Were Adam and Eve the first humans on Earth?

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> “Male and female He created them” (Genesis 1:27)
That sounds like a group, not two individuals.

"Sounds like" is not exactly a compelling argument. Every ethnic group is capable of reproducing with every other ethnic group, which means we all have a common ancestor. Science also confirms the existence of a mitochondrial Eve and a chromosomal Adam, though they don't accept the biblical narrative. Could God have made more than two? Sure, but then the entire biblical narrative falls apart. Including Jesus being sent as the second Adam to correct the mistakes of the first Adam (man).


“Whoever finds me will kill me” (Gen 4:14)
Wait—who? If it’s just Mom and Dad around? And Cain gets a wife (Gen 4:17), then builds a city.

The obvious answer would have to have been that incest wasn't the taboo that it is today. Some people don't think that would have been feasible because there wasn't enough genetic diversity. But Adam and Eve would have had pure, uncorrupted genes. And even after the fall, it would take several generations before genetic entropy would take its toll. Given they had much longer lifespans before the flood and lived in a more pristine environment, it would have been possible. That's basically what we see. Before the flood, there was no prohibition on full-blooded siblings marrying. By the time we get to Abraham, after the flood, they can only marry half-siblings. And by the time we get to Moses, there is a prohibition against marrying any siblings, half or otherwise.
 

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If you misunderstand the whole reason why there had to be a new way to be considered by God to be “a son of Abraham”….then you cannot understand what the failure of the fleshly Jews meant when they rejected Jesus as Messiah. Just being “sons of Abraham” accounted for nothing if they failed to obey their God.
I don't think it's a "new way." It's right there in Genesis 15 where God tells Abraham he'll make him a 'Father of Goyim.'

The bolded bit is a good point. The story of Esau underscores it. While clearly a natural son of Abraham, Esau did not inherit as a son because of unbelief.
What did John B say to the Pharisees?
Matt 3:7-10…
”When he caught sight of many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to the baptism, he said to them: “You offspring of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 Therefore, produce fruit that befits repentance. 9 Do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones. 10 The ax is already lying at the root of the trees. Every tree, then, that does not produce fine fruit is to be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

God could produce “children for Abraham from the stones” if he needed to…..adopting children gave them the same rights as a natural child. The “Israel of God” included both Jewish and gentile Christians. (Gal 6:16)
Through adoption, God didn’t need the disobedient Jews any more. He chose a new “Israel”.…which was his prerogative.

When natural Israel failed to produce enough disciples of Jesus, God turned to the gentiles to fill the numbers (Acts 15:14)……but it was always his intention to do that anyway. Out of regard for his servant Abraham, he gave Israel first option to become disciples of his son. Jesus preached exclusively to Jews.

The promise that God made to Abraham included a blessing for “all the nations of the earth”. (Gen 22:17-18)
This was because of his faith, not theirs.

And the ax was already at the base of the tree….if they didn’t produce the “fine fruit”, they would be cut down and disposed of….they never produced the fruit, nor have they as a nation, repented of their sin in having God’s son put to death.
Part of that is just that a lot of the ones who claim to be Jewish... aren't. Judah absorbed Edom a long time ago, and Esau is not elect.
Since Paul appeared on the scene and was appointed as an apostle after the death of Jesus, genealogies no longer mattered. No one neded to produce a record of their lineage to Abraham to prove that they were the Messiah, because he had already been and gone….and after the destruction of Jerusalem with all their records destroyed, no one after that event had any way to prove that they were related to Abraham anyway.

Spiritual Israel were now the “chosen ones” and nationality no longer mattered.
Aunty, I didn't think you were one of those who thought that the covenants changed with Paul?

For myself, I do not find that God changes throughout the Bible.
 

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I don't think it's a "new way." It's right there in Genesis 15 where God tells Abraham he'll make him a 'Father of Goyim.'
Yes, from Gen 22:18….we can see that Israel were not the only ones to benefit from the “seed” of Abraham.

”And by means of your seed all nations of the earth will obtain a blessing for themselves because you have listened to myvoice.’”
The Goyim (gentiles) were always in God’s thoughts…..but for a future time, after the “seed” had come to offer a ransom for all mankind. Abraham’s offspring were under a covenant after their release from Egypt and their inheritance of the Promised Land depended upon their obedience.….

