The Sons of God by Charles R. Sabo

The Sons of God

Genesis chapter 6 follows right behind the genealogical disclosures within the previous chapter. Though the choice of the wives of these patriarchs was not disclosed by Moses, God left it up to our own research to find this information. Though Roman Catholicism has influenced various people into thinking that Genesis chapter 6 is to be interpreted in a way less offensive, the lack of solid evidence does not support their “sons of Seth” heresy. There is way more evidence to support that the “sons of God” (Gen. 6:2) were the cherubim angels, who had been sent by God to watch over the Creation’s wickedness, but had felt lust for the “daughters of men.” The giants (Gen. 6:4) of this chapter had existed before the Flood of Noah, as well as afterward, as the children of Israel entered into the Promised Land (Deut. 2:10-12, 20-21; 3:11, Num. 13:30-33, Josh. 12:4-5, 1 Chron. 20:4-8, 2 Sam. 21:20-22).

Though it is upsetting, the fall of Lucifer from heaven, then being cursed by God in Genesis 3:15, motivated an endeavor to prevent the coming of the Messiah. If Satan could have corrupted the DNA of mankind, who were made in God’s image, he could have prevented the Messiah from being born of that pure genetic code of God.

In Genesis 5, during the time after the angels were sent down to be “Watchers,” the patriarchs of God took wives from specific members of their own families, which guaranteed the purity of the DNA of mankind. Though mankind has maintained an ignorance to this very important fact, it can be confirmed within two extra-biblical books (Book of Jasher, Book of Jubilees), which have been swept under the carpet. Some have already understood that Noah’s DNA, along with his immediate family, were of an uncorrupted genetic code. It is easy to trust in God’s word and not do the research, but all the more fulfilling to actually read the historical accounts of these families, as they made special efforts to make sure to mate with pure genetic family members.

Genesis 6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, From Adam, to the time of the flood, we know that daughters were born unto them. These are being called the “daughters of men,” which has been twisted into an assumption by heretics, that God really meant “daughters of Cain.” Gullible people have believed this lie, ever since it was first spoken by the Roman Catholics, to sway those who are not willing to research anything themselves.

There are no confusing Hebrew words to research, because these words translate into consistently understood meanings. This verse simply implies that female gendered humans (daughters) were born among the families as the intended way for mankind to fulfill Genesis 1:28 “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the Earth.”

Genesis 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. The inflected Hebrew noun “bēn,” is followed by the inflected Hebrew noun “'?lōh?m,” were put together to say “b'né '?lōh?m,” which was translated as “sons of God.” The intent for this expression needs to be defined first. What are the sons of God? Though the Son of God is the Messiah known as Jesus Christ, it obviously was not Him, as “bēn” was inflected into plurality, just as “'?lōh?m” is plural for “El.” The realization should be that multiple “sons” were created by the Triune Godhead, while God the Son is a part of that Godhead.

Uneducated men have misconstrued the intent of this expression “sons of God” to be reflective of what is now referred to Christians of the New Covenant (Matt. 5:9, Luke 6:35; 20:36, Rom. 8:14). Without thinking, these gullible people make an assumption: “what applies in the New Covenant of the New Testament applies to everywhere else in the Old Covenant and the Old Testament.” There is an Old Testament expression using “sons of God,” when Moses was being explained by God how to address Israel, which was a promise for them to be His people (Ex. 4:22-23). Though prophecy can be confusing to most, this promise to Israel was for those who would trust in God, and that He would bring His Messiah. The “sons of Seth” heresy uses verses like Exodus 4:22-23 and Hosea 1:10, in order to bring gullible people into their agenda. It is quite a stretch in the Hebrew to say that “b'né '?lōh?m” was really intended to mean “b'né '?ē?” (sons of Seth). As discussed back in my commentary on Genesis 4:26, The Targum of Onkelos is written with this verse saying: “then men desisted from praying in the name of the Lord.” The Targum of Onkelos, in Israel, is the most highly respected manuscript of the original Hebrew text. The Book of Jasher confirms the Targum of Onkelos and what had been disclosed.

