Then
the Lord appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. 2 So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold,
three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground, 3 and said, “My Lord, if I have now found favor in Your sight, do not pass on by Your servant. Genesis 18:1-3
The bible says three men...
The bible goes on to say these men were to eat and drink with Abraham.
4 Please let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. 5 And I will bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh your hearts. After that you may pass by, inasmuch as you have come to your servant.”
They said, “Do as you have said.”
6 So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quickly, make ready three measures of fine meal; knead
it and make cakes.” 7 And Abraham ran to the herd, took a tender and good calf, gave
it to a young man, and he hastened to prepare it. 8 So he took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set
it before them; and he stood by them under the tree
as they ate. Genesis 18:4-8
It is later revealed that these "men" who ate with Abraham, and were with the Lord, were angels.
Now
the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground. Genesis 19:1
These two angels who accompanied the Lord, and ate with Abraham, are now in Sodom, in which they continued to appear as men, so much so, the local homosexuals were wanting to rape them.
4 Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house. 5 And they called to Lot and said to him, “
Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us
that we may know them carnally.” Genesis 19:4-5
If the angels, who appeared as men, and ate and drank, then it stands to reason they appeared in physical bodies, that functioned according to the laws of this natural realm, in which the men of Sodom were not afraid of them.
As far as the account of Genesis 6, it is obvious these "sons of God" who came into the "daughters of men" were operating the same way as they left their own abode [spirit realm] and joined themselves with the daughters of men, function as the "men" who were angels did as they appeared to Noah and ate and drank natural food and drink.
Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, 2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose. 3 And the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” 4 There were giants 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. Genesis 6:1-4
- There were giants 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.
If these "sons of God" were actually "sons of Adam" or "sons of men" as they were called in the old testament, then please explain how they "
continued after" the flood to produce Nephilim giants, in which they were unaffected by the flood, when all flesh was destroyed by the flood.
Please explain that.
Please explain how they continued after the flood when only Noah and his sons were left alive.
JLB