Introduction
The Holy Bible is full of mysteries, from the creation of the world or the beginning in Genesis to the end of time in Revelations; the Bible is full of captivating stories and teachings for mankind to attain salvation. One such mystery is that of the sons of God and the Nephilim in Genesis 6, an intriguing passage that recounts the existence of giants, called the Nephilim, that roam the earth in the days of Noah. To unlock the mysteries of the Nephilim, we first need to clearly understand who are the sons of God are, also their role in the producing the Nephilim. Who were the Sons of God in Genesis 6, and what was there role in creating the giants (Nephilim) in the day of Noah? There are different views of who the sons of God are: …show more content…
God in this passage in Hebrew is elohim; that specifically used of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative: angels.
“Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.” (Job1:6)
Here again the Bible has the context of the angels that are before the Lord in Job.
“”When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy?” (Job 38:7)
This is from the context when God speaks to Job asking him where his power was or what was his role in the creation. The term for the sons of God marveled when the Lord God created the …show more content…
The term "apocrypha" comes from the Greek word meaning "hidden" or "secret". Originally, the term was applied to sacred books whose contents were too exalted to be made available to the general public. Gradually, the term "apocrypha" took on a disparaging connotation, since the orthodoxy of these hidden books was often questionable. The inclusion of apocryphal writing for this research is based on two facts: one; the writings were written in the time period of other Old Testament writings and two; there purpose like all biblical writings were to record and tell the stories of God’s work through people and