The Creation of the Nephilim

         Before We can discuss Noah, we must first discuss the time that Noah lived in. For those of you that are following along, this would be found in chapter 6 of Genesis. Now at this point in the story, humanity was spreading across the face of the Earth. The sons of God, who were never stipulated as being angels or demons, mated with human women who were supposedly so beautiful that these spiritual beings are drawn to them. (Gen. 6 v. 6) However, it is far more likely that these sons of God were demons due to the unlikelihood of angels who were loyal to God disobeying him to mate with mortal women. One explanation of this occurrence that I have heard is that Satan was trying to have active human agents to prevent the coming of Christ many millennia later. The idea was the human race would be contaminated with demonic DNA and prevent Christ's birth in a perfect body (from that theorist's perspective). However, I think God could work his way around those who were not affected. Although, it does state in verse 2 that they found the daughters of men to be beautiful. In addition, verse 4 does state that these children are the Nephilim. Why would demonic offspring be men of renown, as stated in that same verse? Why would Satan need Nephilim agents on Earth when he just as easily could have used human agents. It is possible that renown is references the Nephilim's great strength and not of virtue. God wouldn't have allowed his son Jesus to die by a giant's hand anyway. A possible explanation comes from the Oxford Study Bible. It states that this portion of the story might have been borrowed from a Canaanite story. Although, that would mean that this part of the story was fiction; it is important to remember that the Hebrew used an oral story tradition before those tales were written down. In addition, they were surrounded by Canaanites that could have influenced this addition to the narrative. The section about the Nephilim can be in truth neither denied or confirmed.