God told Moses to tell the people….Exodus 19:5-8….
”Now IF you will strictly obey my voice and keep my covenant, you will certainly become my special property out of all peoples, for the whole earth belongs to me. 6 You WILL become to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to say to the Israelites.”

7So Moses went and summoned the elders of the people and declared to them all these words that Jehovah had commanded him. 8 After that all the people answered unanimously: “All that Jehovah has spoken, we are willing to do.”

A covenant is a legal agreement with terms and conditions. God stated the terms and Israel as a nation agreed to them. Yet their history attested to the fact that they broke their covenant almost straight away when they decided to hold “a festival to Jehovah” but brought idolatry into the occasion by worshipping a golden calf and calling it ‘the god who rescued them’. God punished the offenders with death. It was not the last time that their disobedience would warrant severe punishment.

Reading on in the OT, we can see that the nation were serial covenant breakers, but true to his part of the covenant, Jehovah kept Israel in existence until his purpose in connection with them was finished, with the birth and ministry of Jesus Christ. They had first option at becoming Christ’s disciples as he was sent to “none other than the lost sheep of the house of Israel”.

When it was clear that an unbridgeable divide had occurred between the Jews and Christ’s disciples, the “Goyim” were then invited to become part of “the Israel of God”…..(Gal 6:16) It was no longer necessary to convert to Judaism in order to worship the true God…they could become “Christians” by water baptism, which was a public display of their own personal decision to serve the God whom Jesus served. (Acts 4:27)
The God who had now severed ties with natural Israel. (Matt 23:27-39)
The bolded bit is a good point. The story of Esau underscores it. While clearly a natural son of Abraham, Esau did not inherit as a son because of unbelief.
Yes, God knew which of the twins was a spiritual man, and which was a servant of his own flesh. Both were “sons of Abraham” genetically, but only one was acceptable to him spiritually. Jacob had the privilege of becoming a father to the promised seed, even though he was not the “firstborn”. His inheritance was by God’s decree.
Aunty, I didn't think you were one of those who thought that the covenants changed with Paul?
I’m not sure what you mean? What covenants changed with Paul? All Paul did was identify what God had purposed all along…..he changed nothing. God would “adopt” sons to replace the ones who broke their covenants with him. He had the right to do that because Israel constantly violated the terms. He owes them nothing….just as he owed Esau nothing. By their conduct, they disqualified themselves.

Through his dealings with fleshly Israel, Jehovah taught us all the value of obedience. So when we look back at the lives of those who were written in Scripture for our example as men and women of faith, what is the one thing that made them outstanding?….it was their willing obedience. OTOH who was it that demonstrated the greatest lesson regarding the consequences of their flagrant disobedience? We learn more from Israel’s disobedience than we ever learn from their willing obedience. What have we learned about consequences? Sometimes they are not immediate.

Go back to Eden and see that it’s always been about obedience. ‘Obey and live…..disobey and suffer the consequences.’….an old lesson lost on many today, especially those who believe that the free gift was unconditional. God’s gifts were always conditional. You cannot earn them but you must qualify for them through your obedience.
For myself, I do not find that God changes throughout the Bible.
You are correct, it isn’t who God changes at all…it’s that he responds to the choices made by his free willed children. Right from the beginning he has done that…..he responded by adapting his actions to the decisions they made, keeping his purpose on track, and providing the means to rectify the awful consequences of original crime and their sad repercussions.
All of us are victims of Adam’s sin and all who accept God’s ransom with the sacrifice of his precious son, by living as he commanded, will eventually come into possession of “what is truly life” (1 Tim 6:18-19)….the life that God purposed for the human race in the beginning.

Adam took away the life we were meant to have……and Jesus came to restore all that was lost…..the ransom was paid, and the human race is now waiting for the rescue team to come and take us “home”.
Many who are “sleeping” will awaken to a new life, purchased with precious blood. (John 5:28-29) No more sickness suffering or pain….it will all be in the past, gone, never to occur again. (Rev 21:2-5)

The reason it has taken so long to accomplish this, and to establish a written record of God’s dealings with mankind, is so that precedents are set and applied for all time to come. It all takes place in Universal time because that is the realm where the first rebel began his defection. This is not just about disobedient humans, but also more importantly, about disobedience among God’s angelic sons as well….more powerful and able to do more damage than any human could imagine.