Genesis 4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the?Lord. This verse has been corrupted by men, to imply something opposite than what had been written. From as far back as Augustine of Hippo 0f the fourth century A.D., then Jerome in the fifth century A.D., the agenda was put forth to erase the belief of Genesis 6. The verse does state that Seth had a son named Enos, but the lie that has been changed within the last clause has developed into a false belief. The Targum of Onkelos can be read with this verse saying: “then men desisted from praying in the name of the Lord.” The Targum of Onkelos, in Israel, is the most highly respected manuscript of the original Hebrew text. The Book of Jasher confirms the Targum of Onkelos and what had been disclosed.

2 And Seth lived one hundred and five years, and he begat a son; and Seth called the name of his son Enosh, saying, Because in that time the sons of men began to multiply, and to afflict their souls and hearts by transgressing and rebelling against God.

3 And it was in the days of Enosh that the sons of men continued to rebel and transgress against God, to increase the anger of the Lord against the sons of men.

4 And the sons of men went and they served other gods, and they forgot the Lord who had created them in the Earth: and in those days the sons of men made images of brass and iron, wood and stone, and they bowed down and served them. (Jash. 2:2-4)?

The Book of Jubilees 3:12 indicates “she bare him Enos. He began to call on the name of the Lord on the Earth.” It is not clear, whether it was meant for Seth, or his son Enos, but it indicates a single person began to call upon the name of the Lord.

Why would Genesis 4:26 be changed to say in plurality “men” began to call upon the name of the Lord??Surely evil men have changed the word of God for a reason. Back in the fourth and fifth centuries, men who had an influence on the public perspective and were considered to be knowledgeable, godly men, found that they weren’t comfortable with what the Word of God said in Genesis 6.?The most influential of these men was Augustine of Hippo, who was a converted mystic that turned to Roman Catholicism, and then became a philosophical leader of his time.?After Augustine’s death, the Roman papacy declared him a saint. He was opposed to the information within Genesis 6, thus positioning his perspective based on the sons of Seth being godly men and calling them sons of God, who chose to mate with the daughters of Cain (daughters of men) whom they assume were not godly. This has been superimposed to be an absolutely absurd assumption, which is not supported anywhere in the Bible.

Augustine’s beliefs were exalted and revered as being truth, which various heretical doctrines are still looked at even to this day, and taught in many seminaries and even in many pulpits. To find an example of the heretical teachings of Augustine, one should research what he said about the Millennial Kingdom of Jesus Christ (Rev 20:4-6, Zech. 14:16-21). Augustine was responsible for a movement known as A-millennialism. A-millennialism is the belief that there is no literal Millennial Kingdom of Jesus Christ and that the secular world cannot realize God’s kingdom, until one dies and passes on to His kingdom. This view was originated in the fourth century, when Jerome of the Roman Catholic Church, along with Augustine of Hippo opposed the North African Millennialist Donatist Sect.?Jerome and Augustine of Hippo presented the Millennial Kingdom as a fable and considered it ethereal.

Additionally, Augustine brought another heretical belief to the church concerning the dispensation of the spiritual gifts. This heresy is that the spiritual miracles being performed by the Holy Spirit through the apostles up until the completion of books of the New Testament, were limited to that time only. Since that time spiritual gifts known as “sign gifts” has been stopped due to the word of God being completed and being “perfect.” This is heresy. Please refer to the chapter called “Spirits” to read more about this topic.

?Satan (adversary) manipulated the use the idea of the “sons of Seth” being the “sons of God,” in order to explain Genesis 6; I can only conclude that this was to make the world ignorant to the genetic manipulation, in order to prepare for his last days attempt to deceive the many (see Mark of the Beast). Satan used these heretics to make a change in Genesis 4:26, so that mankind could fall back on an absolutely absurd belief that the “sons of Seth” were the “sons of God” in Genesis 6:1-4, and not the angels. These men believed that the “sons of Seth” were so godly, mated with the “daughters of Cain,” and begat children of great stature; they believe that this became sin to God as a mixed marriage, therefore, God brought the flood. God has never brought death neither to a race, nor people due to a mixed marriage between godly and ungodly spouses. There isn’t a scrap of evidence anywhere to support this ridiculous theory. What happened to these “sons of Seth” during the flood? Why didn’t God spare these godly men, or as they say “sons of God?”?The correct answer is that these “sons of God” were the angels who had left their first estate in heaven to sin against God.

6“And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. (Jude 1:6)

?????????If one wanted a second opinion on Genesis 4:26, one can look in the Ancient Book of Jasher. This is an accurate history book of the times before the flood and even after. The word of God refers to the Ancient Book of Jasher and its truths in Joshua 10:13 and 2 Samuel 1:18.?

