRECT” citation that clearly, without IMO
(in my opinion)
or circumstantial implications, that specifically Scripturally states
and defines a CREATED ANGEL(s) as the SONS of GOD.
Meanwhile, here are some Scriptural FACTS regarding the actual identity
of the "Sons of God" as revealed by both the Masoretic Texts (OT)
and the Textus Receptus
(NT) - in direct supporting evidence to the above cited
Scriptures in question.
(Gen. 6:2, 6:4, Job 1:6; Job 2:1 and Job 38:7)
Hosea 1:10 (KJV)
10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the
sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall
come to pass, that in
the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people,
there it shall be said unto them, Ye are
the sons of
the living God.
Hosea 11:1 (KJV)
1
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son
out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 14:1-2 (KJV)
1 Ye are
the children of the
LORD your God:
ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for
the dead.
2 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God,
and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself,
above all the nations
that are upon the earth.
Exodus 4:22 (KJV)
22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD,
Israel is my son,
even
my firstborn:
Luke
3:38 (KJV)
38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son
of Seth, which was the son of
Adam, which
was the son of God.
Romans 8:14 (KJV) and MANY New Testament others...
14
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of
God.
Moreover, regarding the
phrase of “took them wives” of Gen. 6:2...we
see the referenced parallel to this phrase in the following passages.
Genesis 6:2 (KJV)
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they
were fair; and they
took them
wives
[women] of all which they chose.
Genesis 11:29 (KJV)
29 And Abram and Nahor
took them wives:
the name of Abram's wife was Sarai;
and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran,
the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Ruth 1:4 (KJV)
4 And they
took them wives
of the women of Moab; the name of
the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they
dwelled
there about ten years.
Therefore, with respect to the "Sons of God" and their taking of "wives"
one must answer the following realistic concerns and questions.
First and foremost, why
would rebellious fallen angels agree to “marry” mortal women in
compliance with the righteous moral requirements of God’s Law - seeing
that marriage itself is a designed decree and institution of God?
Mark 10:6-8 (KJV)
6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male
and female.
7 For this cause shall
a man leave his
father and mother, and cleave to his
wife;
8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then
they are no more
twain, but
one flesh.
Thus, the concept of “marriage” in and of itself implies an ongoing and
progressive male/female relationship. As such, marriage by its
very design is/was not intended to simply be a brief one and done event,
but rather an ongoing relationship between a man and his wife over an
extended period of time.
As such, there is NOT one verse to be found in the entire Bible where
wife, wives, husband, husbands, or marriage was anything other than
between a human male and a human female.
To this end,
can anyone kindly cite ANY “NON-SPECULATIVE” evidential
Scripture(s) whatsoever from the entire Bible itself where a FALLEN
angel(s) or a so-called WATCHER angel (s), has ever made a visible physical bodily intrusion into the
mortal human realm – remaining for an extended period of time, in that
said visible physical bodily form, that will unequivocally validate a
suggested hypothesis and theological claim that angels have indeed
married mortal women and had sexual martial relationships?”
Another major difficulty in suggesting that the Sons of God are indeed
created angels is first and foremost ALL created angels were created as
"spiritual beings" and have no natural genetic DNA structures of their
own. (Psalms 104:4 & Heb. 1:7)
Psalms 104:4 (KJV)
4
Who
maketh his angels spirits;
his ministers a flaming fire:
Humans however are created creatures of flesh and bones, made of the
atomic/molecular elements of the earth. As such, RIGHTEOUS (not
fallen) created angles have at various times in Scripture "briefly"
taken on the form of humans, they are still nonetheless created
spiritual beings, and are not created physical beings. To be capable of
having sex and copulating with female humans consequently producing the
suggested angel/human hybrid Nephilim - they would have to have a
cellular biological structure, 23 chromosomes and DNA genes. In
addition, those said 23 chromosomes and DNA genes would have to be male
human specific in order to be compatible with female human 23
chromosomes and DNA genes. Subsequently producing hybrid angel/human mutants.
I'm sorry but this is nothing more than theoretical "speculative"
NONESENSE!!!
As I have stated at the very beginning, let it be echoed throughout the
entirety of this commentary what apostle Paul boldly declared to the
Athenians as he stood in the midst of Mars Hill and proclaimed that
God had given "ALL"
LIFE TO and made of ONE BLOOD "ALL"
MANKIND
to dwell on "ALL" the face of the
earth - and likewise setting their bounds.
Let it be declared once again - Created angels
cannot engender nor CREATE human LIFE. Only God can.
