Sons Of God Were They Angels Or Men

August 1996.


During bible discussion in church, one Sabbath, the question of the
`sons of God' in Gen. 6:2 arose. Some were of the opinion that the
writer Moses was saying that they were men, but using the descriptive
term `sons of God'; as `men gathered together in prayer'. I don't
think that this can even be considered because if that were the
case, then any group of people gathered together praying, could call
themselves `sons of God', and we all know how ludicrous that is.

I believe that God through Moses is telling us that they were angels;
more to the point, fallen angels, and I hope with the help of
Almighty God to prove this to you scripturally.

GEN 6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face
of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, (KJV)
GEN 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they
{were} fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. (KJV)

These verses would indicate that procreation was speeding up and
the daughters of men were noticed by the sons of God.

Moses was inspired by God to write the book of Genesis and must
have had a reason for writing "the sons of God saw that the daughters
of men were fair". Why this distinction between `sons of God' and
men ? He could not have been implying that they, the `sons of God'
were men who had received Gods Holy Spirit, because WE know that
apart from Gods chosen prophets, John the Baptist and the Lord Jesus,
men in general did not receive the Holy Spirit until Pentecost.

I write this from the point of view that WE know about the Holy
Spirit from the New Testament, but this was not written when Moses
wrote Genesis. He must therefore have identified the sons of God for
a reason, but what was the reason ?

He could NOT be saying that they were righteous men of the line
of Seth as Noah was, -why ? Because one then has to ask the question,
why did God destroy those `sons of God' and their descendants in
`The Flood' if they were righteous ?

For those who can't recall who Seth was :-

GEN 4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called
his name Seth: For God, {said she}, hath appointed me another seed
instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. (KJV)

GEN 5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat {a son}
in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: (KJV)

If you read from Gen:5:6 to 5:29 you will see how Noah was descended
from Seth and of course we all know that because Noah and his family
were righteous they were saved from `The Flood' and through them
we have the present day, race of mankind. I mention this to show that
we are not directly descended from the murderous Cain.

We know, because God tells us; that there was only wickedness in
the earth and apart from Noah, his family, and all of the living
creatures on `the ark', everything else on earth was destroyed.

GEN 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man {was} great in the
earth, and {that} every imagination of the thoughts of his heart
{was} only evil continually. (KJV)

GEN 6:6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth,
and it grieved him at his heart. (KJV)

There was only wickedness so God destroyed ALL life from the face
of the earth, apart from Noah and his family and the living creatures
on the ark. What influence was strong enough to cause this degenerat-
ion, this wickedness, only two thousand years after the creation of
Adam, and what was so `wicked' that God was forced to destroy ALL
life ?

Let us now go to 1 Peter :-

1PE 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for
the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the
flesh, but quickened by the spirit: (KJV)

1PE 3:19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in
prison; (KJV)

The apostle Peter in these two verses gives us a lot of information.
He tells us that there were then, and therefore are now, SPIRITS IN
PRISON. I don't believe that any of us has seen a spirit and if we
had, how would we, if we had to, detain it? Only God has the ability
to do this.

I believe that verse nineteen tells us the Lord Jesus, after his
resurrection, being quickened by the spirit, and being in spirit,
went and preached TO THE SPIRITS IN PRISON. That only when he WAS
in spirit form could he go and preach to them, because the prison
was not on earth. There is no mention of the Lord Jesus preaching to
the spirits in prison when He walked on earth. If the prison is not
on earth, where is it?

Which spirits are we talking about ? Verse twenty tells us.

1PE 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering
of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing,
wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. (KJV)


The spirits, `who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in
the days of Noah while the ark was being built'. In it only a few
people, eight in all, were saved through water'.

Peter is telling us that there were spirits in the days of Noah who
were disobedient and were put in prison.

Now we go to 2 Peter :- (underlining mine)

2PE 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast {them}
down to hell, and delivered {them} into chains of darkness, to be
reserved unto judgment; (KJV)

2PE 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth
{person}, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the
world of the ungodly; (KJV)

Notice, Peter says two things, "... cast them down to hell, and
delivered them into chains of darkness". These two things constitute
`the prison'.

Hell in verse four is translated in the Greek Interlinear as,
TARTARUS, and is described by some scholars (not that I am a scholar)
to be a `condition', and by others to mean `the lowest place'.

Now I believe that what GOD is telling us is, he created a condition
whereby he, bound `in chains of darkness' (a prison), those wicked
spirits. It is certainly not the `hell' we have all been brought up
to believe, which, by the way, is completely false.

