Expert: Logan - 3/11/2005

Question
If heaven is the place to be, why did the Angels in the Old Testament find the women of earth to be beautiful (They must have realized that they would grow old and ugly) and fornicate with the women of earth, knowing full well that God would cast them out of heaven?  

Answer
 Hello.  I wrote my reply and stored it on my laptop.  When I went to post the answer, I found my laptop will not log on to the internet.  I will try to get the answer posted here in a day or two.  Sorry about this.  Thanks.

 Here is my reply:

     Hello.  You were saying that the angels had children with women on Earth.  You were refering to Genesis:

Genesis 6:1-5   1  And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
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.
3  And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
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.
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.  

 The Bible does not teach that these were angels.  Angels can not marry.  In the following verse, the resurrected Christians are compared to angels.

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

 The "sons of God" are Christian men.  We have examples of Christians being called the sons of God.

 John 1:12  But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:  

 Romans 8:14-17    14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
15  For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
16  The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17  And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

 Philippians 2:15  That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;   

 1 John 3:1  Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.   

 1 John 3:2  Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.  

 I do not know for sure that the giants in Genesis are the sons of these Christian men.  The mighty men are, though.  The verse structure seems to indicate that these are seperate peoples.  

 Heaven is a great place.  Thank you for your question, and feel free to ask any again.  

God's Gospel:

"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" Romans 3:23

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23

"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16

"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." Romans 10:9-10