The first question of reiteration is: “Who are the Sons of God?” The four verses that initiate our knowledge of this subject are found in the sixth chapter of Genesis:
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 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. (Genesis 6:1-4)
We observe that the original cast of this mystery drama is the following:
- “men” – Genesis 6:1
- “daughters of men” – Genesis 6:1
- “sons of God” – Genesis 6:2
- “the Lord” – Genesis 6:3
- “giants” – Genesis 6:4
This same cast would be involved in the continuation and development of this Faustian drama as it played over and over again. Some plans and plots have adjusted in change with the ongoing experience of presentation, yet, the characters remain the same.
James R. Spillman, in his masterful book, A Conspiracy of Angelsii, presents the persuasive possibility that the scapegoat is not actually a type of Christ. In English the goat is called scapegoat and in Hebrew he is called Azazel. Spillman describes this event and its meaning perfectly.