Genesis 5 & 6: I'm no angel

Nothing from chapter 5, but a couple of fascinating points from chapter 6 today.

6:1/4 Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them, that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose...The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

There is some debate over the Nephilim, but for me they are fallen angels (the word means fallen ones). Not really something I want to debate here the reason why they make sense as fallen angels, but email me if you're interested! In my view, this scripture says that fallen angels slept with women and their children were special (the word also has connotations of 'giant' which may suggest where those like Goliath came from). Anyway, cool mythology-like stuff aside, this scripture just highlights to me how big a deal sexual sin is. Even the angels, who lived with God in heaven, were not exempt from the temptation, which reminds me how it is a big issue for most guys. It also reminds me that to be victorious, we should rely solely on God and not on our own strength (or lack of it). I'm no angel, so if those guys fell, I need God's help for sure!

6: 7 So the LORD said, “I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”

Does this mean God didn't kill the fish? Just an observation - would have been tough to drown them!

6:15 This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high.

Definitely the coolest thing here. The ark was exactly six times longer than it was wide - the same ratio used by modern ship-builders. I just thought that was a really cool example of how something from the Bible, written so long ago is proof of God who knew long before humans did, the ideal proportions for a boat of that size. Here we are all these years later with the clever tests done with computers etc to work out pressure and force and size and stuff, but God knew that ages ago: love it!