Angels do not marry or have sexual relations

Matthew 22:30 At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.

When Jesus says that at the resurrection, people will be like the angels, he cannot mean in every respect. He is narrowing down to the fact that they will not marry (or have sexual relations, presumably) which, far from being bad news, means that they will become like the angels who, being spiritual creatures, do not marry (or engage in sexual activity). Angels relate to one another as do brothers and sisters. This would seem to preclude the idea that the Nephilim of Genesis 6 were heavenly creatures rather than earthly. 

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