Acts 17:25-26 (KJV)
25
Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though
he needed any thing, seeing he giveth
to all life, and
breath, and all things;
26
And hath made of
one blood all nations
of men for to dwell on all
the face of the earth, and hath determined
the times before appointed, and the
bounds of their habitation;
Once again PLEASE, created angels do NOT have the capability to create nor
synthesize the necessary DNA and male sperm that could effectively
fertilize the human female egg, and thereby producing life. ONLY
God through Jesus Christ has the power to CREATE - and that CREATIVE
power is not delegated to nor shared with fallen angels nor any other
created angel. (see marriage
of angels and relevant argument section above)
Ephesians 3:9 (KJV)
9
And to make all
men see
what is
the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world
hath been hid in
God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
Nonetheless, there are those who choose to change the meaning of the
Hebrew "ishsha" (H802) in Gen. 6:2 from the KJV, et. al.,
translated "wives" to that of "women", in order to be less
contradictory, as the argument stated above, and to be more agreeable
with their hybrid Nephilim theory.
Meanwhile, with respect to
the SONS of GOD in Job 1:6 & 2:1 please note the Scriptural examples
cited below (as well as above) as to who the "Sons of God"
actually were who “presented/appeared” before the Lord God...
Job 1:6 (KJV)
6 Now there was a day when
the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD,
and Satan came also
among them.
Job 2:1 (KJV)
1 Again there was a day when
the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD,
and Satan came also
among them to present himself before the LORD.
Exodus 23:17 (KJV)
17 Three times in the
year all thy males shall
appear before the Lord GOD.
Exodus 34:23 (KJV)
23 Thrice in the year
shall
all your men children appear
before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
Exodus 34:24 (KJV)
24 For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge
thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when
thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.
Deuteronomy 16:16 (KJV)
16
Three times in a year shall all
thy males appear before the LORD thy God
in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and
in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD
empty:
Deuteronomy 31:11 (KJV)
11 When all
Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God
in the place which he shall
choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
1 Samuel 1:22 (KJV)
22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband,
I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will
bring him, that he may
appear before the LORD,
and there abide for ever.
There are many Bible students and scholars alike who make the incorrect
"ASSUMPTION" (INFERRENCE) that Job 1:6 and 2:1 are referring to created angels because
of the Sons of God appearing before/to the Lord and the likewise
presence and appearance of the fallen angel Satan coming among them. For example, one such scholar
states...
Since this verse mentions
"the sons of God" as assembled before the Lord contemporaneously
with the life of Job
(i.e., during human history),
obviously enough these have to be angels, not human beings who, at present, cannot travel to the third heaven in our
physical bodies
to appear before Him (nor were any human beings in
His presence, even in interim state, before the resurrection and
ascension of Christ). Furthermore, Satan is an angel, so that this is
clearly an angelic convocation with which we have to do.
To this end,
there is little agreeable consensus among Bible scholars as to just when
the Book of Job was actually written and the era in which the man Job
himself lived.
Some scholars believe this book was written before any other book
of the Old Testament, even before the Pentateuch. However, many
conservative Bible experts think it was written during the reign of King
Solomon. A few scholars have taken the position that it may have
been written by Moses while others have suggested that the patriarch Job
himself may have written this account of his experiences, although these
theories have little concrete evidence to support them. The only
thing we can say for certain is that the book was written by an unknown
author and at an unknown time. The exact date of the book’s writing is still a mystery. Some believe its unknown author put it in writing as late as the
second century B.C. Others insist it must have been written about
450 B.C., long after the Jews returned from the captivity in Babylonia.
Although, many conservative scholars assign the writing of the book to
the time of King Solomon, about 950 B.C. Historical evidence
favors this date, since this was the golden age of Biblical wisdom
literature. Ezekiel (who wrote around 600 BC) mentions Job in
14:14. Some scholars claim it is dated to B.C. 2000–1800. If by
Moses, it was probably written some-time during his sojourn in Midian.
However, here are some points that should be mentioned and therefore
considered – in Chpts. 1& 2
of Job the term “Satan” is used some 12 times while this term “Satan” is first introduced in the Bible one time in 1Chron. 21:1.
While Job himself was actually a gentile (and even that is debated) and
the Book of Job was about a man’s suffering as a test of his FAITH
– it would make applicable references to the Law (works) without
appropriate place within the context of this book.
Meanwhile, there are those who argue that Gen. 46:13 is a direct
reference to the man Job himself – even though it must be clearly noted
that the name of Job was a quite common name in those days.
Genesis 46:13 (KJV)
13
And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and
Job, and Shimron.
Additionally, there are those who also try to date the Book of Job by isolating
particular referenced elements such as coins, cattle, etc.. However, the bottom line is
this...short of Yahweh Himself revealing just actually when Job lived, the factual timing of his life will most likely remain an inviting
mystery – and for those who insist upon dating the publication of the
book it will remain an endless chain of
IMO’s.
As such, the reader of the Book of Job must
realistically understand that
the book itself is highly poetic and has both literal and figurative
expressions that could no-less tax the wisdom of Solomon himself to
decipher.
Therefore, when it comes to the actual interpretation of Job 38:7
the reader should also keep the following figurative preponderances in mind.
In Psalms 148:3 the literal "stars" are requested to praise the
LORD "figuratively".
Psalms 148:3 (KJV)
3 Praise ye him, sun and moon:
praise him, all ye stars of light.
In Job chpt. 38 there are many references to
physical elements of the creation. While, all of them are
inanimate, that is without life. All of them are surrounded with
“figurative” language.
