I have Bible software from a non-SDA source. It has several commentaries. I believe blue letter bible would be similar.
I use the Hebrew words in the search, so it is not dependant on bible version nor english translation. Really, there’s very few instances and all refers to Angels in the OT. Sons of Israel wouldn’t apply to this situation as these are sons of man.
For 1121 I get 3654 verses.
For 430 I get 2249 verses.
For 1121 and 430 I get 287 verses.
Since we are defining what Sons of God are, can you say Israel doesn't apply since they aren't what you think Sons of God is? (Just to be clear and straightforward, I don't think so)
Notice v.7 that is bolded, they shall fall like men, so these beings are not men, but angels. Also v.1 it describes them as a congregation of "the mighty".
Am I understanding you to say children of the most high are angels? If men are considered sons of God, could angels also be included as sons of God? Are men and angels (good ones) sons of God? Any reason why they both wouldn't be included?
I did not find any place where Sons of God is used in a negative way. Therefore it would be odd to use it in Genesis 6 in a negative way. Meaning, these Sons of God used there would be used in a good way. Either good angels, or good men.
The angels were created by God, so that’s why they carry the title of “Sons of God”.
But I thought that's what we were talking about. I don't see how we can conclude that by using the verse under discussion. Do you think the doctrine of adoption was not throughout the old testament?
I have considered the context and it is quite clear and apparent to me that God's sons, which is the purpose of the Bible to teach us to be God's sons, mixed with the heathen, which was instructed for people not to do in the rest of the Bible.
Many places there is instruction about not marrying the heathen for they would teach God's people wrong. Is there some reason you think Genesis 6 is not talking about what God's people repeated through the rest of the Bible and why it should not be done?
The context does not fit, that good angels, which do not marry, married men, and their chromosomes matched and produced offspring. Then, because of the choice good angels made, God's "spirit shall not always strive with man". And the flood came.
Is 43:6 I will say to the north, 'Give them up!' And to the south, 'Do not keep them back!' Bring My
sons from afar, And My
daughters from the ends of the earth-
Is 45:11 Thus says the LORD, The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: "Ask Me of things to come concerning My
sons; And concerning the work of My hands, you command Me.
Jer 10:20 My tent is plundered, And all my cords are broken; My
children have gone from me, And they are no more. There is no one to pitch my tent anymore, Or set up my curtains.
Prov 7:1 My
son, keep my words, And treasure my commands within you.
(And more in Proverbs. Was this meaning Solomon's son, or us? If us, are we Solomon's son or God's son?)
Eze 16:20,21 Moreover you took your
sons and your
daughters, whom you bore to Me, and these you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your acts of harlotry a small matter, That thou hast slain my
children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them?
Hosea 11:1 "When Israel was a child, I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My
son.
(God called Israel His son. What does Israel mean - He will rule as God, a symbolical name of Jacob. This tells me that it's a symbol for God)
Mt 2:15 and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, "Out of Egypt I called My
Son."