THE SONS OF GOD
Job 1:6 – Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.
Some interpret the phrase "sons of God" in this verse as referring to people saved before Job's time, rather than angels. They apply the same interpretation to Genesis 6:2. However, if we carefully consider the words of the Lord Jesus, we can discern the distinction.
The Lord Jesus said: "No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven" (John 3:13). He emphasized this again in John 6:46: "Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He who is from God; He has seen the Father."
What, then, do the Lord's words mean? Was He saying that human beings had never seen God, or that angels had never seen Him? When the Lord Jesus used the phrases "no one" and "not that anyone," was He referring to mankind or to angels? If people from ancient times had been resurrected and ascended to Heaven to see God face to face, would that not imply that the resurrection of the Lord Jesus was not the *first* resurrection, but perhaps the hundredth or thousandth—occurring after those others? Could someone have been resurrected even before the Lord Jesus? However, if we were to regard the resurrection of Jesus Christ as the very first instance, would that imply that many people had already been taken directly to heaven—like Enoch and Elijah—without the Bible ever mentioning it? If so, what would make the cases of Enoch and Elijah particularly noteworthy?
If Enoch and Elijah had indeed seen God in heaven, would that mean Jesus Christ’s words were incorrect? Would it imply that humans had seen God, despite Jesus stating that no one ever had? Yet, if we assume humans had seen God’s face, would Jesus’s statement in the Gospel of John imply that the angels themselves had never seen God? Where, then, were they during the long span of time between their creation and the era of Jesus? Furthermore, if one were to argue that those who lived before Job—such as Enoch—were saved and transformed into angels, would that mean they returned to earth to take the daughters of men as wives, as described in Genesis 6:2? Did Jesus Christ not say that, after the resurrection, people would neither marry nor be given in marriage?
These questions are intended to encourage you to examine the Bible even more carefully during these last days, so that you may perceive the absolute accuracy and consistency of the Lord’s word from Genesis to Revelation.