Free will was a gift and it was worth all the effort on God’s part to retain it. We had to learn to drive it so that in future no rebel (human or angelic) will ever be able to challenge God’s Sovereignty, and derail his purpose again.…and he can get on with whatever plans he has for his creation…..it will be an amazing experience to find out just what his future plans are….and we will have eternity to do so….enjoying everlasting life in peace and happiness, in paradise restored to this earth….ruled by the best government we have ever had, as it should have been at the start.
 
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“Adam is Esau” might be one of the most theologically unhinged takes I’ve seen. That’s what happens when someone mistakes a genealogy list for a conspiracy board and tries to duct-tape it to the Bible.


Adam was the first man, created directly by God in Eden. Esau was Abraham’s grandson, born thousands of years and dozens of generations later — long after the Fall, the Flood, and the Tower of Babel. There’s no overlap. None. They’re not the same man, they’re not the same era, and they’re not even the same spiritual category. One was the head of creation. The other was a cautionary tale who sold his birthright for soup.
 
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“Adam is Esau” might be one of the most theologically unhinged takes I’ve seen. That’s what happens when someone mistakes a genealogy list for a conspiracy board and tries to duct-tape it to the Bible.


Adam was the first man, created directly by God in Eden. Esau was Abraham’s grandson, born thousands of years and dozens of generations later — long after the Fall, the Flood, and the Tower of Babel. There’s no overlap. None. They’re not the same man, they’re not the same era, and they’re not even the same spiritual category. One was the head of creation. The other was a cautionary tale who sold his birthright for soup.
You could take some notes from @David Lamb (post #4 here) who managed to disagree without being disrespectful, while actually citing Scriptures to back his disagreement, and while responding to the person he was disagreeing with.

We don't need to agree, but please act like an adult.
 

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You could take some notes from @David Lamb (post #4 here) who managed to disagree without being disrespectful, while actually citing Scriptures to back his disagreement, and while responding to the person he was disagreeing with.

We don't need to agree, but please act like an adult.

When someone says “Adam is Esau,” it’s not a theological disagreement — it’s a complete detachment from Scripture and reality. And honestly? That kind of claim is offensive in itself. If calling it out bothers you more than hearing it in the first place, you’re not defending truth. You’re just defending delusion with nice manners.
 

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When someone says “Adam is Esau,” it’s not a theological disagreement — it’s a complete detachment from Scripture and reality. And honestly? That kind of claim is offensive in itself. If calling it out bothers you more than hearing it in the first place, you’re not defending truth. You’re just defending delusion with nice manners.
Well, then... perhaps you will address what I said in response to David, about how the New Testament itself does not find the genealogies of Genesis credible. The 2nd half of post #8.
 

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There is a school of thought where they believe the male and female humans in Gen 1:27 were created before Adam (and Eve). This is to justify their teaching that the "sons of God" in Gen 6:2 were not angelic beings. The sexual unions between Adam's descendants and the descendants of the other humans caused a drastic effect on their offsprings to make them superhumans.

Eventually, this was changed to the teaching that the "sons of God" are descendants of Seth and the daughters of men are descendants of Cain...hoping nobody would question why there was no precedent text to support such distinction between the line of Seth and the line of Cain.
 
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There is a school of thought where they believe the male and female humans in Gen 1:27 were created before Adam (and Eve). This is to justify their teaching that the "sons of God" in Gen 6:2 were not angelic beings. The sexual unions between Adam's descendants and the descendants of the other humans caused a drastic effect on their offsprings to make them superhumans.

Eventually, this was changed to the teaching that the "sons of God" are descendants of Seth and the daughters of men are descendants of Cain...hoping nobody would question why there was no precedent text to support such distinction between the line of Seth and the line of Cain.
Archaeology has pretty much answered the question of what "sons of God" means, at least within the context of Bronze-Age in the Levant.
 

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There is a school of thought where they believe the male and female humans in Gen 1:27 were created before Adam (and Eve). This is to justify their teaching that the "sons of God" in Gen 6:2 were not angelic beings. The sexual unions between Adam's descendants and the descendants of the other humans caused a drastic effect on their offsprings to make them superhumans.

Eventually, this was changed to the teaching that the "sons of God" are descendants of Seth and the daughters of men are descendants of Cain...hoping nobody would question why there was no precedent text to support such distinction between the line of Seth and the line of Cain.

