{"id":262,"date":"2023-09-10T22:22:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T03:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/auwttb.efmc.org\/?p=262"},"modified":"2023-09-10T23:33:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T04:33:43","slug":"session-018-genesis-61-8-wickedness-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auwttb.efmc.org\/?p=262","title":{"rendered":"Session 018: Genesis 6:1-8: Wickedness in the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-tabs su-tabs-style-default su-tabs-mobile-stack\" data-active=\"1\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-tabs-nav\"><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Class Overview<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Class Resources<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Class Discussion Points<\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-tabs-panes\"><div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"Class Overview\">\nThe first 8 verses of Genesis chapter 6 are probably one of the most confusing and difficult verses in the Bible for Christians.   While only eight verses long, there are four deep issues that need to be understood.<\/p>\n<p>1) Who were the sons of God and the daughters of man?<br \/>\n2) What is meant by the number of days being 120 years?<br \/>\n3) Who were the Nephilim?<br \/>\n4) The Lord&#8217;s response to the wickedness He witnessed.<br \/>\n  <\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"Class Resources\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2>Scripture Text:<\/h2>\n<p>Text from The Bible Gateway (Only cover first 8 verses).<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Genesis%206:1-8&#038;version=NIV\">Genesis 6:1-8<\/a>\n  <\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>Scripture Audio:<\/h2>\n<p>Presented as dramatizations from The Bible Gateway (only need to cover first 8 verses).<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/audio\/dramatized\/niv\/Gen.6\">Genesis 6 Audio<\/a>\n  <\/li>\n<hr style=\"width=50%;color:white;text-align:center;height:3px;background-color:gray\">\n<li>\n<h2>Traditional interpretations of Chapter 6 (only need to cover the first 8 verses)<\/h2>\n<p>These two articles are rather traditional (but somewhat disagreeing) interpretations of Chapter 6.  From the Blue Letter Bible web site.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueletterbible.org\/comm\/guzik_david\/study-guide\/genesis\/genesis-6.cfm\">Article Link: MAN\u2019S WICKEDNESS; GOD CALLS NOAH: David Guzik:<\/a><br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueletterbible.org\/Comm\/jfb\/Gen\/Gen_006.cfm\">Article Link: The First Book of Moses, Called Genesis: Robert Jamieson<\/a>\n  <\/li>\n<hr style=\"width=50%;color:white;text-align:center;height:3px;background-color:gray\">\n<li>\n<h2>Bereshit (Genesis) &#8211; Chapter 6<\/h2>\n<p>A Jewish Interpretation of the passage (be sure to click on the &#8220;Show Rashi&#8217;s Commentary&#8221; and you only need to cover the first 8 verses)<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chabad.org\/library\/bible_cdo\/aid\/8171\/showrashi\/true\/jewish\/Chapter-6.htm\">Article Link:<\/a>\n  <\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>Who Are the Sons of God in Genesis 6?<\/h2>\n<p>A look at two different interpretations for the sons of God.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/who-are-sons-of-god-genesis-6\/\">Article Link:<\/a>\n  <\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>The Nephilim in the Bible: 4 Origin Theories<\/h2>\n<p>A look at four theories on who the Nephilim represent.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianity.com\/wiki\/angels-and-demons\/who-were-the-nephilim-in-the-bible.html\">Article Link:<\/a>\n  <\/li>\n<hr style=\"width=50%;color:white;text-align:center;height:3px;background-color:gray\">\n<li>\n<h2>EXTRA CREDIT ARTICLES:<\/h2>\n<p>A few extra credit resources.  These resources wont be a direct part of the class discussion, but may prove helpful as you start looking into your own rabbit holes of study.<\/p>\n<h2>Nephilim: TRUE STORY of Giants, Goliath And His Brothers<\/h2>\n<p>This is an hour long YouTube video that covers that sons of God, the Nephilim as well as other references to giants in the Bible such as Sampson.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JkXxbqUmIhk\">YouTube video:<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"Class Discussion Points\">\nThis is a restatement about the four deep issues that need to be understood in this passage<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Who were the sons of God and the daughters of man?<\/li>\n<li>What is meant by the number of days being 120 years?<\/li>\n<li>Who were the Nephilim?<\/li>\n<li>The Lord&#8217;s response to the wickedness He witnessed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Other points to consider and contemplate onyour own.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What do you tink of the differing views of the sons of God between Christianity and Judism?<\/li>\n<li>Why was Noah considered to be less sinful (or even sinless) compared to others even though he descended from Adam and Eve?<\/li>\n<li>Why do you think that Christians link the 120 years to the age limit of human life?   Is this correct?<\/li>\n<li>Which of the options for understanding the sons of God do you lean towards and why?   Is this understanding crutial to your walk?<\/li>\n<li>Which of the options for understanding the Nephilim do you lean towards and why?   Is this understanding crutial to your walk?<\/li>\n<li>Have you ever had to destroy something that you created?   Why?  How did you feel?<\/li>\n<li>Why do you think that God chose the path that he did for cleansing the Earth? Were there other options?<\/li>\n<li>Why do you think that God singled Noah and his family out.  Don&#8217;t answer generically.  Be specific.  Would you line up?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first 8 verses of Genesis chapter 6 are probably one of the most confusing and difficult verses in the Bible for Christians. <a href=\"https:\/\/auwttb.efmc.org\/?p=262\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,6],"tags":[9,21,16],"class_list":["post-262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genesis","category-session","tag-genesis","tag-noah","tag-sin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auwttb.efmc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auwttb.efmc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auwttb.efmc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auwttb.efmc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auwttb.efmc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/auwttb.efmc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266,"href":"https:\/\/auwttb.efmc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions\/266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auwttb.efmc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auwttb.efmc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auwttb.efmc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}