” were the fallen angels but according to Jesus, they were neither marry nor given in marriage. In other words, in the resurrection, there is no procreation/sex in heaven and they became like the angels in heaven (Matt. 22:30). Also Jesus mentioned about these wicked people in Noah’s day when they were eating, drinking, and marrying (Luke 17:27). So this would rule out the fallen angels. So who were they? We need to go back to previous chapters in Gen. 4. Notice after Cain killed Abel and he was “kicked out” and settled in the land of Nod and married his wife (where he got his wife?). After that, Adam got another son named Seth. Seth got his son named Enosh. Then they began to call upon the name of the LORD (Gen. 4:25-26). These were the descendants of Seth (“sons of God”). Hold that in your thought.
We move into next chapter (Gen. 5) that says, “This is the book of the generations of Adam….” in verse one. Also notice in verse three talks about the birth of Seth and then in verse four he had other sons and daughters. However, it doesn’t mentioned about Adam’s other children (names and ages)! The rest of Gen. 5 talks about the line of Seth until Noah. These people were the “sons of God” or some would call the covenant people. So God was displeased with “sons of God” were mixing with the daughters of men (Cain’s descendants, see Gen. 4:16-24 and/or the Nephilim but they were too big?), just like King Solomon did in his days. God decided to destroy all of the line of Seth except 8 people for their apostasy.
You might wonder about the animals in the ark. Remember there are some animals that listed in the Law of Moses (clean and unclean), not all animal kingdoms in the world, even the dinosaurs. The flood destroyed the land where they from (somewhere near four rivers of Eden), not whole earth.
Also another one during Moses’ time in Numbers 13:33: "There also we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim); and we became like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight." (NASB) This is the same Hebrew word in Strong’s #5303. Why they weren't destroyed during the flood? This is a stumbling block for those who hold the global flood.
There are so many problems in such a view which have been overlooked. You might ask about God's covenant that there will never again to destroy all mankind and animals with the flood. That is true; I could say that He would never again destroy ALL people from the line of Seth and animals in THAT local flood.
Basically, the Bible was not written to us. It was written to people who lived long ago. It was understandable to them. We need to get out of our modern mindset, and try to read the Bible as they would have.
I would like to add something in Luke:
17:26 `And, as it came to pass in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man;
17:27 they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were given in marriage, till the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the deluge came, and destroyed all;
17:28 in like manner also, as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;
17:29 and on the day Lot went forth from Sodom, He rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed all.
17:30 `According to these things it shall be, in the day the Son of Man is revealed;
You see, God destroyed ALL people in the DAY of Noah, in the DAY of Lot and the DAY of Son of Man (during the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70) which means locally only, not worldwide. This is more consistent with the preterist view. This is one of many reasons why I am convinced it was a local flood: Sodom and Gomorrah, Egypt, and Jerusalem in AD 70 were destroyed locality. All futurists believe there will be worldwide destruction but they misinterpreted it. Seems to me that is why they think the same thing with the worldwide flood.
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