That “school of thought” you're describing — the idea that there were two separate human lines in Genesis, and that the “sons of God” were just the descendants of Seth — is a post-biblical invention, not something rooted in the ancient worldview or supported by the actual language of Scripture. It was crafted centuries after Christ, largely to neutralize the explosive supernatural truth of what Genesis 6 really records. And the truth is: the “sons of God” in Genesis 6:2 were not humans. They were angelic beings — the Watchers — who rebelled against God, descended to earth, and took human women as wives, not out of love or affection, but through domination and lust. From these unnatural unions came the Nephilim: hybrid giants and genetic monstrosities who defiled the earth, ravaged creation, and corrupted mankind so completely that God was left with no choice but to wipe the slate clean.

For what it’s worth, I’ve completed a doctoral thesis on this subject.

The phrase “sons of God” in Hebrew — bene ha’elohim — is used consistently in the Old Testament to describe divine beings, not humans. You see it in Job 1:6 and Job 38:7, where it clearly refers to angelic entities in the presence of God. There is no grammatical or contextual reason to suddenly reinterpret it as referring to mortal men in Genesis 6 — unless you're intentionally trying to erase the supernatural from the text.

And that’s exactly what happened.

The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch), a deeply respected Jewish text that predates Christ and was even quoted directly in Jude 1:14–15, spells this out in detail. It names the 200 fallen angels who made a pact to corrupt humanity—led by Semyaza, the chief of the rebellion, and Azazel, whom many rabbinical scholars identify as Satan’s true name. These Watchers descended on Mount Hermon and fathered monstrous hybrid offspring: the Nephilim. These beings weren’t myths — they were real. They devoured the land, taught forbidden knowledge to mankind, and unleashed chaos across creation. When the Flood wiped them out, their disembodied spirits — neither fully human nor fully angel — became what we now call demons (1 Enoch 15:8–12). This is why demons crave bodies: they once had flesh, and they were never meant to exist in the first place.

But when Rome institutionalized the Church, it intentionally excluded the Book of Enoch from the biblical canon. Why? Because it was too dangerous. It explained too much. It showed where evil really came from — not just “sin,” but interdimensional rebellion that shattered the order of heaven and earth. So a new theory was created: the Sethite vs. Cainite lineage interpretation. It sounded safe, clean and rational. It stripped the divine conflict from Scripture and replaced it with moralistic allegory. And for centuries, people just nodded along, never realizing they had been robbed of the actual war behind the veil.

But Scripture, Enoch, the words of Jesus, and the writings of the early Church Fathers all agree: the “sons of God” were supernatural beings. The Nephilim were real. And the demons that still torment this world are the cursed remnants of an ancient rebellion that God judged with fire and flood. Don’t let Rome’s censorship or modern seminaries’ fear of the supernatural keep you from seeing the true cosmic backdrop of Genesis.

According to 1 Enoch 10:4–12 and 1 Enoch 18:12–16, the fallen angels — the Watchers — were spiritually bound by God beneath the earth, imprisoned under jagged rocks in utter darkness until the day of final judgment. They are not free. Their punishment was severe, sealed by the archangels at God’s command. But their offspring — the Nephilim — were not bound. When their monstrous bodies were destroyed in the Flood, their spirits were cursed to wander the earth. These became the demons — disembodied, restless, and vicious. Unlike their angelic fathers, they were born of both heaven and earth but belong to neither. As 1 Enoch 15:8–12 makes clear, they now roam the world as unclean spirits, corrupting, oppressing, and deceiving mankind — the lingering echo of a rebellion that once tore open the sky.

And believe me when I say — what you’ve just read barely scratches the surface. A full explanation of everything involved would easily span ten entire pages or more.
 
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And what happens when you filter out the local folk deities, tribal spirits, and demi-gods — and instead examine only the most ancient and powerful “gods” remembered in the mythologies of every major culture on Earth? A striking pattern emerges. Across nearly every civilization, there exists a consistent class of beings described as having descended from the heavens, interbred or interacted intimately with humans, imparted forbidden or advanced knowledge, demonstrated unnatural or otherworldly power, brought chaos, rebellion, or divine judgment in their wake, and then — just as abruptly — vanished. They were punished, removed, or simply “went away,” leaving behind only myth, temple, and memory.

And when these figures are counted — excluding duplications, folk heroes, and later reinterpretations — the total number of distinct "Watcher-level" divine beings remembered across global traditions falls remarkably close to 200: the exact number given in the Book of Enoch.

Coincidence?