And Seth lived one hundred and five years, and he begat a son; and Seth called the name of his son Enosh, saying, because in that time the sons of men began to multiply, and to afflict their souls and hearts by transgressing and rebelling against God. (Bk. of Jasher 2:2)

?13And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. (Josh. 10:13)

?????????Up until the time that Jesus Christ walked upon the Earth, there was one view on Genesis 6. One can see that the famous Jewish historian Flavius Josephus wrote of the history of Israel, referred back to the Garden of Eden, and gave a shortened account of what happened in the days from the beginning of time on through the time of Christ. His book is called Antiquities of the Jews. Since there were the manuscripts given to us through Moses, Josephus refers to the Book of Genesis, and considered it to be an accurate historical account about Israel and the history of mankind. He knew this as being true history, otherwise being a historian, would not have written of it. Flavius Josephus, also a Jew, was taught this and knew from teachings given to him what the truth of Genesis 6:2 was.?Josephus is quoted:

For many “angels of God” accompanied with women, and begat sons that proved unjust, and despisers of all that was good, on account of the confidence they had in their own strength; for the tradition is, that these men did what resembled the acts of those whom the Grecians call giants.[1]

?If one is familiar with the writings of Flavius Josephus, one must therefore consider that he wrote of history and not beliefs. His belief had to be that it was true.

Ezekiel 31:3 Behold, the te’ashur was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. To make a note first of all, the use of past tense (was) begins here, so this is to be determined that it occurred from a time in the past. There is a scribal error concerning the Hebrew noun “'a???r” (????????) translated as “the Assyrian.” The Hebrew noun “t?'a???r” (???????????) has historically been thought to be a species of either the cypress, or the cedar tree. This Hebrew noun “t?'a???r” was translated as the box tree in Isaiah 60:13, while the Lexicons reveal uncertainty of what tree it actually is. The translators should have translated Isaiah 60:13 as either a cypress or cedar, but failed there, and then did not investigate the potential error here in Ezekiel 31:3. Modern day arboriculture classifies this te’ashur tree to likely be a cypress, but Ezekiel confirms here that it is an actual cedar in the eyes of the Creator.

The Lord presents an entirely allegorical account beginning here in 31:3, as He began to use a male gender to refer to this te’ashur tree. Typically, the prophets have designated the use of allegory concerning trees to be people, while a forest would designate multitudes of people (see commentary for 20:46-47, 21:4). As we move through chapter 31-32, the alarming designation of the use of this te’ashur tree becomes directed towards a fallen angel, from before the Flood of Noah. The Lord uses means of esoteric writings to include only those specially educated to interpret what He is referring to.

This tree is said to be in Lebanon with beautiful (fair) branches, along with a shadowing “shroud” (?ōre? = wooded height). The translators used the English noun “shroud” to allow themselves the ability to acknowledge the following attribute being “of a high stature.” When speaking of the treetop (?ammere?), Ezekiel inflected this to be a male gender, in order to reveal that this was moving into the direction of allegory. The treetop was among the thick boughs (???ō? = interwoven foliage).

From what can be determined so far, this individual stood tall, while his beauty was above the others; this might imply that he stood tall and was considered a leader of the others like him.

The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent her little rivers unto all the trees of the field. (Ezek. 31:4)

?If this is indeed the pre-flood world, then the waters allegorically would be the multitudes of people of the Earth at that time (see Rev. 17:15). The multitudes of people made this fallen angel (him) great. No, this was not Satan, but we can find his name within a non-canonical book called the Book of Enoch.

Semjaza, who was their leader, Urakibaramêêl, Akibêêl, Tamiêl, Ramuêl, Danêl, Ezêqêêl, Saraqujal, Asaêl, Armers, Batraal, Anan?, Zaqêbê, Samsavêêl, Sartaêl, Turêl, Jomjaêl, Arazjal.?8. These are the leaders of the two hundred angels, and the others all were with them. (Enoch 6:7-8)

The “te’ashur” was Semjaza, who was the leader of the two-hundred angels who left their first estate (Jude 1:6) in heaven, and came down among the inhabitants of the Earth and ruled over them. Semjaza was the one who the multitudes made great.