A foundation fastened, a cornerstone laid, morning stars singing, seas
needing doors, clouds being a garment, darkness a swaddling band,
dayspring personified as if to know his place fit together well,
dayspring knows its place that it takes hold of the ends of the earth
shaking out the wicked, gates of death open, shadow of death with doors,
treasures of snow, treasures of hell, ice coming from womb, etc..
Moreover, here is a Scripture in the Book of Judges using some of the
same figurative and poetic language as used in Job 38:7.
Judges 5:19-20 (KJV)
19
The kings came
and
fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of
Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
20
They fought from
heaven; the stars in their courses
fought against Sisera.
In addition, there are those who logically conclude that
mortal man was “created” by God and likewise angels were also created by
God - therefore they must be brotherly equals, hence “Sons of God”.
However, the term “Sons of God” implies a personal relationship with God
which can only be Scripturally applied to created mortal man – angels
are created spiritual ministers of both God and mortal man (heirs of
salvation).
Hebrews 1:7 (KJV)
7
And
of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his
ministers a flame of fire.
Hebrews 1:13-14 (KJV)
13
But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit
on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
14
Are they not all ministering
spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of
salvation?
Romans
8:14 (KJV)
14
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God,
they are the sons of God.
Leviticus 26:12 (KJV)
12
And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my
people.
Nonetheless, at the end of the day any suggestion that the comparative
CREATION between both mortal man and that of created angels logically demands
the conclusion that both are the “Sons of God” can only be INFERRED as a
personal IMO, but cannot be validated by Scripture.
There are absolutely NO
Scriptures whatsoever throughout the entirety of the Masoretic Texts or
the Textus Receptus that ever defines or directly calls created angels
God’s Sons – hence, Sons of God...this is only logically but incorrectly
INFERRED.
However, as many have correctly noted there are several Scriptures that
directly and unequivocally declare God’s people as the “Sons of God”.
For example...
Hosea 1:10 (KJV)
10 Yet the number
of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot
be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people,
there it shall be said unto them, Ye are
the sons of the living God.
Romans
8:14 (KJV)
14
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God,
they are the sons of God.
Therefore, reader please kindly tell me which has the greater
theological credibility – a personally held IMO or Scriptural FACT?
Thus,
briefly returning to the Job argument - there are those who suggest as proof that Job 38:7 is the exact
same "Sons of God" phrase as Gen. 6:2 &4; Job 1:6 and 2:1 -
bene ha'elohim, and therefore it must equally
be a reference to created angels...it is NOT.
In Job 38:7 the Hebrew definite article "Ha" is missing from the
bene ha'elohim phrase. Therefore, the
argument of "absolute" phrasal consistency fails.
To this end, the “Sons of God” is
NOT
simply a "phrase" with only one
singular and specific meaning (i.e angels) as many Bible theologians
encourage and insist upon - but is rather comprised of two independent
Hebrew words with two distinct meanings each to its own? Hence,
bə·nê
(H1121) and Elohim (H430).
Meanwhile, the exact same Hebrew word "bə·nê" (H1121) used in Job 38:7 and translated as "SONS", is also
translated in other passages of the Hebrew Bible with the alternate
meanings as follows:
It is translated in the KJV, et. al., as "Young"
15 times; "First" 13 times;
"Breed" 1 time; "Nephews" 1
time; "Men" 6 times; "Mighty"
1 time; "Appointed" 3 times;
"Common" 1 time; and finally "Old"
1 time. Likewise, variants of this same word is also translated as
other meanings as well. However, I will only focus on and present
those alternate translated meanings that are of the same exact Hebrew
word "bə·nê" as specifically used in Job 38:7.
The translation of "Young" can be found
in Lev. 1:14; 12:8; 14:22; 14:30; 15:14, 29; Num. 6:10; 28:11, 19, 27;
29:2, 8, 13, 17, and Jer. 31:12
The translation of "First" can be found in
Lev. 9:3; 23:19; Num. 7:87, 88; 28:3, 9; 29:17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 36
The translation of "Breed"
can be found in Deut. 32:14
The translation of "Nephews" can be found
in Jdgs. 12:14
The translation of "Men" can be found in
1Chr. 26:30, 32; 2Chr. 26:17; 28:6; Ps. 62:9; and Eze. 27:11
The translation of "Mighty" can be found
in Ps. 29:1
The translation of "Appointed" can be
found in Ps. 79:11; 102:20; Pr. 31:8
The translation of "Common" can be found
in Jer. 26:23
The translation of "Old" can be found in
Mic. 6:6
My translation of "Them of/Those of/These of"
can be found in Job 38:7
Furthermore, the Hebrew word "bə·nê
" (H1121) has the following meanings according to
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible...
from <H1129> (banah); a
son (as a
builder of the family name),
in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including
grandson, subject, nation, quality
or condition, etc.,
[like <H1> ('ab), <H251> ('ach), etc.]) :- +
afflicted, age, [Ahoh-] [Ammon-] [Hachmon-] [Lev-]ite, [anoint-]ed one,
appointed to, (+) arrow, [Assyr-] [Babylon-] [Egypt-] [Grec-]ian, one
born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, × came up
in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, + firstborn,
foal, + very fruitful, + postage, × in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, +
mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, × servant born, ×
soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, × surely,
them of, + tumultuous
one, + valiant[-est], whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
As such, please note that one of the allowable
and applicable meanings for the Hebrew "bə·nê
is that of the plural personal pronoun "THEM of".