Perhaps. But consider who Enoch was — a man who, according to Genesis, walked with God. He was the great-great-grandson of Adam and Eve, and the great-grandfather of Noah. If anyone was positioned to preserve the true account of what happened before the Flood, it was him. And remarkably, the whole world seems to have remembered these beings too — just not by the names Enoch gave them. Because after descending upon Mount Hermon, the Watchers dispersed across the earth, embedding themselves into the mythologies, priesthoods, and power structures of every emerging civilization. Different names. Same origin. Same rebellion.
 
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And the truth is: the “sons of God” in Genesis 6:2 were not humans. They were angelic beings — the Watchers — who rebelled against God, descended to earth, and took human women as wives, not out of love or affection, but through domination and lust. From these unnatural unions came the Nephilim: hybrid giants and genetic monstrosities who defiled the earth, ravaged creation, and corrupted mankind so completely that God was left with no choice but to wipe the slate clean.
If the ones who morally degraded the human race to that extent were mere humans, there would have been no reason to flood the world to wipe them out. We can say with some certainty that the world of that time was not populated to the extent that it is now….and we can see in 2 Kings 19:35 that a single angel wiped out the entire Assyrian army of 185,000 soldiers in one night….Jesus also said he could appeal to his Father to send 12 legions of angels if necessary (a Roman legion was about 6000 men) ……Can we imagine what power 12 legions of angels could inflict?….so there was more to the reason for the extent of a global flood that most people realize.

The faithful angels who materialized human bodies to bring messages to God‘s servants on earth, ate and drank what was served to them out of hospitality both by Abraham as his nephew Lot to whom they were also sent. It is not a stretch of our imagination that those human bodies used by the demons could copulate and produce offspring….not through just lust but with violence…and they did not produce normal human children, but a gigantic race of monstrous bullies…..beings who had no right to exist because they were not God’s creation.…and therefore not covered by Christ’s future sacrifice because they were not Adam’s children.
The phrase “sons of God” in Hebrew — bene ha’elohim — is used consistently in the Old Testament to describe divine beings, not humans. You see it in Job 1:6 and Job 38:7, where it clearly refers to angelic entities in the presence of God. There is no grammatical or contextual reason to suddenly reinterpret it as referring to mortal men in Genesis 6 — unless you're intentionally trying to erase the supernatural from the text.
This is also an interesting aspect….because those whom God chose to rule with Christ are also called God’s “sons”…..but also Christ’s “brothers”. These undergo a new birth to become what they were not originally created to be…..spirit creatures. In God’s creation we see both material beings and immaterial beings who are designed to live in the realm in which they were created.

Somewhere along the way, the idea of an immortal soul replaced the Jewish expectation of a resurrection, and an ‘afterlife’ in full consciousness was thought to be experienced straight away. This is not in any way related to the Jewish belief in “Sheol”, which in the Tanakh is translated as “the grave”….no one in Sheol was conscious or active. (Eccl 9:5, 6, 10)

Once this belief was adopted, then began the invention of places for immortal, conscious “souls” to go. And the soul then became a spirit who was sent to places that were intended to be metaphorical, but that now became literal. (Hellfire from Gehenna)

One of the devil’s most successful lies was that “you surely will not die”….and people to this day still believe it. His demons can even impersonate the dead to keep reinforcing it.
the “sons of God” were supernatural beings. The Nephilim were real. And the demons that still torment this world are the cursed remnants of an ancient rebellion that God judged with fire and flood. Don’t let Rome’s censorship or modern seminaries’ fear of the supernatural keep you from seeing the true cosmic backdrop of Genesis.
Yes, the Nephilim were very real….material beings created by their angelic fathers, but eliminated completely by the flood, which also had the benefit of taking away any kind of material thing in which they could seek refuge. The only thing above water was the ark and all on board had God’s protection. Makes you wonder about the protective value of water.…? There were only air breathers on board the ark. Nothing in the ocean was threatened or needed protection.

So what does it mean to be a “son of God”? One can be created that way, or recreated that way.
Isnt that the reason for a “new birth”?

1 Pet 1:3-4…
“Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for according to his great mercy he gave us a new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4  to an incorruptible and undefiled and unfading inheritance. It is reserved in the heavens for you”….