The depths of the multitudes of people set him (Semjaza) up on high as their lord. The translators used the English verb “running,” when the Hebrew verb “hāla?” is defined in Qal form as: “to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away.” The rivers (in allegory) still refers to people, but represents her arm of the waters (multitude) who moved round about his (Semjaza’s) garden (plants). “An approach is to think of a garden as a metaphorical neighborhood. Gardens tend to be at their best when plants are grouped with others that have the same or similar growing condition (village).”[2] The multitudes sent little rivers of people to all two-hundred trees of the field (sons of God [Gen. 6:2, 4]).

Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth. (Ezek. 31:5)

At this point we must first look to a passage from the Book of Daniel, when King Nebuchadnezzar had a dream concerning himself before the Lord had humbled and converted him.

10 Thus were the visions of my head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the Earth, and the height thereof was great.?

11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the Earth:

12 The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it. (Dan. 4:10-12)

King Nebuchadnezzar relied on the Prophet Daniel to interpret his dream for him, and Daniel interpreted this for him as shown in Daniel 4:20-22. We must use the Daniel interpretation as a guide only, for this allegory used here in Ezekiel.

20 The tree that you saw, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the Earth;

21 Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:

22 It is you, O king, that has grown and become strong: for your greatness is grown, and reaches unto heaven, and your dominion to the end of the Earth. (Dan. 4:20-22)

The “te’ashur” (Semjaza) was exalted above all the other angels (sons of God) who can be recognized here as the “trees of the field.” He grew in such great authority, that his big branches (boughs) were multiplied, while his branches grew long because of the multitudes of people (waters) empowered him, as he shot forth (rose to power). The branches should be discerned to be his domain of governance, which grew over his kingdom.

And Semjaza, who was their leader, said to them: “I fear that perhaps you will not be willing to do this deed, and I alone shall suffer for this great sin.”?4. Then all answered him and said: “We all will swear an oath, and bind ourselves mutually by a curse, that we will not give up this plan, but will make this plan a deed.” (Enoch 6:3-4)

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All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. (Ezek. 31:6)

As we read in Daniel 4:12 & 4:21, the great king had big branches (boughs) that hosted all living creatures of the Earth; the birds (fowls) made their nests in his domain, the beasts of the field birthed their young within his kingdom, and under the coverage of his kingdom (shadow of branches) the great nations lived. The “te’ashur” (Semjaza) had ruled over the great nations of the Earth before the Flood of Noah.

“And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared” (Gen. 5:15): At this point in Genesis 5:15, the Creation was 460 years of age, which means Adam was 460 years old at this time. Mahalaleel became a father at age sixty-five years young. The wife of Mahalaleel is said to be Dinah, who was the daughter of Barakiel, the daughter of his father Cainan’s brother (not named) (Book of Jub. 4:15). Mahalaleel beget Jared at age sixty-five.

The name “Jared” comes from the Hebrew noun “yere?,” which is defined as “descent.” The Book of Jubilees indicates that Jared was given this name, “because in his days the angels of the Lord ‘descended’ on the Earth, those who are named the Watchers, that they should instruct the children of men what they should do.” (Book of Jub. 4:15c) Speculating, I would conclude that the Lord God sent his angels to watch over the Creation and to advise men of their rebellion and transgression against God. It had been since the birth of Enos, which was two-hundred and thirty-five years into the Creation that this rebellion and transgression against God had begun (Bk. of Jasher 2:3, 9).

“And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:” (Gen. 5:18) At this point in Genesis 5:18, the Creation was 622 years of age, which means Adam was 622 years old at this time. Jared was one hundred sixty-two years young, when he beget Enoch. This Enoch should not be confused with Enoch, the son of Cain (Gen. 4:17). The wife of Jared was named Baraka, the daughter of Rasujal, a daughter of his father Mahalaleel’s brother (Book of Jub. 4:16)

Enoch has several extra-biblical writings about him, as well as by him. This is a sensitive topic, since the Book of Enoch has been tampered with (by Jerome, Augustine, and popes of Roman Catholicism). The half-brother of the Lord Jesus (Jude 1:14-15) had quoted the Book of Enoch in the first century A.D., therefore it was the disagreement with the Book of Enoch by Roman Catholicism that attempted to cast it away from the church. If all that we take from the Book of Enoch is that Enoch walked with God, warned the angels of God of their sin, and that the angels of God had sinned a great sin, we can look at his writings as additional verbal exchanges that help us to understand such a horrific time on the Earth. While the Book of Jasher reveals that Enoch ruled the Earth, we should realize that he was the spiritual leader of the Earth, while he attempted to set the people, as well as the two-hundred angels straight concerning the word of God.