Thus, seeing that there is absolutely no surrounding CONTEXT other than
figurative/poetic context in Job 38:7, the definite article “HA”
is equally missing, then there is in fact no compelling nor mandating
traditional translation of "Sons" for "bə·nê"
thus grammatically required. Therefore, the following
translation of Job 38:7 would equally be grammatically acceptable respective
of
the Hebrew language.
Meanwhile, as stated many times before, there are absolutely NO clear
Scriptures whatsoever in the Hebrew Bible that ever DIRECTLY define and
call the “Sons of God” created angels.
Job 38:7 (KJV)
7 When the
morning stars
sang together, and all
them of
/ those of /
these of God shouted for joy?
Thus,
the “Singing Morning Stars” would be “created entities of whatever making
- literal or figurative”
and the substituting plural personal/demonstrative pronoun THEM / THOSE / THESE would be in direct
reference to the antecedent “Singing Morning Stars”.
Therefore, the consequences of such a grammatically acceptable
translation of Job 38:7 is that there would subsequently remain no
mention whatsoever of the "traditional" translation of the "Sons of
God", respective of this particular passage.
The "SONS" of God simply goes away and becomes "...them of / those of /
these of God..."
It must be equally noted that Jesus Himself revealed that "traditional"
methodology and approach may not always be the best. (Matt. 15:3)
For those who insist upon the notion of created angels as the "Sons of
God" and wish to cry foul with respect to the above Job 38:7 translation
- please allow me to kindly remind you of your intentional changing
of
the
TRADITIONAL
definition and translation of the Hebrew word “ishsha” from the
traditional Gen. 6:2 translation of “WIVES” to that of “WOMEN”.
This is a deliberate attempt to avoid a clear and considerable
theological confrontation by declaring that FALLEN created angels
actually complied with God's decreed institution of marriage, and
therefore married the daughters of men in which they allegedly
impregnated...
In response to your invalid argument I am reminded of a small grocery
store I once shopped at. Across from the cashiers checkout on the
adjacent wall, there was a sign
hanging above a literal hand grenade that read - for customer
complaints department please pull pin...
Meanwhile, PLEASE allow me to restate once again, if we insist upon suggesting that the poetic language
of Job chpt. 38 is indeed LITERAL (i.e. Sons of God are created angels)
then we must equally accept the fact that all of the other surrounding
context of creation events/elements described in Job chpt. 38 are literal as well.
For example, Job 38:7 would then have LITERAL “stars singing” and
LITERAL “sons of God shouting”. However, we cannot simply pick and
choose without further Scriptural evidence – if Job 38:7 is to be taken
literal then we must equally accept the following elements of Job 38 and
the surrounding context as LITERAL also.
"A foundation fastened, a
cornerstone laid, morning stars singing, seas needing doors, clouds
being a garment, darkness a swaddling band, dayspring personified as if
to know his place fit together well, dayspring knows its place that it
takes hold of the ends of the earth shaking out the wicked, gates of
death open, shadow of death with doors, treasures of snow, treasures of
hell, ice coming from womb, etc.."
Meanwhile, can anyone
who was not
even there be absolutely and completely assured
that Job 38:7 is indeed not figurative, prophetic (i.e. Eph. 1:4, cf. Lk.
7:50) or simply was in the mind of God at this described creation event,
but is rather actually literal? Would the Sons of God as angels in
Job 38:7 then be based on Scriptural FACT or respective of a personal
IMO inference?
Furthermore, for those who insist that the Sons of God stated in
Job 38:7 are indeed created angels must equally accept that these
suggested angels of Job 38:7 are RIGHTEOUS angels. Therefore,
their plug and play generalization model with respect to the Sons of God
declared in Gen. 6:2 & 6:4 MUST be of the same equal type of
RIGHTEOUS angels as those they insisted upon in Job 38:7 - and NOT just simply generic
angels, because they have chosen the RIGHTEOUS angels of Job 38:7 as
their one and only allowable definition for the "Sons of God"... This most certainly then will not permit the celebrated notion
of FALLEN angels impregnating women and producing angel/human hybrid
mutant Nephilim. (see also Lk.20:35-36 argument)
Nevertheless, at the end of the day – respective of Job 38:7 and
the notion that the “Sons of God” are definitely “created angels”, the
Hebrew word “ben” (H1121) translated as “Sons” in Job 38:7 does
not carry as one of its alternate meanings the definition of an “Angel”.