Romans 8:14-17…
”For all who are led by God’s spirit are indeed God’s sons. 15  For you did not receive a spirit of slavery causing fear again, but you received a spirit of adoption as sons, by which spirit we cry out: “Abba, Father!” 16 The spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are God’s children. 17 If, then, we are children, we are also heirs—heirs indeed of God, but joint heirs with Christ—provided we suffer together so that we may also be glorified together.”….

the Nephilim — were not bound. When their monstrous bodies were destroyed in the Flood, their spirits were cursed to wander the earth. These became the demons — disembodied, restless, and vicious. Unlike their angelic fathers, they were born of both heaven and earth but belong to neither. As 1 Enoch 15:8–12 makes clear, they now roam the world as unclean spirits, corrupting, oppressing, and deceiving mankind — the lingering echo of a rebellion that once tore open the sky.
As material creatures, the Nephilim were destroyed in the flood, but their fathers were forced to return to the spirit realm where God placed them under restraint….we do not read about them materializing again, even though faithful angels continued to do so. So having that ability taken away from them, the original rebels continue to plague mankind as demons….the supernatural is still a trap for the curious ones….but once they enter that trap, the devil has them in his power.…he will not relinquish it easily, as many have experienced demon harassment when trying. Only God’s spirit can overpower them.

I believe that there is a reason why the book of Enoch is not included in the canon. The lingering echo of the rebellion continues with the original rebels, intent on leading our children astray because their own were taken from them. The Nephilim were taught by their fathers to be violent and immoral…..this is what they continue to promote in this world…..even our entertainment is filled with graphic violence and immorality….the same traits that led mankind astray in Noah’s day. (Matt 24:37-39)

Are we ready for the next reset? This time the judgment will be swift and it will be permanent.
The devil and his hordes will be put away, after being confined to the earth in these last horrendous days with one disaster after another. (Rev 12:7-12)…..so the situation on earth will be rectified, when Jesus passes judgment on the goats and deals with the original rebels…..and then when all are ready at the end of the thousand year reign of the Christ and his elect, the devil is released for one last test before God’s original purpose for this earth and mankind upon it is finally realized. (Rev 20:1-3)

Rev 21:2-4 is the result….
”I also saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God and prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. 4 And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”

Something for the faithful to look forward to….
 
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If the ones who morally degraded the human race to that extent were mere humans, there would have been no reason to flood the world to wipe them out. We can say with some certainty that the world of that time was not populated to the extent that it is now….and we can see in 2 Kings 19:35 that a single angel wiped out the entire Assyrian army of 185,000 soldiers in one night….Jesus also said he could appeal to his Father to send 12 legions of angels if necessary (a Roman legion was about 6000 men) ……Can we imagine what power 12 legions of angels could inflict?….so there was more to the reason for the extent of a global flood that most people realize.

The faithful angels who materialized human bodies to bring messages to God‘s servants on earth, ate and drank what was served to them out of hospitality both by Abraham as his nephew Lot to whom they were also sent. It is not a stretch of our imagination that those human bodies used by the demons could copulate and produce offspring….not through just lust but with violence…and they did not produce normal human children, but a gigantic race of monstrous bullies…..beings who had no right to exist because they were not God’s creation.…and therefore not covered by Christ’s future sacrifice because they were not Adam’s children.

This is also an interesting aspect….because those whom God chose to rule with Christ are also called God’s “sons”…..but also Christ’s “brothers”. These undergo a new birth to become what they were not originally created to be…..spirit creatures. In God’s creation we see both material beings and immaterial beings who are designed to live in the realm in which they were created.

Somewhere along the way, the idea of an immortal soul replaced the Jewish expectation of a resurrection, and an ‘afterlife’ in full consciousness was thought to be experienced straight away. This is not in any way related to the Jewish belief in “Sheol”, which in the Tanakh is translated as “the grave”….no one in Sheol was conscious or active. (Eccl 9:5, 6, 10)

Once this belief was adopted, then began the invention of places for immortal, conscious “souls” to go. And the soul then became a spirit who was sent to places that were intended to be metaphorical, but that now became literal. (Hellfire from Gehenna)

One of the devil’s most successful lies was that “you surely will not die”….and people to this day still believe it. His demons can even impersonate the dead to keep reinforcing it.

Yes, the Nephilim were very real….material beings created by their angelic fathers, but eliminated completely by the flood, which also had the benefit of taking away any kind of material thing in which they could seek refuge. The only thing above water was the ark and all on board had God’s protection. Makes you wonder about the protective value of water.…? There were only air breathers on board the ark. Nothing in the ocean was threatened or needed protection.