Peter also tells us, God did not spare the old world but saved Noah
and his family, a direct reference to GEN 6:.

Now let's go to JUDE :- (underlining mine)

JUD 1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left
their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under
darkness unto the judgment of the great day. (KJV)

This verse in Jude is similar to the text in Peter but now we
are told that some angels did not keep their first estate and, WE
KNOW FOR CERTAIN that the `sons of God' WERE NOT MEN. How do we
know that ?

We know; because those texts I have listed are the only texts
in the whole of the Bible relating to this subject, the subject
being, the `sons of God' in Gen 6:2. And ALL FLESH, apart from eight
persons, was destroyed in the flood, therefore there were no other
men to imprison and God tells us He has imprisoned the angels; angels
that sinned in the time of Noah.

They can't possibly be men, why ? Because no man living prior to
`The Flood' is alive today and the spirits that are in prison are
being reserved until `judgement day'.

Everlasting chains! why does God use this expression ? He uses it
to show us that those imprisoned beings are in themselves, ETERNAL.

HOW MANY MEN DO YOU KNOW WHO ARE ETERNAL, HOW MANY MEN IMPRISONED
AT THE TIME OF `THE FLOOD' WOULD KEEP UNTIL `JUDGEMENT DAY' ?


Jude says `the angels kept not their first estate, but left their
own habitation'. I know that he was not referring to their home on
Earth because if they had left the Earth, they would not have been
there at the time of GEN 6:, and therefore God would not have needed
to imprison them for their wickedness.

NOTE:-
I must interject here to enlarge on the point, `but left their own
habitation'. It would seem that some people think the word habitation
(home, house) in the Bible, can only relate to a physical place, such
as the Earth, or a country, or a home/house/building, this is not so.

STRONG'S word: HABITATION used in JUD 1:6 - (underlining mine)
3613. oiketerion {oy-kay-tay'-ree-on}; neuter of a presumed deriva-
tive of 3611 (equivalent to 3612); a residence (literally or
figuratively): -habitation, house.
3611. oikeo {oy-keh'-o}; from 3624; to occupy a house, i.e. reside
(figuratively, inhabit, remain, inhere); by implication to
cohabit: -dwell. See also 3625.

Following is just one example where the word `house' is used but it
is referring to the heart of a man.

3624. oikos {oy'-kos}; of uncertain affinity; a dwelling (more or
less extensive, literal or figurative); by implication a family
(more or less related, literal or figuratively): -home, house
(-hold), temple.

MAT 12:43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh
through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. (KJV)

MAT 12:44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I
came out; and when he is come, he findeth {it} empty, swept, and
garnished. (KJV)

And another:

The Greek word used here is as above, No. 3613.
2CO 5:2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon
with our house which is from heaven: (KJV)

And another:

The Greek word used here is as above, No. 3624.
1PE 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house,
an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to
God by Jesus Christ. (KJV)

And what about the expression, `House of Israel' that's not a place
either, there are many more scriptures but I think the reader will
get the point.

So in view of what I have now shown you, AND KNOWING IT WAS BECAUSE
THESE ANGELS SINNED ON EARTH, specifically in the time of Noah,
1 and 2 Peter tell us so, then I, and I'm sure you also, must draw
the conclusion that when these angels, sons of God, changed their
habitation, it was right then and there, at that point in time.

So anyone who tells you that this sinning was when the angels were
driven out of heaven along with Lucifer, just doesn't understand the
Bible.

We also know that even today there are wicked spirits (evil beings)
here on earth. God did not imprison ALL the angels, so why are they
still free, why haven't they been imprisoned ? They have not been
imprisoned because, although they are evil, they have not left their
`first estate', their `habitation', as did the wicked spirits in the
time of Noah. They did not sin in the same way as did the other
angels, sons of God.

Is God telling us through Jude that when these angels left their
first estate they changed in some way ? Changed not only themselves
but all around them, filling the earth with wickedness and evil. I
believe that this IS what God is telling us. This wickedness was
caused by angels, `sons of God' who left their `first estate', by
changing, by leaving their first habitation. Changing from spirit
into human form, and `taking wives of all that they chose'. I believe
that this is what the scriptures tell us and that is why God; HAD TO
DESTROY, apart from eight persons, ALL LIFE from the face of the
earth. Gods plan is for humans to `overcome', not a hybrid of
human/angel.

