I've heard from other sources that the term "saw his father's nakedness" is a euphemism that means to sleep with one of his wives. And so the belief is that ham slept with one of Noah's wives while he was shitty.
Lots of people have tried to explain this, but in my view, the real explanation lies in the fact that Noah's family had been chosen to reverse the mistakes of Adam's family, and that a key component of that was Ham having true and unchanging faith in his father, Noah.
But Ham saw Noah drunk and naked, and all he saw was sinfulness. He failed to see Noah, who was clearly a righteous man, from God's viewpoint. Instead, he mobilized his brothers to also see Noah as sinful.
If the purpose of the flood and the ark offering of 120 years of faith, was to separate Noah's family from the sinful world and sinful history, Ham's lack of faith and sinful heart evidenced that he was NOT cleansed (circumcised in heart).
One might come up with all sorts of ideas and theories, but consider: why on earth is Noah's family such a key story in the scripture? These details are there because they reflect something very important about how God works to restore the relationships and reverse the mistakes of the sinful past, to prepare us to receive and unite with Christ.
I've heard from other sources that the term "saw his father's nakedness" is a euphemism that means to sleep with one of his wives. And so the belief is that ham slept with one of Noah's wives while he was shitty.
Lots of people have tried to explain this, but in my view, the real explanation lies in the fact that Noah's family had been chosen to reverse the mistakes of Adam's family, and that a key component of that was Ham having true and unchanging faith in his father, Noah.
But Ham saw Noah drunk and naked, and all he saw was sinfulness. He failed to see Noah, who was clearly a righteous man, from God's viewpoint. Instead, he mobilized his brothers to also see Noah as sinful.
If the purpose of the flood and the ark offering of 120 years of faith, was to separate Noah's family from the sinful world and sinful history, Ham's lack of faith and sinful heart evidenced that he was NOT cleansed (circumcised in heart).
One might come up with all sorts of ideas and theories, but consider: why on earth is Noah's family such a key story in the scripture? These details are there because they reflect something very important about how God works to restore the relationships and reverse the mistakes of the sinful past, to prepare us to receive and unite with Christ.
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