Before the Flood: Boundaries Broken

The days before the flood were unlike anything the world has seen since. Scripture describes

them with a single phrase: “The earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was

filled with violence.” But corruption did not begin with weapons or war. It began with a

breach. The Book of Genesis tells us that the “sons of God” took wives from the daughters

of men, and from that union came the Nephilim—mighty men of renown. This was not merely

intermarriage between tribes. The language is deliberate. Something heavenly

crossed into the earthly realm and altered humanity’s trajectory. The Nephilim were

not simply tall warriors. They represented a mixing that was never intended.