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Can angels have sex with people?
We do not know for sure if angels can
have sexual relations with women because the Bible doesn't tell us.
Nevertheless, some Christians think it is possible and others do not and
various scriptures are used for both sides of the argument. Let's
take a look at some of them.
- Matt. 22:30, “For in the
resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are
like angels in heaven."
- Luke 20:34-36, “The sons of this
age marry and are given in marriage, 35 but those who are
considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from
the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage; 36
for neither can they die anymore, for they are like angels, and are
sons of God, being sons of the resurrection."
- Gen. 6:1-4,
"Now it came about, when men
began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born
to them, 2 that the sons of God saw that the daughters of
men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever
they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not
strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his
days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” 4 The
Nephilim 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."
We can see from Matt. 22:30 and Luke 20:34-36 that angels do not
marry, but this does not mean they can't take human form and have
relations. I am not here advocating that they do have sexual
relations with people. It is just that we cannot assert either
position from this passage, especially when the Bible tells us that
people have entertained angels without even knowing it (Heb. 13:2). This means that
angels can take on human appearance to such a convincing state that they
can't be distinguished from people. If this is the case, then it
would seem logical that an angel (a fallen one) could imitate a human
physical form including the sexual organs. On the other hand, I see no
biblical support for such a manifestation of fallen angels in human
form. Therefore, we are still left without an absolute answer.
Gen. 6:1-4 above is a more controversial
passage. The question is who are the sons of God? Are they
angels or people? Some commentators
think that the Sons of God were the descendents of Seth:
"By the former is meant the family
of Seth, who were professedly religious; by the latter, the
descendants of apostate Cain. Mixed marriages between parties of
opposite principles and practice were necessarily sources of
extensive corruption. The women, religious themselves, would as
wives and mothers exert an influence fatal to the existence of
religion in their household, and consequently the people of that
later age sank to the lowest depravity."1
Other
commentators teach that the Sons of God were angels since the term "Sons
of God" is used elsewhere to refer to angels as the following
scriptures suggest:
- Job 1:6, "Now there was a day
when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and
Satan also came among them."
- Job 38:7, "When the morning
stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?"
However, the term
"sons of God" also refers to Christians in the New Testament, "For you are all sons of God
through faith in Christ Jesus," (Gal. 3:26). Since the question at
hand deals with an Old Testament scripture, we must examine the context
of that scripture to see how it is used.
Whichever the case, we do not know the abilities of
angels. Given that they are very powerful and intelligent
creatures, it is possible that they could manifest themselves as humans
which has been verified in scripture: "Do not neglect to show
hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels
without knowing it," (Heb. 13:2). If this is possible that
they can appear in human form and people not know it, then if a fallen
angel would take human form, it would seem that it would be able to have
sexual relations with a person.
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1. Jamieson, Robert; Fausset, A.R.; and Brown,
David, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, (Oak
Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.) 1998.
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