Thoughts on my reread through the Bible #5

Genesis 9&10 Psalms 5 & Matthew 5

In Genesis 9 - God lays down one of the first laws to foreshadow the ten commandments-

This might seem off considering this comes after the flood until you realize God is warning them - don't let yourselves descend into an injustice, wicked, debased state again. After all they've lived with a wicked generation for centuries.

Noah now off the ark plants a vineyard, gets drunk and something suspicious happens with his son Ham and him. A lot of speculation around this phrase - uncovered his father's nakedness - the latest take I heard was that uncovering nakedness a phrase also in Leviticus- implies that Ham slept with his mom, Noah's wife, and that is where Canaan was conceived - who becomes the most cursed lineage. This actually makes sense and explains why Noah curses Canaan.


Matthew 5 gives us one of Jesus’s greatest teachings – in which he explains how deep the law must go -

- straight to the heart.

I was listening to one preacher teach on this and he said if you follow the pluck out the eye, cast off the hand – you can still live with all these missing members till you get to the root member that sins the most - the heart.

Nobody can cut out their heart and live. And that’s the point. Jesus was explaining that you cannot uphold the law with such ruthless accuracy because no flesh would survive. You need a new heart and it’s God’s desire to give you a new heart – Ezekiel 36:26.

A very interesting take.