Hi Booker,
Here are a couple of places where Ray addresses 'sons of God.' The first is from the Nashville Conference 2007 'WHO AND WHAT IS JESUS? & WHO IS HIS FATHER?' and the last one is an email.
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It says, “In a beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” But then we read something over in Job 38.
Job 38:1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
v. 2 Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge?
v. 3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare you unto Me.
v. 4 Where was you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, it to Me if you have understanding.
v. 5 Who determined the measures thereof, if you know? Or who stretched the line upon it?
v. 6 Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,
v. 7 When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Whoops, wait a minute, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth…” And this is the beginning of things? Apparently not. What was the first created, the heaven or the earth? The heavens... and the earth. So when we come to the earth, the heavens are already created. And when He creates the earth, low and behold we have the morning stars shouting for joy. Where did they come from, if this is in the beginning?
Alright, first of all when it says morning stars, this is the breaking of day, the dawn. So what is the breaking of day or dawn? That’s when the earth moves and the sun appears to go up and come down. The whole thing is working! Everything is already working, the earth is turning and now these sons of the dawn, of this turning earth, are shouting for joy and singing.
But we learn in Job 1, that these sons of God presented themselves to Him and Satan came among them. Remember what Satan was saying about Job, and God said, well you can do anything you want, but spare his life and so on. These are the angelic beings, we’re not told where they are created in Genesis. But now we know. They had to be created between the heavens and the earth. So by the time the earth was created, they are already here. Now we got the proof.
So He created the heavens and He creates the earth, and then God had to probably say, ‘alright turn it on.’ ‘Turn it, spin it.’ Okay now we got day and night. ‘Now push it, push it around the sun.’ Ok now we have the seasons. The days and nights, and seasons, it’s all starting to work. And the sons of God are shouting for joy and singing.
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[Ray Replies]
Thank you for your email and questions.
Gen. 6 has absolutely NOTHING to do with "fallen angels." The "sons of God" and the "daughters of men" is not speaking of mortals and spirit beings. This is just another one of Christendom's fables.
Jesus plainly told us that,
"Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God., For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage [why? why aren't they given in marriage? Answer....] ...but are AS THE ANGELS of God in heaven" (Matt. 22:30).
The angels CANNOT MARRY (they have no 'marriage apparatus' if you know what I mean). Yet we are told in Gen. 6:2, that "they took them WIVES of all which they chose." To have a "wife" one must be "MARRIED." The sons of God and the daughters of men are BOTH HUMAN.
I believe that verse 4 of Gen. 6 is a terrible translation in the King James. Since most translators have bought into the 'angels fornicating with women' theory, most of them have a very strange translation of this verse. There are whole words in this Hebrew verse that are not even translated at all in most versions.
Notice this translation from the Concordant Version:
"Now the DISTINGUISHED come to be in the earth in those days, and moreover, afterward, coming are those who are sons of God to the daughters of the human, and they bear for them. They are the MASTERS, who are from the eon, MORTALS with the name."
Sorry I don't have time to explain the meaning of all these verses, but at least I want you to know that this is not a case of angels fornicating with women.
God be with you,
Ray