The BIG Question not asked, concerning Genesis 6:1-6?
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Neither I you, when everything you argued contradicts the Scripture in the immediate context of Gen. 6.
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Why would you even read anything in that book? it's total imagination. look at the TIME those stories were written. (yes, I said stories)
A search of Lamech retrieves a claim that Lamech was the name of two men in Genesis, one a wicked descendant of Cain and the other a righteous descendant a Seth (gotquestion.org). I'm thinking of the one that wrote the first rap, which the same reference refers as having been the first to take two wives, committing polygamy. I'm not convince of the two different men theory considering both are reference as being fathered by Methuselah. What I am sure of, however, is that if he was at all righteous before taking two wives, taking two displays a disregard for the 'sufficiency' of one, which is, at the least, prideful? greedy? lustful? idk, something of note.
Some might reason that, surely, God wouldn't flood the earth for anything so 'trivial,' but that's only reflects their attitudes toward it as mirroring Lamech's.
Some might reason that, surely, God wouldn't flood the earth for anything so 'trivial,' but that's only reflects their attitudes toward it as mirroring Lamech's.
God promised to never flood the earth, with water, again. The next deluge, however, will be with fire.
God allowed Moses to permit divorce, according to Jesus, because of their hard hearts. I'd argue that taking on additional wives qualifies as hating any of them.
The earth was cured by the flood. I've brought this up before, but Noah missed God's instruction to place his wife beside him, and his sons' wives beside them, when disembarking the ark. But he failed to follow that instruction, and I suspect that was perhaps from not understanding the mindset of God. Even so, I understand that there is a philosophy that looking upon your mother's nakedness is considered to be 'looking upon your father's nakedness,' which is what Ham did when Noah got drunk. I mean, what is the first thing most people determine to do when they get drunk? You know, when they put on their 'beer goggles'?
Yep. This is the long and short of it.
Here in the New Testament, Adam is called "the son of God":
Luke 3: 38
"..the son of Enosh,
the son of Seth, the son of Adam,
the son of God."
A son does what his father is doing. We even see Melchizedek like the son of God administering as a priest "of God Most High". If you have wisdom you can see this pattern all throughout the Old Testament. God did not start dealing with people until after Christ's death and resurrection. He started dealing with us in His own mind before creation. Understanding this prevents people from chasing Jewish fables about corrupt DNA.
Not all rabbinical schools subscribe to this tradition, as they argue among themselves about the correct interpretation just as much as we Christians. I know of a rabbi who teaches the son of Seth understanding of the origins of the Nephilim.
Agreed. This has never not been true
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Romans 8:14
Answer: Because they were all dead. Noah's father died 2 years before the flood and his grandfather died the year of the flood.
And Henry Ford is the father of the automobile. There are applications of son and father that do not infer the sharing of image and likeness.
Sons of God were to be led by the Spirit of God. When they took wives from people who did not follow the Spirit of God they disobeyed.
They fell from righteousness, and were then considered the Nephilim, 'fallen ones.' You know, like the old saying goes, "Oh how the mighty have fallen..."
Just for accuracy, Methuselah lived 5 years longer than Lamech's 777 total years lived (Gen 5:25-27).
They were still righteous. Like the righteous Lot who let himself get distracted by worldly things. I suspect Solomon will be counted among the righteous, even though his taking many foreign wives led to Israel's idolatry and destruction. A similar thing seems to have happened with the sons of God before the flood