Troublesome Topic: DO YOU WANT TO REWRITE THE WHOLE BIBLE?

Some people believe that angels married human women and had children by them, but they don’t go any further.

Others accept the idea that the Nephilim were the cause of sin, possibly all sin in the world. Others go so far as saying that Lucifer was the father of Cain and Jesus was only a man.

To believe that angels can marry humans is weird, and in my opinion, not biblical. But all the other steps, starting with the Nephilim as the source of evil and suffering in this world, are dangerous and antithetical to all that the Bible teaches.

If it is taken to its logical conclusion, this idea of the Nephilim being the cause of sin would change every major teaching of the Bible and every major area of Christian theology. To accommodate it would require the total rewriting of the following:

The study of God (Theology)

The study of man (Anthropology

The study of sin (Hamartiology)

The study of Jesus (Christology)

The study of salvation (Soteriology)

The study of the Holy Spirit (Pneumatology)

The study of the end of the ages (Eschatology)

A MORE DETAILED LIST OF THE TOPICS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE REWRITTEN

THE ORIGIN OF SIN

The first sin by Adam and Eve  Gen 3

Romans 1:18-32

James 1:14-15

CULPABILITY FOR SIN (GUILTINESS)

God holds humans guilty

The guilt of the Nephilim is never mentioned specifically in the Bible

The role of the Nephilim in leading all humans astray is never mentioned – if it were a key point it would have been explained and then referred to many times.

GOD’S PUNISHMENT OF WRONGDOING

Gen 6 says God was punishing humans for their wickedness, not just Nephilim.

The Bible never says that the purpose of the flood was to punish the Nephilim.

All the punishments or judgements of God in the past would make no sense if it is the Nephilim’s fault that we sin.

All the prophecies about punishment of evil in the future, including the final judgement, would be untrustworthy.

GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY

If the Nephilim have enough power to act without God being able to stop them –

All the passages about God holding ultimate and complete power should be eliminated;

All the statements about God being the only true power, and having no rivals on his level; should be eliminated.

All the statements or even hints about God being the source of such things as life and truth should be eliminated.

GOD’S OFFER OF ATONEMENT AND RECONCILIATION,

If the Nephilim are the reason for our sinful habits, then God’s offer of redemption from sin means nothing or is so weak that it is unhelpful.

ALL THE PASSAGES ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF FOLLOWING GOD AND LIVING IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

All these are ruined by the Nephilim if they can cause us to sin at will, or can enslave us in certain types of sin, or control all powerful leaders on earth.

PASSAGES ABOUT SATAN

Why should we watch out for Satan’s deceit and temptations if the Nephilim are the real problem?

PASSAGES ABOUT THE PRESENCE OF SIN AND EVIL BEFORE THE NEPHILIM WERE BORN

If the Nephilim are the source of sin, there would have been no sin prior to their arrival. This is why some say that Cain was born from a sexual union of Lucifer and Eve. This has zero support anywhere; it is postulated because they need it to be so.

THE DIVINITY OF JESUS

If Jesus had not claimed to be God, the religious leaders of His day would not have opposed Him, they would have simply said, OK prove you are the Messiah.

THE SOURCE OF ALL TRUTH

God is the source of all truth. If you want truth you should go to what He said, and fortunately, He has left us a written account of what He wants us to believe. This view of the Nephilim and the Council of the gods presents a totally different worldview with its accompanying assumptions, however, all of it lacks foundation; it is built on nothing but supposition and imagination. It is contrary to everything else in the Bible, and it is not necessary to interpret the passages about the Nephilim or the council of the gods in that way.  

SUMMARY:

In summary, if you choose to believe this set of ideas about the Nephilim, the council of the Gods and the Book of Enoch, you have changed everything so radically that you have stepped outside of the realm of the Christian faith and are now following a different religion altogether. It may not have a formal name yet, but it is indeed a different religion; it is no longer Christian and it does not rely on the Bible as its Holy Book.

If you have taken that step, I urge you to turn back to the source of all truth, stop studying what others have written and just study God’s own words as found in the Bible.