9 And all the kings of the sons of men, both first and last, together with their princes and judges, came to Enoch when they heard of his wisdom, and they bowed down to him, and they also required of Enoch to reign over them, to which he consented. (Bk. of Jasher 3:9)

This reign of Enoch can best be described as an evangelism of the angels, who gave in to their lusts over the beautiful daughters of men. Enoch had been taken by good angels of the Lord and then sent back with his ministry to teach sons of men, as well as warn the angels of coming judgment (Enoch 12:1-6).?

Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters. (Ezek. 31:7)

?Once again, we must look at the allegory of this verse, to best understand what is being implied. This is not an arboriculture lesson concerning a tree, but it is allegory. Daniel 4:12 described King Nebuchadnezzar being “fair” looking because of his greatness, while this angel is so great that he was beautiful in the length of his branches (large kingdom), because he rooted himself among the great multitudes (waters) of people.

The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty. (Ezek. 31:8)

The cedars (angels) were in the garden of God; was this garden the society of angels in heaven, or were these also hanging out in the Garden of Eden? If we hold to the allegory being used, these cedar trees, fir trees, chestnut trees, and other trees in the garden of God should be recognized as the remaining species of angels of heaven. God had given this “te’ashur” (Semjaza) great beauty and as he was so lifted up (great authority), that he stood out among other angels (could not hide him). It is so tempting to assign the identity of this angel to be Satan, but Ezekiel eliminates that assumption by what he had written in 31:11; Satan is the “mighty one of the heathen.”

I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him. (Ezek. 31:9)

God is not teaching us about envious trees in the Garden of Eden. Is this verse declaring that there were other angels in the Garden of Eden, besides Satan (serpent of Gen. 3)??The Lord God states here that the “te’ashur” (Semjaza) was made fair (beautiful) by the Lord Himself, which was manifested by multitude of his branches (the domain of his rule). If there were angels (trees of Eden) in the Garden, they were in envy of this exalted angel after the fall of mankind; common sense tells us this is stating that this envy existed after the fall, during the time of this reign of “te’ashur” (Semjaza). As stated in my commentary of 31:6, the sons of God (trees of the field) were first sent down to persuade mankind away from their rebellion. God apparently lifted up this “te’ashur” (Semjaza) to be the leader of this endeavor. These two-hundred angels made a pact between them to go after the beautiful daughters of men (Enoch 6:3-4), so this was a rebellion of God’s original assignment. The envy was for the ruling power that God had given him.

Therefore, thus says the Lord God; Because you have lifted up yourself in height, and he has shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height; (Ezek. 31:10)

The “te’ashur” (Semjaza) lifted up himself in height (ruling domain), while he raised himself above the other angels (among the thick boughs), and his heart was lifted up in pomp, just like Lucifer was (Ezek. 28:17). This becomes the reason for the special judgment against him, while the other one-hundred ninety-nine would face other judgments soon to be stated. Though the one-hundred ninety-nine would face judgment, the te’ashur” (Semjaza) was going to face the following judgment alone (31:11-13).

?I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness. (Ezek. 31:11)

The evangelism probably went so well for a time that Semjaza was puffed up by it. In judgement, the Lord God had delivered the te’ashur” (Semjaza) into the hand of Satan (mighty one of the heathen), because he will always deal with those who are delivered into his hand. The Apostle Paul knew this to be the case:

?Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme. (1 Tim. 1:20)

To deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. (1 Cor. 5:5)

The Lord God has implied here, that because he delivered te’ashur” (Semjaza) into Satan’s hand, Satan would deal with him; he had been driven out of his position as the assigned evangelism leader (see commentary for 31:6), because of the wickedness of his pomp (Enoch 6:3-4).

And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him. (Ezek. 31:12)

Though biblical accounts of this are not available, the prophets had known of the extra-biblical accounts, because those accounts were still revered as truth; the horrible censorship of the evil Roman Catholic religion had corrupted the Book of Enoch, hidden the Book of Jasher in Spain, and demoralized the belief in the truth of the Book of Jubilees. The truth of this pre-flood corruption had been denigrated by those that felt it was too upsetting to believe. Certain places in the Book of Enoch had been changed, to bring disbelief in its authenticity; the history book called the Book of Jasher was stashed in a Roman Catholic library in Spain until the eighteenth century A.D., which caused the church to not reach out to it. The Book of Jubilees was found in the Dead Sea Scrolls, which was found to have fourteen copies protected in the caves by the Essenes of the second century B.C.?

