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Noah's Sons 66

[Gen 9:18-10:32]

/ Anne's Faith Column 

 

 

/  By Priscilla

 

 

Noah's sons were Ham,

Shem, and Japheth.

 

 

 

Among them, ‘Ham’, 

the father of Canaan, 

was the youngest, 

 

 

 

and one day

he saw his father’s 

nakedness and did not

keep it in his heart, 

 

 

 

 

and he exposed his 

father's shame by telling

the other two brothers.

 

 

 

After waking up, 

Noah cursed 'Canaan'

among them.

 

 

 

This is because Ham, 

the father of Canaan, 

did not hide the naked 

  shame of his father Noah.

 

 

 

 

What set him apart from 

his other brothers was

that he looked straight

ahead at his father, who

was drunk and naked.

 

 

 

If you saw the fault 

and shame of your father, 

it would be natural 

to hide the shame.

 

 

 

However, 

he was so rude.

 

 

 

When the two elder brothers

heard the words of the

youngest, they were

startled 

 

 

 

and walked in backward

to cover the lower 

body of their father, 

 

 

 

Noah, who was 

sleeping deeply.

 

 

 

In the end, 

when Noah awoke

from his wine 

 

 

 

and found out what

his youngest son 

had done to him, 

he cursed Ham.

 

 

 

When Noah woke up, he 

cursed Ham and prophesied

that Ham would become 

 the slave of his elder

brother Shem,

 

 

 

but Noah's drunken 

 behavior is also not

desirable.

 

 

 

As a result, 

the descendants of Canaan 

suffered the misery of 

becoming slaves because

of Ham's bad temper.

 

 

 

From this part 

we learn a lesson.

 

 

 

In the genealogy of Shem,

Eber is a descendant of Shem, 

and God was planning

the birth of the Messiah.

 

 

 

We can realize the special 

relationship between 

God and His chosen people

among the many races.

 

 

 

God is so good, and

He chose the least of 

many people of the world

to shame the great.

 

 

 

How should we, 

who came to know 

the Lord first, receive

 God's calling, and act?

 

 

 

After receiving God's grace, 

we need to look back 

at ourselves again to see

 

 

 

if we  sometimes do such 

a rash act like 'Ham'

in front of our brothers 

and sisters of faith.

 

 

 

Sometimes, 

even when seniors 

of faith make shameful 

mistakes, we should 

not expose them 

 

 

 

and aggravate them, 

but we should try to 

cover up their faults

and shame.

 

 

 

Because it is written

in the Scriptures

that 'If you think you 

are standing firm, 

 

 

 

be careful that

you don't fall!

 

 

 

We should not be arrogant

keep this in mind and

live humbly.

 

 

 

Then how should we 

have our attitude of faith?.

 

 

 

1) We must stop having 

thoughtless words before God.

 

 

 

2) We should be self-control

about our behaviors 

and humble, realizing 

what the will of the Lord 

is, and obeying God.

 

 

 

3) We must always keep

watch and pray so that 

we can become true

believers who care for 

 

 

 

and put up with

each other and cover

each other's faults.

 

 

 

4) We should pray to 

have more generous 

and easy personalities

by putting odd 

 

 

 

and harsh parts of 

our character up

before the Lord.

 

 

 

Therefore, let us ask 

more of the personal 

Holy Spirit for this.

 

 

Prayer

 

 

Lord!

 

 

Lead us to look to 

the Lord in silence and

  be humble always.

 

 

 

For the future runners, 

as a person who first believed

in the Lord, let me always

imitate 'Shem'.

 

 

 

Also, please be a person

who is always spiritually 

awake so that I can become

a model for good believers.

 

 

 

 

 

2010/01/17

 

 

/  By Priscilla