BIBLICAL REFERENCES
Genesis 6:1-4: The first mention appears right before the story of Noah's Ark, describing them as the offspring of the "sons of God" and the "daughters of humans".
Numbers 13:33: Later in the Bible, Israelite spies report seeing descendants of the Nephilim (the Anakim) in the land of Canaan, describing themselves as "grasshoppers" in comparison.
COMMON THEORIES OF ORIGIN
There is no single consensus on what the Nephilim actually were, but interpretations generally fall into a few key categories:
(1) Angelic Offspring (Supernatural View): The traditional and most popular view suggests the "sons of God" were fallen angels who mated with human women, creating a race of powerful hybrid giants.
(2) Lineage of Seth (Human View): Another widespread perspective among theologians identifies the "sons of God" as the righteous male line of Seth and the "daughters of men" as the unrighteous female descendants of Cain.
(3) Tyranical Kings: The Hebrew root word n-p-l means "to fall," leading some scholars to interpret Nephilim as "fallen ones" or men of violence/tyranny who aggressively dominated others.
In the above three interpretations, the only Scriptural authentic interpretation is choice 2 and 3 the aftereffect of it. But choice 1 is totally unscriptural and is a heresy of the end time, a BLASPHEMY that might lead to falling 🍁 away from true faith of apostasy.
EXTRABIBLICAL TEXTS
The Book of Enoch: This ancient Jewish apocalyptic text greatly expands on the Genesis narrative. It names the fallen angels the "Watchers" and describes their hybrid children as destructive giants that wreaked havoc on humanity.
The Book of Enoch is again not a canonized one, but rather a pseudogrypha.
The Book of Enoch is an ancient Jewish religious text and a prominent example of pseudepigrapha—a work falsely attributed to a respected biblical figure. Scholars estimate the texts were written by multiple unknown authors between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, and it is largely excluded from mainstream biblical canons.
Canonization is the historical process by which early religious communities recognized specific texts as divinely inspired, authoritative, and normative for faith. It occurred over centuries, with the Old Testament canon taking shape by the 1st century AD and the New Testament canon solidifying by the 4th century AD.
HERE IS MY TAKE ON THE SUBJECT OF NEPHILIM:
https://apostolicrevelation.blogspot.com/2018/05/who-are-sons-of-god-and-nephilim.html
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