Who Were the Nephilim?

In the generations before God judged the world in the Great Flood, Genesis 6 -4 says the

Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them.

Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown. There are a few different theories concerning who the

Nephilim were. In Genesis 4 we're given a dark genealogy in the line of Cain, and in Genesis 5 we read the genealogy of his brother

Seth. So one theory goes that the sons of God were the descendants of Seth who were righteous, and the daughters of men were the descendants of Cain who were unrighteous.

These two came together, bad company corrupted good morals, and their offspring were violent and evil, so that you could no longer tell the righteous from the unrighteous.

Another theory is that the Nephilim were fallen angels, since sons of God is used in Job 1 and 2 in reference to angels.

However, angels are unable to procreate. Jesus said that in the resurrection there is no marriage, for we will all be like angels in heaven.

So a third possibility combines the other two theories, and the Nephilim were men possessed by fallen angels, who bred with women and raised mighty yet violent sons.

This would explain how the Nephilim were in the earth before the flood, and also after all life on earth was deluged with water and destroyed.

A day is coming where God will again destroy the unrighteous, men and fallen angels.

This time by fire. The only way to be saved is to believe in Jesus Christ when we understand the text.