Further, others insist that the sons of G-d in Gen. 6:2-4 were descendants of Seth who saw that the daughters of man were beautiful and married them, while claiming these daughters were descendants of Cain. How such unions would have produced the Nephilim³⁸, the “godlike” giants^a, who lorded it over mankind, they can’t explain. Yet we know from Peter and Jude, who quote in their letters³⁹ from the Book of Enoch, that  angels referred to as “watchers ”⁴⁰ used to guard the ancient earth. When recalled by G-d, they rebelled, hoping to maintain a dominating presence in the earth. Their leader came up with the scheme to mate with humans, i.e. the daughters of man, in order for their offspring to continue their dominion in the earth, an idea diametrically opposed to G-d’s will and purpose Who had commanded both Adams, male and female, to take dominion in the earth⁴¹. Jude refers to them as not having “kept their own position” but instead “left their proper abode” for which they are being kept by G-d in eternal chains in nether gloom until the judgment of the great day⁴². Jude continues with Sodom and Gomorrah, saying that they LIKEWISE acted immorally and indulged in UNNATURAL lust, just as it was UNNATURAL for an immortal being to cohabit with a mortal. 

Ancient mythology, especially from the Mesopotamian, Babylonian, Assyrian  and Medes Empires, as well as that of the Grecian and Roman Empires, are replete with tales about gods who mated with humans, their offspring being “half gods” of giant stature and superhuman power and strength, the “heroes” of ancient days⁴³. They were what the Scriptures call “the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown”, such as Hercules⁴⁴, Perseus⁴⁵, Gilgamesh⁴⁶, etc. 

 

Fallen angel cast to earth

Fallen angel seizing daughter of man

Fallen angel chained in nether gloom

These “watchers” and the Nephilim were responsible for giving man knowledge and skills he was never meant to have. It was THIS knowledge which led to man’s wickedness becoming so great that every imagination of his heart was continually evil⁴⁷. Man was playing god by crossing over every boundary G-d had set. Having been taught the “secrets” of genetic engineering they created monsters mythological tales report as having been half man half horse, half man half goat, or a man with a bird’s or animal head, or even having a man’s head, a lion’s body and wings of an eagle, such as the Egyptian sphinx⁴⁸. 

Mankind’s ways had become abominably corrupt with their conscience seared from what they had learned. While man imitated the ways of the Nephilim filling all the earth with ruthless violence/”hamas”⁴⁹,  G-d had no choice but to wipe out this utterly corrupted race of Adam along with their abominable creations by bringing ”a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy ALL FLESH in which was the BREATH OF LIFE”⁵⁰. The waters rose so high they covered all the high mountains “under the whole heaven” 15 cubits above them so that ALL FLESH died that moved upon the earth, AND EVERY MAN. EVERYTHING on the dry land in whose nostrils was the BREATH OF LIFE died. G-d blotted out EVERY LIVING THING on the ground; they were ALL blotted out from the face of the earth. Noah, his wife, sons and their wives⁵¹ were the sole survivors since only Noah, out of this whole generation of Adamic mankind, had not succumbed to wickedness and remained uncorrupted. 

Had only a limited number of men corrupted their ways, G-d could have dealt with them without flooding the earth 15 cubits above the highest mountains. However, man had created beings that were no longer each after its own kind, in whose nostrils was also the breath of life, such as the Mesopotamian mythological figure of Enkidu⁵². Hence, G-d destroyed everything that drew breath, in addition to man, salvaging only those creatures He Himself had created, each of them according to their own kind with no abominable hybrids. 

Nevertheless, Noah’s sons, and perhaps even Noah himself, told their grand- children and perhaps even great-grandchildren what that pre-deluvian race of man had been like and their deeds, and how their violence, immorality and pursuit of forbidden knowledge and skills⁵³ had corrupted the whole earth. For they must have needed to explain why they were the only men on the face of the earth, why there were no others. They must have been compelled to explain why G-d wiped out the former race of man with a flood of waters that covered the whole earth, with no creature living on dry ground escaping save those that were with Noah in the ark.^O

Doubtlessly, the stories of those genetic monstrosities became the foundation for the “gods” during Nimrod’s reign and even afterwards, especially once Babel came into existence. All the ancient kingdoms of Mesopotamia, and especially Egypt, worshipped as god those  half- man half- god, half- man half- animal, half- man half- bird, creatures. 

G-d had sworn that the waters of Noah would never again deluge the earth. But He saw His hand forced once more by mankind who was again populating the earth, having to show that these abnormal creatures were no gods. He used His chosen people, the children of Israel, when preparing to lead them out of Egypt with great signs and wonders: each judgment was aimed at Egypt’s “gods”, dethroning them, in order to demonstrate to both His people and the Egyptians, as well as to all the world, that such creatures were no gods. Notwithstanding, and despite His strict command to His people not to worship these so-called “gods”, they were fascinated with them, enticed by their legends and accompanying religious rites, and routinely turned to the worship of them. 

Now, I ask, why would G-d have bothered bringing about such a terrible flood, if only the descendants of Seth and of Cain had intermarried and produced offspring? There would have been no Nephilim, no giants, nor would man have learned forbidden secrets known only to these angels and their seed. Cain became the murderer of his brother, yes, and his descendants became craftsmen and artisan of all sorts; but none possessed the power and the knowledge these angels had and their offspring to whom they passed it on. The “mighty men of renown” were not descendants of Sethite and Cainite intermarriages, but of these angelic “watcher” rebels and the human females with whom they mated. Many stories are told of the Greek god Zeus about how he disguised himself into different forms so as to mate with a beautiful human female he fancied. All of his offspring are known in Greek mythology as half-gods, as “mighty men of renown,” heroes who accomplished feats way beyond normal human capability. 

It is not the descendants of Sethite and Cainite intermarriages who are being kept in chains of nether darkness but rebel ANGELS because they crossed forbidden barriers: immortals mating with mortal human beings, an unnatural act that was absolutely forbidden and therefore a very great transgression of an immutable law. Their sin and their influence upon the pre-deluvian Adamic race forced G-d to take such drastic actions.