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Originally posted by Komodo
reply to post by Teratoma
In the bible, some time after the flood, God somehow made it so that the fallen angels could no longer materialize physical bodies the way they had before. (A privilege some of them abused when they got busy with 'the daughters of men').
As far as we know, ALL angels were stripped of any physical 'bodies' (deformed from war) after the war in heaven (earth), otherwise, they would be walking around or materializing and de-materializing at will.
Actually the Bible says they can and do walk among us without our knowledge. Hebrews 13:2
2). Noah comes on the sceen, AFTER the war and there's this 'push' to gentically create human hybrids by the 'sons of God' which, in my mind has NEVER been accurately described who they were or still 'are'.
They were the nephilim. Check the Hebrew meaning. They were the demi gods of legend.
This means that ANY demons exsisting will be UNABLE to procreate because of the war in heaven and were cast down & (assuming) stripping any power(s) they had and physical body they may have had; OTHERWISE, the war in heaven would have to happen AFTER Noah..
The stripping of powers and bodies is man's idea not supported by the Bible. Also demons and fallen angels are not the same things. Angels are never mentioned as capable of possessing human bodies, but demons are. Angels can materialize as men. Some of us believe that the demons are the spirits of the nephilim once they died. Check Enoch and Jubilees.
3). So, in my mind the 'sons of god' are NOT and can not be demons nor angels since God would have seen this happening a millinea before it happened and would have stopped it long before they had a chance to perform it.
Why would He stop it? You can't free will if God stops things before they happen. The angels are the sons of God, but they are free to choose to do what they want.
Intresting concept and hadn't thought of this. The only thing I can add would be, why would God need a stargate instead of speaking their bodies OUT of existance(just specualating)
God doesn't need a Stargate but there is a strange story in the Book of Daniel about God sending an angel and it takes the angel 21 days to get to Daniel because his path is being blocked by a being referred to as "the prince of Persia". Some people believe he needed to access some kind of gateway to get onto the earth plain.
what I'm woundering is if these 'sons of god' are actually visitors from a galaxy, as multiple ATS threads are bounding with along with hundreds of tv documentories about civilizations being here on earth LONG before egyptians were here, and other civilizations that we know about today, one being the Annuaki
There are some that believe the angels inhabited earth long before humans were created and the Annunaki seem to be fallen angels... check out the references to their war with the Igigi... the Igigi are the "gods" of heaven and the Annunaki were "gods" of earth and underworld which seems to support the Bible's position on the war in heaven and some being cast down.
Originally posted by Hydroman
I keep seeing references to the war in heaven. How can there be a war in heaven when there is an almighty creator deity there that can do anything? I mean, would it be a war if this creator deity could just snap his fingers, if he has fingers, and make the bad ones disappear? Does this deity just sit there and watch angels fight and not help? Does it make any sense?
Almost seems like this being isn't all powerful.
[edit on 14-4-2010 by Hydroman]
Originally posted by MinisterFortson
Let me pose this question... if you are a parent and your kids are fighting do you:
1) Let them fight it out?
2) Help one child over the other?
3) Kill one child so he can't fight the other?
4) Break it up so they can just fight again?
Not getting involved doesn't mean not all powerful, it just means God isn't pulling puppet strings, but allowing His children to have free will.
Originally posted by Hydroman
I have four children, and they do fight. I don't sit there and do nothing most of the time depending on how serious the situation is.
I will separate them, and I will talk with them about what they are fighting about. I will try to help them resolve the problem. You know what, a few minutes later they are playing together again like nothing happened, and that brings me so much joy.
So how does this god go about watching these wars take place in heaven? Does he just sit there on his throne as his creations fight it out in front of him? Does he cheer for his team?
Is that what kings did in the medieval times? Is that what the kings did in the bible stories? Really doesn't make any sense.
Originally posted by MinisterFortson
Angels are immortal (from what we know) and your children are not. The potential for your children to be mortally injured is built into the conflict, however God doesn't have this problem. For all we know an angel can get tossed off the top of Everest and walk away without a scratch. If that's the case, why bother to break it up at all. I'll be honest, if I had kids and they couldn't get hurt, they could fight for all eternity. lol.
Originally posted by MinisterFortson
It makes perfect sense. Kings always watched their nights fight for different honors. We do it now. American Gladiators was exactly the same thing. Warriors battling it out for reward. This is historical FACT and the Bible says that the things on earth are merely a shadow of what goes on in heaven.
Originally posted by harryhaller
Hydroman, WE are the spoils of war. individual souls that are influenced by the fights up there. Until the final curtain, they will attempt to influence and manipulate what we see and understand.
Originally posted by harryhaller
The war is one of energy, prayin gives energy to angels, and evil deeds give enegy to demons. I suspect that the more energy is put into them from humans, the more they are allowed to interfere. I do know that demons can get stronger when they find a suitable host, and are more able to affect the physial world. poltergeists are the best example.
Originally posted by harryhaller
As an aside, not all kings fought in battle, and certainly not all at the front line. I guess it depended on the customs of the land.
Originally posted by Spykemann
If they go away (which is always the case), then yes, you're dealing with demons and you've been decieved into thinking there's physical intelligent life from another planet/galaxy ect...
If they dont go away (unlikely), then you are correct.
Try it, what have you got to loose?
If the angels don't have free will, how did Lucifer rebel?
Originally posted by harryhaller
As the Almighty sits and watches... yeah exactly that. Look, i have to admit that while i believe this is how it is, i don't really like it much either. My issue ... i keep getting told about this free will that's so damned fantastic for some reason. (it's apparently free will which makes us ... "higher" in the chain than angels, and what makes demons jealous of us too, inspiring their hate)
Well, that means nothing being that it is an opinion. Evidently you have no idea of what you're talking about when you say they use our energy. You're just guessing that that is what they do, or you've read it in a book written by a christian author like say, Frank Peretti?
Originally posted by harryhaller
Mmmmm .... thats a good question, how? Ok, this is just my humble opinion, would be nice to get some thoughts.
Now, what if these angels/demons that the biblical people saw were actually ALIENS, and not the other way around?