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All three passed through the water of judgment. But for Ham and his family, however, there is no covering because they have rejected the LORD and live outside of His grace.ĩ:18 simply tells us that Noah’s three sons who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth.
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For Noah, a covering for his shame is provided through his older sons, two brothers who have embraced the LORD. We’ll talk about the big picture in a little bit, but on one level it tells the story of two sinners, a father and a son, and the different ways God deals with them. But in God’s covenant of grace there is covering for our shame and blessing for sinners who have embraced the redemption that is in Jesus.Īs the flood account comes to a close, Moses tells a story that works in a couple of ways. Like in our dreams, I can’t cover myself. My heart longs to be freed from the curse and shame of my disobedience, but I’m helpless in my nakedness. In the same way, my sin leaves me naked and exposed before the perfection of God with no covering for my shame and (apart from grace) I live in fear of punishment. The anxiety we feel just thinking about that teaches us our need for covering.
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There is no covering for them, both figuratively and literally, and so they are left feeling vulnerable and helpless.įCF: We can all identify with that on some level, if it is just through our dreams of showing up to school having forgotten to put on clothes that day. The nakedness intensifies the shame of the person. The goal was to combine physical pain with the psychological fear of nakedness in order to shame someone from going after certain behaviors and warn others of the consequences of such behavior. Through the 19th century, Staupenschlag (whipping, generally on the bare bottom) was standard practice in German states. In many cultures, public shaming of guilty individuals was common for many centuries. If you ask people what their number one fear would be, I would imagine that public nakedness would rank just behind public speaking (which for some feels like the same thing). Nothing invites more shame than being exposed. Here, like in Genesis 3, fresh rebellion breaks out, but God works even in the face of brokenness to begin redeeming His people. God’s covenant with Noah told us that even though man couldn’t go back to the perfection of Eden, God would make it possible to move forward to redemption through His covenant.