NOTE:-
Verse 4 below is printed because it is GODS WORD, not because I
think, or imply, that `giants' were the resultant offspring of an
angel/human union, as one minister said I had done. This verse is
more, important, for the fact that it not only substantiates verse 2
but further, clarifies, that those `daughters of men', bore children
to those `sons of God'.

GEN 6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after
that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and
they bare {children} to them, the same {became} mighty men which
{were} of old, men of renown. (KJV)
GEN 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man {was} great in the
earth, and {that} every imagination of the thoughts of his heart
{was} only evil continually. (KJV)
GEN 6:6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth,
and it grieved him at his heart. (KJV)
GEN 6:7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created
from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping
thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made
them. (KJV)
GEN 6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. (KJV)

I think it must be obvious to every bible student that God was very
angry, he must have been, to have wiped everything from the face of
the earth. Why hasn't he, because of the present day evil, repeated
this ? We know that because of his covenant with Noah, he will never
again flood the earth.

GEN 9:11 And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all
flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall
there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. (KJV)
GEN 9:12 And God said, This {is} the token of the covenant which I
make between me and you and every living creature that {is} with you,
for perpetual generations: (KJV)
GEN 9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of
a covenant between me and the earth. (KJV)

He will never again flood the earth but this does not mean he can
not, or will not, use other means. We know that he destroyed Sodom
and Gomorrah, because of the concentration of evil, only four souls
left that city alive.

GEN 19:24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah
brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; (KJV)

We also know that the evil in the world today, if only because of
population, must be greater than it could ever have been in the time
of Sodom and Gomorrah.

The truth is of course that not only because of population but
because of the influence of Satan through television, video recorders
films, pornography and drugs, evil IS greater in the world today.

So why doesn't God destroy some or all of us now ? The answer to that
of course is, the plan that God has, for MAN, has not changed, that
man's wickedness has to be overcome by the INDIVIDUAL with and
through God. So what was so different in the time of Noah ?

The difference was that the wicked spirits, being guided by Satan,
deliberately tried to change God's plan for us humans. "They went in
unto the daughters of men and had children by them", and so created
a hybrid angel/human, "the same became mighty men which were of old,
men of renown".

The `sons of God', being spirit, could not be drowned, if they
could there would have been no need to imprison them would there ?

But God did imprison them, he bound them in `eternal chains'. What
were those eternal chains, and the prison that we read of in Peter
and Jude, where is it, what is it made of, how can it hold a spirit?

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BLACK HOLE
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This revelation was given to me as I was writing the original article
in 1987.

In astronomy, `Black Hole' is a term applied to the shrunken remnants
of a high mass star that has collapsed under the pull of its own
gravitational force. The stellar matter constituting the contracting
body becomes so dense, that no signal, NOT EVEN LIGHT, can escape,
and the remnants of the star exist as a Black Hole in space.

The same minister, mentioned previously, said that the Black Hole was
just a theory and could not be supported scripturally. He, like
yourselves, must decide if he/you believe `Black Holes' exist and if
your answer is yes, do you accept man's explanation for them ?

Now I know, and I'm sure you also know that God created, and creates,
everything for a purpose, and the Black Holes were made as Black
Holes. They are not stars that have collapsed. I believe that they
were made to restrain angels that had sinned. Who else but Almighty
God, could even think of something like that, let alone bring it into
being. This is their prison and because it is out in space, is why
the Lord Jesus had to be in spirit form to go and preach to the
spirits. If stars can simply collapse then things are out of
control and I know that Almighty God has everything under control
at all times.

Notice also the references, in both Peter and Jude to "gloomy
dungeons", "kept in darkness", "chains of darkness".

Now let us go to JOB :-

JOB 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present
themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them. (KJV)

JOB 1:7 And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then
Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the
earth, and from walking up and down in it. (KJV)

JOB 1:8 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my
servant Job, that {there is} none like him in the earth, a
perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth
evil? (KJV)

Moses wrote the book of JOB and it seems most unlikely that he would
write, under divine inspiration, `sons of God' in GEN 6: to mean men
and then in the book of JOB to mean angels, or vice versa. Satan is
the author of confusion not Almighty God.

Verse six would indicate that they, the sons of God, were all of the
same kind. I mention this because we know that Satan is a spirit
being so therefore the others were also spirit beings.

If they were not all of the same kind then why bother to mention
`sons of God' at all ? After all this scenario is really between God
and Satan only, -with reference to JOB.

