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Originally Posted by shazeep
funny tho that Enos is translated "mortal man," and the Jewish interpretation of that verse, "men began calling on the name of the Lord," means to them that that was when men first began calling inanimate idols "lord." Whether that is true or not, it sure seems to torture the syntax @ Gen 6:2. And denies the refs in Jude, i'd say. Any explanation here seems to be fraught with problems.
Demons have spiritual influence; they do not come physically. Pretty sure that would violate Free Will, also, despite the couple examples we have that could be read as "physical" interactions; i suspect they are spiritual ones. |
Problem is that man mixes their imagination in with scripture
(1) In naming his son Enos, Seth (Enos’ father) was professing that
ALL men since Adam are mortal (subject to dying). In effect, he was
also confessing that he believed the curse placed upon Adam:
"...on
the day that you eat thereof, dying, you shall surely die."
(2) In that scripture, the definition for
calling is: “to ask for; to invite;
to seek (after)”. WHY? Because until then, no one knew God’s NAME! We
must Remember that His NAME was not revealed to Moses until
Ex. 6:3. Til
then, the NAME of God remained hidden!
Seth (Abel’s substitute) was a righteous man, and he influenced other
men to follow after him: and so after Enos was born, they “…began to
call upon
the NAME of the Lord.” In other words, they began to ask God for God’s
NAME!
(3) Seth and those men who followed after him DID NOT call upon
inanimate objects: Seth, et al, still had the testimony of Adam and Eve.,,
and Abel!
If anyone called upon inanimate objects, it was the lineage of Cain.