1When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, 2the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.
- Genesis 6:1-2 (NIV)
The sons of God, the angels, slept with the "daughters of men." This was referenced by Jude as he wrote about the ways of the wicked and wayward who strayed from God. Peter makes reference to it in his second epistle when he says: "For if God did not spare angels when they sinned." There were angels who took it upon themselves to do as they wished, not keeping to their assigned tasks ordained by the Almighty.
Read on in Genesis 6 and see how much the inhabitants of the earth displeased God. Then, take a long and hard look at our society today. Are we living in violent and chaotic times? Has sexual immorality taken a hold of our people, spewing with infidelity and pornographic images? Look at it.
What was going on among the people bothered God. It grieved God. It made God sorry that He had made mankind and put them on earth. It broke his heart.
Let's stop the madness and mayhem. Let's do our part to live differently. Jude wrote it as a reminder to us. Peter wrote it as a warning. We need to live in truth and not falsehood. We need to live for God, upholding what we know of Him and clinging to Him with utter dependence for all that we do not know and cannot foresee.
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