In verse seven God says to Satan, "Where have you come from ?" Now
if those `sons of God' and those in GEN 6: had been men gathered in
prayer, as some suggest, then God would not have needed to ask the
question, as MAT 18:20 tells us, he would have known and they would
not have had to present themselves before him.

MAT 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name,
there am I in the midst of them. (KJV)

Then Satan answers and says, "From going to and fro in the earth, and
from walking up and down in it." This tells us that Satan had been
there (roaming through the earth) and was now appearing before God in
heaven. How many men do you of know who can do that ?

Now we go to JOB 2:1-2 :-

JOB 2:1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present
themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present
himself before the Lord. (KJV)

JOB 2:2 And the Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And
Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the
earth, and from walking up and down in it. (KJV)

These two verses are almost the same as in JOB 1:6-7 but now we know
after reading chapter one, that those `sons of God' were not JOBS'
sons gathered together in prayer, because they had been killed. I
know there were no other possible candidates to qualify as `sons of
God', because God tells us so.

JOB 1:8 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant
Job, that {there is} none like him in the earth, a perfect and an
upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? (KJV)


Now lets go to JOB 38 :-


JOB 38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?
declare, if thou hast understanding. (KJV)

JOB 38:5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who
hath stretched the line upon it? (KJV)

JOB 38:6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid
the corner stone thereof; (KJV)

JOB 38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of
God shouted for joy? (KJV)

In these verses Moses tells us that when God created the earth,
(before man) the `sons of God' shouted for joy. I know that Almighty
God would not inspire Moses to write THE TRUTH and then allow him to
use a phrase which had two or more meanings. I know that God gives
us the whole truth if we search and pray for it.

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SUMMATION

1. Why mention marriage and childbearing as something special as in
GEN 6:2 and 6:4 ? It had obviously been going on since creation.
I think it is mentioned because it is different from the `norm'
and is the reason why God had to destroy life from the earth.

2. If we say that the `sons of god' in GEN 6 are not spirits or
angels, then it becomes impossible to explain the wickedness of
the spirit beings, in the time of Noah, or why they are impris-
oned, as disclosed in Peter 1 and 2, and JUDE 6.

3. In GEN 6:3 God says, "My spirit will not always strive with man",
(KJV) he obviously wasn't pleased with man. The reason for his
displeasure was, the wickedness. Amongst all of those wicked
people there was only Noah and his family worth saving.

We have to ask the question, why would God give His Holy Spirit
to men, He would have had to if they were to be called `sons of
God'; and then drown them in `The Flood' ?

This is another reason for baptism, FULL IMMERSION, our wickedness
must be `killed off', so to speak.

4. We know that Noah was a " just man and perfect in his generations,
and Noah walked with God", GEN 6:9 (KJV). He was worth saving, so
why wasn't HE referred to as a `son of God' ? Why on the other
hand are the prophets Ezekiel 2:1 and Daniel 8:17, who had the
Spirit of God, referred to as `son of man' ?

5. If the `sons of God' were men, why were THEIR children, `men of
renown' GEN 6:4, should not Noahs children have been `men of
renown', considering he was perfect in his generations ?

6. We know from the scriptures that angels did materialize as humans,
even eating and drinking with them.

See, GEN 18:1-22 19:1-3 32:24-29 JOSH 5:13-15.

7. Some people are bound to mention MAT 22:29-30... and MARK 12:24-25
These verses do not conflict in any way with what I have written.


MAT 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing
the scriptures, nor the power of God. (KJV)

MAT 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are
given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. (KJV)

MAR 12:24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore
err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
(KJV)

MAR 12:25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither
marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are
in heaven. (KJV)

Jesus says, "...are as the angels which are IN HEAVEN", he did not
say `like the angels' or `like the angels on earth'. The Lord Jesus
knows, and wants us to know, that the angels in heaven are ANGELS,
but on earth, unless sent for a specific purpose, are wicked spirits
under the control of Satan.

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In closing I would like to say that with the help of Almighty God I
think I have proven scripturally that the `sons of God' in GEN 6:
were wicked spirits, not men. They were once angels under Lucifers
rule, but after rebelling against God, are now wicked spirits under
Satans rule, whose days are short numbered, as are Satans and his
evil demons here on earth.


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May Almighty God bless you in your study of His word.



Originally hand written Oct 1987. Using only the KJV Bible.
Printed Aug 1996. Using only the KJV Bible.


Written by Richard W Hayes
3, Christie Avenue,
Christies Beach,
South Australia. 5165.
Phone 08 8382 0006.