Putting to Test the Recovery Version

[OBW]

Originally Posted by Ohio

That's not true. Read Genesis 6 again, especially verse 4. Or perhaps you don't believe the flood ever happened?

That is not true. Putting the Bible verses together in order to understand God's judgments of old is the proper study of the scriptures. I have only used what is written.

Sounds like perhaps you've never done this before, otherwise you would not attempt to disparage me for doing so.

OK. I read it again. And I was already reading v 4 in the first place. It is interesting that this verse could be read as being entirely about Nephilim, or about 2 different things. But either way, God said nothing directly concerning it. He spoke concerning the wickedness of man and made no specific comment about regretting Nephilim.

And for humans, the issue is the wickedness of our own race. The fallen status of angelic beings (sons of God) and their interaction with man was not commented on — just noted as having happened.

As for disparaging, I have no idea what you are talking about.

You: "OK Genius, how do you explain these questions?"

Me: "You are getting your panties in a wad over my lack of simply taking the knee-jerk reaction that some provide"

As I pointed out above, it is not stated that the reason for the judgment of the flood was Nephilim. It was stated as because of the condition of mankind. Surely everything went in the flood. But there was no specific statement concerning judgment of Nephilim that I can find in the whole chapter, so maybe you should not disparage me by claiming that I have never "proper study of the scriptures."

And when it comes to understanding the problems with the RecV, it is the kind of extra-biblical overlays that are among the most serious issues. Lots of statements of "A means B" without ever establishing it as true. Just saying it.