Well that's just it. There is a difference between opinion and fact, or what we THINK Scripture says.
There is NO ambiguity that it says they left their Heavenly body, and committed a sexual sin with strange flesh. That is THE reason they are in chains in Tartarus. That's what the text says. Not me.
As for giants, they are all over Scripture:
Goliath Isn’t the Only Giant in the Bible. Here’s Where They Came From.
Michael S. Heiser | Tue, July 18, 2017 | Articles
If they haven’t read it, most people have at least heard the story of David and Goliath of Gath (“the Gittite”). The names of the hero and villain have iconic status. But how many people know anything about the giant Goliath, other than that he lost his head to a boy named David from Israel?
Second Samuel 21:15–22 and 1 Chronicles 20:4–8 tell us that there were other unusually tall warriors among the Philistines. The lists are not identical, but putting them together we read that there were four: Saph (also called Sippai), Lahmi, Ishbibenob, and an unnamed warrior. The descriptions are similar to that given to Goliath, noting “great stature” and the dimensions of their weaponry. Unlike Goliath or any of the other named warriors, the unnamed giant is said to have six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. This malformation, known as polydactylism, is only mentioned in the description of this giant. The Bible does not mention it when it discusses other giant clans.
Wait a minute—giant clans?
There are several people groups described as giants or among whom giants lived in the Old Testament:
Some of the Rephaim giants survived the wars of Moses and Joshua, and their descendants settled in the Philistine city of Gath. The other warriors who accompanied Goliath may not have been brothers, but they were all part of an enduring and unusual lineage that challenged Israel for their land and opposed their God.
There is NO ambiguity that it says they left their Heavenly body, and committed a sexual sin with strange flesh. That is THE reason they are in chains in Tartarus. That's what the text says. Not me.
As for giants, they are all over Scripture:
Goliath Isn’t the Only Giant in the Bible. Here’s Where They Came From.
Michael S. Heiser | Tue, July 18, 2017 | Articles
If they haven’t read it, most people have at least heard the story of David and Goliath of Gath (“the Gittite”). The names of the hero and villain have iconic status. But how many people know anything about the giant Goliath, other than that he lost his head to a boy named David from Israel?
Second Samuel 21:15–22 and 1 Chronicles 20:4–8 tell us that there were other unusually tall warriors among the Philistines. The lists are not identical, but putting them together we read that there were four: Saph (also called Sippai), Lahmi, Ishbibenob, and an unnamed warrior. The descriptions are similar to that given to Goliath, noting “great stature” and the dimensions of their weaponry. Unlike Goliath or any of the other named warriors, the unnamed giant is said to have six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. This malformation, known as polydactylism, is only mentioned in the description of this giant. The Bible does not mention it when it discusses other giant clans.
Wait a minute—giant clans?
There are several people groups described as giants or among whom giants lived in the Old Testament:
- There are the Anakim, who are descendants from the Nephilim mentioned in Genesis 6:1–4 (compare Num 13:33), and whom the people of Israel encountered under Moses, and later under Joshua (Num 13:22–33; Josh 15:13–14).
- At one time, before the children of Israel traveled through the Transjordan, the land to the east of the Jordan River was heavily populated with tall people known as Emim (Deut 2:10–11) and the Zamzummim, also called the Zuzim (Deut 2:20).
- The Amorites, another group that stood in the way of Israel claiming the Promised Land, are described as being exceptionally tall (Amos 2:9–10).
- Lastly, there were the Rephaim, which are mentioned nearly 20 times, most often in association with the conquest of the promised land, when Moses encountered King Og of Bashan, whose bed measured to 13 feet in length (Deut 2:11, 20–22; 3:11–13; Josh 12:4; 13:13).
Some of the Rephaim giants survived the wars of Moses and Joshua, and their descendants settled in the Philistine city of Gath. The other warriors who accompanied Goliath may not have been brothers, but they were all part of an enduring and unusual lineage that challenged Israel for their land and opposed their God.
I do not see any height restrictions in respect to the grace of God.. What is the minimum ?
What we are is not that in which we will be (no longer male and female. Jew or gentile. . . no multiply in heaven. We will be like the angels.
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.
.Short or tall. All believers will receive a new body. . height has no value in salvation.
Yes and there are still giants . Just look to the NBA. The sexual sin was homosexuality with men sent with the message of God. Nothing more and nothing less.
The chain is the binding and loosening power of the gospel . Those who Jesus loosened are loosed those who are not will never rise to no spirit life forever and ever.