So what does it mean to be a “son of God”? One can be created that way, or recreated that way.
Isnt that the reason for a “new birth”?

You’re very sharp. I respect that you’ve seen through the sanitized Sunday School version and the neutered adult Bible study takes on Genesis 6 these days. You know the Nephilim were real, you know the Watchers fell, and you know this war didn’t end with a rainbow. But there are two places your framework pulls back in my opnion — and they happen to be the two places modern religious systems fear the most: (1) the ongoing influence of Nephilim corruption, and (2) the full spiritual authority given to believers in Christ to confront it. Let’s break both down.

1. The Nephilim weren’t fully wiped out.
Genesis 6:4 doesn’t stutter:
“The Nephilim were on the earth in those days — and also afterward…”

Afterward” = post-Flood.
That’s not interpretation. That’s Scripture.
Later, in Numbers 13:33, the Israelite spies say:
“We saw the Nephilim there… we seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes.”

These weren’t just big humans. They were hybrid remnants. Survivors or new offspring of a second incursion.
You see their legacy in:
The Anakim
The Rephaim
Goliath
Og of Bashan
, whose bed was over 13 feet long

The influence of the Watchers didn’t vanish in the Flood — it mutated, hid, and infiltrated post-Flood bloodlines. It bled forward through the ages, possibly embedding itself in the elite families and occult power structures that still manipulate the world today. Genesis doesn’t say 'afterward' by accident — it says it because the threat survived.

2. Demons are not fallen angels — they’re disembodied Nephilim.
This is key. You and I agree: the Watchers were bound.
But their offspring — the Nephilim — were not.

Their giant bodies drowned in the Flood, but their spirits — twisted, half-breed abominations — had nowhere to go.
1 Enoch 15:8–12 lays it out:
“The spirits of the giants… shall be called evil spirits on the earth… their dwelling shall be upon the earth… They shall afflict, oppress, destroy, attack, do battle, and work destruction.”

That’s demonology straight from the earliest believers.

They are:
Born of both heaven and earth
Rejected by both
Doomed to wander
Rage-filled, unredeemable, and obsessed with human defilement
Not ghosts. Not fallen angels.

Demonic Nephilim — the cursed residue of a forbidden union.

3. You said the supernatural is a trap. And you’re right — for the unprepared.
It is a trap — a deadly one.
The supernatural is not a playground for the curious.
It is a battlefield soaked in blood, and if you step into it unprepared and without the armor of God, you will be devoured.

You’re absolutely right to say people should avoid it unless they are born of the Spirit and sealed by Christ. It’s not for dabblers, mystics, or lukewarm churchgoers who confuse Netflix demons with the real thing.

But where you retreat, Scripture advances.
For those in Christ — it is not a trap. It is our calling.

Jesus didn’t avoid it.
He confronted it — publicly, aggressively, and without apology.

Mark 5 — He casts out a legion of demons, who beg Him for mercy.

Luke 4 — He rebukes a spirit with a single command.

Matthew 10:1 — He gives His followers authority to do the same.

Ephesians 6“We wrestle not against flesh and blood…”

Avoiding the supernatural doesn’t protect you.
It just ensures you’re disarmed when it comes for your children, your mind, your media, and your church.

Yes — it’s dangerous.
But in Christ, we were born into danger — not to run from it, but to confront it with fire.

4. About Sheol and the soul.
You're right that the ancient Hebrew understanding of Sheol was shadowy. But you're only telling half the story. The New Testament shatters that ambiguity.

In Luke 16, Jesus describes a conscious, suffering man in torment — not “asleep.”

In Revelation 6, the souls of the martyrs cry out from beneath the altar — not in silence.

In Matthew 17, Jesus speaks to Moses and Elijah — not to corpses or metaphors.

Paul says to be “absent from the body is to be present with the Lord” (2 Cor 5:8).

The soul does not cease. The body sleeps — the soul waits.
To say otherwise is to deny the full revelation of Scripture and fall back into a post-Watchtower rationalism that neuters the spiritual war at hand.

5. The final deception will be Nephilim 2.0

You said:
“The original rebels are intent on leading our children astray because their own were taken from them.”
That’s absolutely true — and it’s already happening.
What do you think modern elites are doing?

Transhumanism — “we will put chips in our brains and we will become gods”

CRISPR/DNA editing — genetic abominations, rewriting the image of God, Nephilim now in test tubes

Pharmakeia — chemically induced spirit portals.