Therefore, the only way that those who insist that Job 38:7 is actually
referring to created angels can credibly validate their IMO - is to
present additional Scriptural evidence that clearly declares and calls
created angels God’s Sons – hence, Sons of God. However, there are
NONE!
Thus, which has the greater theological credibility – Scriptural
INFERENCE or Scriptural FACT?
In summary, unless one is able to show a specific Scripture that clearly
and unambiguously
defines an angel as God’s Son (Sons of God), then the only validity to
suggesting that Job 1:6, 2:1 and Job 38:7 - is simply a personally held
inferred IMO – and will offer little sustaining credibility in the face
of the “direct” Biblical passages emphatically calling God’s people the
“Sons of God. One resolve is based on inferred speculation
(circumstantial theological IMO’s) while the other is based on
Scriptural FACT.
Going forwards, those who support the notion of hybrid Nephilim
angel/human cohabitation frequently cite for Scriptural evidence
of their claim - Jude 1:5-7.
However, a careful analytical analysis of the CONTEXT of Jude 1:4-8 simply
reveals a list of four separate but
distinct “warning examples” for disobedience to God and cites as
examples former rebellious individuals who will ultimately suffer the
coming judgment and wrath of God for their sinful behaviors. I
cannot see any DIRECT COMPARISON respective of the “causal” reasoning
for each sin in the stated examples - other than each one committed
types of abominable provocations against God, and likewise each will
equally suffer God’s coming retribution.
1.
“...how
that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt,
afterward destroyed them that believed not.”
2.
“...the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own
habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto
the judgment of the great day.”
3.
“...Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving
themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are
set forth for an
example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
4.
“...these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and
speak evil of dignities...the Lord will come and destroy...”
To suggest that the warning example causal fornication sins of
Sodom and Gomorrha in Jude 1:7 are directly comparable to the warning
example sins of the fallen angels of Jude 1:6 – and each are causal and
directly related to
“fornication and going after strange flesh”
is reading into the actual CONTEXT of these two suggested passages a
preconceived biased theoretical opinion that is misleading and untrue.
To this end, Jude 1:7 simply states respective of the phrase “cities
about them
in like manner
[with them
- greek 5125]” is grammatically
referring to the immediate sentence antecedent cities of “Sodom and
Gomorrha. Thus, it was the surrounding cites who also in LIKE
MANNER "with them" of Sodom and Gomorrah - equally gave themselves over to
fornication and the going after strange flesh. (see cited below)
Jude 1:7 (KJV)
7 Even as Sodom and
Gomorrha,
and the cities about them
in like manner,
[with them
- greek 5125] giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an
example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Thus, one can easily stand the argument that the “CAUSAL” sins of each
of the four Jude 1:5-8 events have no correlations whatsoever – other
than to provoke the coming vengeance and judgment of God for their
individual sins.
Therefore, the above cited two warning examples of Jude 1:6-7 are no
more DIRECTLY COMPARABLE in context than the two following simple
examples: the grammatical logic and sentence structure goes like this...
Johnny threw the
ball
and
knocked out Jane’s
window.
-------
Angels left first
estate/habitation
and will suffer God’s coming
wrath/judgment
Tommy and Bill,
and their friends in like manner, shot the air-rifle
and
knocked out Jane’s window
------------
Sodom/Gomorrah and cities around them in like manner, committed
fornication/strange flesh
and
will suffer God’s
coming wrath/judgment
As you can easily see the only commonality between the two statements
that is directly comparable is that in each of the two noted events –
both succeeded in KNOCKING OUT JANE’S WINDOW. Hence, such is the case
with Jude 1:6-7 the only direct comparable commonality between the two
warning events is that in each – they both have succeeded in provoking a
coming judgment and wrath of Yahweh God upon themselves – ALL other
“causal” content and context is a comparable “apple vs. orange” and
therefore each are otherwise completely unequal.
Moreover,
with respect to the Textus Receptus Bible Books of 1st
and 2nd
Peter – if those who support the notion that 1 Peter 3:19-20 and 2 Peter
2:4 actually refers to the Sons of God, cannot present clear and direct
Scriptural evidence (without INFERENCE) from the Hebrew Bible (MT) or
the Textus Receptus Bible (TR), that actually calls created angels the
“Sons of God” then it is virtually impossible to establish a
valid
and creditable
LINK between the fallen angels of 1st
and 2nd
Peter and the Sons of God respective of Gen. 6:2 and 6:4.
Thus, their theory of hybrid angel/human Nephilim fails.
Meanwhile, respective of the NT and those who suggest that Lk.
20.36 reveals created angels are indeed equal to the "Sons of God" I
hereby submit the following detailed argument.
To this end, they have chosen to DEFINE the “Sons of God” as those who
are EQUAL to the created angels and likewise EQUAL to the redeemed who are mentioned in Lk. 20:35-36 by Jesus.
Luke 20:35-36 (KJV)
35
But
they which
shall be
accounted
worthy to obtain that
world,
and the resurrection from the dead,
neither
marry, nor
are given in marriage:
36
Neither can they die any more: for
they are equal unto the angels;
and
are the children of God,
being the children of the resurrection.
