Genesis 6:1-22
6:1-2 There is a distinction to make here between "men" and "sons of God." Here, the sons of God refer to defected-angels. Not all of God's children (in spirit or on earth) remained with Him and His philosophy. This chapter and Jude 1:6 refer to the defectors who left their spiritual-responsibilities for selfish desires and in this case, that meant procreating with the daughters of humans. We can think of this procreation as literal or figurative but the upshot is the same: humanity became tainted by the ideas and characteristics of evil.
6:3 Humans were created with mortality (this fact we very well know). Spirit is eternal, our souls are eternal but our bodies are not.
6:4 The word Giants, translated properly is Nephilim: tyrant, to fall... otherwise: fallen angels. These were corrupt souls infiltrating the thoughts and genealogy of humankind.
6:5-6 The earth became abundantly wicked. Almost the entire population was corrupt, all of the time.
6:7 The creation of humanity, and earthly-life in general was regretted. Try to imagine Creation's emotions: all of the evil that was taking place on the earth hurt Him. It hurt Him to watch humans hurt each other and become corrupted.
We were made in God's image: our spirit's experience the same emotions as He does. It became nearly unbearable to witness the evil taking place here.
6:8 Yet one human and his family, through His faith and loving nature inspired God's love to give humanity another chance: Noah. God realized that there was still good on this planet... and as we will learn in future chapters (Genesis 18), God will never destroy a place if there are good souls within it.
6:3 Humans were created with mortality (this fact we very well know). Spirit is eternal, our souls are eternal but our bodies are not.
6:4 The word Giants, translated properly is Nephilim: tyrant, to fall... otherwise: fallen angels. These were corrupt souls infiltrating the thoughts and genealogy of humankind.
6:5-6 The earth became abundantly wicked. Almost the entire population was corrupt, all of the time.
6:7 The creation of humanity, and earthly-life in general was regretted. Try to imagine Creation's emotions: all of the evil that was taking place on the earth hurt Him. It hurt Him to watch humans hurt each other and become corrupted.
We were made in God's image: our spirit's experience the same emotions as He does. It became nearly unbearable to witness the evil taking place here.
6:8 Yet one human and his family, through His faith and loving nature inspired God's love to give humanity another chance: Noah. God realized that there was still good on this planet... and as we will learn in future chapters (Genesis 18), God will never destroy a place if there are good souls within it.
6:9-10 Noah's family was good. Noah's family was also faithful. Honest and without the flaw of an inclination toward evil.
6:11-12 At the same time, Noah's family represented a very few who truly were good, faithful and honest. This became a dilemma. God did not want to destroy His faithful and kind children... but neither did He want them to live in such a corrupt world.
6:11-12 At the same time, Noah's family represented a very few who truly were good, faithful and honest. This became a dilemma. God did not want to destroy His faithful and kind children... but neither did He want them to live in such a corrupt world.
6:13 Therefore, God decided to rejuvenate the earth. Through geological occurrences, the Earth was flooded (Was it a region or the entire Earth? Speculation takes from the core message.) God rid the world of the corrupt manifestations of life the fallen angels had created. Yes, humankind was (and is) fallible... but the work of the Nephilim made a hybrid type of human which was inclined toward evil. It ruined the Earth.
6:14-16 Noah is given instructions for the building of the Ark which would house and protect God's kind children. This is symbolic of God's love. He protects compassionate souls from the flooding that is corruption, in all forms. The rooms of the Ark representative of God's many resting places for us (John 14:2 In my father's house there are many mansions (abodes). Protected from the external. In the Ark there is a window. God is our window, the trustworthy perspective through which we view the world.
6:17 God would (and did) destroy all Nephelim-corruption on the earth.
6:18-21 God assured that all good would remain. It's illogical to consider that every species fit on the ark (unless there were way, way, way less than there are today... times about 50,000 "way"s.) The important thing to take from these verses is that those who follow God in honest goodness are protected and nourished and given life (in various forms).
6:22 Noah followed God's will, his purpose and potential. Though we each take diverse paths, our faith leads us to life and rejuvenation, accomplishment and just-impact on Earth. Noah trusted God's will. He walked through faith, rather than sight to quote to New Testament, 2 Corinthians 5:7 and it made all the difference in his life and those he loved.
6:14-16 Noah is given instructions for the building of the Ark which would house and protect God's kind children. This is symbolic of God's love. He protects compassionate souls from the flooding that is corruption, in all forms. The rooms of the Ark representative of God's many resting places for us (John 14:2 In my father's house there are many mansions (abodes). Protected from the external. In the Ark there is a window. God is our window, the trustworthy perspective through which we view the world.
6:17 God would (and did) destroy all Nephelim-corruption on the earth.
6:18-21 God assured that all good would remain. It's illogical to consider that every species fit on the ark (unless there were way, way, way less than there are today... times about 50,000 "way"s.) The important thing to take from these verses is that those who follow God in honest goodness are protected and nourished and given life (in various forms).
6:22 Noah followed God's will, his purpose and potential. Though we each take diverse paths, our faith leads us to life and rejuvenation, accomplishment and just-impact on Earth. Noah trusted God's will. He walked through faith, rather than sight to quote to New Testament, 2 Corinthians 5:7 and it made all the difference in his life and those he loved.
