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From: nlt@duke.UUCP (N. L. Tinkham)
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Subject: Re: Genesis 6:1-4, A query regarding interpretation.
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Date: Thu, 13-Mar-86 11:50:37 EST
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Ken Hall writes, regarding Genesis 6:

> It seems more obvious that the Spirit of God is speaking about the
> inter-marriage between Christians and non-Christians....
>
> Our being temples of the living God, He dwelling and walking within us,
> and we being His people, I would think that this makes us "giants" in the
> land.  We become the sons and daughters of God.
> 
> And this scripture agrees with Genesis and we can understand what the Spirit
> is saying.


   There is a significant difficulty with this interpretation; namely, that
since there were no Christians in existence at the time these verses were
written, it is highly unlikely, if not impossible, that the author(s)
could have intended this as the meaning of the passage.

   One might attempt to draw a *parallel* between the story in Genesis 6
and modern interfaith marriage, but that is different from making a statement
about the passage's intent.


                                          N. L. Tinkham
                                          duke!nlt


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