Who Were the Nephilim?

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

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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.

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

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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

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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