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times before their rebellion is thoroughly broken, three being a divine number of completion and
fulness.

Satan and His Angels Cast Down

There is no Biblical reason to expect that Satan was the only fallen one among the angels to walk
upon the earth and interact with humanity. Satan is the archetype. We can surmise that those angels
who fell with him have followed his own pattern of wickedness. Is it not interesting to note that Satan
approached the woman, Eve, and deceived her into engaging in forbidden behavior? It is no
contradiction to suggest that the angels who fell with Satan have followed this same pattern of
approaching women and enticing them to participate in behavior that is a transgression of the will of
Yahweh. Indeed, the Bible tells us that this is what has occurred.

Genesis 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. Then Yahweh said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever,
because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” The Nephilim
(fallen ones) were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to
the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old,
men of renown.

Much of the debate as to the identity of the Nephilim has revolved around the phrase “the sons of
God.” In the Hebrew, the expression is written as “bene ha Elohim.” To whom does this expression
refer? This expression is found three times in the book of Job, which along with Genesis is considered
to be among the oldest of the books of the Bible. We would expect that due to the close proximity in
the time of their authorship, these books would find much correspondence in the usage and meaning
of the Hebrew expressions found in them. In the book of Job the Hebrew phrase “bene ha Elohim”
is used as a reference to the angels, including those who have fallen.

In an earlier chapter I wrote about the meaning of the expression “only begotten Son of God,” which
is used as a reference to Yahshua the Messiah. “Only begotten” is in the Greek “monogenes.” That