I learned about the amazing
prophecy that Noah made this week from the teachings of Roger Price
and I thought that you will find it as interesting as I did. And
seeing that I am discussing Noah, this might be a good time to
share it with you.
I am sure you all know the story of
Noah, how he and his family survived the flood with which God
judged the earth. Only Noah, his wife, three sons and three
daughter in-laws survived. These eight people repopulated the earth
and from these eight people came all the nations of the world. And
yes, you also descended from one of them. They must have been a
mixture of all the genes in the world, as all races came from
them.
Now after they came out of the boat
they started to repopulate the earth and also to cultivate the
land. It was not long before Noah planted a vineyard and made his
beloved drink, wine. One day he got drunk with the wine and lay
naked in his tent. One of his sons, Ham came and saw his father in
his drunken stupor. Now in those days they had the right to privacy
when they were in their tents, but Ham didn't respect that. He
didn't have reverence for his father, but betrayed his father by
going over to tell his two brothers what he saw. They had more
respect for their father and revered him enough to cover him and
not let him lie there in shame. When Noah awoke, he learned what
had happened and spoke the most fascinating prophecy over his three
sons. And seeing that all the nations of the world came from these
three, this prophecy still affects all the nations even today. The
first part of the prophecy was:
Genesis 9:25 "Then he cursed the
descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham: 'A curse on the Canaanites!
May they be the lowest of servants to the descendants of Shem and
Japheth."
Now what is very interesting is
that Noah didn't curse Ham, while the Bible clearly states that it
was Ham that betrayed his father. Noah cursed one of Ham's sons
Canaan. Why? I don't know. We can only make guesses. Maybe Canaan
was with his father when he saw Noah, and maybe he laughed at his
grandfather and maybe even made fun of him in his drunken state. We
will never know. But what we do know is that Canaan's descendants
were one of the most wicked nations the world has ever seen.
Amongst other cities, Sodom and Gomorrah were full of Canaanites
and we know how wicked they were. Archeologists are still stunned
today as they uncover some of the horrific things that the
Canaanites had done. So it is a reasonable guess to say that their
great great grandfather, Canaan was inherently wicked too.
Now did this prophecy come true? I
think most of you know the answer, but I will elaborate further
next week, including the prophecies of Shem and Japheth.
But for now I would just like to
leave you with one thought. The Bible is full of prophecies and it
is such an amazing study to do to see how all of them came to pass.
Of course some will still come true and relates to future events,
but those that have come to pass, have come to pass to the letter.
In short what I would like to say is this, if you have time, go and
study some of the prophecies and if anyone ever asks you for proof
that there is a God, you can tell them some of these prophecies. He
is the only One who can predict the future and can predict it so
accurately. Some Bible critics even say that some of the events
predicted must have been written after it happened so accurate in
detail is it. We can therefore trust in Him implicitly and know
that the prophecies He made about the future will also come true
and that should give us assurance that the promises He made that we
will be with Him for all eternity one day will most definitely come
to pass! Hallelujah!
Lord You are amazing. You are the
only One who knows the beginning from the end. Our future is in
Your Hands and we are so grateful for it. In Jesus Name. Amen