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Old 04-23-2015, 02:30 PM
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Re: Angels reproducing with humans possible?

So the term "sons of God" might not be speaking about angels or righteous Sethites. The term, "sons of God", could denote a class of ancient kings declaring divine prerogative.
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Old 04-23-2015, 02:30 PM
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Re: Angels reproducing with humans possible?

the thing is, Nimrod is "ha Adam" at the end of the day; or not. you can't have it both ways.
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Old 04-23-2015, 02:31 PM
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meaning? (i don't recall his end at the moment...)
From Wikipedia:
Lamech (/ˈleɪmɛk/; Hebrew: לֶמֶךְ‎ Lemeḵ) is a person in Cain's genealogy in the 4th chapter of the Book of Genesis. He is the fifth generation descendant of Cain (Genesis 4:18); his father was named Methusael, and he was responsible for the "Song of the Sword". He is also noted as the first polygamist mentioned in the Bible, taking two wives, Adah and Zillah (Tselah). He is not to be confused with the Lamech in Genesis 5.
Also...
Lamech לָמֶךְ Powerful? (cf. Arabic yalmak = powerful),
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Old 04-23-2015, 02:34 PM
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the thing is, Nimrod is "ha Adam" at the end of the day; or not. you can't have it both ways.
What do you mean? Can you elaborate?

Nimrod was a king who declared that he was a "son" of the god, Shamash. That would make him fit the bill as a "son of God" in their world.
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Old 04-23-2015, 02:35 PM
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Re: Angels reproducing with humans possible?

Rulerswere indeed human beings (ha Adam), but were declaring that they were "sons of God". Quite possibly the origin of what is known by scholars as the Emperor Cult.

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Old 04-23-2015, 02:39 PM
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Ancient Egyptian pharaohs were worshipped as god-kings
An imperial cult is a form of state religion in which an emperor, or a dynasty of emperors (or rulers of another title), are worshipped as messiahs, demigods or deities. "Cult" here is used to mean "worship", not in the modern pejorative sense. The cult may be one of personality in the case of a newly arisen Euhemerus figure or one of national identity (e.g., Egyptian Pharaoh, Ethiopian Empire or Empire of Japan) or supranational identity in the case of a multi-ethnic state (e.g., Imperial Era China, Roman Empire). A divine king is a monarch who is held in a special religious significance by his subjects, and serves as both head of state and a deity or head religious figure. This system of government combines theocracy with an absolute monarchy.
Read the text with this understanding:
Genesis 6:1-2 English Standard Version (ESV)
1 When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.
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Old 04-23-2015, 02:41 PM
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The Pope, known as the Vicar of Christ, with claim to infallibility would classify as one of the "sons of God".
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Old 04-23-2015, 02:43 PM
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The Emperors of Imperial Japan would have been "sons of God", by this definition. Along with the Pharaohs, Caesars, and countless others.

This is how these "sons of God" have arisen and ruled us, "even after that", until this very day.
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Old 04-23-2015, 02:55 PM
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The spirit behind these rulers, "the sons of God", even existed in Britain:

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Old 04-23-2015, 03:00 PM
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With this theory, the "sons of God", were human kings who had a "messianic" vision or claim to divinity, what they declared as a "divine right" to rule and govern mankind, taking as many wives as they chose, filling the earth with war and violence.
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