The above red highlighted individuals of Lk, 20:35 are stated to be
EQUAL with the angels and therefore EACH must meet the specific personal
qualifications that Jesus described in order to be called the
“Children/SONS of God” as well as to be EQUALS to each other.
Seeing then that these redeemed individuals and angels are EQUALS and
can only be called and considered the “Children/SONS of God” ONLY if
they are EQUALS - whereby each must have the same exact qualifications
described by Jesus in Matt. 22:30 and Mk. 12:25 as well.
1.
They must be
worthy to obtain that world...to
be EQUAL to an Angel which is EQUAL to the Sons of God
2.
They can neither
marry, nor are given in marriage...to be EQUAL to an Angel which is EQUAL to the Sons of God
Therefore, as stated before there are absolutely NO other Scriptures in
the entire Bible that “directly” define and describe a CREATED ANGEL as
God’s Son – hence, the Sons of God. Therefore, it is unchangeably
etched in stone that the two qualifying conditions directly cited above
must be met in order for an CREATED ANGEL or a REDEEMED INDIVIDUAL to be
called the Son of God – hence, Sons of God. They must be EQUAL to
those who are EQUAL to them...they must be EQUAL to each other as
required above.
As such, these angels must then be RIGHTEOUS Angels, just as those who
are accounted WORTHY - and neither of the two can EVER MARRY nor can
they EVER be GIVEN in MARRIAGE. As stated before, this is
evidenced in the two other supporting parallel passages declared by
Jesus and cited in both the gospels of Matthew and Mark.
Matthew 22:30 (KJV)
30
For in the resurrection they
neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are
as the angels of God in heaven.
Mark 12:25 (KJV)
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.
Therefore, it is impossible to suggest that the “Sons of God” stated in
Gen. 6:2 are RIGHTEOUS Angels marrying and having sex with women who can ONLY be called
the “SONS of God” if and ONLY if they meet the two conditions revealed
by Jesus – and are EQUAL to those individuals who are WORTHY to obtain
that world.
One cannot suggest that the “Sons of God” as EQUAL to ANGELS, who have
no other Biblical definition other than that described by Jesus which is
cited above can still be called the FALLEN Angels, “Sons of God” and yet
EQUALS of those accounted WORTHY and UNABLE to MARRY or to be GIVEN IN
MARRIAGE. There is no other Biblical declaration calling FALLEN
ANGELS the Sons of God.
Having said this,
you and I both know that the CONTEXT
itself clearly reveals that Jesus was NEVER intending to suggest that
the SONS of GOD were actually created angels and EQUAL to the redeemed, who are
themselves called the Sons of God – but rather He was drawing a
comparison to those who would be worthy of Eternal Life in Heaven, who
would never marry nor would they be given in marriage (the Redeemed), to
the created angels.
In its most simplicity respective of the Sons of God as the created
angels argument – wherever, we see the term “SONS of God” in the Bible
these Sons must meet the two cited qualifications above – created angels
equal to the "People of God" which are equal to the Sons of God...
Thus, it is clearly
demonstrated that the suggested created angels being equal to the
RIGHTEOUS Sons of God
in Heaven are the one and same Sons of God revealed in Gen. 6:1 and 6:4,
and who literally impregnated the daughters of men, resulting in hybrid
angel/human Nephilims - is absolutely NOT true.
To this end, how can those who support the theology of hybrid Nephilims
(angel/human) respective of the Mosoretic Texts of Gen. 6:2, and 6:4
have a valid argument?
Moreover, how can those who suggest that Gen. 6:2, 6:4; Job 1:6; Job 2:1
and Job 38:7 are CREATED ANGELS who are the “Sons of God”?
To reiterate, there are
NO
Scriptures that ever call CREATED ANGELS God’s Sons – hence, Sons of
God.
Meanwhile, how can anyone support the preponderance that Satan still has
limited access to heaven if Job 1:6. Job. 2:1 and Job 38:7 does not
refer to CREATED ANGELS?
The burden of proof is on those who support the notion that Satan still
has limited access to Heaven by proving that the Hebrew word “ben”
(Hll21) actually means a created angel – it does NOT, it is only INFERRED.
Likewise, a little theological common sense should encourage anyone that
God would never call a FALLEN ANGEL His Son. Hence, the “Sons of
God”. Therefore, they that support the theory that Satan still has
access to Heaven must find and present Scriptural evidence that
“directly” defines and calls a CREATED ANGEL God’s Son – hence, Sons of
God.
There are NONE!!!
The reason why Job 1:6 and 2:1 are NOT “created angels” (Sons of God) is that
Satan has been permanently banished from Heaven. Many Bible
students and theologians alike have suggested that Satan still has
limited access to the throne of God in direct INFERENCE to Job 1:6, 2:1
and Rev. 12:10.
Job 1:6 (KJV)
6 Now there was a day when
the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan
came
also among them.
Job 2:1 (KJV)
1 Again there was a day when
the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan
came
also among them to present himself before the LORD.
