What interesting facts have you come across in the Bible?
By amorlife1
@amorlife1 (370)
South Africa
March 21, 2010 7:05pm CST
Did you know that the reason that God sent the flood in Noah's days was because in those days, angels (called the Sons of God) walked the earth with men, and they married the daughters of men and gave birth to giants? This made God angry and regret creating man. So he decided to bring a flood to wipe out all creatures. (Read Genesis 6).
And did you know that Elijah was demoted as a prophet before being taken away by the chariot of fire? He kept doubting God's ability to take care of him even after all He had done for him. God got fed up with him and told him to appoint Elisha as prophet in his place (Read 1 Kings 19).
What other interesting facts have you come across while reading your Bible?
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@efc872 (1077)
• Jamaica
22 Mar 10
God's behavior towards mankind is unjust bearing in mind that the angels caused His action. I find it hard to believe that such a loving God would punish the people for His angels (Sons of God) actions. Funnily, Jesus is the Only begotten Son of God & God Almighty Himself. This would make Him a party to the crime. What do you think?
@amorlife1 (370)
• South Africa
22 Mar 10
That's because you're taking it out of context, and not looking at the bigger picture! In Genesis 1:28 God said to man(kind) "Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the earth." These angels were living creatures that moved on the earth. God created man(kind) to be superior over the angels. So in God's eyes, man(kind) having children with the angels was the same as man(kind) having children with goats or sheep of donkeys! This was despicable in God's eyes. He couldn't blame it on the angels any more than he could blame it on goats or sheep or donkeys! He created man(kind) with the intelligence to know that what they were doing was wrong. That's why he punished mankind.
God is a loving and just God. And the flood, like the fires on Sodom and Gomorrah, was just.
@efc872 (1077)
• Jamaica
22 Mar 10
I could understand if God had punished all women who went to bed with a these winged creature but to wipe out all living creatures is beyond my comprehension. I have never seen a cross between an animal and human but have heard of a cross between a ghost and human and no punishment was handed out. As a matter of fact we have blessed this union to the point where we worship it. Your explanation needs some more thinking.
@LadyBoss (253)
• United States
22 Mar 10
I think that the Bible is over all interesting. I am named after some one who was in the Bible. Her name was Rachel. And Jacob worked 7 years so that he could marry her , but her father tricked him and gave him the Other daughter. So he had to work 7 more years. Rachel was never able to have a baby , she was jacobs favorite wife. But Leah was able to have many children. ... Something like that I think im not really sure how the TRUE story goes but thats what Ive heard.
@amorlife1 (370)
• South Africa
25 Mar 10
LOL! But now think about it... How troublesome it was to handle two wives. That were sisters no less!
@rinzgca (316)
• Philippines
23 Mar 10
Interesting. I always thought God allowed the flood to happen because he thought man's wickedness had become great, Genesis 6:5-7 NIV
5The Lord saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. 6The Lord was grieved that He had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain. 7So the Lord said, "I will wipe mankind, whom I have created...."
Not because the Nephilim or angels of God were cross breeding with humans. I think Genesis 6:4 is proof of that, specifically, the line '...They were the heroes of old, men of renown.', they referring to the children of the angels and humans.
Let me hear your opinion on this.
@efc872 (1077)
• Jamaica
25 Mar 10
I though that it were only women having / giving birth to children of the angels.
When you say the wickedness of mankind, I get the impression that in those days man had that ability too and cause the total destruction. I think you meant the wickedness of women. If the angels were men only, then man was punished for just watching God's angel at work on their women and said nothing. I guess they were overpowered. The more I listen to this story the more stupid I become.
@sulynsi (2671)
• Canada
23 Mar 10
There appears to be a connection between the "men of renown" or Nephilim "fellers" or "those who cause others to fall" and the violence of the society at the time.
It is probable that these half man, half "god" creatures did all sorts of impressive things. If you think of Greek mythology, a lot of it was probably based on facts that were passed down and embellished.
It is interesting that the behaviour of these Greek gods, goddesses and "heroes" are less than savoury. Jealousy, infidelity and such like goings on. May tell us something of what these "fellers" and their angelic fathers were actually like.
@amorlife1 (370)
• South Africa
23 Mar 10
Rinzgca, if you take it from the top of chapter 6, you'll see that there was a flow:
From verse 2, the sons of God were taking wives of the daughters of men as they chose. Because of this, in verse 3 (The Lord said "My Spirit will not contend with [or remain in] man forever, for he is mortal. His days will be 120 years"), God reduced the life span to 120 years.
Then verse 4 describes how the Nephlim (or giants) came to be: "... when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them." And because of this, in verse 5, "The Lord saw how great man's wickedness on earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time." And so, in verse 7, He decided to wipe man from the face of the earth...
What made God say that man's wickedness had become great was the children they were having by the sons of God...