18 And their judges and rulers went to the daughters of men and took their wives by force from their husbands according to their choice, and the sons of men in those days took from the cattle of the Earth, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and taught the mixture of animals of one species with the other, in order therewith to provoke the Lord; and God saw the whole Earth and it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon earth, all men and all animals. (Bk. of Jasher 4:18)

The Book of Jasher reveals that the judges and rulers were not human, because human status of the daughters of men and sons of men did not include these rulers. If it was a biological man against another man, it would not have been such an issue as this. It had been known that God sent these angels down originally to evangelize (Book of Jubilees 4:15c), meanwhile these ruling angels (trees of the field) had made a pact with Semjaza (Enoch 6:3-4) to take the daughters of men as wives. God’s judgment consisted of handing Semjaza over to Satan. The pact between the two-hundred angels was due to this corruption by Satan. If God’s angels came down to the Earth, then stole the wives of men, this would anger these men exceedingly. This had caused mankind to separate from this exalted leader of the two-hundred angels. Sons of men were bitter over the fact that it was the Lord who had sent these angels, therefore their anger was against these angels, as well as the Lord God. They rebelled against the Lord and mixed species of animals together (taught by the angels).

The translators have used the noun “stranger” in place of an adjective describing the terrible of the nations. The Hebrew adjective “z?r” is defined as: “to be estranged, be one alienated.” The Hebrew adjective “?ār??” was translated as a noun “the terrible,” when the adjective means: “terrifying, ruthless, mighty.” The Lord states here in Ezekiel 31:12 that He had caused this leader, Semjaza, to be hated by mankind (And the alienated and mighty of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him). Instead of exalting the “te’ashur” (Semjaza), the alienated and mighty of the nations became his enemies. This “te’ashur” (Semjaza) was judged by God for being puffed up and pompous (31:11). When Semjaza was handed over to Satan (31:11), he and the other one-hundred and ninety-nine angels had fallen into this corrupt act of stealing the wives (daughters of men) of the sons of men, which caused all the people of the Earth to go down from his shadow (dominion), and had left him.

And God looked upon the Earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the Earth. (Gen. 6:12)

In Genesis 6:12, the Hebrew verb “?ā?a?” had been inflected as Niphal, feminine singular, third person perfect. This should be read as: “it was corrupted.” This statement by Moses implied that God looked upon the Earth (creation minus the heavens), then Moses brought his reader’s attention, by inserting the Hebrew interjection “behold,” which is actually the same as saying “look!” “Behold, it was corrupted” should not stop with a semi-colon, since the conjunction “for” begins a clause that supports the previous sentence, as an incomplete sentence. The conjunction “for” is interchangeable here with the conjunction “because.” The reason that the Earth was corrupted, was because all flesh had corrupted his way upon the Earth. Once again, this statement was not implying a state of immorality, because this is concerning all flesh, or all living creatures. All living creatures had been genetically corrupted upon the Earth. The corrupted living creatures had mated with uncorrupted flesh, which caused multiplicity from the corrupted offspring to occur; this caused the complete corruption of the DNA of all living creatures.[3] ?

Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches: (Ezek. 31:13)

This demotion of the “te’ashur” (Semjaza) caused all mankind to flee his reign, while only the fowls and animals (beasts) were under his reign (shall be upon his branches). He may have vilified the corrupted birds and animals against mankind, which made the Earth even more violent that it already was.

To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit. (Ezek. 31:14)

?Because God had handed “te’ashur” (Semjaza) over to Satan (31:11), the evil pact between the angels had occurred (Enoch 6:3-4). They stole the wives of the sons of men and corrupted the DNA of mankind throughout the Earth, by mating with the daughters of men (Gen. 6:2, 4).

The allegory remains here, while calling the two-hundred fallen angels “trees by the water,” their judgment that came prevented them from exalting themselves. The judgment that came stopped them from lifting themselves up higher than any of the big branches (boughs), as well as standing themselves up high above the people of the Earth. The inclusion of the description “all that drink water” has been used figuratively to those who will be sent to the Bottomless Pit, where there is no water.