However, this INFERENCE is not CORRECT.
Once again, it is a proven FACT that there is not one single Scriptural
reference to CREATED Angels being defined as or called God’s Sons –
hence, the Sons of God. Therefore, the Scriptures cited below are
clear examples revealing the “Son’s of God” appearing before the Lord.
Sons of God are always God’s people.
Job 1:6 (KJV)
6 Now there was a day when
the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD,
and Satan came also
among them.
Job 2:1 (KJV)
1 Again there was a day when
the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD,
and Satan came also
among them to present himself before the LORD.
Exodus 23:17 (KJV)
17 Three times in the
year all thy males shall
appear before the Lord GOD.
Exodus 34:23 (KJV)
23 Thrice in the year
shall
all your men children appear
before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
Exodus 34:24 (KJV)
24 For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge
thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when
thou shalt go up to
appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.
Deuteronomy 16:16 (KJV)
16
Three times in a year shall all
thy males appear before the LORD thy God
in the place which he shall
choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and
in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD
empty:
Deuteronomy 31:11 (KJV)
11 When all
Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God
in the place which he shall
choose, thou shalt read this law
before all Israel in their hearing.
1 Samuel 1:22 (KJV)
22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband,
I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will
bring him, that he may
appear before the LORD,
and there abide for ever.
Furthermore, when we
examine Rev. 12:10 and the “accuser” of our brethren who accused them
BEFORE
[TO]
(G1799 – enopion) our God day and night – we find that this greek
word and its meaning also carries a literal or a “figurative”
implication and equally means “TO”, as well. This exact same greek word and its tense (enopion) is equally translated in the
KJV in Lk. 24:11 as “TO”. (see below)
Revelation 12:10 (KJV)
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come
salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of
his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before
[TO]
our God day and night.
Luke 24:11 (KJV)
11 And their words seemed
to them as idle tales, and they
believed them not.
Thus, when the Lord asked Satan from where he had come he replied –
“from walking to and fro and up and down in the earth...” (Job 2:2), and
not literally standing in front of the throne of God in Heaven accusing the brethren
BEFORE (TO) Him continuously day and night.
Job 2:2 (KJV)
2 And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And
Satan answered the LORD, and said,
From going to and fro in the
earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Once again, Satan has been banished from any further access to Heaven.
Therefore, the righteousness of God and the holy sanctity of Heaven -
will not allow the father of sin and lies to proudly strut himself
before the hallowed Saints of God whom he has both miserably killed and
maliciously persecuted.
Isaiah 14:12-15 (KJV)
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the
morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken
the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into
heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also
upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be
like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of
the pit.
Ezekiel 28:13-19 (KJV)
13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious
stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the
beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the
workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I
have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou
hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that
thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the
midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast
thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub,
from the midst of the stones of fire.
17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast
corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to
the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of
thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I
bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the
earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
19 All they that know thee among the people shall be
astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou
be any more.
Briefly
returning to Gen. 6:2 - this verse simply declares the following...
Genesis 6:2 (KJV)
2
That the sons of God saw the
daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of
all which they chose.
Thus, Gen. 6:1-2 is referring to the "Sons of God" that are the figuratively spirit
people - God's people, while the daughters of
men
are figuratively sinful flesh - those who cared nothing for God and refers to the contrasting
sinful flesh of Satan's people.
God’s
people have always been encouraged and directed by God to remain a
somewhat “segregated” people (Sons of God). However, here in Gen.
6:2, the Sons of God begin to lose their love for God and to stray from
Him, thus weakening in their faith and love towards God and consequently
started giving themselves over to their individual lust of their own
flesh – hence, seeking whom so ever THEY CHOSE.
Without quoting a vast array of Scriptures that most already know – God
is a jealous God and as previously stated, has always insisted upon His
people remaining SEGREGATED together (i.e. come ye out from among
them and be ye separates - 2 Cor. 6:17). God’s people then and now are
encouraged to marry those of their own like-minded faith – hence, be
ye not unequally yoked together with the unbeliever. (2 Cor. 6:14) Thus,
Gen. 6:2 is revealed in the Sons of God vs. the daughters of men.
Furthermore,
every time God’s people intermingle with the lustful fleshly daughters
of men (just as did the wise Solomon who God warned not to do so) – over
the course of time, in more cases than not, it always ends in
disaster... Intermingling of contrasting faiths results in
wavering moral compromises and faithful decay. Hence, progressive
and subsequent rebellion and the forsaking of God.
2 Corinthians 6:14 (KJV)
14 Be
ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers:
for what
fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and
what communion
hath light with darkness?
Meanwhile, the uncurbed lustful and fleshy desires of God’s people grew
stronger while their faith and numbers in Him grew weaker and smaller –
until there was only Noah and his three sons and their wives left that
God decreed He would allow to escape death by the flood (Noah the 8th
person). The 8th day requirement for male circumcision
under the Mosaic Law has a symbolic meaning of a NEW BEGINNING or new
cycle. Hence, the beginning of a new week vs. Noah’s beginning of
a new world (8th) and his subsequent new life.
