Systematic Theology Bible Discussion

  Bibliology- Chapter 6 has several interpretive challenges. The first comes in the form of discerning the phrase “sons of God” and “daughters of man” in verse 2. There are three main understandings of this phrase: Sethites, fallen angels, and royal tyrannical successors of Lamech. The Sethite view is the view held by the early church and it holds that the sons of God were from the righteous line of Seth. This would mean that over the course of time, Seth’s line started to mingle with Cain’s line, and it would be for this reason that people became unrighteous as time went on. The sin that brought on the damnation of the world, in this sense, would be the procreation between those of righteous faith, and those of the world. The second view holds that “sons of God” refers to fallen angels who left Heaven to mingle with the daughters of man. This is the oldest interpretation and comes from rabbinical tradition. Its main support comes from Job 1:6, “Now there was a day when the sons ...