(This is a throwback to earlier in our place in the Bible. But it is obscure and the story is weird.)
Genesis 6:1–4 When human beings began to grow numerous on the earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw how beautiful the daughters of human beings were, and so they took for their wives whomever they pleased. Then the Lord said: My spirit shall not remain in human beings forever, because they are only flesh. Their days shall comprise one hundred and twenty years. The Nephilim appeared on earth in those days, as well as later, after the sons of God had intercourse with the daughters of human beings, who bore them sons. They were the heroes of old, the men of renown.
The amazing part of the Bible is how weird and wonderful it can be at the same time. Today, we live in our tech world and it’s hard to place parts of the Bible into our modern mind. Do you believe in witches or giants? Of course not. But have you seen Harry Potter or the Lord of the Rings? They certainly exist there don’t they? Yes, yes but that is not the same thing. We separate these in our mind from the fictional to the non-fictional.
But, what if you did not separate them in your mind? What if your culture had no “Enlightenment” and you constantly wondered about stories told around the campfire? How could your God permit these creatures to exist? It does not matter if they are fact or fiction; they are real in your mind. If the battle you are going into is against men of unusual size and skill. How could you possible win if you thought these men had god DNA? Science can not change your mind since fear has a hold of it.
This story is one of context, that forces us to put our minds in our ‘primitive’ state. God is telling the people of Israel that He is Lord of their nightmares too. The stories that keep little children up at night and the fear soldiers feel on the battlefield. He is Lord over these stories and fears as well. He speaks to our irrational fears and says, “Yeah, see those tough guys we are going up against in battle, I made them too. Now win!”. He literally and literarily takes all thoughts captive.
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