As such,
once God saw that the intents of man’s heart that He had created, had
now degraded to the degree where the “thoughts of his heart were
continually evil” and he was on the highway of irreversible return
- something had to be done. Thus, the flood...
To
this end, compare the passages below and you will see where man was
formally with God spiritually and where he ended up lusting after the
flesh of the daughters of MEN and his own fleshly self gratifications –
which brought his demise. However, man is today equally
reinventing the same decaying wheel of faith. Jesus declared shall I
find faith when I come? (Lk. 18:8)
Genesis 6:3 (KJV)
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.
Romans 8:8 (KJV)
8 So then
they that
are in the flesh cannot please God.
John 4:24 (KJV)
24
God is a Spirit:
and they that worship
him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Furthermore,
Nephilims not only suggests men with giant physical genetic structures
due to progressive intermingling of DNA and varied environmental
conditions, but equally great men of social stature as well both good
and bad – i.e. Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Madonna, Michael Jackson,
etc., of that day – the spiritual Nimrods who were devout anti-Gods.
Nonetheless, genetically speaking ALL dogs came from just two dogs and
just look at what we have now. So did humans all generate from
just two man/female humans likewise – NOT hybrid angel/human mutants.
There are many things that could have resulted in small groups of mortal
giants (i.e. Goliath), be it a medically dysfunctional
pituitary gland to
simply mortal DNA intermingling, as well as environmental influences – but it
does not require by any means the support of fallen angels to produce Nephilims.
In
summary, I hereby close with the same question in which I opened
this argument with...
Could you please be so kind as to cite for me any one, or more,
specific Scriptures in the Bible that “directly” and “unambiguously”
call CREATED ANGELS the Sons of God?
PLEASE do not cite Gen. 6:2, 6:4, Job 1:6; Job 2:1 and Job 38:7
because each of these noted Passages does not specifically declare CREATED ANGELS as SONS of GOD (that is inferred) – the
individuals revealed in these Passages are merely called Sons of God.
Once again, each of these above referenced Passages has no “direct”
or “unambiguous” correlation to CREATED ANGELS of GOD specifically described as the SONS of GOD.
Thus, I am looking for a “DIRECT” citation that clearly, without IMO
or circumstantial implications, that specifically Scripturally states
and defines a CREATED ANGEL(s) as the SONS of GOD.
Finally,
scholarly Biblical hermeneutics most certainly encourages and supports
an analytical methodology whereby one obtains and draws concluded
INFERENCES based on circumstantial evidence. However, when
realistic Scriptural facts are unwisely and deliberately ignored, and
systematically rejected without analytical cause in pursuit of a
preconceived notion, and the factual Scriptures which are in and of
themselves both abundant and provide clear validating evidence that
directly reveals without any required circumstantial inferences, then a
conclusion based on INFERENCE has no place nor gravity against such.
Both the OT and the NT offer considerable FACTUAL Scriptural evidence
that neither violates context nor grammatical structures that the
“People/Children of God” are indeed the Sons of God. Therefore,
those who insist that the Sons of God are created angels are neither
compelled nor mandated by Scriptural CONTEXT, or the lack of readily
available Scriptural evidence, in reaching their personal and final
INFERRED resolve. Thus, their opinion is made of a free and
personal prerogative of their own choosing...hence, their personal IMO.
Although, in direct respect to Biblical hermeneutics - PLEASE remember a
coveted and personally held IMO supported by circumstantial supposition is
NO substitute for Scriptural
FACTS, especially when those Scriptural facts are readily and easily available.
In the mean time, what many well intentioned Bible students and
publishers alike have done, and are doing, is to “force” a conformity of
compliance of the Hebrew MT-TR Bible in support of the works of the
likes of Josephus; Zohar Bereishis 25a – the book of Zohar is
rooted in the Jewish Kabbalah (the Jewish religious pagan sister to
Hinduism - YOGA);
Mishneh Torah
- Yesodei Emunah 2:7;
Igeret HaTeshuva ch. 4; Apocrypha Book of
Enoch; Apocrypha
Book of Jubilees;
the
Dead
Sea Scrolls Apocrypha account of
Genisis; and The Alexandrian Septuagint (LXX);
et. al.
However, these cited resources have been respectfully proven fractured
and unreliable in many cases.
Therefore, it is my position to support the Hebrew MT and the Textus
Receptus only. We simply cannot Scripture shop from one external “apocrypha”
theological data source to another and then force the Hebrew MT-TR Bible
into agreeable objective compliance. As such, the suspect and
consequential theological conclusion and outcome of such a hermeneutical
model and methodology can never be factually and verifiably anything
more than a personally held circumstantial and hypothetical
INFERENCE - an IMO.
To this end, I gladly admit that I subscribe to the OPPOSITE analytical
Scriptural methodology – the external preponderant resources must
verifiably conform to the Hebrew MT-TR Bible and not vice-versa.
I humbly invite ALL sincere questions and respectful comments.
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