106). This is an increasingly popular view among the ancient astronaut theorists, for example, with the reference to "Nephilim" being used by some to mean angels, others to mean demons, and yet others who believe these were extraterrestrial visitors and there is enough tangential evidence to fuel additional interest in this explanation concerning these alternative identities of the sons of God.
A final explanation is provided by Eastman (2002) who maintains that the reference to the sons of God in the Genesis narrative are the basis for the same treatment of human disobedience to God's will that are used in the New Testament in Romans. From Eastman's perspective, God was just setting mankind up in Genesis 6:2 so he could then demonstrate his mercy by forgiving them. According to Eastman, Genesis 6:2 is similar to Romans 8:20:22 in that "With God as the implied subject, [both] suggest that futile thinking and darkened hearts are not chosen conditions but unanticipated consequences. The threefold ... Of 1:24, 26, and 28 reinforces this dialectic between divine sovereignty and human disobedience and provides a context for understanding God" (p. 263).
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Eastman, S. (2002). Whose apocalypse? The identity of the sons of God in Romans 8: 19.
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