And he cried and said, “Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.” (Luke 16:24)

All two hundred of these fallen angels (they) have been delivered into chains, to the nether (ta?t? = lower) parts of the Earth. This same place that they were sent is where the wicked children of men are sent as well. These fallen angels join with them that go down to the pit. If this “te’ashur” were human, then the delineation away from the children of men would not have been stated.

And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. (Jude 1:6)

For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; (2 Pet. 4:4)

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Thus says the Lord God; “In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.” (Ezek. 31:15)

This verse refers to the day, which the Lord had sent the “te’ashur” (Semjaza) and his other one-hundred ninety-nine angels down to the pit (grave), He caused a great mourning. Before God brought the flood waters of Genesis 6-8, He held off the floods for a time of mourning for the inhabitants (Lebanon [31:3]); this imagery was introduced in 31:3, when this exalted cedar of Lebanon comingled with the people. Notice that the trees of the field (angels) fainted for him. The wicked people of the Earth, as well as the fallen angels, mourned over Semjaza’s judgment against him.

?The angel said: “This is the place of the consummation of heaven and Earth; it is a prison for the stars (angels) of heaven, and for the host (angels) of heaven.?15. And the stars (angels) that roll over the fire are they who have transgressed the command of God before their rising, because they did not come forth in their time.?16. And he was enraged at them, and bound them till the time of the consummation of their sins in the year of the mystery.” (Enoch 18:14-16)

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I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the Earth. (Ezek. 31:16)

During this day, the earthquake (nations to shake) was felt, when the Lord sent Semjaza and the other one-hundred ninety-nine angels to the lower (nether) parts of the Earth (hell).

The translators used the English verbs “shall be comforted” for the Hebrew verb “nā?am,” which can also mean: “to be sorry, rue, suffer grief;” this Hebrew verb is inflected into a Niphil imperfect verb, which is an ongoing, or unfinished verb. The location of hell, the pit, and the nether parts of the Earth is where great pain and suffering occurs, so why would the translators even think for one moment that there would be comforting going on? The last clause should say: “shall be suffering grief in the nether parts of the Earth.”

They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen. (Ezek. 31:17)

The Hebrew noun “z?r?a?” was translated as “arm” when this noun also means: “forces (political and military).” The pronoun “they” reflects back to the previous verse’s noun “trees (of Eden).” Once again, there is no other being that can be considered here; trees do not go to hell, so the only possible answer would be angels. Only angels could be “of Eden, the Garden of God (31:8-9).” The two-hundred angels, that sinned, were cast down to hell by the Lord God on that day (They also went down into hell with him [te’ashur {Semjaza}]).

Those who the Lord had slain with the sword (the wicked), and those that were of Semjaza’s forces who dwelt under the shadow of his dominion (in the midst of the wicked) also went to hell. The wicked that went to hell that day, most likely were buried from the rushing soils pushed over them from the flood waters (Flood of Noah). The flood had come to the Earth and destroyed all the living except those that were on the ark. The 200 fallen angels had been cast into chains for their evil deeds.

And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. (Jude 6 1:6)

And the LORD said unto "Who is like GOD:" Go, bind Semjaza and his associates who have united themselves with women so as to have defiled themselves 12 with them in all their uncleanness. And when their sons have slain one another, and they have seen the destruction of their beloved ones, bind them fast for seventy generations in the valleys of the earth, till the day of their judgment and of their consummation, till the judgment that is 13 forever and ever is consummated. (Enoch 10:11-13)

Genesis 6:4 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. This verse has a lot to unravel and contextually break down. It is a very deeply argued verse among both men of discernment and those who believe a lie. As I break this down, let’s hope things become more clear. The Hebrew noun “nāp??l” was inflected into the plural is “nāp??lim” and written as “Nephilim.” The translators correctly translated this Hebrew plural noun as “giants.”

Moses stated that there were giants on the Earth in those days, which reflects back to the times of the previous verse. Please notice that the sentence was incorrectly punctuated with a colon (:), when the translators left dependent clauses that followed. It should be read as a run-on sentence and not a list. Replace the colon (:) with a comma (,) and keep the sentence flowing.