Psychedelics. DMT. LSD. Ketamine therapy. Ayahuasca rituals. “Microdosing for spiritual clarity.”

These aren’t harmless trends.
They are chemically induced spirit portals — designed to bypass the Holy Spirit and open the soul to the doctrines of demons.

Even SSRIs, antipsychotics, and benzos — while not hallucinogenic — alter perception, dull the conscience, and can leave people vulnerable to spiritual oppression - especially when abused or used without discernment.

Media, music, and AI.
These are no longer just tools — they are Watcher technologies resurrected
The children of the fallen aren’t gone — they’re being resurrected in code, in silicon, in labs, and maybe even in altered wombs.
This time they won’t come as giants.
They’ll come as gods of “progress”.

6. Final Word to any lurkers reading this:

The flood didn’t end the story — it set the stage for the final confrontation.
And the Nephilim didn’t vanish — they just changed costumes.

Let this be clear:
Avoiding the supernatural won’t save you.
But neither will curiosity or bravado.


Only Christ can save you — and only the sealed, the surrendered, the Spirit-filled have any business stepping into that battlefield.

But once you're His —
Once you’re crucified with Him, filled with His Spirit, and armed with His Word —
You don’t run from the darkness.
You walk into it — armed, covered, and unafraid.

Because the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead now lives in you

And the demons know it.
 

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1. The Nephilim weren’t fully wiped out.
Genesis 6:4 doesn’t stutter:
“The Nephilim were on the earth in those days — and also afterward…”
All the giants during the time of Noah were wiped out (as the Scriptures claim). The only reason they resurfaced during the times of Israel (Goliath and his relatives) was because during the time of Abraham another group of angels started doing what the previous angels in Genesis 6 did.

The people of Sodom and Gomorrah knew Lot's visitors were angels, because they have previous encounters with other angels in a sexual manner. The book of Jude describes this as "going after strange flesh".

If rogue angels visited Sodom and Gomorrah for a reason similar to Genesis 6, what could have stopped them from visiting the Philistines for the same reason?
 

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All the giants during the time of Noah were wiped out (as the Scriptures claim). The only reason they resurfaced during the times of Israel (Goliath and his relatives) was because during the time of Abraham another group of angels started doing what the previous angels in Genesis 6 did.

The people of Sodom and Gomorrah knew Lot's visitors were angels, because they have previous encounters with other angels in a sexual manner. The book of Jude describes this as "going after strange flesh".

If rogue angels visited Sodom and Gomorrah for a reason similar to Genesis 6, what could have stopped them from visiting the Philistines for the same reason?

That’s all good and true — I don’t disagree with any of that.

My main point is just this:

The Nephilim spirits are still here now.
Their bodies were destroyed, yes — but their disembodied spirits remain.
That’s what we’re dealing with today — the demons.
That’s the war Jesus confronted, and that’s the same war we’re still in.
 

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It names the 200 fallen angels who made a pact to corrupt humanity—led by Semyaza, the chief of the rebellion, and Azazel, whom many rabbinical scholars identify as Satan’s true name

There is also the idea that Semyaza and Azazel are synonymous, hence the "aza" in both their names. I tend to think it was a separate rebellion, apart from Lucifer's (Satan) initial rebellion.

And what happens when you filter out the local folk deities, tribal spirits, and demi-gods — and instead examine only the most ancient and powerful “gods” remembered in the mythologies of every major culture on Earth? A striking pattern emerges. Across nearly every civilization, there exists a consistent class of beings described as having descended from the heavens, interbred or interacted intimately with humans, imparted forbidden or advanced knowledge, demonstrated unnatural or otherworldly power, brought chaos, rebellion, or divine judgment in their wake, and then — just as abruptly — vanished. They were punished, removed, or simply “went away,” leaving behind only myth, temple, and memory.

I've researched dragon mythologies and it's quite interesting how they all have common themes that really fit Lucifer both before and after he fell, and also the Watchers to a degree. There's quite a lot of parallels between Greek mythology and the Nephilim as well.

All the giants during the time of Noah were wiped out (as the Scriptures claim). The only reason they resurfaced during the times of Israel (Goliath and his relatives) was because during the time of Abraham another group of angels started doing what the previous angels in Genesis 6 did.

I've speculated as much, though there's no textual sources that explains where the post-flood giants came from that I'm aware of.