He was uncovered

“And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.”

The first thing that we notice about this is that Noah did his work before he built a house. He obeyed the Lord before he spent time looking after his own interests. This reminds us of the Lord Jesus Christ Who said, “Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you” (Matt 6: 31-33). Noah worked hard and then he overindulged and became drunk, so much so that he passed out inside his tent. This story is one of those parts of the Bible that shows us the true, sinful, human nature of the heroes. Noah is mentioned in Hebrews 11 as being a hero of faith but he did get drunk. It is rare for histories of that era to record that their heroes had human frailties but the Bible shows us that every person is beset by weakness. This is one of the great reasons why the Lord Jesus Christ, Almighty God Himself became a man. He had no human frailties and still died for our sins. Praise God that He came!

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