The following clause “and also after that” indicates that there were giants on the Earth after those days. Since we know that the Flood of Noah was coming, “those days” should be interpreted as pre-flood. Moses knew that giants were still roaming the Earth, even when he was writing the five books of the Pentateuch. (Deut. 2:10-12, 20-21; 3:11, Num. 13:30-33, Josh. 12:4-5, 1 Chron. 20:4-8, 2 Sam. 21:20-22) When Moses wrote “and also after that,” he was disclosing that the giants were still a problem.

The overall intent for this verse was to bring recognition of those days, as a demonic attack upon the genealogical DNA of God’s Creation. The sons of God (angels) seduced the daughters of men, or raped them, thus impregnated them with their “seed.” The result brought a hybrid race of men, who were much larger (giants) than normal men of God’s Creation. The daughters of men, impregnated by these cherubim angels, bare children to them. ?The upsetting realization of this, spooks people enough to want to rewrite and reinterpret what had been written by Moses.

These children offspring of the cherubim angels and the daughters of men “became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.” These hybrid mighty men became known as the Nephilim.

It would seem that this abomination had been happening throughout the dry land of the Earth. Because of the unwavering method of prearranged marriages, within the genealogy from Enos to Noah (see commentary on Gen. 5), there was a lack of trust in just any person to marry; the genealogy of Noah was kept pure, when they consistently sought the daughters of their uncles to mate with. Was it the angels who were shapeshifting to look human, so they could continue to corrupt God’s Creation? Please keep in mind, it was Satan, whose main goal was to prevent the Messiah of Genesis 3:15 from being able to come and destroy Him.

Then Noah took the three daughters of Eliakim, son of Methuselah, for wives for his sons, as the Lord had commanded Noah. (Bk. of Jash. 5:35)

??As for the rest of the giants, they were drown in the flood and died a physical death.?Their spirits still live and were cursed to roam the Earth until the day of their Judgment (consummation). They became part of the satanic dominion to bring torment and hardships to mankind and the creation. We can see places in scripture that give hints to this. First in the Book of Enoch, one can see how this clearly makes sense of what is experienced from that time till even now.?These evil spirits (or demons) do exactly as what is described in this passage in the Book of Enoch.

And now, the giants, who are produced from the spirits and flesh, shall be called evil spirits upon9 the Earth, and on the Earth shall be their dwelling. Evil spirits have proceeded from their bodies, because they are born from men and from the holy Watchers as their beginning and primal origin; 10 they shall be evil spirits on Earth, and evil spirits shall they be called. As for the spirits of heaven, in heaven shall be their dwelling, but as for the spirits of the Earth which were born upon the Earth, on the Earth shall be their dwelling. 11 And the spirits of the giants afflict, oppress, destroy, attack, do battle, and work destruction on the Earth, and cause trouble: they take no food, but nevertheless 12 hunger and thirst, and cause offences. And these spirits shall rise up against the children of men and against the women, because they have proceeded from them. (Enoch 15:8-12)

We can find evil spirits within the New Testament when Jesus Christ encountered them during His ministry on Earth. One needs to realize, as you read these passages, that these spirits are spirit only. They have no physical body to dwell in, therefore, they desire to inhabit a body.

43?When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.

44?Then he says, “I will return into my house from whence I came out;” and when he is come, he finds it empty, swept, and garnished.

45?Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation. (Matt. 12:43-45)

And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand) and were choked in the sea. (Mark 5:13)

In Mark 5:13, one can see two thousand unclean spirits inhabited one man then, Jesus cast them out and they inhabited each a swine; the swine then were cast into the sea and drowned. The angels would not need to inhabit those swine to flee. They already have “heavenly bodies” as they are referred to as the “heavenly host.” This should be kept in mind, as one gets to know who the enemy of mankind is.?The dominion of Satan consist of himself, his one third of the angels, and those unclean spirits that are cursed to roam the Earth until their consummation day.

And now, my son Methuselah, all these things I am recounting to you and writing down for you! and I have revealed to you everything, and given you books concerning all these: so preserve, my son Methuselah, the books from your father’s hand, and (see) that you deliver them to the generations of the world. (Enoch 82:1)

[1] Flavius Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews-Book I. (Rome: William Whiston, Translator [1737], 93).

[2] Kathy Ikeda, Gardens as a metaphor for life (webpage, https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=26222: https://ucanr.edu, February 8, 2018).

[3] Sabo, Genesis 1-11, 119-120.