tcalbrecht
Puritan Board Junior
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
I've been having an exchange with a person in another forum over this matter, and the view that "sons of God" refers to fallen angels.
In his commentary, Calvin says:
That ancient figment, concerning the intercourse of angels with women, is abundantly refuted by its own absurdity; and it is surprising that learned men should formerly have been fascinated by ravings so gross and prodigious.
I was listening to John MacArthur this morning and was kinda surprised when he off-handedly made the same claim. I then found this statement by him online:
That's a description of demons who assumed human form and cohabitated with women, producing a demon hybrid race. That race may have been the Nephilim mentioned in Genesis 6:4. Nephilim is derived from the Hebrew verb naphal, which means "to fall." It can refer to those who are violent, and in Numbers 13:33 refers to people of great size. Genesis 6:4 describes them as "mighty men" and "men of renown." So apparently that hybrid race was powerful, large, and violent.”
Is it really within the bounds of orthodoxy to suggest that fallen angels had sexual relations with human woman and produced another race? Anyone have a pointer to a Reformed theologian who holds to the fallen angel view?