Yes — the controversy is whether the 'sons of God' in Genesis 6 were angelic beings or the godly descendants of Seth, and Les Feldick sides with the Sethite view.
Genesis 6 itself never identifies who the 'sons of God' are, so readers must weigh two main views: some say these were angelic beings, while others — including Les Feldick — say they were the godly descendants of Seth. Les builds his case by setting up two contrasting lines through early Genesis: Cain's civilization, which went out from God's presence and was without God, and Seth's line, which replaced Abel and called upon the name of Jehovah. When the sons of God intermarried with the daughters of men, that separation was lost, and the flood followed.
Genesis 6:1-4 — The disputed term 'sons of God' appears in verses 2 and 4, and the passage is the center of the entire controversy.
Genesis 6:1–4 records that when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, the 'sons of God' saw that the 'daughters of men' were fair and took them wives of all which they chose. Verse 3 records the Lord's declaration that His spirit would not always strive with man, setting a limit of 120 years. Verse 4 says there were giants in the earth in those days, and that when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, their children became 'mighty men which were of old, men of renown.' The passage itself does not define who the 'sons of God' were, which is precisely why the question remains controversial. Earlier chapters provide the background of two distinct lines. Genesis 4:25 shows Eve naming Seth as a seed appointed by God 'instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.' Genesis 4:26 says that after Enos was born to Seth, 'began men to call upon the name of the LORD.' Genesis 5 then traces the book of the generations of Adam through Seth to Noah, preserving the line that Scripture itself associates with calling upon the Lord.
Les Feldick teaches that Genesis 6 must be read against the backdrop of two lines running from Adam. Cain's civilization was tremendous — a great society and economy — but it was without God and motivated by the powers of Satan, even though not every part of it was bad (Clip 0). Over against it stood the line of Seth, whom God gave to replace the murdered Abel (Clips 1, 2, 5). It was through Seth's godly line, which called upon the name of Jehovah, that the seed of the woman and Israel's Messiah would come (Clips 1, 5, 6). On the controversy itself, Les's teaching takes the position that the 'sons of God' were the godly descendants of Seth, while the 'daughters of men' were from Cain's ungodly line. For a long time, Seth's line stayed separate and married within its own godly family, but eventually it lost that separated character and began intermarrying with Cain's descendants. Les compares this blending to the church age: before about 1900, Christians were generally more clearly separated from the world, but afterward the church and the world increasingly overlapped — and he presents Christian rock as an example of the world entering the church, the same kind of mixture seen in Genesis 6.
Les Feldick contrasts the two lines running through early Genesis. Cain went out from the presence of God and built a civilization that was tremendous in its society and economy, but it was without God and motivated by the powers of Satan (Clip 0). In contrast, Seth was given by God to replace the murdered Abel (Clips 1, 2), and when Enos was born to Seth's line, 'began men to call upon the name of Jehovah' (Clip 1). Les stresses that the godly line of Seth took Abel's place and is the line from which Noah and ultimately Israel's Messiah would come (Clips 2, 6).
Les ties the Genesis 6 controversy to the ongoing battle over the seed of the woman. Abel was in the line of the seed of the woman, so Satan prompted Cain to murder him — and Satan may have thought he had already won (Clip 5). But God sovereignly gave Adam and Eve another seed, Seth, to replace Abel (Clips 1, 2), and the godly line of Seth became the line through which Abraham and the Messiah would come (Clips 5, 6). On this understanding, when the sons of God took wives from the daughters of men, the godly seed line was being blended with the ungodly line — a threat to the promised seed that God answered with the flood.
Les's teaching draws a parallel between Genesis 6 and the modern church age. Just as the godly line of Seth eventually lost its separated character and intermarried with Cain's ungodly line, the church after about 1900 has increasingly overlapped with the world. Les presents Christian rock as an example of that mixture — the world entering the church — and likens it to the intermarriage in Genesis 6, where the godly line blended with the ungodly line.
Two Lines Before the Flood
Les sets the stage for Genesis 6 by contrasting Cain's civilization, which was without God and motivated by the powers of Satan, with the line of Seth leading to Noah — establishing the two-line framework for identifying the sons of God.
Seth's Line Calls on the Name of Jehovah
Les shows that after the birth of Enos, Seth's line began to call upon the name of Jehovah, marking it as the godly line that would carry the seed of the woman.
Seth Replaces Abel
Les emphasizes that God sovereignly replaced the murdered Abel with Seth, from whom Noah would come — establishing the identity and continuity of the godly line featured in Genesis 6.
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In other words, this is absolute truth when God speaks it. This wasn't just a quirk of a genealogical family tree. This was God speaking. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers, your forefathers, dwelled on the other side of the river, instead of flood.
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Satan Attacks the Promised Seed
Les explains the ongoing battle between Satan and the Christ, with Satan prompting Cain to murder Abel in the line of the seed of the woman and God answering with Seth as the replacement.
The Godly Line of Seth
Les identifies the descendants of Seth as the godly line through which Israel's Messiah would come, standing over against Cain's line — the framework he applies to the sons of God in Genesis 6.
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And here we have that term again, and the angel of the Lord. Who is it? It's God the Son. I don't want to call him Jesus in the Old Testament because the Bible does it. But it's God the Son. It's God the Son. God the Son called unto him out of heaven and said, Abraham, Abraham. And Abraham said, Here am I. Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do anything unto him.
Genesis 6:1: And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
The opening verse of the disputed passage sets the scene of population growth just before the sons of God take wives.
Genesis 6:2: That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
This is the disputed verse: the sons of God marry the daughters of men, and the identity of each group is the heart of the controversy.
Genesis 6:4: There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Verse 4 repeats the term 'sons of God' and mentions the giants produced by the union, which fuels the angelic speculation in the debate.
Genesis 4:25: And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
Shows God providing Seth as the replacement for the murdered Abel and the continuation of the line of the seed of the woman.
Genesis 4:26: And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
Identifies Seth's line as the godly line that called upon the name of the LORD, the key scriptural support for the Sethite reading.
Genesis 5:3: And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
Genesis 5 begins the generations of Adam and traces the line through Seth to Noah, showing the continuity of the godly line.
The controversy exists precisely because the Bible does not directly identify the sons of God. Some teachers have taken them as angelic beings who fathered the giants, but Les Feldick's teaching places them within the two-line framework of Genesis 4-6: the godly descendants of Seth who intermarried with the ungodly line of Cain.
In Les Feldick's teaching, the daughters of men were from Cain's ungodly line, over against the godly line of Seth. The intermarriage of the two lines is what Les says God judged with the flood.
The giants are the offspring of the union between the sons of God and the daughters of men. The angelic view points to the giants as evidence of supernatural offspring, while Les's Sethite understanding reads the passage as the mixing of the godly and ungodly human lines.
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