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1 | Ham, Noah drinking wine | Gen 9:22 | azurelaw | 233304 | ||
Dear EdB, First let me explain that I do not endorse drunkenness nor nakedness. They are, as Bible says, foolish and wrong indeed. But here, in this narrative of the Noah's time - ancient history where there was no 10 commandments or the Torah, was drunkenness and nakedness regarded wrong AT THAT TIME? Or are we using our standard to access what actually not there? Note that God has explicitly given certain commands (Gen 9:6), but nothing about drunkenness or nakedness. I always find this narrative interesting. As modern people, we do know drunkenness is foolish and nakedness is wrong. But when I put myself in the time of Noah and considering the Bible is silent on this by then, I believe the focus is more on Ham's wicked behaviour toward his father's nakedness. Shalom Azure |
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2 | Ham, Noah drinking wine | Gen 9:22 | EdB | 233307 | ||
I was thinking about this question after I first responded and a thought came to mind that I have never really thought about before. In the Garden Adam and Eve sinned by disobeying God's command, Genesis 2:16-17 (NASB) 16 The LORD God commanded the man, saying, "From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die." Notice the name of the tree the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Scripture tells us before Adam and Eve ate they were naked and not ashamed, Genesis 2:24-25 (NASB) 24 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. But immediately after eating of the tree they knew they were naked and were ashamed. Genesis 3:7 (NASB) 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings. The name of the tree implies that the fruit awakened in mankind the knowledge of what is good and what is evil. That man is without excuse when he tried to justify himself by saying I didn't know it was wrong. Today people say I was never taught the Bible so I didn't know "thus and such" was a sin. However since mankind has indeed eaten from the tree of knowledge of good and evil this simply isn't true. We know what is right and wrong but we often try to justify ourselves ignoring our conscious and pleading ignorance of such knowledge when faced with the consequences of our sin. |
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