born "from above"

John 3
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

born "again"-the word ἄνωθεν anōthen in the greek means "from above"

unless one participated in the requirement of being born "from above", into a flesh body, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

John 3
13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

no one goes up to heaven when they die, unless the came down (born from above into a flesh body) from heaven

"which is in heaven"-at the time this was written Jesus had already ascended up to heaven.

What this is referring to is very simple. unless one participated in the requirement of being born "flesh", they will not have the opportunity of eternal life. There are those who did not fullfill this requirement, and instead of being born from above, into a flesh body, they came from above, under the direction of satan, no doubt, in an attempt to destroy the seedline through which Christ would come.

Genesis 6
1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

3 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.

4 There were giants (the fallen ones were) 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.

giants-הַנְּפִלִים = the-to fall-plural= "the fallen ones", Giants cannot be translated from the hebrew, although they were giants.

after that=indicates a second occurence

sons of God=Angels

When one is to piece this all together, it becomes very clear what this is about. Jesus is simply teaching at a higher level. He is reminding us of what took place at the time of noah. It was a death sentence (second death), to those who refused to be "born from above" into a flesh body. Jesus would point back to this time numerous times within the scriptures. Many will teach, and believe that they are a "born again", christian, because they have accepted Jesus into their heart. For that, I would simply reply with: "If you are in a flesh body, then you 100% absolutely fullfilled the requirement that Jesus is referring to. You were "born from above" into a flesh body, and you absolutely have the opportunity to see the kingdom of God.

2 Peter 2
4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

spared not-it was a death sentence to them, because they went against the plan of God. Instead of being born "from above" into a flesh body, they came from above.