Sons of God (Old Testament)
From Eco-Bible 1
These are notes for an incomplete "Concept" page.
- Information is being added as the Bible Pages are added. In the end, everything will be compiled, further information added (as necessary), broken links connected, etc.
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Concepts to consider (some might not fit 100% here): Belonging to God, representing God, his people, etc.
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- The "sons of God" married the "daughters of men" (as many as they wanted - compare to Lamech, offspring of Cain, Genesis 4:19).
- Compare this to the end of chapter 4, when there were two "races" of people - those "calling on God" and those "away from his presence."
- Can we compare this use of the words "God" and "men" with those words in Psalm 82:6-7?
- Psa 82:6-7 - I said, "You are gods, all of you are sons of the Most High. Nevertheless you shall die like men, and fall like one of the rulers."
- In this passage, a heavenly being.
- Job 1:6 Now it happened on the day when the God's sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, that Satan also came among them.
- Job 38:7 - [The earth's creation] - "when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy."
- This may refer to heavenly beings. Or it may be a symbolic reference to the actual stars ("sons" in the sense of being created, and "shouting for joy" the same way other elements of creation do). It is difficult to know which view is in mind here, or if both are implied. But both are compatible with what is said.
- Either way, the emphasis here is not on the exact timing of specific entities of creation. (Stars were created on Day 4 of Creation. No details are given as to what day the heavenly beings were created.)
Unless otherwise noted, all notes and comments are © by Dennis Hinks.
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