On Fridays, many believers long to listen to Dr. Jaerock Lee's fascinating lectures on Genesis. This is because the lectures satisfy their curiosity on many subjects such as the space of God the Creator, things that have happened in the spiritual realm, the creation of the earth, the Garden of Eden, UFOs, dinosaurs, and the pyramids. Among these things we are now going to take a look at the 'nephilim' and the 'mighty men' as recorded in Genesis chapter 6.
The Descendants of Adam in the Garden of Eden and the Period Immediately after Adam's Transgression
After creating the earth, God the Creator formed man of dust from the ground. He breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living being. God planted an abundant garden in Eden. He placed the man there whom He had formed and He taught him everything. He then blessed him to enjoy authority and blessings as a lord of the creation.
God blessed Adam and Eve in Genesis 1:28, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth." As written, Adam, as the living being, was fruitful and multiplied with Eve his helper. Over an innumerable number of years they had countless descendants in the Garden of Eden. Adam inherited the Garden of Eden and the earth and ruled over all creatures as a lord of all creation. In other words, God allowed Adam not only to conquer and manage the Garden of Eden but also to subdue and rule over everything on the earth.
However, Adam was a living being, and he was not a perfect spiritual being. Countless years later, he ended up disobeying God's Word, that is, he ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God had told him in Genesis 2:16-17, "From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die." God said this because the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is the symbol of God's authority and sovereignty.
After Adam sinned in this way, the situation reversed. Before he committed sin, he had been a lord of the Garden of Eden and freely traveled between the Garden of Eden and the earth by flying object he made with his descendants. But Adam was driven out of the Garden and his descendants' travel to the earth was also limited.
The Nephilim—the descendants of the sons of God who settled down on the earth with Adam who had sinned
Some descendants whom Adam had begotten in the Garden of Eden came to have longing hearts as they watched Adam managed his life on earth. When compared, the Garden where they lived was a much better environment than the earth. However, Adam's life on this earth looked good and new to them.
In particular, those whom Adam and Eve themselves gave birth to wanted to live together with their beloved parents. And so, they left the Garden to choose this earth and settle down by themselves. While they were coming down, they could not even imagine that it would be impossible to live forever just they had in the Garden. Since the average life span of the flesh was about 900 years back then, they thought they could live together forever as in the Garden. That's why they chose the life on the earth. However, the number of those who made this choice was not very many.
They are the 'sons of God', that is, Adam's descendants who settled down on the earth because of their love for Adam. After they settled down on the earth, they took the daughters of men as their wives. Just like in the Garden of Eden, they married and gave birth to children following the order that God had set. Their children were the 'Nephilim' that appear in Genesis 6:4.
Nephilim were far outstanding in appearance. Since they were born with the energy of the 'sons of God,' they were different from the ordinary people of this earth. Even though Nephilim's fathers chose the life on this earth, they didn't stain themselves by sins. Hence, their good tendencies—the outstanding disposition of a man from the Garden—were inherited to their children.
Mighty Men—the descendants of the sons of God who traveled between the Garden of Eden and the earth and lived to the lust
After Adam was driven out and down to this earth, there were 'sons of God' who were curious about the situation of the earth. They wanted to see how their forefather Adam lived his life. Some of them settled down on the earth like Adam because they loved Adam and some others kept coming and going and followed their lustful desires. Those who settled on the earth didn't bring about any problems.
On the other hand, those who kept coming and going were corrupted and brought the trouble. That is, they were stained by the sins. Since those in the Garden of Eden are not 'perfect spirits' but 'living spirits,' just as Genesis 6:2 says, they 'saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose,' which infringed the order and incited the wrath of God.
Furthermore, as they traveled between the Garden and this earth, they threatened not only the order of this earth, but also the order of the Garden. As God saw the situation becoming serious, He was sorry and grieved.
Genesis 6:3 explains this. It says, "Then the LORD said, 'My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is [flesh]; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.'" Since God is full of mercy and passion, He did not judge them without notice; He initially gave them a warning.
The 'sons of God' were those who originally lived in the Garden, the domain of light. But they came down to this earth, became stained by evil, and lived in sin and evil; and so they soon came to have nothing to do with God.
The descendants of the 'sons of God' who traveled between the Garden and the earth and sought lust were the mighty men in Genesis 6:4. They were also physically excellent. So, they could be easily spotted any place and they were considered very special by the ordinary people. Moreover, they were outstanding in physical condition and in wisdom, thus, some of them became the mighty men.
Their descendants, however, couldn't inherit the superior energy generation after generation. Eventually their later generations were rapidly stained by the flesh, and they became the men of flesh. Therefore, from the 3rd generation, they were not so much different from the people of this earth. They all died and remained as 'legendary people' in the memory of people of this earth. It is also of note that none of the offspring survived the Judgment of Flood, and the descendants of the 'sons of God' also became extinct.
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